Thaws Lawyers Push Sanity Defense in Murder Trial
Harry Thaws lawyers claim Jerome failed to present shocking facts and will use affidavits from alienists lawyers and relatives to prove Thaws sanity. A psychiatric commission may be convened to determine if a trial should proceed or Thaw committed to an asylum. The court delayed jury action until Wednesday morning as affidavits are prepared.
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Jerome
Thaw
Justice Fitzgerald
al Thaw
Hartridge
Thane
Delmas
Gleason
LOCAL JOTTINGS BRIEFS FROM OT S CITY AND AREA
A compilation of small town notes from Ots City including the summer car debut on the Illinois line and winter cars remaining for safety. sprinklers water dust, porch and park evenings possible in March, Kelley of Knox takes state auditor post and buys Indianapolis property. Stage club cases postponed, Judge Leathers gets quiet rubber carpet, budding book project by Edmiston and Baldwin gains traction. Local ads show Williams Soap and Indianapolis Knitting Mills seeking workers. groundworks shift at Winona Technical Institute grounds. Huber of Carpenters union makes a quick southern trip before another month east.
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Ots City
Incendiary Fire Suspected At Irvington Barber Shop
Fire destroyed David McCullough’s barber shop at 14 S Ritter Ave Irvington at 1 10 Friday morning. A gasoline filled bottle found near the burned building suggests arson. Loss set at 500 dollars after flames were fought back with adjacent rooms vacant. The origin remains undetermined and authorities fear a fire bug is at work. Nearby a barn belonging to Flavius J Van Vohris at 1115 Central Ave also burned Thursday night, linked to incendiary activity amid rumors about a bothersome laundry building once operated by a Butler College student who left town after debts and a court receiver. Two prior fires at the laundry building occurred without proven motives.
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David McCullough
S. Ritter Ave
Irvington
Flavius J. van Vohris
Central Ave
Butler College
Roller Skates Priced At 35 And 40 Cents
Advertises Henly ball bearing skates by Gus Habich at 121 West Washington Street with prices of 35 and 40 cents.
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Henly
Gus Habich
Washington-st
Notice to Sun Subscribers on Delivery and Reporting
The Sun asks subscribers who miss their paper to call 880 to notify the circulation department. It requests prompt reporting of any carrier misconduct or neglect to the office to ensure timely delivery.
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Sun
Train wreck at Avon injures several on Big Four line
A Big Four train wreck occurred at Avon Indiana on Friday. Initial reports indicate several injuries though exact details remain unavailable. Local authorities and railroad officials will release information as it becomes known.
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Avon
Ind
Reeves Helps Butler Fund as Big Gift Sparks Campaign
Friday at the Butler college endowment drive in Indianapolis, Marshall T. Reeves of Columbus Indiana announced a 23000 donation. The pledge fuels a push to raise about 22750 more by Monday night to reach 250000 and complete the seven day drive. Reeves requires the full goal be met, mirroring conditions tied to Irwin and Carnegie gifts.
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Butler College Enndowment Fund
Marshall T. Reeves
Columbus, Ind
Indianapolis
Taft to Be Busy While on Trip to Panama
Secretary Taft will act as investigator pacifier mediator judge and friend during a five to six week trip to Panama Cuba and Porto Rico. He will assess Gatun dam rocks and borings with engineers Stearns Noble and Freeman while accompanied by Senators Kittredge and Representatives Burton and DeArmond. The voyage begins from Charleston aboard the Mayflower toward Colon with a Havana stop to review Cuban affairs and a Porto Rico administration inquiry to follow. The aim is to gauge readiness for new officers and possible US protectorate.
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Panama
Cuba
Porto Rico
Gatun
Frederick P. Stearns
Boston
Alfred Noble
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York City
John Ripley Freeman
Providence
R. I
Taft
Senator Kittredge
Senate Interoceanic Canals Committee
Representative Burton
Cleveland
House Committee On
Representative DeArmond
Missouri
House Canal Committee
Charleston
S. C
United States
Colon
Isthmus
Roosevelt
Havana
Magoon
United States Weather Forecast Update
Continued fair weather with high temperatures Friday night and Saturday. Sunrise at 5:45, sunset at 5:59.
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United States
Negro Admits Thefts From Doctor In City Office
Dr H J Kidd of 114 Market St found his Smith & Wesson revolver replaced by a cheap bulldog pistol. Detectives Houser and Dugan questioned Charles Richardson, a janitor who confessed to swapping the weapon and stealing $11. Richardson waived examination in police court and proceeded to the grand jury.
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H. J. Kidd
W. Market St
Smith & Wesson
Houser and Dugan
Charles Richardson
Richardson
Americans win for Oxford in annual Cambridge meet
In the Cambridge Oxford annual meet Oxford won 84 to 14. Rhodes scholars from the United States in Doxford took three firsts and a second. P M Young of South Dakota won both the long and high jumps with 22 feet 4 inches and 5 feet 8+ inches. Stevens formerly of Yale threw the hammer 136 feet 9 inches a games record. W F Schutt formerly of Cornell was second in the half mile.
