Emmerich Bank Bookkeeper Sought After Disappearance
Max P Emmerich bookkeeper at Capital National Bank vanished last Saturday night after accounts showed a ten thousand dollar shortage Pinkerton detectives and U S marshal hunt him He allegedly falsified four years of ledgers by altering the adding machine and forging checks to himself or fictitious payees He is 30 and had ten years service as a bank employee with bonds covering the bank and a private record of bogus checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max P. Emmerich
Capital National Bank
United States Marshal
Pinkerton
Emmerich
Fimmérich
Marion Club
Oalaree
J. C. Johnson
N. J. Moore
Capital National
Boy 9 Fatally Injured In Auto Collision on F Washington
Cecil Vernon, nine, died after being struck on F Washington street near New Jersey street Friday night. Driver F D Clinton, held on $1600 bond for assault and battery, claims the accident was unavoidable. Vernon, who rode in a dray wagon, darted toward the sidewalk as Clinton’s auto passed. he died at City hospital Saturday morning.
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F. D. Clinton
F. Washington Street
New Jersey Street
Mullin
Hunter
Clinton
City Hospital
T. J. Vernon
Ohio Street
Patten Cleans Up 7.5 Million in May Wheat Deal
Chicago May 29. The James A. Patten May wheat deal closed quietly at 1.34 a bushel. He and associates are credited with clearing about 7.5 million, as shorts accepted the settlement after a tense session at the Board of Trade. May options peaked at 1.3544, with openings at 1.54 and final quotes near 1.34.
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Chicago
Ill
James A. Patten
Shorts
Board of Trade
Patten
Wall Street and Steel Corporation
Police decline to search for defaulter Emmerich
The Capital National Bank charges Max P Emmerich with being a defaulter, but police will not search for him unless the bank notifies them. Police say they learned of the case from newspaper reports and assume Emmerich left last Saturday and is not in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max P. Emmerich
Capital National Bank
Emmerich
Young Emmerich
Department
Wrong Pay Envelope Leads to Police Arrest
Police arrested William Welsh on Saturday morning for taking a pay envelope containing 1545 dollars instead of 45 cents from Pope Weavery company. Capt Hyland and Sergt Quigley tracked him to a Georgia street boarding house and found him hiding in a closet. Welsh claimed it was a mistake and vowed to return the money. officers pursued him but he fled before capture.
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Sergt
Hyland
William Welsh
Pope-Weaverley Company
Capt
Sergi
Quigley
Welsh
Georgia Street
Sergt. Quigley
FALSE REPORT Ives Police Wild Chase
Six detectives and four bicycle cops searched the belt railroad Saturday for two men. They found no shot through a window at the United States Box factory on Churchman avenue. Two men on freight cars reportedly threw rock at a window. no one injured after hours of chasing freight trains.
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Belt Railroad
United States
Box Factory
Churchman Avenue
Gerber
Hall
Tuberculosis Hospital Commission to Let Building Contract
The Tuberculosis Hospital Commission will let a contract next Wednesday for $130,000 in buildings at the new Rockville hospital. A dozen bids are on the table for an administration building power house heating plant and six ward buildings.
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Tuberculosis Hospital Comission
New’ Hospital
Rockville
Brewer Negro Gambling House Keeper Sentenced
Robert Brewer, a black man with a white wife, was fined 25 dollars and costs and sentenced to 39 days in the workhouse by Judge Pritchard for keeping a gambling house. The raid involved Brewer, his wife, Thomas L. Carleton, and Ella Elliott. Brewer was the only defendant found guilty. Testimony showed the home hosted various races and sex of patrons, with chips used for counting rather than gambling stakes.
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Robert Brewer
Pritchard
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Brewer
Thomas L. Carleton
Ella Elliott
Evansville Street Car Strike Quiet Despite Union Tensions
Harry Slough state labor commissioner reported from Evansville that the street car strike remains calm with Carmen members pledging nonviolence. The union plans a public boycott to press labor interests as talks with the company failed over arbitration while the open shop stance persists. Gov Marshall's office is kept informed on developments.
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Harry Slough
Evansville
Hoar
Mr. Slough
Carmen
Street Railway
Empste
Gas leaks and rotten mains threaten city lives in Indianapolis
A rancorous critique targets Citizens' Gas company and Mayor Bookwalter over repeated gas releases from long neglected, underground mains. The piece cites May incidents at 815 College avenue and a McCarty street Virginia avenue blaze near a lodge hall, warning of further tragedies if inspection and accountability fail. It condemns manager J. D. Forrest and urges decisive action by city officials to stop lethal neglect.
