Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 28 April 1899 — Page 9

VOL. 52-1*0. 1?

Children's

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A CHEAP SENSATION.

MRS- JULIA WILHITE PATTEN CHARGED WITH A GRAVE OFFENSE.

Her Husband, the Quack Doctor, Slakes a Grand Stand Flay to Get Kven With tier.

Mrs. Julia Patten, of New Market, the daughter of the late Paschal Wilhite, made a bigger miBtake than she knew when she married "Doctor" Patten, a "yarb healer of Terry Hut," Not only did the fellow turn out to be a drunken scoundrel but now that she has applied for a divorce, he attempts to get even by charging that she attempted to poison him. The Terre Haute Express gives space to the following sensational article: "Dr. B. E, Patton, the specialist, who h&B offices at 17 north Sixth street, iB lying in a dangerous condition at the home of the Rev. T. E. Foreman, 1445 Maple avenue suffering from the effects of alleged arsenic poisoning and chloroform, administered, he claims, with murderous intent by his wife, Julia Patten, who instituted divorce proceedings in the Vigo county court some three months ago. "Dr. Patton realizes his serious condition, and is aware of the fact that he has but a short time to live. His claims are sensational, and in order that authorities may take charge of the case in the event of his death, he has made official statements to Coro" ner Willis and Prosecutor Beal with the request that a post-mortem examination be made on his remains after hi6 death, in order to prove the truth of the charges against the woman who abandoned him and now hfs the suit pending for a separation. "Coroner Willis visited Dr. Patten several weeks ago and secured a statement from him regarding the alleged poisoning. A second visit was made to the bedside of the afflicted victim Sunday afternoon and a full account of how the poison was administered was secured from him by the coroner and did not differ from the first one. Prosecutor Beal also visited the doctor and secured an official statement which will bo used in case Dr. Patten does not recover from the results of the alleged poisoning. "Dr. Patten is well known in Terre Haute, although he has only been

resident of tue city for

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CKAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1899 —TWELVE PAGES.

little over

two years. He came here from Indi anapolis, where he had been located a short time. Prior to locating at Indianapolis he was in Mexico, where he spent some years in practicing medicine among the natives of that, country and al6o making a study of the medicines used by Mexicans in the cure of many diseases subject to the people of that climate. On his return to the United States he introduced a number of these Mexican herbs and roots in the treatment of chronic diseases to which he gave special attention and study. Shortly after arriving in Terre Haute he opened offices at 17 north Sixth street and took up the cure of cancer. He treated a large number of difficult cases successfully and built up a good practice in a Bhort time. "A year ago he surprised his acquaintances by marrying a wealthy widow of New Market, Ind. The couple, after a few days' trip, came to Terre Haute, rented a house on north Sixth street and began housekeeping. The business of Dr. Patten continued to increase and his patients became so numerous that he was compelled to open a hospital for their care on Walnut street. "Everything apparently between Dr. Patten and his wife was harmonious until about three months ago, when she created a sensation by filing suit for divorce on the grounds of drunkenness. The charges in the complaint were the surprising part of the case as it was a known fact that Dr. Patten had taken a deep interest in temperance work and delivered a number of temperance lectures at different churches in the city. He was also at the time a strong supporter of the United Brethren church and contributed liberally toward the building fund of the Second United Brethren church, Highland Piace. When the suit was filed by Mrs. Patten the doctor claimed that he was not to blame, and a different state of affairs would be Bhown when the case came to trial. For days after the filing of the suit, and even for days before the suit was placed on the docket of the court, Dr. Patten was confined to hiB bed with illness, the manner of which was unknown. Immediately after filing the suit Mrs, Pe*»®n ieft

the city, and Dr.Patten did not improve in health. He continued to growfworse in fact uutil last week, when he o. was taken to the home of the Rev. T. E. Foreman to be cared for and nursed. "In the three months of his illnesB Dr. Stunkard has been the attending

check the complications of his case. Other physicians have been called in the case and have made examinations of Dr. Patten, which has developed the fact that he' has enlargement of the heart, from which few recover. This was known to Dr. Stunkard, but Dr. Patten in order to satisfy himself re-

formed him that Mrs. Patten had made an attempt to poison him. He also made the same statement to others, but on account of the sensational part of the charge he was not believed, and it was thought that the doctor bad worried over the trouble with his wife to Buch an extent that he was delirious. "Now, however, when Dr. Patten

