Weeks charged in alleged prisoner abuse case
Florence Martin, 15, testifies at police station about being held captive at Claude Weeks’s home on Wheatland avenue by Weeks and Mrs. Belle Snell. Weeks, married with one child, was arrested and jailed, to be arraigned on assault and mistreatment charges. The case centers on Weeks’s alleged captivity and manipulation during a stay in Wheatland avenue.
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Florence J. Martin
Star City
Claude Weeks
Wheatland Avenue
Weeks
Cass County
al H. Smith
Sycamore Street
Belle Snell
Snell
Marion
Market
Erie Avenue
Market Street
Lady Mary Montgomery Joins Aristocratic Trading Ranks
London May 13 Lady Mary Graham Montgomery one of eight famed sisters shifts to business as an artistic house decorator opening in Duke Street Manchester Square. The shop operates under Ropley House Decorations Alterations Upholstery Sanitation. Wife of Sir Thomas Montgomery seventh Stanhope baronet, she is the youngest daughter of Sir Thomas and Lady Crimie raffe. Her sister marriage ties include the Duke of Atholl.
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London
Mary Graham Montgomery
Duke Street
Manchester Square
Beeblesshire
Thomas
Louisa Moncrieffe
Duke of Atholl
British Isles
Montgomery
Drums and Bugles Delivered to Democratic Drum Corps
The Democratic drum corps received fourteen new drums and four bugles yesterday and distributed them among members last evening. Six members will use old drums. The Republican corps held a meeting and scheduled another dance at Stettiner hall on May 29 with Morehart and Denbo providing the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Corps
Stettiner Hall
Morehart
Denbo
Two Chorges Granted Today Divorces and Custody Split
Two circuit court divorces granted this afternoon. Ida F. Shank awarded divorce from Edward Shank for cruelty and neglect. Minnie M. Wood granted divorce from Charles L. Wood with custody of one child to Wood and the other to her mother Hulda Countryman. Jury seating to change after room redecoration. Attorneys active in Indianapolis on Jordan vs City sewer injunction case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Ida F. Shank
Edward Shank
Minnie M. Wood
Charles L. Wood
Hulda Countryman
B. F. Long
T. McConnell
M. B. Larry
Q. A. Myers
Indianapolis
Jordan
the City
West Side
Estate administrator files final report and guardian appointed
William E. Powell administrator of the estate of Jacob Zimmerman deceased files his final report. Catherine Farrell has been appointed guardian of Margaret Farrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Powell
Jacob Zimmerman
Catherine Farrell
Margaret Farrell
Mark Miller Authors Book Amid Travel Mishap
Local author Mark Miller halted presses on Trials and Tribulations of a Chauffeur to add a new chapter about a Sunday trip south. The car broke near Walton and was moved to a farmer's barn. Miller retrieved it yesterday with his wife, continuing the narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Miller
John Day
Mark
Walton
Grand Jury May Probes Indictments and Court Moves
The grand jury reportedly returned seven true bills though details are unconfirmed. Prosecutor Custer and deputies stay silent as bench warrants await service. The panel also urged cleaning the courthouse basement and relocating the boiler, while praising the county poor farm's sanitation.
Doctors Billing Post Mortem Fees in Brown Case
Galveston physicians Dr Z A Loop and Dr H H Miller who performed the post mortem on James T Brown filed a claim for twenty dollars each for services rendered in the Cotterman murder case.
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Z. A. Loop
H. H. Miller
Galveston
James T. Brown
Robert H. Cotterman
Eel Township Personal Property and Tax Figures
Assessor John Markley reports in Eel township a total personal property valuation of 69385 dollars. There are 198 poll tax payers, 77 male dogs and 18 female dogs in the township.
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John Markley
Eel Township
Ex Manager Harry Mote Struggles With Mental Illness
Hartford City Indiana May 13 Harry Mote once Montpelier barber and famed baseball booster again shows signs of dementia He boomed Bartlesville Iowa earlier he was confined to Richmond asylum recovered somewhat and released in 1907 he relapsed in 1908 and was found in Marion mumbling baseball talk He had traveled from Bartlesville to Blifton to rejoin family and reemerged in Marion He formerly managed Montpelier the top team in the state.
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Hartford City
Ind
Harry Mote
Montpelier
Richmond
Mote
Bartlesville
I. T
Indiana
Marion
Bliffton
Bodies Found Near Mosique Springs in Death Valley Area
Robert Lockhart reports from Rhyolite Nevada that two men’s bodies were found fifteen miles northeast of Walter Scott's Mosique Springs camp. One shirt bore initials G W S, others unidentifiable. The bodies show coyotes’ damage after likely months dead. nearby skeletons of two burros and a horse. Scott suspects murder with horses killed. water and grazing nearby could have sustained them.
