Schwomeyer on Stand in Wife Murder Trial
Fred Schwomeyer remains calm and self-possessed on the stand as he describes the morning of the shooting. He denies volunteering to Perry McKain that he shot his wife Ella and testifies about encounters with Gill and a broken window before the fatal moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Schwomeyer
Elliott R. Hooton
Indianapolis
Perry
Schwemerer
McKain
Gill
Schwemeyer
William Darling
Old Augusta
Muriel Schwemeyer
Fred Schwemeyer
Muriel
Emsley Johnson
Local Jottings From Indianapolis Briefs And Notes
A miscellany of city happenings includes indictments trapping deputies, new dairy lunch spots in Indianapolis, frost themed attire, and anecdotes about officials. Reports cover Chief Coots’s long service, Joe Hogues absence, light and drafting room updates, and potential politics for Sox Barnett. Public health, Odd Fellows building work, and street installations are noted alongside local crime, transit, and sports events.
Gemini Laundry and Dental Ads Reflect 19th Century Commerce
An OCR fragment shows The Gem Laundry offering family washings and ironing services, plus a dentist Grant H. Clay, M D, listing 108 N Delaware St Indianapolis as his location after 14 years with New York Dental Company. Also mentions a powerful double flue heater, cash prices, a fitting company on West Washington Street, and Kentucky Avenue, indicating a mixed local classified page with services and products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant H. Clay
New York Dental Company
N. Delawarest
Torglinson Hall
Ndianapolis
Pakier Queen
Bere
Washington St
Kentucky-ave
Free delivery cases dropped over charter revocation bid
Circuit Judge Henry Clay Allen faces suits seeking to revoke railroad express charters for alleged discrimination against customers beyond city limits. Earlier Marion judges McMaster Leathers and Carter ruled demurrers sustain for lack of clear discrimination and deliveries beyond mile limit, hinting cases may be dismissed or refiled with fuller facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express and Telegraph
Henry Clay Allen
Circuit Court
J. L. McMaster
James M Leathers
Vinson Carter
Marion
Adams, American
United States Express
American
Indianapolis
McMaster and Leathers
Carter
Express Company
Western Union
Postal Telegraph
Indianapolis Considers Municipal Asphalt Plant Plan
Mayor Bookwalter and city engineer Blaine Miller, with Councilman W. O. Bangs, inspected a mobile asphalt plant from Hetherington and Berner. They discuss city data on costs and feasibility for a municipal plant and plan to visit Dayton and Columbus to inspect newer plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bookwalter
Blaine H. Miller
W. O. Bangs
Hetherington
Berner
Blaine Miller
Indianapolis
F. A. Hetherington
Miller
Board of Public Works
Dayton
Columbus
Penny In The Slot Machine Suit Yields Jury Award
A circuit court jury on Thursday morning awarded Harry A. Bebout four thousand two hundred thirty dollars against Smith Hargrove Company and others. Bebout said he bought many penny-in-the-slot machines that squirted perfume on customers, but they failed to work properly and he sought a refund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Harry A. Bebout
Smith Hargrove Company
Bebout
Man Bound Over To Grand Jury In Pasadena Theft Case
Earl Sloss, a Black man, charged with entering the Pasadena flats on N. Illinois and robbing gas meters, was bound over to the grand jury in police court Thursday morning. Sloss has previously been arrested on the same charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Sloss
Pasadena
N. Tllmois Sr
Grand Jury
Sloss
Oyster Themed Dinner Ad Across Ohio Street Venues
An old style ad urges readers to bring their best friend to the Bull and Bear at 11 E Ohio Street and promises repeat visits after tasting oysters at Oyster Frank's 113 N Alabama Street. It also points to Ye Ark 15 N Ohio Street and Elmer Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Frank’s
Alabama-st
Ye ‘Ark
Ohio-st
Elmer
Long
Demanded Gold and Got It From Wall Street
A tall countryman demanded gold for a mortgage payment at the Tithe Guaranty and Trust company in New York. Clerks offered certified checks but he insisted on gold, firing up with a demand that the cash be poured from the treasury. After bags of gold were dumped on the floor, the man finally left with two friends and two hansoms, taking the gold to a safety vault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Wall St
President Kelsey
Treasury
Kelsey
