Defense claims plot as Shepherd case reaches bail hearing
Attorneys for William D. Shepherd say the murder indictment and confession are part of a plot to ruin the case. The defense seeks to call Dr. Bundeson and the city health commissioner to refute typhoid germ links, while State's Attorney Crowe pushes for immediate trial and a jury. Mrs. Anna Kock arrives from Waukegan to attend the proceedings.
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NWS
Chicago
William D. Shepherd
Waukegan, Ill
Anna Kock
Dunitisd
William
Billy” McClintock
Crowe
William Stewart
Hopkins
Herman
Bundesor
Shepherd
Bundeson
Wm. D. Shepherd
City Health Department
Stewart
Dr. Bundeson
Defense seeks bail for Shepherd in typhoid germ murder case
Chicago March 31 defense lawyer William D Shepherd seeks bail and promises to discredit the state case. Chief witness Dr Charles Farman faces challenge over typhoid germ claims. Witness Luella RhuBell in hiding, Marl Clark in state hands, court set 1 pm bail hearing.
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Chicago
William D. Shepherd
Ward
Billy McClintock
Dudge Jacob Hopkins
Willliam Scott Stewart
Charles C. Farman
Stewart
Faiman
Shepherd
Democratic Leader Dr. Charles C. Hower Dies
Elkhart Indiana reports the death of Dr. Charles C. Hower 74 a Democratic politician and physician former county party chairman and once a candidate for congress.
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Elkhart
Ind
Charles C. Hower
Trains Collide Near Kazan Station. Fifty Die
A head on collision between two suburban trains near Kazan sky station in Moscow results in fifty deaths and many injuries. The disaster occurred today with casualties reported from local authorities and emergency crews responding to the scene.
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Moscow
Kazansky Station
Col Charles R Forbes In Grave Condition After Conspiracy Conviction
Col Charles R Forbes former head of the U S veterans bureau remains in grave condition with a brain blood clot causing paralysis of the left side. His mother, struck by the news, is near death.
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Col
International News Service
Boston
Mas
Charles R. Forbes
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau
Jury Selection Starts in Jazz Case Sanity Trial
In San Francisco, March 381, jury selection began in the murder case against Dorothy Ellingson, 16, who has been ruled medically insane. The trial will decide if the insanity defense is legally valid. success could send her to an asylum, while failure may lead to a second murder trial.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Martricide
Superior Court
Dorothy
Bank Robbers Escape With Cash From Ashmore State Bank
Terre Haute police seek two unmasked bandits who robbed the Ashmore Illinois bank Monday afternoon, taking 1663 dollars after holding cashier J P Mosely and assistant J R Hawkins at gunpoint. They reportedly fled toward Chicago. Illinois sheriff’s court units pursue.
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United Press Dispatche
Terre Haute
Ashmore State Bank
Ashmore
Ill
Chicago
Illinois Town
Here
J.P. Mosely
J. R. Hawkins
Mosely
Lieut Wood Returns Home From Europe
Lieutenant Osborne Wood arrives aboard the freighter West Chetac at Tampa after three weeks from Cadiz Spain. He left penniless having lost a fortune in European resorts during his posting with his father in the Philippines. He is expected to land today, with the distance to shore about six hours by sea.
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Tampa
Fla
Tampa Bar
Osborne Wood
Philippines
Young Wood
Cadiz
Spain
Wall Street
Wood
Philippine Islands
United States
Alleged Slayer Gerald Chapman Nears Gallows
Hartford dispatch reports defense in Gerald Chapman murder trial to focus on the long police record of his associate Walter Shean. Shean testified he and Chapman traveled from Springfield to New Britain, Meriden, and Waterbury before the patrolman James J. Skelly was killed, with Shean claiming Chapman fired the shot.
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Luneti Prisss Dispatcil
Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
Walter Shean
Chapman
James J. Skelly
New Britain
Springfield
Shean
Davidson & Leventhal
Prince
Meriden
Waterbury
Parke County Sheriff Charged Over Alleged Fee Shortage
A state board of accounts report accuses John P. Smith former Parke county sheriff of legally uncollected 1500 in fees. He and two men face Parke county grand jury indictments for alleged perjury in auto title certification. The board says Smith charged unauthorized fees for seizing liquor transport vehicles and confiscating stills and liquor.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Accounts
John IP. Smith
Parke County
Smith
Grand Jury
Accounts Board
Rescuers Strive to Free British Miners in Flooded Mine
Rescue teams worked through the night at Montague colliery in Scotswood to save 38 to 40 miners trapped after a sudden flood. Dawn brought renewed fears as rising water and gas forced the line of hope to thin. Thousands gathered at the mine entrance, with relatives watching as the grim scene continued.
