Conspiracy Case Unfolds With Fire and Insurance Fraud Claims
Witnesses recount a plan to burn a barn and collect insurance, naming Dr Wolfe and Allen as organizers. The trial reveals killings of insured animals, false prescriptions, and a scheme to swindle about $1,700 for Wolfe's share while a woman testifies she acted under coercion.
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Terre Haute
Allen
Washington
Dr. Wolfe
Filbach Hotel
Wolfe
Delmar K
Rutter
A. H. Art
Moline
Perkins
Drake
Mary Edens
Elmer Edens
van Allen
Knox County
C. K. Tharp
Grandison Cosby
Charles Birle
Arnold J. Padgett
Indiana
Hyatt House
Jones
Ernest Gable
Smith
Sullivan County
Daviess County
Indianpolis
Fire and fraud case reveals Wolfe family plots and a burn
Testimony details Dr. Wolfe directing a woman to burn a Wolfe home insured for 500 dollars to help ailing relatives and cover losses. Witness recounted schemes of Davenport Wolfe and associates, animal killings for insurance, and a web of letters, alibis, and threats amid a trial timeline in Indiana.
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Wolfe
Dr. Wolfe
Judge Henderson
Perry Drake
Drake
Kutter
Carpenter
Palestine, T
Indiana and
Ohio Live Stock Insurance Company
Kincade
Rutter
Chicago Horse Sales Company
C. D. Fox
Cincinnati
Springhill Stock Farm
Washington
Cahel & Kauffman
Arnold Padgett
Dan Kutter
Wolfe Jas
John ‘Kutter
Ham‘mond
Indianapolis
E. Fertig
Ter
E. E. Hastings
Costly conspiracy trials loom over county treasury
Lawyers estimate that each day of the conspiracy trial drains Daviess County funds by about one hundred dollars. The case may run about fifteen to twenty days, potentially costing from one thousand to two thousand dollars in total.
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Daviess County
Judge Henley Sets brisk Daviess County Court Pace
Blooming ton Judge J E Henley serves as special judge in Daviess County and is praised as a sharp law student with a short temper for delays. He keeps lawyers on the jump with a daily schedule from 8:30 am to noon and 1:30 pm to 5:30 or 6 pm, prompting talk of possible evening sessions.
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Elmer Edens
van Allen
Grand Fury
Allen
Gardiner
Tad
J. E. Henley
Bloomington
Martin County
Captain Henley
Ohio
Martin Country
Knights of the Golden Circle
Judge Henley
Southland
Daviess County
Ten Shoals Citizens Arrested in Civil Service Scandal
Indiana federal authorities arrested ten Shoals residents amid a civil service scandal. Warrants were served on eight, with two others posting bonds in their absence. Defendants include Fabe Gwin, W D Jackman, Claude Armstrong, Samuel Renneker, and others. Bonds set at $1,000. arraignment scheduled for Friday May 29.
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Indiana Civil Service Traud
Shoals
United States
Martin County
Fabe Gwin
Democratic Party
Cullop
W. D. Dackman
The
Indianapolis
Civil Service
Bret Gwin
Ott Carothers
Notice to Nonresidents in Daviess Circuit Court
State of Indiana Daviess county notice to Lincoln Neal and others that Andrew J. Martin filed a complaint No. 13363 in the Daviess circuit court. The September term begins the first Monday of September 1914 at the Washington Indiana courthouse. Clerk WMH. KIEFER. Mattingly and Myers attorneys.
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State of Indiana
Daviess County
Daviess Circuit Court
Andrew J. Martin
John G. Neal
Lncoln Neal
Washington
Indiana
Wmh. Kiefer
Mattingly
Prosecution Charges Mayme Cleaver in Myrtle Davel Case
Myrtle Davel pleaded not guilty as Mayme Cleaver faced formal charges. The case was continued to a later date.
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Mayme
Cleaver
Myrtle Davel
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