Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 241, Decatur, Adams County, 8 October 1908 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VI. Number 241.

JACOB MANGOLD MURDERED!

One of Decatur’s Best Known Men Met Death This Afternoon AT HANDS OF CHARLES WOLF

WOLF IS ARRESTED Taken at His Home at 4:15 —Surprised to Hear of Victim’s Death ■YAS PLACED IN JAIL' Victim Was Acting as Time- | keeper on Lachot Road I Where Affair Occurred I Wolf was arrested at 4:15 Shis afternoon .by . Deputy Sheriff Ed Green. When tlold that Mr. Mangold was <Jead, he said: “Oh, my God; Ke ain’t dead, that’s too Had." He was placed in jail St 4:JO this aiternoon. ■Angered for the reason that he had Kr” justly reprimanded for gence in his work, Charles Wolfe, a Aung tnarried man, (residing near the county infirmary, struck Jacob Mang: Id. o f Decatur, a terrific blow With a two by four cross beam and BBrty minutes later he (Mangold) Bd. the fatal blow being dealt out Lachot road, one mile west Cf [Decatur. Wolfe, who resides on the farm belonging to D. Andrews, of this city, was engaged in hauling slope for the new road. According to Rhe story of the workmen at the dump, he would unload the stone from one side of the wagon instead of both Bides, as it should be. Ed Hurst '/jg » who was assisting in leveling the grade. informed Wolfe to unload from both sides of the wagon or he ■•ld ascertain why he did not. Wdlfe, it is said, became slightly anfited at this, although he started his tafcni without threatening violence. ■mt Mangold, timekeeper, heard this coijrersation and seeing that Wolfe not unloading as he should, he hued the young man that hereafter he should adhere tq the rules. Wolfe was heard to utter an oath, •am simultaneously he struck at Manwith a shovel, although no one la Eble to state whether or not ManSK was struck. Mangold, after bei&S»ptruck at, started across the road just reached the south side. Wolfe hurted a two by four -ViMQvMi beam at him, the end striking

him in the forehead, knocking him several feet. Wolfe then proceeded to the gravel car, located on the G. R. & I. switch, gathered his belongings and drove homeward. Mr. Mangold recovered himself and afterward was talking to Rural Carrier Jacob Magley. It was but a short time after this, however, that Mr. Mangold fell breathless to the ground, death occurinfJ immediately. Workmen carried him to the side of the road and there he lies as we go to press, awaiting the arrival of Ccroner J. C. Grandstaff, who was at Poe. Indiana, al the lime of the murder. When the news of the tragic death reached the city, many people hurried to the scene, a representative of the Democrat being the first from Decatur' to arrive at the place of the tragedy. Wolfe who, no doubt, will be called upon to face the charge of murder, is a young married man and the father of one child, residing on the Robert Andrews farm south of the city. He ■ ■ moved on this place a short time ago, and began at once hauling stone for the above mentioned road. He is said to have had trouble with several cf the employes on the road, those who knew him alleging that he was of a quarrelsome nature. Sheriff Meyer and Marshal Bohnke left at 3:45 for Wolfe’s home to place the man under arrest, and shortly afterward Deputy Sheriff Edward Green left in the Jesse Niblick automobile on the hunt for the man, and he will likely be placed in jail within one hour. Mr. Mangold, the ill fated man, is known by almost every Decatur resident. For several years he filled the capacity of night policeman, proving efficiency as same. He enjoyed the fellowship of a large circle of friends, who will receive the shocking news of his sudden death with deep regret. The sympathy of the people go out to the heartbroken family, who are caused so much sorrow, responsive to the cowardly work of a man manyyears his junior. Mr. Mangold is survived by a widow and two daughters. L. N. Grandstaff, the well known Monmouth citizen, is sixtjeone years old today, and this is also the anniversary of his first vote, which he cast forty years ago today in the Indiana state election. Mr. and Mrs. Grandstaff have been married forty-two years and are the youngest couple in north part of Indiana to have been married that length of time. We expect to help them celebrate their golden anniversary eight years hence.

