Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 14 August 1897 — Page 1

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ESTABLISHED

1841

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No. 207

East Market Street.

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CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY. AUGUST 14, 1897.

ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY.

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THE CLOVER LEAF

Railway Makes a Victim for the-

Coroner and Undertaker.

The body of an unknown man wt-g brought to town mi Friday morning from Linden and taken to the undertaking establishment of George Carver. Between Clark's llill and Kirkpatrick a train about midnight going weBt on the Clover Leaf line at a high rate of ppeed knocked a tnan, apparently sitting on the track, a distance of fully twenty feet. The engine was stopped and the trainmen went back and picked him up. He was dead, and a frightful hule in the left forehead indicated at once where he had been struck by the engine. He had doubtless died instantly. Who he was none knew. Ilia body was brought on the train to Linden and from there here next day. He was shabbily drowsed, and was apparently between 25 and 30 years of age. On his person the sura of SI.35 was found and on the ground where he was first noticed a loaf of bread and a watermelon waa found. He was buried by Undertaker Carver at the expense of the county, and interred in the "old town" cemetery.

Sunday School Convention/ The first nuarterly convention of the Montgomery county Sunday School Association will be held at Linden on Friday, August 27. 9:30—Devotional Exercises

1:301:40-

REV. J. M. STAFFORD

1):40—The Junior Bible Class E. T. MUKPHY 10:00—Discussion. 10:10—The Teacher and the Class ..

MRS. M. A. TEISTF.R

10:30—Discussion. 10:40—The Teacher's Meeting in Country Districts. .REV.C. D.ROYC 11:10—Discussion 11:20—Unselfish Service

Rev. A. C. GEYEK

12:00—Dinner. AFTERNOON SESSION. -Praise Service,. .WM. NICHOLSON •The Supply Teacher's Class. .REV. C. J. BUNNELL 2:00—Discussion. 2:15—The Supply Teachers Preparation H. R. LOOKABILL 2:35—Discussion. 2:50—Responsibility of the Parent for the Work of the Sunday

School RKV. R. D. THICK 3:30—"Rally Day" What is it? Shall we observe it?

GENERAL DISCUSSION

4:00—Adjournment.

Sunday Schools will ploase announce and appoint delegates Who Will Attend conventions. GRACE JOHNSON, CHAS. W. ROSS.

Secretary. President.

Died of Lockjaw.

Carlisle Slmnnon, eight years of age, son of George' Shannon, of Shannondale, ran thorn into his foot last Sunday* Medical aid wa-t summoned, and everything done possible for the little sufferer, but in vain. Lockjaw set in followed by convulsion, and after a terrible straggle death came to hiD relief on Friday.

Bed Mens' Pow-Wow-

The Red Men of Indiana will give a most olaborate and unique entertainment at Shelby ville, on August 1G and 17, consisting of barbacue, parade, sham battle between state troups and artilery against Indians. For the above occasion the Big Four will on August '16 and 17 sell round trip excursion i-kets at 82.10 for round trip good returning Aug. 18. W. F. ROYER, Agt.

D. J. Kennedy's fine wines and brandies at the Clipper. Our 81.75 rocker and 812.50 bed room suit with matting at 10 cento per yard, is what knocks. See them at ZacK Mahorney & ("!o.'s.

Secretary Morgan has been ordered by the fair association to secure a band of musicians during three days of the fair. It would be a pleasing feature just have ouce to a good band for the exhibition and the people would appreciate it.

Toe premium lists of the State Fair are being distributed. Liberal premiums are offered in all classes, making it an object to any one who may have ii',eritorioii8 articles to exhibit. Write to C. F. Kennedy, Indianapolis, Ind., for a copy of the list.

The time to visit Indianapolis is during State Fair week, beginning September 13th. The railroads will offer a low rate and the city will be in gala attire. The State Fair will be well worth attending tor an entire change of program has been aseured.

The first manufacture of pressed brick under the new company will be turned out during this month. Uver 500,000 moulded brick are now in the two kilns undergoing the burning process, and it is thought that by the first of the ensuing month they will bo finished acd ready for shipment.

The railroads are offering a low rate to Indianapolis during fail week, and our people can find •'trie to visit the Capital Cm, ii.ts of every resident of the State. Ms vo your arrangements to visit Indin-iapv during fair week. It will pay ^swi, It will be an excellent time for a viu.-nvon. aud one full of interest and

LATER INDICATIONS

Point to the Innocence of Henshaw,

the flinister Convicted of

flurder.

A strange turn 6eems to le taking in the Henshaw murder case of Hendricks county, in which Rev. Henshaw, a Methodist preacher, after an exciting trial over two years ago in that county, was convicted of the murder of his wife, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the northern penitentiary. Very many in the locality where* it happened at Belleville, have believed him innocent among them the mother of the murdered woman. Their belief in his innocense would seem to lie confirmed judged by the confession of a prisoner named Baney of the Northern prison who says that ho and two other men, Van Tassel and Whitney, who are also now in prison, committed the crime. Gov. Mount granted a five das' parole this week to Banev, who accompanied by a guard and the attorneys of Henshaw, visited the scene of the murder. The Sentinel in reporting the matter gives some of the details aB follows: "On coming to tho town, which he (Baney) recognized, he was asked to drive through and point out the house.

