Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1901 — Page 1

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The Place divorce trial has been postponed upon motion by the plaintiff on account of the inability of a witness, Mr. Stahl of Fort Wayne, to be present. The case will be heard latter in the term. The following new cases have been tiled this week in the circuit court of Adame county, Chris Beery vs Decatur Egg Case Co., damages $150.1 Leona Twigg vs William Twigg, divorce. Frank W. Hart vs Edward J. Baily account, demand SI(XX). The right to be joined in wedlock has been issued at Clerk Johnson’s office this week to the following parties: John Evans and Anna Brown; Joseph Davidson and Jessie Twigg; George McLain and Rena Elzey; Wesley A. Markley and Maggie Coffee. The Goshen Daily News-Times of Thursday contained the following: The ladies of the Picnic Club last evening gave a delightful seveno’clock dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Miller, on South Fifth street. After the bountiful repast, cards were indulged. About sixteen participated, Mr. and Mrs. David ’ Studabaker of Decatur being guests of honor. About a dozen hunters from this county left here Thursday evening over the Clover Leaf for the forests of Arkansas, where fora month they will enjoy the wild, fieee life of the deer hunter. Among the crowd was Peter Frank, who will remain until spring, hunting and trapping. He took along seventy steel traps with which he expects to capture an unlimited number of mink and musk rat. Mrs. Charles Porter, of Geneva, is certainly acquiring fame in the literary world through her clever niaga zine articles. In this month’s issue, the Christmas number of the Metropolitan, appears a splendid article which is attracting no little attention and which will add greatly to her reputation as one of the best writers of the times. The magazine is one of the most popular on the market and the honor is an enviable one. Mr. Scott who recently purchased the John W. DeLong insurance agency was a former resident of Marion. Indiana, and the News-Tribune of that place speaks of his departure as follows: Ex-Patrolman Dave Scott who removed his family from their former home on South Race street to Decatur where they will reside in the future. Mr. Scott has gone into the insurance business. Mr. Scott has been a resident of the city for a number of years, and has many friends who will regret to learn of his departure.

The quarterly reports of the county officers were approved by the commissioners. Clerk Civil eases $256.50, probate $lB3, criminal $430, marriage licenses $134, other licenses $2, transcripts $17.25, certificates $9.75, insurance $17.50, total $624.40. Sheriff Collections $38.80, fees $118.55, deeds $2, miscellaneous $26.75, total $186.10. Auditor-Transfers $12.25, licenses sl2, bonds $6, school fund mortgages $3, miscellaneous $1.25, total $34.50. Recorder- Deeds $179, mortgages $146.15, releases s3l. mechanic liens sß', copy of records $17.50, miscellaneous $91.70, total $471.35. J. Fred France has announced his candidacy for the democratic chair mansbip of the Eleventh district. Dr. Shively, of Marion, is the present chairman, but he has not announced his desire to hold it for another term. Dr. Shively has filled the place very acceptably. He has had overwhelming odds against him but he has preserved the party organizations in a district where party fealty was the only incentive to vote. Mr. France is city attorney and a very clever and genial gentlemen. He has boundless energy and is a zealous and enthusiastic party worker. If the democrats of the district honors him with the position they may be assured that nothing will remain undone that would tend to add to democratic strength. Mass meetings will l>e held December 28th to elect delegates to the district convention, for the purpose of electing a district chairman. Huntington News Democrat. More than 100 people of Marion have been defrauded out of as many dollars recently by a young man who stated that ha represented the Ladies' Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post. The young man was formerly employed by the Curtis Pub fishing companv, publishers of the Ladies’ Home Journal and was familiar with the business methods of the companv. He was discharged from the employ of the publishing house over a year ago and has been giving the house a great deal of trouble since that time by going into cities and securing a few dollars on subscription and then leaving for a citv in some other state. He has the old identilr cation can! issued to him in 1 .MM) and has made it good for 1901. He also has receipts printed that are exactly like the ones used by the company. Armed with these it was an easy matter for him to secure a largo number of subscriptions at a reduced rate. He was taking subserptions for two publications tor $1 a .year which is just one half of the usual price.

