From the Library of Congress. The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram., April 18, 1919.
Indiana Briefs
FORT WAYNE A thief crashed in a heavy show window worth $200, in
the front of the Patterson-Fletcher store, to steal $45 worth of clothing.
He escaped.
MUNCIE Mr. and Mrs. John Black, parents of Michael Black, boatswain's
mate, who tried to smuggle his French sweetheart across the ocean, disguised
as a negro stevedore, said that their son met Mile. Black when he rescued
her from two Algerians in a lonely Marseilles street.
GARY A huge crowd which gathered at the station today to greet and
parade with Walter Petkey, returned from France, was disappointed when
his mother met the train and insisted that her boy go home with her at once.
The mother had three sons in service, one of whom, John, is recovering from
wounds in France.
PETERSBURG Farmers in northern Pike county along the White river are
aroused over the finding of their sticks of dynamite, with the fuses which
had been lit but put out by the water, floating beneath the big concrete
water gate, which holds high water from thousands of acres of farm land.
INDIANAPOLIS A gigantic swindling scheme was uncovered by the
arrest of L. S. Scott, Hugh McGann, Billy Schoeber, Joe Engleton and Edward Siler
say federal officers. Operations involving at least $150,00 have been attributed
to the men. It is alleged that they induced their victims to bet on a fake
prizefight in which the fighter on whom they bet was "killed" and the victims,
frightened, left their money in the hands of the operator.
Ohio Briefs
TOLEDO Toledo' s crime wave, during which eight persons have met with violent
deaths in two weeks, must be ended, Mayor Schrelber told policemen.
He said the police department was in a rut.
