Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 173, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1911 — Page 1

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LIKE RAT IN A TRAP Was Joe Tonner, Caught Beneath His Threshing Engine Which TURNED TURTLE When Bridge Gave Way— Horrible Fear That Steam Pipes Would Break. Caught like a rat io a trap, beneath his threshing engine, which turned turtle when the bridge over which it was passing gave way, and tormented by the horrible fear that the steam pipes would give way and send their scalding vapors to envelop his writhing body, Joe Tonner, a prominent thresher of Jefferson township, spent several terrible minutes before he finally extricated himself, badly scared though uninjured save for a few bruises and minor scratches. The accident happened in French township, just as Mr. Tonner and his assistants, with the threshing outfit, were crossing a private bridge which lead from the highway in French township to the old Chris Hocker farm, where they were due to thresh next. The bridge spanned a ditch ten feet deep and just as the engine steamed ont othe bridge, the structure gave way. In the fall the tngine turned turtle and Mr. Tonner, who was acting as engineer, standing on the platform at the rear between the water reservoir and the coal bins, was caught under the engine. The bin and the reservoir, however, on each side of the platform, formed a little box, into which the main part of his body fitted, so the leavy part of the machinery did not rest on him, but one of his feet was caught in such away that he was pinned fast, and it was sometime before he worked himself free and crawled forth with only a few bruises and As he lay pinned under the lengine his great fear was that the Isteam pipes woud break and let the i scalding contents forth before he ' could escape, in case of which his body would have been parboiled in a short time, and serious If not fatal ’injuries ensue. In fact, it is consid-I ered a great miracle that he escaped as he did An assistant was manning the separator at the rear of the projession, and when the engine fell he was horror-stricken, expecting to find he mangled body of his companion teneath it. The damage to the engine, it is thought, will reach a hundred lollars, and Messrs. Otto Reppert and Charles, Walters, who conduct the foundry here, went to the scene of the accident today to set the engine "on its feet,” and make the necessary repairs. An outfit, with which buildings are moved, was taken along to get the engine out of the ditch. — O' — —— FUNERAL TODAY. Delphos Loses Esteemed Citizen in Death of John McCabe. John McCabe, widely known and highly esteemed resident of W ashington township, who was kicked in the abdomen several days ago by a sick cilt he was doctoring, died early this morning. The acident was most un-j fortunate inasmuch as Mr. McCabe had not thoroughly recovered from an operation performed last November for the relief of an ailment of the stomach and his body was still tender as a result. A second operation was performed Friday by Dr. MeOscar of Fort Wayne, assisted by Dr. Brundage of Delphos and Dr. D. IlClark of Decatur, in the hope of saving his life. It was found that the in-I testines had been broken in two places by the blow from the animal's hoofs Mr. McCabe was unmarried and resided with his sister, Miss Phoebe Me-. Cabo. He is also survived by two brothers and a sister, Mrs. John Stevens, wife of the county infirmary superintendent, and Newton and Joseph McCabe, who reside in the west. Definite funeral arrangements have not been formed but the services will probably be held at the home Monday.—Van Wert Bulletin.

