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Trials

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Central Union Telephone Company collection

 Collection
Identifier: L289
Scope and Contents This collection includes blueprints and requests for permission to build from Central Union Telephone Company in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1913 to 1918 regarding the installation of telephone poles, cables, conduits, etc. There is also a volume of court exhibits ranging from 1876 to 1886 concerning the trial of a superintendant of the company for criminal misconduct.

Oversize materials comprise 5 folders of blueprints and attached papers, 1913-1918 (OBC128, OBD067, OBE033).
Dates: 1876-1918

Crime and law photograph collection

 Collection — Folder SP120
Identifier: SP120
Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white photographs from Indiana and the United States, related to various crimes, criminals, and legal cases, such as a lawsuits between demolition companies and various criminal trials, ranging from 1921 to 1980 and undated. There are images of 3 members of the Reno Gang, Bonnie and Clyde, and several Hoosier criminals from the 20th century, as well as an FBI criminal "wanted notice" of car thief Fred Bowen (1938) sent to ...
Dates: 1921-1980, undated

Joseph C. Alexander grave robbery trial photograph

 Collection — Folder SP103
Identifier: SP103
Scope and Contents This collection includes a black-and-white photograph of a crowd of people leaving the old Marion County Courthouse in Indianapolis, Indiana during the trial of Dr. Joseph C. Alexander for grave robbery, circa 1902-1903.
Dates: circa 1902-1903

Knights of the Golden Circle collection

 Collection — Folder S0353
Identifier: S0353
Scope and Contents This collection includes a 5-page manuscript Mary Adeline Denny in Indianapolis, Indiana on December 4, 1924, entitled “How the Capture of Indianapolis by the Knights of the Golden Circle, August 16, 1864, during the Civil War Was Prevented.”
Dates: 1864

Leonard G. Jaqua collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2270
Scope and Contents This collection includes several items from Leonard G. Jaqua's family, including a letter sent to John Jaqua from his brother Richard dated August 18, 1855(?); a "Tribute of Gratitude" given to John Jaqua and his scholars from the trustees of Pleasant Township dated February 24, 1859; John Jaqua's pocket-size memoranda book with entries ranging from 1873 to 1889 regarding farm accounts, family genealogy, the Universalist faith, and a sermon by Rev. E. C. Sweetser; an August 29, 1895 letter sent...
Dates: circa 1855-1932

Warren T. McCray collection

 Collection
Identifier: L096
Scope and Contents This collection consists of two drafts of Warren T. McCray's memoirs, written shortly after his release from prison, describing his family and childhood, agriculture and business interests, political campaigns, and governorship, facsimiles of documents from his trial on mail fraud charges, and his time served in federal prison.
Dates: 1923-1927