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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
FLHCK GAVE THEM FUNDS
GRAND JURY FOREMAN CONTRIBU-
TED TO SECURE EVIDENCE.
Witnesses Against saloon Keeper
He Was Deliberately Trapped.

The case of the State against Henry
Smith, saloon keeper. and John Dickson,
his bartender, for selling liquor on Sunday.
was on trial in the Criminal Court yester-
day afternoon before a jury, with George
w. Spahr on the bench special judge.
This is one of the cases that grew out of
the employment by the Civic League of
men 10 gather evidence to convict saloon
keepers. Although all of the facts are not
properly before the jury account of
parts of the evidence being ruled out By
the court, it developed that Joseph Flack.
foreman OF the grand jury that returned
the indictment, had contributed money TO
pay several men for visiting saloons at il
legal hours and buying beer for the pur-
pose of testifying before the grand jury
and in court. The State had its witnesses
summoned, but put only one, Rollo Ander-
son, on the stand. He testified that on
certain Sunday he had bought beer in
Smiths saloon at 8 o'clock in the afternoon
and at o'clock in the evening.
1t became apparent that the defense
would be a plea to the jury that the sales
were made on the application of the wit
ness, Anderson. and that the whole scheme
was for the purpose OF trapping saloon
keepers into violating the law and that 1t
Is not just to punish a man for violating
the law when he is trapped into violating
II Tor the purpose OF prosecuting him. OF
course this will not be a formal plea, but
the work of the defense shows that it is
really the theory of the defense.
Mr. Flack admitted on the stand that he
had paid money to cover the expense of
securing the evidence. Captain Ritter was
on the stand a few minutes. He said he
did not know Rolla Anderson and did not
know that he had ever seen him.
Clifford 7. Kerr, South Illinois-street Sa-
loon keeper, was fined so and costs by
Magistrate Nickerson yesterday for vo-
lating Section gf the Nicholson law. He
admitted persons other than members of
SUNDAY This
the last of the batch of cases brought in
this court by the Civic League people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
THE DEMOCRATS RESPONSIBLE.
Commissioner Greer's Remarks ON
Children's Guardians' Home.

The County Commissioners were consid-
erably wrought up yesterday on account of
the report of the grand jury censuring
them for the conditions at the Board of
Children's Guardians Home. They justly
claim that the permanent conditions at the
home-the inadequacy of the building, the
smallness OF the rooms and some other mat
ters-cannot be charged against them, but
that the previous Democratic Board of
Commissioners is responsible for all this
Said Mr. Greer:
Il think this board has been unjustly CEN
sured in this matter. Ii is a question that
has often been discussed by us, but we have
been unable 10 determine what to do. We
are fully aware that the conditions are not
mud hole and the building is too small,
but we have been delaying any changes
on account of not desiring to spend much
money on that building. 1t is located out
side OF the city and We cannot get any of
the advantages of the City Hospital when
we have sick children. Too much money
enough land for the necessities OF the
home. We have been DESTROYS OF selling
this place and buying another in a better
location where we can have sufficient land.
We can buy ten acres of land in Haugh-
vile at the end of the street-car line Tor
about $4,000, or we can buy five ca, acres re IN
$1,000. Either place would be much better
than the present place, which, with three
lots about 40 by l20 feet, cost the county
$500.
There is another plan which we have
considered and which probably presents no
legal obstacles. The law provides that the
county shall provide a suitable home for
these children and shall pay 80 cents a day
for their maintenance. / do not think this
would prevent the board from making ar
engagements with the Indianapolis Orphans
Asylum and the German Orphans Home TO
receive and care for these children and re-
ceive the per diem allowed by the county.
The children could still be entirely under
the control of the Board of Children's
Guardians. would be in good institutions
and at a saving to the county. We have
already asked legal advice on this question
and do not know of any reason why the
plan cannot be adopted.
1T is for these reasons that the board has
not spent more money on the Prospect
street home. which do not think can be
economically kept by the county"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
FRAUD IN REALTY DEAL.
Mary j. Hunts Allegations Against
Walter E. Newly.

