Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 172, Decatur, Adams County, 22 July 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 172.

MAN HUNT IS ENDED —«■ - — —MI , | Arrett Os “Red” McCollum of Geneva Ends 1,000 Mile Chase.' DARING HORSE THIEF Ends Career of Daring and Shrewdness Which Long Baffled Officials. Jesse McCollum, alias “Reddle," ngi«l twenty-four, who for the most part has made his home with his mother in Geneva, but who has had headquarters at Geneva, Berne, Muncie, Portland and Fort Wayne, Is the last one of the three horse thieves rounded up since July 13th, together with nine stolen outfits, by Sheriff Reiehelderfer of Allen county. McCollum Is held by the Allen county sheriff, who can turn him over to the luthorities .in either Blackford, Jay, Wells or Noble counties for a hearing. The arrest of McCollum brings to an end the career of one of the most Baring horse thieves of this section t>f the country, one who certainly had |he art down about “pat." In appearance he gives no indlcaion of his shrewdness, looking more ike an inoffensive farm hand, a eharIcter he sought to maintain, than a ihief. He is six feet four inches tall, raw-boned and retiring, and his head s crowned by a thatch of red hair that tamed for him the sobriquet of "Redlie.” The Fort Wayne J-wrnal-Gazette lays: "McCollum was first suspected by lhe sheriff when he sought to dispose if a rig at a local salesbarn early in he spring. At that time a resident >f the county, who knew the horse ind knew that McCollum had traded nr it. came forward and he was not nolested. •Since then it was learned hat he had traded a stolen horse for the one he had offered for sale. | He again fell under suspicion of the sheriff's forces when he drove into ■town Sunday, July 9. with a good Tiorse and buggy, stopping over night 'at the home of his brother on Broadway, and later going to the Frank Luther farm, ten miles north of the ■city, on the Goshen road. He was followed by the sheriff and later Mr. i iLuther was asked to allow him to avork for a few days, keeping him un■er careful surveillance at all times. K)verhearing a telephone message concerning himself between the sheriff ■nd Mr. Luth. McCollum decided to ■eave, but the sheriff was told of his restlessness and under guard brought ■im to the city with the stolen horse. McCollum at first declared he had Knight the outfit, but when he saw I he mass of evidence against him, iniluding not only the theft of the horse n question, which was stolen from Elmer Steed, a farmer near Portland, >ut of a number of others, he made a dean breast of the whole affair and las since been o' valuable assistance o the sheriff in locating the rernainler of the stolen property. “McCollum, posing always as a farm land, had extended his horse stealing aerations over a period of more than two years. After stealing an outfit, ie drove to some adjoining county, where he would hire out to some armer for a year, stipulating that his torse and buggy was to be kept as tart or his pay. After waiting for a ew weeks or in some cases a month tr more, McCollum either sold or tradid the stolen plunder and when all he stuff was off his hands he usualy found some excuse for quitting his job. In many cases the stolen horses tr rigs were traded time and again ind considerable difficulty was found in tracing the stuff to its last holders. “In his trips throughout this and adloining counties, the sheriff took McCollum with him and was always able to convince the fanners that he was really on the trail of stolen property. Three trips were made in all, the property being rounded up on the last trip. For several days the sheriff has been collecting horses, buggies and harness at his barn in this city and t>n his farm and yesterday began turning the stuff over te the delighted owners, most of whom had given up til hope of ever seeing their property again. Many of them did not know the officer had located their property