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Louis F ruchte, of Preble township, is in the office of the countv treasurer familiarizing himself with'the duties of deputy treasurer under the incoming J. H. X’oglewede. Mr. Fruchte is competent and will make a very desirable fixture at the county treasurer s office. Joseph Tanubr, one of the petit i jurymen drawn on the regular panel, was found disqualified because of the ; fact that he is neither a house holder or free holder. Reuben Clark also one of the regular panel, was disqualified for the same reasons and both have been discharged from further service for this term. President Cal Kunkle, of the Farm ers’ Institute, announces January Bth and 9th and the court room in this city, as the time and place for the next session of the farmer’s institute. ■ The program will lie out some time next week which will be quite interesting and entertaining to those en ; i gaged in agricultural pursuits. These have paid their subscription since our report last week: John I Rupright, John Hendricks, C. C. j Cloud, James Stogdill, G. A. Davis, Mrs. XV. H. Thompson, Charles Bart- | ling, Peter Frank, G. W. Rupright, George Crist, A. G. Douglass, David Werling, John Tonnellier. XV. J. Be . berick, J. XV. Vizard, Ed. Meyers, i Frank XVinans, Mrs. R. B. Miller, ! XVilliam Angelbeck, John S. XVebcr, , I H. XV. Shackley and Edward Cordua. , At an informal meeting of about 150 Muncie republicans Saturday evening Judge Joseph G. Leffler formally declared his candidacy for the republican nomination to congress from the Eighth district of Indiana, 1 at the next convention in opposition to Representative • Cromer. Mayor Duulay, of Anderson, is another out- ’ spoken candidate. The meeting was held in the offices of Senator XValter 1 jL. Ball, former law partner of Mr. ‘ 1 Leffler.

Mrs. Joseph Beery died at her home west of town Thursday morning about seven o'clock, she had been ill for several weeks with a peculiar malady and her strength weakened gradually. Her ailment by some was claimed to be milk-sickness and by others poison from eating cheese. The entire family were ill from the same cause, whatever it was but the rest have about recovered. Mrs. Beery was an excellent lady and beloved by all who know her. The funeral services were conducted at Antioch church Saturday morning. Rev. E. H. Peters officiating. Interment at the Beery cemetery. John Ritter, who lives just south of town was arrested Monday for violating the game laws by hunting on Sunday. The affidavit was filed by Game Warden Smith, on information filed by Jonn Coffee, a neighbor of Ritter’s and between whom there seems to be some hard feelings. Ritter claims that he saw rabbit out in his garden and taking down his shot gun went out and killed it, this being the total amount of his desecra tion of the Sabbath, but it was enough for Coffiee saw him and improved the opportunity to get even on an old grudge. The case was tried before Justice Coverdale and Ritter plead guilty. He was fined $lO and costs, amounting to $39.20 which he stayed. It is no idle boast to say that Decatur has the best photographer in Eastern Indiana, and in fact we wouldn’t stop much to include the whole state and Chicago. The shining star is Elmer Moser, whose studio windows this week blaze forth in the most beautiful holiday attire ever presented to our vision. Work of every kind known to the artistic world is there beautifully ‘done and neatly arranged. It is an utter impossibility for one to pass without stopping for a more complete view of the display and many an expression of the beauty thereof has been heard, many words of praise coming from traveling men and others from the cities who have an opportunity to see and know good work. If you haven’t seen this win dow take our word for it that its well worth the trouble. Such a hustler as Mr Moser does a city much good and we are proud of his efforts. State vs. Mrs. Mary Overhulser has been the all-absorbing topic about the circuit court room this week and a large audience has attended each ses,ion. Mrs. Overhulser and her daugh ter-in-law, Leona Overhulser are charged with burning a house to defraud the Continental Insurance Company out of S2OO insurance which had been placed on the building a short time before. The indictment was returned by the April grand jury and shortly afterward Mrs. Overhulser was arrested and gave Ixind for SSOO. Leona was in Ohio and could not lie taken, or at least has not, although she seems to have been equal-1 ly as guilty. It is claimed tint the latter admits having done the work' upon promise that she was,'to receive twenty-five dollars. The case began Monday morning, John Moran and Schafer Peterson prosecuting and C. I J. Lutz and L. C. Devoss defending. I The evidence was concluded Tuesday ] evening and all of yesterday taken up ' in the argument to the jury. The jury brought in a verdict of not guilty iit nine o’clock.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1901.

