Stephenson May Demand New Venue in Oberholtzer Case
Stephenson former Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon of Indiana and aides Gentry and Klinck face murder charges for Madge Oberholtzer’s death. With bail withdrawn, legal moves may shift to habeas corpus, change of venue, or change of judge as arraignment looms Monday.
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D. ©. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Indiana
Earl Gentry
Earl Glinck
Madge Oberholtzer
University Ave
Ephenman
James A. Collins
Slight Frost Expected After Warmer Indiana Day
The Weather Bureau reports slightly warmer and clearer weather for Indianapolis with cloudiness Thursday night preventing frost locally. Light frosts were seen across the state with Vincennes recording the lowest temperature. Light frost may recur tonight, but temperatures are expected to rise by Saturday as readings stay below normal, around 50 degrees at 9 p.m.
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United Sates
Indianapolis
Vincennes
State Police Unveil New Forestry Green Uniforms
The State motor police force will wear forestry green uniforms with Sam Browne belts and boots. Thirty eight officers will switch to the distinctive garb, with Charles W. Boyer of 310 N Delaware as the first to don the new attire.
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Forestry
Sam Browne
Charles W. Boyer
Delaware
Movie Actress Betty Blythe Kidnapped in Palestine
United Press reports actress Betty Blythe has been kidnapped by Bedouins in Palestine per her London agent John Harding. The Colonial Office has no confirmation. troops have been dispatched from Haifa. Blythe has been in Jerusalem for three weeks filming a French project titled Jacob's Well.
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United Press
London
Betty Blythe
Palestine
John Harding
Colonial Office
Harding
Haifa
Miss Blythe
Jerusalem
Falls From Ladder Fatal To Carl Bakemeier
Carl Bakemeier aged 35 of 2321 Prospect Street died at Methodist Hospital after falling about eight to eleven feet from a stepladder at Big Four shops Beech Grove. He was a stock clerk who refused to stop work despite the fall. Doctors cited a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage as the cause.
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Carl Bakemeier
Prospect St
Methodist Hospital
Bakemeier
Big Four
Beech Grove
Two Bandits Enter State Near Sullivan Hold Up Cashier
Two armed bandits entered a state near Sullivan capturing cash from a cashier and an employee before fleeing with the money. Police began searches for the suspects and reviewed nearby surveillance for leads. A description of the assailants and the vehicle was released to the public.
Hold-Up at Fairbanks State Bank Near Noon
Two masked young bandits about twenty years old robbed the Fairbanks State Bank just before noon, escaping with about $4000. Cashier Radbury and an assistant were held at gunpoint in a sparsely populated business district. Police were alerted and a search organized between Sullivan and the state line.
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United Press
Fairbanks
Ind
Radbury
Terre Haute
Sullivan
Steamship Clackamas In Distress Off Nova Scotia
The steamer Clackamas with a crew of twenty five and coal cargo is in distress off the coast of Nova Scotia, according to a wireless report received today. The notice came through the 8S.O. & Co. and was reported in New York.
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Nova Scotia
Bu United Arena
New York
Clackamas
Independent Wireless Company
Paymaster Shot by Bandits in Belmont Iron Works Heist
Five bandits held up a pay cashier at Belmont iron works in Eddystone Pennsylvania at noon today. They shot the paymaster and escaped in an automobile with a five thousand dollar payroll. Police seek suspects and details.
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United Preas
Philadelphia
Belmont Iron Works
Eddyston
Shakedown accusation hits mayoral race clash
Mayor Shank claims John Zener, once a police captain, collected 15000 dollars and receipts for it while denying a 75000 dollar slush fund linked to supporting Ralph Lemcke. He accuses Duvall’s campaign group of taking money from bootleggers and funding opposition efforts.
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John Zener
Shank
Zener
Ralph A. Lemcke
Duvall
Bishop Campbell Gray Consecrated in Fort Wayne Service
In Fort Wayne Indiana on May 1 the Rev Campbell Gray of Peoria Illinois was consecrated bishop of the Northern Indiana diocese of the Episcopal Church. Fourteen bishops forty clergymen and over two hundred lay leaders attended. The Rt Rev Joseph Marshall Frances bishop of Indianapolis took part in the ceremony at Trinity Church.
