Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 4 April 1891 — Page 6

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RAILWAY HMECARDS.

MONON ROUTE.

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THE JOURNAL

SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1891.

—A boy choir is being organized the Episcopal church. —C. J. Head is seriously ill at his Lome on College street. —The drug store of 0. D. Brown & Son is being completely remodeled. —A large new boy arrived at the home of Ben Warbinton last Monday. —The sheds for the hub and spoke factory are being erected very rapidly —8. D. Symmes has sold his property on Franklin'street to Win. Sinkey and wife. —Steve Porter has gone to Franklin to take agency for the Singer sewing machine. —G. W. Paul is now postmaster at Dalton, Ga., and is running a general store there. —Mrs. Ella Willis & Son are refitting their photograph gallery preparatory to the spring trade. —Little Bertha Lidakay won the juvenile declamation contest at Ladoga Saturday evening. —Elder S. W. Brown will occupy the tenement property of Ira McConnell on south Grant avenue. —A little one-year-old girl of Samuel H. Hipes, living near Mace, died Monday morning of lung fever. —Mass Mary Darby has returned to het home at Otterbein after being the guest of her uncle, Rev. G. W. Switzer. —A bouncing pair of girl twins arrived at the home of Will Nash Monday night. Mr. Nash is still in the whole sale business. Wm —Miss Mamie Staley won the declamation prize at Linden Saturday night and will represent Madison township in the county contest. —Allan Webster, an old resident of this county died March 29 on the James Rich farm, north-east of the city. —The funeral of the late Rev. John Safford occurred last Monday at 2 o'clock. It was conducted by President Tuttle and Dr. R. J. Cunningham," —Charley Coombs is in a quandary as to what to do with his horse. He sent word to James Francis the other day that he wished he would take care of it until he returned. —Mrs. John Campbell was buried at Smartsburg last Saturday. She died Thursday evening at the age of 88 years. She was a Mexican war pensioner and the second to die in this county within two weeks. —James Ames, one of the regular panel, who was rejected by the defense in the Coombs case, has figured in murder trials before. He was one of the twelve men who tried and acquitted

Owens, of Ladoga, for the poisoning of his wife. Everyone believed in Owens's guilt at the time. —Jesse Taber, court reporter, has a big job before hitu in preparing a copy of the evidence in the Turpie-Lowe case for the Supreme Court. The case mqfcwH 4,866 pages of short hand notes,

STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS °U

The largest Slock ever ollered in this market.

We Make a Specialty of Dress Goods and "Trimmings to Match.

In Fact we keep Everything in the way of Dry Goods, Cloths, Cassimeres.

We have the Finest Milliner in the State, who is now in the Markets Selecting New Goods for the Spring Trade, and will be on Hands in Due Time

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and over 5,000 piges of documentary evidence, all of which has to be copied within two hundred days. The evidonce in the above case will make a wheelbarrow load of manuscript.—Logansport Journal. —W. H. Neeley, of Neutral, Kansas, renewing his subscription to THE JOURNAL writes: 'AVe are always very anxious to get THE JOURNAL as it seems like home. We have a nice country. Mostjof the farmers here have their oats sowed. A great deal of ground has been broken for corn also. We live six miles from a mining town where we get a good price for everything. We get Kansas City prices." •—Nathan Frazier is having a hard time getting possession of his building which is occupied by Wm. Morrison's saloon. There were first several errors made which caused delay and now there can be two changes of venue made before the case can be tried. The defendant is not paying rent in the meantime.

There have been two funerals in Crawfordsville within the last week conducted by the township trustee. One was that of a soldier and he received a S50 funeral, the other one costing $14.50. This is in accornance with the law of Indiana. J. —The last teachers' examination was a very easy one and out of 32 applicants, 11 succeeded in obtaining a license. There were two years' licenses, eight twelve months' licenses, and one six months. —Lebanon Patriot:—A, L. Neal, a Lebanon boy, conducted the examination of applicants for graduation from the schools of Clark township, Montgomery county, at Ladoga last Saturday. —Postmaster Wm. Wallace, of Indianapolis, brother of Gen, Lew Wallace, is very ill, and the odds are against his recovery.

Deaths.

Smurday morning at 4 o'clock Mrs. Mary Nolan, aged 70 years died of great debility at her home on North street. The funeral occurred Sunday afternoon at four o'clock from the Catholic church.

March 27 Mrs. Mollie Davenport, aged 43, died of the grip at her home in the valley. The funeral was conducted by Elder J. C. Barnhill Sunday morning at eight o'clock. Interment at Linden.

