Whallon Called In County Court Over Sanders Case
Police Judge Whallon was ordered by Circuit Judge Allen to explain May 7 why a speedy trial was not granted for Joseph Sanders charged with loitering. Sanders seeks mandamus alleging excessive bail of 1000 dollars and arbitrary delay, arguing violation of rights and that witnesses are city police.
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Thomas C. Whallon
Henry Clay Allen
Joseph Sanders
McLaughlin
Sanders
Henry Seyfried
Circuit Court
Whallon
Wharton
Slayer Gives Bail In Murder Case At Southpoint
Capt John Davis who shot and killed Dr Wayne McCoy at Southpoint on Wednesday night surrendered to authorities. He was charged with first degree murder and arraigned before Justice Neal. Bail set at 5000 dollars and posted. The case proceeds as Mrs Davis witnessed the shooting.
Strike Called Off In St Louis Press Offices
The Scripps-McRae Press Association reports the press news strike at St Louis daily newspapers ended today after International officers threatened to revoke the union charter and deploy workers from other cities. The stoppage arose from contract expiration and disputes over new terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International
Defense 15 Strong in Sullivan Edgey Robbery Trial
Defense argues Thomas Sullivan attended a theater performance the night of the hold ups while the state scouts alibi gaps. Witness John Sullivan corroborates attendance and the defense says Sullivan spoke with his mother after the show. The prosecution aims to undermine that alibi and place Sullivan away from the scene.
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John Sullivan
Thomas Sullivan
Efense
Sullivan
Ed Sullivan
Local Jottings from Dust City On Dusty Topics
Judge George W. Stubbs questions a visitor in juvenile court about coal supply. Indiana statutes demand remains weak at the clerk’s office while a few sprinklers begin work in town.
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George W. Stubbs
Indiana
Imr Owl Sizes Up Picture At Local Park Event
The piece notes 2,000 visitors at the ball park on Thursday and mentions various town happenings. W. S. Wickard smiles hopeful. O. A. Baker observes the Park theater show. Meridian street wires are being installed by Central Union Telephone with 36 cables containing 400 pairs each. all underground per Harry Meredith. Other items reference weather, taxes, skating, a mayoral plan, park funding, mushroom season, and local social news.
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Central Union Telephone Company
Meridian St
Harry Meredith
Man Admits Prison Record In Court Fight
Thomas Sullivan known as a footpad testified on Friday denying involvement in a January assault and robbery. He detailed a long arrest history from 1841 to 1902 for picking pockets across Illinois Connecticut Indiana and Michigan City. Sullivan claimed innocence and provided an alibi with his mother and brother corroborating his arrival home at 11 15 pm after leaving the Grand theater.
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Footpad
John —Dgey
John M. Green
Sullivan
Finois
Joliet
Connecticut
Anderson
Ind
Michigan City
Grand Theater
Washington St
John
John Harrington
Charles Sherman
James McHugh
Marriage Tangle Delays Grand Jury For Hammond
Lawrence Hammond avoids grand jury on bigamy charge after police court hearing. Father-in-law J. B. Spencer threatens to kill him if he returns, aided by Hammond’s Madison, Indiana friends. Hammond arrested at his in law’s home on a complaint claiming his 18 year old wife’s husband already had a wife. Later, it’s learned Hammond’s Kentucky first wife wed another man without divorce.
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Lawrence Hammond
J. B. Spencer
Hammond
Spncer
Delared
Spencer
Madison
Ind
Sergt. Teet
Hazelton St
Kentucky
Tragic Beheading by Train Near Cincinnati
John Cochrane aged 60 of Fairmount suburb knelt before a Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton train and was struck. His head was severed and his body crushed. Authorities believe the death may have been a deliberate suicide.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Cincinnati
John Cochrane
Fairmount
Union Traction to Spend 3,600,000 on New Equipment
Chicago reports contracts signed for 3,600,000 to equip 600 cars with 1% motors and 16,000 tons of steel rails. The appropriation funds new rolling stock and track upgrades, reflecting a major transit modernization push.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Chicago
Union Traction Company
Mc Adams Reappointed to Indiana Railroad Commission
Gov Hanly reappoints C V Mec Adams to the Indiana Railroad Commission for a new four year term after the previous term expired. No contest noted in the appointment.
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Gov. Hanly
C. V. Mec- Adams
Indiana Railroad Commission
Mr. McAdams
Grant Clay Dentist Maker of Artificial Teeth
Grant Clay, a dental craftsman, spent fourteen years with the New York Dental Company. He operates at 108 North Delaware Street and can be reached by phone at 3659.