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Robert Lockhart
Death Valley
Mosique Springs
Walter Scott
Trump Hand Kills Woman in Card Game
In Muskegon Michigan on May 13 Mrs William Ward of North Muskegon died during a Pedro game. While studying her hand she collapsed and died from a fatal stroke. A heart was the trump in every hand played.
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William Ward
North Muskegon
Pedro
Becket and Hanley Return From Knights of Columbus Convention
Charlies J. Becker and William F. Hanley arrived from Washington Indiana after attending the annual state convention of the Knights of Columbus. They report a fine meeting.
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Charlies J. Becker
William F. Hanley
Washington
Ind
Knights of Columbus
Mrs Charlies Glasco Visits Chicago Relative
Mrs Charlies Glasco of Chicago is the guest of her mother Mrs D E Bennett at 1106 Toledo Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Glasco
Chicago
D. E.bennett
Toledo Street
Appointments Set for County Board of Review
Judge John S. Lairy names William C. Thomas and Joseph Funk to the board of review joining County Assessor Harry Warrick County Auditor George W. Cann and County Treasurer Matthew Moroney. The panel will meet the first Monday in June for thirty days to hear grievances on personal property assessments only.
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Gansport
Joseph Funk
Clay Township
Harry Warrick
George W. Cann
Matthew Moroney
Board of Review For
Larry
W. C. Thomas
Moroney
Cann
Warrick
Father runs away leaving girl at station
Stationmaster Larger and Panhandle assistant Har old Hosmer report a five year old girl left alone in the waiting room. She cried until her father, a Panhandle employee, returned and took custody after being found upstairs with office boys.
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Larger
Panhandle
Harold Hosmer
the Panhandle
Thirty Six Indictments In Indianapol is Packed City Case
A federal grand jury in Indianapolis returned thirty six indictments with two charged against Ed Clouser and Fred Waldsmith both from the city. They allegedly assaulted an inspector of the animal industry bureau at Rouths packing house and are out on bond.
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Indianapolis
Ed Clouser
Fred Waldsmith
Animal Industry Bureau
Routh
Grand Jury Indicts Coterman for First Degree Murder
The grand jury returned an indictment against Robert H. Coterman charging murder in the first degree for the slaying of James T. Brown. Coterman is jailed. a bench warrant for his arrest has not yet been issued, with hopes for a speedy trial or possible next term trial. Some relatives hoped for manslaughter or self defense findings. The report also notes Cotterman’s improved appetite and his decision to avoid a statement to the coroner. The article also discusses Texas land schemes by Union Central, with W. B. Yoakum asserting truth in company literature and denying agent misrepresentation or options on land, and claims of opposition roads delaying railroad construction.
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Robert H. Coterman
James T. Brown
Cotterman
Beckley
George Miller
Coterman
Logansport
Cass County
Texas
Union Central Company
W. B. Yoakum
Irondale
Union Central Railroad
Union Central Construction Company
Union Central
Possum With Ten Young Ones At Local Grocers Window
An old possum and ten young ones were displayed at Charles Castle's grocer shop at Sixth and North streets. Mel Lef fel caught the possum northeast of town last Saturday and brought the family to the city. The pouch-carrying marsupial drew curious onlookers, including children and adults, who watched the youngsters peek from the sack.
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Charles Castle
Mel Lef‘fel
Leffel
Castle's
Local High School Faces St. Joseph's Academy This Saturday
The local high school team prepares to challenge St. Joseph's Academy of Rensselaer at Spencer Park on Saturday. St. Joseph's beat the locals 7 to 1 on its home field, and the local team aims to even the score.
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St. Joseph's Academy of Rensselaer
Academy
Spencer Park
Base Ball Sunday Promises Strong Game Against Alexandria
Frank Enyart resumes leadership of local baseball and has formed a solid team. A Sunday game is arranged with the Alexandria independent club, which is noted as strong and likely to provide a tough challenge for the Ottos.
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Frank Enyart
Alexandria
Ottos
Denial of Withdrawal Rumor In Republican Field
Washington May 1 Friends of the field candidates for the Republican nomination were surprised to learn a press association report claimed a movement to withdraw all candidates except Taft. Senator Knox and L White Busbey denied the report as fabrications. Fairbanks’ friends offered equally emphatic denials.
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Washington
Taft
Knox
L. White Busbey
Speaker Cannon
Fairbanks
Vandalia Sunday Excursions to Lake Maxinkuckee Begin May 24
The Vandalia lines announce Sunday excursions to Lake Maxinkuckee starting May 24 and continuing all summer with an early morning train for full day fishing. The Panhandle plans a Cincinnati excursion next Sunday likely drawing many residents away.
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Vandalia
Lake Maxinkuckee
Panhandle
Cincinnati
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J. M. Leve
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A. O. Musgrave
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Findlay
Ohio
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A. Decorator
Lady Montgomery
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Teddy
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Muskegon, Mich
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Clay
John S. Lairy
William C. Thomas
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