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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1905
Page
1
Albert Carroll admitted breaking out of the Ben Begie saloon after stealing 33 dollars. He told police he was locked in the basement, found the cash drawer, took the money, and escaped through a rear window.
George Wilson, ex convict, stood trial in criminal court Monday for shooting Patrolman Jesse Bunders and Patrolman Sanders during a home dispute in West Indianapolis. The chase ended with Wilson captured by bystanders after Sanders was wounded. Bunders survived. In a separate report, William Scroggins said he was robbed of $3 near Alabama Street by a man with a revolver, and provided a suspect description.
Governor J Frank Hanly will give a lecture titled The Patriotism of Peace at Waynesburg Virginia on Monday evening as part of a lecture course. He plans to return home on Tuesday.
The forecast calls for fair conditions and rising temperatures with increasing cloudiness Tuesday night. Likely showers by the afternoon. Further notes mention light winds, mild night, and no significant storms.
Lessees of Grand in the deal Zeigler and Anderson are members of a syndicate which will establish independent theaters in 19 cities with out further delay, says capitalist Geo. B. Cox.
The westbound Denver train wrecked at Sugar Ore, injuring fourteen people with one possibly fatally. Reports say cars toppled and rails spread, with injured passengers brought to Pueblo for treatment. The incident involved the Mrs. Denver on a St. Louis to Pueblo run, per Cripps-M’Rre Press Association.
CINCINNATI Oct 16 Henry M Zeigler and associates in theaters M C Anderson Congressman Rhinock of Covington and George B Cox work with the Shubert Bros to build a chain of first class theaters in Minneapolis Indianapolis St Paul Louisville Toronto Montreal and more The plan aims to provide independent attractions a full season and allow stars like Mrs Leslie Carter Mrs Minnie Maddern Fiske David Warfield Blanche Bates and Sarah Bernhardt to perform there in houses linked to the Shubert-Belasco-Fiske interest.
A party of Standard Oil officials led by Henry H Rogers and John J Archhard from New York left for a Pittsburg inspection tour of West Virginia Ohio Indiana Kansas and Indian Territory oil fields. A mob gathered at New Martinsville to lynch Safe Barrack and Bred Detweiler after they were charged with criminal assault on a mentally disabled girl.
Scripps-McRae Press Association reports Buffalo New York on October 16 a major water main burst left the western districts without water. For hours since Sunday afternoon residents faced a deplorable shortage with hospitals and institutions seeking limited supplies amid tinder conditions.
Four men found playing poker at a rooming house on BE. Michigni st were brought before Police Capt. Boy lan and Sgt Hagerty. They claimed innocence but were fined by Police Judge Thomas Whatton. Henry Jacobs, alias Fortner, paid 50 and costs, the three players paid 5 each, all using fictitious names.
The U S Supreme Court on October 1 denied the motion to advance the case of James Howard versus Kentucky. Howard, convicted of the murder of Governor Gorbel, Kentucky, seeks appeal from the sentence after three trials.
Hamilton Newberry, nightwatchman at the Raymond electric light plant in Litchfield, was killed early Monday when he fell into a moving flywheel. He reportedly slept and nodded into the whirring machinery. The incident prompts debate over burial at Westminster Abbey for Sir Henry.
Special to the Sun reports in Bloomington Indiana that Eph Johnson, accused of attempted assault on Mrs. Frank Mutky, pleaded guilty and received an indeterminate sentence at Jeffersonville reformatory. A sheriff escorted him to the train to Jeffersonville to avert a mob lynching.
Albert Gall died at his home in Tennessee. His funeral was held Monday afternoon with Masons in charge and a detailed ceremony. The Rev Joshua Stansfield led services as pallbearers from Philadelphia included Fred Bachman Emil Martin and others.
Charles Pierson, a saloon keeper at ESI Prospectest, was arrested Monday on a charge of selling and giving away beer on Sunday. Two men and three women seen leaving Sunday night were charged with loitering. Pierson testified and paid a $19 fine. Others were discharged as no proof linked them to the saloon.
Evansville Indiana report says Andrew Woods died after a Julie Scrippe M Rae Phess Association member struck him with a brick at Jesse Jackson's home. Sunday evening Jackson attempted to retire when the attack occurred. Woods died from the blow. Jackson is in custody.
The Supreme Court advanced the hearing of cases against tobacco and paper trust officials who refused to answer questions or produce papers in the lower courts. Arguments are scheduled for January 2.
Nathaniel L Richmond a North Collins farmer shot and killed his wife and himself Sunday night. He left a note asking relatives to care for his baby and other children. The tragedy was reported by the Scripps-Howard press association in Buffalo New York.
Ephraim Patmer reported a burglary on Saturday night in which $9 and a pair of trousers were stolen. Police are investigating the incident amid sparse details and no suspects named.
A gang of pickpockets robbed W A Lewis at 144 Market Avenue of a purse containing between $5 and $73. He reported the loss Monday morning after shopping for provisions and boarding a crowded streetcar where four men surrounded him.
Sinclair Posse 19, son of wealthy parents, is dying from injuries sustained in a football game on Sunday. Half a dozen players were injured including Boxsey who suffered brain concussion internal injuries and two broken ribs.
John Greenway, one of Roosevelt's Rough Riders, has traveled to Washington to join the president, then to New Orleans, as special to the Sun reports from Duluth Minnesota.
Jessie M. Partlow, a renowned newspaper woman, travels to hard coal country for a major miners strike next spring. She will interview miners and women, gathering human interest stories and insights into conditions and tensions, with articles to appear soon in this newspaper.
Nellie Ryan, 49, disappeared from 345 Virginia Ave on October 4. Her body was found in White River near Kentucky Avenue Bridge at 8:30 a.m. by workers on a sand boat, identified by a gold watch bearing initials N R. The coroner took the body to Tutewiler's morgue. authorities and Nellie’s sister Anna led police searches as the family, once close, faced a sorrowful split and Nellie’s suspected depression after their mother's death.
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