Mrs. XX m. Anglebeck and children left the first of the week for Mancelone, Michigan, their future home. Mr. Anglebeck remains here for two weeks yet to settle up his business, and will then go to Mencelone where he will engage in the merchant tailor business. He is a good tailor and it is with regret that himself and family leaves here. There is much complaint about the ea-ly rotting of winter apples this season, A successful method of keeping apples well into the winter and even spring is to wrap them in old newspapers so as to exclude the air. The newspaper must be one on which the subscription is paid, otherwise dampness resulting from what is “dew” may cause the fruit to spoil, so says an exchange. The reports on the Joseph A. XVatson, XV. B. Bebout, David Meshberger and Frank Stump ditches have been approved and ordered estab lished. The quarterly reports of Treasurer Neuenschwander, Sheriff Erwin, Clerk Johnson, Recorder Gallogly and Auditor Boch have been filed, examined by the board and by them approved. The board are now allowing bills for the last quarter of I 1901.

At the regular meeting of the Masonic lodge Tuesday evening after the transactionof regular business occured the election of officers for the ensuing year and resulted in the choice of L. C. Helm. XX’orshipful Master; George Kinzle, Senior Warden; Henry B. Heller. Junior XX’arden; M. Burns, treasurer; L. C. Miller, secratary; J. S. Coverdale, as member of the board of trustee to serve for three years. The installation will be held in about two weeks. The official bond of Treasurer-elect X'oglewede has been approved by the commissioners, it calling in amount for $200,000, and bears the well known signatures of Josepe H. X’oglewede, XV. H. Niblick, R. K. Allison, J. XV. X'ail, C. P. Ehinger, Dyomis Schmidt, John Niblick, Peter Holthouse, J. S. Bowers, Henry Hite, M. Kirsch, R. D. Patterson, C. XV. Yager, L. A. X’oglewede, Andrew Appleman, Auton X’oglewede, Garet X’oglewede, Lewis Fruchte, H. H. Brhmerkamp, J. XV. Bosse, J B. Holthouse, E. XV. Ehiuger, L. XV. Lewton, C. A. Dugan, C. S. Clark, Bernard Lengarick and John Hessler.

We had thought the fool ball season closed here but our sporting editor brings in the information that the Decatur club have decided to make a last frantic effort to regain lost laurels and on Christmas day they will again line up against their old enemies, the the Library Hall team of Fort Wayne. The latter club have not been scored against this year and claim the Championship of Northern Indiana. However they will meet their doom here and will, we have no doubt, close their brilliant season record with the only defeat. Our club will lie strengthened by the addition of Dick France and Ceigman, of Huntington, and if we don’t eat ’em up it will be because they have a world beating team. The game will be th* best ever witnessed here and if the weather is favorable will be largely attended. The Bluffton Evening News has finally located Jake Schlegel and they describe the find as follows: Jacob Schlegel has been located. He is in the sunkissed Philippines, a member of the 10th infantry. Craig Wisner is in the same regiment, so he writes. They left San Francisco together, but are in different companies and are scattered widely in different islands. Since disembarking neither has seen the other. It seems that Jake was taken out of military prison to go to the orient. One night at Fort Crooks wbileon sentry duty ComradeSchlegel fell asleep at his post. He was found by an officer and placed under summary arrest. Nothing goes so hard in the regular army as this violation of tactics, and Jacob was given six months in the military prison at Leavenworth. His regiment moved before his sentence expired. Owing to extenuating circumstances the term was commuted he was detailed Ito his company and left with them i eastward. Prof. W. E. Adams, of Hiram col ; lege, formerly pastor of the Christian church in this city gave a very inter eating entertainment at the Christian church Tuesday evening. Rev. Adams was always a favorite here and the crowd which comfortably filled the church were not in the least disap pointed. He has lost none of his old time brilliancy, in fact he has grown stronger and he is recognized through out the country as one of the foremost lecturers and entertainers. His subject was “An evening with the leading literary artists of the world," and his two hours of readings from the greatest writers of the world, including Kipling. Riley. Poe and others, were well received by the enthusiastic audience. Mr. Adams has made a thorough study of the life of Edgar Allen Poe. and during his lecture denounced the general impression that he died a drunkard, as a false one. His visit here was a rare treat to those who had the pleasure of hearing him. He left yesterday for Roanoke, Indiana. from where he will go to the far west on a lecturing tour.