As he passed he said he might not be able to on aecount of the shade trees, which are quite dense, but in coming to the Ilinehaw house, which is but little shaded, he at once said:

There she is."

After some preliminary consultation with local parties by Mr. Parker, Baney drove back to the house from the west, as he says he did on the night of the murder, for he has now admitted that he was the third party who accompanied Whitney and Van Tassel instead of Walls, as he first claimed. He drove to the point where he said the team was left on the night of the murder and the party proceeded on foct. Baney entered the house which had been left vacant tor frhe night in aavance. There was ,pot a room in which the furniture was "4he same or arranged as it was on the fateful night. In the firBt room he showed where the cupboard stood from which the pistol and razor were taken by Van Tassel and handed to him. lie also said he stumbled against a chair in

Aie room and pushed it under a table. The chair and table were there on the night of the murder, but not Tuesdaynight. In the second room there was no bed, but be said there was an unoccupied one on the night of the murder and correctly showed where it stood.

Correct la Details.

In the third room there was abed last night, but he correctly said there was none on the night of the murder. In the fourth room where the Henshaws slept, there were two beds last night. Baney said there was but one on the night, or the murder and told correctly where it stood. He also showed where he threw Henshaw's trousers, the razor and tho pocketbook, each of which was found within a few feet of the place he indicated. His story is that Van Tassel und Whitney entered the house first and had rummaged the cupbard before ha entered. He weut with them into IlecEhaw's.room and secured his trousers, which he carried out and searched.

When he came back the scuffle ^as in progress, and he passed out the west door of the shed and round the house to see if the coast was clear. When he came around Whitney and Henshaw were struggling in the road and Van Tassel stood in the yard and shot at Mrs.. Henshaw on the back steps."

." Old Settlers' Day.

Tuesday occurred the fifteenth annual meeting of the old settlers of Boone and Clinton counties at Sugar Plain erove, one and one-half mileB west o! Thorntown. Fully 10,000 people were in attendancp. This is always a big day for Thorntown and is always loolct forward to by the citizens as "a day olT" and everybody joins in making it a graud success. Premiums were offered by tho local merchants to tho oldest persons in attendance. In addition to this the wheelmen of the town arranged a bicycle meet and fully 500 wheelmen were present. There was also a ball game.

Land Renters Meeting.'

At Kirkpatrick on Saturday a meeting of some eighty renters of land in Tippecanoe and Montgomery counties was held. The object of the meeting was to ask a reduction ot rent of lands now tilled by them, the unanimous opinion being that renters are not sufficiently compensated for their labor and that rent of land must come down in proportion to other things. Several land owners in that locality, we understand, seem willing to make concessions to their tenants.

New Elevator.

Crabbs & Reynolds are building an elevator at Waynetown and will soon be ready to purchase the wheat and corn crop of the farmers in that locality.

His Charge Here to do to a Church

at Achinson, Kansas.

Rov. Leech, having determined to go to a church at Achinson, Kansas, sent the following letter to the official board of the First Methodist churchy of which he is pastor:

CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND. August 6th, 1897.

To the Official Board of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Crawfordsville, Ind.

MY DEAR BRETHREN:—I have received an. invitation from the First Methodist Episcopal church of Atchison, Kansas, requesting ine to become its pastor, by transfer, on the adjournment of the North West Indiana Conference, about the 14th of September proximo. With gratitude to yourselves and the members of the First M. E. church of Crawfordsville for many courtesies received and with my best wishes for the prosperity of yourselves, and for the success of the church you represent officially, I request that you will take such action to-night as will enable me to enter on the Kansas pastorate at the date named, should the Bibhops concur. Your Brother in Christ,

S. V. LEECH.

B. F. Crabbs, on behalf of the official board of the church, presented a series of resolutions, complimentary to Rev. Leech during his pastoracy of the church, but their length prevents publication of them entire in our paper. Rev. Leech will be transferred to the Kansas conference at the annual meeting of the conference of this portion of Indiana to be held at Lebanon next month.-

Cement Walks.

Councilman Smith desires it distinctly understood that he has not favored all the cement walks that have been proposed, but h$B opposed the building of a number of them. No one in particular opposes the laying of cement walks in ordinary times and when money and business are much more plentiful than they have been for two or more years past. In these stringent timuB it is oppressive and wrong to force many people into these improvements when money to pay for them ^ie so hard to obtain.

