Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 27 February 1892 — Page 5
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Cnpt. Vocom, of Hustings, Neb., Regents •.-•••an Insult to His Daughter by Killing Iler Mnllgner.
•••'. HASTINGS, Neb., Feb. 23.—A tragedy was enacted Monday evening on the busiest thoroughfare in the city. Capt. A. D. Vocum, special inspector of customs, with headquarters in Idaho, exmayor of this city, and one of the most prominent men of western Nebraska, who is home on a visit to his family, walked up Second street, and, when in front of the Hotel Bostwick, pulled a large pistol from his overcoat, and, without warning, deliberately fired iour shots at Myron Van Fleet, a pr ftninent character about town, every bullet taking cffect. Van Fleet fled inside the hotel to avoid the fusilads of bullets, fell exhausted in the office of the hotel and expired in forty minutes.
The tragic affair is the culmination of a cowardly scandal raised in this city and published in a scandal paper In Lincoln December 13, 1600, which at the time stirred social circles from center to circumference. Van Fleet alleged that December 4. 1800. Miss Yocum, a daughter of the captain, and the colored coachman had skipped to Denver and had been clandestinely married. Upon investigation it was discovered that Miss Yocum nad not been in Denver. During the absence of Capt. Yocum Miss Yocum had been hounded by Van Fleet, Who has repeatedly made indecent proposals to the young lady. Capt Yocum did not hear of the scandal «ntil he returned home on a visit ten days ago, and then lie learned the particulars from Van Fleet himself. Yocum set about to investigate the matter and satisfied himself that Vau Meet was the author of the scandal. Van Fleet had repeatedly stated that Miss \ocum and the negro had been intimate. Yoeum was arrested and held await the coroner's inquest.
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Potter, tho Amerinnn
Potter, tho American actress.
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Statue to IlriKlium Young.
SALT LAKE CITT, U. T., Feb. 23.—It has been decided that llrigham Young is to have a statue erected to his honor in this city. The general idea of the work was taken from the C.ambctta monument recently orated in Paris and is to make not simp,y
a
statue of
President \oung but also a memorial to he pioneers. It will
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cost
Sr,0,000
IVorkingineirii Demonstration JIny 1E'UTSSELS, Feb. "3. A large workingi.i" congress was held here Kunday fur the purpose of discussing the best means to compel parliament to giant universal suffrage. It was reon^rnV-
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are demand
NEWCASTLE, Treb. 18.-At a meeting «I the north of England steamship owners it was decided to appeal to snip owners throughout the country instruct a second Suez canaL
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1 A DMTNISTH ATO 1!'S SAI.K OF KK.YL TATE. Notioe Ishoivby givn that I will soil at public auction til the .smith elixir of tlm court house in Crnwforitavllle. Iml .•inn. on Saturday the 2llt.li day ot .Vim-! h, IK'.ii, lii'tMi'on tho hours of 10 o'c a. in. am] 4oVkwk p.m., tho following sc-ibeil rcaI ostatu to-wit: Lot* numbered ami !1 in Strnw S. Di'tohon'tf 5th addition to the t.Avn oT Nt'w ifi-limnji,j. .MontgomKry county,
Indiana, ami lot number 10 in Stowo S. Detchon's 3rd adiliti towaid town. T' :K US UK SAI.K: One-third cull, onn.third in nino itionilisnnd ouo-third in rlghii'nn months? from t.im .lut- of wile. Tho p'livhnsnr to psnotehis uotea and mortgage tor said di-ferred pay inputs bearing six per con*, interest from dato
KDWAHD T. McOKEA.
Administiator of tho estate of ArtcmisaAVado, derea-^i'd. M. W. liKt'NKK, Attorney for Adm'r,
There are four times as many Ir shJ men in the United States as English men.
New York granite-cutters, will have a 85,000 monument at the World's Fair.
Thirtoen tons of postage stamps are paid to have been sold in New York City last year.
Mis. Abigail Houghton, of Seranton, Pa., keeps about two hundred pet sparrows in her house,
There are said to be two hundred women in New York who go to Europe twice a year to buy their dresses.
