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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1902
Page
2
Trials before the Audiencia court on Cuban postal funds embezzlement concluded with C. F. W. Neely given ten years imprisonment and a $56,701 fine. W. H. Reeves ten years and a $35,516 fine. Estes G. Rathbone ten years and a $33,324 fine.
Washington reports say General Miles' Senate testimony on military affairs has been reviewed by the president and several callers. The president holds that a lieutenant general should show the same respect to superiors as he would expect from subordinates, a stance likely to influence Miles toward retirement.
Washington Indiana March 24 a woman visiting police claimed she shot Liberty Kempt a wealthy businessman at their home five shots struck him the weapon hidden in her dress led police to the scene she was arrested and the motive remains unclear.
The official Messenger prints a Russo French conjoint declaration dated March 18 to the Austrian Belgian British American Spanish German Dutch Chinese and Japanese governments. It says allied governments support the essential principle of the alliance and pledge to defend mutual interests in the Far East while reserving right to take measures against any disruptive powers. It notes Russia desires status quo and complete tranquility in the Far East.
In a rural shed near their home, two brothers played a butcher game with an ax. The older struck the younger’s head while the younger’s head rested on a board. The injured boy lay senseless for hours before regaining consciousness. Typhoid fever has also developed.
Herbert Cosk a 12 year old boy near Michigan City Ind has been held for trial on the case of attempted train wrecking A switch on the Michigan Central was tampered with shortly before a fast train was due Detectives arrested Cook within 24 hours and he confessed saying he wanted to see what a wreck looked like He is a victim of dime novel reading
Florence Burns, the Brooklya woman held since February 15 on suspicion in Walter Brooks death, was discharged by Justice Mayer in New York City. The state failed to show sufficient grounds to hold her for trial in the criminal branch of the supreme court.
Senor Torres of Marinduane Island received a ten year term in Bilibig prison for sedition. The first sedition sentence reported. Court-martial proceedings opened for Lieutenant Hagedorn, quartermaster of the 28th Infantry, charged with embezzlement. Major Littleton W. T. Waller's court-martial proceedings continue.
George Shepherd of Redkey shot his wife yesterday afternoon and then wounded himself. Both survived, though fatally injured likely. The wife had been staying with a brother in Boswell and had just returned to Redkey. Shepherd reportedly went to her location and demanded access while drinking.
Ed Reffett William Scanlon and John Huffman face arraignment in Brazil Indiana after allegedly assaulting J C Dutton a Terre Haute non union electrician on the 11th of March Huffman posted a 1690 dollar bond while Reffett and Scanlon remain jailed awaiting grand jury action
Readable prices show steady trends across grains cattle hogs sheep and lambs in Indianapolis and Louisville. Wheat No 2 red 76 79 cents, corn No 2 mixed around 59 to 63 cents, oats No 2 mixed 50s, hogs around 4.50 to 5.16 per hundredweight, cattle near 2.25 to 2.75, lambs and sheep steady near 4.00 to 5.50, cash and futures mixed with Chicago activity noted.
Shelbyville Indiana March 25 The jury acquitted Mrs Emma Sandefur and found her son Clarence Sandefur aged 28 guilty of manslaughter in the murder case against George Scott last evening.
Ex President Grover Cleveland received a Lincoln dispatch in which William Jennings Bryan in the Commoner denounces him as a traitor ingrate and political nonentity for a Mississippi letter. Cleveland declined to be troubled and offered no further comment.
In Atchison Kansas Mrs William Baldwin killed herself in the room where her husband’s sister was murdered years earlier. The Baldwin case had a long trial history and reached the United States Supreme Court before the conviction of her husband occurred 16 years ago.
In Philates Epirus a riot between Albanians and Leon ended with eight gendarmes killed as Leon attempted to rescue a noted criminal. Authorities arrested 50 Albanians amid the disturbance. Washington report notes naval affairs committee backed Roosevelt on ending Schley debate and postponing related bills.
The Rev. Father Nicholas J. Stoeffel, a priest of St. Joseph parish for nearly 25 years, a Notre Dame faculty member, and a well known priest, died yesterday in South Bend Indiana.
La Grange Ind March 21 John B Diltz aged 13 is under arrest after confessing to stealing from Isaac Perkins lumber dealer on 16 occasions. The burglaries involved amounts from 25 cents up to 90 dollars taken from the lumber yard safe.
In Rochester Indiana on March 25 Harry Holman 18 son of merchant J D Holman fell while alighting a moving train and was killed instantly. He was known in the community and the accident shocked local residents.
Curtis found guilty of criminal assault against 15 year old Minnie Myers in Portland Indiana. Judge imposed an indeterminate sentence.
Pim Kokomo Indiana March 21 Charles B Landis of Delphi was nominated for congress from the Ninth district for the fourth time yesterday.
Tames Ridgeway, working in a sawmill near Carlisle, fell on a saw at Sullivan on March 21, severing his right arm.
John Costello a 75 year old resident of Wayne township was kicked to death at his farm in Kewanna Indiana while watering his horses on March 21. Police investigated the incident as a fatal kick by a horse.
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