Richmond Palladium (Daily), 17 March 1906 — Page 1
JPAjLLAB WEEKLY V8TH 4 II ISO , DAIJl.Y ESTABLl HKU . t RICHMOND.' INDIANA, SATURDAY MORNING MARCH 17, 1906. SINGLE COPIES -CENTS.
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MURDERED HER ' BECAUSE SHE TAUNTED HIM
MACK PROFFIT KILLED EMMAJEAN DAVIS BY SHO OTING -HER TriREiE TIMES WITH REVOLVER GAVE HIMSELF UP TO POLICE WITH LITTLE EMOTION HE TOLD SERGEANT BETZOLD Or THE CRIME HE . . HAD COMIJITTZD. ARE YOUNG COLORED PEOPLE Shooting Took Place at Chas. Profit's Boarding House on Ft. J Wayne Ave. Had Been On Intimate Terms. Immediately after shooting and almost instantly killing " Emmajean Davis, a colored girl about twentytwo years old, Mack Proffit, also colored, 24 years of age, walked into the police station at about eleven o clock last night and asked to be locked up for murder. above Sell's meat market, 181 Ft. Wayne Ave. and had just returned from the Proffit resturant on North Eighth street, where; he was employed as a cook. He had gone to his room and to bed, but in a few minutes got up and went to his sister-in-law, the murdered girl's sister, and told her that there was too much noise in the house for him to go to .1 . V .' A - 1 11 1 1 sieep anu ne wanted me people wno were making it to be more quiet. Mrs. Proffit then went into the room where the Davis girl was enter taining some company, a man by the name of John Henry and two girls, one of whom was Louisa Moss, and told them that Mack could not go to sleep. This made the Davis girl angry and she went to the room where he was and commenced to tease him. 'He threatened to shoot her if she did not stop, but this only, served to make her taunt him more. He then reached under his- pillow and drawing out a 32 calibre revolver, shot at her three times. The girl staggered out of the room and Proffit jumped up, revolver in hand, ready to shoot some more, but he was restrained and the girl was taken into another room, where she died in about ten minutes, all the shots haying taken effect. The girl and Proffit had always been on intimate terms, according to ' the other members of the family, and no cause can be assigned for the deed other than her taunting him. The Davis girl was a domestic in the , home of J. J. Zoller. - Proffit, realizing the extent of his
o'clock, about three quarters of an hour aftr the shooting, he walked into the police headquarters and j approaching Desk Sergeant - Betzold, stated that he had shot a woman on Ft. Wayne Ave., and wished to give himself up. Sergeant Betzold at once locked the self-confessed muri derer up and then notified Officer Westenberg to go to the scene of the shooting. , Proffit is known to the colored people in this city as a quiet, even tempered man. He has been in the city ff and on for the past two years and has worked most of the time at the restaurant of his brother, Charles Proffit. For a short time he was employed by diaries Amsden, at the Driving Park. Af late he has been cooking at the Proffit restaurant. Before coming to this city Mack Proffit lived in Indianapolis where he was employed at various times as a'wait(Continued to page 8.)
HELPING THE WEEDY
MARCH WEATHER ' HAS CAUSED MANY TO ASK FOR AID. Township Trustee Has More Calls Than Is Usual at This Season . . i of the Year. !Mareh, as a rule, is the. first month in the year when the demands upon the township trustee and the Richmond charitable organizations, begin to lighten. ; March, this year, hovever,has been an exemption to the rule and Trustee Potter has been called upon -to supply considerable fuel to families that are in real distrss. The Associated Charities, also, have had much to do along this line and also in furnishing clothing to the poor, especially to children. At Trustee Potter's office today it was stated that the winter as a whole had not been one of excessive" suffering among the poorer classes. -' A majority of the; heads of families have found employment throughout the winter months and the total cost of caring for the wants of the distressed will fall much below the figures for some winters in the past few years. GAAR SCOTT CO. PAYS MOST TAX BIG HARVESTER COMPANY PAYS WAYNE COUNTY OVER $18,000 A YEAR. HOOSIER DRILL COMES NEXT The City Cannot Compare With Marion and Muncie in Point of Big Factories. Richmond has but few large home concerns which pay large amounts of tax each year into the City and County Treasuries. There is only one factory that comes, up with some of the large glass, steel and tin mills of Marion or Muncie. Gaar, Scott & Company has the largest amount of assessable property in the city, the net value of the taxables of this corporation being $753,000. Tax to the amount of $18,S40 is paid each year bn this property. The Hoosier Branch of the American Seeding Machine , Company while not in the same class as the Gaar, Scott Co., ranks next, paying $2816.23 on taxables to the value of $112,650. Following the Hoosier Drill Works, comes the Richmond City Water Works, paying annually $22S8.75. The Richmond Light, Heat & Power Company ' comes fourth paying $2225. Other concerns pay tax as follows: Richmond Home Tel. Co $2005.83 Robinson & Co. .$2003.00 Richmond Nat. Gas Co 1908.24 J. M. Hut ton Co. 1401.25 The Wayne Works 13S0.0O Cental Union Tel. Co. . . . ... 1279.46 : HAVEG0HET0 NEWPORT Rev. Mr. Stanley Hughes and family have gone to Newport, Rhode Island, where Mr. 'Hughes has accepted the position of assistant rector in the Episcopal church. WEATHER INDICATIONS.
