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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
1
A cool Maumee breeze eased Toledo heat as G A R veterans and affiliated groups gathered for the forty second encampment opening. Soldiers, women guardians, and young and old watched the parade with tears, acknowledging many may not attend another reunion.
Ella Saunders, 16, remains missing from Anderson Indiana since Monday. A bloodstained garter found on Waite river banks is identified by her father as hers. Police questioned two Indianapolis boys in a canoeing party before releasing them. officers consider murder or suicide or running away as possible causes.
Toledo Sept 3 The Toledo Times publishes an interview with Senator Foraker denying that he and Taft have become political friends or that he would back Taft He says he has been insulted and throws down the gantlet to Taft.
Mrs. Frank Griffin told police that after a four month absence her husband Griffin assaulted her before she left. When he returned on Thursday he asked for forgiveness but she refused and police were called to 422 Spring Street where Griffin was arrested.
Reports from Lima Ohio Youngstown and Port Huron detail a 10 year old boy killed at a ball park while dodging a mirror prank a Chester Bedell 82 author died after railing against perceived religious hypocrisy Vina Wood 11 rescued her brother from drowning with another fatality on a train crash in Ottawa Illinois and Ottawa Ill notes several injured in an electric car collision on the Minis Valley railway all Sept 3
Fire at Coatsworth, Bentley & Co. greenhouse in New Castle, Ind., caused $8,000 in damage. Boiler, packing and ware rooms burned along with one house and much growing rose stock. Company to rebuild. loss covered by insurance. Fire traced to defective boiler room flue.
George H. Wampner on Modler's contracting bond sought Prosecutor Frank Baker to learn if an indictment could be returned. Modler has not been seen since Friday night, with family believed in Milwaukee or St. Louis. Police previously searched the Modler home on 48 E McCarty Street. Wampner fears Modler may have harmed himself. Joseph L. Hieder says Modler claimed to buy building materials and gave $1,100 for them, which were never purchased.
Dutchess county Sheriff Chanler asked Justice Morschauser to remove Harry K Thaw from the Dutchess county jail to Matteawan Insane asylum The sheriff cited Thaws insanity and said his presence harms jail discipline and law compliance The move follows a protest by the state prison commission and aims to place Thaw in an asylum due to crowding and unclear status
A $53.70 Holmes & Co. bill for jail plumbing, paid last April from the county jail repair fund, listed the wrong official and lacks the jailer’s official seal. Charles Daugherty, former county power house chief engineer, is linked to the case as he had been discharged after burning county books. An investigation will determine the bill’s legitimacy and improper approval details.
Probate Judge M. N. A. Walker, previously ill with typhoid fever at the M. E. state hospital, was reported improved Thursday as his temperature lowered and condition stabilized.
Three brief items detail arrests of Gertrude Williams a chambermaid in Union Square Park for masquerading in men’s clothes. Mary Gilligan a unemployed shop girl begging at police station and near starvation, may die after a soup meal. Maybelle Gilman Corey wife of ex-president of US Steel returns from Europe to New York home adorned with diamonds and pearls as husband plans entertainments.
A large crowd gathers as William R Hearst and Honest Tom Hisgen prepare to address Independence party supporters in Marion County Indiana. Attendance is described as among the largest for such events with officials from major parties expected to attend.
James Sullivan is detained by police after an attack on detectives who stopped him at the corner of Missouri and Washington streets. Detained man claims to be from Chicago and traveling west. police believe he faces a serious charge pending inquiry.
The Indianapolis Sun plans a Friday night outing for newsboys with free entry to amusements. Coupons on tickets offer peanuts or a drink while one extreme gourmand youth asks for twenty coupons. Sun will pay car fare and provide refreshment and access to all attractions for the newsboys.
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