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| until they were notified to come in ■ and get it. ' McCollum has confessed to the i theft of five outfits, one stolen of I Elmer Steed, near Portland, July 8, which resulted in his capture. The • otherthefts included a horse stolen of I Albert Shaffer, near Portland, a_horse j and buggy from Carl D. Huffman, near | i Montpelier, a horse and buggy from Thomas U. Goodson, near Portland, ' and a horse and buggy from A. R. Burley, near Wolf Lake." During his rounding up of the horse ' thieves since July 13th, and the rei covery of the nine stolen outfits. SherI iff Reiehelderfer has traveled more than 1,000 miles by automobile, and 1 covered the greater part of six coun- | ties, and the value of the stolen property recovered by him since June 13, is *2,875. Sheriff Reiehelderfer was instrumental in organizing the TriState Sheriffs' association, of which Sheriff Durkin is a member. James Willing was one of the other CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR A DAYS OUTING Will Probably be Enjoyed by Odd Fellows of Adams County Jurisdiction. AMUSEMENTS GALORE Will be Furnished by the Committee in Charge— May be Held Here. The Odd Fellows are arranging to hold a district meeting some time this fall, either in Decatur, or In one of the towns in the .south part of the county at which over seven hundred Odd Fellows and their families will be in attendance. Committee have been appointed to look after the details and a great day of amusement will be had. A picnic will be a feature of the day as will several good addresses by state officers, who will be present. These I meetings are held at various places during the fall and have always been i the means of doing much good for the order. An amusement committee has races and other things in mind, and if the plans do not fail probably a balloon ascension will be a feature of the day. Adams county is one of the largest jurisdictions in the state, outside of Indianapolis, and is probably one of the largest in membership, in reference to its size, in the world. Sometime in the near future the date will probably be announced and work begun on the details of the day’s outing. A FEATURE PERFORMANCE. Beginning Monday an unsual feature performance will start at the Star airdome, continuing throughout the week, placing a change of program each night. Professor Sheppard, a noted hypnotist, has ben engaged, together with the five people of his company, for the week, and upon Monday ■ evening he will, as an advertisement, place a lady under a hypnotic trance in the window of the Teeple. Brandyberry & Peterson store, where she will | remain until Tuesday night. Last week the professor finished a week’s stand at Fort Wayne and reports from i there recommend him highly. AcI companying this exhibition the usual ’ number of new reels will be shown, ' the admission being raised to five cents for children and ten cents for adults, owing to the excessive cost of the attraction. THE SERVICES CONTINUE. The Baptist tent services which have been conducted here by Evangelist, A. W. Miller, are announced for next week also, much to the gratification of the many who have heard the excellent speaker. The attendance was good at last evening’s meeting, ■ when “The Unpardonable Sin" was discussed, this being a very able dis , course. The evangelist will also speak this evening at 8 o’clock, Sunday morning and evening at 10:30 and | 8 o’clock respectively, and every evening next week, beginning at 8 o'clock. o " — The John Bowers rental residence on Third street, north of the Ward Fence company’s offices, is being remodeled. The roof is being raised, a gable front built therein, and other improvements made that will make a Amt-class residence.

THE WHITE PLAGUE State Board of Health Gives Out Big Toll of Death For the MONTH OF JUNE Tuberculosis Still Claims Largest Number of Those Departed. Pulmonary tuberculosis, or consumption continues to be responsible for the largest number of deaths in Indi ana of any disease. During the month of June 283 deaths from this disease were reported, an average of nearly ten per day. Tlie bulletin of the state board of health just issued for the month says: The deaths in June, 1911, were 2,353. For June, 1910, 2,588, a decrease of 235. Diarrhoeal diseases were reported as the most prevalent with rheumatism second. Scarlet fever was present in many places in the state in mild form and caused 11 deaths, while measles caused 13 deaths and whooping cough caused 36 deaths. People must learn that measles and whooping cough are dangerous diseases to be as carefully guarded against as scarlet fever. The cities report 1170 deaths, rate 12.4 or 1.8 higher than the rate for the entire state. The rural deaths numbered 1183, a rate of 8.8 less than the rate for the entire state. Infantile paralysis caused two deaths. Cancer caused 142, violence 195, diphtheria 18, typhoid fever 29, smallpox 1. Diarrhoea and enteritis caused 116 deaths under two years of age. Births for May: Birth reports are always a month late and will continue so until physicians and mid-wives report promptly within thirty-six hours as now required by law. Total births, 4570, excluding stillbirths. Male, 2337; females, 2233. White males, 2314; white females, 2189; colored males, 23; colored females, 44. Still-births, 146; white, 140;. colored. 6. Birth rate for the state, 20.7. Northern sanitary section, rate 20; central sanitary section, rate 18.9; southern sanitary section, rate 23,3. Highest rate, Scott county. 29.6. Lowest rate, Pulaski county, 3.5. Ruth Parrish and Agnes Sellemeyer left today for Marlon, where they will spend Sunday with Ruby Parrish and Huldah Bauer, who are visiting there.