The Emperor of Germany gets about six hundred letters per day.
Jackson county, citizen bearing tho name of Coffee Rice.
Missouri, wholesale
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this Month At
JMesLn Business,
J. 8. KELLY,
has a grocery
Over three hundred thousand rangeto tiees were planted in Mexico last year by planters from California.
For scrofula in every form Hood's Sarsaparilla is a radical, reliable remody. It has an unequalled record of cures.
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affair having largely subsided, the peo-
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Tliat
Loy should have been hanged or
shot is generally admitted by every body, but burning the poor wretch at the stake was a shock to civilization. The mob was mostly composed of young railroad men who lost their reason in their thirst for revenge. The authorities were powerless to prevent the mob from carrying out its plans.
A Homicide Justified,
TARKYTOWN, N. Y., Feb. 22.—Chief of Police Hackett, who shot and kilied James Hannon at a primary election on Wednesday night, was discharged from custody Saturday. When ho appeared for examination before Judge Armstrong no one testified against him and L«aw3Ter I/ovett moved his dismissal. At a meeting of citizens held later Chief Hackctt's action was commended.
No Damage from the Gorged Ice. PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 22. The Parker ice gorge reached here about daylight Sunday and caused a rise in tho river of 3 feet in an hour, but the ice was badly broken by its long journey and it passed down the Ohio river witnoui doing anv dam air*
Goods
An Awful Suicide,
The following special from New Ross to tho Journal of Tuesday contains a graphic account of one of the mo9t sickening suicides on record: "The whole community was inexpressibly scocked Monday night when word reached the town that Perry Beck, one of the most prosperous and well known young farm ers in this community had committed suicide at his home, three miles northeast, at three o'clock in tho afternoon. The terrible deed was evidently planned with great coolness and deliberation and loft no doubt but that Beck intended to end his existence instantly. The family of the suicide were away 'rom home at tho time he took his life and their absence resulted in the fearful multilation of the body. Beck retiring to a room and closing the house tied a short stick to the trigger of a shot gun loaded with a leaden ball. Placing tho muzzle against his heart and bearing upon the gtwi he pressed upon tho stick with his foot discharing tho piece and blowing a hole entirely though his body. A passing neighbor heard tho muffled report of the gun and thinking that something was wrong forced an entrance to tho house and brust into the room of death where a most horriblo and sicken ing spectacle was presented. As the door How open a cloud of smoke and the awful stench of burning flesh poured out well nigh over powering tho ono enter ing. Tho wadding of the gun's load had ignited the clothing
in a most revolting manner. When the horror struck neighbor burst ill the clothing had all burned from the body excepting the legs of the pantaloons and they wore burning the ilesh beneath them crackling and sputtering in the flames. Water was quickly secured and thrown upon tho charred and blackened stump which lay upon tho floor and the total cremation of the body thus prevented. The startled neighborhood was soon upon tho ground and the awful mass of burned flesh was cared for as well as possible. The deceased was 27 years old and leaves a wife and two children. Tho only cause which can be ascribed for the rash deed is mental aberration. He had boon in only fair health and his friends noticed that ho was subject to attacks of melancholy."
A Big Suit.
Last Saturday's Indianapolis Sentinel contains the following interesting news relative to the Crawfordsville Water Works Company: "Melville W. Bruner, Receiver of tho Crawfordsville Waterworks Company, to-day instituted suit in this city against, R. B. F. Pierce, Receiver of the I. D. and S. Railway, and Juge E. B. Martindale, claiming S2G,000 damages and making sotne picturesque and sensational charges.
Tho complaint alleges that defendants, Pierce & Martindale, with John S. I3rown, organized tho Crawfordsville Water-works, capital S200,000 and each subscribed 810,000 stock, on which not a dollar was paid. First mortgage bonds calling for &1D0,000 were then isBued, after which$197,000 of thoS200,000 capital stock was issued as paid up stock, all of which, together with what was realized from tho sale of the bonds, was given to Messrs Comegy Lewis, contractors, who in return presented §10,000 of tho stock to Mr. Pierce.
