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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1925
Page
4
Crowe finished closing arguments for the state just after noon then the judge gave instructions and the Shepherd murder case to the jury likely by mid afternoon. Shepherd’s lawyers urged a swift verdict while claiming innocence.
State's Attorney Crowe delivered the closing for the prosecution in the William D. Shepherd murder trial in Chicago. He urged the jury to find Shepherd guilty and impose the death penalty for the murder of Billy McClintock, denouncing defense lawyers as treating the case as a burlesque.
Indiana Adjutant General Kershner defends jailings of guard members who missed drill saying morale would suffer and officers have full authority. A dispatch said State Senator Russell B. Harrison would take the issue to the governor, calling the jailing illegal.
Glenn Freyer of Fort Wayne was found guilty in federal court of fraudulent use of the mails in the Nile Art Company operation that swindled hundreds of Indiana home workers.
Cloverdale Indiana June 26 Jerry Long 71 a tinsmith died last night from injuries after falling from a cherry tree a week earlier He is survived by his widow a daughter and two sisters Mrs Mattie Leachman and Mrs Dora Kuhns of Indianapolis
Linton hosts Independence Day horse races drawing entrants from Paris Illinois Louisville Boonville and other towns. $1000 purses attract top horses with entries already reserved from Louisville and Paris and veteran Rufus Cherry bringing a string from Columbus Indiana. Bert Browns band will supply music and officials may lead the ponies.
The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed a ruling directing former Bloomington mayor John G. Harris to sign a $225,000 bond issue approved by the city council to fund a new Bloomington water works after a lengthy dispute led by Harris against the project.
Noah Reedy, 82, a Civil War veteran in Columbus Indiana, cannot recall his fourth wife's first name during a divorce inquiry. He confirms he was granted a divorce from his fifth wife.
George Muler, a Vincennes attorney, will become deputy attorney general for Indiana on July 1. Attorney General Arthur Gilliam announced the appointment, with Muller to assist in criminal cases before the state Supreme Court.
Clarence Darrow arrives in Chicago to organize his strategy for the Dayton Tennessee trial on teaching evolution. He seeks scientists and clergymen as witnesses to present evolution as the sensible explanation, warning of broader laws spreading to Oregon Washington and California.
Shady Beach the popular White River resort near El Liston prepares to reopen under owners T. B. Martin Ed P. McQuade and Home Hart. A July 4 opening is aimed for if weather and site readiness permit, with the river currently suitable for bathing and picnics likely to attract visitors for the next six weeks.
The three mile highway project progresses amid rain delays and stone quality issues. Inspectors rejected several loads but the state will reuse them for surfacing. a fresh shipment arrived and grading is nearly finished. Concrete pours ran 400 feet in three hours. Heitman hill was levelled to ease travel to the southern terminus.
Denver reports a rise in lynchings of African Americans in the first six months of 1925, with ten cases compared to six in the same period last year. J W Johnson of the NAACP announced the tally as delegates gathered for the association's annual meeting. States listed include Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas, Georgia, Virginia, Louisiana, Kentucky, and Utah.
In Indianapolis on June 26 Judge Hines denied bail for D C Stephenson Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry charged with murdering Miss Madge Oberholtzer. Defense attorneys consider state supreme court appeal habeas corpus or motion to quash. Prosecutor Remy ready for trial. crowd cheered as ruling was read.
In Dane county probate court the late Senator Robert M Lafollette left an estate valued at 68000 with Mrs Lafollette named sole beneficiary and executrix. Debts include a 20000 mortgage on the Maple Bluff farm and 9000 in other personal obligations. Personal property totals 20000 while real estate homestead is valued at 48000.
Indiana crops show ample canning corn this year while tomatoes suffer a near forty percent shortfall due to May 24 frost. Pea crops across many areas are a near total loss from drought and frost.
A five-man Chicago police squad led by Lieut. Winge left at 4 30 a m bound for the Milwaukee area to assist local authorities in pursuing the gunmen who killed Officers Edward Dean and Patrick McGovern in Chicago.
Athens dispatch says the real casualties from yesterday's Greek revolution were two killed and twenty wounded, according to the Evening News.
Elkhart Indiana June 26 Walter Koontz age 10 said he dropped 30 cents and Walter Hendry age 23 of South Bend picked it up and refused to return it. Hendry was sentenced to thirty days in jail.
United States may intervene for peace in the Chinese situation amid anti foreign outbreaks. The Chinese minister denies his government asked the United States to act as peacemaker.
A major liquor cache was unearthed at Peter Jonions residence in Gary Indiana after a raid. An officer probing a garden found a fifty gallon wine cask buried under plants, and seven more casks were recovered from the ground as evidence.
A freak storm in New York and vicinity killed five people and injured twenty, with a wall of rain for 45 minutes. A trolley crash in Jeen Csi Li caused three deaths, and separate car crashes due to wet roads killed a man and a woman.
A farmer posse in Posey township Brazil Indiana killed three wolves and captured one alive after a raid on livestock. Farmers from Perry and Posey townships gathered with shotguns and dogs to help exterminate the wolf band, with reports of three or four more wolves still at large.
In Elwood on June 26 the city hall flag is restored following a pole incident. Jesse Readon climbed the pole to fix a pulley, while Rushville notes the youngest high school graduate Donald Dean, age 15, will enter Indiana University next fall. Hartford City reports Clayton Smith survived a factory shaft accident when his shirt saved him.
Miss Amanda Deal of Atlanta, blind since birth, will mark the mortgage burn of her tiny house with a Sunday house warming. She supports herself on a government pension as daughter of a civil war veteran.
Muncie Ind June 26 Funeral arrangements were under way for William A Thompson 84 the oldest attorney in Delaware County and former judge of the Delaware circuit court who died last night.
Cecil Fetty of Bluffton is fined five dollars and costs in city court for speeding. A few hours later he wrecked his car in a collision.
Bluffton resident Ray Stench used six cans of stove polish on his car after friends urged him to do so. He later realized the friends were joking.
Fire and an explosion tore through the Gillis theatre yesterday evening. Firemen shifted to cooling the wreckage as the management feared about twenty deaths while one fireman died. Dozens were injured as patrons fled and poker players in the basement may also be among the missing.
Indianapolis markets summary June 26 reports hog receipts of 8500 with best heavies at 14.00 and bulk around 14.00. cattle receipts 1200 with steers at 11.00 and cows 7.00. sheep receipts 700 steady with top 6.00. lambs top 15. calves 950 steady with top 11.50 and bulk 10.50 to 11.00.
United States marines helped disperse rioters who stoned tram cars and foreigners' cars during the reopening of shops and banks in Shanghai after a four week general strike.
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