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Bu United Presa
FT. Wayne
Ind
Campbell Gray
Peoria
Ill
Indiana
Episcopal Church
Trinity Church
Joseph Marshall Frances
Indianapolis
Bottling Works Clerk Charged In Whisky Shipment
Tom Smith a shipping clerk at Yunker Bottling Works was charged with trafficking after police found twenty four quarts of whisky in refillable bottles and thirty six quarters of Gordon dry gin in two boxes consigned from Diadem Manufacturing. Sheriff Hawkins and Federal Agent Holman reported the arrest following a lead on the express shipment.
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Tom Smith
E. Pratt St
Yunker Bottling Works
Massachusetts Ave
Diadem Manufacturing Company
New York City
Omer Hawkins
Holman
Gordon Dry Sin
E. Yunker
Smith
Hawkins
Oil Inspector Dies in Train Crossing Crash
Kendallville Indiana May 1 Howard McCord 63 Auburn State Oil Inspector fatally injured when his car struck a Grand Rapids Indiana passenger engine at a crossing near Kendallville Thursday night. Times Special Muncie Indiana May 1 Fred Waldan bakery truck driver held without bond after an auto crash that killed Alexandria councilman Ernest Beigh 47.
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Bay United Arena
Kendallville
Ind
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Here
Howard McCord
Auburn
Times Special
Muncie
Fred Waldan
Delaware County
Ernest V. Beigh
Alexandria
Beigh
Anderson
Bandits Face Death In Sing Sing Execution
Mor ris, Joseph Diamond, and John Farino were executed for the murder of two New York bank messengers at Sing Sing. Witnesses watched as the three men entered the death chamber with calm ritual, each facing the firing squad in turn after prayers.
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United Press
Ossining
N. Y
Morris
Joseph Diamond
John Farino
Sing Sing
New York
Earth
Gas Fatal to Woman 68 in Kitchen Accidental Death
Mrs. Sadie Ross Lemour aged 68 of 1609 Broadway was found dead with gas on in the kitchen about 6 am. The coroner ruled death by own action. Her son-in-law and daughter awakened by the gas smell found her with a blanket over her head at the gas jet. Cause of the act remains unknown.
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Sadie Ross Lemour
Broadway
B. M. Frezier
Hellar and
Siefert
Washburn Held After Paris Escape In St Louis Shooting
Floyd Washburn twenty two, convicted for rum running in Indianapolis, is imprisoned in a St Louis city hospital after escaping from a Paris Illinois hospital Thursday. He was a central figure in a Paris hi jackings battle and was shot several times. The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed his conviction last Tuesday. He had been sentenced a year ago to one to three years at the Indiana State Reformatory and appealed.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Floyd Washburn
Indianapolis
Paris
Indiana State Supreme Court
Washburn
Indiana State Reformatory
Wringer crushes child arm in washing machine accident
Wayne Mahurin, 3, son of Mrs. Viola Mahurin, 488 State Ave., had his arm broken when he caught fingers in the wringer of a washing machine. His arm was pulled through the rollers. Mrs. Mahurin waved down motor policemen Weddell and Johnson who escorted them to City Hospital.
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Wayne
Viola Mahurin
State Ave
May Day Calm as Riots Fail to Materialize
May Day observances across Europe and in major cities remained orderly with Paris Sao Sofia Tokyo Berlin Lisbon and Mexico City reporting no major trouble. In the United States authorities tightened precautions, while a train wreck in the Polish corridor caused notable loss of life.
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United Preas
Europe
Paris
Sofia
Toklo
Berlin
Lisbon
Mexico City
United States
Financial District
New York
March Gas Tax Receipts Rise Over Last Year
Gasoline tax collections for March totaled 411464 dollars with an increase of 116021 dollars from the previous year. State tax collector Archie N. Bobbitt reports 2294 dollars in delinquent fees collected by the field force in addition to regular receipts.
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Archie N. Bobbitt
Two Take Oaths on Public Service Commission
Clyde Jones of Lafayette and John W. McCardle were sworn in as public service commissioners. Joel A. Baker administered the oaths as the panel planned a meeting to reorganize the body with McCardle slated to serve as chairman, a post he previously held.
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Clyde Jones
Lafayette
Public Service Commission
John W. McCardle
Joel A. Baker
McCardle
Murder of St. Louis Surgeon Found on Washington University Campus
Dr. W. A. Dillon, a prominent St. Louis surgeon, was found murdered on the Washington University campus. He had been shot in the head, and police indicate he was slain in a motor car and dragged to the scene. Robbery did not appear to be the motive, as only a small amount of cash was found.