Mr. and Mrs. George Mosima number this among the most sorrowful days of their lives. The little daugh terborntothem Fridavdied this morning shortly after seven o’clock. The baby was bright and healthy but it did not sleep from its birth and its end came from exhaustion, A short service will be held at the residence tomorrow morning in charge of Rev, Beeks and interment in Fairview. Bluffton News. Mr. Harold Dearn, of Chicago, has accepted the position of night clerk at the Burt House and began his duties Friday. Mr. Deam is a song writer of no mean ability and some of his songs are numbered among the popular balads. He is the author of “I’ve a longing in my heart for you, Louisa” and several others which have brought him into prominence. He is likewise a good musician and entertainer and a clever young gentleman.

XX . 11. Williamson, one of the most prominent members of the Jay Coun-| ty bar and with a wide acquaintance, among barristers over Eastern Indi ' ana. will leave XVednesday afternoon j for Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. XVilliam- j son will be accompanied by his fam- i ily and they expect to make their future home on the Pacific slope. The change was made necessary by Mr. XVilliamson’s declining health, this having been failing for some time. Portland Commercial Review. Less than four months was the allotted time of wedded felicity for Mr. and Mrs. XX dliam Twigg, of Jefferson township. They were married June .’loth and cohabited together as man and wife until October 15th. when Willie left and never returned. Prior to that time however his wife Leona Twigg alleges he was guiltv of cruel and inhuman treatment in that he would often stay out all night and sometimes failed to return to her for several days at a time, never telling her of his intentions. Finally on October 15th the groom abandoned her for good. Through her attorney D. B. Ford. Leona has therefore asked that she be granted a divorce and all other proper relief.

Hon. Levi Mock's enormous build couple with his ready wit stood him in good stead this morning and helped him to make connections with the C. &E. at Kingsland. Levi wanted to go to Huntington but the north bound train was twenty-five minutes late. It is •ustomary to hold the Chicago & Erie flyer for several passengers but it so happened that this morning he was the only one going that way. By a little persuasion he got Austin Oliver to telegraph to Kingsland this message “hold west bound train for a large party.” XX’hen the Erie conductor saw that there was only one passenger he was inclined to get a little bit angry but a careful inspection of the lines of which Mr. Mock is built convinced him that his train had really been stopped for a “large party.” Bluffton Banner. “Mr. F. M. Chapman, of Poe. was in town yesterday,” says the Fort XVayne Gazette. “He has been securing a right-of way in Allen and Adams counties for the Fort XVayne Dayton & Cincinnati Traction company. He says that he has closed up options on nearly all of the distance between Fort XX’ayne and Decatur. This road will run alongside of the XVinchester road from Decatur through Poo and will follow the Simons gravel road from Hiser’s corner to Fort XVayne, coming into town on South Calhoun street or Fairfield Avenue. Mr. Chapman is just in receipt of a letter from Mr. Samuel T. George president of the company, saying that work will begin today at Elkton south of Dayton and that work will begin from Dayton, Ft. XX’ayne, as soon as all the right-of-way shall lie secured.” So far no attempt has been made to take leases on the branch of the road that runs from Portland to Ft. XVayne through Pennville and Bluffton and the Commercial Club has heard nothing directly from the promoters since they left here.

The following record of business is shown in the Adams courtt docket this week: State vs. Mary Overholser, tried by jury. No verdict returned. International Bldg and Loan Association vs. Frank Winans, et al. Motion by defendant to open up, vacate and set aside judgment. S. A. D. Whipple, et al, vs Citizen’s Gas & Oil Co., et al. Motion to require J. A. Ashcraft, notary public of Jay conn ty, to file depositions of Albert Borden, sustained, second paragraph of answer filed by defendant Gas Co., rule to reply. John Hose vs. A. D. Sharpe, et al. Set for trial Monday. January 13. Amos Walker vs. Leona Walker, divorce set for trial for fifth Monday, December 16. Beery, Holthouse A Co., vs. Toledo. St. Louis A Western Uy Co. All depositions ordered published. Deposition of John R. Scott, of Frankfort, ordered taken December 13, Williams & Fhickinger vs Nellie Blackburn, admrx, seperate answer filed by Clarence Avers. Arth er S. Noles vs Mary E. Millett and E. S. Collihan. Appearance by D. B. Erwin for defendant, rule to answer. Charles I’asswater vs Barnabus Everette, et al. Dismissed and costs paid.

