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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1905
Page
1
East Liverpool Ohio Sept 19 Chief of Police Joseph Wyman found a dynamite bomb on the window adjacent to his desk the device hidden under paper and intended to explode when he closed the window Wyman a 21 year veteran of Columbiana County law enforcement has long opposed saloons
Mary Wise, 26, pleaded guilty to bigamy after two marriages in quick succession. Judge Fremont Alford fined her $10 and 90 days in the workhouse due to heart trouble. John Diel, another bigamist, was sentenced to 90 days and fined $10, with medical notes noting alleged insanity. Carlton faces grand jury indictments for bigamy as two wives died after injuries.
Charles M Schwab landed at New York on the Kron Prinz Wilhelm after a pleasure voyage abroad. In Illinois a town named Nameoki was reported completely destroyed by fire with twenty buildings burned and several families left homeless. Also noted: a sale advertisement for jewelry and watches from J Mullally Jewelers in Monument Place.
Morris Aroshnsky, 60, a Russian Jewish resident of Washington, died in a cab on the way home from Deaconess Hospital Tuesday morning. The attending physician cites heart failure as the likely cause after his sudden decline as he left the hospital. Aroshnsky had been ill with dropsy, lived in the city 12 years, and leaves a widow and five children. The coroner will investigate.
police theory hinges on badly bitten right hand of missing teamster Joseph Girard found on arrival home after the Pfeifer murder. girl Miss Pfeifer allegedly bit in struggle and time at the crime scene, while detectives question witnesses and await more examinations.
Paris September 12 reports a new anxious mood in negotiations with France and Germany over Morocco. The foreign office denied alarmist press stories as the stock market showed evident concern that Germany’s demand to open Mogador port could derail talks while France seeks Moroccan integrity.
Coroner J D Tute Wider’s verdict ties Joseph James’s death to card game excitement at the Cleveland Club. Police head Kruger declines any probe into loss of money or possible robbery, despite prior police consideration and club raids for gambling. Several witnesses note James’s poker habit and missing watch found in pawn.
Gov J Frank Hanly orders quarterly settlements by county and state officials ending profitable public loans. Banks would loan the funds at standard short term rates, costing $39000 annually for five million dollars, while officials in 92 counties reportedly loaned zero to others. The move shifts control to banks and curbs official profits from public funds.
R Harry Miller, a recent state detective paid $10 daily, also serves as Grant County deputy oil inspector and aids Gov Hanly and secretary Fred Gemmer in private timber ventures near the city. He collects oil inspection fees, half of which goes to the inspector and half to the state, prompting questions about double employment and political favors.
Governor Hanly spoke at the Thiryern Indiana infantry reunion in Hamilton celebrating the forty first anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga. The Thirtieth regiment flag, captured in battle, was shown to veterans under guard in the state house case. Hanly will address the Howe Military school opening in Lima on Wednesday.
A jury acquitted the defendant of murder in the case involving Austin Simms, a colored man and alleged lover of Mrs Bowman, the prisoner's mother. The trial focused on a fatal confrontation and the verdict found the defendant not guilty.
John Evans, a white man, is acquitted after a four hour jury deliberation in a murder case involving his mother Annie Bowman and her black lover Austin Simms. The courtroom crowd watched as Evans walked free amid testimony from Bowman and Alice Sirdam.
Grace Selig a 19 year old beauty and Lee Bradford were arrested Monday night for living together as husband and wife at 17 N New Jerney. Bradford proposed during transport to the station and they wed soon after. They were briefly jailed. bail posted, wedding ceremony performed at Squire Brout's office, then released. An attorney and bailiff helped secure leniency to avoid further confinement.
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