Watson To Appears Before Marion County Grand Jury
United States Senator James E. Watson testified before the Marion County grand jury as it nears final report in a six month Indiana political corruption probe. He said his health improved by dieting and that he planned to return to Chicago then Washington. Deputy prosecutor Sheaffer and Grand Juror Wangelin returned from a four day trip amid talks with Stephenson associates as the panel prepared to issue indictments and a closing report.
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United States
James E. Watson
Marion County
Grand Jury
James A. Collins
Indiana
Watson
Chicago
Columbia Club
Washington
Senate
William H. Sheaffer
Harry Wangelin
Sheaffer
Wangedine
Ralph Rigdon
Stephenson
Etroit
Michigan City
Harry Hogsdon
Valparaiso
William J. Mooney
W. O.thiele
Ross Hill Jr
Charles Bernloehr
John J. Madden
Jeup Suit Seeks to Block Sanitary Commissioner Pick
In Superior Court Four Samuel L. Potter files an injunction to keep B J T J from taking office as city sanitary commissioner appointed Jan 1 by Mayor L Ert Slack. Potter claims Jeup was illegally appointed by City Engineer Moore and Moore remains in office.
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L. Ert Slack
Samuel L. Potter
S.ritter Ave
Jeup
Moore
Slack
Jack
Jh L. Hogue
Ira L. Holmes
Potter's
Russell ¢Pall
Sanitary Board
McFall
E City Sanitary Department
Actress Death Tied to Jewel-Driven Slaying
New York police traced the murder of vaudeville actress Emma Briswalter Harrington to robbery for jewelry after her body was found in an uptown apartment. Missing were jewelry and a fur coat, with a taxi cab driver and the estranged husband of Harrington mentioned as possible motives. Authorities note the victim may have been killed about a week earlier.
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United Press
New York
Emma Briswalter Harrington
Dot King
Louise Lawson
Joplin
Briswalter Herington
Guy Harrington
Wilkesbarre
Hickman
Hunt
Texas
Fredericksburg
Kimble Faces Trial Test After Holiday Recess
In Carroll Circuit Court Lloyd Kimble's murder trial resumes after holiday recess as defense plans to call Kimble and his wife. State witness Jeanetta Taylor testified over three days accusing Kimble of planning killings including Chic Myers and John Baker in White County. The jury is expected to reach a verdict by Friday.
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Lloyd Kimble
Daniel Sink
Carroll Circuit Court
Kimble
Jeanetta Taylor
Star State
Meyer-Kiser Bank Declares 50 Percent Stock Dividend
Directors voted a 50 percent stock dividend increasing capital from $200000 to $300000. The dividend, paid from undivided profits as of January 1 1928, leaves surplus and undivided profits totaling about $400000, giving the bank the largest capital of any state bank in Indiana.
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Meyer-Kiser Bank
Sol Meyer
Indiana
Welcome 1928 New Year Festivities Begin Amid Prohibition
Indianapolis faces a Year’s end rush as New Year’s Eve events draw thousands with dinners, dances, and private parties. Police Chief Worley and federal agents vow strict enforcement against liquor, with 225 officers and deputies monitoring downtown venues and bootlegging sources. Major events include Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Hoosier Athletic Club, Elks Club, and crowded hotels like Claypool and Lincoln. Banks and offices close Monday for New Year’s Day. In Covington, Edward Williams and his son Dale die after their car is hit by a New York Central train, with both skull fractures and funeral arrangements underway.
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Indianapolis
Claude M. Worley
George L. Winkler
Worley
Columbia Club
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Hoosier Athletic Club
Elks Club
United Press
Covington
Ind
Edward C. Williams
Dale Williams
Cambridge City
New York Central
Edward Williams
Dale
Danville (II
Woman Bouts Thief. Grace Tushe Fends Off Purse Snatcher
Mrs Grace Tushe of 1202 S Meridian Street fought an alleged purse thief in the 900 block Church Street early today. The man grabbed her purse from a dark alley but she held on and after a struggle the bandit fled before help arrived.
