Van Cleave Released in Grand Jury Report
Edward Van Cleave, who killed Adolph Fischer with a chisel at the Lauter furniture factory, was discharged by the grand jury on Friday morning. The panel found Fischer had tormented him, and Van Cleave’s hurling of the chisel was a justifiable act during a moment of anger. The report also recommends discharge of Mary Rafferty, accused of shooting Archie Vincent with intent to kill. Vincent had lived with her as a common law husband but recently ended the relationship. she fired a pistol but aimed into the air, showing no intent to kill.
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Edward van Cleave
Adolph Fischer
Lauter
Fischer
van Cleave
Mary Rafferty
Archie Vincent
Vincent
Swindled for 60000 in bogus school warrants
In St Louis Missouri May 12 James L Benwell George Gray and R P Jamieson were arrested for passing a bogus 1500 school warrant of district 2 St Clair county Illinois The warrants total perhaps 60000 have been passed locally and elsewhere The Michigan City prison board has selected a deputy to succeed McClaughrey with name to be announced June 1 McClaughrey leaves June 20 for Wisconsin state prison deputy is an Indiana man on the board
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ST. Lotvis
James L. Benwell
George Gray
R. P. Jamieson
St. Clair County
Illinois
Thomas Howell
Michigan City
McClaughrey
Wisconsin
Indiana
Goss Plans Major School Building Overhaul in Europe
At a special school board meeting on Thursday night, authorities approved spending totaling 123000 on remodeling and rebuilding multiple buildings. Major projects include No 7, No 9, No 15, No 16, Nos 19 and 38, No 32, and No 51 Brightwood, delaying the fall opening to September 18. Goss will be on vacation from July 5 to September 5.
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Brightwood
Goss
Boy imitator dragged to death by freight train
Chester Pennsylvania May 12 Frank Beaumont eleven years old attempted to lasso an engineer imitating Buffalo Bill He stood along the tracks and cast a rope around his waist The lasso caught the engineer’s jacket and Beaumont was dragged for a square before being crushed under the wheels of the passing freight train.
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Chester
Buffalo Bill
Frank Beaumont
Beaumont
Fast Run by Bike Cops to Bridge Accident Scene
Schroeder and Hauser biked from the police station to the Central avenue bridge wreck in six and a half minutes covering nearly three miles. The officers urged bystanders to stay clear of live wires, delaying crowds from crossing the damaged spans and preventing further casualties.
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Schroeder
Hauser
Central-ave
Bridge Contracts Let for Four New Bridges
The commissioners awarded iron work contracts on four new bridges to the Lafayette Bridge Company. Grassy creek bid 1 575, Crooked creek 1 115, Bean creek 586, Eagle creek 1 710. Bids were rejected from lower bidders for missing affidavits under the old law.
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Lafayette Bridge Company
Grassy Creek
Crooked Creek
Bean Creek
Eagle Creek
Indianapolis Declared Reserve City For Banks
The treasury boss proclaims Indianapolis no longer a country bank and orders a reserve scheme. US money equal to 23 percent of deposits must be kept in each of four national banks while country banks may retain 15 percent, swelling deposits in the city. Scratch and itch notes hint at illness and unrest.
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Controller of the Treasury
Indianapolis
United States
Julia Arthur Stops Play Orders Out Flirt Suspect
At the Hyperion theater in New Haven Julia Arthur halted the production of A Lady of Quality to eject a man in the audience she claimed was flirting with a cast member. The disruption drew applause as the curtain dropped then rose for the finale.
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Julia
Arthur
Masher
New Haven
Conn
Julia Arthur
Hyperion Theater
Miss Arthur
Milwaukee Tragedy: Man Kills Sweetheart Then Self
Geo. Hinckley, once a barber in Indianapolis, shot Bertha Irueger in Milwaukee during a lover’s quarrel, then killed himself. He died. she was found clinging to his body and was not badly hurt.
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Milwaukee
Geo. Hinckley
Indianapolis
Bertha
Irueger
Catholic conversion shocks St. Luke's rector aide
On May 12 in New York Rev. C W De Lyon Nichols, assistant rector of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, announced his conversion to Catholicism. He has long contemplated the move, aided by his self portrait in The Greek Madonna. Nichols says his forthcoming work The decadents will expose social folly among the fashionable and the hardened.
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New York
C. W. de Lyon Nichols
St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church
Nichols
Harden
Tolosa Coffee and Rubber Company of Mexico Advertised Capital Stock
A mention in today’s issue highlights Tolosa coffee and rubber company of Mexico with a full page advertisement. The text notes a capital stock amount of one million dollars and references profits linked to rubber culture and a repositioning.
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Tolosa Coffee, and Rubber Company of
Mexico
Will. Cer
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