Witnesses Testify in Roy Roegge Robbery Trial
State rests star witnesses Wayne Thompson and Elgin McConnell testified in the Boone circuit court robbery case against Roy Roegge. Thompson, a former co-defendant, pleaded guilty and named Roegge as the mastermind. McConnell described the crime scene and corroborated Thompson's account as the jury heard testimony from Adler and McIntyre earlier. The trial, led by Judge Earl Gruber, could reach a verdict by late Wednesday with a full courtroom observing the proceedings.
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Roy Roegge
Boone
Wayne Thompson
Elgin McConnell
Roegge
Thompson
McConnell
Boone County
Mark Adler
Abe McIntyre
Mr. Adler
Adler
Henry Spann
Indiana
Iree M. Sharp
Lambert
Dodson & Scifres
Earl Gruber
Frankfort
William Dale
Harry Bruce Whiteman
Henry A. Craig
Eli F. Brown
Earl Teor Bert Young
Claude Wall
Floyd Woody
A. B. Jones
W. H. Crear Sr
W. K. Wraley
W. A. Buntin
Final Examinations Begin Today at S H S
Final examinations started this afternoon at the high school and will finish by Thursday noon. Students must remain in their exam rooms for one and one-half hours. The schedule lists five periods across Tuesday to Thursday with specific times for each exam period.
State Scores in the Shaw Murder Trial
Martinsville Indiana May 26 final testimony for the state was introduced in the Shaw murder trial. Prosecutor Remy planned to rest soon, while defense attorney Silas Kivett prepared to call about a dozen witnesses. The case may go to the jury Wednesday or Thursday as two witnesses tied Shaw to a car seen with the victim’s body near the tracks west of Indianapolis.
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Martinsville
Ind
John Thomas Shaw
Helen Hager Welchel
Remy
Silas Kivett
Shaw
Earthquake Shock Near Panama Reported in New Orleans
An intense earthquake shock lasting 37 seconds, likely centered near Panama, was recorded on Loyola University seismograph in New Orleans. Father C Abell reports the early day event and notes the probable location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Panama
Loyola University
Father C. Abell
Brokerage Firm Fails Hurting Hoosier Investors
About 500 people in Illinois and Indiana were drawn into the collapse of Jack H. Davis & Company in Chicago yesterday. Federal agents place losses at no less than 250000 dollars. Arthur G. Gerson, linked to the firm, is in custody as the office shuts after a petition to declare bankruptcy filed by Arthur H. Davis. Davis, head of a protective league, reports clients alleging irregularities, claiming the firm began with legitimate stocks then swapped them for unlisted, low value securities. Jack H. Davis, 21, is sought as a missing president. Dozen employees were asked to appear for questioning.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Jack H. Davis & Company
Arthur G. Gerson
Arthur G. Davis
Advertisers and Investors’ Protective League
Davis
Hunt
Jack H. Davis
Heavy crop losses hit the middle west after frost
Chicago May 26 Farmers across the middle west report millions in crop damage from a three day cold snap. Wheat and corn losses estimated 25 to 30 percent with fruit crops hit hardest. Frosts killed crops in Nebraska Iowa Kansas Missouri Illinois Indiana Oklahoma Minnesota and the Dakotas. Freeport and Dixon Illinois saw 26 degrees, many places sub freezing, while lack of moisture worsens the outlook. Oats largely escaped serious harm, grain prices rose on Chicago exchanges, and yields are expected to be extremely light.
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Chicago
Middle West
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Dakotas
Ohio
Kentucky
Freeport and
Dixon
Ill
Loda
Chicago Board of Trade
Jury Tampering Probe Continues in Shepherd Case
Chicago, May 26. State's Attorney Crowe ordered a general examination of jurors who served in defense cases to probe alleged attempts to influence the Shepherd murder jury. Defense attorneys Steuart and O'Brien charged Crowe with intimidation. James Callan remains held on a related attempt to approach a juror. Missing witness Robert A. White still eludes investigators as jury selection drags on with four jurors seated and two tentatively accepted.
