Who Fired First Shot in Hooper Case Stages Trial Day
Marion dispatch reports the Harry Hooper murder trial as state rests its case at 4 pm after four hours of testimony and numerous objections. The pivotal issue is whether Payne fired first or Hooper acted in self defense as Hooper’s side argues. The defense relies on cross-examination outcomes and plays for time as jury proximity nears verdict.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Harry Hooper
Grant A. Dentler
Hooper
Marshal James Payne
Payne
A. Henley
Fairmount
Jooper
S. Interluce
P. B. Manley
Demurrer Sustained in Hagerman Suit in Terre Haute
In Terre Haute Indiana on December 2 a $15000 damage suit by Mrs Martha Hagerman against the street railway company was defeated as the court sustained the companys demurrer The Hagerman claim followed the death of her husband who was killed by strike breakers aboard an Interurban car near Seelyville Brazil line He was a miner noted for opposing radical strikes and the strike breakers were later sent from other cities with no prosecutions pursued
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Martha Hagerman
Hagerman
United Mine
Orkers
Curious transaction at Elkhart bankrupcy filing
Elkhart Indiana December report notes a planned involuntary bankruptcy filing for the Elkhart Paper Company now in receivership. A curious sequence shows a 47 horsepower water power transferred to the company on October 1 and 100000 in bonds issued October 5 with 35000 still unaccounted. The receiver for Consolidated Paper and Bag Company has found debts totaling 105000 due to a bank. The stock ledger lists 10 shares to Walter Brown, 1 to Charles B Brodrick, and 100 to Oscar Randolph, though the stock book cannot be located.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elkhart
Ind
Indianapolis
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Elkhartmpany
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T Bank
Apkeee
Walter Brown
Charles B. Brodrick
Oscar Randolph
Attorney Delacour Leaves Bluffton for Lansing to Prove Graduation
Bluffton Indiana December 2. Charles Delacour attorney and opera house manager charged with fraudulently gaining Wells County bar admission left today for Lansing Michigan to secure proof of graduation from Michigan University. Verification shows he used the name Charles H. Cline and a student by that name was in the class of 1836. Delacour must now identify himself as that student.
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Lansing
Mich
Indianapolis Journal
Bluffton
Ind
Charles Delacour
Opera House
Wells County
Michigan University
Charles H. Cline
Regular Train Service Opens on Cin cinnati Bluffton Chicago Line
Regular trains begin on the Cincinnati Bluffton and Chicago Inc with two trains each way as the Bleffton to Pennville segment is completed Elkhart reports three youths Harry Runyan Harry Searls and Howard Montieth convicted of burglaries and sentenced to Jeffersonville Reformatory noting their respectable backgrounds but long history of missteps
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Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago Inc
Bleffton
Pennville
Elkhart
Harry Runyan
Harry Searls
Howard Montieth
Jeffersonville
Bunyan
Sweet
Genuine Mackwheat Ver Inquiry in Austin
A reader requests confirmation of a genuine Mackwheat product name in Austin amid confusion over similar sounding brands. The note urges verification of authenticity and urges suppliers to provide clearly labeled, genuine goods.
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Austin
Happy Hollow Hermit Dies at Infirmary in Lafayette
Jennie Jahonica known as The Woman Hermit of Happy Hollow dies at the Tippecanoe county infirmary after a long solitary life in a mud shack. Born eighty seven years ago in Huff Holland she worked as a laborer, lived in America since 1850, endured family losses and exile from society, and spent her final months at the county farm before funeral services at the German Reformed Church.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Jennie Jahonica
Happy Hollow
Tippecanoe County
Huff
Holland
Kineff
America
Chicago
Johonica
German Reformed Church
Conrad Hassel
Indiana University Glee Club Leaves for Xmas Itinerary
The Indiana University Glee Club departed Bloomington this morning for a Christmas itinerary across northern Indiana. Twenty two men plus full orchestra and band travel, with Howard Chapel of Knox as manager. Dates secured will keep the group active until college resumes January 5, ending with a recital at the Claypool in Indianapolis.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University Glee Club
Howard Chapel
Knox
Claypool
Indianapolis
Levee Contract Let for Eleven Miles on Wabash
Sullivan Indiana December 22 Contract for an eleven mile levee along the Wabash in Fairbank and Turman townships was awarded to Callis Lower & Cox Hutsonville Illinois as lowest bidder at 62.00 dollars with bids ranging to 140400. The levee must be finished by May 1 195 and will protect thousands of acres from spring overflows.
