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Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Newspaper Articles
2 Sep 1862, New Albany Daily Ledger p2 c2: The Murder Near Evansville,
Incidents and Particulars. A most Fiendish Outrage. . . . Account of a
diabolical murder committed on the person of a Mr. Herke and two
children, and the serious wounding of two others . . .3 Sep 1863, Evansville Journal of Thursday. New Albany Daily Ledger p2 c2: The trial for the soldiers, Crow and Roberts, for the murder of the Heake family in Vanderburg county, is progressing at Evansville . . .
4 Sep 1863, New Albany Daily Ledger p2 c3: Roberts and Crow, for the murder of the Herke family near Evansville, have been held to answer in the Circuit Court. They are confined in the jail at Evansville.
Wrapped in Flames—A Mother Sacrifices Her Own Life to Save Child
9 Nov 1872, New Albany Ledger Standard p4 c2:—The Evansville Courier of Friday gives the following particulars of a most shocking and fatal accident, which occurred at Henderson, Ky., on Wednesday night. While Mrs. W. H. Lewis, a most estimable lady, and the wife of a heavy shoe merchant of that town, was sitting quietly at home, after supper, with her little ones gathered around the family fire circle, her little baby by some means, managed to turn the contents of a lighted lamp over itself. The clothing of the child immediately caught fire, and the frantic mother seized it, and in her wild excitement, not knowing where to go, rushed down the stairway toward the street. Her piercing screams attracted the attention of Mr. Jos. Merryman, a tender-hearted and gallant Irishman, who was passing the house at the time. He met Mrs. Lewis at the bottom of the stairs, her own clothing had caught from the burning garments of her darling baby, he quickly seized and by a very strong extraction wrested the child from her arms. overcome by his superior strength she let go the child and fled into the street screaming in a most heart-rendering manner. Some one else about this time ran up and taking hold of Mrs. Lewis threw her to the ground and rolled her over to suppress the flames. Sad to say, however, the dreadful element had done its destructive work and the unfortunate lady was carried back into the house fatally injured. She lingered in great pain until one o'clock Thursday morning, when her spirit took its flight. The child, by her sacrificing love and devotion was spared, and escaped with but a few slight burns.(Contributed by Sue Carpenter)
Early Byers, an eighth grade student of Tennyson, Indiana passed the teacher examination with a grade of 90. He is only 15 years old and is still in knee pants. Though Byers is too young to obtain a teachers license, he obtained permission from the county superintendent to take the examination and made a grade, which if he were eligible, would entitle him to a 24 month license.
Oct. 15,1878, Evansville, Ind. Wm. Durham, an old and respected citizen of Evansville, was drowned while fishing in the Ohio River opposite this city. His body was recovered this afternoon. [Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, (Milwaukee, WI) Wednesday, Oct. 16, 1878; pg. 4;] 8 December, 1890. David DOUGHERTY, working on the EDMUNDS farm near Evansville, committed suicide with poison yesterday. Nothing is known of his antecedents. Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News
10 December, 1890. The insubordination in the Evansville Fire Department has resulted in the dismissal of Captain BURGRABBE.Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News
Feb. 18,1896, Evansville, IN. Masked robbers continue their depredations here. Tonight 2 entered the store of G.P. Hoeschler & Son, and at the point of pistols robbed both proprietors of their valuables and a considerable sum of money in the safe. The robbers escaped.
Dec. 1, 1896, EVANSVlLLE, Ind. There is a well defined effort on the part of some leading sporting men here to secure the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight If it should, succeed it will be under the management of Dan Stuart with whom the local men are now in telegraphic communications. There is plenty of money in sight to make the affair entirely successful and it is believed there will be no police interference, since several glove fights have been pulled off here, recently with policemen present, the same as in New York. The endeavor to get the fight here is an earnest one, and contrary action by police authorities, which is not expected, is the only reason, should Dan Stuant agree, to prevent it. Indiana State Journal December 9, 1896
Jan, 22, 1897, EVANSVILLE Ind. - At an early hour this morning four men entered the Evansville Furniture Company's store, overpowered the night watchman, bound and gagged him in the office and then blew open the big safe with giant powder and secured $1,100 They escaped. Indiana Journal February 3, 1897
April 21, 1897, Evansville, Ind. — Miss Mamie Luckon. a handsome and popular young woman of this city, is the heroine in a very pretty romance just now. Last Sunday she started for church, and from that time till to-day her distracted parents heard nothing of her. A letter receded to-day by the father from the young woman informed her family that she was on her way to North Dakota, where she is to marry a young man whom she has corresponded with for some time. The receipt or the letter has caused a sensation among her relatives and friends.Indiana Journal April 28 1897
Aug. 12, 1897, Evansville, IN. Charles Smith, aged 65, while at work on the farm of Walter Carson, in Posey County, 9 miles from here, attempted to criminally assault Mr. Carson's 6 yr old daughter this afternoon, but was driven away by the child's mother. Smith fled, but soon after was pursued by a crowd of farmers. He was caught a few miles out of Evansville. Some favored l ynching, but he was taken to the Mount Vernon jail under heavy guard.
