Witness Goes to Hospital After Court Testimony
A courtroom ordeal ends with a witness taken to a hospital after giving testimony in Cooke. Officials have not released details of the medical issue or any ensuing actions.
16 Jun 1911
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
1
A courtroom ordeal ends with a witness taken to a hospital after giving testimony in Cooke. Officials have not released details of the medical issue or any ensuing actions.
Doctors warn the woman injured in the courthouse incident remains in critical condition. The blast of the court ordeal has left her body weakened and officials fear possible fatal complications if her condition worsens.
Cincinnati summary: Mrs. Weanette Stewart Ford endures a gripping cross examination in the Edgar S. Cocke embezzlement trial involving $22,000 from the Big Four railway. Testimony details book destruction, missing ledgers, and letters with Cooke as auditors seek secondary evidence while witnesses describe the case and forthcoming account books.
Large crowds attended the Elks carnival with all attractions drawing interest. An amusement ride swing broke while loaded with young girls, causing a brief stoppage, but no injuries were reported. The ride will operate again tonight with assurances of no further breakdowns. The Ladies Auxiliary to the A O H joined as contestants for a $25 prize and the Gotthard lodge I O O F will attend in force tonight.
Fort Wayne base ball club announced the signing of pitcher R. Dimpfel a University of Maryland product. The move adds a college trained arm to the roster with June 15 dated report from Fort Wayne Indiana.
The police board approved a Rambler patrol automobile for the city at 3624 dollars ready with extra tires. Bidding firms explained bids and the contract was awarded at a city hall meeting, with delivery expected in about 60 days from Chicago.
Ethel Winebaum a Kokomo cook confessed to taking a $200 diamond ring she sold for ten dollars in Logansport where police traced the still intact ring to Copeland pawn shop. The ring’s owner’s family hunted for it and Kokomo officers later recovered it with Copeland’s refund. The suspect was returned to Kokomo for possible grand larceny charges.
In Chicago on June 15 three elevator constructors were beaten by four alleged slug gers from the machinists union. Richard Bartels among the injured, three attackers arrested, fifteenth indictment returned, nine indicted yesterday and today. James Ragen charged with complicity in shooting Joan A Ramler, a union steamfitter. Bail totals over 750000. motion to reduce bail set for tomorrow.
Port au Prince Haiti June 15 AP reports official denial that Ciprian Castro former president of Venezuela is aboard the steamer Consul Grostuck which arrived at 3 PM flying the German flag.
A regional inquiry into the sugar trust is disclosed in vivid detail, outlining the investigation method and key figures involved. Officials and industry players face scrutiny as records and testimonies surface.
Traffic Department head and directors defend policy amid pointed questions from a legislative committee. Officials outline orders and procedures as critics press for details on sugar operations.
Washington hearing details the American Sugar Refining Company and its 1887 to 1908 consolidations buying outside refineries and controlling beet sugar makers. Lowell Palmer testifies on rebates stock water and Mormon church links while questioning reveals stock ownership and profits.
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled against three Standard Oil of New Jersey subsidiaries for unlawful restraint of trade. Standard Oil of Indiana Prairie Oil and Gas and Standard Oil of Kansas, all Kansas chartered, were found to operate as a single system with a division of labor spanning transportation refining and marketing. They are barred from cross ownership, underpricing to eliminate rivals, or pressuring others to stop selling in Kansas. The Indiana selling arm is also barred from selling under multiple brands of identical product.
Documentary letters between lumbermen figures reveal an information bureau guiding members on sales to retailers and penalties for noncompliance. Prosecution cites the correspondence as proof of interstate agreements, blacklisting, and territorial restraint amid anti trust law concerns.
Defense claims key letters in the case are damning proof, while the state asserts the documents establish guilt. The courtroom heard testimony from counsel arguing that the letters link the defendant to the alleged crimes in Austin.
Grant Winrott, convicted wife murderer in South Bend Indiana, hanged himself in the county jail while awaiting his June sentence. Judge Walter A Funk will consider life imprisonment in the circuit court, a case described as unique.
Blair June 15 Several people are reported killed and others injured by an explosion in the Mary mine at Blair owned by Pittsburg Silver Peak Mining Company. Communication with the mine site is difficult as rescuers rush to the scene.
Public works board approved preliminary Broadway pavement assessments filed Tuesday and sent to the city treasurer for collection. Property owners between Seventh and Tenth streets who filed remonstrances must seek court statements if they want adjustments.
Logansport public library hosted a district meeting with librarians from eight towns. Topics included magazine loans fines prebindings and book distribution. Attendees listed include Miss Alice Stevens Miss Henley of Wabash and Miss O Connell of Winamac. A vacuum cleaner exhibit drew interest for book cleaning by electricity.
Washington reports President Taft answered charges he uses presidential appointment powers for politics. He said he would welcome Congress taking from him the naming of collectors of internal revenue United States marshals and postmasters of the second and third classes. He urged extending civil service to include these officers and others up to district attorney level.
Two Americans Dr. Foster and Patrick Glennon were killed in Alamo Texas while American vice consul Sandat reported Ensenada notes turbulence. The State Department received the warning of dangerous turbulence in Ensenada.
Fragmentary text references Mexican policy and United States effects with mentions of millions of dollars and various strong interests. The readable elements point to economic or policy tension but lack concrete events, dates, or named entities to confirm a specific incident.
June 15 Chihuahua governor Gonzales announces a reform targeting foreign monopolies in the mineral and timber rich state. He says concessions tied to Diaz era payments will end, foreign capital must compete with Mexican funds, and monopolies like large company stores will be abolished. Export duties on cattle to the United States will be lifted and the government may allow General Orozco to move his insurgent army into the city.
Los Angeles dispatch reports the rebel chieftains in Culiacan and exiled Sinaloa governor Diego Redo detailing the execution of Colonel Morelos. Morelos faced a delayed pardon while urging precise firing, noting that a crowd should be cleared and a specific number of bullets used for the act.
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