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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1901
Page
3
Porter Bond of Coal City sues Ed Morris for 10000 damages claiming Morris failed to intervene to stop a fight between Abe Bailey and Bond. Bond says the delay led to Bailey biting his finger, causing blood poisoning and his arm amputation. The incident followed a suicide attempt with chloroform and self harm, suggesting possible dementia.
The will of Wilson Sanderlin of Shelby County Tennessee valued at 200000 dollars is found to divide his estate among 12 colored and six white children. Colored heirs receive one fourteenth. Whitish children's heirs challenge the will. Terre Haute resident Anna Day, a child, has hired counsel to protect her interests. The named colored heirs include Kindrick Munroe Louisiana Indiana Andrew Jackson Edwin Johnson William Carroll Clarena Beza Ann Frances Ann George Washington James Munroe Cincinnati Sanderlin.
A large livery barn and surrounding frame buildings at Peter Maddox’s farm in Hartford City burned Sunday night. Jacob Palmer and an unidentified man, found in the haymow, are believed cremated. Ruins smoulder as investigators search for the tire’s origin.
John Christ and Lewis Hickman report sharing identical dreams of a pot of gold buried in a gravel pit on Hickman’s farm near Muncie. Christ learned of the dream from Hickman after both men independently envisioned treasure. A search will begin this week.
In Decatur Indiana Charles Ross a Wallace circus performer threw carbolic acid into the face of his wife Mamie Forepaugh Ross Sunday afternoon disfiguring her for life. He cited jealousy and was arrested declaring he had waited for an opportunity to strike. Mamie is a bareback rider and daughter of circus king Adam Forepaugh.
The body of William North, age 2, was found Sunday in an oats shed near Wingate, Crawfordsville. An empty carbolic acid bottle was nearby. North was last seen August 24. authorities cite trouble with a girl and fear of death by consumption as causes.
In Washington Indiana on September 2 a B&O S W paint shop elevator fell as workers descended. A 200 pound cog wheel dropped from above demolishing the platform but injuring Miss J Louise Johnson with a head gash and Miss Anna Gesoldy with back injuries. The others escaped unharmed.
Ora Miller, a young unmarried man, rushed into his parents and sister’s room with gashes on his wrists and blood on his clothes, flourished a knife and threatened to kill the family as he chased his sister and mother out of the house.
Isaac Wood of the county jail woke to a burning sensation on his skin and face after a secretive sprinkling with a concentrated irritant. He washed at a hydrant and found himself badly burned with possible eye damage. Authorities suspect his wife, with whom he had prior trouble, as the likely assailant.
Murray King, just released from jail in Muncie, reports a tunnel being dug by fellow prisoners and a planned wholesale jailbreak, thwarted as fifteen inmates including a murderer were nearly free. In Vincennes, Patrolman Stacy suspends for cowardice after a burglar’s basement pursuit, while H Lankford of Oakland City injured falling from a hotel window. Labor Day picnics in multiple towns feature speeches by Congressman R W Miers and John Co Chaney.
A mixed ran of market prices and local items lists poultry and produce prices and several crime and weather notes from Indiana counties. Notable items include hog cholera in Delaware county, a fatality near Fort Wayne, and police and court cases across towns like Peru and Noblesville.
Police collect details on a burglary case after a thief named William McDowell is identified. Harry Collins, jailed at Shoals for post office theft, allegedly used Curtis Johnson to mail a note asking a friend to obtain saws and money. The letter was handed to the sheriff and traced to a plan aimed at Collins with a mailed package of saws and a warning to avoid Louisville or Indianapolis.
Cattle receipts total 100 shipments with mixed grades from good to prime export steers to common cows and calves. Hogs receipts 560 with quotations for heavy to light weights and pigs. Sheep receipts 75 with ranges for good to choice sheep and lambs. stockers and feeding sheep listed with prices.
At the Interstate Stock Yards Indianapolis on September 2 hog receipts reached 166 shipments with prices for good to choice mixed light and heavy hogs reported from 6.00 to 7.00 per hundred pounds. Pigs and lighter weights showed lower quotations.
A dense catalog lists anthracite coal prices by ton and bushel, with lump, coke, crushed coke, and foundry coke options. It also enumerates various provisions including bacon, lard, sausage, and fresh meats with per unit pricing and weights, reflecting a mixed commodities market snapshot.
Market notes show oysters priced at 40 cents a can from I. S. F& Co and other firms. White fish selling for 10 cents per pound, dressed herring at 1 directed price, clams little necks at 80 cents. Lobsters quoted at 2 cents, various totals and a four gallon shipment noted.
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