Peculiar Criminal Court Hearing Over Henry Ragsdale Case
Henry Ragsdale faced grand larceny and receiving stolen goods charges before Judge Alford. The trial was continued to Friday to resolve conflicting grand jury testimony. Ragsdale admitted stealing the bicycle upon advice of Smiley’s attorney, while Smiley awaits testimony. Charles Meyers received suspended sentence after father repaid $7. Frank Girton pled guilty to petit larceny and drew one to three years. Lou Hoyt and Arthur Walker got one to fourteen years each for burglary and grand larceny. Mason J. Osgood’s estate.
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Henry Ragsdale
Alford
Criminal Court
Grand Jury
Smiley
Charles Meyers
Frank Girton
Fremont Alford
Pilea
Questioned Inheritance of Osgood Estate Leaves Heir Dispute
The estate of Mason J. Osgood valued at 700 000 to 800 000 is left to adopted daughter Ida Osgood Stanley as sole heir with no will. A nephew Charles W. Osgood and sister Roxanna Nims challenge the adoption claiming Ida was not legally adopted. Adoption papers show Emma Fisk became Ida Stanley in Hamilton County in 1877, though residence later in Marion County. Attorneys for Ida reportedly rejected two settlement offers from Charles J. Osgood and Mrs Nims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason J. Osgood
Ida Osgood Stanley
Charles W. Osgood
Roxanna Nims
New Hampshire
Hamilton County
Marion County
Mason J. Osg
Indianapolis
Ind
Emma Kk
Americus Fisk
Indiana
Emma Fisk
Idare of Good
Armstrongs Will Probate Aimed At Family Divisions
The probate lists John Armstrong's will leaving his widow Frances Ann Armstrong 91 a year in quarterly installments of 59 and the remainder split among his sons James W. and Edwin J. Armstrong and granddaughter Jessie A. Beatty. Executors named James W Armstrong and Daniel Waite Howe with a $10,000 bond. Estate valued at 50,000 to 60,000. Contests trigger disinheritance. Separately, Mrs. Willard H. Kirby seeks divorce alleging cruelty and neglect. similar divorce action filed by Anna M. Petig against Herman Petig. Justice details and other court items follow in this docket.
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John Armstrong
Frances Ann Armstrong
James W
Edwin J. Armstrong
Jessie A. Beatty
James W. Armstrong
Daniel Waite Howe
Andrew Helm
Dorothy Helm
Collier
Te Eelliam H
Ora Maud Kirby
Williard H. Kirby
Anna M. Petig
Herman Petig
Pittsburg
Indiana Prison Sentences and Court Notices
The record lists multiple criminal sentences including Lou Hoyt and Arthur Walker for grand larceny with durations from one to fourteen years in the Indiana Reformatory, plus related cases of burglary and petit larceny. It also notes new suits filed in Superior and Circuit Courts, and summarizes several appellate and supreme court entries with dispositions and legal principles.
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Diana State
Lou Hoyt
Arthur Walker
Hoyt
Indiana Reformatory
Walker
Frank Meyer
Indiana
Mental anguish from telegram delay not actionable against company
A case notes mental anguish from telegram delivery failure is not sufficient grounds for an action against the telegraph company. The citation references Southwestern Reporter and Lawyers' Reports Annotated, indicating the decision's legal basis and context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Southwestern Rep
Texas
Miss Abromet in Court After Hearing
Miss Hortense Victoria Abromet, jailed a week on arson and burglary charges at 1131 North Illinois, saw her preliminary exam fail to free her. Acting Judge Connoway reduced bonds to 1000 each on felonies, certifying the misdemeanor and firing up a grand jury for further action. The testimony centered on muddy shoes and a chair, Marsh’s wrecked dining room, and Abromet’s alleged plan.
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Hortense Victoria Abromet
H. B. Marsh
North Illinois Street
Connoway
Miss Abromet
Wallace and Holtz
Marsh
Harry
Mr. Marsh
Ballif Dawson
Judge Connoway
Ughing
Collins
Connaway
Ernest Vertrees Arrested at Denison Hotel
Ernest Vertrees a colored check boy at the Denison Hotel was arrested last night by Detectives Morgan Kinney and Lancaster after complaints of missing items from the check room. He admitted taking several articles and lives at 1245 North West Street. Jap Miller a friend of James Whitcomb Riley and resident in Brooklyn visited the monument dedication and called on Col. Charles E. Wilson at the Statehouse yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Vertrees
Denison Hotel
Morgan, Kinney and
Lancaster
Morgan
Vertrees
North West Street
Jap Miller
James Whitcomb Riley
Brooklyn
Riley
Miller
Col
Charles E. Wilson
Statehouse
Free halftone engraving with May 15 Journal delivery
Subscribers will receive a handsome 9 by 12 inch halftone engraving of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument with each copy on Thursday May 15. Extra copies may be ordered through agents or newsdealers. Indianapolis subscribers must obtain them at newsstands or the Journal counting room. No home delivery of extras.
