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Vigo County, Indiana - Set 4 

1891 - 1900 

Newspaper Articles 

Deaths, Funerals, Murder, Trials, Accidents 

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address: Martha 

Date:Thursday, December 1, 1892 - Page 1 

Location:Elkhart, Indiana 

Paper:Elkhart Daily Review 

Trogdon, Harry & Saunders, Giles H - Murder Trial 

Greiner, David C x White, Frank A - Civil Suit 

Date: Monday, October 29, 1894 - Page 2 

Location: Elkhart, Indiana 

Paper: Elkhart Daily Review 

Enzor, Stephen - Attempted Suicide 

Date:Tuesday, October 31, 1899 - Page 2 



Abshire, Mary x Charles J - Divorce 

Date:Wednesday, September 6, 1899 - Page 1 

Location:Indianapolis, Indiana 

Paper:Indiana State Journal 

Wilkinson, William G 

Gable, Guy - Theft 

Anderson, Basil 

Lockwood, Anna 

Burklie, Lewis 

Date: Thursday, February 4, 1897 - Page 1 



Names on this page: 

Scott, Minnie & Barr, Harry - Mail Order Bride, Desertion 

Grimes, Sarah - Search for Dying Daughter 

Unknown, Infant 

Leas, Worley 

McMeans, E B 

Wells, Richard [Son of]

Date: Monday, July 12, 1897 - Page 4 



Name on this page: Howe, Ann 

Date: Saturday, August 27, 1898 - Page 1 


Paper: Elkhart Weekly Review 

Mills, Aaron & Hadley, Sallie A - Marriage License 

Date: Saturday, August 3, 1895 - Page 1 




Johnson, William & Stapleton, Cora - Shooting 

Date: Monday, February 25, 1895 - Page 1 




Smith, Charles 

Randall, Enos & Wife [No Given Name] 

Vi?ton, David F or P 

Date: Tuesday, December 15, 1891 - Page 1 




Kostanzer, Eugene 

Durez, Noel 

Date: Saturday, November 10, 1900 Page 9 

Location: Indianapolis, Indiana 

Paper: Recorder 


Reed, David & John - Murder 

Bradfield, Edward & Mills, Thomas - 

Attempted Murder 

Beigler, George - War Wounded 

Reynolds, Charles & Harmon, Sam - 

Murder 

O'Connor, Thomas 

Hinton, George D - Theft 

Schroeder, Albert H

Date: Friday, August 26, 1898 




Hollis, Joseph - Attempted Suicide 

Matthews, Claude 

Koehnen, Lulu - Accident 

Date:Wednesday, April 19, 1899 - Page 1 


Date: Wednesday, November 25, 1896 - Page 1 


Paper: Indiana State Journal 


Brown, Adeline 

Teeters, John [Mrs] 

Wade, Percy 

Flickinger, Abe 

Winton, Thomas H 

Diedrich, Frederick 

Goben, John L - Fraud 

Tyler, William - Jailbreak 

Date: Saturday, November 21, 1891 Page 7 


Paper: Freeman 

Name on this page: Meyzeek, John 

Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1897 - Page 1 




Wilson, Martin - Counterfeiting 

Foster, Edward - Counterfeiting 

Wilson, Perry - Counterfeiting 

Rears, William - Grand Larceny 

Males, Charles - Grand Larceny 

McKinley, Robert 

McMonigle, Stephen - Attempted Murder 

Hilligoss, Ambrose 

Eversole, William - Spousal Abuse 

Dustin, William 


Kimball, William K 

Ramsey, Lydia 

Cox, Wilbur J 

Ray, George M - Bribery 

Aldrich, Charles - Illegal voting 

Brown, No Given Name [Policeman] 

Peeping 

McMurray, John [Mrs] 

Flick, Thomas C - Attempted Murder 

Behymer, A J - Election Tampering 

Federman, No Given Name - Will 

Keifer, Smith - Murder 

Rhine, C R - Theft 

Crocker, Benjamin 

Rodkey, Joseph E 

Hancock, William 

Neal, Henry T 

Curtiss, J J 

Wheeler, Caroline 

Smith, Mark L 

Dodge, Thomas

Date: Saturday, December 21, 1895 - Page 3 




Losteller, Mary & Sanley, Elmer- Testimony 

Bowen, Silas T 

Date: Saturday, November 12, 1892 - Page 6 



Dickerson, Fannie 

Wesley, Isabell 

Brou?r, Julia 

Date: Thursday, March 23, 1893 - Page 8 


Paper: American Nonconformist 

Name on this page: Williams, John S 

Date: Wednesday, February 16, 1898 




Stoltz, Louisa 

Futter, Frederick 

Peste, John 

Guess, Charles [Complicated Death/Marriage 

Article] 