made to poison me. I know that I am I

in a bad condition and have only a

last Monday and made all prepara-

tions for the end. Coroner Willis has a statement from me in which I request a post mortem examination of my body after death, when it found that I was poisoned. I do not know what kind of poison my wife gave me, but I have several witnesses who saw her give me several black pills and also heard her say a number of times while I was sick that she wished I would die. She also had me under chloroform for hours, and I am satisfied that she made an attempt to murder me. If I recover I intend to prosecute her, but if I die I have made I

all necessary arrangements for the law to take hold of the case and pros-1

ecuteherfor giving me the poison

against his recovery. I do not know what to make of his charges. Dr. Patten has at all times appeared rational, and he has stuck to the statement that an attempt was made to poison him.' "Coroner Willie said last night that he had visited Dr. Patten and found him in a bad shape, and, in his opinion, there is little chance for his recovery. 'He made the same statement to me to-day that he made a few weeks ago,' said Coroner Willis, 'and the charges, under the circumstances, call for an official investigation.' "Mrs. Julia Patten, the woman accused of the poisoning, has been married four times, and is said to be worth at least 5100,000. Her name at the present time is Julia Wilhite-Fletcher-Gaughan-Patten. Since removing from Terre Haute, after filing the suit for divorce, she has been living, it is understood, on one of her farms near New Market, Ind."

An Unnatural Daughter.

quested the examination by the other directly with the manufacturer and ysiciaus When Dr. Stunkard was consumer. The mail order system of first called in the case Dr. Patten in-1 business has been growing rapidly in popularity in the last few years and gives promise of bettor things in the future At the beginning Mr. Gregg will office in the down town quarters of the Dovetail Company. The Dovetail Company will be in nowise connected with the mail order business, it being a corporation. The mail order business will be solely the busi-

"Dr. Patten was seen by an Express »od»8t»°« works reporter and made the following state- .tl,le 'ae®°ry'

ment: 'I know that an attempt was 5?

short time to live. I made my wiil ®a"180n

The Waynetown Despatch speaking

of the sad case of George Brown, the

veteran miller of that place, says "Nothing more 6ad or to be regretted has occurred in Waynetown for many a day than was the taking of uncle George D. Brown to the county home for the unforunate on Monday. Broken in health, broken in spirits, and broken in finance, the old man went to the home that in his years of prosperity and wealth he paid his taxes to support—but he went a Bad, sorrowful and broken down old man. For months he had been on the charity of relatives and friends here who felt they were unable to bear the burden and who can in no way be criticised for the final result. The saddeBt part of it all is the fact that uncle George has a married daughter whose income is 8150 a month, and who could, if she would, care for her old father in his last days, but does not give a cent to his support."

In Quarantine.

Mrs. Seymore G. Detchon was expected to arrive here from Toronto a few days ago for a visit. Just as she was ready to start her daughter was taken sick and investigation revealed the fact that she had 6carlet fever. Mrs. Detchon is now enjoying a five weeks* quarantine tera/ with her child, who, jb/*"

-,ver.is

MAIL ORDER BUSINESS.

UregB Will Sfill Vehicles and Harness By Melius of the Mail Order IMau.

M. Gregg has about wound up the uuairs of the Wire Fence and Nail

"i mo »no roura sou

here a mail order business for the sale of vehicles, harness, and possibly sewing machines. He will use the method of Montgomery, Ward & Co., although not endeavoring to handle so various a line as that celebrated firm. He will have no warehouses here and will solicit business by catalogue, dealing

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realizes that there is little hope of his recovery, and has gone so far as to call the coroner and make the same charges it is believed that there may be foundation for his statement that! ... 77~ an attempt was made to poison him. I

o* Mr. Gregg.

A HOLD-UP.

Two.Colored Soldiers Hold Up an O) 1 »n and Cut Him All to Pieces.

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Harmon Churchill,

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Mrs

near the Moaoa 8tation

collect a dime that Mrs. Ballinger owed him and on arriving at her place he -found the Derickson boys there,

will left they followed him and near the corner of Harrison and Walnut streets they rushed up and seized him, at once beginning to slash him with a iarge knife one of them had.

The old man called lustily for help and I his screams finally caused his assailants to run away, but not until they had searched him for money. When help arrived Churchill was carried to his home and Dr. Swank called in to

attend

hlm"

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toughs had inflicted

n6Ck Wlth a COrn bmfe and a

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which is causing my death large gash in his forehead, which re"Dr. Stunkard, who has been at-! several stitehes. tending Dr. Patten, was aiso seen by c.u»t.

