Moore Seized 83 Law Books in Stolen-Property Case
Attorney Frank C. Moore arrested for stealing law texts, 83 volumes found in his Baldwin block office, with more at his home. Books traced to the state law library, Bowen Merrill, De Hass & Muir, and other parties. some stamped with office insignia. He sold several volumes to one man for a dollar each, and investigators suspect systematic theft over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. Moore
Statehouse
Moore
Losh
Hull
Baldwin Block
North
Delaware Street
State Law Library
Taylor
Bowen-Merrill Company
de Hass & Muir
William Bosgon
Bowen-Merrill Com
Burns
Samuel Perkins
Mr. Perkins
Attorney General's Office
Perkins
Charity Board Fault Found With Janitor Work at Police Station
The County Board of Charities reported after visits on Dec 6 and Apr 18 that overall conditions improved but urged thorough janitorial care at the police station and City Dispensary. They called for an additional janitor at the dispensary and a safer fire exit arrangement for inmates on the third story, plus outdoor fire escapes. The jail was found in excellent condition during noonday meals, with inmates well fed and content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Charities
Board of Public Works
Hedges Brought Back In Urbana Arrest
Captain Hyland returned from Urbana with Frank Hedges who faces charges for shooting Patrolmen Alberts and Samuels. Hedges was arrested on information from this city. Lon Henderson was with him and had killed Michael Tarpey eight years earlier. Hedges claimed Henderson fired the shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyland
Urbana
Frank Hedges
Alberts
Samuels
Hedges
Apertillon
Lon Henderson
Michael Tarpey
Henderson
Judge frees Roberts and Lewis in assault case
Judge Stubbs yesterday discharged Austin Robinson and Harry Lewis charged with assault and battery after reviewing evidence of a fight in front of Rinks store two weeks earlier. The case cited testimony about a woman with Lewis and a woman using a knife with corroboration from others. Police believed someone tried to shield the girls.
Indianapolis Life Insurance Leaders in 191 Year Reports
An examination of the reports to the state auditor for 191 shows American Central Life Insurance among Indiana leaders. Several Indianapolis firms wrote large policy volumes in the year, with some sites handling substantial sums, while American Central posted modest single-site figures yet still ranks among the top in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Central Life Insurance
Indianapolis
American Central
Indiana
Armerican Cemim
Thief Caught In Bank After Robbing Mast & Class
George Johnson, age twenty four, robbed the Mast & Class furnace shop safe on Massachusetts avenue, taking a fifty dollar gold certificate and coins. He was tracked to the Indiana National Bank where he attempted to change the bill. a chase ensued and Johnson was captured in the vault, found with a 38 caliber revolver, money, and a skeleton key. He was charged with carrying concealed weapons and grand larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana National Bank
Mast & Class
Furnace Builders
Massachusetts Avenue
George Johnson
Johnson
Lowe
Trimpe
Teeben
Roren
Changeohnson
Teeber
Jaulsel
Adolph Asch
Sam Gerber
Gerber
Asch
Hutson & Co
Toledo
William Penn In Doubt Arrest Report
William Penn, colored, of 1634 McGuffin street faces a warrant for beating his wife. Patrolman Lee found no arrest at his home as Mrs Penn and three brothers testified to a dispute over money and injuries, while Penn claimed his wife and brothers-in-law caused trouble and said Albert Beard fired at him four times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Penn
McGuffin Street
Penn
Lee
Sim
Frank
Albert Peard
Penns
Albert Beard
Horse and buggy reported stolen from Beville Avenue
G E Roberts of 516 Beville Avenue reported Wednesday that a horse and buggy were missing. Detectives searched locally with no results. A Wallace Indiana report tied the rig to Roberts, with two men seen abandoning the horse near a fence and woods before driving away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Roberts
Beville Avenue
Roberts
Wallace
Ind
Waice
Star lecture series closes at Tomlinson Hall
The Young Men’s Christian Association wrapped up the Star lecture course last night at Tomlinson Hall with Miss Mannheimer reading and Mr. Oscar J. Ehrgott singing, accompanied by Mrs. Ehrgott. Maud B Pallington Bouwth was ill and could not perform as scheduled. Total season tickets reached $1,500 with receipts over $2,900, and management plans a broader next season. Ehrgott previously sang at the city May festival and was a local favorite with tunes like Who Is Sylvia and Thou’rt Like a?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Christian Association