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I JACK MEIBERS OFF TO RACEB. Jack Meibers left Sunday for Mt. Vernon, Ind., located in Posey county, in the southyest corner of the state, where his running horse, ‘'Goldie," is entered this week in the $250 stake race. This jumper is a new one and looks like the money. She got first at Montpelier last week and will make the Indiana circuit this fail. o —. POPULATION INCREASED. Frank Maley, an employee of the merchants' delivery, driving Wagon No. 3, is the proud father of a baby I girl, which came to his home Sunday. Mother and baby are both getting along nicely. Mrs. Maley was formerly Miss Jessie Schrank, and is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schrank. LIKES THE WEST Mrs. Belinda Dorwin, Aged Decatur Lady, Writes Interesting Letter OF HER TRIP To Home of Her Son, the Rev. Jay Dorwin. at Port Townsend, Wash. Mrs. B. A. Dorwin, who left a short while ago for Port Townsend, Washington, to spend a year with her son, the Rev. Jay Dorwin, writes interestingly of her journey. Mrs. Dorwin is eighty-two years of age, yet stood the trip well, and the letter is written in a fine hand, of excellent penmanship, . and with never a mistake to mar its legible, well-written, and best of all, its well spelled pages. She went to Port Townsend with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jay Dorwin, who visited here I with her mother, Mrs. H, L. Coverdale, and other relatives. Mrs. Dorwin says in a letter to her daughter-in-law, Mrs. C. U. Dorwin: Port Townsend, July 16. - Dear Home Folks: Here we are, leaving Decatur at , noon on Thursday. Right pleasant until we get to Huntington, then it gets very warm and dusty. Got to ■ Hammond, then we got a cold wave I off the lakes; had to put on our wraps. I Got to Chicago about 5 in the evening. I Took a car very soon; went to bed, j and woke up in the morning. Got out at St. Paul; staid there about nine ■ hours. ' Took the car and in a couple ! of hours went to bed, and about 9 in i the morning we arrived in Winnipeg. Stayed there until about 1:15 in the morning, a beautiful place and Nina and I had a good time. Went out about 2 miles in the country to a beautiful park. Then we walked around town; had ice cream, then went to the hotel. Traveled all day Sunday and that night over a beautiful coun--1 try. Then on Monday about 10 o'clock we came into the mountains. We went into the observation car about 10 in the morning and remained there until almost evening. And such beautiful sight, no one ever saw. We were all day and one night and a part of the next day passing through them. Looked very dangerous some times. Went through at least one dozen tunnels and miles of snow sheds. Just before we came into the states the conductor said we would have to stop over twenty-four hours at a little station, so we sent a telegram of the fact so that he would not try to meet us at Seattle. Well, when we got to that station we found that we could go right on. I The train there waited on our train. Got to Seattle about 2:30; then we I telephoned Jay we were there and would be home about 11 o’clock that evening. Jay was at the dock to meet us. add one of his good friends was there with his auto to carry us home. Jay had the children to bed early so ■ as to get some sleep. Then when he started to the dock he waked them up. They dressed themselves and were out ’ on the porch waiting for us when we came. Well, I must say they have a beau- ■ tiful country here, and the best peo- [ pie here tfiat I ever saw. There were so many in to see us the next day after we got here. One lady brought in a large cake, and another a nut cake, and the flowers that came in! Went to a missionary lecture the next day. The Ladies’ Aid socnety had a picnic out at one of the forts, and one of Jay’s friends hired an auto and CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.

THE WORK BEGINS Charles Chatlin Closes Deal For Packing House and Overhauling It. OPENS ICE PLANT This Department Will be Started Immediately and the Others Soon. Mr. Charles Chatlin, formerly of Mansfield, Ohio, now a declared cltii zen of Decatur, Indiana, is now the I owner of the Decatur Packing plant. The deal was formally closed Saturday evening and Mr. Chatlin is already at work with a crew of men, getting the big factory in shape to operate. In an interview with that gentleman Saturday evening he stated that it would be impossible for a few days to state just when he could open, as he could not tell exactly what repairs and improvements will be necessary, but the announcement will be made to the public in due time. The ice plant will be put into operation at once. Mr. Chatlin will move his family here and will secure expert help to operate the plant. He believes the field here is the equal of any to be found and with the big, splendid plant he expects to make business whirl within the next year. The deal means more for this community than any of our readers perhaps realize. It means the employment of men, an added industry, and above all a good home market for all the stock of the farm. With the best horse market in the state, and with this great market for hogs and cattle, our farmers and stockmen will be taken care of as they never have been before. We predict success for Mr. Chatlin. Work on renovating the plant began this morning. A BROKEN NOSE Was the Surprise Sprung on Leo Bogner in Repairing Spring. THE HORSE’S HOOF Planted in His Face While He Was Mending Break Under Buggy. A broken nose and a two-inch gash over the left eye constituted the very disagreeable surprise sprung upon Leo Bogner, son of Frank Bogner, corner Monroe and Eleventh streets, Sunday evening about 5 o’clock when he got under a buggy to repair a broken spring. Leo, with several companions, were returning in a livery rig outfit from the Henry Schieferstein home, north of the city, when in some way the buggy spring broke. Leo got out of the rig and crawled underneath to see what he could do to repair it, when, it is supposed that his hand touched the horse’s hoof, for suddenly the hoof shot’ backwards and landed fair and square in Leo's face, caving the nose aside, breaking the bone, and cutting the gash over the eye and otherwise bruising and scratching the boy’s face. The boys came on to this city and called at a doctor’s office where the boy's "broken countenance’’ was lifted up, and set right. — RAIN CHANGED SERVICES. Held in Church Sunday Evening—ln Tent Tonight. The rain of Sunday evening somewhat changed the plans for the Baptist tent services. The seats were re-, moved to the church, where Evangel-, Ist Miller conducted last evening’s j services, but the tent was opened again today and it is thought that everything will be dry and comfortable for holding the meeting there tonight. At least the seats have been returned to the tent and everything arranged to that effect. Providing the weather. man does not give his consent, and sends bad weather, the services will be held in the church. Services are announced for every evening this week, beginning at 8 o’clock, and Evangelist Miller promises many good things for his hearers.