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Indianapolis Journal
Sullivan
Ind
Wabash
Fairbank
Turman
Callis, Lower & Cox
Hutsonville
Ill
Patents Issued to Indiana Inventors
Washington December 2 The following Indiana patents were issued today Jesse C Boyd Rushville vehicle running gear Charles G Coun Elkhart corner mouth piece William P Hussey Indianapolis lumber dry kiln Charles F Igleman Indianapolis bakers oven Frank X Kra bach Ft Wayne Jack also ironing table Joseph we Nethery Indianapolis valves Abraham Bee Indiana mapers clover buncher James Scanlan Indianapolis furnace Sent Joseph K Sharpe Indianapolis meumatic straw-stacker David N Weathers Marengo meat tenderer
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Indiana
Jesse C. Boyd
Rushville
Charles G. Coun
Elkhart
William P. Hussey
Indianapolis
Charles F. Igleman
Frank X. Krabach
Ft. Wayne
Joseph We
Woman near death from gas inhalation at Chalmers
Mrs Noah Shirley of Chalmers north of Lafayette lies at death's door from gas fumes released by a base burner Sunday night. Her husband was overcome but recovered. he remains well while she is out of danger.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Noah Shirley
Chalmers
College Gates Closed for the Xmas Holidays
Indiana University in Bloomington closes for holidays as term ends with record enrollment and high marks. Next term starts January 5 with plans for a new student hall funded by student subscriptions approaching 40,000. Rockefeller funds expected. Daily Student business manager chosen, William E. Marsh, a junior and member of Kappa Sigma.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Bryan
Agerustonery
Rockefeller
William E. Marsh
Columbus
Daily Student
Earl Thomas
Marsh
New
Epa Kappa Sigma
Telephone rent drives Plainfield patrons away
Plainfield Indiana December 22 Consolidated Telophane Company of Hendricks County reports a large loss of customers due to increased phone rents. Company says higher rates are necessary to meet expenses. About 100 of 400 patrons affected amid general dissatisfaction.
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Indianapolis Journal
Plainfield
Ind
Consolidated Telophane Company
Hendricks County
Tning
Purdue University as an Engineering School
Purdue University in Lafayette Indiana draws a cosmopolitan student body in its engineering courses with about twenty foreign students from nine countries including India Japan Bulgaria England Germany Canada Mexico Cuba and Porto Rico. Notable is Manuel Rivera from Porto Rico, a junior civil engineering student, who plans to graduate soon and pursue an advanced degree, while Rivera and roommate Jos Escobar from Cuba join other international students in a diverse campus community and in field surveys.
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Ind
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India
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Rivera
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Aguadilla
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Wild Forest
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Jos Escobar
Escobar
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Lahore
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Bangalore
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Sukichi Yoshi-Saka
Kobe
Milan Konstantine Karchoff
Kustendille
M. Ede
Whitburn
Two Old Residents Die in Indiana County
Evansville dispatch reports Burrel Kinman aged seventy two and Abner Fowler aged seventy three, two well known county residents living near Winslow, died today in Indiana.
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Evansville
Ind
Shappers Strike Over Demands Refused in Hartford City
Hartford City Indiana December 22. A strike erupts at Johnston and Clelland window glass plants as snappers seek 15 percent pay rise and to be counted on the sheet. The company rejects the sheet count change but supports a general raise. National L A 300 secretary Paul St Peter presides as strike benefits are discussed and set. Married workers to receive 10 dollars weekly and single men eight dollars.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Johnston & Clelland
Simon Burns
Paul St. Peter
L. A. 300
Indiana
Sentenced to Reformatory in Indiana Theft Case
Goshen Ind Dec 2 Harry Swartz of Indianapolis and Chas Rigney of Goshen were today sentenced to the Jeffersonville Reformatory for one to ten years for the theft of a suitcase and tents belonging to Chas B Olds a traveling salesman.
