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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
13
Milton Mays, a Black man arrested Saturday, is described by police as a burglar of reputation and will be taken to Lebanon for burglary and larceny charges. Mays escaped Chicago police by leaping from a second story window of a police station.
The Indiana appellate court upheld damages for Gustave Pacholke after a driver pair behind him used horn, smoke, and explosions for 300 yards, scaring Pacholke’s horse and causing a crash that led to amputation. The ruling stresses that motorists must exercise skill and care to protect citizens on shared highways.
J M Linderman of the firm Aschel Grau Linderman importers New York died this morning in Chicago after a groan alert awoke A Branski. Linderman reportedly died by his own action and passed before a physician arrived. He was a junior member of the New York company.
Police seek a man after a four person buggy gang abducted a pug named Pug from 1119 N Capitol Ave Thursday night. The elderly, nearly blind dog was taken as four adults fled down the street in a buggy before the owner realized.
A wagon carrying five people was struck by Fire Engine No. 1 at Michigan and Minerva streets at 7 PM Friday. Mrs. Flora Reeves of 905 N Belmont Ave drove the wagon containing her three children and Mary Adams of 903 Belmont Ave. Reeves sustained serious injuries while the others, including the infant, escaped. Fire crews were responding to a Patterson Street alarm.
George Riley, Richard Arnett, Charles Day and Wiloyd Honschell aged 16 to 19 were arraigned before Judge Pritchard on grand larceny charges and pleaded guilty. They were granted suspended sentences after admitting to robbing 12 houses in the city for jewelry and money during winter. Indictments were returned by the grand jury on Thursday.
Fred Williams, an ash hauler at the Linden hotel, was accused by guests of stealing clothing after he accompanied hotel guests several times. Police arrested him Friday on burglary and larceny charges, and he confessed.
An indictment charging William S and S Fish, president and GM of the Sentinel Printing Co, for fraud and connivance in county printing contracts was leaked before arrest. Sheriff Clay arrested Fish hours after the leak. bond set at 5100. The piece blames the prosecutor Hooton for the breach of grand jury secrecy.
Special orders issued Friday directed police to keep saloons closed during polling hours and watch precincts closely. Capt Hyland prepared plans as bicycle patrols were reorganized and extra riders assigned. Night sergeants checked voting sites and stationed patrols where trouble was possible.
Auditor Sahm urges a grand jury investigation into constable mileage and witness travel costs tied to sanity inquests in Marion County. Perjury charges are expected to be a focus as books show inflated bills and multiple paid trips for witnesses from single households.
A Katy train beyond Muskogee Oklahoma was wrecked one mile east of the city this afternoon. Reports indicate a number of persons were killed with casualties not yet confirmed.
Minneapolis warehouse district faced a major fire when a blaze started at 1:30 PM. The massive Omaha freight depot was engulfed in flames and likely to be a total loss.
Detective Jacob Kurtz arrested James Misner after a struggle over a bicycle stolen from E. Saylor of 720 Harrison Street. Misner resisted at Drowitz pawn office on E. Washington Street and at the police station, having sold the bike Thursday at Sussman’s pawn office.
Indiana state fair schedule lists livestock judges across divisions. Names include E S Morse for Draft Horses in Chicago, M A McDonald for Coach Horses in West Lebanon, T W Bell for Harness and Ponies in Chicago, and others covering cattle sheep swine poultry and more with judges from Indiana Illinois Kentucky and Missouri.
Experimental ten voting machines proved inadequate for mid day and evening crowds in the double primary. Booths were hurriedly added while Democrats show strong turnout. Republicans report lighter totals. precinct by precinct data shows slow early voting with delays on candidate name listings and one machine intermittently slow.
Eight jurors sworn in the Brunaugh trial as Special Venice called to complete the panel by Saturday. Names include Edward H. Shaw Andrew Steffen William L. Milmer Eugene M. Parrott Melville C Logen Nathaniel S Green Austin Glenn Willis C Davis Joseph W Rumford Thomas B Kinnan Charles A Rooney. Jury selection continued with a recess to allow votes and another venire ordered as examiners pressed for a Friday verdict. Andrew Steffen was the first juror accepted by both sides.
Fred Harsch, examined Thursday as an 8 juror in the Brunaugh case, may be cited to the grand jury for his answers while in the jury box. He admitted he gave answers to avoid serving. Judge Carter expressed disgust and may place the case before the grand jury for investigation. Special Judge Vin son Carter vows to prevent deliberate avoidance of service.
In New York on May 15 Harry K Thaw received a setback as Dr Amos T Baker Thaws guardian testified Thaw is insane a danger to public safety and should not be at large Baker cited hereditary insanity and St Vitus dance Thaw had claimed he was never insane while lawyers argued insanity was only strategy to avoid murder charges Dr Carlos MacDonald labeled Thaw a paranoiac likely to commit violence
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