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Chicago
Robert E. Crowe
William Scott Stewart
W. W. O’brien
William D. Shepherd
Billy McClintock
Crowe
James C. Callan
Callan
Stewart
O’brien
Philadelphia
Robert A. White
White
Agate Seed Shortage Slows Replanting Across County
Boone county faces seed corn shortages after Sunday night frost with thousands lost and prices rising. Farmers scour nearby states for seed while some attempt to save tomato crops by cold water and top removal. Despite setbacks, optimism remains for a profitable crop year through swift replanting and industry resilience.
Stephenson Taken To Hamilton County Jail
Noblesville Indiana May 26 D C Stephenson former head of the Indiana Ku Klux King today familiarized himself with his new cell in the Hamilton county jail Stephenson and his two aids Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry were brought here from the Marion county jail yesterday Quarters of the three men are not so comfortable in the little Hamilton county jail as they were in Indianapolis Unless their trial date on an indictment charging them with the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer is advanced or their attorneys legal maneuver for their release the three men will remain in their cells here until October Ephra Inman attorney for the three accused men is expected to fight again the same legal battle he waged in Marion county criminal court for their release Every move made in the Marion county court is open to Inman here It is expected that he will make a motion to strike out vital points of the indictment then to quash the indictment and finally to release the three men on bail if his other attempt to secure their freedom fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Ind
D. C
Ephc Inman
Marion County Criminal Court
Marion County
Inman
No News Of Polar Fliers Fears Rise In Oslo May 26
Oslo reports fear for Capt Raald Amundsen Lincoln Ellsworth and their Viking aircraft as no word arrived by forenoon. With zero weather Spitzbergen and a brewing Arctic storm the expedition may have forced a down and face a dangerous overland trek to Greenland. Optimism cites the base at King's Bay Spitzbergen but alarms remain high as rescue options are debated.
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Oslo
Raald Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth
Spitzbergen
Arctic Circle
North Pole
Greenland
Pole
Amundsen
King’s Bay
South Pole
Aftenposten
Rescue attempt foiled as second aircraft crashes into first
Rumors say a rescue mission for Amundsen stalled after a second craft collided with the lead plane. If no news arrives soon, planners contemplate flying a dirigible to locate Amundsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amundsen
Western Japan Hit by New Earthquake Report
London dispatch to the Evening News reports a new vertical earthquake in western Japan following a severe quake and fire last Saturday. Remains of burned houses and temporary shacks were seen, but no deaths were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tokio
Evening News Today
Japan
Herb Mutt and Co at Alumni Party in Eagles Hall
Plans are set for the 1925 Lebanon high school alumni reception at Eagles hall on the square Thursday night. The Willow Terra ce Orchestra will provide music for a dance starting at 8 15 with an original extravaganza “Midsummer’s Springtime Fantasy” starring Herb Ransdall and Matt Chambers. The show runs 30 minutes with comedy and song, scenic effects, and solo parts by Ransdall and Jean Black. Other cast members include Ver Myers Lynn Hissong Wilbur Slagle James Allen Hogshire and Paul Fletcher as musical score.
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Lebanon High Schol
Eagles
Willow Terrace
Indianapolis
Herb” Ransdall
Matt” Chambers
Ransdall
Jean Black
Ver Myers
Lynn Hissong
Wilbur ‘Slagle
James Allen Hogshire
Paul Fletcher
Leopold to Undergo Surgical Operation
Joliet Illinois May 26 Nathan F Leopold youthful millionaire serving life for the Bobby Franks murder is to undergo an operation today for appendicitis. Leopold has been ill for days and prison surgeons diagnosed appendicitis. A prison surgeon will perform the operation. Richard Loeb Leopold's companion is also disposed and has been given a vacation from prison tasks.
Frost Damages Indiana Crops In Late May Freeze
Farmers across Indiana replant thousands of acres after a killing frost Sunday night. Losses exceed one million dollars with tomatoes onions melons and early garden crops destroyed. Wheat and corn saw some damage while fruit and strawberries suffered severely. A new frost warning was issued though meteorologists saw little chance of further harm.
