Lawyer Duncan Masks to Portray Highwaymen in Trial
Attorney John F. Duncan wore a masked face and hat to resemble a robber as he argued Edgey and Sullivan are not easily identified when disguised. Prosecution and defense presented contrasting views on alibi plans and witness credibility as Judge Irvin prepares final jury instructions ahead of a potential verdict Wednesday morning.
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John 5. Duncan
John Edgey
Thomas Sullivan
Mn Duncan
Edgey
John H. Green
Herman
Grover Passehl
Green
Wiley
Mr. Shimer
Edgey and
Sullivan
Duncan
Passehl
Charles Remster
Herman Passehl
Uth
Michael Ryan
Elliott R Hooton
Passehi
Irvin
City to furnish benches for memorial day monument event
County Commissioner John McGregor chairing the platform committee arranged with Mayor Charles A Bookwalter for the city to provide benches from parks to seat Grand Army veterans and invited guests. Supt. J Clyde Power reported 1 860 benches can be supplied for the occasion.
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John McGregor
Lawton Monument
Charles A. Cookwalter
Bookwalter
Supt
J. Clyde Power
Fisher to Play Independent Ball in Indiana Visit
Johnny Fisher, former Hoosier pitcher, passed through Indianapolis Tuesday en route to Crawfordsville to visit former college teammates. He travels from Noblesville and reiterates he will not join Peoria, opting to play independent ball in Indiana.
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Johnny Fisher
Indianapolis
Crawfordsville
Noblesville
Fisher
Peoria
Indiana
Feudists Killed In Kentucky After Sugar Run Creek Clash
In Middlesboro Kentucky on May 7 John Howard and Elphan Howard brothers were killed and George Green and Martin Green brothers were fatally wounded in a feud driven battle on Sugar Run creek last night. The item lists local advertisements for MEAL BROS plasterers Grant Clay maker of artificial teeth and Park View Sanatorium with Dr Leach.
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Middlesboro
John Howard
Elphan Howard
George Green
Martin Green
Sugar Run Creek
Meal Bros
Grant Clay
New York Dental Company
N. Delaware-st
Rev Father to lecture at Church of the Holy Angels
The Rev Father Michael Passionist will lecture Tuesday night at 7 30 at the Church of the Holy Angels. The tearing down of the Grand Opera house wall Monday night sounded like explosions and drew a crowd. The Ladies Aid society of the E Tennh St M E church will hold a rummage sale at 212% Martindale Ave Wednesday Thursday and Friday. Chief of Police Robert Metzger receives congratulations on unearthing alleged illegal methods of the constables. Frank Kurtz will erect a dwelling on Sheffield Ave near Martha st at about 1200 dollars. Marion Council No 738 will meet in Mansur hall Tuesday evening. It is almost as expensive now to buy a good horse as it is to buy an automobile. Horses are higher in price and horsemen say the profit is small.
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Father Michael Passionist
Church of the Holy Angels
Grand Opera House
Ladies’ Aid Society
E. Tennhst. M. E. Church
Martindale Ave
Robert Metzger
City Notes and Town Talk Highlights
Indiana town gossip covers public meetings and societies as spring work begins. Updates include Ladies' Aid at G A R hall, Sourbier name debate, Elks meeting plans, Powhatan Card club, and praises for Board of Public Safety. Measles wane while mumps rise. rain bringsward trends. local officials travel and new car craze spreads.
Maniac in San Francisco Kills Six In House Rampage
Walter Davis, rendered temporarily insane by imagined grievances, killed six or seven occupants in a Pierce Street flat. O F Bush and family, Orson Bush, Mrs Lillian Carothers, W Baird, H E Vinton among the dead. Anna Bush escaped. Two citizens tackled the assailant after he refused police entry. Davis claimed life insurance motive and accused Baird of conspiracies.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
San Francisco
Walter Davis
Pierce St
O. F. Bush
Orson
Lillian Carothers
Baird
H. E. Vinton
Anna Bush
Davis
Bush
Washstani
Orson Bush
Carothers
Vinton
Miss Bush
Bavis
Mrs Patrick accuses trickery in Rice murder case
In a sensational statement, Mrs Albert T Patrick says her husband was misled into withdrawing from a U S supreme court appeal and accepting a life sentence for millionaire Rice's murder. She alleges two jurors were bought, prosecutors biased, and $2 million of Rice's estate financed the case preparation.
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United States Supreme Court
Rice
Albert T. Patrick
Patrick
Fusvick
Combine of Breweries Creates St Louis Merger
A major brewery consolidation in St Louis will take effect Thursday or Friday. Twelve breweries join, including American National East Columbia Union Empire Home Great City and others. J S Brailey of Dayton led the effort for Cleveland investors planning about 5 million dollars in local breweries, though Cleveland capitalists will not hold controlling interest.