ABOUT THE SICK I Josephine Shoemaker Very Seriously 11l From Biliousness. TYPHOID PATIENTS All Seem to be Giving Encouraging Hopes—Other Items of Sick. Miss Josephine Shoemaker, who for some time has been lying in a very sick condition at her home, with several ailments, was this morning reported as being somewhat improved, but still far from being rapidly improving. At present she 18 suffering from biliousness, which she contracted from over work while at Ft. Wayne and which necessitated her return home. A speedy recovery is desired by her many friends. George Deinw, sexton for the St. Mary’s church, is reported as being ill with symptoms of typhoid fever. Marie, twelve-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Wertzberger, is sick with what is like typhoid fever. The condition of William Whittenbarger, residing south of the city, who for several weeks has been in a serious condition with typhoid fever, and a few days ago was lying at the point ) of death, was reported this morning as resting some easier, and his chances j for recovery are now more encouraging.

Decatur, Ind. Saturday Evening, July 22, 1911.

DIED THURSDAY. William Follln Passed Away at Home in Fort Wayne. William Follln, one of Fort Wayne s citizens and a well known resident of that city, passed away at his home on Hoffman street Thursday morning, death following after a year's illnes, from Bright's disease. He was p.* sixty-six years of age, a veteran of the Civil war, having served,in Company D of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was born and reared tn Darke county Ohio, In 1845, and until a year ago resided in St. Joseph county. Mich., coming to Fort Wayne to reside. Since then he has been retired and made Ft. Wayne his home. Surviving he leaves a wife and son, William, of that city and a daughter, Mrs. Barton Boyce, of this county. He was twice married, his former wife and a daughter having preceded him in death. SECOND REUNION Os Miller Family Proves to be Even Better Than the First.

HELD IN TOLEDO i The Adams Comity Families Well Represented There at Walbridge Park. The Adams county representatives of the Miller family have returned from Toledo, Ohio, where Thursday they held tneir second annual reunion at Walbridge park, this being a very . much enjoyed affair. One hundred made up tiie attendance and included members of the family from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Windsor, Canada. The election of officers resulted in the selection of the following for the new iyear: President, D. Davis, Fremont, 1 Ohio; vice president, David E. Miller, i Lindsey, Ohio; secretary, Mrs. Fred [Linn, Decatur; treasurer, William Mil- ! ler, Decatur; speaker of the day, A. S. Elzey, of Ossian. A good dinner at noon, with a program in the afternoon made up the order of the day s good time. A. S. Elzey of Ossian gave an excellent address, as did Dr. J. S. Ohlinger of Toledo, Ohio. The eldest in attendance was seventy-nine years of age and the youngest four months. E-Commissioner William Miller of near this city, was unable to I attend this year on account of slckI ness, but others from this vicinity who were there are: Louis MUler and family, Fred Linn and family, Mr. and Mrs. Sol Linn, Mr. and Mrs. Todd 1 Linn, Mrs. E. B. Kern and family, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Elzey of Ossian. . o SECOND BILL CAR. Bill car No. 2 for the Miller Bros.’ real wild west show made its appearance in the city this morning, coming from Lagrange over the G. R. & 1., and during the day completed the business in this line for their performance to be given in this city on August 3rd. Every billboard available was taken hold of in the way of large posters, while large muslin banners were put up here and there for display in large letters of the date of their arrival in the city. Miller Bros.’ show is considered the largest wild west show on the road today and is out-classing all others in the way of a first-class and up-to-date performance. TO EAST HAVEN. Sheriff and Mrs. Thomas Kurkin this morning accompanied Miss Sarah Troutner to Richmond, where she was placed in the -Easthaven asylum owing to her unbalanced mental condition, and upon whom an inquest was held last Saturday in St. Mary's township. It was thought that with the care and attention which is provided at Easthaven that her mental faculties will in time be restored and that she will again enjoy her freedom. o ICE CREAM SOCIALS. The Ladies’ Aid society of Beulah Chapel will give an Ice cream social on the church lawn on Wednesday ev-j ening, July 26th. Everybody invited.' The Christian Endeavor society of | the Concord Lutheran church of Root township will give an ice cream social j Wednesday evening, July 26th. at the C. C. Wilder home in Monmouth. The patronage of all is asked. 1

