Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1915 — Who Is Samuel Martin, Age 22, of Rensselaer? [ARTICLE]

Who Is Samuel Martin, Age 22, of Rensselaer?

Indianapolis Daily Times: Samuel Martin, 22, of Rensselaer, was fined $1 and costs and sentenced to ten days in the workhouse in police court here, after being convicted of a charge of petit larceny. It was alleged he stole a watch from his former roommate, Carl Anderson, when they roomed on North Senate avenue a year ago, and pawned the watch at Lafayette. Anderson said it was the second time Martin had taken the watch.

' Judge Truman F. Palmer, for twelve years judge of the White-Car-roll circuit court, has been urged by friends to enter the race for judge of the Appellate Court for Northern Indiana district and has decided to seek the republican nomination. About fifty of his friends went to him and urged hi njto get into the race and he decided to do so and two committees were appointed to boost his candidacy, the general committee being composed of J. L. Ackerman, Bert VanVoorst and Claud Loughry and the publicity committee composed of A. K. Sills, Jr., S. W. Thompson, H. Fairfield and C. S. Preston. Judge Palmer is 64 years of age. He is a graduate of Indiana University, he is a Shriner and a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias. He has belonged to the Columbia Club since its organization. He was president of the State Bar Association in 1903. The next year he was a delegate to the republican national convention. As a citizen he is praised for his uprightness, honesty, energy and integrity. As a lawyer he has been successful and has esablished a large clientele of business. As a jurist he is just, impartial and dignified. Judge Palmer would be a good man on the appellate bench.