Storey, Ezra [Complicated Death/Marriage Article] 

Brennen, Nettie - Assault 

McCoy, James - Suit, unlawful detainment in Jail 

Johnson, Henry 

Woollen, Thomas W 

Spencer, David J 

Date: Wednesday, June 16, 1897 



Names on this page: Heath, Grant 

Hardy, Peter 

Spencer, Newman H 

Pierce, Chapin M 

Mercer, Hamilton [Mrs] 

Harper, Henry F 

Bennett, William Thomas 

Jacox, S E 

Crowell, Benjamin 

Tillson, Calvin R 

Southward, Joe

Date: Tuesday, March 8 1898 - Page 1 



Toloday, Labon L & Mrs - Desertion & 

Death 

Katz, Clemens - Suicide 

Highball, Joseph [Child of] 

Curtis, Elam & Thompson, Enoch - Theft 

Kilo, William - Beating 

Williams, John - Accident 

Mitchell, William I 

Zimmerman, Will - Divorce 

Johnson, No Given Name 

Date:Wednesday, October 25, 1899 - Page 1 




Jones, Lizzie - Shame & Loitering 

Russ, J F [Family of] 

Withman, Louis 

Brown, Hal [Wife of] Assault 

Jackson, James Madison - Suicide 

Leffew, Jas B - Suicide 

Bauman, Carl - Attempted Murder 

Johnson, William - Attempted Murder 

Bond, Myrtle - Suicide 

Whetzel, Chas - Court Case 

Bryant, Cora Bell - Arrested for Murder 

Skelton, Thomas - Arrested for Murder 

Erie, Henry [Infant son of] [Article about death caused by 4 women] 

Bloom, Thomas - Trial for killing of James Bess 

Date: Wednesday, December 15, 1897 - Page 1 




Holdeman, W H - Embezzlement 

Favorite, James C 

Smith "Butcher" - Will 

Wise, [Divorced wife of] - Kidnapping 

Walker, John P - Ins Settlement Suit 

Griffin, W P 

Crawford, Henry B - Embezzlement 

Burkett, F Z - Arrest 

Date: Thursday, July 26, 1894 - Page 2 



Names on this page: Holderman, Levi & Unknown, Female [From Michigan]

Date: Monday, February 29, 1892 




Goldsmith, Lambert N & Skillman, Robert T - Murder 

Slaughter, Emma - Criminal Assault 

McDonald, Joseph E - Contesting of Will 

Date: Tuesday, January 21, 1896 




Hesson, Elizabeth 

Wolf, James G 

Date:Wednesday, March 16, 1898 - Page 1 




Patterson, Elizabeth 

Biekle, William A 

Brown, Jason R 

Souerwine, William - Convict 

Erganbright, Wallace A - Embezzlement 

Stewart, Morton - Attempted Suicide 

Date:Thursday, January 19, 1893 Page 8 


Paper:American Nonconformist 


Logsdon, Minnie 

Winton, Eva - Accident 

Nigh, Ollie 

Campbell, Mary 

Templeton, William 

Pinkerton, Wallace A - Forgery 

Howells, Joseph 

Sayers, Ephriam - Accident 

Thrawley, John - Murder Indictment 

Krack, Frederick - Murder 

Cohee, Abe - Arrested 

Higgins, Ode - Arrested 

LaFollette, Herschel - Complicity in Murder 

Conant, Thad L 

Kennedy, Edward - Child Abduction 

Parks, William 

Click, Peter - Assault 

Larsh, C W - Insane 

Cunningham, Willie - Accident 

Winchester, W D - Arrested

Date:Friday, August 17, 1894 - Page 2 




Starr,[Son of Mart] 