Feb. 21, 1898, Evansville, IN. A genius by the name of Arcidas Farmer, of this city, has invented a flying machine of sufficient merit to interest a number of wealthy citizens in its manufacture. Farmer has constructed a model that will fly, and if the regular ship works as satisfactorily his fortune is only a question of time. His greatest secret and the one he is still guarding is the engine that furnishes the motive power. As soon as patents on it are received it will be placed on exhibition. Henry Wimberg, president of the Evansville Brewing Company, who is at the head of the company organized to manufacture the Farmer Flying machine, says that even if they meet with failure to successfully handle the airship the company will manufacture the engine just invented by farmer, as it is certainly the most wonderful engine ever conceived by man's brain, and that it will revolutionize things. The new company has a capital of $80,000.
Feb. 24, 1898, Evansville, IN. On Saturday morning a novel suit is to be tried here.
Recently, while there was so much talk of war between the United States and Spain, the Captain of Company M. Indiana National Guard, issued orders to all members to turn out for regular drills. Several of the members utterly refused to respond, and the matter was reported to headquarters, with the result that a ranking officer was sent here to organize a court-martial.
Five members of the company - Privates Sam Watts, Sam Gilbert, Benjamin F. Schrieber, William J. Cecil, & Frederick Johannes, were found guilty of insubordination, heavily fined and one or [two] of the number dishonorably dismissed from the company.
Since then all of the parties have refused to pay the fines, and now the state will attempt to recover through the courts.
The suits were filed under a statue of 1895. This is the first suit of the kind in the State.
June 26, 1898, Evansville, IN. A storm today near this city that was a little short of a cloudburst did thousands of dollars worth of damage. The Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad had an area of about 3 miles of track washed away and the Evansville & Indianapolis road suffered similar damage, shutting off traffic on both lines. Wheat fields in the oath of the storm were completely destroyed. Much other damage is reported.
Dec. 7, 1898, Evansville, IN. Lena Fetz, wife of a well-to-do farmer near this city, was arrested this evening charged with murder.
Several months ago Miss Lena Wingert died from the effects of being scalded. It was claimed at the Fetz home she had accidentally turned boiling coffee on herself, which resulted in death.
Since then sensational rumors have been going the rounds and the grand jury returned an indictment for murder against Mrs. Fetz. It was claimed she quarreled with Miss Wingert, who resided with the family, and during the trouble Mrs. Fetz, threw boiling water over her.
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 9, 1898 The Box Mystery Cleared Up The box mystery has been cleared up. The cadaver was sent from St. Louis by Ed. Thurman, a medical student, consigned to himself and was a subject obtained at the Sims College. He intended to clean and mount it. His relatives were out of the city and failed to get either his letter or the notices sent by the railroad company. Today they returned and were horrified at the publicity and sensation that had been caused. Date: 1898-12-28; Paper: Indiana State Journal
March 22, 1899, Evansville, Indiana. Thomas H. Wiggs, son of State Senator Joseph Wiggs of Pike County, literally cut to pieces. Wesley Hurt, a young man who entered Wigg's schoolroom with a pistol and told him that one of them must die. Wiggs had only a pocket knife, but he defended himself with this in such a way as to leave his assailant for dead on the floor. He was helped by his brother, a pupil, who also had a knife. The two surrendered themselves to the officers.
MAY GET McKINLEY
Evansvllle Delegation Receives a Promise from the President
July 24, 1899. The Evansville delegation cast its spell on the President today and extracted more than a half promise to attend the reunion of the blue and grey next October, the date to be made to salt the President's convenience.
The President assured the delegation that if he went West as contemplated he would surely arrange to return via Evansville if the thing could be done. His present intention is to be in Chicago on Oct, 10, which would make his Evansvllle stop-over within a day or two after.
The Indiana party, consisting of Senator Fairbanks, Representative Hemenway. Mayor A tkins and Wessel, Hopkins and Schrader left for home this afternoon.
Mr. Kemenway took occasion to inform his Indiana friends while here that he is not a candidate for Governor and that he would not be in the running. To the writer he said; "I would not exchange a seat in Congress for the gubernatorial chair at Indianapolis. I am going to stay in Congress until I am turned out. That, of course, will happen some time, but I am going to keep my seat as long as I can. Until someone in my own party comes along who can take the nomination away from me or a democrat looms up who can defeat me at the polls, I will continue to represent the First Indiana district in Congress. I am grateful to my friends throughout the State who have been urging me to make the race for Governor, but they will have to let me out. I will not run." July 26, 1899, Indiana State Journal
Sept. 3, 1899, Evansville, IN. Sheriff Thomas, of Posey County, arrived here this evening with Dan Powell, colored, whom he saved from a mob by escaping in a buggy.
Today William Carr, a prominent citizen of that place, was fatally shot by Web Thomas, a negro, who escaped and is now being hunted by enraged citizens. A mob then turned to the jail to lynch Powell, who shot an officer a week ago, and is under penitentiary sentence, but the sheriff outwitted the mob. Feeling against negroes is running high at Mt.Vernon.