Mary j. Hunt yesterday filed a suit
against Walter F.. Newly asking $3.50 for al
legged injury done by falsely representing
the membranes on certain real estate
sold to the plaintiff by Newly. She says
she traded a house and lot. worth $500 above
all membranes, for three lots in Haugh-
vile and one lot in David c. Bryan's addi-
ton 10 this city. Newly represented to her,
she says. that the three lots in Haughville
were mortgaged separately for Sl1666 each
and that all taxes up to 1896 had been paid.
and that the other lot was subject to
mortgage of $50 and taxes for 1896. She
traded her house and lot for the vacant
lots on these representations, but she found
when too late that the taxes on two of
the Haughville lots had not been paid for
1898. 1894 and 1895 and that the lots had
been sold to Josh Zimmerman Feb. II, 1895.
by the county treasurer for taxes. The
other Haughville lot. she says, had been
sold to Mamie Neal by Newly Jan. u. 1894.
two years before he decided il TO the plain
tiff. After the purchase of the lots the
plaintiff also discovered that the mortgage
for s1l6.66 was not separate mortgage on
each of the lots,s but was included in
blanket mortgage on ten, lots. The taxes
on the Bryan lot had not been paid for
1Sg3 1894 and 1850
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STATIONS

alabama and 9Th Sts.-S. Null.
Beilefontaine St, No. 400-Claude FIELDS
christian Ave. No. 1N-F. +. Dannettehe.
College Ave and 9Th St.-Geo- G Fisher
columbia Ave. and 1th St.-Geo. G. Rucn.
Columbia and Hin Aves.-R. c. Hampton
Diiion and Fletcher Ave.-HugO h Lehrritter.
East and McCarty Sts.-E. G. Reick.
p Wayne Ave. No 19O-Thos. r. Thornpurs.
EfiihiLIside Ave. No l9-H- w: Carter
Illinois and 1st Sts.-S. Null.
Illinois and 18th Sts-S Muhi.
Illinois ana 18th Sts.-J NJ. Scott.
1lilnois and I'D Sts--Frank keegan-
illinois and North Sts.-R. NJ. Navin-
lndiana Ave. and Vermont Str. l.. bioddu'
indiana Ave. No. 2O1-JOhn D. Gauld
,..adison Ave, No 427-Jos. NJ Dwyer
Mass. and Cornell Aves.-C. T. Barmm.
Mass Ave. No. 301TI.. Il. Haag-
ner and Morris Sts.-C. II. BrOich-
Mer and Ray Sts.-John r. Myers
Mer. and Russell Ave-GeO r. Borst.
Mich. No. 1883 EASTMAN Arsdale Bros
New York and Noble Sts.-E. H EnnerS-
New York, no. 37s West-F. e Wolcott-
Pine. No. 20l South L. Walker.
Senate Ave and 81 STA NJ. Eyster
Senate Ave. No. 1853 Morrill, =. steward
Shelby St. No. lS2-C. A. Eitel.
Talbot Ave. No. BON Schwartz.
Virginia Ave. and Coburn-C. G. Mueller.
Virginia Ave. and McCarty-M. G. Staley-
Wash. ST. and State Ave.-N. s. briggs.
Wash ST. No. 7o3 East-Baron Eros
West St. No SOC North-C- w Eichrodt
1andes and 9Th Sts.-Dixon.
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The UNION TRUST COMPANY
Office-NO. Is East Market St.
Executes all kinds of all Trusts for
reasonable compsn satlOn.

The Trust Company as Executor Admin
istrator, Curator, Guardian, etc.-In an anti
Gle upon "Defalcation.' Judah b. Voor-
hees. Esq. who for thirty-fve years has
been clerk of the Surrogate's Court of
Brooklyn. n. Y. in speaking OF the employ
ment of Trust Companies. in the capacity
of executor, trustee, guardian, etc, upon
which subject he is an accepted authority.
says:
Il do not believe that the general public,
as yet. fully realizes the value of trust
companies in these various functions, and
so / desire TO do my part in bringing IL 10
"A knowledge which VIII save untold misery
and ruin. You cannot tell where the best
man in the world will bring up in ten years.
He may be dead; he may become insolvent:
ne may go crazy and throw your money out
OF the window. with no more sense of re-
sponsibility than a baby, before people
know what ails him, he may make some
honest mistake of law or judgment that
costs your estate very dear. When you
leave II to trust company. you find IT,
be il ten years hence twenty. III does
not fail: II does not go crazy: IL makes no
mistakes off Il should, IL is amply RESPONSE
ble), and IL takes no chances. l have seen
their workings from the inside, and l can
and do thoroughly commend them to any
comm unity"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
THE COURT RECORD.
SUPERIOR Court.


