Clay Delays in Brunauve Queues Telegrams
Mayor Bookwalter says no need for investigation of old contracts and defers to the grand jury. Clay delays in Brunauve generate telegrams and questions, with possible police aid being considered.
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1907
Page
1
Patching Questions Spark City Hall Scrutiny
Questions rise about Harry Branaugh and alleged misdeeds tied to street patching. Critics press why Mayor Bookwalter and City Engineer Miller did not inform the grand jury or arrest Branaugh earlier, whether he was warned to flee, and if anyone aided his escape. Debate grows over reforms in the city engineer’s office and why investigations shifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Branaugh
Charles A. Bookwalter
Blaine Miller
Branaugh
Bookwalter
Miller
Quiet search for Harry Brunaugh continues in Indianapolis
Local authorities say they are making minimal noise in the hunt for Harry Brunaugh. Sheriff Clay and Chief Metzger deny active police assistance, while Brunaugh is believed to have left Indianapolis for Batavia Ohio to stay with his mother. A former city clerk testifies about street repair reports, noting crude figures and small errors favoring the Western Construction Company. Mayor Bookwalter rejects a full expert audit, stating records appear clean and the grand jury will investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Clay
Branaugh
Indianapolis
Batavia
Brunaugh
Robert Metzger
Frank Able
Western Construction Company
Mr. Able
Able
Bookwalter
Marion County Construction Company
Marion County Grand Jury
Blaine H. Miller
Local Cuttings Highlights From City News Briefs
City notes report on Halloween approaching October 31 and public meetings by Attorney General James Bingham in Chicago. Gas utility tests show 16.9 candle power, below standard, while Playgrounds Association leader Graham Romeyn Taylor lectures on public playgrounds. Local real estate activity rises as football fans react to Michigan score expectations. Edson Fishback faces hunting without a license penalty. Race tracks at the state fairgrounds to be resurfaced with fairground earth. A street cleaning official recalls catching 60 fish at Sugar Creek, prompting a quip about altered figures. Shutt and Billheimer return from a White River fishing trip with a large statehouse boat.
City council to transfer 100000 for hospital improvements
At Monday night meeting the council will introduce an ordinance to move 100000 from the city hall building fund to the hospital improvement fund. Mayor Bookwalter argues bonds are unnecessary due to weak demand and high interest on existing funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bookwalter
Lamp Explosion Burns Miss Esk at Magnolia Club
Miss Maud Esk, 21, was severely burned when a lamp exploded during a card game at her Magnolia rooms Sunday night. Her clothing caught fire as she tried to extinguish the blaze. she was taken to City Hospital with burns about the waist and the final outcome uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hospital
Maud Esk
Magnolia
Miss Esk
Wilson pleads not guilty in mining fraud case
Maj Charles M Wilson faced criminal court after being charged with defrauding Indianapolis businessmen in mining deals. Sheriff Clay escorted him on Monday afternoon as he waived arraignment and entered a not guilty plea advised by attorney John Ruckelshaus. Wilson appeared well dressed and smiled during court entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Maj
Charles M. Wilson
Indianapolis
Clay
John Ruckelshaus
Heirs Sought for 1884 Springfield Estate of William Mitchell
Police received a letter from L W Hubbell of Springfield Missouri asking for heirs of William Mitchell who died here in 1884 The letter notes the family lived at 622 North Alatamast and that Mitchell was a retired army officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Hubbell
Springfield
William Mitchell
Mitchell
United States Weather Forecast Fair Tonight and Tuesday
The forecast calls for fair weather tonight with increasing temperatures into Tuesday. Expect sunrise at 6:02 and sunset around 4:57 as conditions remain dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Booth's recovery prompts doctors to revise Chicago departure plan