Tomlinson Hall
Mannheimer
Reading
Oscar J. Ehrgott
Ehrgott
Maud B Pallington Bouwth
Ebrgott
Sylvia
Literary Recital Notes From Miss Mannheimer’s Readings
A fragmentary list of pieces and authors appears, mentioning Robert Schumann Sara W Kellogg Browning Browning Shakspeare McKenzie and Riley. It cites readings including A Second Trial How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix Tomorrow at Ten and Mammy s Lil Boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Schumann
James Whitcomb Riley
Newport
Nora Berry
Mammy
Wagon Hit by Big Four Train Wrecks Horse and Driver Injured
Dri Otis Densford of W H Block & Co was struck yesterday on West Twelfth street by a Chicago bound Big Four passenger train. The wagon was splintered, the horse killed, and Densford suffered a scalp wound and scrapes but was taken to St Vincent's Hospital with only slight injuries. He rooms at 19% North Meridian street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Densford
W. H. Block & Co
Chicago
Densford
West Twelfth Street
Lafayette Street
City Dispensary
St. Vincent's Hospital
Goodin
City di
Senate Avenue
North Meridian Street
Man Arrested for Petit Larceny in Sack of Money Theft
Detectives Kinney and Lancaster arrested Alfred Lacey a Millersville hostler for stealing a sack of money reportedly $15 to $325 from Andrew Foltz owner of a street lunch wagon. Foltz misplaced the funds after paying an ice bill then lost track of the money. Lacey was traced to a roadhouse and nabbed after a car chase and bicycle pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinney and
Lancaster
Alfred Lacey
Millersville
Andrew Foltz
Foltz
Cornell Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Lacey
Indianapolis
Fair Grounds
Kinney
Central Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Meridian
Washington Streets
Trouble With a Boy in Juvenile Court
Eddie Miller ten years old, said to lead a gang older youths, was tried by Judge Stubbs in Juvenile Court and fined and sentenced to eleven days. His father, William Miller, once ran a barber shop in the Grand Hotel. This marked his second court arrest since the Juvenile Court opened, with prior run-ins at age seven. Police described him as hard to manage. one officer noted he stole fruit from a banana cart while the owner watched, and he gloated when asked if he could be good. The judge delivered a chastening talk, and Miller cried as he was jailed, greeting a nearby waif who had been picked up, asking, What are you in for?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Miller
Stubbs
Miller
William Miller
Grand Hotel
Admire
Eddie
Broadway Church Recital by Miss Renaldine Smith
The ladies of Broadway M. E. Church announce a Monday recital by Miss Renaldine Smith with Mrs. William Horne Jr assisting. A 2:30 business meeting precedes, followed by light refreshments after the performance. Program includes Adagio Pathique Godend Beloved It Is Morn Madrigale SerenadeAbsent You and I Chanson Humoresque The Gingerbread Man The Sugar Dolly Cradle Song Nocturne It Was a Lover and His Lass. New pianos priced $165 and up at Wulschner's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway M. E. Church
Renaldine Smith
William Horne, Jr
Will Wed Eugen Boross in London May Two
Miss Josephine Holman of Indianapolis to wed Eugen Boross of Buda Pesth Hungary at St Margaret s Chapel Westminster London May 2. They met on an ocean liner after a Paris visit and plan to split their years between Budapest and New York. Holman previously engaged to Signor Marconi, engagement later broken with no reason given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Holman
Indianapolis
Eugen Boross
Buda Pesth
Hungary
St. Margaret's Chapel
Westminster
London
Mr. Boross
Atlantic
Miss Holman
Paris
Buda-Pesth
Mrs. Holman
New York
Signor Marconi
Europe
Holmans
Marconi
Silas T. Bowen
Bowen-Merrill Company
Scholar in Politics lecture by Robert A. Brown at Clifton Street meeting
Clerk of the Supreme Court Robert A. Brown spoke to the Current Topics Club at 3114 Clifton Street on The Scholar in Politics. He argued that government serves the common good and urged educated citizens to study and participate, warning of scholar withdrawal from politics and urging reform through mass education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Brown
Supreme Court
Frank Sommer