Oct 4, 1899. Isaac W. Little, of Blackburn, IN. was locked up at Evansville on a charge of fraudulently signing a pension voucher and securing the money. Isaac W. little, of Blackburn, KY. is the alleged victim of the fraud.
Girl in Comatose State May Die.
Oct. 4, 1906 Evansville. Miss Anna Lauer, well known in local society circles, suddenly became unconscious last Thursday when she heard of the death of Dr. Edward Buchardt, her betrothed. Physicians cannot revive her, and say she will probably die. Logansport Reporter Logansport, Indiana Thursday, October 04, 1906; Page 7, Contributed by Janice Rice
1907. Through the mediation of city officials, the terms offered the car men on strike by the company is accepted by the employees and the 10 day struggle comes to an end.
1907. The new scale of wages, 17, 18, and 19 cents an hour, graded according to length of service, went into effect immediately. The old scale was 15, 16, 17, and 18 cents an hour. Under that scale, the average of which was 16 1/2 cents, an employee worked about 12 and one half hours for $1.98.
1907. Under the new scale of wages, the average of which is 18 cents, an employee works 11 hours for $1.98.
src. Evansville Courier and Press: 1907
EVANSVlLLE, Ind., Dec. 1
There is a well defined effort on the part of some leading sporting men here to secure the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight. If it should, succeed it will be under the management of Dan Stuart with whom the local men are now in telegraphic communications. There is plenty of money in sight to make the affair entirely
successful and it is believed there will be no police interference, since several glove fights have been pulled off here, recently with policemen present, the same as in New York. The endeavor to get the fight here is an earnest one, and contrary action by police authorities, which is not expected,
is the only reason, should Dan Stuant agree, to prevent it.
Source: Indiana State Journal December 9, 1896
Vanderburgh County
John Flannagan, aged 10 years, attempted to board a Louisville & Nashville train at Evansville, Ind, a year ago and fell under the wheels, losing both legs. By his next friend, A. G. Gwynn, he yesterday began suit in the superior court against the company for $5,000, charging criminal negligence.
Wisconsin State Journal September 17, 1889
Vanderburgh
EVANSVILLE, Ind Dec 1.—Peter Herrmann, a wealthy manufacturer or wagons and farm implements at this point and Tell City, Ind., died here to-day, the result of an operation for appendicitis. He was about sixty years old and prominent In Republican politics. Wagon factory hag been located here to be in operation by spring and give employment to about three hundred bands. A bonus of $10,000 in money Is to be siren, free water rent for ten years and taxes remitted for a period of ten years, D. M. Parry, of Indianapolis, and E. W. Ansted, of tnis city, are the prime movers In the new enterprise.
Joseph J. Reitz has been appointed deputy surveyor and gauger at Evansville. Ind., at $300 per annum
Date: 1897-12-08; Paper: Indiana State Journal
EVANSVlLLE, Ind., Dec. 1
There is a well defined effort on the part of some leading sporting men here to secure the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight. If it should, succeed it will be under the management of Dan Stuart with whom the local men are now in telegraphic communications. There is plenty of money in sight to make the affair entirely
successful and it is believed there will be no police interference, since several glove fights have been pulled off here, recently with policemen present, the same as in New York. The endeavor to get the fight here is an earnest one, and contrary action by police authorities, which is not expected,
is the only reason, should Dan Stuant agree, to prevent it.
Source: Indiana State Journal December 9, 1896
Vanderburgh County
John Flannagan, aged 10 years, attempted to board a Louisville & Nashville train at Evansville, Ind, a year ago and fell under the wheels, losing both legs. By his next friend, A. G. Gwynn, he yesterday began suit in the superior court against the company for $5,000, charging criminal negligence.
Wisconsin State Journal September 17, 1889
Vanderburgh
EVANSVILLE, Ind Dec 1.—Peter Herrmann, a wealthy manufacturer or wagons and farm implements at this point and Tell City, Ind., died here to-day, the result of an operation for appendicitis. He was about sixty years old and prominent In Republican politics. Wagon factory hag been located here to be in operation by spring and give employment to about three hundred bands. A bonus of $10,000 in money Is to be siren, free water rent for ten years and taxes remitted for a period of ten years, D. M. Parry, of Indianapolis, and E. W. Ansted, of tnis city, are the prime movers In the new enterprise.
Joseph J. Reitz has been appointed deputy surveyor and gauger at Evansville. Ind., at $300 per annum
Date: 1897-12-08; Paper: Indiana State Journal
The Cairo Daily Bulletin
Tuesday, 8 Jan 1878:
Jack Ackerman, a notorious thief and confidence man well known in this city has come to grief up in Indiana. An Evansville jury recently consigned him to the penitentiary for a term of five years. Some of Ackerman's exploits in this city were of a decidedly sensational character. Ackerman is a Jew, and without doubt he is one of the most accomplished villains in the country. He is "muchly worried" too, having no less than three wives living, Ida Blake, a notorious prostitute and one of the handsomest women that ever held forth in a bawdy house in this city. An article from the Evansville Courier giving a account of some of Ackerman's exploits will be found on the first page of this paper.
(Jacob Ackerman married Ida Thompson on 10 Jun 1876, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Transcribed by Darrel Dexter)