Hudson, A L 

Date:Wednesday, February 24, 1897 - Page 1 




Tow, Marion & Walker, John A - Murder 

James, Bluford x Kivett, Sherman - Bribery 

Ano, Nelson 

Foreman, Eliza x E & I RR - Death of Husband 

Kent, Bedford, Ferrand, Milton & King, Noah - Murder 

Crumb, John W & Evans, J C - Jail Break 

Mason, Charles - Theft 

Snodgrass, George B 

McCord, Ida x Slaymaker, John D - Breach of Promise 

Date:Wednesday, December 23, 1896 - Page 1 




Downing, Henry R 

Watts, Louis - Embezzlement 

Miller, Alfred 

Gehlback, Frederick & Dooley, Sylvester - Gun Fight 

Brock [Broek?] Frances 

Millikin, Margery - Divorce 

Lockwood, Nancy V 

Ritchie, J G - Gold Discovered 

Barnard, George - Arrested 

Jones, Charles J - Robbery 

Gunder, G W, Kimball, T C & Troxell, Dora - Law Suit 

Scott, Theodore 

Gregg, Thomas 

Hart, Eugenia 

Gelide, Andrew 

Beebe, Martin [Wife of] Suicide

Date:Saturday, November 3, 1900 - Page 1 


Paper:Elkhart Weekly Review 


Tapp, Albert 

Cook, Margaret 

Kern, George L 

Stow, Alfred A 

Boudinot, H H 

Date:Wednesday, August 16, 1899 - Page 1 




Menees, Frank 

Evans, Enos - Suicide 

Sisson, George D 

Bone, Samuel & Tharp, Daniel - Attempted Assassination 

Simmons, Wm [Mrs], Oliver, H E & Compton, Richard - Bigamy 

Shatto, Robert 

Grasho, George - Murder 

Wall, Joseph - Parole 

Hicklin, James & Green, Love - Fight 

Schmidt, Herman - Suicide 

Hammond, John 

Stilwell, Harry - Arrested 

Lance, A J, Clark, Fannie & Varner, Mary - Elopement 

Cooper, Stella x Sheeks, Everett - Criminal Assault 

North, Percy - Warrant for Arrest 

Hoch, Howard - Explosion and Fire 

Cable, Guy - Theft 

Huey, Robert 

Date:Wednesday, March 15, 1899 Page 1 




Kinder, Lewis - Suicide 

Date:Tuesday, January 29, 1895 - Page 1 




Norton, John W 

Towers, W S [Mrs] 

[Train Accident, long list of injured]

Date:Saturday, January 18, 1896 - Page 1 




Spraggins, George [Children of] 

Merritt, Geo H - Probate of Will 

Date:Wednesday, December 2, 1896 Page 8 



Name on this page: Lytle, David [Mrs] - Fearing for the life of child 

Date:Wednesday, April 29, 1891 - Page 1 




Ross, James 

Lebo, M S - Heir to fortune 

Collum, Asher - Accident 

Date:Wednesday, January 22, 1896 - Page 1 




Needham, Sarah - Sanity Trial 

French, James W - Attempted Suicide 

Atkins, Samuel x Hollowell - Guardianship 

Smith, Emma - Coroner's Verdict 

Meredith, No Given Name [Mrs] 

Marsh, Jacob D 

Date:Saturday, May 2, 1891 - Page 1 




Potter, William - Attempted Murder 

Tinker, Stephen B 

Constant, Walter M 

Prichett, Seth & Peck, Charity - "Cowhiding" 

Puckett, Wm, Ambrose & Pleasant - Murder 

Niblack, Warren 

Brackenridge, Joseph 

Volheim, Hubert, Johnson, William & Riley, James - Sentenced to Penitentiary 

Adams, Dick - Assassinated 

Morgan, Oliver - Murdered

Date: Wednesday, January 22 1896 - Page 3 



Name on this page: M'Keen, William R - Biography 

Date: Saturday, November 10, 1900 




Daggett, Anthony [Mrs] 

Hibbets, Edith 

Richardson, Mahlon & Pleasant, Benjamin - Murder 

Date: Saturday, January 3, 1891 - Page 9 




Kilgore, No Given Name [Mrs] - Lindsay, No Given Name - Arrested 

Date: Friday, November 4, 1892 - Page 1 




Myers, B F 

Richards, Henry A - Forger 

Farr, Charles & Farrar, George - Swindlers 

Lochner, John 

Date: Wednesday, August 5, 1896 - Page 1 




Tuell, Lucinda 

Carmichael, Frank [& Family], Swinford, Amanda Accident 

Blank, Nellie - Lost Heir 

Date: Monday, June 6, 1898 Page 4 



Names on this page; 

Lance, John 

Lance, Charles 

Haskell, George - Forger 

Wade, Albert - Embezzlement 

Drake, Cora - Suicide

Date: Thursday, January 5, 1893 - page 1 




Frary, Calvin 

Kersting, Ernestine & Gerardy, Nicholas - Murder Trial 

Sutton, Belle x Goldbach, Sarah - Slander 

Kramer, August - Accident 

Marsh, Elmer & Mills, Ollie - Marriage and Desertion 

Date: Tuesday, March 8, 1892 - Page 1 




McNary, John - Robbery 

Cotton, John F 

Date: Wednesday, August 19, 1891 




Peasell, Huldah 

Johns, Tom & Gowdy, George - Shooting 

Houseweild, Willie 

Judah, No Given Name [Mrs] - Shooting 

Date: Wednesday, June 6, 1900 - Page 1 




Clark, James - Attempted Suicide 

Date: Saturday, November 2, 1895 - Page 1 




Smith, Orville & Day, Annie - Elopement & Death 

Branch, Henry [Mrs[ - Suicide 

Chambers, Charles [Child of] 