Decatur, Ind. Monday Evening, July 24, 1911.

BOY LOST FIVE HOURS. Jewel, the four-year-old son of Nathan Roop, a resident of the south end, was mysteriously missing for a period of some hours Sunday. He had been last noticed at 10 o’clock and later could not be found, so searching parties covered the city thoroughly In an effort to find him, but with little success until Emerson Beavers telephoned that he had him. The little fellow had climbed on a passing mil': wagon and had been permitted to ride to the Monroe street bridge before being put off, from which place he wandered directly west. MONROE POSTMISTRESS RESiC-NS Miss Florence Hendricks, who has been the postmistress at Monroe for the last two years, has resigned her I position, expecting to take a trip west to visit her brother in Denver, Colo. JUST FOR LUCK Jos. T. Johnson Placed $4 in His Hand Only to Find $2 Gone. BRAZILIAN GYPSIES Struck Town and Proceeded to Work Populace—Land in Court. Confronted with a serious felonous charge, understanding but little English, holding a two months' old baby ( in her arms, now pleading in a foreign tongue, then protesting her innocence, was the tragic picture displayed at the I mayor’s court Saturday night, when Mary Mitchell, a Brazilian, was arrested on a larceny charge. She is a member of a band of Brazilian gypsies, who struck the town about 5 o'clock Saturday night, and when coming in on North Second street ft seems that they had stopped I at the home of Joe T. Johnson, where the woman wanted to tell fortunes. Joe said he placed four silver dollars in his hand, and the gypsy “pow-wow-•d” over it, "just for luck," but it appears that Joe's luck was bad, for when he examined his money again he was two dollars short. He telephoned Marshal Peterson, and the sheriff who, accompanied by the deputy sheriff, caught the bunch on First and Madison streets, where a crowd soon gathered. The woman was arrested and taken to the mayor's court, where a trial was held under difficulties, owing to.the tendency of all the crew to talk at once, and then not saying anything intelligently. Attorneys DeVoss and Smith appeared for the defense and Prosecutor Parrish for the I state, and the case was well fought on both sides, the necesary facts weedI ed from the statements of the witnesses, and the case brought to the consideration of the court, who at first bound her over to circuit court under a $l5O bond. This was reduced to SSO later, and finally the court, for the sake of the little child, offered to accept a $25 bond, which they were able to put up. The defendant is twenty-three years old, and has been in this country for fifteen years, they making South Carolina their headquarters, picking cotton in its season. It is safe to say that no more will be seen of that particular band, they bidding everybody goodbye on their way to their wagons. o — . . . . WEDDING BELLS. The bans of matrimony were published for the first time Sunday at the , St. Mary’s church between Miss Mary j Bentz and Linus Meyers, two well , known people of the county. The wedding of Mrs. Catherine Lang to Philbert Gase will take place Wednesday morning at 7 o’clock from the i St. Mary's church. Both of the con- i I tracting parties have been previously married, their companions in life having been taken by death. ATTENDS EXPOSITION. Will Zwick of the firm of Gay, Zwick & Myers, has returned from a week's stay in Chicago and Grand Rapids, where he attended the furniture exposition and bought the fall stock of goods for their furniture establishment here, the addition of all the latest in the furniture line, thus completing one of the most up-to-date de- | partments in the city.