Room John l.. McMaster. Judge.
Martin Van Buren, VS.. William Pat
finger: appealed. Dismissed: judgment
against plaintiff for costs.
Dwinnel Wright Company VS.. George f.
Krietlien; appealed. ON trial by court.
Room 2-Lawson NJ. Harvey, Judge.
Augustus Murphy ct al VS.. the Indiana
Wall Plaster Company; contract. Finding
for defendant.
William Bossert VS. Emery w Lewellyn
ct al; Improvement lien. Dismissed and
costs paid.
Millidge A. Baker VS. Ottoway r. Yeazell;
damages and injunction. Finding for de-
PENDANT. Restraining order denied.
Sarah b. Edgington VS.. William F. Flack
replevin Judgment against defendant for
costs.
Joseph II. Todd VS.. Thomas j. Crawford
foreclosure. On trial by court. Evidence
heard. Finding for plaintiff.
Room 3-Vinson Carter Judge.
Benjamin +. Wysong VS.. George r. Wy
song ct al; receiver. Evidence concluded.
Allison c. Ren1y VS. Eli Lilly; replevin
Judgment on verdict in favor of defendant
for possession and costs:
agna VS. Milton r. Likens; false imprison-
ment. Judgment on special verdict. Judg-
ment against .piaintim for costs
Carl Won Hake VS.. Richard L. Campln ct
al: chattel mortgage. Finding and judg-
ment for. plaintiff against defendant for
Louisa s. Dalton VS. Wallace Shaffer: con-
tract. Finding and Judgment for plaintiff
against defendant for $3.50 and costs.
Joseph r. Allison VS.. George III. Newman
et al; mechanics lien. Dismissed and costs
paid.
Big Four Building Association of Indian
apolis VS.. Allie L. Albright ct al; fore
closure. Finding and Judgment for Mrs. r.
Rooms for $2,371.52 and costs
Criminal Court.
J. Frank McCray. Judge.
State vs. Louis Burkhart; selling liquor on
Sunday. Tried by jury and fined SIS and
costs.
State vs.. Henry Lutz; selling liquor on
Sunday. Tried by court and fined So.
State vs. Henry Lutz: selling liquor on
Sunday. Taken under advisement.
George w. Spahr Special Judge.
State VS. Henry Smith and John Dickson;
selling liquor on Sunday. On trial by jury.
Circuit Court.
Henry Clay Allen. Judge.
Frederick NJ Bachman VS.. John j.
Cooper; on account. on trial by jury.
New suits Filed.
William II. Pool vs.. Frederick Schneider:
damages. Room 3.
Albert C.. Rees VS.. Russell Eckman: to
compel satisfaction OF mortgage. Room g.
Indiana Savings and Investment Company
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
The Anti-ScaIpinu Bill.

The officials of the Western roads are
just now feeling more sanguine regarding
the fate of the anti-scalping law than they
have felt for some time. Their advices from
Washington yesterday. a Chicago dispatch
says. were TO the effect that the bill is
almost certain to pass. The agents of the
roads in Washington count on the matter
coming before the House on Wednesday or
Thursday of next week, and they say that
If they can get II up at that time il Is
almost certain TO become law. The rail-
road men have never had any fear of the
fate of the measure in the House at any
time. They have their doubts as TO how
the Senate will regard 1t. but they say that
they have sure thing in the House. and
If they can but get IL up they will get il
through. They think, moreover. that II they
can get il through the House at this SEES
sion ii will pass the Senate in the opening
days of the next session.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
The Cut I'm Wool RITES.

The reduction in the tariff on wool from
Chicago TO Eastern points which was made
Tuesday is expected TO increase the amount
of east-bound tonnage of wool between Chi
cago and the East by about 80 per cent.
The lines of the Central Freight Commit
tee are feeling very wrathful at the board
of managers of the Joint Traffic Associa-
ton. whose policy they allege has made
all these reductions necessary, and they In
addition claim that after the board of man.
ayers had made the reductions necessity
IL refused the roads permission 10 make the
cuts. Unless the meeting of the Joint
Traffic Association when convened takes
some action looking to the adjustment of
matters i'm the western part of its terri
tory the lines of the Central Freight Com
mittee say there will be other reductions
made that will insure them their proper
share of whatever business Is moving.
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PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES.

National Military Home. Indiana. Treasurers
Office, Feb. q 1897
Sealed proposals will be received at this office
until noon, Tuesday. March .. 1887, for furnish
lns ana delivery OF subsistence supplies at
Marion branch National Home ID. V. s. GUAM
tles 70 De increased IL per cent. IL required dur
Ing the execution OF the contract
Standards can be examined and printed instruc-
lions and specifications and blank proposals will
Dc supplied upon application 10 this Office
Samples presented by bidders Will not be con-
sidered unless same called for In specihca-
lions The right is reserved reject any or ali
proposals: or To waive any informalities therein
envelopes containing proposals should oe in
dorsed: Proposals FOR supplies. " HI. ID Y
and addressed 20 the undersigned
blds sggregating over 500 must be accom-
panied BY certified check payable TO the un-
dersigned treasurer. for al least ; Der cent of
the amount thereof. which check will be forfeited
10 the National Home for D. V. :. In case tn,.
successful bidder refuses or fails 10 enter into
contract as required; Otherwise to be returned
to the bidder II. q. HETCHERT Trea
Approved: JUSTIN II. CHAPMAN. Governor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
A Messenger Boys Arrest.