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Indianapolis Journal
Goshen
Ind
Harry Swartz
Indianapolis
Chas, Rigney
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Chas. B. Olds
Will contest ends with invalidated will rejected
In Lafayette Indiana Judge De Hart ruled Isaac Cunningham’s 19 year old will invalid due to unsound mind, declaring a later will the valid document leaving about 20000 to Isaac Cunningham Jr. The case followed earlier disputes over guardianship and hidden wealth found after the hermit’s death.
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Lafayette
Ind
de Hart
Isaac Cunningham
Isaac Cunningham, Jr
Cunningham
Karl K. Brown
Tippecanoe County
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Miles Nooth
Pany
Attorney Fined for Contempt of Court in Indiana
In Cass County Indiana attorney Michael F. Mahoney was fined 50 by Judge John Latry for contempt during the William H. Snyder trial. Mahoney argued after a ruling and challenged the court, claiming readiness to be heard, prompting the punishment and an announced appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
Cass County
William H. Snyder
Royal Center
Michael F. Mahoney
John 8. Latry
Latry
Supreme Court
Millionaire George W. Bement Will Admitted to Probate
Terre Haute Indiana December 22 The will of millionaire George W. Bement who died recently was admitted to probate. It leaves his entire estate to his widow and an only son and requires no inventory or court proceedings beyond probate. Portland Indiana December 22 The county courthouse stationery contract was let with Baker Thornton Company of Indianapolis winning the bulk amid a heated bidding contest among several printing houses.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
George W. Bement
Portland
County Court House
Baker & Thornton Company
Indianapolis
Southern Railway Takes Up Labor Fight in Princeton
Princeton Indiana December 22 The Southern Railway Company has begun the labor dispute in earnest and will keep imported boilermakers at work despite cost. Guards will be placed around the boarding site at night and only authorized persons may pass. Nine workers remain on site as tensions mount and fear of a broader strike or lockout grows with about 500 employed locally.
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Indianapolis Journal
Princeton
Ind
Southern Railroad Company
Jamison
Railroad Company
Youngstown, Ky
Whedon Dies Quietly in Invalid Chair at Home
TERRE HAUTE Dec 22 George H Whedon died unexpectedly last night while seated in his invalid chair He was cheerful and had been chatting with Mrs Whedon a minute before his death He had been an invalid for two years
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
George H. Whedon
Marvin Kuhns Seeks Freedom After Prison Escape
Marvin Kuhns, the escaped inmate once captured by farmers and a schoolteacher near Columbus, plans legal action to contest his confinement. He reportedly saved $800 through prison labor and is employing it to fund proceedings led by attorney George W. Louttit. Kuhns, who fought police with heavy resistance in Churubusco thirteen years ago, survived multiple gunshot injuries and a later shooting of Town Marshal Kennelly.
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Indianapolis Journal
FT. Wayne
Ind
Marvin Kuhns
Ohio
George W. Louttit
Columbus
Louttit
Churubusco
Kennelly
Young couple elopes from Bellefontaine to Kentucky
Sallie Harner fourteen and Robert Ashcraft twenty one eloped from Bellefontaine Ohio and are believed to have gone to Kentucky to marry. The girl lived with foster parents James and Mary Berry near Lewistown. Berry plans to press charges against Ashcraft and his rival Clarence Brown.
