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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-19
AN UNSOLvED MYSTERY.
Chaikey Greger's Disappearance Recalled
Proraedinys On Cnr~e

Chaikey Greger's Disappearance Recalled by
Proceedings In Court.
Elizabeth Shaffer yesterday fled In the
Circuit Court q petition asking for the ap-
pointment of an administrator for the es-
tate of Chalkey Greger. Ten years ago
Gregor. who was unmarried. my steriously
disappeared from home. and left no trace
of his whereabouts. Since the time of his
departure nothing has been heard of him.
and it is supposed that he is dead. and
the petition filed by Mrs. Shaffer is filed
upon that hypothesis. At the time of his
sudden disappearance he owned two pieces
of real estate in this city. and these have
greatly deprecated in value. from want of
care since that time. He also owed TO his
mother, who has since died. the eum of
$4,000. His only heirs were his mother and
three sisters. of whom Elizabeth Shaffer is
one. and q brother, since deceased. The
petition ssks that the court appoint an
administrator to settle the affairs of
Greger's estate. Elizabeth Greger was,
Monday afternoon. appointed admIpistra-
tor of the estate Of Sarah Greger.
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WIVES WHO WOULD BE FREE.
Three Petitions for Divorce Filed That Tell
Similar Stories.

Three Petitions for Divorce Filed That Tell
Similar Stories.
Amelia S~tranglneier yesterday filed suit
against her husband, Frederick Strang-
meier. asking divorce on the grounds of
cruelty and abandonment. She alleges
marriage Sept. 20. 1891. and that from that
day until he deserted her. not long there
after. he treated her with the most heart
less cruelty. The defendant is O local
pugilist. who utilized both his wife and
mother as subjects for his training. His
wife. in her complaint. alleges that
he repeatedly assaulted her. cursed
her and threatened to take her
life. and finally deserted her. TAX
ing with him all the household goods and
furniture, . portion of which was valuable
to her as keepsakes. Shealleges that her hus.
to his mother, Louisa ~StranRmeier. which
indebtedness is witnessed by her note to
him for that amount. She asks that she be
given Judgment for this amount in all
m0uy, be allowed $500 for her support and
restored to her maiden name, Amelia Wun.
drum.
Julia A. Clark asks that the court relieve
her from the marriage contract entered
into with James William Clark. whom she
married Sept. 10. 1889. The ground apo
which the divorce is asked Is failure to pro-
vide. She alleges hat since their marriage
the defendant has refused and neglected TO
support her and has sold their household
furniture and appropriated to his own use
the proceeds of the sale. and that he is now
threatening TO take from her by force p
sewIng machine belonging to her and
which is her only means of support. and
that she fears unless restrained by an or
der of court he will do so. She asks for
such an order. for an allowance to prose-
cute her case and for alimony.
Mary Scott yesterday fled suit for di-
vorce from George Scott, whom she mar
ried In 1870. The grounds upon which di-
yorce is sought is abandonment and failure
to provide. In her complaint Mrs. Scott
alleges failure to provide for the past
t~wenty-three years and abandonment for
twenty years past.
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BOY DESPERATE AGAIN.
Albert Inflow Taken from Plainfeld TO be Re-
turned to the Prison South.

Sheriff Emmett has Albert Inflow, q re-
cent inmate Of the Reform School at
Plainfieid. In his possession. The youth
was convicted Of murder in the Perry
county court. in May, 1852. and sent to tho
penitentiary. but on account of his tender
years the sentence was commuted TO the
Reform school,. Last week Governor Mat
thews revoked the commutation and or
dered the youth returned 60 the Prison
South. Ii WAS found necessary 10 remove
him from Plainfield because of bis bad dis-
position and general vicious nature. Tho
dav-
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Rold Theft of an OvercoaS

J.J. Higgins. q member of the Marion
Club. lost his Overcoat. last night, In q
most ex separating manner. He was en-
joyIng q chair in the club rooms and failed
to notice the stanRer who stood near him
for some time. and who was. apparently. a
me mber of the club. Presently the strang-
or walked ont, and by the same token Mr..
Higgins's overcoat disappeared. Twas
then discovered that the visitor was not
identified with the organization, and he
was sought for in vain.
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SCORE ONE FOR THE CADL.