Gen William Booth's recuperative power astonished doctors as he regained strength enough to defy earlier forecasts. His condition improved so much that the Salvation Army leader likely will depart Chicago on Wednesday rather than be aired a fortnight hence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
William Booth
Salvation Army
Farm 77 Acres Near Beach Grove Sold In Probate Court
In Indianapolis area near Beach Grove a 77 acre farm left by Elenore Meier was offered in probate court Monday. Judge Merl N. A. Walker oversaw the sale as heirs sought higher bids with Charles Fuehring initially bidding 106 an acre, then Henry Meyer offering 116, and Fuehring winning at 118 dollars per acre after the final bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Beach Grove
Elenore Meier
Merl N. A. Walker
Charles Fuehring
Henry Meyer
Walker
Uncle Sam Holds Up Trust Goods
Special to The Sun Washington Oct 21 federal government seizes interstate trust goods under Sherman Law marking first enforcement of section six. A 7000 dollar shipment of real tobacco from Durham North Carolina to The British American Tobacco Company of Great Britain is attached at Norfolk Virginia. Government alleges British American company created to defeat US laws with Imperial Tobacco and American Tobacco shareholding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N .C
British-American Tobacco Company of Great Britain
Norfolk, Va
Imperial Tobacco Company
American Tobacco Company
United States
London
Board of Managers
Woman Ends Her Life by Hanging in Grief Stricken Home
Sophia Rummell, 59, hanged herself using a rope of rags tied to a door transom shortly before noon Monday. Found by neighbor Clara Robinson, the death followed years of grief after her husband’s passing. she left an open Bible with the word immortality marked above a verse. Her three grown children had dispersed, and she had gone to the Grassow residence, a religious family, before dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Robinson
Mrs. Rummell
Sophia Grassow
Highland-ave
Grassow
Davison-st
Vandalia Railroad Seeks More Tracks on Belmont Ave
At the Monday meeting of the Board of Public Works a Vandalia railroad contract to lay additional Belmont avenue tracks was offered. It will go to the city attorney for report then to the city council. Mayor Bookwalter received a letter from J W Coneys stating the line needs more tracks to speed local freight deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bookwualter
Eugene Buehler
Freeland
City Hospital
Board of Public Works
Minms
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Washington
Vandalia Railroad
Belmont Ave
Bookwalter
J. W. Coneys
Medical Licensure Examination At State House
The State Board of Medical Examination and Registration will hold an examination on the third floor corridor of the statehouse Tuesday through Thursday with about 50 graduates seeking medical licenses. A new rule allows some two year medical course students to have the two years credited toward their final exams, reducing review time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Medical Examination and Registration
Holt
Statehouse
Injured man may die at local resort stairway
Thomas Burk 30, found bleeding at the bottom of a resort stairway at 329 E Court St kept by Hattie Davis. He suffered a fractured skull and a broken nose, was unconscious after being rushed to City Hospital in a dispensary ambulance. Police think he fell while intoxicated. cause of the injury remains unexplained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Davis
E. Court St
Burk
Burik
N. New Jersey St
Thousands Visit Fontanet After Powder Mill Blast
About 10,000 people drove and walked to Fontanet Indiana as sheriff's roped off town did not deter visitors. No trouble or arrests occurred while work continued on repairing homes destroyed by last Tuesday's Dupont powder mill explosion and contractors expect a week of good weather to restore most houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fontanet
Ind
Dupont
Boy Burns at Dump and Seeks Damages
Charles Gieseking Sr sues Kingan and White River railway firms for 10000 dollars after his son Charles Gieseking Jr. fell into a burning trash pile at the Kingan & Co dumping grounds. Plaintiff alleges no fence to bar access. The boy sustained serious burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gieseking, Jr
Kingan & Co
White River Railway Company
Ingan Company
Charles Gieseking, Sr
Littl
Fontanet soldiers ordered withdrawn amid calm crowds