Did Not Vote for Two Tears. Juror Jacob Swank, the gentlem ah commonly reported as voting for a two years sentence for Coombs, says that he did no such thing. He voted for ten years from the begining up to the time he voted for twenty-one years. It was some other juror who kept his identity concealed who voted for two years.

Wanted to Steal The Mayor. One of the electric light companies which bid upon the plant for this city became greatly impressed with the Mayor's knowledge of electricity and the various systems of electricity lighting. He was accordingly offered a position at a large salary to travel for the company but was forced to decline.

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"•^6 A DEED OF DAKDTG

Old Wash Voris and Ilis Wife Captured In Regular Jesse James Style. The scalding of Constable Hanna some time ago by G. Washington Voris and wife of Wayne township is still fresh in the public mind. Until last Monday it looked as though none of our constables had nervo enough to make the eviction which Hanna attempted or to arrest the venerable couple for assault and battery on the arm of the law whom they mistreated. But early Monday constables Hanna and Byas having deputized young Kyle whose mother owns the place occupied by the Voris outfit, started for Wayne township. On the way out the campaign was mapped out and when the house was approached. Hanna hid behind a big oak tree and Byas behind the hen house. Young Kyle called the old man out to tho gate to talk and Byas running from the hen house got between him and the door. Tho old man heard him and turned around to look a big bull-dog revolver in the face. He threw up both hands when ordered and was promptly hand-cuffed, Mr. Hanna peeped out from the oak tree and called out "have you them'" but did not come out. Brave constable Byas then proceeded up to the house and compelled tho old lady at the point of the revolver to throw out the hot water with which she advanced to meet him. She was thon secured and placing the couple in the buggy they were driven to this city, their little bob tailed black dog yelping after them all the way. The party was unloaded at Chumasero's court and arraigned on the charge of assault and battery. Hanna who had been left behind to throw the household goods out was not there to appear against them so the case was set for next day. "I won't give no bail, I'll go to jail first," cried the old man and to jail they went, bob-tailed dog and all. It was a sorrowful and bedraggled procession, which, headed by Byas, iased down Washingtou street and into the jail. Voris could easily have given bail and deserves a jail sentence for allowing his wife to be taken to the lockup. She is a poor, ignorant old lady and did not realize her offense when she scalded Hanna.

At 9 o'clock oh Tuesday Chumasero's court was crowded, nearly every loafer in the town being present. Tho aged couple was ushered in by that dignitary of the law, Constable Byas, and the crowd burst into aloud horso laugh as tho little bob-tailed dog made a pass at!to

the Squire's leg and was downed with a a law book. It was decided to try them separately, so the old man was tried first for drawing the ax on Constable Hanna. The getting together of a jury was productive of glorious sport and the house echoed with the loud roars of laughter as loafer after loafer was brought up by Constable Byas and rejected. Finally Bud Derickson and George Brown, two of our enterprising colored citizens, were passed, and then nine other jurors, good and true, were rushed through in no time. There was, difficulty in procuring the twelfth man and Byas was ordered to go down on the street and "procure a competent juryman." Ho soon returned leading our esteemed fellow townsman, Mr. Peter Flynn. On account of his great ability he was accepted by both sides and the music began. Constable tnna testified to going out to eject the Voris's, and of them refusing to open the door until he began tacking up a notice on the door, when the old man came surging out with an ax on his shoulder. While he was talking with him the old lady threw water in his face and he threw a large stone at her, but she was behind the screen door and gave him the ha-ha. Old Wash and his wife swore that the old man was merely going out to chop wood, and further that Hanna threw the stone before the old lady threw the hot water. While the testimony was going on the gang in the room crowded up in front of the juror's chair, hiding them from view. Peter Flynn took advantage of this fact to escape and was not missed for some time. Byas was sent after him, and at length returned with the culprit who was severely reprimanded by the court while the audience howled with laughter. Pete excused himself by saying that "Compulsion compelled him to go out." "Didn't you know you were sworn to try this case?" thundered the court. "Pon my word I didn't," answered Pete as he assumed his position as competent juror again. The arguments were made by Reed Hanna ai.d Vancleave for the defense and Moffett fo the State, and the jury retired.

More fan was had with Pete Flynn before the end of the case for he escaped again just before the noon adjournment and had to be recaptured. Again in tJtie

afternoon during Moilett'e speech he went to sleep but was awakened on I motion of attorney J. li. Hanna. The jury when it retired went to Hanna's law office md settled the old man's case in three ballots. Upon their return the court polled them and asked if a verdict had been agreed upon. "It hez, yer honor," cried Peter Flynn in clarion tones as the foreman handed it in. "We the jury find the defendant not guilty."