william Wells Given the Limit for Striking
His Aged sfother.
William Wells. who was arrested Sun.
day for assault and battery upon his AGED
mother, was fined $500 ana costs. and sem
fenced to six months In the workhouse. by
the Cadi yesterday for the offeDse. Sunday
night, as patrolmen Asch and Klmple were
going to their peat from roll-call, they
heard loud screams coming from the house
occupied by Wells and his mother. on Vir-
ginia avenue, under the viaduct. They
went to the house and found the aged
woman crying. and. when asked for an ex.
PLANTATION. she said that her son had struck
her IN the face with bis elenched fist. The
son tried to make same sort of an e%xplana-
ton OF his conduct but the officers would
not listen to him. and ne was locked mp.
In the Police Court yesterday morning 20
tried to explain TO Judge Buskirk, but
found it very difficult 10 show the CaCi any
excuse for his brutality. and was gwen the
full limit of the law.
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Have Given Up Hope.

The other candidates for the position of
surveyor of the port have abandoned all
expectation of the appointment since the
announcement was made in the Journal
thar Congressman Bynum had decided
upon John Kali for the place. Mr.. Bynum
informed some fr end of the disappointed
candidates that he would not make the
recommendation until next week. but they
say lt il now o matter of indifference to
them when he ANNOUNCES whom he will in
dorsa
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county refused to mandamus him. ana
thus the appeal arose. The opinion. which
was written by Judge Hackney, reverses
the decision of the lower court, and says
that an order of court for taking deposit
ton 10 not necessary.
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Crawlcv ONT in the Cold.

United States Marshal Hawkins 10 expect
cd to arrive in this city to-day. having re-
covered from his attack Of illness. 1t 10
supposed that tho announcements of the
new Office force will be made to-day. The
= railroad man named Conley. of Indianap-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-19

Martin Long and George BardaH, arrested
for stealing eleven revolvers from o freight
car of the L. II. 81 /. railroad. pleaded guilty
to petit larceny yesterday ana were fined
s15 each and cent to the workhouee Tor
ninety days by Judge Cox.
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Judge Brown yesterday granted the mo-
ton for a new trial in the Young will con.
test case. The court admitted that it had
erred in the admission of certain evidence
upon the trial of the case and for this rea-
son granted the motion for q new trial.
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store Rnraiarized.

The dry goods store of q. l.. Hahn. at
Brigntwood. was ~burglarized Monday
night. and a considerable amount of cloth
ing and notions carried of. No clew to the
thieves,
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Discussing Water Mama

The Board of Public Works held . star
chamber session. which lasted all of yester-
day morning. and at which it discussed the
proposed extensions of water mains in the
city. Ii did not complete it's work, and
will take up the question again at some
other time.
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The Board of Health has done pfaoti-
cally nothing toward relieving the city of
che danger existing at No. 81 Park avenue.
where several members of the Goodw win
family arc i'll with ''organlc poisoning"
Cholera is simply q virulent form of or
ganio poisoning" A health officer visited
the place. yesterday, and reported it in q
filthy condition. He gave it as his opinion,
however, that the illness was produced by
water in the well and the board 10 having
the water analysed. No steps have been
taken to clean the place up.
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SEWERAGE AND
Chemist Benton Declares that the New
System Has a Serious Flaw in Ii.
State Ditch Sewer Will Empty Above the
Source Of ~Supply-Filthy Gravel-sloWin
Acting on the Park-AveDue Case.