DEFENDANT IS KNOWN HERE Frank Hiester, Traveling Man, is Sued for Divorce. Mrs. George E. Hiester has filed suit in the Van Wert county court for 1 a divorce from Frank Hiester, son of ( Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hiester, of this city. Mrs. Hiester charges cruelty, neglect, failure to provide for her and their children and making living unbearable. They were married in June, 1905, and moved to Illinois, where he was employed. The complaint alleges that on August 9. 1907, the plaintiff and daughter were forced to leave him because of lack of food and clothing and seek the care of her parents, at Willshire. Ohio, where she has since made her home. In the complaint she asks fcr divorce, the custody of their two year old daughter. Dorethy Camile. her maiden name restored and alimony. The case is a very peculiar one, as she asks for her maiden name of Bobylia and also the custody of the child. Frank Hiester has been employed for several months as a traveling salesman for a Cincinnati house and makes this city regularly. He spent some time with his parents in this city before accepting his present position. —Bluffton Banner. o— —— MINISTER ILL AT 8080. Dr. C. U. Wade, presiding elder of Fort Wayne district, of the Northern conference was in the city this morning and accompanied by Rev. George W. Martin, of Ossian, he drove to Bobo to visit Rev. E. A. Bunner, who is ill from typhoid fever at the home of his father. Rev. Bunner has the charge at try. During the course of he session, father at Bobo he was taken ill. It i* said that he is in a serious condition and that tlje best of care will be necessary in restoring him * to health. Rev. Bunner is well known in Decatur. DELIVERS BALLOTS Sheriff Meyer Had to Make. Trip to Hartford Township ELECTION TOMORROW Inspectors in Hartford Not Anxious to Serve—Result May Be Close Sheriff Eli Meyer made a drive to the southwest corner of the county, last evening, to deliver the ballots fcr the Bluffton, Geneva & Celina subsidy election to the inspectors for north and south Hartford township. The Inspectors for Wabash township came up yesterday and took the ballots home with them, but no one appeared from Hartford and It tnen became the duty of the sheriff to deliver same, which he did. He delivered them to Otto Bolds and Mosses Augsburger, both of whom would have preferred not'to serve as inspectors, but were finally pursuaded by Mr. Meyer to accept the tickets. The election will, from reports received today be a close one, but with the chances in favor of the election carrying in both townships. It is said by people living in that territory that North Wabash will vote against the subsidy as they are benefitted but slightly and it is also said that there is sonic doubt about the result in north Hartford, but that the two south precincts where the line will be built will probably out vote them, as Geneva will be expected to give a good majority. The election will occur tomorrow. Q Evangelistic services began at the Christian church last night and the Rev. Crabb delivered an excellent sermon. He is a polished gentleman and by the aid of his wife, a vocalist, he conducts very interesting meetings. His theme for tonight is “The Name That is Above Every Name.” Mrs. Crabb will sing the song "Ttie Name of Jesus.” The public is cordially invited to attend these services.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening. October 8, 1908.