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London
Cambridge
Oxford
United States
Doxford
P.M. Young
South Dakota
Stevens
Yale
W. F. Schutt
Cornell
Leopold confession links five others in actress murder
Chicago March 22 five other persons were implicated in the death of actress Margaret Leslie by a confession of Leo pold in the Palace hotel case. Leopold and Howard Nicholas charged with chloroforming and strangling her to steal diamonds. Officer Dennis Hogan testified Leopold said four big diamonds and three small ones were taken and claimed five or six implicated, not naming others during direct questioning.
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Indianapolis
Palace
Nicholas
Leopold
Hogan
Margaret Leslie
Leonold
Howard Nichols
Wanted since July 1905 Charles Thurling arrest update
Charles Thurling, arrested Thursday night on concealed weapons charges, was identified Friday by Detectives Simon and Manning as the man who jumped a bond in July 1905. He had previously been arrested for stealing transfer ticket pads from a street car conductor and left the city afterward. detectives continued their search.
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Charles Thurling
Simon and Manning
Thurling
Incorporations File New Marion Area Firms at Secretary of State
Friday filings list Buena Vista Cemetery association in Floyd county with 50000 capital stock and directors L H Wymond A C Monteneg ro L D Carter W S Adair and Co W Parsons McNash Wardone Storage Co Marion with 16000 stock and directors T H Bedell R J Spencer Jr and Andrew McNash. Spencer Hotel Co Marion shows 335000 stock with incorporators A A Stubbins Myrtle A Stubbins and F R Stubbins.
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Buena Vista Cemetery Association
Floyd County
Capital Stock
L. H. Wymond
A. C. Montenegro
L. D. Carter
W. 8. Adair
McNash Wardone & Storage Co
Marion
T. H. Bedell
R. J. Spencer, Jr
Andrew McNash
Robbers Board Northern Passenger Train Near Palestine
An express messenger Winsley Womack was assaulted and thrown from a northbound International and Great Northern train at Alkhart near Palestine. The safe was opened, about 500 dollars taken, robbers escaped, telegram from Womack said he was assaulted.
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Secripps-McRae Press Association
Fort Worth
Tex
International & Great Northern
Alkhart
Palestine
Winsley Womack
Pacific Express Company
Heal Bros Practical Plasterers Ad Sparks Local Trade
Heal Bros practical plasterers advertise with contact numbers Main 605 and New 5567, serving the area with plastering services. The brief listing highlights their trade and reachable phone lines.
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Heal Bros
Gifts to Oberlin include Carnegie library gift
President King announced two gifts to Oberlin college on March 22. Andrew Carnegie donated 25000 for completing the new library on condition that a matching amount be raised. Carnegie has already given 125000 but that was deemed insufficient. Willis James of New York contributed 40000 for a second chair of practical theology.
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Oberlin
King
Oberlin College
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Willis James
New York
Lawshe Takes Oath as Third Assistant Postmaster
A. L. Lawshe of Indiana swore in as third assistant postmaster this morning, succeeding Edward M. Madden, in a ceremony reported by the Scripps-McRae Press Association from Washington.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Lawshe
Indiana
Edward M. Madden
Mississippi AG William Williams Dies In Office
William Williams the attorney general of Mississippi died Friday in Jackson. Other brief items report a Navy yard fire at Pensacola destroying Building No. 1 with 175000 dollars in losses and equipment damage to gunboats Gloucester and Isla De Luzon. Also Washington orders canal zone governance reorganization replacing five municipalities with four districts under canal commissioners. In North Baltimore a man beat his wife with an ax then shot himself. In Randolph Massachusetts a factory and six small structures burned. In London Horace Raynor was found guilty of Whitley murder. an appeal is planned.
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Jackson
Miss
William Williams
Mississippi
Chicago
Galvin
Harriman
Pensacola
Canal Zone
Canal Commissioners
North
Baltimore
Doc” Bean
Randolph
Mass
Warren House
Royal Shoe Company
Horace Raynor
Whitley
The Sun Help Column Charge Explained
The Sun clarifies pricing for a three day service offering help requests at ten words for a fixed fee. Readers are advised to submit concise inquiries and await a response within the stated period.
Burton vows return to politics after jail release
Ironton Mo March 22 former senator Burton leaves jail with a faded rose pinned by his wife. He says he will go back to Abiline to prove the charges against him unfounded and that Theodore Roosevelt was chiefly responsible for his downfall. He promises a speech Saturday to “open the eyes” of the public.
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Scrippa-McRae Press Association
Ironton, Mo
Bur
Burton
Willie McConaly
Dorothy Mitchell
Abilene
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Shortridge Indoor Track Suspended Amid Club Plans
Shortridge high school indoor track practice is suspended for about two weeks while outdoor work may begin. Few boys are entered in the Y M C A meet so practices end. Men hope to form a cross country club to develop distance runners with jerseys and monograms for winners if approved by the school board.