At 9 o'clock last night j. +. Bombarger,
manager of the Indianapolis District Tele-
graph Agency walked into the police sta
ton accompanied by William Robinson,
aged sixteen. Robinson is one of the dis
trict messenger boys and his employer
charges him with embezzlement. Bombar-
ger claims that he has suspected the boy
for some time with collecting more money
than he turned in. Last night Robinson de-
livered message for Frank O Brien, Sa-
loon keeper at the corner of East and
Washington streets, for which he turned in
20 cents at the office. Bombarger called
upon O'Brien and learned that Robinson
had charged IS cents for carrying the mes
CO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11

Superintendent Colbert has received a re-
quest to keep lookout for Mary McCullum.
seventeen-year-old girl. of Brookville,
who disappeared from her home week
ago. Her friends think she came here or
went to Cincinnati. She pupil in
high school and failed 10 pass her examina-
tion in Latin. This caused here TO become
discouraged with her studies and she told
some ASSOCIATES that she intended learning
shorthand and would leave Brookville to
remain away till she could accomplish
something in the world. She has scar on
her forehead. by which the police are eX-
pected to identify her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
VITAL STATISTICS-FEB. 10.
Deaths.

Thomas Dillon. forty years SEA South Illinois
street. typhoid pneumonia.
Amanda Porter seventy-eight years ga West
McCerty street. old age.
Alonzo Hampton. twenty-five years 290 We,
Washington street. pneumonia
Philippine Buman. seventy-four wears fOi
Gray street. Influenza.
Bert Gibson. nineteen years Is Columbia
street. consumption.
Harriet Elkins. seventy-seven years. 81 CO.
lumbia avenue. crOpsy.
Charles II. AIbertsmeyer sixty-nine wears IL
Prospect street. heart disease.
Samuel Dickey eighty-six years. s47 North
Capitol avenue. heart disease.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
For Kicking I'm n Door.

Sunday morning. at o'clock, Doc Gala
han and John Weaver went 10 a resort in
West indianapolis and because they were
refused admission, kicked in the door. They
were arrested on warrants secured by the
West Indianapolis police i'm Magistrate
Lockmans court. Yesterday they were
fined each 81 and costs on the charge of
drunkenness and sent TO Jail in default of
payment. There is stiIl charge of profan-
ity pending against each man, which will
be tried as soon as they have served their
time for the other offense.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
Patrick Davis's Saloon.

Some of the friends of Patrick Davis, the
saloon keeper at Patterson and Michigan
streets who was fined in Police Court Tues
day morning for profanity and resisting an
officer take exceptions TO the accounts of
the case as published. They say Mr.. Davis
keeps a respectable saloon. They claim
DaViss saloon is above the average in re-
spect to the manner in which il is conducted
and the class of characters allowed to fire.
Oupnt II
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VS.. Rolin II. Blackledge ct al; foreclosure.
Room 2.
Wilmna Green VS.. William a. Green; d.
vOrce Room 2.
Mary ]. Hunt vs. Walter E. Newly; dam
ages. Circuit Court.
William Beerman VS.. George A. Boeck-
ling; foreclosure. Room 1.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
A Garhnre Dumpcr,s Fine.

In Police Court yesterday morning Louis
Harris. colored. had TO answer charges of
profanity. resisting an officer and dumping
garbage in a vacant lot He was fined s.
and costs and sent to the workhouse for
ten days for resisting and 81 each on the
other counts. Sanitary Officer Sanborn last
week found Harris dumping garbage in
side the city limits and when he tried 10
arrest him was handled rather roughly by
tho colorad man
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DIED.


CRAIG-Wiliam 9. Craig his late residence.
Jo6 North Noble street. aged thirty-one years.
Funeral notice later.
JENNEy-E. w. Jenney died his home in
lrvingtOn. Feb. 3. 1881. at 500 y. m. aged
forty-two years. Funeral from the Methodist
Church. Friday. Feb. r. 1897
CRANDALI-Passed away her home, Tues
day, Feb. 3. 1897. Sarah Jane. wife of Joseph
NJ. Crandall. mother of Charles II. Crandall.
Ella Frances cutting and Ida Battles Howard.
Services at house. No. S34 North Illinois street,
Thursday afternoon, o'clock. Friends invited.
Burial private.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
James Middleton Acquitted.

