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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1926
Page
3
A Nashville postal station head clerk repaired a wind damaged mail slogan poster. He cut letters and arranged consonants before the noon whistle. the unfinished work awaits completion based on a word puzzle solution about a captain and a jar.
Police swept the city over the weekend arresting 205 people on various charges including nine men and five women on blind tiger violations and thirty men and one woman on vagrancy charges. Raids targeted gambling dens in the Indiana Ave district amid allegations former officer Griff Marcy took pay for immunity.
Fire officials investigated two Sunday fires of incendiary origin. Damages included a home at 5428S Central Court linked toEdward Snyder who saved his children, and a garage at 1818 N Senate Ave owned by A Johns. total early estimates exceed 1 100 dollars with multiple properties affected.
Piano and dramatic art pupils of Mrs. Dorothy Bornkamp Bornkamp assisted by violin students of Mrs. Christine Wagner Roush will present a recital at 745 p m Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at First Lutheran Church Oakland Ave and BE Tenth St. About sixty participants will take part.
Coroner Paul F. Robinson investigates three sudden deaths from late Saturday and Sunday. Joseph Allen, 60, died en route to hospital after a heart attack at 1148 Bates Street. Margaret Higgins, 73, died Sunday of heart disease at 707 EF New York Street. Virgil Hinton Jr., 10 days old, son of Evelyn Hinton, was found dead in bed at 920 East Fifteenth Street. officials note the infant had a cold.
Patrolman Seibert heard moans Sunday night and hurried to 739 N. Ketcham St. He found Frank Razor with a rope around his neck hanging from a door sill and cut the rope. Friends cited recent domestic trouble as the probable cause. Razor was treated and returned home.
Thomas Duckum, 80, of 320 N Webster Ave, was found dead today in a small shack behind his home after he failed to appear for breakfast. His wife located the body and the coroner conducted an investigation.
Mrs Catherine Scott fights to overturn a slayer conviction and save her husband Russell Scott from hanging. He has been confined since a reprieve and sanity trial at Chester asylum and is now back in Cook County jail. A judge will hear an alienists report declaring him sane and decide on a possible date for execution or a new trial.
Police report a string of stolen Ford cars from Indiana Ohio and Illinois streets and avenues. Victims include Frank J. Miller Willard S. Reynolds Ralph H. Cox Harry A Plunkett Harlan Hawkins and Chester D Parker with vehicles listed by addresses and plate numbers. The thefts appear to involve vehicles taken from Market Street Capitol Avenue and nearby intersections.
Police report several vehicles found around town tied to residents and businesses. Franklin Lumber Company Ford touring found at 325 E New York St East G Robbins 1135 N Meridian St Jewett Ford located, Anna McCormick 716 N Pine St Ford found at West and Ohio Streets F R Cassady 830 W 31st St Ford located at New York and East Streets William Ferguson Beech Grove Chevrolet found at Michigan St and Capitol Ave Alvin Prindell 1512 Garfield Pt Overland found at Garfield Park Clyde Smith 2806 Kenwood Ave Ford found at Ohio and Illinois Sts
State Policeman Charles Bridges testified that Wilbur Goodrich 30 of 607 Darnell Street attempted to enter the Charles Jones drug store at 1202 North Senate Avenue by breaking a window. Bridges heard the glass break and detained Goodrich.
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