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United Press
ST. Louis
W. A. Dillon
Washington University
Dillon
Suit filed to attach Stephenson funds in murder case
Nettie Stephenson Brehm, claimed ex wife of D C Stephenson, filed in Superior Court One to attach cash or securities held by Fidelity and Deposit Co of Maryland. The funds would cover Stephenson bond of 25000 on kidnapping and assault charges involving Madge Oberholtzer. Also tied up are bonds of 5000 each for Earl Gentry and Earl Klinck linked to a conspiracy charge. A separate action seeks 17000 support for Florence Catherine Stephenson, daughter of the pair, with return day May 12.
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D. C
Stephenson
Wreck of Eydkuhnen Berlin Express Kills Many
Between thirty and forty people were killed and fifty injured when the Eydkuhnen Berlin express derailed in the Polish corridor. Rails were loosened for a long stretch, suggesting a criminal attack. By afternoon, twenty five victims had been identified.
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Bu_United Preas
Berlin
Board to Act on Elevation Project for PRR Tracks
The board of works plans to ratify a 1.5 million dollar track elevation program for Pennsylvania Railroad lines from Davidson Street to State Avenue. Plans call for raising tracks over Pine Cruse Leota Southeastern Avenue Oriental Arsenal Avenue and State Avenue. Work is expected to start within sixty days of approval and take about three years to complete.
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H. G. Wray
Board of Works
Pennsylvania Railroad
Davidson St
State Ave
Pine
Cruse
Leota
Southeastern Ave
Oriental
Arsenal Ave
Indiana Gun Permit Law Sparks Police Chief Critique
Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff decried the state law allowing permit holders to carry pistols in Indiana. He warned a rise in crime and questioned the Legislature’s drafting while noting permits for area residents will become void. He urged tighter controls and opposed private gun transfers. Police investigate a street shooting near 220 North Illinois Street amid reports of a bootlegger.
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Herman F. Rikhoff
Circuit Court
Rikhoff
Indiana
United States
Ogden
James Ogden
Indianapolis
Tom
Harry
Adam
Illinois St
Fred Lampes
W. Twenty- Ninth St
Hourly Temperature Readings Summary
A fragment lists hourly temperature measurements with times from early morning to afternoon. The values show minor fluctuations around the mid 40s to mid 50s, likely part of a daily weather record.
Gary bounded dunes murder case identity denied again
Two Gary constables and an attorney denied that the body found near Chesterton Sunday was Mrs. Josephine Desideria. Mrs Desideria's husband Luis Desideria faced arrest as a separate linked inquiry continued. A separate unidentified man’s body was found on Gary golf links with no connection suspected.
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United Press
Gary
Ind
Dunes
Chesterton
Josephine Desideria
Bernardo Genero
Desideria
Ward Hughes' Brother Here After Amnesia Mystery
Ward Hughes 24 of Oak Park Illinois, formerly Vincennes Indiana, awakened in Union Station with amnesia after a near riot at a baseball game. He has been at the city hospital since Tuesday and is awaiting an X-ray. His brother J Clayton Hughes Hoopeston Evening Times city editor plans to take him home to Oak Park Saturday.
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Ward Hughes
Oak Park
Til
Vincennes
Ind
Ex convict and girl found after Vermont kidnapping case
Lucille Chatterton an 11 year old girl and Earl Woodward an ex convict were found in Brookfield Vermont after being abducted and hidden in a hay loft. George Jord captured them with a German police dog and handed them to authorities. Woodward remained mostly silent while the girl described parental abuse. They will be moved to Middlebury for arraignment.
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United Press
Randolph
Lucille Chatterton
Earl Woodward
George Jord
Brookfield
Vermont
Norwich University
Walter Chatterton
Woodward
Middlebury
Manslaughter Trial Set for George Fieischman
George Fieischman of 322 N State Ave faces a voluntary manslaughter trial in Criminal Court Wednesday. He was indicted by the Marion County grand jury over the July 12 death of Chris Schick of 1735 English Ave after an alleged pool cue strike on July 14, 1924.
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George Fieischman
State Ave
Fleischman
Marion County Grand Jury
Chris Schick
English Ave
Schick
Mpleischman
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