The front page leads with a dramatic conspiracy trial unfolding in New York, where former U.S. Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty and former alien property custodian Thomas W. Miller face charges together — but their lawyers are now turning on each other in court. Max D. Steuer, Daugherty's attorney, objected furiously when Miller's lawyer opened the door to damaging evidence about Swiss Metal Securities Company correspondence. The case centers on allegations that German financier Richard Merton paid $441,000 in commissions to secure the return of $7 million in seized American Metal Company assets. Meanwhile, closer to home, postal authorities believe they've foiled a major mail robbery plot with the arrest of William Donlan, who allegedly trailed registered mail trucks carrying valuable securities from Union Station to the Federal Building. Inspector Harvey Patton reported being followed Saturday morning, and another driver spotted the same suspicious sedan Monday night.

These stories capture America grappling with the aftermath of World War I corruption scandals while experiencing the growing pains of the Roaring Twenties economy. The Daugherty case represents the Teapot Dome era's legacy of government corruption, as Warren G. Harding's former Attorney General faces the music for alleged wartime profiteering schemes. The foiled mail robbery reflects the massive movement of money and securities through a booming economy — enough valuable cargo moving through Indianapolis to make it worth an elaborate surveillance operation. This was an era when cash and bearer bonds moved physically through the mail system, making mail trucks tempting targets for sophisticated criminals.

• The Union Trust Company won a city bond auction with a bid of just 4% interest plus a $40 premium for a $350,000 three-month loan to cover Indianapolis operating expenses
• Butler University football captain Arthur Black was consulting with co-eds about 'snap courses,' with one suggesting 'practical theology' as a good easy subject
• The Mercator Club staged an elaborate mock funeral for straw hats at noon in the Circle, complete with a mule-drawn hearse and former Mayor Lew Shank delivering the funeral oration
• Burglars hit Sheridan High School and stole six pairs of football pants and seven pairs of shoes, prompting the marshal to warn the team might have to play 'in their B.V.D.s'
• A two-mile cross-country police chase ended when the suspect took refuge in Sarah Cummings' house at 2519 Highland Pl., shouting warnings at officers before surrendering

• René Fonck announced he would attempt a 3,600-mile nonstop flight from New York to Paris at dawn Wednesday — this was just months before Charles Lindbergh would make aviation history with the same route in May 1927
• The paper mentions German financier Richard Merton dealing with Leopold Dubois, who was 'a financial adviser to the League of Nations' — the League was at its peak influence in 1926, before the U.S. would finally join international cooperation efforts decades later
• Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson was facing new hoax charges in Los Angeles — she was one of the first celebrity televangelists and her scandals helped birth modern tabloid culture
• The temperature hit 80 degrees by 1 p.m. in Indianapolis on September 14th, 1926 — this was during one of the hottest decades on record before air conditioning was common
• The paper shows bond was set at $10,000 for a vagrancy charge — equivalent to about $170,000 today, showing how seriously authorities took the mail robbery threat