Goebel Governor Case Moves in Georgetown Assembly Visit
Democratic members of the 19th century Kentucky General Assembly, who helped install William Goebel as governor over William Taylor, gathered in Georgetown to answer Commonwealth Attorney Franklin. A new claim alleges P M HI of Campbell County was sworn in as senator and Goebel resigned to avert a Democrats’ majority. Judges said 100 men would be summoned Friday and 100 more Saturday, with changes to the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
William Goebel
William Taylor
Georgetown
Commonwealth
Franklin
Ofense
Goebel
P. M. HI
Campbell
Groebel
Mitchell denies ambition for federal office after mine head role
In a advance Journal copy, United Mine Workers President John Mitchell says he refused renomination due to poor health and has made no plans for after April 1. He rejects rumors of resigning to pursue a high political office and states his term will expire without a defined post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers’ Journal
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Want Women Cleaners at Statehouse Offices
Clerks and stenographers at the statehouse argue for employing charwomen to clean woodwork chandeliers and lamps. They cite better results from women cleaners and point to federal building staff as a model where offices stay free of soot and dirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statehouse
Federal Building
Dean Russell Addresses City Teachers on Discipline
Dr. James E. Russell of Columbia University will speak to the city school teachers in Caleb Mills hall at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. His address is titled Some Phases of Discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Russell
Teachers’ College of
Columbia University
New York
Caleb Mills
Peace conference opens in Washington to end Central American wars
The Central American peace conference began in Washington at the Bureau of American Republics with the aim of preventing future wars among the five republics. Delegates from the region gather to seek a lasting accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Bureau of American Republics
Stone Pile For Him Raises Court Fines And Prison Time
George Anderson a Black man who begged claiming his son was dying was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse on Thursday After asking several passersby for money he warned he would bring a curse on their heads Anderson was described as unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Anderson
Anderson
Walsh Case Reveals Alledged Bank Plunder at Night
In Chicago on November 14 United States attorneys painted a picture of John R. Walsh as a financier who used private offices and night maneuvering to juggle millions. They detailed deals involving Southern Indiana Coal, Illinois Southern bonds, and stock swindles, claiming bank funds financed his private ventures and that liquidity crises led to liquidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
John R. Walsh
United States
Anderson
Dobyns
Walsh
Southern Indiana Coal Company
Illinois Southern Railway Company
Walsh, Blount
Wisconsin & Michigan Railway Company
Equitable Trust Company
Fred M. Blount
Indiana
635 Kitchen Queen Nanges New 623.50
Partial OCR text shows a remark about a kitchen range sale with a price of 623.50 and mentions cash terms and a Washington address. The readable fragment hints at a warranty note and procurement from a Kentucky avenue location, but essential facts are incomplete.
Anna Held Stricken With Pneumonia Threatening Return
Philadelphia reports Anna Held, famed actress, severely ill with pneumonia after collapsing in her dressing room during a night performance. Even if she recovers, winter acting engagements for the Parisian Model company are canceled indefinitely. Held debuted in Paris at 13 and later starred in The Little Duchess. She was educated in Rouen and married Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Held
Model” Company
Miss Held
Paris
Rouen
France
FL Ziegfeld, Jr
Chicago
Barney Kills Self in New York Home
Charles P. Barney former president of the Knickerbocker Trust Company died by suicide at his New York home this afternoon after an earlier public event. His death follows his resignation from the bank amid financial and personal strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Barney
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Presbyterians Hear Proposals at National Brotherhood Session