Hueatis and

the Express reporter, and in speaking! Port Angeles (Wash.) Times: Collecof the case, said: 'The man is in a ser- tor of customs, F. D. Huestis, is makious condition, and the chances are ing it mighty warm for the smugglers

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the

smuggler*,

who have been operating on the northern frontier, up about SumaB and Lynden, bringing contraband goods into this country from British Columbia, and has adopted measures that will either put a summary stop to this illegal business, or land those engaged in it in the penitentiary.

One of his latest captures is J. E. McSorley, who has been smuggling a variety of merchandise across the line, and Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Beeman, A. R. Smith and W. H. Waples, merchants of Lynden, who have been aiding McSorley in his operations and purchasing from him his smuggled goods. This whole gang have been arrested and bound over for trial in the United States court, which convenes in June.

Collector Huestis is determined to teach these people, and all others who are now engaged in this business, or who might be tempted to engage in it, that it is far better and much cheaper to confine themselves to legitimate lines of trade, and either buy Ameri-

line8 of

trade-

and

csn

either

buy Ameri-

the

..... chandise they want to bring in from

duty on any mer-

want to

British Columbia Measures have been adopted throughout this entire district that will make it next to impossible for smugglers to get goods into this country and escape detection. An extra force has been put on to guard the boundary and coast lines, and smugglers will find that it will be much better for them to conform to the law than to take big chances in breaking it. The collector is hot on their trail.

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NON-STATE MEN.

The Governor Names Tliree of Them For the Board of Kducatlon Under tlie Now Law,

Special to ho Journal. INDIANAPOLIS, April 24, 189!).—Governor Mount to-day appointed President J. J. Mills, of Earlham College, President W. T. Stott, of Franklin College, and Enoch G. Machan, of Lagrange county, all non-state school men, to be members of the state board of education under the new law.

WILL HAVE OPPOSITION.

The Standard Oil Trust Will Not Have Tilings Its Own Way Here in the Future as It Has in the Past.

For a good many years the Standard Oil trust has had a practical monopoly of the oil business in Montgomery county, but its uninterrupted reign will soon be a thing of the paut, a consummation which all will rejoice in. E. L. Williams, of Indianapolis, and Fred M. Gregg have formed the Crawfordsville Oil Company and are preparing to put in tanks and a pumping station here at once. They will locate their business somewhere in the neighborhood of the Junction and will obtain from the refineries the finest quality of oil. Two wagons will be kept constantly on the road in charge of the Waldrip boys. Mr. Williams was formerly in the employ of the Standard Oil company and has many friends here, he having located the plant of the Standard Oil Company in this city. He is a practical oil man and will see that only the best oil comes from the refineries. Mr. Gregg will have charge of the business here. The people of Montgomery county will, iby the establishment of this business here, be enabled not only to secure the best oil on the market, but to take a arajf at the biggest monopoly on theSface of the earth, the Standard Oil company.

V: .'V Mount on Pardon*,

Governor Mount has adopted a new plan in the parole of life convicts. He says: "I have asked tho board of state charitieB to make a visit «to the state prison (the only place where 'life men' are now confined), and, in conjunction with the board of directors of that institution, investigate carefully the case of every man who is committed for life. The board will inquire into the nature of the offense for which the prisoner was sentenced, his former character, his conduct while {.an inmate of the prison, and his present Btate of health. If, after such careful investigation, the two boards shall jointly recommend a man's parole, I shall beBtrongly inclined to act upon their recommendation. I will not myself consider petitions or letters in behalf of such men."

Hival Claims.

There promises to be a lively scramble among the Democrats for the nomination for the position of joint senator from Putnam and Montgomery counties, senator Gill's term having expired. Ren Carpenter and Will H. Johnston have already declared themselves to be candidates. It is avered that Michael Carroll also has his eye on the place and two or three others are alleged to be slightly warmer than receptive candidates. This is all here at home. Putnam county, which furnishes the necessary Democratic majority is still to be heard from.

Took Poison.

Augustus Slaughterback, of Romney, died last Friday from the effects of a dose of poison taken several days ago with suicidal intent. The efforts of doctors to save him were unavailing. He was unmarried and in good circumstances.

Don't Want the Standard.

There is general complaint all over Montgomery county because Joe Cheadle insists on Bending his paper, the Standard, to persons who don't want it and who have ordered it stopped.

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