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Citizens’ Gas Company
Indianapolis
Odd Fellows
McCarty Street
Virginia Avenue
J. D. Forrest
Bookwalter
Indianapolis Sun
Eve
Seventeenth Street
Forrest
Martha Manlove
John Hawkins
Citizens
College Avenue
John Henkins
Chicago May 29 Multiple world items and incidents
Chicago reports a Rev McNulty unconscious with head wound on a sidewalk in the morning. New York notes a 149 year lease for 50 foot property at 309 311 West 125th street totaling 1.3 million dollars. Stevens resigns as VP duties shift to NYNH&HRR general manager. A couple elopes in Geneva at a justice office. Kansas law changes take effect including bucketshop ban liquor sale limits and child actors barred. Constantinople auctions six old warships. A Great Lakes longshoremen strike threatens amid union dispute. Paris sees a tragedy linked to a mental disorder after a husband’s suicide and daughter’s death. Carlisle reports incendiary fire destroys frog plant. Bender & Alder plant fire near Pittsburg causes losses and damage. John I Martin moves from St Louis to Chicago with new law firm. John Clarke Robinson, 71, dies. co founder of Metropolitan Telephone and NY Life links.
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Chicago
Saan
McNulty
Walnut Street
Binghamton
N. Y
Quincy Street
Fifth Avenue
New York
Deggan Construction Company
West
John F. Stevens
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Sammel G. Post
Rose Gertz
Geneva
Pittsburg
Bender & Alder
National Lead and Oil Company
Sharpstart
John I. Martin
St. Louis
Special U S Attorney to Appear Here in Libel Case
Washington May 3 Stuart McNamara special assistant to the attorney general will leave Washington tomorrow for Indianapolis to begin proceedings against Delavan Smith and Charles R Williams of the Indianapolis News. The government seeks removal to Washington on an indictment charging libelous articles about the Parama canal purchase. Arguments on removal to this jurisdiction will be heard next Tuesday morning in federal court Indianapolis before Judge Anderson.
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Washington
D. C
Stuart McNamara
Indianapolis
Parama Canal
Federal Court
Judse Anderson
Klingensmith An Absentee Estate In Probate Court
Adam Klingensmith grocer of Indianapolis disappeared after 1880 leaving a valuable estate to be settled in probate court before Judge Ross. His sister Susan remains alive while Barbara and George Klingensmith have died. George N Klingensmith petitions for administrator as absentee. Henry Fink of New Augusta appointed administrator by Judge Ross.
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Adam Klingensmith
Indianapolis
Ross
Klingensmith
Senate Avenue
Washington Street
Barbara
George
Susan
Marion County
George N. Klingensmith
Henry Fink
New Augusta
Insurance Men Examination Ordered in Trust Case
On Attorney General Bingham's application in Judge Weir's court the examination of Ernest M. Sellers and Thomas S. McMurray, insurance men, was ordered without notifying the 138 defendants except through their attorneys. The examination is scheduled for June 1.
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Bingham
Weir
Ernest M. Sellers
Thomas S. McMurray
Insurance Trust
Roberts Gets Post with Union 6 Hunt at Endowment Rank
Frank Roberts, assistant custodian at the statehouse, left Indianapolis Saturday for Chicago to take a position with Union Banner Hunt tied to the Knights of Pythias endowment rank. William A. Semana will assist in Mr. Roberts' place. No new appointment of an assistant.
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Frank Roberts
Statehouse
Indianapolis
Chicago
Union Banner Hunt
Knights of Pythias
William A. Semana
Mr. Roberts
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Pinkertons
U. S. Marshal
Little Cecil Vernon
Cecil Vernon
Wall Street
Steel Trust
Joe Leiter
Joseph Leiter
Miss May Williams
Col Williams
Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Constantinople
Great Lakes
Paris
David Henderson
Cafe Pere Tranquille
Henderson
Carlisle
Frog
Los Angeles
Cal
John Clarke Robinson
Metropolitan Telepnone Company
Bell Company
New York Life Insurance Company
U. 3
Ings
Delavan Smith
Charles R. Willams
The
Indianapolis News
Roberts
Union 6
Hunt
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