DEATH AFTER ALL John McCabe of Delphos, 0., Who Was Operated Upon Yesterday. I I CALLED BY REAPER Dr. Clark Assisted in Operation—Final Hour Came at 4 This Morning. i Dr. D. D. Clark, who Friday was summoned to Delphos, Ohio, and who i made a hurried trip to that place, as did Dr. McOscar, who was summoned from Fort Wayne, and who, upon arrival there performed an operation upon John McCabe, who had been kicked in the adbomen by a horse on last Tuesday, received a telephone message this morning that he had died. He had been working in the field on last Tuesday, when one of the horses with which he had been working became unruly, and while trying to manage the animal was kicked in such away that his intestines and other organs had been terribly mangled and his whole inside lay open. ; He was treated by home physicians, who did what they could, but later developments showed that only by. submitting to an operation, would perhaps save him. He was taken to the j hospital department of the county in- 1 firmary, which is In charge of his brother-in-law, and the ordeal was at once performed. His whole system had been closed up, and his condition at first sight formed an almost impossible cure to the doctors. Dr. Brundage of Delphos and Dr. Beery of Middlebury were also in attendance and lent their aid to the afflicted man. He came out from under the influence of the anaesthetic all right, having withstood the ordeal very well, but was so weak that nothing could be foretold regarding the outcome. Previous to this he had been in the best of health, having only last November underwent an operation by the same physicfans, but grew strong and performed more labor than at any time be- ' , I tore. He was a man well liked by the peo- , pie of Delphos, held in high esteem, j and the sad misfortune which had befallen him. and later death itself, came as a shock to the citizens of that place. He was a single man, about fifty years old and leaves several brothers, with his many friends, to. mourn their loss. No funeral ar-1 rangements have as yet been made. machine' bread I_ . . People’s Restaurant Has Installed an Electric Dough Mixer. NOW IN OPERATION Will Turn Out a Capacity of Six Hundred and Fifty Loaves Daily. Jacob Martin, proprietor of the People’s restaurant, is coming more to the front each day toward the better carrying out of his business, the latest improvement added to his stand and in the bake shop department being a new electric dough-mixer, which is already in operation and doing its part,, toward the turning out of the nice fat brown loaves. It is of the famous triumph make, manufactured at Cincinnati, Ohio, and is the only machine mixer in the city. It has a capacity for turning out six hundred and fifty loaves of bread each day and the badder is completely mixed in twelve-min-utes, and in more perfect condition than if performed by hand. Besides, in addition to the making of bread, it saves much time to the help, as mixing by hand requires from a half to three quarters of an hour. It was something of which Mr. Martin has been much in need, and the new addition will mean much to him in various ways, and especially so when a hurry-up call will be demanded. — -O - '- Miss Amelia Weber has returned from a week’s visit with Ithe Albert Arnold family, west of the city. >•

MAIL BAGS ARE COSTLY. Set Uncle Sam Back Quite a Sum Each Year for Mail Uee. Uncle Sam has twenty-eight different kinds of mall bags in service and they range in cost from 22 cents to *21.56 each. They are mail pouches for almost every conceivable use and you can ship almost anything that comes within the postal regulations with a minimum oc loss and breakage. ! Probably the most peculiar mail bag j is the one arranged for carrying bees. I Sending bees by mail was a difficult i operation before the "bee bag" was adopted. Usually the bees arrived at their destination dead or so exhausted that they were of little use. Now these little honey-makers can be shipped by mail several thousand miles in the “bee bag" without suffering and can obtain air and a goqd supply of food during their transit. Mail bags . are made of various materials. The | cheapest are of cotton and the most costly are of leather. TWO HORSES KILLED And One Colt Injured by Being Struck by Interurban Car Last Night. NEAR ST. JOHN’S Were Property of Herman Bultemeier-Had Strayed From Barnyard. Two grown horses instantly killed, and one con so oadly injured that it was shot today, is the several hundred dollar ioss of Herman Bultemeier, a prominent farmer living north of this city, a mile and a half north of St. John’s, the horses having broken out of the barnyard and strayed down the road, thence onto the interurban track, where they were struck about 12 o’clock Friday night by the Decatur-bound car leaving Ft. Wayne at 11 o’clock, in charge of Mbtorman Homer Ruhl and Conductor Jesse Schug. The interurban car was filled with passengers homeward bound from the show and everything went along smoothly until suddenly a shock was felt that caused a lurching of pas-; sengers; though none were thrown from their seats. The pilot was broken as was the headlight. The car was run back to the scene ofthe accii dent when an examination revealed the bodies of the horses lying along the side of the track. One of the horses was badly mangled, the entrails being expoeed. Other injuries, including broken legs, were suffered, and death must have been instantaneous. The colt gave signs of life and was dragged into a better position, and it became ableto lift its head, but was shot this morning when the full extent of its injuries were determined. It was later taken home. Mr. Bultemdler lives about three-quar-ters of a mile from the track, on a road that crosses the interurban and its parallel highway, at right angles. He stated to the interurban people that the horses were in the barnyard and had probably broken out and strayed down the road and onto the track. I <>- - — WELL CASING FALLS. Breaks Arm of Levi Mumma at Wrist —Painful Accident. Levi Mumma, of North Eleventh street, the well known well driller, is carrying his right arm in ailing and will be disabled for some time, the result of an accident in which his arm I whs broken at the wrist, while on duty. He was engaged in drilling a well on the Thieme farm in Union township, when in some way the casing fell about twenty feet, striking him on the arm and breaking the bone at the wrist. Tbe accident is a very painful one. .— o DEPOT ON FIRE. The Clover Leal depot at Holgate, ■ Henry sty, located on the east side of the t. near the B. & O. crossing, caught flic, but'the flames were extinguished by the village fire department with small loss. Some time later an explosion occurred from a smoldering ftre in the building, probably from the dust accumulation, and this time the fire completed its work. - The building, a frame structure, with part of the contents, was destroyed. The B. * O. tower was also slightly burned. — Frankfort Crescent.