James Middleton. charged with shooting
at James Duffy with intent to KILL was
acquitted in Police Court yesterday morn
ing. The evidence showed that Middleton.
who is an old man. only shot at Duffy
after the latter. who was formerly the hus-
band of Middeton's daughter, had been
annoying the daughter and had threatened
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
Pool Sues for an Injured Foot.

William H.. Pool yesterday sued Freder-
lex Schneider for 81, 900 damages for personal
injuries. Aug. 10. 1896, the plaintiff was
employed by the defendant in hauling dirt
from a cellar excavation at the corner of
Liberty and Washington streets. In driv-
ing out of the cellar his team and wagon
fell into hole and Pools foot was injured
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half We will make a success of il at the
start and furnish you one-half the capital,
without interest. you need 10 run yo ur rail
roads ALFRED CLARK
indianapolis, Feb 10.
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Building Permits.

Eugene Wilson. frame house, Noodlawn ave-
nue. and Frank street, $500.
Mary y. Dudley. frame barn, 299 Central ave-
nue. $3.50.
Christopher Fehr. repairs. "a West Seventh
street, $3.50.
Hitz Baking Company brick elevator corner
Alabama street and Virginia avenue, 900
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
RAILWAY PROMOTIONS
CHANGES on THE PENNsYLVANIA
EAST AND ROADS NEARER HOME.
Mr.. POmeroy Succeeds to the Vacancy
Created by the Death of Mr.. Sher-
man-GeneraI Railway News.

The board of directors of the PennsyI-
vania road at a meeting in Philadelphia
yesterday elected John p. Green first vice
president Of the company TO succeed Frank
Thomson. who was recently chosen presi-
dent TO succeed the late George b. Roberts.
The board made number of promotions
because of the elevation of Messrs. Thorn
son and Green. The full list of appoint
ments made is: First vice president, John
z. Green; second vice president, Charles I.
Pugh; third vice president. 5. NJ. Provost:
first assistant to the president, Samuel Rea;
assistants to the president, VIM. A. Patton
and Z. T. Postlethwate; freight traffic
manager, William III. Joyce; general man.
ager. j. b. Hutchinson.
Two new positions were created-those of
freight traffic manager and first assistant
to the president. Mr.. Joyce. who bears the
former title and ranks the general man.
ager. was formerly known as the general
freight agent Samuel Rea, first assistant
to the president. was Mr.. Roberts's as
the engineering department of the road. j.
Il. Hutchinson, the new general manager,
succeeding S. NJ. Provost, formerly
superintendent of transportation. The lat
ter office was not filled by the board. Will
liam A. Hatton is given the same position
he occupied under Mr.. Roberts and Il. L.
Postlethwaite is carried along with Mr..
Thomson, he having been assistant to the
first vice president. The board at future
meeting will fill some vacancies that were
untouched yesterday and possibly will
create some new offices.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
Mr.. Sherman's Successor.

+. l. Pomeroy. general manager of the
Nickel-piate fast freight line, has been APP
pointed general manager of the Red, White
and Midland lines of which the late George
IL. Sherman was for so many years the
general manager. Who will succeed Mr..
Pomeroy as general manager of the Nickel
plate fast freight line is not yet settled.
Mr.. Pomeroy entered railroad service May
1. 1871. as general freight agent of the Utica.
Ithaca q Elmira road; later he was con-
nected with the passenger department of
the Delaware az Hudson; July !. 1881, he
was appointed general passenger and
freight agent of the Hoosac Tunnel line;
June l, 1856. he was appointed general
freight agent of the West Shore road; in
1889 he went 10 the Erie as general agent
of the Erie Dispatch at Philadelphia; in
1889 he was appointed general freight agent
of the Erie. and Nov. l. 1888, made general
manager of the Nickel-plate fast freight
line. which position he vacated Feb. 10 TO
become general manager of the three lead
ing Vanderbilt fast freight lines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
Noise Disturbs the Circuit Court.

On account of the noise made by tearing
out the partition walls in the county treas
urer's Office there will be no more jury
trials in the Circuit Court until next week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11
THE JOURNAL

have oeen conveniently located at the following
drug stores In the various sections OF
the city. from which
ADf EftIlSEMENTS WILL BE IELEPHONED
Direct TO this Office at regular rates.