United Press report from Cincinnati shows the Presbyterian Brotherhood in session as it urges President to restore In God We Trust on all U S coins. Meeting features talks by Edward Young and Rev Charles Stelzle with Gov Crawford and others. Tra Landreth elected general secretary and a new general council named from Philadelphia Minneapolis Cleveland St Louis Trenton Nashville Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Cincinnati
Presbyterian Brotherhood
United States
Edward Young
Pittsburg
Brotherhood
E. P. Hill
Chicago
Charles Stelzle
Edgar W. Work
New York
Tra Landreth
Nashville
Tenn
J. H. Converse
Philadelphia
Charles ‘. Thompson
Minneapolis
John L. Severance
Cleveland
A. C. Stewart
El Guayabo Plantation Incorporation Filed in Jonesboro
The El Guayabo Plantation company of Jonesboro filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state on Thursday. Directors listed are H. A. Jones, I. L. Carter, B. Frank Duling, Co. H. Rothinghouse and T. Q. Dix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Guayabo Plantation Company
Jonesboro
Capital Stock
H. A. Jones
I. L. Carter
B. Frank Duling
Co. H. Rothinghouse
T. Q. Dix
Reunion records of Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry
Gen. Oran Perry published a pamphlet of the twenty third annual reunion proceedings of the Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry at Fountain City on Sept 19. The well written account is neatly bound and will be sent to members of the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oran Perry
Sixty-ninth
Indiana Infantry
Fountain City
Furnace repair and installation by Round Oak experts
1AM PREPARED to repair your fur nace or put in a new Round Oak fur nace on very short notice. A shop full of skilled furnace men. James P. Carroll, cor. Tenth and Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Carroll
Tenth and Broadway
Bradley jury completes in deliberate shooting case
The jury in the Bradley case is seated after deliberations and the prosecutor says the killing was deliberate. An employee of the Raleigh Hotel testifies on the witness stand about the shooting of the former senator.
The Bradley Jury List and Demographic Note
The Bradley jury roster shows James J. Feeney publisher age 48 William E. Reiss brick maker 60 Adam J. Smith undertaker 34 noted as the only negro on the jury plus Dan M. Newman 53 grocer Alexander M. Cole 44 grocer John Sweeney 37 painter Julius E. Prigg 48 bookkeeper Julius Viedt 35 watchmaker Joseph C. Haryley 38 coffee merchant James L. Whiteside 45 builder William H H Rupertus 65 paper hanger Samuel R. Garber 56 grocer all are married except Smith the only black juror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Reiss
Adam J. Smith
Dan M. Newman
Alexander M. Cole
John Sweeney
Julius E. Prigg
Julius Viedt
Joseph C. Haryley
James L. Whiteside
William HH. Rupertus
Samuel R. Garber
Smith
Bradley wife on trial for murder of ex Senator Brown
Washington jury swore in to try Mrs Annie Bradley accused of killing ex Senator Arthur Brown of Utah in a Raleigh hotel room. Opening statements painted premeditated intent with a weeklong plan to kill, witnesses described the scene, and Brown allegedly identified Bradley as the shooter moments after the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Bradley
Arthur
Samuel R. Garber
Baker
Bradley
Annie Bradley
Brown
Salt Lake City
Washington
Turner
Salt Lake
David T. Nelson
Raleigh
Brown's
Josephine Kidwell
The
Miss Kidwell
Edward A. Parker
Cruitt
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Schwomeyer
Hooton
Ella
United States Marshal
John E. Shideler
Chief Coots
Fire Department
Benjamin Wheat
Joe Hogue
Jack Frost
J. Howard Gibson
Sox
Barnett
Fred Klee
City Board of Health
Washington and
Pennsylvania Sts
David C. Walmsley
Criminal Court
Odd Fellows
State Life Building
Monarch of
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Hamilton-ave. and
Klausmann
Marion County
Samuel Pugh
John Ditlon
Miles Fitzgerald
Chemical
Mike Kirns
S Chemical
Kilmeyer
Willis
Metcalf
N. Capitol Ave
City Dispensary
Dave
Judge Whallon
John W. Dain
Alice Smith
Dain
Cecil Gibson
Massachusetts Ave
Indianapolis Public Schools
Southside
Turners
J. D. Sandy
Riverside Aanugement Company
Riverside
W. Wash. St
Wulschner
Judge Carter
Asphalt
Georgetown, Ky
Morris
Peace Men
Banks
Himself
Chicago Chronicle
People’s Gas Company
Peoria Gas and Light Company
Bedford Stone Company
Walsh Enterprises
National Bank Examiner
Chicago National Bank
Anna
Barney
Fats OF
Bradley Jury
Utah
T. J. Talty
Mrs. Bradley
Mr. Brown
Hoover
Talty
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