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Grant Clay
New York Dental Company
N. Delaware St
City Births and Deaths and Marriages Notice
City Record lists births at 70 Denny street for Anthon M Day and Elsie Day a boy and for Charles F Bretzman at 2863 Sutherland Avenue a girl. It records deaths including William F Schuttz and others from cerebral hemorrhage endocarditis and tuberculosis with ages and addresses. Marriages and building permits follow, naming multiple pairs and construction projects with locations and values.
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Anthon M
Elsie Day
Denny-st
Charles F
Bertha Bretzman
Sutherland Ave
Oscar
Jean Jose
Orange-st
Herman and
Pearl Frey
N. Summit
Dominick and
Raffiell Montani
N. Noble-st
William F. Schuttz
Davis St
Anton Hoeping
Frieman St
Fred Hilday
City Hospital
Orlie F. Kenner
E. Washington St
Gottlieb F. Ostermeier
Kansassi
John Ira Carpenter
Virginia Ave
Bright
Mary E. Bean
Eleventh St
Oscar Hood
Jobar
Julia Brennan
Lindenst
Other legislators under suspicion in Edith Presley death
Detroit hospital death of senate stenographer Edith Presley sparks talk of further Michigan legislators involved. Representative Charles E Ward, under heavy suspicion, proclaims innocence in delirium stating he never wronged Presley. Ward’s wife supports him as doctors call him seriously ill. Wealthy uncle H B Allen vows to pursue justice relentlessly.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Edith Presley
Senate
Detroit
Charles E. Ward
Edith
H. B. Allen
Miss Pressey
Humes Pitches No Hit Game For Bloomington Nine
In Bloomington Illinois on May 3 Humes a Patoka recruit shutout Springfield in a Three I league game as Bloomington won 2 to 1. Humes allowed two bases on balls and Springfield scored in the ninth on an error. Humes led at bat with three hits, half the team's total.
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Humes
Bloomington
Patoka
Springfield
Vwhese
Patten Accumulates Vast Winnings in Oats Market
Chicago May 3 By manipulating the oats market Jim Patten often called the king of coarse grains is said to have cleaned up 1 320 000 dollars His holdings are estimated at 12 000 000 to 15 000 000 bushels and profits average 11 cents a bushel He kept prices around 47 cents though it rose to 48. the peak since May 1902 was 49 1/2 cents.
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Chicago
Jim'’ Patten
Patten
Fined Three Gamblers At Dearborn Park Raid
Hammond Ind May 3 Three of four men arrested in the Dearborn park gambling stockade raid pleaded guilty before Judge Meitchon and were fined the minimum. The guilty pleas uphold higher court rulings that the Dearborn park stockade and accessories were gambling instruments and should be destroyed.
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Hammond, Ind
Hammond
Dearborn Park
Meitchon
McMahon
Prison reform author brands Indiana prison system
Toledo May 3 Jacob Waldeck discusses Brand Whitlock mayor of Toledo and author says punishment should be reformed not revenge. Whitlock argues laws cannot fix justice for the poor, prisons foster crime, and contractor labor corrupts prison labor profits. He urges parole and removal of contractors to curb abuse and theft of inmate labor.
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Jacob Waldeck
Toledo
New York
Indiana
Ian
Child’s body found in barrel near Cleveland store
Alexander Hoenig aged 3, missing since Monday, was discovered dead in a whisky barrel behind his father’s Cleveland grocer shop at 2822 Scoville Ave. Police say the boy was murdered by violence, possibly strangled, with neighbors and officials promising full pursuit of the culprit.
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Hoenig
Cleveland
Polive
Scoville-ave
David Hoenig
Neigabors
Hoenigs
Kohler
United States Weather Forecast Text
Forecast warns of possible rain and colder air across the United States. Saturday is expected to be fair and colder with sunrises and sunsets noted at typical times.
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United States
Suicide in Paris of Rear Admiral Steadman’s son
Charles G. Steadman of New York, son of Rear Admiral Steadman, shot himself at the Hotel de L Orient in Paris after a period of heavy drinking. Despondency was cited as the motive. He and his wife arrived in Paris April 20 following an automobile tour with Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island. Body to be shipped home.