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Boone County
Illinois
Indiana
Montgomery County
Crawfordsville
Indianapolis
Justin
United States Agricultural Statistician
Weather Bureau
J. H. Armington
Enumeration figures for 3 largest cities
Indianapolis, South Bend and Evansville will have representation on the State Board of Education for the coming year based on enumeration figures filed with the state superintendent. Indianapolis leads with 79,307. South Bend 25,095. Evansville 23,395, surpassing Fort Wayne which registered 23,327 in the ranking of largest cities.
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Indianapolis
Ind
South Bend
Evansville
State Board of Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Fort Wayne
Thaw Returns to Broadway After 19 Years of Exile
New York May 26 Harry K Thaw resurfaces on Broadway ending a 19 year exile from the white way He attends a cabaret amid attention from patrons and a dancer keeps watch at his table Thaw appears in a gay mood despite time and prison confinement marking him
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Broadway
Stanford White
Thaw
Ray Thaw
Speed boat Baby Gar IV edges New York Central train
The Baby Gar IV speed boat owned by Gar Wood of Detroit beat the Twenty First Century Limited from Albany to New York today, completing the roughly 150 mile Hudson River run in 2 hours 45 minutes and 20 seconds, missing last week’s Teaser record of 2 hours 40 minutes set by Richard I. Hoyt of New York.
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New York
Baby Gar IV
Gar Wood
Detroit
Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central
Albany
Hudson River
Baby Gar TV
Richard I. Hoyt
University Head Ernest D Burton Dies in Chicago
President Ernest D. Burton of the University of Chicago died in Chicago after complications from cancer surgery. He aged 69, had undergone two operations, and had led the university for just over two years. Burton, born in Granville Ohio in 1856, held varied academic posts and served as editor of the American Journal of Theology since 1920.
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Chicago
Ernest D. Burton
University of Chicago
Burton
Dr. Burton
Granville, O
Nathan Smith Burton
Sarah J. (Fairchild) Burton
Denison University
Rochester Theological
Newton Theological Institution
American Journal of Theology
Three Bandits Rob Chicago Jewelers in Downtown Heist
In Chicago on May 26, three masked bandits struck Adolph Gastman’s jewelry store, firing into a crowded street and looting safes before fleeing into Dearborn Street. They escaped with 3839 dollars in cash and jewels valued at about 30000, wounding no one as a large police search began.
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Chicago
Adolph Gastman
Gastman
Dearborn Street
Cooperation for Boy Scout Work Promotes Lebanon Rally
A Lebanon public meeting for Scout promotion, hosted by the Scout Executive Council, will occur Wednesday at 7 30 PM in the courthouse convention hall. Leaders list four troops totaling about one hundred boys, with council committees guiding finances, camping trips, equipment, and leadership. Mothers organize a supportive association led by Mrs Alf Roberts to back the new Scout Hall in Lochinvar Hall, and leaders will soon be appointed for each troop.
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Lebanon
Scout Executive Council
Court House
S. Sterling
Boy Scout Movement
Boy Scout Mothers’ Association
Anow
Alf Roberts
Mothers’ Organization
Roy Adney
E. A. Rainey
Lochinvar Hall
Mothers’ Association
Rev A E Cowley to Speak at Two Commencement Addresses
The Rev A E Cowley will deliver two commencement addresses at Washington township and Mechanicsburg on Saturday night May 30. He plans to discuss "Playing the game" and will speak at the township schools in ville, receiving the commencement talk for the local students.
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A. E. Cowley
Washington Township
Mechanicsburg
Mr. Cowley
Ee Township
Ville
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Stephenson
Hamilton County
Liverpool
Grettir Algarsson
Vancouver
B. C
Herb, Mutt & CO
Leopold
N. Y. Central Limited
University Head
E. D. Burton
AIM OF Council
L. S. Sterling
Briant Edwards
Clark Lindsay
Court of Honor
Frank E. Hutchinson
D. N. Lewis
E. C. Gullion
Harvey Whiffing
Roy W. Adiney
E. ©. Gullion
Albert Wiley
Voris Demaree
Milton Koontz
Bayard Shumate
Pleasant Lewallen
Bowen Huckleberry
Bennett Raper
Hardy Lamb
Homer P. Ivey
Carl Davis
W. H. Parr Sr
Paul van Riper
Mose Robison
Eugene Pulliam
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