| Arthur Mangold and Charley i Phillips did the elegant at the Mangold home Friday evening arid their j friends say of them, “they are the [ best." The event was a masquerade and each guest was costumed in an original manner. After the usual guessing contest of who was who, the evening was spent in cards, dancing and the devouring of refreshments. The boys are up-to-date as entertainers. Uncle John Rupright was in the city Saturday, and among other business called and renewed his allegiance to the Democrat by the payment of an advance subscription. Mr. Rupright is perhaps the oldest subscriber and member of the Democrat family. He began with the Decatur Eagle, when that paper was not old enough to fly, and since then has never missed a single issue of the paper. He has likewise never missed an election save and except the democratic primary two years ago, and then he was housed up with a bad case of smallpox. He is an ardent democrat and always voted the ticket.

A christening party was given Moni day evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank X’. Crill, on Sixth street, when their little son Enos Ralph Crill was baptised. The beautiful service was performed at six o’clock by Rev. C. G. Hudson and the affair was very impressive, being witnessed by a number of invited guests. The occasion was also the first anniversary of little Ralph’s birth and was his first party. A dinner was served at the close of the ceremony and the guests enjoyed a pleasant evening. The visitors in- | eluded Rev. and Mrs. Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. B. XX’. Quinn, Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Rice, Mr. and Mrs. George Roop and children and Mrs. Ella Bell and daughter Margaret. ’Squire Coverdale’s court was in session Tuesday afternoon, the case being a SIOO damage suit brought by Cornelius Eiting against the Toledo, St. Louis A Western Railway com pany. Attorney P. G. Hooper brought the suit and A. P. Beatty defended. The complaint alleges that on July 28, a fire occurred on Mr. Eiting’s land caused by a spark from a Clover Leaf engine, and as a result about fifty dollars’ worth of property was destroyed; that in order to cheek the fire a number of men were necessary and were employed thus incuring quite an expense. The actual loss was estimated at fifty-five dollars, with about eight dollars costs, but t he case was dismissed by the plaintiff’s attorney and will probably lie filed in the circuit court. The railway company made no defense but will fight it in higher courts. Abe Simmons, the popular Bluffton Attorney, has been in this county several flays within the past week, his business being the closing up of a gigantic oil deal in which over S3UO, 000 is involved. The trade is on oil lands located in Adams. Jay and XX’ells county, now the property of the Superior Oil company, of which Mr. Hardison of Geneva, is one of the principal stockholders. The purchasers are New York men and the negotiations have been going on for some time. It was practically closed at the Burt House Monday afternoon, but Mr. Simmons informs us that the transfer has not yet l>een made nor the deal closed by any means, nl though it seems a certainty and will doubtlessly be closed within a fewdays. According to present arrangements the new company expect to take charge of affairs in about a week and will at once put into operation in this county, where most of their leases are located, six strings of tools and after January 1, they expect to complete twelve wells a month. A runaway occurred Thursday afternoon which looked mighty dangerous for a time and which made the cold chills run up and down the back of most every eye witness. Jesse XVarner, a well known farmer, was in town with his wife and two small children, one a babe, but a few weeks old. They came in a big wagon drawn by two heavy, spirited horses ! and were just ready to go home. ; They drove to the Niblick ware house j just west of the G. R. & I. railway, to attend to an errand and while there a train pulled in, whistling and blowing off steam. The team became fright ened and flashed across the tracks in front of the train and came tearing down Monroe street at an awful gait. Mr. XVarner did his best to check them, but finding that impossible, put forth his beat efforts to guide them. He lives east of town and intended letting them go on east across the river, but as he neared First street he saw a load of logs in the bridge and knowing it would be folly to attempt to pass them he turned his maddened team south at Madison street turned them west. As they came into Second street they struck a buggy tearing one wheel nearly off and a few feet further dashed into a heavy wagon which ' checked their course and the team ■ was gotten under control. Mrs. XX'arnor hail held on to the wagon and at the same time watched her children with great fortitude, but after they were safe and she realized their awful danger, she was pretty nervous. It was a lucky affair after all and such expressions were heard frequently.