Fornenst Landls. ,,

The Waynetown Despatch of last week has an article favoring W. T. Whittington as the next republican nominee for Congress from thin district, saying that on account of his post office selections through the district, Landis cannot be elected if nominated. The Wournal of this city gives the article a prominent position, and it is highly probable approves it, as the selection of postmaster hero by Landis was not em inently satisfactory to the editor.

Death of Mrs. Editha Young. Mrs. Editha Young died at her residence in Ladoga on Saturday. MrsYoung was one of the plaintiffs in a law suit over a farm in Clark township some years ago, which from the number of trials had over it at various terms of Court caused it to be long remembered. With her death it is thought further litigation is promised, and it iB doubtful if the interested parties will have any of the property left by the time the case is finally closed. -.

Quilted Immortality.

A "crazy" quilt, with Borne unusual features, on which the women of Union church, north-east of Lebanon, have been working for two years, will be placed on sale at the Boone county fair, next week, fo help pay for remodeling the church building. The spaces on the patches of the quilt were sold at 5 cents each to persons who were allowed to have their own or any other name worked into them. About 520 names are now on the quilt.

Practicing.

Tho orchestra for Music Hull is practicing now weekly in new music for the entertainments this winter. Thin orchestra is one of the best to be found in the State and the various companies playing have very generally commended it. While the citv has not had for years a cornet band for street music that amounted to anything, our orches tra is one of the beat to be found any where..

Rough on the Boys.

Deputy Prosecutor Swank came to town Monday to investigate charges of violations of the l'quor laws and the fish laws. As a result of hiB visit Ed Wall, Fred Stebhins and Joe Ball were each fined for selling the cool and foaming lager. No indictments were found for violations of the fishing la,Ws, and it may be added there are not likely to be any.—Waveland Ind.

Married This Week.

Sheriff-eloct Canine was {married on Thursday to a lady residing at La Grange, Ind.. and who was formerly a school teaciu rat Waveland.

57TH YEAR.— NO

LEECH RESIGNS LUCKY BALDWIN

Is Far From Being Bankrupt Judged

By His Words.

Settled, no doubt, by the reports of his shaky financial condition "Lucky" Baldwin, last week to a New Ycru reporter said: "I am not bankrupt. 1 never owned to much property. I never had my business interests in as good shape and have never considered myself as rich, but ii any three disinterested people will appraise the value of the papers in New York that have been printing the sensational stories about my business affairs and scandalous lies about iny private character I can buy them all ten times over, have money left and then not know I've done much business Why, when 1 bought the Baldwin Hotel property I put a mortgage on it for $750,000. lvalue that property at $5,000,000 can sell it to-morrow for 81,600,000. It brings in 8160,000 ii come yearly. It has a frontage ot 800 fert and it brings the beet rent6 of any property in San Francisco. That property aud some others are mortgaged for 81,400,000, not $2,420,000 as I've seen in nearly all the papers, but a mistake of £1,000,000 is not much for a paper to make. "Now, that's all 1 owe. The Santa Anita Ranch, the finest one in California, if I do own it, cost over $10,000,000. It is not mortgaged for a cent, and I own eight other large ranches and fruit farms. I own in Los Angeles county La Puente, Terra Grande, San Franciscita Pura Chica, Philelugo, Merced and the Sianca. I also own one ot the largest estates tu Kearn county and one in San Bernardino county, and there is no mortgage. The total value of all these,, at a low estimate, is $7,000,000."

Found the Body of an Infant. While grave diggers were at work in what is known as the New cemetery at Thorntown, they noticed fresh dirt a short distance from their work, which excited their suspicion and led them to make an examination. A spade WBBshoved down about twelve inches when

It came in contact with a hard substance, which was excavated and found to be a rudbly constructed box. The lid was pried off and their amazement knew no bounds when the contents of the box proved tc be the body of an infant, well developed, but not having the appearance of having lived very long The body wap wrapped in an old aight robe, and was slightly decomposed, which showed that it may have been placed there some weeks ago. The matter was reported to the corocer and' sensational developments are promised..

Hust Pay to Come In.

The fair directors have sensibly determined that all stock-holders of the association shall hereafter pay for admission tickets for themselves and families the same as other people, This IB a sensible conclusion and should have always prevailed. Simply because an individual owns $25 or $50 in stock, or even much more, should not entitle bim to 85 or $10 free admissions every year.

County Prize Contest.

Takes place Thursday, Sept. 2, at Music Hall. There are $75 offered in prizes. First prize, $25 2d, $20 3d, $15 4th, $10 5th, $5. Admission 15 cents. The entertainment consiste of speeches, one speaker from each township, interspersed with mimic.

Will Build a Residence.

W. W. Seawrigbt has sold CO feet off of me west side of his east Wabash Avenue property to Irwin Posten, of Veeiersburg, who will proceed to erect a residence thereon during the ensuing fall.

At the Fair Ground.

The camp meeting of the African M. E. church has been under way all this week at the fair ground, with a moderate attendance of people most of the time. It closes, we understand, on Monday.

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