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ST. Louis
American
National
East
Columbia
Union
Empire
Home
Grate City
J.S. Brailey
Dayton
Cleveland
Judge Fremont Wood to preside Western labor trial
Special to The Sun Boise Idaho May 7 Judge Fremont Wood a Yankee transplant from Maine will preside at the W D Haywood trial Born Winthrop 1856 he came to Idaho in 1871 spent half his life here Admitted to bar served as assistant U S district attorney during Idaho territorial days and as district attorney since statehood Appointed judge last January a new bench with extensive court experience
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Boise
Idaho
Fremont Wood
W. D. Haywood
Maine
Win
United States
Harrison
Cleveland
Wood
Wilson
Haywood
Western Federation OF Miners
Black man killed by mob near White Oak campgrounds
Augusta May 7 Charles Harris a Black man was fatally harmed by a mob near White Oak camp grounds in McDuffie county last night. He had earlier struck Hardin Pearson, his employer, after Pearson remonstrated about his work.
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Augusta
Charles Harris
White Oak Camp Grounds
McDuffie County
Hardin Pearson
Ladies' Aid to Plan Market at Fountain Square Store
The Edwin Ray church Ladies' Aid society will meet Wednesday at 2 30 PM in the church parlor to arrange the market under Section 2. The sale is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at Mrs Emminger's store in Fountain Square.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Edwin Ray Church
Longer Hauls at Lower Rates Plea Before Railroad Commission
The State Railroad Commission met Tuesday morning to hear Ramona Oolitic Stone of Stinesville Ind plead for a coal rate cut. The company asked that Vandalia and Monon Railroad joint rate from Greene county coal fields be reduced from 7 cents to 50 cents, arguing the current rate is unfair and pointing to longer distances with lower rates for similar service.
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Ramona Oolitic Stone Company
Stinesville, Ind
Vandalia
Monon
Greene County
Walter Kessler
Company
Methodist Sunday School Workers Meet in Roberts Park
A meeting of Methodist Sunday school workers was held in Roberts Park church Monday night. The teachers were addressed by Dr. Theodore S. Henderson, general superintendent of the Aggressive Evangelism movement among the Methodist churches of the country.
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Roberts Park Church
Theodore S. Henderson
Appoint Marshal Named for Memorial Day Parade
Oran Perry adjutant general of the Indiana National Guard to serve as chief marshal of the G A R section of the Memorial day parade. The memorial committee of the G A R and W R met at the state house Monday night to make the appointment. The GAR BR 1 will form four divisions led by Maj Harold Mesrew Spainish American War veterans VETS and Captain Frank Hay GAR veterans and a wagon squad led by Mrs Ida Morrisova with civic groups commanded by Merrill EK Wilson.
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Oran Perry
Indiana National Guard
Jie
W. R
Statehouse
GG. A. BR
Harold Mesrew
Capt
Frank Hay
Chillrn
Ida Morrisova
Apa
Merrill EK
Wilson
Special election set for University Heights town status
County commissioners order a May 21 vote in University Heights to decide if the suburb should be classed as a town. Voting will occur at the Indiana Central college secretary's office in University Heights.
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University Heights
Indianapoli
Indiana Central College
Mayor Bookwalter Back Home Says Coliseum Plans Go Ahead
Mayor Charles A. Bookwalter, appearing well and confident, returns to the office and restates plans to erect the coliseum on the market house site. He inspects temporary market sheds, orders north south exits and outward swinging doors, and addresses a union loyalty letter accusing him of aiding scab carpenters.
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Charles A. Bookwalter
French Lick
Coliseu
Market House
Bookwalter
Winterrowd
Death record is growing in Indianapolis suicides rise
Coroner G A Petersdorf reports April suicides doubled from last year as personal crisis reports rise monthly. The coroner cites Indianapolis population growth. Last month eight people killed themselves by carbolic acid four, hanging morphine strychnine drowning and a gunshot. Eleven accidental deaths were investigated.
Federal Grand Jury Session Opens in Federal Building
Federal grand jury convened Tuesday at 10 o clock in the federal building. District Attorney Healings presented evidence of violations likely leading to multiple indictments for counterfeiting and mail fraud. Bliss Native Herbs. 355 W Wash St New pianos 15 and ep Wulschzera.
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Federal Grand Jury
Federal
Healings
Bliss Native Herbs
W. Wash St
New Pianos
Gun offers ten words free for three days
An advertising notice proclaims that ten words will be inserted in The Gun free of charge for a period of three days. The brief offer targets readers seeking concise promotional space.
Woman and Child Vanish After Visit to Livery Barn
Marve C Cheney of El Paso Texas tried to reclaim his child from Mrs Bessie Geyer at 16 McKimore Indianapolis. Cheney had divorced his wife in Texas and returned for the baby. Mrs Geyer agreed to hand over the child but took it to a downtown livery stable where her husband kept horses and then vanished with the child. Police search yielded no trace of the woman or the child.