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Grace Tushe
S. Meridian St
Church St
Rob Drug Store Robbery at Hook Drug Store
Two bandits believed linked to other robberies forced entry at the Hook drug store on Ohio and Delaware Streets before 7 am and escaped with 245 dollars after threatening manager Don L. Winegar and porter George Allison. Police searched downtown hotels but made no arrest. A separate robbery of C A Fissell yielded 25 dollars and a purse attack on Grace Tucke was deterred by her screams.
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Hook
Ohio
Delaware Sts
Don L. Winegar
Central Ave
Winegar
George Allison
George Allison, Porter
Negro Y. M. C. A
O. D. Thomas
C. A. Fissell
Standard
N. Senate Ave
Grace Tucke
S. Meridian Sr
Bank report readied on La Grange failure
Federal grand jurors prepared to submit to Judge Baltzell their findings on the First National Bank of La Grange collapse. The probe explored any links to Clyde A. Walb, longtime La Grange figure and former bank vice president, and examined forged paper tied to Walb Construction County. Witnesses included Walb staff, bank officials, stockholders, depositors, and Federal examiners.
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Grand Jury
Robert C. Baltzell
First National Bank of
la Grange
Clyde A. Walb
Walb
Walb Construction
Walb Company
Market Opens Strong Amid Holiday Quiet. GM Leads Rally
New York stocks opened higher with U S Steel General Motors and St Paul issues among top gainers. Nash Hudson and New Haven led demand while amusement shares like Paramount and Loews rose. Wall Street Journal notes record business for Victor Talking Machine and potential 1927 earnings gains and 1928 dividends.
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Budies
New York
U. S. Steel
General Motors
St. Paul
Paramount
Loews
Wall Street Journal
Financial Review Today
Victor Talking Machine
Rail veteran Cornelius B. Phillips retires after 41 years
Cornelius B. Phillips 70 of 430 N Gladstone Ave longtime Beech Grove shop foreman for the Big Four Railroad retires after 41 years with the company He came to Indianapolis from Stokes County North Carolina in 1885 and has never missed a day due to illness in 25 years He and Mrs Phillips plan a trip to Tampa Florida and will stop at his old North Carolina home on the return**
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Cornelius B. Phillips
N. Gladstone Ave
Beech Grove
Big Four Railroad
Phillips
Indianapolis
Stokes County
North Carolina
Tampa
Fla
California Presses Case to Link Hickman Crimes
Authorities in California pursue Hickman to connect him to a string of Pacific Coast crimes. The district attorney seeks to present evidence to a grand jury, aiming for murder indictments while Hickman and partner Hunt face multiple investigations.
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United Press
Los Angeles
State of
Hickman
Hunt
Grand Jury
P. L. Bennett
Porkers Open With Higher Tone Today
Livestock started steady in the final market of the year at Union Stockyards with hogs showing a slightly firmer tone. Top price reached 8.90 while receipts were about 3 000. Chicago trading was nearly silent due to storm conditions. best heavy butchers offered around 8.85.
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Union
Chicago
Mother of Air Aces Delayed
Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh’s return flight from San Antonio to Detroit for a Mexico City holiday trip was delayed by bad weather. The Lindbergh party remained in St Louis through Friday visiting the Missouri Historical Society and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’s trophy display before planning to resume at 9 am today.
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Lindy
United Press
ST. Louis
Evangeline Lindbergh
Detroit
Mexico City
Lindbergh
Missouri Historical Society
Charles A. Lindbergh
San Antonio
Former Prosecutor Placed Under Arrest
Eber M. Brown 31 of Hotel Washington and Randolph County, a former prosecutor, faces a grand jury indictment for embezzlement of about 500 dollars in delinquent tax funds. He was arrested on a fugitive charge by Detectives Tutt and Jordan and remains free on bond while the indictment was returned at Winchester.