Maj H T Conde ordered Monday to remove soldiers from Fontanet as services no longer needed. W C Van Arsdel, on the Fontanet investigation commission, reported Sunday thousands visited the grounds with no disorder observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Conde
Fontanet
W. C. van Arsdel
Mayor seeks Chicago wheel width ordinance model
Mayor Blockwalter sent a letter to Mayor Busse requesting a copy of Chicago’s wagon and buggy wheel width ordinance. He contemplates drafting a similar rule and submitting it to the city council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blockwalter
Busse
Chicago
Street Cars Crash in Irvington Rampage
Irvington street car No. 414, disabled on its way to the shops, crashed into car No. 416 after brakes failed on a Highland avenue grade. Conductor Charles Stevens and Motorman Val Lewis were in charge of 414, with passengers including John Tolen and a Mary land street passenger mildly injured. police and a city ambulance responded to the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington Street
Charles Stevens
John Tolen
Maryland St
Aig
Stevens
Val Lewis
Highland Ave
Lewis
Priest
Plan Flower Show At Sixteenth Street Conservatory
Four thousand chrysanthemum plants will be on exhibition at the annual flower festival by the State Florists association in the A Weigands and Sons conservatory on Sixteenth and MTIllinoiists. The event runs November 13 and 14 with free admission and about forty to fifty exhibitors vying for twenty five premium classes. Premiums are donated by multiple local businesses and closing night features a flower auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Florists’ Association
A. Weigands and Sons’ Company
Sixteenth
Tomlinson Hall
Vandalia Coal Company
Vonnegut Hardware Company
Bauer and Smith
D. A. Nelson, Smith and Young
Indianapolis
Verdy Floral Company
Fort Wayne
Gunnay Tielman
Marion, Stewart and Haigh
Anderson
D. K
B&b, Floral Company
J. A
Local Classified: Free Sun Want Ads Three Days
The Sun offers free ten word room or vacancy advertisements for three days in its want columns. Readable listings include Primos 165 and up, Wulschner's cabinets, Harrod's Studio 116 Virginia. Use the free service to place modest ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrod
Virginia
the Sun
Kitchen Queen Range Ad With Cash Offer
Denison People Outfitting Co advertises a 635 Kitchen Queen range at 623.50 with six holes and reservoir and a bake equality claim. It promotes a $2.00 cash deal via a weekly advertisement and lists multiple Washington Street and Kentucky Avenue locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Outfitting Co
Washington St
Kentucky Ave
Turmoil expected as American Society of Equity meets
At Tomlinson hall on Tuesday the American Society of Equity faces a split over leadership with attempts to oust President J A Everitt. Charges of graft and broken faith arise as 400 delegates gather for a week long convention. The 30 000 member farmers group campaigns for higher prices and dollar wheat. Everitt runs the society organ Up to Date Farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Everitt
United States
West
Everitt
Theft Report From 27 W. St. Joseph St Residence
A burglary occurred Sunday night at the home of Reme Clauzel 27 West St. Joseph Street. Thirteen items were taken including twelve neckties valued at 35 dollars a shirt valued at 5 dollars and a pair of trousers. No suspects listed. Local police investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reme Clauzel
W. St. Joseph St
Dressed as Tramp Sleuth Tricks Knoxville Archer? (Note: Please adjust to source tone)
Indianapolis Detective Lounges About Livery Stable Until He Traces Culprit. Riley Rhodes, of Knightstown, confessed to burning two barns and poisoning stock. Detective Edwards posed as a tramp, aided by Commercial Detective agency and Supt. W. E. Clark, to secure the confession and arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Rhodes
Knightstown
Rhodes
Commercial Detective Agency
Indianapolis
Baldwin Block
W. E. Clark
Charlies Edwards
Peter Wagner
William Foxworth
Edwards
Robert Heaton
Paris Green
Heaton
Clark
Newcastle
Supt
Walling Arrest in St Petersburg Sparks Diplomatic Push