CENTER FORCES IN INDIANA. Democrats Will Send Many WellKnown Speakers Into State. Chicago, Oct. 7. —Democratic National Chairman Mack and W. J. Bryan will confer tomorrow to arrange the presidential nominee's speaking dates in Indiana and Ohio, in which all the forces of the party will be concentrated In addition to the Nebraskan other speakers of national prominence will make addresses in Indiana. Mr. Bryan will speak twice in the state. Preceding and following there will be ißourke Cockran of New York, Governor Swanson, of Virginia, Hoke Smith of Georgia and Congressman John Sharp Williams of Mississippi. “We are confident of Ohio and Indiana,” said Mr. Mack, “but we propose to keep up the hottest kind of a fight to hold our position. Both Mr. Bryan and Mr. Kern will speak in Ohio and Indiana, and the committee is arranging speaking dates for Seator Bacon, of Georgia, ex-Senator Carmack, of Tennessee, Senator Daniel of Virginia and Governor John A. Johnson, of Minnesota.” CHAMPCLARK FRIDAYNIGHT Democratic Leader in Congress Will Speak in Decatur \ • AT COURT HOUSE One of the Greatest Orators of the Nation Will Appear Here Hon. Champ Clark, of Missouri. the, briliant congressman from the ninth district, whose voice has sounded through the halls of congress for fifteen years past, as a leader of the Democratic party, will speak at the court house in this city, tomorrow. Friday evening, and every voter in this locality who can get into the court room, should hear this famous 1 orator. Mr. Clark has a national reputation and is conceded to be the logical choice of the democrats for speaker of the house after the election. He is a pleasant, witty and forceful speaker and his address will he one f f the best to be heard in this section during this campaign. He will make but a very few speches in this state and people of this community should consider themselves very lucky indeed to have this opportunity to hear so great a man. Mr. Clark’s home is at Bowling Green, Mo. He served for twenty-two years as president of Marshall college. West Virginia, and was known during that time as the youngest college president in the United Slates. Hs is a sound lawyer, has served his apprenticeship as an editor, has been a presidential elector several times, was delegate to the TransMississippi congress at Denver, was permanent chairman of the Democratic national convention at St. Louis in 1904, and chairman of the committee notifying Judge Parker of his nomination, is serving his seventh term in congress and has otherwise been connected" with the greatest events of his day. Quite a number of people from Fort Wayne and other nearby cities will be here to listen to this powerful campaigner. o _ BRYAN AND TAFT AT CHICAGO Chicago, Oct. 8. —W. H. Taft and W. J Bryan, rival nominees for the presidency of the United States, met last night at the fourth annual banquet ot the Chicago Association of Commerce. The meeting is said to have been the first of its kind since the Lincoln and Douglass campaign preceding the civil war. Intense interest in the meeting had been manifested since it first became known the two nominees wree to meet in public and every seat in three banquet halls at the Auditorium Hotel, thrown together for the occasion.was occupied when the first course was served, save only a commodious chair reserved for Mr. Taft.

COURTHOUSE NEWS Jury Gave Mrs. Mentzer a Verdict for Ten Dollars Damage TO HOUSEHOLD GOODS New Trial Granted in Wool Case, Wiel vs. Davidson The case of Drusilla Mentzer vs. Clarence Hicks and Orin Miller, damages, in which damages of S2OO was asked, went to the jury last evening and a half hour later a verdict was returned giving the plaintiff judgment fcr SIG.OO. The case was one wherein Mrs. Mentzer claimed that the defendants had broken up her furniture in moving said goods from one house to another, to the extent of S2OO, but jury seems to have figured her loss somewhat less. Robert M. Durbin vs. Katie R. Durbin, possession of child, demurrer overruled. The hearing of the Henry I. Teeple et al petition for drain has been set for hearing for Thursday, October 22. Abraham Wiel, et al vs. Charles F. Davidson, suit on wool contract, $1,200. tried here early tin the summer, new trial granted. Daniel B. Ford vs. Smith Shoemaker et al, judgment was rendered on the verdict, with judgment against plaintiff for costs. • August Miller transferred a tract of land in Preble township to Erust H. Stoppenhagen for $3,750. E. X. Ehinger, executor of the-Chris-tian Eiting estate, filed his final reiport, notice was ordered returned October 30. A SUNDAY RALLY Is Announced to Occur al the First Presbyterian Church GOOD PROGRAMS Have Been Arranged—Rev. Spetnagle to Begin Series of Sermons Next Sunday will be “Rally Day” in all the departments of the Presbyterian church in Decatur, and Rev. Richard Spetnagle, the pastor, is making a vigorous effort to secure results. The idea is to arouse the interest which always declines more or less during the summer, and to inject into every member a desire to aid the pastor in making headway in the church during the coming winter months, always the harvest for this great and splendid work. Every member of the church is being urged to attend the various services Sunday and to bring along a friend, and of course every one else, whether member or not is most cordially invited. The day’s program begins with the Sunday school at the usual hour, 9:15 a. m. At 10:30 the regular preaching service will Be held, with the older people as the guests of honor. Junior Christian Endeavor occurs at 2:00 p. m. and Senior Christian Endeavor rally at 6:00 p. m. while at 7:00 p. m. comes the Gospel Service at which the young people will be guests of honor. At the evening service Rev. Spetnagle will ‘begin his series of lectures on the “Bible Heroes,” the first of a line of sermons that everybody who possibly can. should hear. A special program is being prepared for each of the services and it is probable that the day will be a real rally in every department. as hoped for. A Miss Hattie Studabaker will be hostess at a family dinner to be given at her home this evening for relatives of the Studabakers. Relatives from Bluffton, Fort Wayne and Kansas who ■have been guests at Bluffton for a I short time, will be here.