POLICECOURTNEWS The Courts Were Busy With Many Cases This Morning—Various Charges. — TO HOLD JURY TRIAL In Case Against Dan Straub on Profanity Charge at 9 • Tuesday. The police courts had a large grist to handle this morning, there being several cases to be brought before the mayor and more for the 'squire's court. The first case in the mayor’s court was that of the State vs. James Coverdale, on a charge of public intoxica- ( tion. It seems that Coverdale imbibed a little extra and proceeded to ' sleep it off in the tent of the attraction which held forth on the streets Saturday. He pleaded guilty and was I assessed a fine of SI.OO and costs, amounting to sll in all, and was notl- ! fled that the next offense woiild probably be punished by a jail sentence. The second case up was that of the j State vs. Dan Straub on a profanity I charge. Attorney DeVoss appeared for the defense and made a motion ' for a jury trial. Sheriff Durkin was appointed special constable to select the venire, and they will report tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, and which time the trial will be held. Otto Syphers, arrested with the oth- ' .ers taken in the tent belonging to the amusement stand on the street Sat- ' urday, on a charge of giving liquor to I minors, was next tried. He entered a plea of not guilty and employed Attorney DeVoss to appear for him. In the evidence it was shown that he had given liquor to Warren WilkinCONTINUED ON PAGE TWO. COURTHOUSE NEWS •r The July Marriage License Drought Broken Saturday Afternoon When TWO WERE ISSUED Makes Five This Month—B. W. Sholty Renews Notarial Commission. Real estate transfers: Barclay Smith to Daniel Stucky, 42 acres, Wai bash tp., $1; Joseph Richt to Peter I Rich, 40 acres, Monroe tp., S2IOO. Marriage licenses were issued Saturday afternoon to Noah Hendricks, born April 22, 1891, farmer, son of Eli W. and Mary Ellen Hendricks, to wed Ocie Reber, born January 13, 1891, daughter of Ezra and Mary Reber; also to Clyde Fugate, born October 9, 1890, carpenter, son of Peter E. and Mary Fugate, to wed Marp P. Miller, born March 3, 1888, daughter of G. W. and Caroline Miller. B. W. Sholty has filed notarial bond in the sum of SI,OOO, with L. A. Graham as surety. ‘ Real estate transfers: August i Wietfeldt to Wilhelm Wietfeldt, lot 34, Decatur, $385. o THE MISSING WORD. I told you so! Just six easy words were left out and one of the rural route patrons won the prize. Daisy Palmer, of Route No. 6, was the lucky winner, her-answer being the first correct one which was opened. The words were “will,” from Winnes shoe store; "anything.” from Schlickman & Girod’s ad; "good,” from Christen & Smith; “soda,” from Blackburn’s; ’“busy,” from Sam Hite's, and “electric,” from Ed E. Parent’s ad. Some more easy ones have been left out today and you will do well by getting in an answer so that you will have a chance to make one of the prizes yours. The contest will close again Wednesday noon, and the winner will be announced.

LIGAMENTS TORN LOOSE. Charles Getting of Root township Is going about by means of a cane, the result of an accident which he received last week, when the ligaments of his right knee were torn loose. He was walking along, when in making a quick turn, the aforesaid accident occurred. It is causing him much Inconvenience in getting around and will be such for a while at least. A CORRECTION. The interest to be purchased in the Decatur greenhouse September Ist by Dale Moses will be a three-eights in--1 terest, instead of a three-fifths interest, as erroneously stated Saturday. I E. S. Moses will retain a five eighths 1 interest. REMOVE BONES Mrs. Henry Kintz Submits to Operation This Morning For ACCIDENT YEARS AGO Typhoid Patents Are Reported as Holding Ther Own at Present. Drs. Clark made a trip to the home of Henry Kintz this morning, northwest of the city, and later performed an operation upon Mrs. Kintz for the removal of two bones from the foot. Eighteen years ago a horse stepped on her foot, breaking it and the bones failing to properly knit, have recently been giving her much trouble, the fractured members beginning to decay. The limb had also commenced to swell, nearly to the body, making an operation necessary. It is now thought that the past trouble will soon j become well by means of the present ordeal. The typhoid patients seem mostly to be balding their own satisfactorily, but in such away that there can be no encouraging hopes given out for a day or two at least. New cases are being added to the many every daj or so, and quite a number require careful nursing at the present time. Word from Muncie regarding the ■ illness of Mrs. Frank Mann is that she has taken a turn for the worse, and no hope is being extended for her recovery. Friday and Saturday she suffered hemorrhages, which had been fought with much difficulty by those in charge to prevent their coming. This weakened her condition considerably and at present the outcome is far from being encouraging. Her brother-in-law, Harry Harrison, is also lying at the point of death with violent typhoid, and has to be kept strapped in bed, he becoming so wild at times that he is unmanagable. He has been taken to the hospital, where everything is being done, but to no advantage. No hope is being extended. Milton Hilpert was in the city today and stated that his brother, W. 1,. Hilpert of Bobo, who had been operated upon last Friday by several physicians of this city for appendicitis, is slightly improved and resting easier. _ .. o . — THROWN FROM SWING. Monroe Lad Meets With Painful Injury Sunday Evening. Monroe, Ind., July 24 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Late Sunday even-1 ing, Claude, little son of Mr. and Mrs. James Laisure, met with a very painful accident and although it is believed nothing serious will follow, he is at present quite serious. He had been swinging at his home, when one of the ropes broke, and he was thrown on a stake, which penetrated his abdomen, causing an ugly wound about four inches long. Dr. Rayl was at once summoned and administered to the injured lad, and he was stated today as being somewhat better. AN EXPLOSION AT GARY. (United Press Service.) Gary, Ind., July 24 -(Special to Daily Democrat) —An explosion, attributed by the police to leaking gas pipes, wrecked a two story building and injured eight persons here early today. All the injured will recover.

