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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
5
Miss Hortense Abromet describes her jail confinement with quiet grace as she faces a grave charge after her arrest. She speaks of longing for woods and flowers, says visitors are kind but she avoids public view, and notes her trial in ten days while awaiting resolution.
A woman in a dim room wears a glittering ring as she recalls a past romance with Charlie Mannering and a soldier lover who left for the Philippines. Torn between a pink token, a runaway memory, and the ring, she faces a surprise reunion as a tall figure in a tattered uniform kisses her.
A cryptic passage shows a woman nodding and tilting her head as she rests on a shoulder. She feels satisfaction with the result and her doubts fade, suggesting a quiet resolution in an intimate moment.
Suisun witnessed a dramatic elopement as Mona Robie married William A. Chrisler in Napa at 11 PM on Wednesday. The Lincoln druggist, who believed engagement had ended, arrived Thursday morning to discover the nuptials. The couple, now in San Francisco, will receive a society reception on return.
Paris May 2. M Loubet pardons Brierre seen by most French as murderer of his five children. The incident sparks debate on abolishing capital punishment with Capus in Le Figaro joking about mercy and justice. A deputy plans to push the question citing precedent.
A long Sunday scene in Indiana counties ends with a Wayne-Marshall arrest as delegates quarrel over a Spencer girl near the park. The text also notes local oddities from Kokomo to Bedford, including a quiet Kokomo wedding and various regional anecdotes.
In May 72 San Francisco police intervened a teen elopement. Miss Ruby Halden Mills, 14, fled Antioch with lover Thomas A. O'Brien, 20, boarded a Stockton river boat toward the city. After arrival in San Francisco the pair were separated. Mills home, O'Brien in Martinez custody.
Jan X Krige, Boer commandant and Gen. Botha staff, tells a Denison hotel crowd that accidents could occur before King Edward's coronation. He denies assassination plans, says Boers kill in combat, not by stealth. Krige to lecture in Tomlinson hall Friday on his experiences and the Boer struggle.
Wm H Scott of Warsaw Indiana attending the locomotive engineers convention found names and addresses of new acquaintances written on his cuffs. He promised souvenirs, sent the linen home, and received a telegram from his wife ordering him to come home at once noting he is married.
John Becker of Aberdeen spent a night trapped on a cliff ledge above the Pacific after choosing a tunnel shortcut near Queets. As the tide rose, he climbed the rock face with a pocketknife to reach a rock cleft and survived a perilous ordeal before dawn. His rescuers had failed to reach him earlier.
In Los Angeles on May 22, during a performance of La Tosca at a local theater, Florence Stone accidentally stabbed Melbourne MacDowell in the mouth in the fourth act. The knife struck his front teeth and loosened them while he continued the scene, swallowing blood throughout.
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