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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1915
Page
1
Former Sullivan promoter Cozart was arrested last week after being involved in a case at Alafayette Inc. Police took him into custody following the latest court appearance.
Lafayette dispatch reports grand larceny charges against F. Lee Duncan former Tippecanoe county treasurer and William Cozart over the Tishimingo Tie and Stone Co stock sales in Tippecanoe and adjoining counties. Purchasers like Charles McCorkle of New Richmond claim fraud and misrepresentation of stock value and contracts for railroad ties. The firm moved offices from Sullivan to Vincennes Attica and then to Lafayette while planning a Merom factory and employing about 150 men, with notes totaling over 1500000 dollars disputed. Leroy M. Wade of Vincennes heads the company. organizers defend legitimacy and say the Merom plant is a modern facility with substantial machinery already bought.
Fred B. Wade secretary treasurer of the company denounces a Lafayette dispatch as false claiming two stock salesmen were arrested. He says only Lee Duncan and his partner represented the firm in Lafayette, no arrests occurred, stock is rising and Wade notes LeRoy M. Wade was not president.
Whereas Mr. S. A. Ryder of this city is president of said company. Mr. Wade is one of the legal advisors of the company. FRED E. WADE, Secretary-Treasurer.
Perry Drake, farmer from the county, convicted in Daviess circuit court of conspiring to commit arson to defraud underwriters, started his Michigan City prison term of two to eight years last Wednesday. He traveled with Sheriff Harmon from Indianapolis to Michigan City, the last of the arson trio to accept the verdict after appeals failed.
William H. Jones Jr of Gill township, county's leading farmer, sold 215 head of short horn steers to Swift & Company for 28000 dollars. Cattle shipped to New York by thirteen cars and destined for Europe. Jones owns 1900 acres with levee protection, a large silo, and a newly built cattle barn.
The four Coker children from Jackson township aged eight years to eighteen months were removed to Indianapolis to the Orphans Home by writ from Judge Bridwell. The mother initially resisted a nursing baby but consented when guardians argued better care at the state institution. Authorities allege improper surroundings and debauchery. the father, once a miner, has been unemployed and the family reportedly had little to eat before removal.
Carlisle township faces a school transport dispute as five wagons carrying district and joint school pupils may be cut off when district schools close in two weeks. Trustee Tab Woodard cites funds limits and argues country pupils lack right to bus service beyond district terms.
Earl Enochs of Pleasantville files affidavit at Linton charging his cousin with taking forty seven dollars from a bookcase while Earl slept. The cousin, who once served time at Jeffersonville penitentiary, is missing and traced to Linton then boarding a southbound train Sunday.
Thomas Solen of Carlisle was acquitted last week at Vincennes on a charge of stealing a handbag and overcoat from a passenger on a C. & E. I. train. The items belonged to Attorney Harold Henderson of Rockville who was aboard a southbound C. & E. B. I. train.
Figures by L W Henley show Sullivan County Republicans will send nine delegates to the next Indiana Republican state convention. The county had twelve votes at the 1914 convention, and overall delegate totals drop 211 versus 1914 despite a 81,946 gain in the Republican secretary of state vote in 1914 over 1912. Under the new primary law representation is based on the party vote for secretary of state in the preceding general election with one delegate per 200 votes plus a fractional bonus.
Merom Station March 23 The station commercial club met to study a fish and frog hatchery at the Illinois Central depot area. Sullivan Water Co could supply water. Homer French may offer submerged land for a hatchery partnership with a local vice president. Rail transport and submerged land cited as assets. Stock subscriptions opened.
The Vandalia Coal Company Monday assumed control of all Monon Coal Company mines, absorbing its identity. The acquisition includes two mines in the county, Little Giant in Jefferson township and Clover Leaf at Cass, plus Gilmour and Latta Creek in Greene county. It also covers undeveloped coal lands and two stores at Cass and Gilmour.
William G. Dudley, a Sulivan resident and Civil War veteran born April 27 1836, died Sunday at his Johnson street home aged 79. He served in Company D 31st Indiana, later becoming second lieutenant. Funeral held at his residence with Frank Neff Post G A R members in attendance. interment at Center Ridge cemetery. Survived by wife Eliza Hale and four sons, with many Dudley relatives in the area and in Terre Haute, Chicago, New York and Cleveland.
Hutsonville reports the death of Samuel Lindley on Monday night after a long illness. Born May 28, 1832, he lived his life on the family farm two miles northwest of Hutsonville and was nearly 83. Funeral Wednesday at his residence with Rev. J. L. Cox presiding. Interment in Hutsonville Cemetery. Survived by wife aged 74 and children Emma Boyd Ed Lindley Voorhees John W Lindley S H Lindley and Mrs J H Neff, all of Illinois or Sullivan County Indiana.
Members of the United Mine Workers of America in Indiana and other states will mark April 1 as a holiday in honor of the eight hour day for miners. The observance follows the 1898 start date of the eight hour workday with programs and addresses common in mining communities. William Green, secretary treasurer of the international union, will speak at a district meeting in Linton on April 1.
Charles D Hunt announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination in Indiana's Second District, drawing reactions across newspapers. Charles G Sefrit notes Hunt's return follows defeat last year, with Cullop and others poised to challenge, while Daviess County factions and Greene County figures loom in a crowded primary scene set for March 7, 1916.
The Union mine north of the city owned by Consolidated Indiana Coal Company, recently shut down, will be dismantled. Orders have been issued to pull the iron and steel from the mine, employing a large number of Sullivan residents.
Report notes Union and Grendora mines quitting work lead to Sullivan county mines unable to compete with Clinton field due to a ten cent higher rate to Chicago. Dering No 2 at Clinton reportedly shut down last week as demand for coal declines.
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