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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1925
Page
1
Hotel employee testifies he saw Madge alone in an automobile on the night of the fatality. The dying statement alleges she was held captive en route to Union Station, detailing a possible kidnapping or assault scenario.
In Noblesville circuit court Dan Stephenson Earl Gentry and Earl Klinck face charges in the Madge Oberholtzer case. James H Lambert testified that Oberholtzer sat alone in a Washington Hotel auto in Indianapolis late March 15. He described her meeting with Stephenson and Gentry and noted two Pullman tickets in Stephenson's name. The defense questioned whether Oberholtzer wrote a dying declaration alleging coercion.
Police pursue two heavily armed black offenders accused of terrorizing the north side for six months. A woman at 513 Alabama St recorded a pistol assault, while Mrs Mabel Webb and sister Miss Baker were forced to lie on the floor as a robber with a long pistol and knife terrorized their home. The intruder used light powder on their faces, demanded silence, and stole 75 cents before fleeing, as Bert Webb, a night worker, was away.
The Weather Bureau predicts snow tonight with a low near 25 on Sunday morning and a clearing later. Rain began around 3 a.m. totaling .27 inch by 7 a.m. with northwest winds bringing a cold snap to the state. Met. Armington notes lows possibly near zero in the northwest as a cold wave moves in.
Calvin I. Covert, an insurance agent, filed in Circuit Court a $10,000 damage suit claiming his car struck an iron railing over the canal bridge on Blackford St. and left him painfully injured. The defendants listed are the city of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Water Company.
Two letters said to be from Dr Harold Blazer to his daughter Hazel are read in Littleton Colorado courtroom as the state rests its case alleging cold blooded premeditated murder. A letter to another daughter explains fear of losing Hazel and avoiding leaving her behind amid high blood pressure. The defense plans to use the letters to suggest compassion prompted the act.
A headless, legless body was found on the pilot of a Pennsylvania passenger train from Terre Haute as it pulled into Union Station. Police suspect foul play and track gangs sweep the railroad from here to Terre Haute for limbs. Inspectors note a black mask under the coat. the body lies at Moore and Kirk’s undertaking parlors.
John W. Hahn 72 and his wife 62 plan to return to a wintering one room shack on a Martin County farm adjoining the trade farm in- Montana. The three Terre Haute brokers were convicted in federal court Friday for using the mails to defraud. District Attorney Albert Ward offered them a home for the winter at his residence. They will attempt to live on the small fruit they gathered from the nearly worthless farm this fall. The house lacks furniture and lard cans serve as chairs with an old door for a table.
Mrs. Margaret Betshey and Coy Chapman are held on high bond for conspiracy and assault with intent to kill in a planned attack on Albert Betshey at their home. Miss Elizabeth Kato, 13, held for complicity after allegedly aiding the plot and the hold up.
Indianapolis spent 11 976 755 for new homes in the first ten months of 1925, inspector Francis F Hamilton reported. Dwellings reached 2 146 for 2 730 families with 27 apartments, total construction valued at 17 405 685. Business buildings 2 159 valued at 6 428 930. Miller of the Home Builders Association forecast a brighter 1926 as conditions improve and suburban demand grows.
Tito Zaniboni, former Unitarian Socialist deputy and king's trusted advisor, confessed to plotting to kill Premier Mussolini and dethrone Italy's monarchy. He was arrested with a rifle near the hotel balcony where Mussolini spoke to Armistice Day crowds, and he shouldered full responsibility.
United Press reports Senator Arthur R. Robinson of Indiana told the Anti-Saloon League Convention that America is safer when sober and that the Eighteenth Amendment is a law to be obeyed. Assistant Treasury Secretary Lincoln C. Andrews warned government alone cannot enforce prohibition and urged communities to police themselves. Senator Morris Shepard pledged officers to enforce prohibition across all levels and urged moral education in church and school. A memorial program included a phonographic address by William Jennings Bryan and remarks by Dr. A J Barton honoring Bryan as a temperance crusader.
Patrolman Everett Rollinson was suspended by Lieut. Ralph Dean after head injuries from a fight at 2356 N Oxford St. A man named Thomas Arnold, last seen at the house, fled. Rollinson and others face intoxication charges and a reported liquor find at the residence.
Albert Sham, 15, of 18 W Kansas Ave, suffered a mangled hand after his caught it in the wringer of a newly purchased electric washer. He was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
Mayor Shank floats forming a private detective unit with John F. Walker and police Captains Roy Pope and Buck Sumner. He jokes about sleuthing success and a barrel of money while colleagues discuss roles and governance.
The coupon grants admission to the Riverside Dance Palace and free lessons in Charleston. It bars entry during Charleston lessons without the coupon.
Seven missing from the wooden barge J. L. Crane feared lost after it broke from the steamer Hettler in a Lake Superior gale and drove against rocks near Crisp Point. A yawl like the Crane was seen overturned nearby. In the mid Atlantic urgent calls for aid from the cable ship Lord Kelvin were received as its superstructure was damaged.
Flapper Fanny jokes that a girl's bob depends on luck for looking good, suggesting fashion uncertainty and playful wit about 1920s style choices.
The Times outlines free Charleston lessons at Riverside Dance Palace led by Portia Durant and Gene La Verne with coupon redemption. A reader recounts wobbling ankles and aching joints while attempting the steps and jokes about capital punishment and being the man who “put the ton in Charleston.”
Twenty one defendants in the Jack Daniels liquor conspiracy and St. Louis Indiana booze ring pleaded not guilty before Judge Robert C. Baltzell. Trial set for December 14 with November 14 slated for paper work and plea changes. Several listed as resisting removal include Michael J. Whelan Daniel O Neill and Len Motlow. Arnold J Hellmich collector of internal revenue at St Louis also among those pleading not guilty.
George S. Eliott of Marion County Klan vows persistent warfare against Republican County Chairman George W. Coffin as Coffin braces for a ward chairmen meeting at Knights of Pythias Hall. The Klan seeks endorsements from precinct committeemen and plans a mass meeting at Tomlinson Hall. Bill Armitage supporters claim his star is rising while Shank signals Duvall’s uncertain status and possible move to Indianapolis.
News from Austin Texas reports five deaths in three days due to heavy rain across the state. The floods isolated towns caused crop damage and paralyzed highways as rainfall continued to spread misery.
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