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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1907
Page
1
Defense argues Sullivan and Edgey alibis for the January 28 robberies, contending Sullivan was at home after visiting McLaughlin's saloon and Grand Opera House, then with his mother, while Edgey stayed at the saloon until 11, later going home. Judge and jurors hear alibi details as prosecution rests.
Mrs. Lula B. Kidd files for a receiver of Puritana Cereal Food Co of Indianapolis alleging fraud and poor management by directors C. W. Jackson J. A. Minturn and J. H. McClintock. Shares bought at $500 with a promised 6 percent dividend, now unpaid, patents valueless, assets minimal, and alleged kickbacks on mold sales to the company.
A column of brief items from Indianapolis covers local arts, legal matters, taxes, sign readers, a county jail inmate artist, jury questions in Edgey and Sullivan case, state politics with William Kittinger defending Indiana Union Traction, new fire plug at New York and New Jersey streets, pay day for police and firemen, poetry and theater events, tulip blossoms on the statehouse lawn, street signs, and community notices including redevelopment near Kenwood Ave, summer streetcars, revival services, Druids’ anniversary parade, a statistican lobbyist greeting, Mayer Messing Lodge hall, and the demolition of a Washington Street shop linked to local enterprise.
Local laundry advertises family washing services with rough dry at 6 cents per pound and ironing of all flat feces. Call phones 1671 for service and pickup.
A 15 year old domestic Margaret Jorden attempted to steal from Mrs. Gladyse Raymond of Greensburg Indiana. She placed a bed dummy, then fled with Miss Raymond’s jewelry clothing and $10. Police recovered items. Jorden held for suspected repeated offenses.
Henry Lines pleaded guilty to deserting his invalid wife Ida Pearl Lines and their four year old son Walter. Judge George W. Stubbs ordered jail time awaiting trial under a new law on contributing to neglect. Lines was arrested at 1535 Madison Ave and faces a fine up to money and up to six months in the workhouse.
James Wilcox a negro hoodoo doctor was arrested Wednesday night by Officer Admire charged with hoodwinking a negro woman out of 49 dollars. He is held under 590 dollars bond and asked for a case continuation to May 4. The negro population fears his influence.
Rev John Kunde Cooke, pastor of St George's Episcopal Church Hempstead Long Island, and Flor Ella Whalen 17 heiress are missing. Foreign ports urged to watch for arrivals. Mrs Cooke at Hartford parents. Bishop Burgess declares pulpit vacant amid elopement rumors. Noted names Harriman Belmont Havemeyer referenced.
Harry Cline, a night watchman at Mainland Manufacturing near Yandes and Twenty-fourth streets, saw three men hiding behind a call box early Thursday. He fired three times, causing the trio to flee. bicycle patrol Mullin and Stewart found no trace of the intruders.
A group of G A R and W R C members will travel to Danville Friday afternoon, departing at 5 o'clock to call on Jesse Ogden Post in that town.
Drivers from all vehicles gathered at the police station Thursday morning as license tag violations flood the area. By noon 3% violators were processed. all released on bond. Officers ordered strict checks and arrests for untagged licenses, with some claiming lost or stolen tags. Captain Hyland upheld zero tolerance.
The F W Cook Brewing Co of Evansville sues Louisville and Nashville Railroad in federal court seeking an injunction to force delivery of beer in Kentucky. The railroad claims designated points lie under oral option and delivery would risk legal action. An injunction was issued in Vanderburgh County and the case proceeds in federal court with the railroad seeking dismissal and dissolution of the injunction.
The Indiana Issue organ pleads for a dry state by 1912. It aims to amend the remonstrance laws for county application and to prohibit sale or manufacture of liqueurs. A conference at Winona on the 29th and 31st will feature Dr. P. A. Parker of the American Anti-Saloon League.
Lansing May 2 Represent Ward a Michigan representative under suspicion in the Edith Presley death in a Detroit hospital is prostrated at home and not at the statehouse. He engaged Dr Tuttle as counsel and sought another physician after a refused request. Police say Presley went to Detroit at his request and Ward registered at the same hotel as Presley who signed as Miss Hall. The girl’s landlady says Ward often visited and stayed until two in the morning. A tin box of letters to be burned at her death was found. letters from a man signed C touch on political ambitions and a campaign.