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Journal
Indianapolis
Regimental veteran reunions fill city courthouses
Veterans from many Indiana regiments converge for encampment and dedication events today and tomorrow at the Statehouse and Superior Court. Units including Eleventh, Twenty sixth, Thirty third, Fortieth, Forty ninth, and others meet across rooms with speakers such as Gen. John Coburn and programs featuring Lincoln’s hatbox and flag handover to the state.
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Eleventh Indiana Infantry
Lew Wallace
Superior Court
Indiana
John Coburn
Statehouse
Supreme Court
B. W. Sullivan
North Meridian Street
Indiana Caval
Judge Hadley
Fifteenth
Indiana Cavalry
Fourteenth
Indiana Infantry
Sixth
Forty-ninth
Sixteenth
Courtouse
Fourth
Tenth Indiana Cavalry
Rousseau Brigade Association
Wilder's Brigade Association
Stateouse
Chapman and Andrews
Pearson's Halls
Delaware Street
Mexican War Veterans’ Association
State Board of Agriculture
Association
Eighteenth
Indiana Battery
Tomlinson Hall
Indiana Regimental Association
State Museum
George W. Sloan
J. M. Babcoe
Superior Court Room
What an American Student Saw in Italy Lecture
Rev Frank O Beck told Mapleton congregation last night about Italian conditions seen in Europe. He cited low incomes, heavy taxes, and widespread undernourishment with meals for schoolchildren in Milan and Turin. He warned illiteracy and social distress mark Italy's history, yet noted signs of change.
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Frank O. Beck
Europe
Mapleton
Italy
Signor Bedio
IaHan
Milan
Turin
Plunged from a window William Badger’s attempted death
William Badger a machinist at the Atkins saw Works leaped from his third floor bench through a window to South street. He lay unconscious with skull fracture, facial wounds, and a broken right arm after being carried to St. Vincent’s Hospital. Neighbors reported no warning signs. he whispered goodbye before the plunge. Badger, 40, lives at 1162 Kentucky avenue and has long worked at Atkins. A note on life insurance and home relations is mentioned. The article also mentions a rail company land dispute with the Indianapolis & Martinsville Transit Company over a 100 foot right of way.
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William Badger
Atkins Saw Works
South Street
City Dispensary
Schenck
Badger
St. Vincent's Hospital
Allen
Ras
Kentucky Avenue
Atkins
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Henry Hragsdale
Osgood
Ida Osgood
John H. Baker
Federal Court
David Jennings
Salem
New Albany
Jennings
Seymour
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of
New York
Trust Company
Seymour Water Company
the Court Record
Roo H John L. McMaster
George Dawson
The
Indianapolis On Co
Vinton Carter
Alexander W. Jameson
City of Inis
Circuit Court
Henry Clay Allen
Christian Reinhardt
Iaac Barber
Rachel Barber
Georgia A. Wood
William Wood
Sarah Hinkle
William Hinkle
Rendant
Dence
August Wacker
Louise Wacker
Eugsested
Donald Morris
Rdjan
Ding
Georgiana Carter
James F. Carter
Ivorce
Catherine Young
John A. Young
Agnes McCarthy
Thomas McCarthy
Joseph F. Thomas
Nelle Shepard
Anna Metig
Herman Pettg
William H. Kirby
Andrysiak
Satowsi
Laporte
Monks
Elam
Sexton
Hibberd
Trask
Wayne C. C
Malott
State
Board of Commissioners
Clay C. C
Moore
Montgomery C. C
Dawson Standish
Cury Bridgewater
Washington D. C
Adam Boomershine
Barney Minle
Elkhart C. C. Appellee
Bedford Quarries
Compa
Thomas
Lawrence C. C. Rever
Comstock, C. J
New Albany Manufacturing Colny
Sulzer
Clark C. C
Iley
Jackson
Sayler
Lake C. C
Henley
Alden Va
White
Perry C. C
Arson
Kepner
Miami C. C
Franklin Insurance Company
Feist
Daviess C. C
Charles Baertz
Gustave Schmidt
Laporte S. C. Appellee
Robert Franklin
Louis Lee
Vanderburg S. C. Appellee
Charles A. Skelton
John Y Sharpe
Pulaski
C. C. Appellant
Eliza V. Angell
Charles A. Hernbeck
Carroll C. C. Appelant
Benjamin Lebb
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Marion C. C. Appellants
William M. James
Frederick R. Nugent
Orange C. C
John Ragle
Alonzo Mattox
Sullivan C. C
Clarence R. Milburn
State of
Kate L. Milburn
Hancock
Joseph Teraba
Standard Cabinet Manufacturing Company Et al
Quincy, Sr
Chicago
Missouri
New York Supplement
W. B
Weingarten Bros
Broadway
N.Y
Zan
Beck
Law
Norfolk
Worsh
Misfit Clothing
East
Washington Street
Hink
David Harum
Alice
Old Vincennes
Indianapolis Journal
Atlas Department
Indianapolis, Ind
Indianapolis & Vincennes Railroads Company
Indianapolis & Martinsville Transit C
Indolis
Transit Company
Railroad Pany
Tower Court
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