CITY Chemist Benton has made q report
70 the Board of Health to the effect that in
his opinion the sewerage system which Is
now being put in By the city will nave an
injurious effect on the city WessSr. If not
one that will be very serloua This. he
says. will BIO particularly true OF the ont
put OF she sewer which will follow the
course of the present State ditch. Its out
let is to be In Fall creek in the north part
of the city, and the sewage will flow
through that stream into White river at q
point above the place where the water for
the city is run into the pipes The MEM
bers of the Board of Health have been
In conference with the city engineer
In reference to the above report, and
from him they received the statement that
there was to be nothing drained into the
State ditch sewer but surface water. and
that IN his opinion that will have NO effect
on the river by the time IL reaches It That
was talked over with the chemist. and he
said that. while that was so. 1t must be re-
membered that the sewer was not being
put IN for the next few years. but for q
long time TO come. and that while now
nothing but surface water would be drained
into 1t. 1t would only be a matter of time
until the city would grow In population
in that part of IL so that 1t would make 1t
Imperative for the sewer to be used for
other refuse. The situation Is not O pleas
ant one to face by the board or the citizens
of the city. The near approach of
cholera to this country last
year, and the strenuous efforts that
bad to be made TO keep it from gaming a
foothold are still fresh in the memory Of
the people. and 1t has been predicted. on
plausible grounds, that it will be next to
impossible to keep the country clear of 1t
this season. The one great preventive
TO its rsvages is cleanliness and absolute
what the city chemist says prove to be
true. then there Is grave cause for fear on
that score.
The board has not yet taken any action
on the report of it's chemist and it will not
DO so until IL has had a nance TO confer
endeavor TO do something to remedy the
threatened evil.
Another report has come to the Board Of
Health that has alarmed IL not q little. 1t 10
shat the force of men engaged in the repair
of the streets and the various contractors
An the city are hauling the gravel which
they are putting on the streets from the
bank which 10 just at the mouth of the
outlet of the Kehsacky-avenue In
che south part of town. just how wide
spread this has been Is not known, but the
matter 10 being investigated. This gravel
Is said to be reeking with the filth which
flows from the sewer, and to contain In.
gradients which are bound to prove HARM
ful If IL is placed where it's odors can be In
haled into human lungs.
The Board of Health is expecting to have
its hands full the coming summer with the
ordinary precautions which 1t Will take
against contagious diseases, and these new
p~erplexines are worrying ones.
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A Remarkable Floor Coyersra.

II You want a floor covering that will give sat
isfaction ask for "Wild's Linoleum." The best;
take no other. Best carpet dealers have IL. see
that IL Is lettered on back "Nild's Linoleum.
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Couldn't Hold q Meeting.

A meeting of the members of tho Hem
bricks Club was called for last night, but
the crowd was 80 small that no attemps
was made to hold the meeting.
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Argument in the strawboard Case.

The final argument In the suit of the In
disnapolis Water Company against the
American Strawboard Company of Nobles-
Vile was begun before Judge Baker. of the
federal court. yesterday morning. The
waterworks company asks for Injunction
against the Noblesville company TO prevent
them from dumping refuse into the river.
thereby polluting the water and making lt
unfit for drinking purposes. The defend
ants hold that no impurities result from
the waste unless it be in the immediate
vicinity of the mill. The plaintiffs are rep
esented by Albert Baker and A.. c. Harris.
while George Shirts, Joshua Jump and
John w. Kern appear for the defendants.
Stafford Must Give His Deposition.
The Supreme Court yesterday made q
ruling In the case of Stephen A. Tullidge
and Rhoda Shortridge against Charles A.
Stafford. which went mp from his county.
but concerns o murder case from Henry
county. Tho appellee refused to su bmit TO
give deposition in the case without an or
der of court. The Circuit Court Of this
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Wall Paper-Eastman. schleioher & Lee.
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Mail Clerk Removed.

w. r. Oliver. OF Washington. Pa. has
been removed from his position as postal
clerk on the Pittsburg & ST Louis division
of the railway mail service. j. N. Malott,
OF P%ittsburg, has been appointed bis sue
cessor. No cause 10 assigned for the re-
movaL
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oils. It is now certain thar Charles Il.
Crswley is not Tin it," for this or any other
position in this office. Mr.. Hawkins In
tends to run the Office, his friends say. on Q
business basis. with no more deputies than
he requires to do the work. A man named
Fuquay. from Mitchell, is expected 10 be
appointed one of the deputies.
The morning call., 1893-08-02
A WIDOWS TRUST.
Rev. Rodney Edwards and
Aged Mrs. Allen.
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.
A Clergyman in the Role of a
Crir1inaI-TestiHony of the
Complainant.