Temperature. March 16, 1905. Morning .45 Noon ..........66 Night .............69 March 16, 1906. 7 Morning . . ... .... . . .18 Noon .......... ...............32 Night ........ .................21
Forecast for Richmond and vicinity: Partly cloudy and warmer.
GATHERING OF ODD FELLOWS
THE DISTRICT MEETING PLANNED FOR COUNTY EARLY IN SUMMER. TO BE MADE A BIG AFFAIR Preliminary Steps Will Be Taken Within the Next Few Weeks by the Committee. ." Adistrict meeting of Odd Fellows will be held early the coming, summer at Jackson Park, and within the next, two or three weeks the first preliminary work looking -toward the event will be commenced. The county constitutes a district, and it is the intention of those outlining the plans to have every subordinate lodge, Encampment and Rebekah degree organization identified with the affair. . L. A. Handley, District Deputy of the Grand Master will call upon all of the Odd Fellog organizations in the county to select a representative for the general committee . which -"will meet in Richmond some time in April and fix
OUR UNCOMMON CARRIERS.!
"Carrylrg Water on Both Shoulders "on Very Uncertain Footing.
upon the date and also outline the program in a general way. Jackson Park, being centrally located and easy of access via interurban from both the east and west sides of the county, it is looked upon as an ideal place for a gathering of this sort. There are four thousand Odd Fellows in Wayne County and a majority of them will probably attend, together with their families. Grand Master Hollywood, of Indianapolis has already given' his word that he will attend the Wayne county meeeting and make an address "and in addition there will be other men of prominence in the affairs of the organization who will take part. A continuous" band concert throughout the day "and other features will be planned by the committee in charge. June 16 will ikely by the day decided upon for the meeting. ANNUAL MEETING ' The Oratorical Association 6f Earlham met Thursday in Lindley Hall. All bills standingr against the association were allowed. i SHOWS IIOJMPROVEMEilT The condition of Ben Moorman, who was recently, taken to Easthaven is not improved and little hope is entertained of his recovery. .
PREDICAMENT IS PECULIAR
CANDIDATE FOR EASTHAVEN SAYS HE WAS DRUNK AND NOT CRAZY. A LUNACY INQUEST WAS HELD Now Frank Emory of Bluffton Must Be Brought to the Hospital Before Gaining Freedom. Frank Emory, a citizen of Bluffton, who, ' Wednesday was declared insane, and who was to have been brought, to Richmond, yesterday, and placed' in the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane, did not arrive because of the fact that it has developed that instead of being crazy he was suffering from ah aggravated attack of delirium tremens, the result of a protracted spree. . The unique feature of the case is that Emory, having been declared insane by a regularly constituted commission, must be brought to Easthaven and there formally discharged by the medical superintendent before he, can gain his freedom. Emory is a molder by .trade and last Sunday during the snow storm, he was found in a cemetery at the outer edge of Bluffton. He' was almost dead from prolonged exposure, and after being taken to the county jail, his rambling talk impressed the officers that he was insane. Steps were taken t to have Emory committed to the asylum and a commission was appointed to pass judgment. Emory was declared insane and the commission recommended that he be bought to Richmond immediately. Yesterday Emory was as well, apparently, as he ever was and talked perfectly rational. He says that he saw snakes and alligators 1 simply because he drank too much cheap whiskey. He is violently opposed to going to the asylum but, a' dispatch from Bluff toll says the officers fear that the : only course now open to them is io. take him to , the asylum and if .the doctors there think he is sane, to let them turn him loose. - "COEOR'' TRAIN COMING The Panhandle "eolor train" will visit the Richmond Division next week to test the sight and hearing of employes. It leaves Logans port on March 19 and gets here on either the 22 or 23. :
JUDGE'S SENTIMENT
REGRETS DANIEL , SHERRICK SOUGHT PUBLIC OFFICE. Declares That the Temptation Was Too Great for the State Auditor to Overcome. Indianapolis, March 16. (Special) -Judge J. E. MeCullough, who heard the Sherrick case and whose insructions to the jury favored the prosecution, was deeply impressed with the misfortunes of the man. "It is too bad that he was guilty," said the judge. "It is unfortunate that he ever took such an office. Not accustomed to handling large sums of money, Sherrick was placed sud denly in charge of half a million dollars. The temptation to use it to his own ends was too great for him. It is too bad. " There is no excuse for his misdeeds, however. The law, since 1896, has been as plain as day. A child could understand by reading the statute that public funds can not be treated as Sherrick treated