Carrying of Weapons Decreases in the City

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, March11: Carrying concealed weapons is one of the most dangerous practices with which the public has to contend, says George Coffin, chief of police. Under his instructions, police have arrested forty-one persons in the past two months each of whom was found to be carrying some sort of weapon, either a revolver, knife or black jack. Judge Walter Pritchard of city court agrees with the chief’s policy. Of those arrested, thirty-four have been found guilty, and most have been fined $100 (2017: $1,659) and costs. “If a man must carry a gun, why let him go to Europe where shooting is good. Uncle Sam needs and will take all, but Indianapolis is not in the war zone. I will fine anyone appearing before me who is found guilty of carrying deadly weapons,” said Judge Pritchard.

“Carrying of Weapons Decreases in the City,” The Indianapolis News, 11 March 1918, p. 19:2

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Lot Forgotten in Greenlawn

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, March 8: While discussing plans to develop the remaining eight acres of Greenlawn Cemetery into a park, members of the board of park commissioners learned yesterday that some Confederate graves had been forgotten. An 1894 ordinance instructed the board of public works and the board of health to remove the bodies from the plot. Commissioner Charles Coffin deplored the forgetfulness that had obscured the burial place of the Confederates here, and told how women in Vicksburg, Mississippi organized each year to decorate graves of the Federal dead there. “I believe as patriotic American citizens we should do as much for the Southern soldiers whose last resting place is in Indianapolis,” said Coffin. Board attorney Walter Myers said he would bring the matter to the attention of several Indianapolis women from the South whom he knew.

“Lot Forgotten in Greenlawn,” The Indianapolis Star, 8 March 1918, p. 15:5

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Military Recital Will Be Given Monday Night

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, March 2: A military recital to benefit the African American band of the 317th Engineer Regiment, of Camp Sherman, Ohio will be given at Caleb Mills Hall, southeast corner of Pennsylvania and North Streets, Monday evening under the auspices of the choir of Allen Chapel, A.M.E. [African Methodist Episcopal] Church. A large audience is expected to attend the program which will be given by an octet of the 317th Engineer Regiment, assisted by the local Home Trio, the Allen Chapel choir, and the Hoosier Favorite Quartet. The latest war songs, black songs, and folk melodies will be featured. The band was organized because of the musical ability of a large number of men in the regiment. Gov. Goodrich will give a short address. Proceeds of the recital will be used toward paying for instruments.

“Military Recital Will Be Given Monday Night,” The Indianapolis News, 2 March 1918, p. 18:2

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