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

NUMBER 40

John Luginbill, father of Mrs. Peter Ashbaucher, of his city, died at the home of his son, Jerry Luginbill, near Berne, early yesterday morn ing. He was about eighty years old and had been paralyzed for several years. He was brought to Berne about ten days ago and within a fewdays became very sick, growing steadily worse until yesterday morning. Seven children remain to mourn their loss. The funeral services will be held from the Reformed church at Berne at nine o’clock Friday morning. Thomas B. Waters, of Delta, 0., fell or jumped from a window of his room in the third story of the Hotel Lahr at Lafayette Sunday morning at 8 o'clock. He struck head fore most on the pavement and was instantly killed. He was a traveling man for theN. B. Dodge & Bliss com pany, of Newburyport. Mass., shoes and slippers, and had sold goods in this territory for many years. He was 50 years old. unmarried, and leaves one sister, Mrs. W. T. Paxton, of Delta, O. There was no apparent motive for suicide, and the supposi tion is he opened the window to get fresh air, and slipped and fell out. He was well known here having sold shoes to the Decatur trade for twenty years. The county treasurer has completed the fall collection of taxes, the same as itemized being state tax $5100.(14, lienevolent $1419,37, state debt sink ing $1451.51, state educationalsßo(s,4s state school $6166.03, county $21,433,59, township $5904.56, tuition $5543,27 special school $10064.11, road $243,35 poor $1043.06, Decatur corporation $10,004.19, Geneva $731.77, Berne, $2,038.97, city library $240.70, Jeffer son township library, $18.26, Decatur and Bluffton gravel road $2453.85. East XX’ashington road $904.54, XX'ash ington Decatur and Monroe road $1938.33, Geneva, Ceylon and XX'ash ash township road $1605.83, Joel Hirschy road, $603.19; XVaggoner road, $1,237.33; XVilliam Shoemaker road, $142.27: township bridge. $139.07; county sinking, $3,377.58; turn pike, $7,913.53; ditch $181.72; dog. $5.52. All the above funds make a total collection of $94,511.69.

Judge Paulus of the Grant circuit conrt, has ruled in the case of Roberts vs Sutton, an action to quiet tittle to real estate and cancel gas and oil lease. The suit has attracted consid erable attention among oil operators and land owners in this part of Indiada oil field. The effect of the ruling is that an oil or gas lease which grants to the lessee the exclusive right to the oil and gas for a fixed amount, with the requirement that the lessee shall complete a well within a fixed shorter period, or in lieu thereof pay a stipulated annual acerage rental; failure to complete the well within the time fixed if the rent be paid or tendered, does not give the lessor the right to terminate the lease by refusing to accept the money rental. If such lease eantain a provision that the lessee may, at the end of any rental year, reconvey the premises and surrender the lease, and thereby relieve himself from further liability, it does not confer a like privilege on the lessor. The case is but one of many pending in this court, and, as the same questions are involv ed, the ruling is an important one. Thirteen people have lieen impli cated in the Willshire robberies bv confessions of those so far arrested. Os this number seven are in jail at Van Wert, awaiting their sentence to the Ohio state penitentiary, each hai ing confessed his guilt; two have skipped the country and are probably beyond teach, while four more will ls« arrested within a few days, as soon as they can be located. The arrests are the'work of Detective George Herrod of Fort Wayne, who worked the case up and who certainly deserves a badge of honor for his work. His first arrests were Charles Painter, the XX’illshire marshal,and Charles Tague, a bar tender of the same place. Soon after their arrest they confessed, also including as parties to their crime several of their associates who in turn implicated others until the unlucky number thirteen was reached. The third man arrested was Ira Emerv of this city, on XVednesday of last week, and on Thursday Chauncy Tague and Otis Danner, young men of Willshire were included. The officers kept up their search and on Saturday nab lasi two Decatur youths, named Chauncy and Andy Roop. A strange part of the affair is that when arrested each man has strongly asserted his innocence but after a day or two in jail each has weakened and told his little story. Painter and Tague seem ed to have been the leaders, but at each raid they would secure the ser vices of some new man and thus a dozen young men and boys will lie made t > suffer for crimes into which they were drawn By older men who perhaps received most of the plunder. The Roop ixiys are aged respectively eighteen and twenty years, and have while here appeared alright. While it is right that all connected with the affair should bo 'severely punished, it seems to us that the meii who planned the robberies, dragged i» a number of boys and then after arrest include them in their confession, should l>e given about 1 ninety-nine years at hard 1 ibor.