Doctor Details Miss Oberholtzer Injury in Hammond Case Hearing
Noblesville Indiana June 17 Dr John Kingsbury testified about Miss Madge Oberholtzer s condition after a midnight train ride with D C Stephenson he described poison and wounds she attributed to Stephenson during an alleged attack The defense sought to exclude her dying statement and questioned if it was truly dying testimony in the bail hearing for Stephen son Klenck and Gentry accused of murder in her death
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Noblesville
Ind
John Kingsbury
Indianapolis
Madge Oberholtzer
Hammond
D. C. Stephenson
Stephenson
Earl Klenck
Earl Gentry
Kingsbury
Oberholtzer
Miss Oberholtzer
Marshall Oberholtzer
Linton
Hines
Ira Holmes
Dr. Kingsbury
Holmes
United Press Dispatch
Karl Klenck
Karl Gentry
Asa Smith
Remy
City Dads Discuss Water Problem At Council Meeting
A city council session in Linton focused on a worsening water shortage and wasteful use. Superintendent Dixon urged a universal water meter, warned of drought risk, and outlined plans to drill additional wells and possibly build a pipeline to White River bottoms. Oscar Fitzpatrick was reappointed to the school board for another three-year term.
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Dixon
White River
Linton
W. J. Hamilton
BE. V. Bull
J. EB. Turner
Robert A. Scott
Clay Moss
Herman Schloot
Haldon Beasley
Jesse F. Weisman
Ashley Photo Studio
Ax & Fry
E. V. Bull
South Main Street
Water Committee
Robertson & Sons Constructtion Company
Federal Surety Company
Davenport
Inman
Oscar Fitpatrick
Senator La Follette in Capital Sick with Pneumonia
United Press Dispatch reports Senator La Follette grew worse in Washington on June 17 though doctors say he is holding his own and still hopes for recovery. He has bronchial asthma and complications from a week long illness, with prior pneumonia and colds affecting his health. Philip La Follette arrived to be at his father’s bedside.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Senator la Follette
la Follette
Robert Tha Follette, Sr
Philip la Follette
Wisconsin
Wreck LACKAWANNA Disaster Claims Many Victims
The Lackawanna excursion wreck near Hackettstown New Jersey claims many lives with reports of 42 dead and many more burned. Steam from broken pipes caused most fatalities as a sand clogged switch precipitated the crash. Survivors recall scenes of horror while investigations by multiple agencies uncover related wrecks at the same spot.
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Lackawanna
Here
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Public Utilities Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joseph Snyder
Snyder
Star witness Dr Faiman set to testify in McClintock case
Chicago reports say Dr C C Farman will tell how he supplied typhoid germs to William D Shepherd for killing Billy McClintock before his marriage to Isabelle Pope. Farman, owner of a private medical school labeled quack by authorities, positively identifies Shepherd and recalls an offer of 100000 dollars.
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Chicago
Crowe
William D. Shepherd
Billy McClintock
C. C. Farman
Shepherd
Billy
Charles C. Faiman
Faiman
United Press
Billy MacClintock
Isabelle Pope
Farman
Italian Gunman Targets Chicago State's Attorney in Loop Attack
In Chicago on June 17 a bushy haired Italian man opened fire at the state’s attorney Robert E. Crowe in Crowe's office within the city hall and county building. Detective Curran fired as the shooter fled into underground tunnels prompting a massive police manhunt and a cordon around the loop. Authorities suspected Tony Acosta, brother of John Scalise, tied to a Genna gang crackdown that has yielded large seizures and hundreds of gang members rounded up.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Loop
Robert E. Crowe
Eldridge Curran
Crowe
Curran
Genna
Steg
Tony Acosta
John Scalise
Criminal Courts
Dever
Underworld
Genna Gang
Genna Brothers
Twenty seven nations sign no gas protocol in Geneva
In Geneva on June 17 27 nations including the United States Great Britain Germany Canada Japan Italy Brazil India Chile Denmark Spain and others signed the protocol banning gas and chemical warfare. France did not join. Burton credited with guiding the convention through despite pressure linked to a possible international conference. A separate arms trade convention was signed by 18 nations including Great Britain United States France Italy and Japan.
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Geneva
Burton
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Canada
Japan
Italy
Brazil
India
Chile
Denmark
Spain
Tsthonia
Ethiopia
Finland
Greece
Lithonia
Luxembourg
Nicaragua
Holland
Portugal
Roumania
Salvador
Switzerland
Serbia
Turkey
Uruguay
France
Coolidge
League of Nations
Spanish American vets name new state officers
Er win C. Bruman of South Bend was elected state commander of the United Spanish American War Veterans at the closing session in Anderson. Peru's Dc Vo Beck was named senior vice commander and J W Hatton of Rockville the junior vice commander. Saintington was chosen for the 1926 convention.
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Anderson
Ind
Erwin C. Bruman
South Bend
Vo Beck
Peru
J. W. Hatton
Rockville
Stantington
Ku Klux Klan Aims Parade at National Gathering
The Ku Klux Klan secured a permit for a parade of about 150000 members during the national gathering in Washington on August 5. The approval comes as the hooded group plans a march amid security and policing preparations.
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Washington
Ku Klux Klan
Train Disaster Recalled by Survivors and Dispatcher
Holy Cross residents Mr and Mrs Pfeifer describe miraculously escaping a wreck after a train plunged from the road bed. Anna Jollie of Chicago recalls being hurled from her berth and aiding a injured woman with a tourniquet before doctors and farmers aided others in the salvage effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pfeifer
Holy Cross
Anna Jollie
Chicago
Two Railroad Workers Escape After Speeder Is Demolished
In Columbia City Indiana on June 17 two Pennsylvania Railroad workers C. L. Moore and Ed Scott escaped death by seconds when a fast passenger train wrecked their gasoline powered speeder. They leaped clear as the locomotive struck and hurled the speeder about two hundred feet.
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Columbia City
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
C. L. Moore
Ed Scott
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C. Stephenson
Zer
Committee of Citizens
Oscar Fitzpatrick
Dixon Talks
Moss
Mene
David D. Terhune
Peter Schloot
Weisman
John T. Fritz
Wisconsin Statesman Suffers
Hackettstown
N. J
Mie
Barney Judge
Scranton
Judge
Noti
W. D. Shepherd
Allright
Lumtiod Press, Dispatch
Berth
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