OLD SOLDIERS HOLD REUNION. Hamilton County Veterans Assemble in Gathering at Noblesville. Noblesville, Ind., Oct. 7.—The old soldiers of Hamilton county held their tliird annual reunion in the court house here today and sixty comrades answered roll call. There have ben twentyfour deaths in Hamilton county among the old soldiers in the last year: William Avery, Jerry Coridon, Benjamin Castetter, J. C. Smith, J. A. Garber, David Smith, J. E. Moore, L. B. Sedrick, Michael Bennett, Henry Lamb, Jacob Cruse, Edward Miller Emmanuel Heiny, H. E. Davenport, A. J. Huffman, Isaac Jewel, Daniel Tucker, Martin Conrad, E. Bailey, Eward Pickerell, J H. Dale, G. W. Stout, George Hatfield and John Shaw. Speches W’ere made by Nelson StanArough, ex-sheriff of Howard county; Elisha Mills of Wabash, and the Rev. Willis Bond of Carmel. A GREAT MEETING The Hon. Thomas R. Marshall at Bluffton Yesterday ASKS QUESTIONS Wants to Know When Hanly Paid Back His Bit Bluffton, Ind.,»Oct. B.—For the first timp sinep hp began his campaign for goverricr nf Indiana Thomas R. Marshall yesterday struck his first counter blow at the opposition. He has been attacked by Watson, by Hanly, by every republican orator on the stump. He has been predded with questions as to what he would do in this, that or the other emergency, ahd bis answers to all the questions seem to have met the expectations of his

friends and made his stronger with the people. But hitherto his counter blows have ben arguments. Yesterday he began to do seme questioning himself about the conduct of state affairs, and if he keeps up the fire he opened yesterday the republican state officials will be kept busy for the rest of the campaign in answering instead cf asking questions. State Auditor ,T. C, Biiiheimer has been called the brains of the Hanly administration, and he has also been called the brains of the Watson campaign. He has been in his office hardly at all for two months, but has been traveling all over the state making Watson speeches. He has had much to'say about temperance, and about good work in office, but it seems he has covered up diligently’ some things in his own record as deputy auditor t-f Indiana. Blllhelmer has been very bitter in his refernces to Mr. Marshall, and today Mr. Marshall took occasion to put. some pointed questions to Mr. Billheimer and to Hanly’s committee that investigated the affairs of Sherrick and Storms. “I want to ask Mr. Billheimer.” said Mr. Marshall, “if he was deputy auditor of state in 1903. I want to ask him if that year the salary of the deputy state auditor was fixed by the legislature at $2,500 per year, and whether the deputy auditor was not also to serve as clerk of the state tax board. I want to ask Mr. Billheimer whether he did not draw the $2,500. salary as deputy auditor and whether he did not draw in addition to his salary’ SI,OOO as clerk of the state tax board? If Mr. Billheimer drew that SI,OOO he ought to have paid it back, If he did pay it« back. 1 would like to know the date of the payment. Another thing I would like to ask. Bid the committee that investigated the official records of Sherrick and Storms give the names of all the men who took money belonging to the state? Or did the committee allow some of the men to put the money back into the treasury ? I would like to know very particularly about one item of $800? lam just beginning to ask some questions in this campaign, and the republicans will have to answer them before I get through,’’ said Mr. Marshall “They have been asking me all sorts of questions in this campaign,” said MT Marshall. “Now I am going to ask them to answer a few.”