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Newcastle
Eng
Montague
Scotswood
Body of Vigo County farmer returned home near Riley
The body of Chris Fox, prominent Vigo county farmer, was returned to his home near Riley, Indiana, today after dying from injuries from blasting stumps on a neighbor's farm the previous day. Fox had become known three years earlier for a $35,000 damages suit against neighbors over alleged mistreatment during Liberty loan drives in World War II days.
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Terre Haute
Chris Fox
Vigo County
Riley
Ind
Fox
Seventy Soldiers Drowned as Pontoon Bridge Collapses
Dethmold Germany reports seventy soldiers drowned when a pontoon bridge over the Weser River collapsed during maneuvers. The incident occurred today as troops crossed the river in the field training exercise.
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Uinternational News Service
Dethmold
Germany
Wesser
Indiana Bell Charter Suit Advances to Closing Arguments
The state suit to revoke the Indiana Bell Telephone company charter neared its end in Franklin Indiana with final arguments underway. U S Lesh led for the state at four o clock beginning the summary phase.
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Franklin
Ind
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
U. S. Lesh
Roy Clodfelder Appeals After Refused New Trial
Roy Clodfelder, found guilty of grand larceny by a Knox circuit court jury, was denied a new trial by Judge Thomas B. Coulter. He immediately sought an appeal to the higher court, with an appeal bond set at $3,000 and sureties August Enmeier and Andrew Taylor. The case stemmed from one of several indictments, including arson, against Clodfelder.
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Vincennes
Ind
Roy Clodfelder
Knox
Thomas B. Coultes
August Enmeier
Andrew Taylor
Clodfelder
Coulter
Arms conference all off as France declines
Paris informed the United States that France is not interested in a new disarmament conference for now, citing reduced naval weapons and security concerns. Washington reports no arms conference this year unless France moderates its stance.
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France
Washington
Paris Report Says France Not Interested in Coolidge Plan
State department officials were surprised by an official Paris report stating that Ambassador Daeschner was instructed to notify this government that France is not at present interested in President Coolidge's proposal.
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Paris
State Department
Daeschner
France
President Coolidge
Gasoline Prices to Rise One Cent in Indiana
Standard Oil of Indiana announces a one cent gasoline price increase statewide to take effect tomorrow to absorb the new state tax. Other oil firms are expected to follow with similar increases.
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Standard Oil
Indianapolis
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Aged Woman Mary Weller Found Murdered in LaGrange
The mutilated body of Mrs. Mary Weller, 62, a longtime LaGrange figure, was found in her back room after a hammer and ax attack. Police hunt for her husband Frank, who allegedly demanded $300 and was drunken earlier. Weller reputedly held a fortune around $100,000.
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United Press Dispatch
Lagrange
Ill
Mary Weller
Frank
Laketon State Bank Robbery In Indiana Two Bandits Hold Up
Two unmasked bandits robbed the Laketon State bank near Wabash Indiana shortly after opening. They fled with between 1000 and 1800 dollars and left behind 1009 dollars in bonds.
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Uinternational News Service
Wabash
Ind
Laketon State Bank
Here
Indiana Tornado Relief Fund Reaches Eighty Thousand Dollars
The Indiana relief fund for tornado stricken southwestern counties totals $80,000 after additional contributions. The Red Cross announced the updated figure as of today in Indianapolis.
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Intirnational News Service
Indianapolis
Indiana Relief Fund
Red Cross
Bicknell Officials Sentenced in Prohibition Conspiracy Case
Mayor William Callahan and Police Chief Otis Turley of Bicknell were sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to violate national prohibition laws. Callahan got two years in Atlanta and a 1500 dollar fine, Turley 15 months and 500 dollars. Callahan filed an appeal bond of 7500 dollars. Others received prison terms from seven months to one year and a day with fines up to 390 dollars.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
William Callahan
Otis Turley
Bicknell
Baltzell
Callahan
Atlanta
United States Court of Appeals
Chief Turley
Ihdediah Hideyseuns
Turley
Oscar Dodds
Jay Bonham
George Bailey
Thomas Cullen
George Stines
Thomas Kinney
William Bradley
Pete Zopels
Pat Hagerman
Frank Price
State Reformatory
Mayor Callahan
Frank Pirt
Pirt
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Marion County
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