Collier, Charles & DeHuff, Joe - Arrested 

Tresler, Andrew - Attempted Murder 

Nichols, George 

Hancook, Ardie - Accident 

Brown, Kate - Forgery

Date: Thursday, January 9, 1896 - Page 4 




Mclane, Sam [Mrs] 

Page, Riley - Theft 

Murray, Henry C [Daughter of] Operation 

Date: Thursday, September 3, 1891 - Page 1 




Eppert, Perry 

Talbott, John M - Warrant for Arrest 

Trout, Charley - Arrested 

Posey, Miller & Fleming [No Given Names] Shooting 

Shoup, Louis & Kauffman, Joseph - Arrested 

Dunn, George 

Enlow, Henry & Snyder, John - Shooting 

Whipker, Sallie - Disappeared 

Sapley, John J 

Lenard, Mary 

Young, Eugene 

Date: Tuesday, November 1, 1898 - Page 2 




Ross, Harry 

Bosley, Thomas G 

Parker, Benjamin & Malsbury, John - Fraud 

Date: Thursday, January 26, 1893 - page 1 


Paper: American Nonconformist 

Names on this page: Neff, Richard Henry & Griffin, Henry - RR Accident 

Date: Wednesday, July 29 1896 - Page 8 



Name on this page: Taswell, B F

Date: Tuesday, June 18, 1895 - Page 1 




Stewart, W H 

Thompson, J G [Mrs] - Assault 

Lukens, Judson, J, Saylors, Elias P & Starbuck, James D - Arrested 

Wilson, Hal 

Pickering, Marion, Booker, Simon & Geer, Stephen - Murder 

Date: Wednesday, March 2, 1898 - Page 1 




Ayers, Thomas & McMackin, Ella - Bigamy 

Harshbarger, Mark & Stoops, Lizzie - Bench Warrant 

Overstreet, "Eddie" 

McLenhart, John - Arrested 

Simons, Frederick - Murder, Suicide 

Jett, John - Bigamist 

Huff, W F - Accident 

Land, Henry & Hudspeth, John - Escaped from Jail 

Clark, J H & Garringer, Isaac [Body found on Farm] 

Knight, William [Mrs] Suicide 

Lake, Richard 

Ward, W D 

Date: Tuesday, June 18, 1895 - Page 1 




Stewart, W H 

Thompson, J G [Mrs] - Assault 

Lukens, Judson, J, Saylors, Elias P & Starbuck, James D - Arrested 

Wilson, Hal 

Pickering, Marion, Booker, Simon & Geer, Stephen - Murder 

Date: Tuesday, May 3, 1898 - Page 2 



Cleary, Jack, Hilling, Will, Mahern, Will, Wilson, Charles, Levi, Charles, Barrett, Charles, 

Peckinbaugh, Harry & Jacob & Devers, Lillie [aka Cora] - Quarrel & Shooting 

LaHue, Maggie - Damage Suit & Murder of Clara Shanks 

Bozier, Frank - Suicide

Date: Wednesday, May 18, 1898 - Page 1 




Johns, W Taylor 

Cory, Thamer & Hedrick, David - Murder 

Date: Wednesday, January 29, 1896 - Page 1 




Johnson, George 

Ehart, Joseph - Disappeared 

Swartz, Jacob - Marrying Cousins without a license 

Kellar, Daniel - Murder Trial 

Reed, Enos B 

Glnz, Michael 

Coombs, Jessie 

Partridge, Bernard B 

Whitesell, P P 

Atterbury [Mrs] Assault 

Jones, Samuel 

Holding, John [Mrs] 

Morris, John P - Attempted Suicide 

Colvin, Ed & Dollie Lewis - Desertion 

Date: Tuesday, February 8, 1898 - Page 1 



Names on this page; 

Kimnall, E F & Mrs and Daughter Nellie - Memorial 

Date: Friday, November 17, 1893 - Page 4 



Name on this page: 