There was a scream of laughter from the crowd and three yelps from the little dog and old man Voris sprang to his feet and exclajmed with the bow of a Chesterfield, "thank you, jurymen, you're a credit to the human race. The case against the old lady for assault and battery then came up but it was finally decided to dismiss it and turn the old folks loofce. They joyfully repaired to Hanna's law office where the old man made a stirring appeal on justice and eouity closing with the following "ffe had a number one jury, all model jurymen, and old Mr Flynn shall have my thiiiiits. It would have been a pity to hive lined him for running oil' when he didn't know any better."

LESSONS

THE TRIAL.

Those Who are Really Guilty Permitted to Go Scot Free. To I lie Editor of Tin: OUKNAI.

The trial of Charley Coombs for the murder of Walter McCluro, which has just closed, has been full of lessons for the thinking public of Crawfordsville. There is no proper apology to bo made for the young men who were found at such an hour of the night in so disreputable quarter of the city, as they were. There is no excuse or palliation to be offered for Coombs's connection with the case. No man has a right to take human life on any such slight provocation as he had. He committed a crime, heedlessly, needlessly, and without such grievance as would ordinarily cause anger. His crime and his punishment are no doubt even. But for tho cause of loss of life and libertv we must

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back a little and discover another violaof the law, trivial in itself, it may have been, yet a violation of the sovereign law of the State, a misdemeanor phiunsable by fine. When the ball was over, and after lunch, and at the hour of one, they were able to make their way into a liquor saloon, which was running in full blast two hours after the law specifically says such places shall bo closed. Here beer was purchased in greater or less quantities, in the presence of the police powers, and who know that the law was being violated, yet winked at it. who stood by seoing the stuff which takes the intelligence out of men being sold by the bar-keeper and swallowed by tlioso who purchased. Not only this but at a certain hour, this bartender is relieved by another who stays the remainder of the night and sells to those who apply for drinks and enter through the back door. This was sworn to, and that being the case we must believe it. Hence we know that that place at least is an all night establishment and operated in defiance of law. Again, another witness swore that he was present and that hehad just camo from a ce tain gambling house. Yet we are info med that gamblihg is not permittd and that the houses have all been closed. The lesson, if any, has been taght, is that the law is being violated daily and hourly, by the saloon men and keepers of gambling houses, right under the noses of the guardians of the peace, and had this not been the case the road home from the ball would have been easy. Had the officer done his duty, and closed the saloon as the law directs, Walter McClure would not have gone to his death and his slayer would not have been deprived of liberty. It is time now to drop all sentiment in reference of

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the public and that the demand for law and order become so emphatic that those who have been breaking it with impunuty will become afraid. The death of one man who might have been a useful citizen to the community,the staining of several others, with a splotch which this generation will never forget, and the incarceration of another behind prison bars for twenty one years, has been the result of winking at the minor violations of the law happening under tho very nose and eyes of a sworn guardian of the peace. It is time a halt was called, Messrs. Gentlemen of the Police Board.

A Good Word for Coombs.

Mrs.S. W. Smock, of Indianapolis, the former school teacher of CharleyCoombs, writes THE JOURNAL the following in regard to her old pupil:

INDIANAPOLIS, March 26.—I see nothing in the accounts of Charley Coombs, the man on trial for killing JJavid McClure's son, to help me to a decision as to who ho can be. There was a "Charley Coombs" son of Jack Coombs, I think (I am sure he had a brother Jack) who was in my school some twenty years ago. He was a large boy then and some of the neighbors said ho was "powerful bad," but I found him verv well behaved, indeed, alwayB respectable and very kind to the little ones. They afterwards moved to town and lived in a miserable place with the roughest set of people near the N. A. depot. Then his father rubbed stone for Father Wade, and he was about tho shop a good deal. Father said he was not a bad fellow but had a "tough set to deal with," often having to fight his way. I hope this is not the one, for I always believed if he had a .chance he would be a good man and if he had any murderous feeling he would have "killed his man" long ago as he has had many provocations. L. W. SMOCK.

The Contract is All Right. The report has been circulated that the Council did not contract with the Western Electric Company for its plant but with a skeleton company which the Western uses as a shield to protect it from suits. There is nothing in the report as the contract is made with the Western Electric Company and is stamped with their seal.

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