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Bellefontaine, CO
Sallie Harner
Robert Ashcraft
Kentucky
James’ Berry
Lewistown
Ashcraft
Clarence Brown
Clarence
Sallie
Robert
Berrys
James Berry
Brown
Indictment Dismissed for Subornation of Perjury
Jeffersonville Indiana December 22 a grand jury indictment against James Keigwin Jr son of the late Justice Ephraim Keigwin was dismissed today. Keigwin faced charges of inducing Henry R. Stumpf an old man now in Michigan City prison to swear that Anna Estes a young girl from Lockport Kentucky was eighteen and a resident of this city so she could obtain a license to marry Dr F W Yancy. The indictment was dropped at the request of Jack Estes the girl s father who helped send Stumpf to prison.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
James Keigwin, Jr
Ephraim Keigwin
Keigwin
Hennry R. Stumpf
Michigan City
Anna Estes
Lockport
F. W. Yancy
Jack Estes
Irl
Stumpf
Colored Man and Woman Convicted of Perjury
Bud Jones and Mamie Gatewood, colored, were sentenced by Judge Marsh in Jeffersonville Circuit Court. Jones receives from two to twenty one years in Michigan City Prison and Gatewood the same term in the Woman's Prison at Indianapolis. Both were convicted of perjury and allegedly lied to aid the other’s escape from crimes in which they were involved.
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Indianapolis Journal
Jeffersonville
Ind
Bud Jones
Mamie Gatewood
Marsh
Michigan City
Indianapolis
Whitesell Sues Two Attorneys for 15000 Damages Each
Elmira J Whitesell wife of Samuel C Whitesell filed two suits in Richmond Indiana seeking 15000 damages from attorneys Thomas J Study of this city and B F Mason of Hagerstown alleging malicious prosecution deceit The actions stem from the Strickler estate dispute linking all named persons in the litigation
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Strickler
Family narrowly escapes gas poisoning in Lafayette home
The Panther family on New York Street Lafayette narrowly escaped death from natural and coal gas Sunday night. A fireless stove leaked natural gas while coal gas escaped base burner fissures, keeping six people asleep until one member awoke and alerted others, prompting a dangerous wake-up call as fumes spread through the house.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Louis Panther
New York Street
Porter Paid Twice As Water Works Chief Sparks Pay Hold
Brazil Indiana December 22 192? Dr Sourwine notified City Treasurer Catshall to stop paying Councilman William Porter for serving as water works superintendent. Porter had not been elected to the post but appointed after F W Sisson resigned until a replacement could be found. Sourwine argues dual office holding is illegal.
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Indianapolis Journal
Brazil
Ind
Sourwine
Catshall
William Porter
Porter
F. W. Sisson
Boy Walter Jordan Fatally Injured In Apple Tree Fall
Walter Jordan sixteen son of J C Jordan living northeast of Tipton Indiana fell from an apple tree today striking the frozen ground on his head and shoulders and has been unconscious since likely fatally injured authorities reported.
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Indianapolis Journal
Tipton
Ind
Walter Jordan
J. C. Jordan
Pioneer Citizen Daniel Dedrick Dies in Jeffersonville
Daniel Dedrick aged seventy three a pioneer of Jeffersonville died last night after a long illness He was born near Utica New York and leaves a wife with no children News of his passing comes from Jeffersonville Indiana where he lived for many years and was known for his early settlement efforts
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Indianapolis Journal
Jeffersonville
Ind
Daniel Dedrick
Utica
Veteran of Civil War James Read Dies in Tipton
TIPTON Ind Dec 2 James Read aged seventy longtime resident died at his home on West Jefferson street last night from lung trouble He was a veteran of the Civil War Funeral arrangements set for Wednesday
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Indianapolis Journal
Tipton
Ind
James Read
West Jefferson Street
Read
Dr Shoop Rheumatic Cure Offer
Honest sufferers of rheumatism are invited to try Dr Shoop s Rheumatic Cure on a one month trial at a cost of 35.50. The maker claims it removes the blood poison causing pain and swelling and that most cases improve within thirty days. If it fails the loss is borne by him. Send for his book and arrange with a local druggist to obtain six bottles. Address Dr Shoop Box 790 Racine Wis. Mild cases may be cured in one or two bottles. At all druggists.
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