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Marve C. Cheney
el Paso
Tex
Bis
Bessie Geyer
McKimore
Cheney
Policeman Jordan Quietly Admires Sinclair and Whitlock
Officer Robert Jordan speaks highly of Upton Sinclair and Brand Whitlock, saying The Jungle ranks among the greatest books. He can talk at length about either author if time allows.
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Sinclair
Robert Jordan
Upton Sinclair
Brand Whitlock
Jordan
Hope 10 Proves Orchard Liar in Haywood Trial
Boise Idaho May 7 Realizing star witness is an admitted perjurer and murderer the state will call Harry Orchard early in the Haywood trial to corroborate his confession. Defense plans to impeach Orchard with longtime friends. Jury selection to begin with 26 veniremen on panel. Prosecution seeks secrecy. Borah and Darrow clash over bill of particulars.
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Boise
Idaho
Hawley
Borah
Harry Orchard
Orchard
Steunenberg
Moyer
Haywood
Pettibone
Senator Borah
Veniremen
Caldwell
Colorado
Clarence Darrow
Supreme Court of
Darrow
United States Weather Forecast Summary
Partly cloudy and slightly cooler Tuesday night. Wednesday fair. Sunrise 4 38 sunset 6 45. Includes stray unreadable text fragments about time and date.
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United States
Toledo man arrested for mail fraud in Fort Wayne
Elias Bartholomew of Toledo is jailed on charges of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. Former president of Pleasant Hill Ohio's American Exchange Bank, closed two months ago, he allegedly issued bank orders since. Inspector G H Christian will escort him to Cleveland. Bartholomew denies issuing the order while posing as an electric railway promoter.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Fort Wayne
Ind
Elias Bartholomew
Toledo
American Exchange Bank
Pleasant Hill
Ofice
G. H. Christian
Bartholomew
Cleveland
Judge Artman to Speak at Roberts Park Church
Judge Samuel E. Artman of Lebanon will address the Ministerial Association next Sunday at 3 PM at Roberts Park church. The lower floor will be reserved for men.
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Samuel E. Artman
Lebanon
Ministerial Association
Roberts Park Church
Ten Years of Peaceful Labor Leadership in Indiana
L. P. McCormack retires as state labor commissioner after a decade of calm in Indiana. He praises his policy of union and contract settlements, noting he settled disputes involving 200,000 workers. Successor George W. Purcell of Terre Haute, a mine worker, takes office amid minimal labor trouble.
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L. P. McCormack
George W. Purcell
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
McCormack
Indiana
Hamilton County
Mr. McCormack
Lfe
Purcell
Epworth League to Elect Officers at Edwin Ray Church
The Epworth league of Edwin Ray church meets Tuesday evening to elect new officers for the year. Officers will be installed next Sunday night as the league observes its eighteenth anniversary.
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Epworth League
Edwin Ray Church
League
Newlin Plans Pacific Lecture Tour on Democracy and Federalism
Cc. E. Newlin will leave May 27 for a Pacific coast trip to lecture on Democracy vs. Federalism. He will speak in several cities and arrange dates for Judge Artman of Lebanon, who will later lecture in the west.
Foraker Crowd Pleased In Ohio Campaign Bloomberg
Senator Dick reports no compromise with Taft forces and says he met with Gov Harris and John R. Malloy in Columbus. He will open headquarters in Akron and direct Foraker operations while Senator Foraker heads to Washington Thursday. The group believes they won the first battle for the presidential endorsement.
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Columbus
Taft
Foraker
Senator Dick
Cincinnati
Hartman Hotel
Gov. Harris
John R. Malloy
Akron
Senator Foraker
Washington
Harris
Walter Brown
Ohio
Central Union Telephone Building Rises Quickly in New York
The construction of the Central Union telephone building at New York and Meridian streets has been a record-breaker. It nears completion and observers noted the extraordinary speed of its progress.
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Central Union Telephone
New York
Meridian Sts
Still Probing The Constables In Police Court Cases
Fragments recount subpoenas and arrests as constables in Bloughville face extortion and petit larceny charges. Tousey, Beadle, Coy, and others are linked to misused powers and questioned by Attorney Groninger and Chief Metzger. Several cases head to grand jury while Bond issues and suspicions of impropriety surface.
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Robert Metzger
Court of Justice of the Peace
Grant Hollingsworth
Bloughville
Samuel Beadle
Beadle
Harry Gritton
Daniel
Harvey Stout
Made Cole's
W. Washington Jr
Bailey
Gritton
Coy
Metzger
W. F. Neugent
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Grition
Celes
Cox
Wharton
Peteresky
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