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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1925
Page
9
Charles Bryant of Richview Illinois, long presumed dead after his 1918 forgery case, is jailed on forgery charges. He disappeared after his checks bounced and his coat and hat were found on a bridge near St Louis, with belief he died by suicide. He claims memory loss after influenza.
Police arrest five members of the Willie Carey gang during a morning vagrancy sweep on the west side. Names include Willie Ford 24, Earl Colson 32, Mary Carey 22, Lena Poparod 22, and Anna Lloyd 29. Ford, Mary Carey, and Lena Poparod had prior trespass and assault charges. Park board receives proposed Sarah Shank memorial plan and golf course for the south side featuring an 80 acre site bounded by Keystone Troy Southern Aves and Rural St. nine holes 3274 feet with picnic grounds baseball diamonds tennis courts football grounds and playgrounds.
Vigilantes in several southern Indiana counties will be equipped with revolvers holsters cartridge belts and ammunition. Miss Forba McDaniel secretary of the Indiana Bankers Association has ordered the firearms from the War Department. Several hundred revolvers were ordered and expected within ten days. At the annual convention of the association at West Baden September 15.
Winona Lake Ind Aug 21 Charles R Erdman moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly declares when a physical science teacher denies creation and miracles he steps into philosophy or religion He says the church is not foe of science and a new era of Bible study and sacrificial effort is needed to proclaim Christian truths to the world
Steven Robb, 50, of 2615 White Ave, held on a blind tiger charge after police raided his home Thursday and found a ten gallon still in operation. Five gallons of liquor and 120 gallons of mash were seized. Also arrested were Frank Luzer, 23, 934 Haugh, for 214 gallons of wines. Jerome Hardy, 22, 719 Virginia Ave. Eugenia Hoffert, 40, Stump Rd. Edgar Rice, 22, 612 W. Vermont St. and Harry Moore, 29, 603 N. Senate Ave, on blind tiger charges.
Peters burg Indiana August 21 Elver Ladson 24 a miner was killed when slate fell in Atlas No 1 mine owned by the Pike County Coal Company Thursday The article also notes that more than half of the building stone used in the United States last year was limestone.
Police search for an injured driver who fled after his car was struck by an auto driven by Cecil Mc Intyre of Harrison near Delaware and North Streets. The fleeing vehicle collided with A. W. Massey's car at 3308 English Ave. Dock Snyder held the title certificate at 21 W. Thirteenth St unless he is out of the city. Mc Intyre faces assault and battery charges.
Frank J Hall 81 a former Indiana Lieutenant Governor died Wednesday night at the Masonic home in Franklin He was to be buried this afternoon in the cemetery of the country church at Raleigh near Rushville Ind Hall served during the Thomas R Marshall administration ensuring a Raleigh burial location for his funeral record
Butcher Smiley, 32, of 1115 N Belmont Ave, appeared to face charges after a Thursday crash. Police pursued him after his auto collided with two cars on Capitol Street. He is charged with failure to stop, driving on the left side, speeding, drunkenness, and driving while drunk.
The suspect was finally captured at the intersection of St Clair and Pennsylvania Streets after being tracked from Tol Ave and Michigan Street.
Arrangements for 500 visitors are under way in ARY Indiana for the Indiana Municipal League convention set for August 26 to 28. Governor Jackson Senator James E Watson and Chicago Mayor Dever are listed as speakers.
Mary Flom sixteen of Sherman Drive and E Raymond Sr. is reported improved at St Ilys Hospital after a fight in which Kenneth Farquhar eleven of A R 5 box 308 is alleged to have stabbed her. The incident arose over an apple and the boy is held on a delinquency charge.
Richmond Ind August 21 Dr Henry N Sherwood state superintendent urged a uniform school fund tax levy in a Wayne County Teachers Institute address He said the levy would not abolish the office of township trustee and explained the plan details to teachers.
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