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ASSUMES INTEREST Os Ernsberger Brothers in Decatur Greenhouse —E. S. Moses NOW SOLE MANAGER And Will Became Sole Owner September Ist—Will Take New Partner. Jesse Ernsberger of Celina, Ohio, of the firm of Ernsberger Brothers & Mo- . ses, proprietors of the greenhouse of ■ this city, was here this morning and closed the contract by which Mr. E. S. ; Moses, who has been a partner and I manager of the firm and plant for the j past four years, takes over the entire management, he to become sole owner September Ist. Mr. Moses also becomes owner of the greenhouse residence, in which he has resided since he has lived in this city, purchasing this from J. A. Ernsberger. The local greenhouse was established here nine ! years ago by the Ernsbergers, and has prospered and grown much, becoming one of the best-paying businesses of the city. September Ist, another change will take place, Mr. Moses at i that time to sell to bis nephew. Dale Moses, son of Mr. James Moses, of north of the city, a three-fifths interest in the plant. Dale is a clean young man of excellent personal characteristics, as well as excellent business qualities, and will be a valuable assistant to his uncle. —_ o— —— THE 102 RANCH WILD WEST. — The cowboy as pictured in fiction and on cancas is fat different from the real cowboy as he is seen with the 101 Ranch Reai Wild West show which la to be here August 3rd. The demand for western characters has caused many to affect the chappels and neck handkerchief in Imitation of the real cowboy, but there are many things and characteristics about the cowboy of the ranch and plains that the would-be cowboy cannot imitate. He cannot imitate the loping gate of the genuine cow herder, nor can he have the same pair of beautifully bowed legs. All cowboys are bow-leg- ' ged. This is a fact not known to everybody, but a fact nevertheless. When you see a man or boy in a suit of cowboy clothes and he is straight of carriage and you cannot see light between his knees you may well put him down at once as a counterfeit and you will not be wronging him at all. They are not born bow-legged, but in infancy they are in the saddle and the best part of their lives are spent with the horse under them. It is the constant straddling of the horse that puts the curve in their legs and you will not find one cowboy on the great 101 Ranch, at Bliss, Oklahoma, who is not bent in the legs. If you see a cowboy with his handkerchief tied in the front you can also put him down for a base imitation of the real goods. It is not a matter of choice for the cowboy to wear his handkerchief around his neck. It is almost compulsory to tie it behind and not under the chin He wears it around his. neck because it is easier to get at, and ties it behind so that the larger portion is bagged in front and when in a storm or fast riding he has but to drop his chin into the baglike fold and his face is immediately protected. Experience has made him an expert and with two motions he can drop his face on his breast and when he elevates It the handkerchief has been picked up around the face and shields it to the eyes. Any of the cowboys with the 101 Ranch Wild West show, while riding at breakneck speed can roll a cigarette with one hand and hold the bridle with the other. This is not considered any accomplishment but a necessity, for if the cowboy could not do it, there ■would be many times when he would not smoke. The real cowboy is a cowboy pure and simple, while the counterfeit is a cowboy only in dress. Cowboys do not graduate in the east. Misses Pearl and Grace Purdy returned to their home in Decatur last evening after visiting for a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Purdy and at the E. D. Ward home. Miss Bessie Harrison of Anderson, who has also been visiting here, accompanied the Misses Purdy home for a visit. They will leave Saturday on a trip to Niagara Falls.—Bluffton News.