A somewhat unusual scene was wit
messed Yesterday in Judge Daingerfieid's
courtroom, when Rev. Rodney Edwards,
formerly assistant rector of Trinity
Church, and late superintendent of the
Croker Old Peoples Home, appeared for
trial or charge Of embezzlng $500, the
property of aged Mrs. Allen.
a jury was soon obtained. Assistant
District Attorney Hosmer outlined the
case briefly, and called Mrs. Allen as his
first witness. An old lady hoDDled feeby
UP To the Witness-chair.
How old are you, madam? ?"
''Seventy-two, sir. come next oath of Oc-
tober."
Mrs. Alien went on to narrate the cir
cumstances of her case. She stated that
she had known Rev. Rodney Edwards
about two years. He was then assistant
minister of Trinity Church. of whose
congregation she WAS member. About
July of last year she received $3.50 from
her relatives in New York City, and soon
alter she received $3.50 through " ellis,
Fargo Il Co., being casn for first-prize
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CITY FATHERS VACATION.
Where the Supervisors Will Rest
From Municipal LabOrS

The members OF the Board of Supervi-
sors have six weeks of leisure before them
and will soon scatter in all directions to
spend their vacations. Supervisor Good
win left last night with the Senatorial
party for Washington. With him were
John Ryan. clerk Of. the Board of Super
visors. ana Surveyor Fitzhugh. They will
take in Chicago anG New York on their
return. Supervisors Day and Refs will
visit Los Angeles and San Diego and will
spend some Of their time on Baldwin's
Santa Anita ranch. Supervisor Forman will
picnic among the shadows of the tall tree g
near Del Monte, while Supervisor Hinton
will breathe the air of the rich plains near
Santa Clara. His visit will be short, as he
intends to devote considerable time to
several important questions before the
board. Supervisors Denman and Stanton
will remain 10 the city. Supervisor James
has already gone to inspect the 1O0-mile
barbed- wire fence hr has built around
his cattle ranch near Fresno. Supervisor
Rogers contemplated making a trip to the
Yellowstone Park, but several important
law cases will cDmrel him 10 remain in the
city. Supervisor Kennedy has arranged
to spent his vacation at Lakeport. Super
visor Ryan has not yet made up his mind
where TO recuperate from the tolls and
burdens of legIsla, ting for the municipality.
Supervisor Dundon will spend a short
time with his family at Glroy, and very
probably proceed from there TO Viverols.
The morning call., 1893-08-02

Mrs. Allen one morning in August last to
Trinity Church. There they met Ed
wards, and Williams remained outside
while the conversation took place. Mrs.
Allen had n satchel In her hand. but what
it contained witness did not know.
Mrs. Kate Wilson proved having accom-
modated Mrs. Alien with room in her
house Oh Mission street. The witness had
been present at conversation between
Edwards and Mrs. Allen in December
last. 1t was when Mrs. Allen was sick
and wanted nurse and doctor. Ed
wards said she could not afford it, as she
had only $50 in the bank. He would sent
homeopathic doctor. After that Ed
wards came again and complained that he
had been denied payment of some money
at the bank. Mrs. Allen, he said. must
have lost confidence in him. He then
asked for pen. ink and paper, sitting down,
wrote something on a paper which he said
was - receipt for a handbook.
"What did he say he had done with Mrs.
Aliens money"
HE said he had put $1,000 of it into a
house in Baden and taken $1,000 for him
self"
"Dd he send any doctor on that occa-
sion?"
mo, SIR"
In cross-examination tha witness said
that Edwards brought $50 to the house,
which he gave to Mrs. Allen. Edwards
wanted receipt but lie did not get one.
She understood that Edwards offered to
deed the house at Baden to Mrs. Allen.
At this point an adjournment was taken
until this morning.
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DalnGerfield ordered the bailiff to give her
a glass OF water Ash muttered something
about whisky" There was a protest.
put Ash excused himself by saving that
the jury hadn't heard it" Judge Dain-
gerfleld thought SO too, and the matter was
dropped.
"What bank did that $3.50 come
thr0ugh?' persisted Ash.
II won't answer that question.
But you must" said the Judge.
We'll, the Pacific Bank"
Continuing. the witness stated that she
lived for many years on Mission street. at
the Mint House. Before that she lived on
Howard street for seven years. one nad
been in the State seventeen years. She
had never lived on Third street. but had
merely visited at 222 Third street.
Ash then put Mrs. Allen through rigid
examination as TO her habits of life. She
denied ever having been drunk in her life.
She had been an inmate Of the AlmSh 0use
three years ago. She left because she OBJ
jected to the cruel treatment which she
received. She was fo- seven months an
inmate of the Episcopal Old Ladies' Home.
She went there of her own accord. She
drank no liquor. and it was not true that
she was discharged for drunkenness. She
was once locked I'D in her room because
she objected to the food. She had known
Edwards two years and had never asked
him for assistance.
when did you receive your money!"
In August, 1892.
And YOU went with Edwards to Baden.
did you not, to look at house you were
going 10 live IN ?"
yes"
"And you found 1t unfinished"
Yes; and didn't like 1t anyway"
. "Did you not apply to Edwards to get
you into some home?"
NO, sir, never did"
Ash then produced a number of letters,
purporting to come from Mrs. Allen. ad-
dressed to Edwards The witness denied
the signature as hers in almost every In
stance, save one letter from San Jose,
wherein she asked for $50, stating that she
might never trouble him again" She
had not received the $50. Various bank
The morning call., 1893-08-02
THE FREE LIBRARY.
Carelessness in the Matter of Loan.
ing Books.