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Shortridge High School
Shortridge
Trad
North Siders
Admitted His Guilt in Street Car Ticket Ring
Charles Hart a street car conductor arrested by Detectives Farber and Larsh admitted taking street car tickets and selling them at 32 for $1 He waived examination in police court Friday and was sent to the grand jury under bond He confessed saying he gave tickets to his wife who sold them Samuel Davis a barber of 725 S Delaware St where the Herts also lived was arrested charged with receiving stolen goods for purchasing the tickets
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Charles Hart
Farber andLarsh
Hart
Samuel Davis
S. Dela- Ware St
Herts
House Damaged by Fire at N Winds Street
A house at 131 N. Winds street owned by Mrs. Kate Hyland and occupied by J. A. Neighbors was damaged by fire at 12 39 o clock Friday. The roof caught from sparks and the loss was 259 dollars.
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Winds St
Kate Hyland
J. A
Supreme Court upholds alley entrances at theatres
The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed the Marion county ruling that alley entrances for theatres are not nuisances. The decision, written by Juds Gillett, brushes aside the city ordinance requiring street entrances, noting alleys are public ways like streets. The case centered on Jesses of English's opera house and a $10 fine for maintaining a alley doorway.
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Supreme Court
Juds Gillett
Marion County Superior Court
Common Council of
City of
Indianapolis
English
Opera House
Valentine Company
Jesses
Detroit Street Car Collision Injures Dozens
A trolley pole broke at the Michigan Central crossing on Fourteenth Street in Detroit, splitting a street car in two. Two men were fatally hurt and 12 children, mostly girls, were badly injured. James Smith and Charlotte Martin were reported to die. others were expected to recover.
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James Smith
Charlotte Martin
Two Cent Fare Spark Fort Wayne Encampment Debate
The Indiana G A R faces rail fare hurdles for the Fort Wayne state encampment set for May 22 to 24. Central Passenger Association says no reduced rates this year, citing a two cent per mile rail fare law. Col J P Fesler fears attendance will drop as efforts shift to securing interurban company rates.
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Fort Wayne
Central Passenger Association
J. P. Fesler
Williar Snyder Indicted for Bigamy in Sapulpa
Sny der, son of a Pittsburgh millionaire, was indicted by the grand jury at Sapulpa for bigamy. He allegedly married Rose Killian in Sapulpa in January while a wife and family allegedly lived in St Louis. He is jailed in Muskogee awaiting bond default of 9800.
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Pittsberg Pa
Sapulpa
Snynyder
Rose Kil
Lian
St. Louis
Muskogee Fall
Penny Limited Wreck After Suspected Tampering Near Pittsburg
The Pennsylvania railroad reports possible track tampering near Stewart station east of Pittsburg after Train No. 23 New York & Chicago Limited derailed at 3 52 AM. Several passengers and officials were injured including Mayor Tom Johnson and Chief Engineer Fowle, with detec tives probing the sabotage claim as the wreck blocked the eastbound line.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York & Chicago Limited
Stewart Station
Pillsbury
Nicola Conglomerate? No. (Cannot fabricate)
The U S Consul reports an armed clash near Vasquai Honduras where Salvadoran and Honduran forces were defeated by Nicaragua. The Salvadorans suffered about 1,000 killed after three days of fighting. Nicaragua plans further action toward Cholutrea and Tegucigalpa with about 20,000 troops at the front.
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Salvador
Honduras
Presa
Vasquai
Nicaragua
Cholutrea
Tegucigalpa
U S Marines Land at Honduran Ports to Protect Trade
Commander Fullam of the gunboat Marietta landed marines and bluejackets at Ceiba Truxillo and Puerto Cortez after appeals by U S consuls. Ceiba and Truxillo were reportedly captured following bombardment by Nicaragua forces. With hostile control feared, American interests and trade were at risk, prompting the landing.
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Scripps-Merine Press Association
Washington
Honduran
Ceiba
Truxillo
Puerto Cortez
Fullam
United States
Marietta
Truxilla
Nicaragua
Good Scores At St Louis in Two-Man Bowing Contests
In St Louis on March 22 Indianap lis bowlers in two man events posted scores including Levey Cooper 1986, Brinkmeyer Leap 944, Carter Bryson 1503, Pritchett Peacock 1043, Goodwin Kabe 10233, Fox Baker 966, Holtman Buddenbaum, Hopkins Knox 92.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
ST. Louis
Fale
Indianapolis
Levey-Cooper
Brinkmeyer-Leap
Carter-Bryson
Pritchett-Peacock
Goodwin-Kabe
Fox- Baker
Holtman-Buddenbaum
Ij Hopkins-Knox
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Indianapolis Knitting Mills
Winona Technical Institute
Tenth St
William D. Huber
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Denison Barber Shop
the Best
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Spikers
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Wwe
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San Bonesa
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Frank T. Brown
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Citizens Committee
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Scrippa-McRae
Detroit, Mich
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Scrippe-McRae Press Association
Penny, Limited
Tom Johnson
Lieve
Siswart Sta
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Toledo
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Calvary Presbyterian Churen
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