Clifton Street
Mr. Brown
Brown
Greece
Holland
Jefferson
Samuel Adams
The
Republic
Thomas Carlyle
Flag Details for Monument Dedication Revealed By Adjutant General
Adjutant General Smock lists flag assignments for the monument dedication across multiple regiments and units. Names span Fourth Cavalry to Sixty-eighth Infantry along with National Guard officers Isaac Willard J F Blum E R Spain and W T D Schroeder. A fire damaged the Charles Einander frame house on Alvord street with $% loss, painters at work preparing a new coat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smock
Fourth Cavalry
J. N. Vestal
William Castle
G. W. Hissong
B. F. Hendricks
J. N. Finney
J. W. Accam
John Newton
P. W. Lewis
William Locke
Joseph Hoaglland
Eighty-fourth Infantry
W. J. Fordin
N. N. Spence
J. F. Davenport
Zachariah Cecil
John Wall
Jacob Ridge
C. B. Edwards
Charles Unthank
J. W. Thornburg
Ninety-ninth Infantry
R. H. Wells
H.C. Ashcraft
H. W. Wise
W. H. H. Spaulding
Abram Beachout
M. C. Ramsey
H. N. Vannince
Timothy Splan
A. F. Spaulding
Orlando Powell
National Guard
Isaac Willard
South Bend
J. F. Blum
E. R. Spain
W. T D. Schroeder
Evansville
Charles Einander
Alvord Street
Hey
Kinander
Thomas M Chill 90th Birthday Observed on May Day
Thursday May 1 marked the ninetieth birthday of Thomas M Chill of 1617 Yandes street with friends visiting to congratulate him. Attending were Rev. Bryan Carter and wife Mrs. Sallie Pearson and two sons, plus several named members of the Volunteer Firemen's brigade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Chill
Yandes Street
Bryan Carter
Sallie Pearson
Volunteer Firemen's
Local Club Honors Members and Corporate Incorporations
Club members Mr Chill and others enjoyed music and refreshments at a gathering. The Avalanche Mill Company was incorporated with $15000 capital. directors named. Lafontaine merese company formed with $35000 capital to operate at Lafontaine, Wabash county. Goshen Rubber Works organized with $10000 capital. directors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche Mill Company
A. A. McKain
A. R. Nicholas
R. B. Hilleary
C. E. Sloan
Chester Bradford
John Carr
G. F. Weisz
Lafontaine Merece Company
Lafontaine
Wabash County
Goshen Rubber Works
Operation planned after Downie injury at city hospital
An operation similar to that used on Thomas Degolyer will be attempted on Alexander Dow nie today. Dow nie is paralyzed on the left side from a bullet wound caused by Dr Parsons Tuesday noon. The bullet grazed the left side of the spinal column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Degolyer
City Hospital
Alexander Downie
Downie
Parsons
Excursion Train Specials From Indianapolis May 4 1902
Seaton announces Big Four Route trips to Lawrenceburg Aurora and Way Stations with 81 cents or less round trip. Special train from Indianapolis Union Station at 7 30 a m returning from Aurora 7 p m. Vandalia line offers Terre Haute and return for 1 00 and Greencastle 75 cents, Dayton 1 25, via H and D with 7 a m departure and 6 20 p m return. Also Lafayette excursion 1.00 and Michigan City trip 6 30 a m from Union Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Aurora
Indianapolis Union Station
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Rushville
Connersville
Hamilton
Union Station
Dayton
Lafayette
Michigan City
Ind
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indesnas
Ee Sayres
Charity Board Report
Closing Entertainment
Dri
Broadway Church Entertainment
Wulschner’s
Rent Topics Club
Mr. Chill
Charles H. Rici
Daniel Shearer
Henry H. Hinkle
William B. Millender
David W. Browse
Isaac L. Frankel
James M. Robbins
Anna Chill
Dunlap's
Seaton’s Hat Store
Vandalia Line
Greencastle
Lake Erie & Western R. R
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
German Fire Insurance of
South
Janes
W. W. Dark & Co
East Market Street
Barber Supply Co
East Ohio Street
Kruse & Sanaa
Wate
Washington Street
Leo Lando
Optician
Pennsylvania St
Merchants’ Association
Sander&becker
E. Washington Street
Ocean Steamers
QSS. Co
Passa
A. Asabec
Cook Chicago
Hartford
Sentinel Printing Company
West Market Street
C. I. Fletcher
North Penns
Lvania Street
Sooth Meridian Street
Offee
Adolph Wald
Reiter
Fernhauft & Co
S&s
Ersen Es
Bliss,swain&co
Knabe
Steinway
Starr
Hazelton
Chickering
Henry Filler
Richmond
Kranich & Bach
Weber
Ernest Gabler
Haines Bros
the Starr Piano CO
Hurch H.C. Meserwve
Plymouth Co
Delaware and
Tenth Streets
Agustus L. Mason
C. W. Meikel Co
Taggart’s Bakery
Massachusetts Ave
Lilly & Stalnaker
Washington St
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