Vindication of Law Over Wealth in Arson Conspiracy Case
The editorial defends honoring the bond for Wolfe Van Allen and Drake, arguing wealth should not buy immunity but can delay punishment through appeal. It lauds the jury verdict as a safeguard of justice, notes the need for public support of courts, and emphasizes fair trials over sensationalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dell
Wolfe
van Allen
Drake
Igealth
Daviess County
Wolfe Allen
Indiana
Good Sign Boosts Campaign Reach Across Counties
A fragment from Vincennes references a preliminary campaign push with newspaper involvement and representatives covering every county, signaling broad outreach in the region.
Republicans Convene News Editors for Indiana Campaign
A lunch at Col. Al Ford's Grand hotel in Vincennes drew Seth Fete en Pee Anne Dor and editors from Martinsville, Worthington, Sullivan, Spencer, and The Herald. Oscar E. Bland attended with state and district representatives, signaling revived party organization and rising Republican confidence ahead of the campaign.
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Martin
Martinsville Reporter
Weems
Worthington Times
White
The
Sullivan ‘Walon
Myr. Heavenridge
Spéncer Journal
Herald
Congress
Henley
State Committee
Dave Scott
Linton
James Wade Emison
Vincennes
William M. Wilmore
Knox County
Col
al Ford
Grand Hotel
Hays
Republican Party
Triumph of the Law in Arson-Conspiracy Trial
The Daviess county arson conspiracy trial ends with Wolfe Allen Drake and another convict, upheld by a jury. Editorial notes defend the jury system while criticizing occasional faults and warn against abandoning juries for a possible tyranny. The Washington Democrat editorial also critiques fire marshal funding confusions and insurance company payments.
Semiannual installments and officer penalties in state act
Reports state that payments of 17.00 in installments are required under the act with penalties for noncompliance by public officers. The fire marshal’s expenses must be paid from the hand, while the Democrat notes the state covers half the costs and insurers the other half of a 35000 total. A separate item recounts an accident near Hinder Manufacturing where Tillman Wratten, 23, lost a foot and had an ankle amputation after being sucked under a B and O Southwestern passenger train.
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Neréhal
Tillman Wratten
Washington
California
B. & O. Southwestern
Hinder Manufacturing Company
Young Wratten
Wratten
Ihis
Will Brennan
Op Harned
C. P. Scudder
Eletric Light
Murder over a tune ends in death at Rockport
Ernest Hawkins, twenty, farmer worker, killed Jacob McGullough, an elderly bachelor near Wenthington, after an argument over whistled tune. Hawkins surrendered to Sheriff Isaac Kramer claiming self defense and justification. The confrontation occurred as Hawkins passed a warehouse and McGullough pursued him to a farmer Jones's barn lot.
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Ernest Hawkins
Jacob McGullough
Wenthington
Rockport
McCullough
Hawkins
Isaac Kramer
Kramer
Jonés
Farrel
Hawkios
Compromised Commissioners Allowances Highlight Claims Case
E N Williams, agent for B and O Southwestern, met with lawyers handling claims of Mrs. Frank Anderson and the administrator of J B Summers estate. Some compromises reached. final basis to be public after checks arrive. The articles mention Summers’ death in Flora Illinois and Anderson, widow of a B&O Southwestern engineer killed in Carlisle, with details of related payments and many listed amounts.
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E. N. ‘Willams
B. & Q. Southwestern
Frank Anderson
J. BE. Summers
East
Anderson
B. & O. Southwestern
Carlisle
Ill
J. E. Summers
Flora
Wic
Indiana Should Not Call A Constitutional Convention
Charles G. Borrit argues at Indiana University that Indiana’s six decade old constitution has served well and can be amended by established methods. He warns that a constitutional convention would expand government and taxation, threaten individual rights, and surrender local control to centralized power, urging voters to reject a new constitution.
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Bloomington
Charles G. Borrit
Indiana University
Indiana
Lees
Ilegal
Thetrrishk
Indianapolis
Unclear fragmentary crime notice from Arkansas era
A damaged OCR snippet mentions an older man named McCullough and references relatives in the country. It notes an estimated wealth around 199,000 and hints at a murder case involving twelve men from Rockport. The text is incomplete and many names and details are garbled.
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Borhood
Aritansas
McCullough
Alegel
Malen
Rockport
Grutanes
Wheat promises greatest yield and world supply
US experts predict nine hundred million bushels of wheat, about half the world’s average production, with hopes for a strong harvest. Officials caution that weather and markets will shape actual output and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Crete
Farmer Kills Rival On Crowded Tulsa Street
On a busy Tulsa street Tuesday, Earl Metsh shot Steve Tee without warning, then surrendered to Sheriff McCullough. Metsh says Tee damaged his home and taunted him. Tee had earlier assaulted Metsh after a warning to drop his grievance. A jury later found no murder charge against Metsh.
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Steve Tee
Earl Metsh
Tulsa
Metsh
King Hin
McCullough
Tee
Meleh
Lee
oHre Court
Meish
Suit Filed In Martin County Board Case Change Of Venue
The injunction suit of O. M. Dickey against the Martin County board of commissioners was filed in the Daviess circuit court on change of venue from Martin circuit court.
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O. M. Dickey
Board of Commissioners of
Martin County
Daviess
Martin Circuit Court
Hardware firm displays new model at Mayaville farm
L H O'Donnell and Lawrence Lee of O'Donnell Barrows Hardware tested and presented a new model at Zack Taylor's farm in Mayaville on a Wednesday morning. Taylor, pleased with the demonstration, observed the mechanism in operation by thief John Deaver Tashdes, as details of the episode emerged.
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L. H. O'Donnell
Lawrence Lee
O'Donnell- Barrows Hardware Company
Zack Taylor
Mayaville
John Deaver Tashdes
Mr. Taylor
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