Carson, Peter 

Wintrode, Samuel x Renbarger - Defamation of Character 

Webster, Samuel P & Poole, Charles - Embezzlement 

Welsh, Joseph 

Johnson, Clarence & Young, John - Murder

Date: Wednesday, July 15, 1891 - Page 1 




Weaver, Levi - Accident 

Bowers, Dave & Potts, George - Mining Accident 

McCoy, W N [Mrs] - Divorce 

Keating John - Arrested 

Date: Saturday, January 28, 1899 - Page 1 




Stout, Jane - Suit for share of Estate 

Goodin, James, Yocum, E & Bachelor, Wm - Fight over daughter of Goodin 

Butler, Charles - Attacked by bull 

Date: Wednesday, January 8, 1896 - Page 1 




Barnes, James - Theft 

Ricketts, Charles W - Arrested 

Snow, John 

Ward, James 

Ott, John 

Harrison, John 

Cooper, Sophronia & Frederick - Bigamy 

Post, Emeline - 112 

Paugh, Samuel & Murphy, [Mrs] - Shooting 

Moench, Otto - Insurance Suit 

Adams, George x Shay, Thomas - Lawsuit 

Cates, John & Martha - Biography 

Date: Saturday, December 3, 1898 Page 4 




Oland, Fred & Bodemiller, Andy - Murder 

King, Pulaski

Date: Thursday, December 8, 1892 - Page 8 




Myers, George 

Wert, P S 

Culp, Arthur - Theft 

Field, Simon & Bell, Silas - Murder Trial 

Date: Monday, March 5, 1894 - page 4 




Wilson, John W x Thomas, Mary - Divorce 

Kennedy, One? 

Ide, Bruce 

Date: Monday, February 16, 1891 - Page 1 




Selig, Marcus 

Lauer, Louis 

Tripp, Hagerman 

Troutman, Morgan & Baker, Ed - Shooting 

Jones, Maude - Strange Disease 

Date: Thursday, August 20, 1896 - Page 1 




Robertson, Samuel B 

Beebinger, Martha 

Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1896 - Page 1 




Kohler, Frank - Theft 

Flynn, Wm aka McDuff, Billy - Arrested 

Benson, Julius L - Obit 

Krieder, Sherman & Sipes, Leroy - Attacked

Date: Wednesday, October 7, 1896 



Names on this page: Mather, Ansel ? - cannot read & McLaughlin, George - Robbery 

Date: Wednesday, March 8, 1899 - Page 1 




Hoskins, Vance x Hoskins, Lena - Divorce 

Stough, William - Divorce 

Glawser, Stephen - Murder & Suicide 2 articles 

Kinchloe, Elizabeth - suicide 

Johns, Matthew 

Johnson, No Given Name & Garber, G S - Fight 

Morton, John & Wife Susie, Wilson, Henry A & Nelson, Thomas - Counterfeiting 

Strickler, Milton L - Burial 

Burton, Raphael - Captured 

Wallet, Lon & Mrs, Cline, Mrs - Poisoning 

Barrett, Jesse & McFall, Jack - Trial for Manslaughter 

Sheets, William - Arrest 

Date: Wednesday, October 25, 1899 - Page 5 




Mosher, No Given Name 

Luke, A M - Burial 

Beard, John - Attempted Suicide 

Stanton, William 

Daugherty, Field 

Lenen, Wm, Hess, Bert & Miller, Daniel - Theft 

Chavous, Henry - Shooting 

White, Patrick 

Dickerson, Nelson & Richardson, Tobe - Murder 

Roberts, Pearl; Clark, Millard & Coistman, Louis - Accidents

Date:Monday, July 29, 1895 Page 1 




Cox, L M 

Nolan, Julia 

Seybert, Henry & Disbennet, Wm - Released from Jail 

Ruhle, Wm - Arrested 

Dill, Gene - Theft 

McBride, E J 

Foreman, Earl 

Date:Wednesday, February 1, 1899 




Smith, George 

McDonald, Claude M 

Gest, Herrman [Mrs] x Abrams, Wm - Bigamy 

Peters, John S - Bigamy 

Bansting, Jacob - Child Abuse 

Matthews, R W 

Leffler, Frances 

Elliott, Elihah C 

Rosenberger, Rebecca A - Attempted Murder 

Quassey, Arthur - Arrested, Criminal Assault 

Date:Wednesday, July 6, 1898 - Page 1 




Johnson, Maggie - Murder 

Mueller, Edward 

Morrison, No Given Name [Capt] Killed in the Battle of Santiago 

Pray, Enos E 

Schwonel, Elizabeth - Accident 

Henley, Rollo - Accident 

Schroeder, H C - Accident

Date:Wednesday, March 11, 1896 




Lovett, Hannah 

Hawes, Isaac 

Ewing, Joseph H - Arrested 

Warrick, W O - Arrested for Assault 

Beemer, Charles D

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