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Eber M. Brown
Hotel Washington
Randolph County
Tutt
Jordan
Brown
New City Trust
Winchester
Jerry Kinney
Police Shakeup Under New Safety Board Ratified
The safety board is set to ratify a second police department shakeup with promotions and demotions affecting officers tied to the Duvall Klan control. Expected moves include Lieut Othello D Thomas to captain, Frank Owens to lieutenant, several sergeants promoted, and multiple patrolmen reassigned or demoted, plus reinstatements and transfers in the 1928 budget plan.
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Board of Safety
Claude M. Worley
Othello D. Thomas
Frank Owens
Michael Yates
Walter Gibson
Walter Coleman
Richard Morrisey
Frank Voldereuer
Harley Jones
Earl Higgs
John Mullin
Patrick Finneran
Edward Green
Emmett E. Englebright
William Gillespie
Edward Deeter
F. R. Lambert
Charles Hodges
Jack Small
Charles Brumfield
Keller de Rossette
Paul Taylor
Arthur Reeves
Duvall
Herbert Shrum
John Moorman
George Anderson
John Ambler
Carl Kimberlin
William Hansford
George Hubbard
Emmett Staggs
Frank Ray
Frank J. Ray
John J. Haney
Thomas Colbert
Charles MacIntire
No Drinks Leads to Bricks Thrown at House
Orlando King reports several men attacked his house after he said he had no alcohol. Bricks shattered windows and four men were arrested on vagrancy charges at Morris Diggins’s home nearby. Diggins, Cahill, Gaynor, and Fitzgerald were bloodstained. they offered no explanation.
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Orlando King
Memory Lost Man Aids Police With Amnesia Clues
A well dressed man about 24 to 25 enters city hospital lacking memory. He recalls a dinner, an uncle he believes is a judge, and a musician’s life glimpsed in vague notes. Items bearing the names Day T M T Sheridan hatters B B C and gloves hint at identity.
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City Hospital
Day
Sheridan Hatters
Police
Indianapolis
Blizzard Whips Midwest With Snow and Cold Wave
A historic blizzard sweeping the Middle West brought heavy snow, zero to subzero temperatures, and extensive fires in Chicago. Two deaths are linked to storm hazards. Snowdrifts hinder rail and road travel across Nebraska Kansas and Iowa.
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United Preae
Chicago
Middle West
Canadian
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Ohio
District Weather Bureau
Rites Set for Pastor Albert Ogle in Indianapolis
Funeral services for the Rev. Albert Ogle 88 will be held at his Woodruff Place home at 10 a m Monday. Officiating will be Rev. O R McKay assisted by the First Baptist Church. Burial in Crown Hill cemetery. He served twenty years as superintendent of missions for the Indiana Baptist State convention and ten years as church treasurer in Indianapolis. Surviving are two children, five sisters, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Albert Ogle
Middle Drive
Woodruff Place
O. R. McKay
First Baptist Church
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indiana Baptist State Convention
Indianapolis
Albert A. Ogle
Bess Ogle Heinrichs
Merging Talks for Indiana Sons of Revolution Plans
Plans to unite the Society of the Sons of the Revolution in Indiana and the Sons of the American Revolution to be discussed at a Tuesday noon board meeting at Spink-Arms. W. L. Mattoon, vice president general of the SAR, and J. F. Clearwater, Indiana secretary, will be guests.
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Society of the Sons of the Revolution
Indiana
Sons of the American Revolution
Spink- Arms
W. L. Mattoon
The
J. F. Clearwaters
Police seek Robert Jones in assault and attempted murder case
Police seek Robert Jones of 417 Muskingum Street to answer charges of assault and battery with intent to kill. He allegedly entered William Bell's home at 732 Indiana Avenue, stabbed Parl Martin at 807 Johnson Street in the hip, and Bell in the leg before fleeing.
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Robert Jones
Muskingum St
William Bell
Indiana Ave
Parl Martin
Johnso St
Bell
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