ing Books.
At a meeting Of the Free Library Trus-
tees last evening a revelation was made
showing negligence on the part Of some
body connected with its management in
the matter of watchfulness over books.
Trustee O'Conno', who is principal of
the Horace Mann Grammar School, arose
holding a book in his hand which he
claimed had been taken from the library
by boy named Coron last March. The
boy was reading 1t In class. contrary to the
rules of the school. The boy was sent to
Mr.. O'Connor for punishment. and in
answer to certain questions admitted that
he had secured the book, although 40 GER
tiff cate was forwarded TO his father for a
guarantee. which is supposed to be the
custom. The trustee has kept the book
ever since and has ascertained that no
notification Of delinquency or any other
measure has been taken for its return to
the library. and from all appearances the
book has been allowed to drift away un-
noticed. MIR. OConnor thought that as
five months has passed. it was nearly time
to investigate matters and see who is really
TO blame.
The secretary was called upon for an
explanation, but seemed rather daZed when
confronted with the facts. and searched
his records for nearly hall an hour before
finding the overlooked duplicate coupon.
which bore the date of March 90. 1893.
When asked II any notification had been
made of an overdue he made another
search aud found that on the Goth
of June, just three months later, the Dor
rover had been notified, but no reply had
been received. In the meanwhile Libra
rian j. V. Cheney had disappeared. and
when called upon for statemest could
not be found.
The usual time allowed for holding books
is one week, unless extended at the end of
that time for another seven days, and,
when not returned ut stated time, overdue
charges are placed against tile applicant
until either returned or sent after. These
rules were entirely ignored in this case
and the sentiment of the trustees was that
there was careeSsness on the part oil the
officers, and a thorough investigation Of
the books will probably be made, as this
may be only one Of number OF similar
cases.
A committee from the Potrero property
holders appeared before the boaid. asking
that the branch library instituted in That
locality be continued. The board had de-
cded Go close the branch eli account OF TACK
OF Interest in patronlZng 1t, but on the
promise that strenuous efforts would be
made to induce the residents to attend
more regularly. the matter was laid over
until the next meeting.
A proposition made by Trustee Sawyer
to establish branch library in drugstore
at the corner of California and Fillmore
streets was unanimously carried and David
Cove WAS appointed librarian at salary #
$40 per month.
The financial standing of the library for
the past month as submitted by the secre-
tary is rs follows: Balance from June
SIC 333 95: received from taxes, S7S6 46.
Total. ST.. 120 AZ.
Disbursements during month, $685. 36 {:
leaving balances on hand of 49, S5 06.
The morning call., 1893-08-02
ALAMEDA,

u. E. Manly was granted license to sell
liquor in his hotel on High street by the
Board of Trustees on Monday evening. A
lengthy protest was filed against the appli-
cation, yet Messrs. Randolph. Stephenson.
Hammond anu Leydecker voted in the
affirmative.
Right OF Way.
Ex-Trustee E. B. Mastick appeared
before the Trustees on Monday even ing
and stated that he would give the land
necessary to open up Buena Vista avenue
over his large estate.
Wants Hundred.
Officer Conrad has made demand on
the city for an increase of pay from $50 to
500, and the answer thereto has been q
refusal. He will now apply to the Superior
Court for a writ of mandate.