United States embassy demanded explanations from Russian authorities after the arrest of American millionaire William English Walling and his wife Anna Strunsky. Walling, longtime Indianapolis resident, faced police custody amid alleged Finnish Progression ties and confiscation of pamphlets. Early release and banishment from Russia expected Monday amid broader detentions and searches involving other Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
United States
Wil
Walling
Schuyler
Hotel de France
Miss Stransky
Kellogg Durland
Wallings
James M. James
Willoughby Walling
Chicago
Indianapolis
William H. English
William English Walling
Anna Strunsky
San Francisco
New York
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Beveridge
Woman Awarded 250 Dollars in Superior Court
Mrs Elizabeth Stafford received a 250 judgment in superior court Monday against her former business partner Robert Strelow who helped run a grocery. Stafford testified her husband was dead but later said he was alive when he entered the courtroom. Judge Lawson Harvey did not consider this in the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Stafford
Superior Court
Robert Strelow
Market cases continued against eight meat dealers
The cases against eight meat dealers on the market who failed to provide glass display cases were continued until Friday for trial. Those arrested include Lawrence Negleson H L Dorman G A Arnold Paul Bruttein Frank Hepple R Wousler and George Busch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Negleson
H. L. Dorman
G. A. Arnold
Paul Bruttein
Frank Hepple
R. Wousler
George Busch
Man Dies After Falling From Bridge in Richmond
Ozra Wrick was killed when he fell from a bridge near Richmond on October 2. Local authorities reported the accident occurred in the afternoon, with no immediate witnesses confirming the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sun
Richmond
Ind
Ozra Wrick
State Department Moves to Free Walling in St Petersburg
Washington cabled the American embassy in St Petersburg directing all efforts to secure the release of Walling detained there yesterday. The action followed a telegram from Capt. W E English of Indianapolis, Walling’s uncle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Wallings
W. E. English
Indianapolis
Walling
Halloween Shower for the Flower Mission
The Flower Mission plans a Halloween shower on Oct 31 for underwear clothing shoes pillows sheets and blankets and other articles suitable for the needy. Items given will be distributed to the poor at the mission’s discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flower Mission
Parlor Queen Base Burne Heater Ad
Powerful double five heater warranted to heat three rooms and hold five 8 hours. Cash price two dollars. Weekly rental HC per week. People's Outfitting Co. 133 135 W Washington St. 82 3436 Kentucky Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Outfitting Co
Washington St
Kentucky-ave
Roller Skates Sale by Gus Habich in Henley
Plain steel rollers available at 65 cents per set with sizes for all. Roller skates priced at $4.00 and $5.00. Purchases handled by Gus Habich located at 121 West Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henley
Gus Habich
Washington St
The Gem Laundry Ad Offers Family Washings Service
Local laundry lists family washing and rough dry with end results of flat pieces ironed. Address appears as Try & Hones 1671. Ad copy emphasizes thorough finishing. A compact old line ad showcases basic garment care and ironing service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GEM Laundry
Try & Hones
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OF Police
Grand Jury
Harry Brunaugh
Police Department
Joe Clay
Sheriff Clay
James Bingham
National Civic Federation
Indiana Bank and Trust Company
C. H. Underwood
Indianapolis Gas Company
Graham Romeyn Taylor
The
Playgrounds Association of Chicago
Caleb Mills
Michigan
Muncie
W. S. Blatchley
Edson Fishback
North Webster
State Fair Grounds
Fair Grounds
Sheridan
Sugar Creek
Charlies Gift
Frederick J. Mack
Charley
Mr. Mack
Sam Shutt
John C. Billheimer
White River
Coliseum
Pital
Council
Gen. Booth
Judge Sells Farm
Sam
TOBAC
CO Company
Sherman Law
United
Sophia Rummell
Thomas Burk
San
Boy IN Fire
Cash
Wulschner
Denison Barber
Shop. the
American Society of Equity
Tomlinson
Tramp
Sleuth
Livery Stable
Liam English Walling
Lionaire
Sian
Rose Strunsky
Mr. Walling
State Department
Legation
Jeransnimovitech
Secret Police
Finnish Progression Party
Prof
Malmsburg
Helsingfors University
the Wallings
Miss Strunsky
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