It is further alleged against Martindale that after assuming a contract with the other Directors to construct the walnr-wor cs, and. n..t wanting to appear us a Director, h? transfered his stock 1o a sou without consideration and resigned as Director, after which he sold to Comegy & Lewis all his contracts and rights for $10,000.
It is also alleged that Judgo Martindale had an agreement with Comegy & Lewis, by which he was to secure for them the contract to build tho works in consideration of S10,000. The receiver avers from its inception tho Waterworks Company was wholly insolvent, and was known to be such by its officers and Directors"
Swanic & Clark, tho tailors, have the largest and most complete line of foreign and domestic goods for suitings, pantaloonings and overcoatings ever brought to tho city. See them before placing your order.
PUNGENT POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.
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The survivors of the Peirce faction of '82 are in it for keeps this time. Keep out of the way Ramsey. "That blanket blanked Dice crowd will get blank beat out of them before this thing is over."—Marshall Nye.
Williams should bo turned out of tho chairmanship. He is not a fit representative of the party."—P. S. Kennedy. "If Williams don't keep his blauked mouth Bhut, I'll go to Brazil and eeo that he gets no support at all from the delegates."—W. T. Brush.
Gilbert Gray wants the republican nomination for sheriff. Better stay where YOU are. It's a sure thing out there while politics is a mighty doubtful "critter."
Mike Carroll will cotnpleto his road in Jackson connty within the next few days, after which ho will return and prosecute a campaign in his own interest as a candidate for senator.
Hon. James McCabe, of Williamsport, is a candidate for Bupreino court judge before the democratic nominating con. volition. Mr. McCabo is among tho brightest legalites in the west and his selection would be eminently proper.
Tho Williams-Brush light grows merry. Williams is "sawing much wood,"' but his adherents continue to give vent to expletives which possess more force than eloquence. A mero mention to thein of last Wednesday's convention is like dropping alighted match in a powder mill.
Can Jeff Scott act in tho capacity of superintendent of. tho electric light works and still retain his seat in the council chamber?" A VOTER.
No. Jeff is a sly fox and won't be caught napping. He is now busily engaged in writing his resignation from his present office which ho will hand in in a couple of weeks previous to the time set for appointing the new superintendeut. See?
of the wretched \Y illie Bill Whittington, the "weeping
suicide and they were burning off of him willow of Possum Ridge," is going to shy
his castor into tho mayorality ring this spring. If Willie fails in this race, he may try for tho office of justice of tho peace next time, but after that they will liavo to .adopt Jeff Scott's plan and create a place for him. Imitate your redheaded childhood friend and keep pecking away, Whit., you will get there bye and bye.
A Strange Disappearance.
The strange disappearance of Thomas Garr, a well known farmer living east of the city, is causing great excitement in that community and grave fears are entertained that he has been foully dealth with. Mr. Garr is son-in-law of Enoch Smith, one of tho wealthiest and best known farmers in the county. Some time since Garr's wife died and left three small children to tho husband's care. Several dayd previous to Garr's disappearance he and Mr. Smith made an ineffectual effort to havo these children outer the Orphan's Home, the old folks feeling that they could not give the necessary care and training. Mr. Garr recently sold his effects and tho money accrued therebj, $2,500, he continually carried on his person. He had expressed no intention of going away and apparently had made no preparations to that effect. Last Friday he came to this city since which time no trace of his whereabouts has been discovered. This week a vigilant search was instituted but up to the time of going to press it has resulted in naught. Mr. Garr is a man of good habits, both in a moral and business way, which fact give his friends ground for fear that he has been murdered for his money.