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THE CUBS WINNERS Defeated New York Today and Won National Pennant A FIERCE CONTEST Fifty Thousand People Saw Greatest Ball Game in History The greatest ball game in the history of the national game in the United States is scheduled to oqcur at the Polo grounds in New York today,when the Giants and the Chicago Cubs play ofi a postponed game which will decide the championship in the National league. So great is the interest in the large cities that politics is forgotten and business at a standstill watching the results. Two weeks ago, in a game between these two teams, after New York had won 2 to 1, Chance of the Cubs protested because a runner on first base had not gone to second, but had hastened to the club house He was sustained by the umpire and a day or two ago by the national board. This made the result a tie and the game was ordered played off at the New York grounds this afternoon, Score by innings— R. H. E. Chicago ..0 04 00000 o—4 8 0 New York.l 0000000 o—2 5 1 Polo Grounds. New York. N. Y., Oct. B.—(Special Daily Democrat) —Fifty thousand fans gained admission to the grounds this afternoon to witness the championship game, ‘ and thousands were turned away. During the practice Chance, of, Chicago. and McGinnity. of New York, came „to blows, after a quarrel as .to time for practice. They were seperated, but the incident showed the intense rivalry. I First Inning—Chicago at bat— Sheckard. first man up fanned, and

I the noise could be heard in San Fran- • cisco; Evers bounded <ne to Herzog ’ and was out at first; Schulte fanned - ’on the first three balls. No runs. . I New York Tenny was hit by the 1 first ball pitched by Pflester; Her- ! zog walked; Bresnahan fanned, and • Herzog was run down between first - and second; Donlin doubled to right - scoring Tenny. the ball bounding f down the foul line and resulting in > a wrangle but Johnson stood pat; Sey- - niour walked: Brown replaced Pfles- - er as pitcher: Devlin fanned. One t run. 1 I Second Inning Chicago—Chance I singled to right, but was caught napI ping off firs" by lightning throw by > Mathewson and when he 'beefed'' to ■ j the umpire. Mathewson went over r and kidded him. A wrangle follow--1 ed; Hoffman was chased off the field: > Kling, who replaced him on coaching • line was chased away; Steinfeldt -'fanned; Howard replaced Hoffman > and fanned. No runs. I New York—McCormick flew ent to ■ Shulte; Bridwell dropped another to I Schulte; Mathewson out Tinker to •jChance. No runs. : Third Inning—Chicago—Tinker trip- ■ ’ led -to center, and scored on Klings ■ drive to center: Brown sacrificed and ■iwas out: Sheckard flew out: Evers '! walked: Schulte doubled, scoring ■ Kling; Chance doubled down right ’ foul line scoring Evers and Schulte. ; Steinfeldt fanned. Four runs. | New York— Tenney singled; Herzog 1 flew out; Bresnahan singled; Donlin I forced Bresnahan at second; Seymour ■ flew out. No runs. I I Fourth Inning— Chicago—Howard > out at first; Tinker out at first; Kling : flew out. No runs. -1 New York —Devlin out at first; Mc- “ Cormick flew out to Howard; Brid- ' well out at first. No runs. Fifth— Chicago—Brown out at first: ' Sheckard flew cut; Evers out at first. ' No runs. ’ | New York—Mathewson out at first; Tenny out at first; Herzog fouled out. • No runs. ! Sixth— Chicago—Schulte fouled out; Chance singled, but caught trying to steal second; Steinfeldt singled. Howard struck out. No runs. i New York—Bresnahan out at first. Donlin flew cut to Sheckard: Seymour flew out. No runs. (Continued on page four.)