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Night
Charles G. Steadman
New York
Steadman
Senator Aldrich
Rhode
Hotel de L’ Orient
New York Man Clarence Held Charged With Fraudulent Checks
Clarence Held of New York is sent to the grand jury from police court on a charge of passing fraudulent checks. He was arrested in Cincinnati and alleged to have issued numerous checks to Indianapolis businessmen without sufficient funds, bond set at $5,000.
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Clarence Held
New York
Held
Cincin
Nati
Head
Indiaapolis
Counterfeits Found in Old Desk by Bowman
In a desk purchased from a second-hand dealer W. T. Bowman of 604 N. Wlineissr found a secret drawer containing several counterfeit half-dollars dated 1896 and 1902.
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W. T. Bowman
N. Wlineissr
Four Hungarians Crushed in Ore Car Tragedy at Ridglesburg
Four Hulians were killed today at Ridg lesburg when a car of ore they clung to while unloading was jolted off a 25 foot trestle. The accident occurred near Altoona Pennsylvania as workers clung to the ore car during unloading. Authorities investigated the trenching and safety lapses observed during the operation.
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Scrippa-McRae Press Association
Altoona
Riddlesburg
Kansas City Coaster Company Incorporation Forms
The Kansas City Coaster company of Terre Haute filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state on Friday. Capital stock is $8,000. Incorporators are H. L. Brening and Cc. O. Brening of Terre Haute and A. H. Jennings of Kansas City Kansas.
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Kansas City Coaster Company
Terre Haute
H. L. Brening
Cc. O. Brening
A. H. Jennings
Kansas City
Kas
Vice President Fairbanks Accused of Using Government Staff
A 19th century report alleges Vice President Fairbanks used government payrolls for private tasks and scrapbooks. It cites Charles H Newsome in Washington paid 1500 yearly, moved to Indiana for duties, and warns of other patronage cases including a son paid as secretary and Jessie Beard’s employment tied to favors.
Newsome Admits Voluntary Clipping For Fairbanks Scrapbook
Mr. Charles Newsome said in a Saks building law office that he clipped newspapers for the vice presidents scrapbook at his own accord and under no direct order from Mr. Fairbanks. He added he received no payment for the clipping work.
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Indianapolis
Charles H. Newsome
Uncle Sam
Capitol
Washington, D. C
Charles Warren Fairbarks
Charles Newsome
The
Sun
Fairbanks
Saks
Mr. Newsome
Washington Dispatch
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the Press News
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Low
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Urief
Dust City
Nate Hooka
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Ball Park
W. S. Wickard
O. A. Baker
State House
Park Theater
Board of Public Parks
Fannie
Bonniie Ferguson
Martinsville
Thornton & Tevey
Stewart
Tinéen Hotel
Owen D. Odell
Second Presbyterian Church
Vermont
Pennsylvania-sis
Holy Land
Charley Leeds
Commerce Ave
Golden Rule Lodge
L. A
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R. T
Rushville
Hugo Harter
Shortridge High School
Echo
Sawyer
Navajo Indian Agency
New Mexico
Engineers’ Hall
S. I. Conner
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Saks Building
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Ellen Sullivan
Green
Michael Ryan
M’adams
Samuel B. Davis
Melvina J. Hathaway
Elmer Karl
Maude Della Giltan
Juan Nert
Mattye LD
Webster
Teodor Macsuha
Marici Kava
Edgar K. Shonkwiler
Sadie Cummings
Foster Puntenney
Naomi Bush
David Middleton
Sallie Motley
Joseph Pollock
Amanda V. Johnson
Charles Helmick
Anna R.a Riley
Aginarie F. Stark
Minnie M. Doerridt
Guy E. Wilson
Ocella E. H. Watson
Minnie Moore
Oscar Hiper
Woodlawnave
Bruno Miller
Winterave
B. Stece
Alabama St
M. and
C. Heitz
Edgewood St
J. Feeny
Warman
Carrie Baus
University Ave
Charles Ward
Miss Presley
Michi
Gan
James Patten
Scripps-McKne Press Association
Whitlock
STATE
Brand Whitlock
Hugo
Tolstoi
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Whittork
Blackstone
Lad
Scrippa-MacRae Press Association
Flo
Sickles
Burke
Taft
Scripps-Wohkae Press Association
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Paris
Scripps-McRae Presse Association
Land
Uncle San
Washington
Public Life
Mn New
Newsome
Mr. Fairbanks
Newser
Ron Colambes
7&T
Congress
Tesbanks
Mr. Fair
Quartermaster General’s
Jessie Beard
Samuel Linkfield
Fairebanks
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Richmond
Sam
Mr. Newzome
Biller
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