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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1925
Page
1
A nurse who attended Miss Oberholtzer testified that the girl received morphine shortly before signing a dying statement. The testimony details the sequence of events leading to the fatal illness and the nurse’s observations during the final hours.
In Noblesville Indiana the trial of D C Stephenson and two co defendants continues with nurse Beatrice Spratley stating morphine was given to Madge Oberholtzer before she signed the dying statement Dr Kingsbury administered the dose citing pain relief The defense seeks to portray the dying declaration as a frame up Judge Sparks overruled a motion to restart the jury testimony continues with witness testimony from hotel clerk Jack Culbertson and detective Jesse McMurtrie as the case unfolds.
George Dutch Anderson, ally of Gerald Chapman, dies in Muskegon while counterfeiting. Fingerprint tests confirm identity as A W Hamilton, postal inspector, who viewed the body. Anderson carried $1,800 in counterfeit twenty dollar bills and faced Indiana authorities over the Hance homicide case linked to the Chapman gang.
Washington report shows Indiana residents likely pay about $8 per person for state government in 1925. The per capita cost rose from $4.28 in 1917 to about $8 this year, with total state debt near $1.701 million at end of 1924 and general department costs around $22.93 million.
Total postal receipts for October reached 406 906 03 dollars, up 27 979 44 from October 1924, announced by Postmaster Robert H Bryson. The gain reflects higher parcel post and basic mailing volumes across the year end.
Francis F Hamilton, building inspector, told the board of safety that October permits fell by 300 from 1924. A total of 1,505 permits valued at 2 446 205 were issued, up 400 000 from 1924. For the week ending Oct 31, 287 permits were issued valued at 382 696.
Independence Kansas reports two men died in a plane crash during a medical experiment. Paul Gibson twenty five and H H Caulkins twenty eight, both from Kansas, were aboard when a wing collapsed at about five thousand feet. The crash occurred Sunday and they were killed instantly.
At Cable Tabernacle in Indianapolis a mass meeting of United Protestant Clubs drew 6000 to 7000 where John L. Duvall and several council candidates urged support for the Ku Klux Klan aligned school ticket. Attendees viewed a large board showing voting machine positions of the Klan slate. The event denounced Republican figures Coffin and Armitage.
The United States Weather Bureau announced it should be warmer on election day Tuesday with some cloudiness and little chance of rain. At 7 a.m. the temperature was 30 degrees, ten below normal, while Sunday’s high reached 44 at 2 p.m.
George S. Elliott and Marion County Klan leaders pledged to fight Republican bosses to extinction while urging school board candidates to win. Duvall and Orbison criticized a local newspaper tied to Warren Fairbanks, blaming Governor Jackson for party shifts. Mayoral and school slate speakers joined the event, excluding Charles W. Kern.
Democratic Walter Myers and Republican John L. Duvall run neck and neck as polls close. Odds shift to even money in betting rooms, with Duvall previously favored by a large margin. City machines will record a record turnout as returns are expected early on election night.
A federal grand jury in St Louis indicted Arnold J Mellmich internal revenue collector and Mrs Imogene Remus wife of bootleg king George Remus among others on conspiracy to violate national prohibition law. Warrants for about 39 arrests issued. Remus not named in indictments. Arrests expected in Cincinnati as well.
The first all south side Community Fund rally is set for 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Apex Theater on Virginia Ave and Stevens St. Clais Adams will speak and musical entertainment will follow.
In Evansville Indiana an unidentified man was found hanged from a plum tree in a barnyard near the George Erhard home late Sunday. Authorities suspect murder and believe the killer staged the scene to mimic suicide. A necktie was used and the body showed knees dragging. The initials M L with a heart and anchor were tattooed on the left forearm and the suit came from Damschroder and Berry Company of Toledo Ohio.
Gen. Lincoln Andrews Assistant Secretary of the Treasury told the House Ways and Means Committee that near beer and denatured alcohol should be taxed one cent a gallon to fund prohibition enforcement. He cited a flood of high alcohol content beer sweeping the country and urged tighter brewery inspection and distribution control.
The Everglades Limited crashed into a bus with forty-two children at a grade crossing near Nahunta Georgia. Initial reports claimed six children killed and twenty injured as the train struck 200 feet from the school. Injured were moved to a local hospital. five were listed on the danger list.
Twenty two auto drivers were arrested by police over the weekend. Ten charged with driving while intoxicated. Names and addresses of those arrested listed with charges including speeding and failure to stop after an accident.
The Times plans rapid election results for Indianapolis with live flashes after 6 p.m. at 214 W. Maryland St. A list of voting places appears on Page 5. Polls open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. with machine voting and paper ballots as backup.
Roy Delvin told Judge Joseph David his wife cooled after he returned from France with a lost right leg and could not dance the Charleston. Lloyd Braithwaite, a one armed veteran, corroborated the testimony. The judge granted the divorce.
Gales and high seas since October 17 kept distress signals afloat as the steamer Algiers burned off Norfolk last night. The Birmingham City failed to locate the crew, while other ships sighted the burning vessel sinking with no sign of life aboard.
Col William Mitchell’s criticisms of the War and Navy Department have not harmed Army discipline. Lt Col George L Hicks, adjutant of the Eighth Corps Area, testified before the jury of generals, saying no breakdown in discipline has occurred under his command. Hicks directly contradicted War Department charges against Mitchell. Mitchell sought seventy three witnesses, including cabinet members Jardine Davis and Wilbur, to testify on his behalf.
Rockville Indiana November 2 Trustees of the Indiana State Sanitorium for tuberculosis patients planned to meet to arrange repairs on the children's school building damaged by a Sunday night fire. The blaze started about 1015 p m likely from defective wiring, damaged roof and equipment but not the heating plant or some furniture. The building cost 75000 to construct and opened in February.
Miss Flora Barnett of 308 North New Jersey Street told police four men in a car tried to attack her on the Allisonville Pike early today. She leaped from the auto and escaped, with Noblesville residents R. C. Folan and L. G. Caylor reporting the incident.
The Indianapolis Times straw vote shows Walter Myers dark on Duvall by a slim margin after interviews with 3 617 voters. A 20 percent undecided bloc could swing the outcome before Tuesday's precinct voting.
Readers are urged to write a letter detailing what they would do if they suddenly received one million dollars. Submissions must be 300 words or fewer and sent to The Times story editor by November 10. Prizes range from 100 dollars to 1 dollar for twelve runners up. Jo Anna’s story begins in tomorrow’s issue.
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