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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
1
Ethel Logsdon aged 17 jumped from the Wellington hotel third story in Evansville to avoid alleged assault. She survived the fall but suffered a fractured skull and remained in critical condition at St Mary’s hospital. The male assailant fled the scene.
LATE NEW. A forest fire sweeps a large area near Decker Station Monroe county with expected enormous losses. Constan tinople calm after stormy outlook. Cheyenne reports heavy snow across Wyoming eastern Montana western Nebraska. In Vermont Senator W P Dillingham reelected and ex Gov Carroll S Page chosen for unexpired Proctor term by joint session.
Tiptonville Tenn Oct 21 Col R L Taylor an aged lawyer who was taken from a Walnut Log hotel with Capt Quenten Rankin before Rankin was hanged escaped night riders. He swam across Reel Foot lake dodged gunfire then walked to Tiptonville and told of Rankin’s murder while Gov Patterson ordered a special grand jury and offered 10000 reward for the killers.
Little John Kern Jr., son of the Democratic vice presidential nominee, is reported in critical condition in Syracuse. He has suffered from infantile paralysis for weeks and is expected to be brought to Indianapolis Thursday morning as the Kern family faces a family emergency.
Mrs. Ella Steiner who left a five month old baby with strangers and disappeared was given zero days in the county workhouse by the juvenile court.
Two fires started early Wednesday at the home of John Meiser on Boone Street. A closet fire was caused by rags set afire and a second blaze appeared on the roof about an hour later. Estimated damage is about $200.
Newport R I Oct 21 Robert Walton Goelet plans to sail from Paris late this month to vote for the Republican ticket in the presidential election He will return to France to supervise improvements at his newly purchased chateau and entertain a large party of friends over Christmas holidays
A letter sent to Terre Haute saloon keepers invites them to an Airborne meeting at 8 p m on the fourth to hear James E Watson Republican governor candidate. The note praises Watson as experienced and square and urges support, signed by Thatcher A Parker and others.
The 60 year old Turnkey John Lowe at 808 E Eleventh Street lies gravely ill at home. Police Surgeon Hodgin says death is near after a week of unconsciousness. Lowe has served on the police force for two years and was a former sergeant regarded as an exceptionally good officer.
Fred L. Purdy editor of the Indianapolis Reporter is fighting fire in the Adirondack mountains. He wrote on Wednesday that the camp is surrounded by flames and that campers are busy protecting the hunting club property.
Shortridge high school students will eat their pie off the steps of the propy tueum on E North street in the future after residents complained. The police were told the boys buy pies at a grocery then sit on the steps leaving crusts around and one woman had to throw water on them to move.
Carrie Pearl Munden, 15, who charged Daniel Munden with misconduct, was deemed untruthful by the juvenile court and sent to the Indiana Girls' School. Evidence suggested her innocence in court and that her tears were feigned while she faced immorality and delinquency charges.
Ferdinand Beard, 18, was shot in the leg by Patrolman Peak after running from custody during a sidewalk altercation involving a man, a woman, and a cabman near Ohio and Illinois streets. Police say Beard, seen as hatless and possibly under liquor, offered no resistance before fleeing. Chief Metzger defends the shooting as justified under the circumstances. Citizens seek Board of Safety review of Peak's conduct.
In Indiana and Kentucky campaigns heat up as William Jennings Bryan tours Louisville after Indiana speeches. Henry Kern in Syracuse blasts commercialism as corrupting public life, warning of national ruin if predatory interests aren’t curbed. Taft rests in Maryland and West Virginia before Indiana outreach. Sherman Knox address Philadelphia as Hearst Hisgen campaign in Petersburg. Roosevelt rumored to appear at Carnegie Hall under Elihu Root’s chairing with Hitchcock to Chicago.
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