Indiana Supreme Court Affirms Porter County Air Line Case
The Indiana Supreme Court affirms the Porter County circuit court in the Air Line receivership dispute from 1914 involving Ferdinand Raff of South Bend against Lemuel Darrow and others. Raff challenged a merger of interurban lines into Gary 8 Interurban Railroad, alleging fraud, now found absent. decisive outcome rests with stockholders. The case involved over a million dollars and lengthy trials. Also noted are the consolidation of Star and Eureka laundries in Michigan City and the resignation of D L Berry as Laporte Christian Church pastor effective March 5th.
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Supreme Court of Indiana
Porter County Circuit Court
Air Line
Ferdinand Raff
South Bend
Lemuel Darrow
Raff
Gary 8 Interurban Railroad Company
Star
Eureka
Michigan City
D. L. Berry
The
Christian Church
Laporte
Eid. Berry
Indianapolis Negro murderer Robinson dies in electric chair
Michigan City Dispatch reports Kelly Robinson, a young Indianapolis Black man, was executed in the state prison electric chair just after midnight for the Dec 20, 1914 murder of John F Roe. The sentence followed Indiana Supreme Court review, with a single shock lasting eight seconds.
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Michigan City
Kelly Robinson
Indianapolis
John F. Roe
Marion County
Robinson
FP. J. Bowers
Supreme Court
Death Watch
Fogarty
McGann
Roe
Ree
Indiana Supreme Court
Lake
Mathew Alexander
Primary Puzzle To Indiana Man Fear Light Vote
Indiana politicos face unfamiliar preferential voting as March primaries approach. Goodrich and McCray compete for gubernatorial nomination with strong organization and spending noted. Watson Robinson and New vie for influence, while Progressives wane. The Gar y Tribune reports rising court actions over lakefront land amid Gary’s legal furor.
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Indiana
Fear Light
Goodrich
Indianapolis
Ind
Ethel Davidson Takes Bookkeeper Role at Reckas Market
Ethel Davidson begins work as bookkeeper and sales clerk at Reckas grocery and market in Englewood. The move accompanies her noted ties to two prominent Michigan and Indiana avenues in the area.
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Ethel Davidson
Reckas
Englewood
Ce . Laporte
Michigan
Indiana
Suspended Sentence Law A Failure Surfaces in Indiana
Indianapolis January report shows 604 prisoners failed to comply with the suspended sentence law over eight and a half years, amounting to 33.67 percent of those placed under the program. The board notes 203 returned to prison, 1,794 placed on suspended sentence for potentially prison-bound offenses, and 863 discharged or under varied outcomes.
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Indianapolis
Board of State Charities
Indiana Reformatory
Woman’s
George Shaner Passes Away Porter County Patriarch
George Washington Shaner died at his Chesterton home Monday night at age 102. Born June 10, 1820 in Shepherdstown West Virginia, he moved to Porter County as a young man settling in Pine Township where he owned a farm until about ten years ago. Funeral services will be held at 1 PM from the hall and 1:30 PM at Chesterton M E church with Rev. C. A. Brown and Rev. Berry officiating. interment in Chesterton cemetery.
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Porter County
Grandpa Shaner
Chesterton
George Washington Shaner
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Pine Township
Chesterton M. E
C. A. Brown
M. E. Church
Berry
Chesterton Cemetery
Dorsey Family Faces Multiple Misfortunes Causing Worries
The Otis family of H. E. Dorsey, a towerman for several railroad lines, endures a string of troubles. His wife was called to Leeburg to care for his hip-fractured mother, Dorsey fell ill upon visiting, and their eldest son in Laporte contracted mumps, compounding the family's distress.
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H. E. Dorsey
Otis
Mr. Dorsey
Monon Bys
Leeburg
Dorsey
Otho
Laporte
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