them." FINDS PEARLS IN AN OYSTER HORACE SMITH HAS GOOD LUCK IN THE WESTCOTT HOTEL DINING ROOM. i JEWELS LARGE AND VALUABLE Waiter Also Shares Traveling Man's Good Fortune by Getting a Dollar Tip. ; - Horace L. , Smith, a , Cincinnati traveling man, left Richmond yesterday in'; a happy frame of mind over his visit to this city, and with a resolve to make a practice of ordering oysters on the half , shell, in every hotel he stops. The cause of Mr. Smith's humor was an unusual experience he had in the Westcott hotel dining room, Thursday evening at. supper time. Mr. Smith is very fond of oysters, especially oysters on the half shell, and Thursday evening as his eyes roamed up and down the menu he espied his favorite dish. He ordered the waiter to bring him some oysters and just as he was preparing to eat them, he saw two shiny objects glistening under the glare of the lights. He picked them up and on closer examination found them to be genuine pearls, each about the size of a half peanut kernel. His good fortune almost robbed him of his appetite for the oysters and the rest of the meal.: The waiter ajso shared Mr. Smith's satisfaction as, he was the recipient of a dollar tip. The two pearls are quite valuable arid Mr. Smith intends to have them mounted in a ring. IS MUCH IMPROVED Charles Du Hadway Is .Having a ' Pleasant Time Cruising Off the V Coast of Florida. Charles R: DuIIadway, of this city, formerly cashier of the First National Bank, has been spending the winter at Orlando, Florida. He is greatly' improved in health and will return to this city as soon as the weather becomes warmer. A few days ago he sailed on a fruit schooner from Tampa for the Bahama Islands, and it is expected that he will be two weeks oh the water. After a short stay there he will sail again for Tampa. 7 T. S. North. Traveling Freight Agent of the Wabash, made his initrial trip to this city yesterday. ;
HOSTILITIES ARE RENEWED
FINLEY LIGHT ARTILLERY PUTS REESE;S GUARDS TO ROUT. FOUR .SEVERELY WOUBEB Artillery Forces Were Entrenched Behind an Embankment of Snow Roosevelt Intervenes. List of Wounded. Clarence Runge, y lieutenant, Company 8, hit ineye by seven inch Mausser ball, will recover. ; Carl Reitl, private, company 6, severe wound in back, will survive. ' ( v William JShirin, private, com-' pany 8, hit in the ear, will recover. Charles Lawson, private company 8, eye wound, - serious :but probably not ' fatal. Less - than a. .quarter of a mile soutla of the historic National Road, at appoint wherfc South B and Fourth streets of the City ;! of Richmond meet, Company 8 "of Reese's guards and Companies 7 and 6 of the Finle'y field artillery, met in deadly combat yesterday afternoon. . . The dispatch of Captain Ralph Little, of Company 8, to headquarters, late yesterday afternoon tells of the severe defeat suffered by his
forces. ' The dispatch reads : General Mottski, 'Department of Garfield. "V. "March, 16, 1906. Detachinent of 18 'soldiers' under my command encountered a. 1 superior force, numbering 36 under command . of Capt. Walter Lawson of Company 7 and Lieutenant Jesse Clapp, Company 6, Finley field artillery late this afternoon. vThe enemy was entrenched behind a rude but strong embankment of snow. Our troops fought bravely but had to retire in face of a heavy) fire from the fort. Retreat was made in good order, the three wounded being well cared for. We do. not anticipate another attack. Your Obedient Servant, Ralph Little, , ' Command Company 8.. Special war correspondents of the Palladium were on the scene of action but word received . from them state that they suffered cold feet and were unable to get the full details of, the fight. They state, however, that after the battle commenced Capt.. Little lead an attack on the fortr but in a hand to hand combat witb Leslie Sprouse of Company 6, he was caught about the legs and thrown to the ground thus preventing the fort from being taken. The breast works were partly destroyed but they served to protect their defenders. Later in the day , Companies 7 and 6 left the fort and by a fierce sally swept the worn out forces of Company 8 far south. In leading the retreat Carl Reid was severely wounded "in
the back. Roosevelt Disgusted. (Special to Palladium.) 0 ' Washington, D. C, March 16. f President Roosevelt has been ap-7 prised of- th battle 'which -took place at Richmond today and wasjso angry that he showed his teeth twice. A peace conference is to be called at Thistlethwaite's pond, and an effort to arbitrate will be made. -w;,; r - ti '-'.i I NOW A MAGIIATE J.' Clyde Power, of Indianapolis, superintendent of parks, has been made vice-president of ! a" Florida railroad company that proposes to build a" new line connecting several inland : cities with the ' coast. Mr. Powers was once in the employ of the city of Richmond, making the first topographical map of Glen Miller park and doing, the original work along the line of beautifying it.--
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