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ONE BOLD BAD BOY , * While “Red” McCollum Was Partial to Horses, He Did Not CONFINE HIS THEFTS Alone to Them—Out on Parole From Jeffersonville For Stealng Wheel. Jesse McCollum, the Geneva horse thief, who was arrested by Sheriff : Reichelderfer and who has since confessed to the theft of five horses and buggies, has been in trouble before and the sheriff learned yesterday that he is under suspended sentence from a Jay county court for a grand larceny charge brought against him more than a year ago. Mr. McCollum claims that he has received a lull pardon on this conviction, but Sheriff King of Jay county is of the opinion that the charge still bangs over McCollum. Reading of the arrest of McCollum in the Journal-Gazette, Sheriff King was in communication with Sheriff Reichelderfer by telephone yesterday and stated that he would come to Fort Wayne Monday. Two of the horses stolen by McCollum were taken in Jay county and the authorities there are anxious to prosecute him for the thefts. Sheriff Reichelderfer has a charge of larceny he can prosecute against McCollum, but is of the opinion that he should be punished first, for the wholesale horse stealing he has indulged in during the past two years, and he will be turned over to some one of the four counties having a claim on him. Yesterday Carl D. Huffman of Wells county came to Fort Wayne and secured the horse and buggy that had been stolen from him by McCollum and recovered by Sheriff Reichelderfer in his round-up of the stolen property. The sheriff has three outfits still in his possession and he expects owners. —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. It is quite likely that “Red" McCollum, the captured horse thief, will be sent to Portland for trial, as the following article from the Portland Com-mercial-Review explains: “Another and better reason why he will most likely be sent here, is that hanging over his head is a suspended sentence of from one to eight years in the Indiana reformatory at Jeffersonville, imposed by Judge LaFollette on a plea of guilty entered in the Jay circuit court, March 12, 1910, to the theft of a bicycle from in front of the Hotel Adair annex on West Main street. McCollum one day the first of March was standing in front of the pool room, when in the temporary absence of the owner, he mounted the bike and rode away. He was seen before he was out of sight, and pursuit was given. McCollum fled to the Lake Erie & Western railroad tracks, where he threw the machine on a passing freight train, and climbing aboard himself, went eastward. At Celina, Ohio, he sold or traded the wheel, which was afterwards recovered. McCollum was arrested a few days later at the home of his mother in Geneva, but when she appeared at the trial in the circuit court, and made a mother’s tearful appeal for her son, the court gave him a chance. After sentence was pronounced, McCollum was paroled, and placed under the care of O. O. Juday of Geneva, as a special probation officer. After he had remained In the county jail until a special officer had come from the prison, and made a note of his case, he was released. The theft of the bicycle, it has developed, was after the daring theft of the Al Sheffer racing horse, and but a few months before he took the Goodson animal. If the reformatory officials so desire, McCollum can be taken to that prison to serve the Indeterminate sentence already hanging over him. Local officials were Saturday in communication with those in Allen county, informing them of the local charges against McCollum, and it Is believed that he will be turned over to the custody of Sheriff King. This would dispose of the man for eight years, if the authorities desire to hold him that long, after which he may be tried for many of the recent crimes. ’ Henry Zwick of Williams was looking after business transactions here this morning.