Five men Andrew Muldoon Richard Tacer Charles Speer James Mowry and Thomas Morgan were arrested in Greensburg Ind on rioting charges stemming from Monday night’s attack on six African Americans. Trials set for Saturday and all were released on bond.
A pressmen strike in St Louis shuts down the Post Dispatch Star Chronicle Globe Democrat and Republic after the International officers ordered work stoppage. The union demanded new men and threatened charter revocation if arbitration was bypassed. Publication resumes only when replacements arrive.
Etta Norton a 28 year old darke county Ohio servant girl died Thursday morning in Indianapolis after attempting to light a cook stove at 711 North Alabama Street. Her clothing burned from the upper body and she apparently inhaled flames after trying to pour coal oil on the fire. She was taken to City Hospital in the dispensary ambulance and had only been in the city a week.
The state collected 832 007 12 dollars in April, about the average monthly amount.
Thursday filings show The Continental stock Food company Indianapolis with $10000 capital. incorporators Robert Buchanan S E Buchanan and E Hysell. Huntington Factory Fund association seeks $50000 to locate factories with officers Peter Scheiker Samuel M Sayler J F Bippus Orlando Whitelock Juline Dick. Laughlin Realty Co Evapaville $1000 capital. directors F R Laughlin Helen Laughlin Alfred Greene.
Charles N. T. Thornton former note teller and Will Baker Hamilton National Bank employee were sentenced by Judge Landis to five years in prison after pleading guilty to embezzling ten dollars of bank funds in Chicago on May 2.
Irwin Coffy aged 55 of Carthage Indiana died in City Hospital from a fractured skull after being struck by a negro riding a bicycle several weeks earlier. He was crossing at Alabama and Washington streets when the accident occurred and the rider hurried away.
Fair conditions with light frost expected Thursday night and Friday. Temperatures cooler with sunny skies. Sunrise at 4 44 and sunset at 6 49 indicating standard daylight pattern. End of report notes approximate local times and general forecast reliability.
Two burglars, named John Collins and James Crowley, were captured after a tense chase through the park and the New York Central tunnel. Crowley is identified as an English crook, while Collins had recently been released from prison.
A small fire broke out on the roof of the girls dormitory at Butler college on Wednesday. Prof. Moore and Prof. Howe climbed to the roof on ladders and, with buckets of water, succeeded in extinguishing the blaze. The cause is believed to be a defective flue.
Chicago labor groups abandon impeachment plans against President Theodore Roosevelt and publish an open letter to the public and workers. The letter defends Moyer Haywood and Pettibone, condemns the Pinkerton backed case, and asks Roosevelt to retract or justify his statements. Eight thousand union members join the “undesirable citizen” campaign as parades accompany the meetings.
Terre Haute Ind May 2 Bunny Hare University of Indiana athlete has been released by the Springfield club of the Central league.
The Travelers Indemnity Company of Hartford Connecticut gained a license to operate in Padiana state on Thursday, admitting travelers into the region under the company banner.
George Zwyer and Hayden Zwyer, arrested months ago near Sardinia on counterfeiting charges, have been moved from Marion county jail to a city hospital with tuberculosis. The brothers previously lived in a hillside shack and worked outdoors, but confinement and upheaval may have caused the illness. Another brother was sent to an insane asylum, and a sister remains at the family home.
Eleven miners were killed in the Whipp mine explosion in Fayette county. Fifty three escaped by climbing an airshaft ladder. Cause unknown but gas suspected. A legislative committee will investigate to seek stricter laws.
The Socialist Publishing company plans a weekly four page paper starting in Indianapolis on Friday or Saturday. It will cost cents a year, publish 50,000 capital stock and offer $8 for the best title. Editor G E Morgan will lead coverage of labor conditions with contributions from leading Socialist writers.
Florence Banks, 26, a Black domestic at Charles Hall’s 22 W Seventeenth St home, fell from a second story window while washing windows. Mrs. Hall notified authorities, found Banks face down, and the body was taken to an aunt’s home as the coroner was alerted.
Grant Clay maker of artificial teeth worked fourteen years with New York Dental Company at 108 N Delaware Avenue phone 3459.
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