Death of Mrs. William Robertson. Mrs. William Robertson died at her homo on west Main street Wednesday morning of pneumonia after a severe illness of two weeks. Mrs. Robertson's maiden name was Susan D. Ramoy and she was born in this city mi February 2, 1S37, being 55 years at the time of her death. She was the daughter of the late Alvin Ramey and she was married to Wm. Robertson ou January 11, 1803. No children were born to them but an adopted daughter, Mrs. Morland Binford of Odgen, Utah, was with her at the time of her death. Mrs. Robertson was one of nature's noblest daughters, a true christian woman universally beloved and esteemed. In her death the poor lose a bonefactress and tho church a consistent, activo member whoso place would be bard to (ill. No lady in tho city was more generally know or noted for christian, charitable acts than Mrs. Sue Robertson and her death was a Bevere shock to tho whole community. The funeral occured from the family residence yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev.R. J. Cunningham officiating. Interment at Oak Hill.
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THE ISSUE IS MADE.
It Is Cleveland and Brookshire V3- Hill and Byrd. At a townskip meeting in Terre ll auto to select delegates to the State, Congressional and joint Representative contentions last Saturday night Cleveland I and Brookshire were made an issue on one side and Hill and Byrd on tho other. The Hill faction was headed by
John E. Lamb and the Cleveland forces
by Wm. C. Ball. Both these gentlemen
are candidates for the position of dele-
gates from this district to the National
Courtney Must Tell What He Knows. Last Tuesday John R. Courtney made an ineifectual effort in the circuit court to quash tho affidavit of John L. Shrum, administrator of tho lato Madamo Von Rokoy, a victim of the Monon wreck, which demanded that Courtney be called up and forced to disclose what he
knew concerning the deceased. Shortly
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Convention and the contest was there- provetj
after Miss Von Rokoy's death .Tiukro th* nffinml Harney appointed Shrum administrator of her estate. By some means Courtney obtained a letter for Miss Von Rokoy, presumably from her relatives in Germany, opened it and read its contents. On the grounds that a lotter was property Shrum brought suit to recover Ihe missle. Courtney demurred to Hie complaint, and as mentioned above tho court overruled it. Courtney ontored another demur, but the proceedings will go on just the same, through which medium Mr. Shrum is in hope to at onco get in direct communication with tho doceased'p relatives and thereby settle the matter with tho railroad company.
to air their
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fore very exciting. Iho nnti-Brook- writers on various matters, but he would bo exceedingly selfish to not permit others who had views adverse to his from publishing them. .-.•'/'
shire men were out on masse and made a vigorous fight for Mr. Byrd, of Clay, and succcded in capturing six of the ten delegates for their mao. The gentlemen in Vigo have iiuuie the issuo aud it is fair to presume that every county in the district is perfectly willing to tight it out on that ground— Cleveland and Brookshire vs. Hill and Byrd.
the many opinions expressed
A Bis Law Suit.
The trial of Oliver P. Lewis, adminiaI trator of tho estate of [Jrial Deer, deceased, vs. John Teogarden and Hulda
Teegarden, venued to Parke county from Fountain county, is in progress at 1 Rockville. The- lawyers for the plaintiff arc Kennedy & Whittington, of Crav»fordsville, C. V. Marshall, of Covington, and Samuel I,). Puett, of Rnckvillft.
There is twenty five to thirty thousand dollars invplved, including personal property and real estate. The witness08 number over one hundrod and thirty and three stenographers are employee?,
Misa L(,na
joycej
of Terre 1Iaut6) i(J
the official stenographer, assisted by Webb, or Covington, and Mr. W. M. White of Crawfordsville. Judgellhoads. of Terro Hauto is acting an judge.
Hydrophobia at New Boss, horo is great excitement at present in tho vicinity of New Ross over several well developed cases of hydrophobia. A few week ago a wandering mad dog passed through New Rosa and on eastward and bit a number of dogs and sheep. Within the last few days several sheep have gone tde and were forced to b» killed. The dogs aro going mad and aro biting other dogs. The score is pleto and almost every citizen goes weft armed.. I
More Wind Work.
Ed Corey, tho champion heavy weight lighter of Indiana, is in the city, an# his friends havebegunnegotiationslooking to a fistic encounter between hi» and Evon, tho Michigan welter weight. It is expected that the details for th»~ match will bo concluded within a day OF two.—Lafayette Courier.