Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1908 — Page 7

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Columbia City. Ind., July 20.— Th e instant hurling Into ternity of six People, who were struck by the Pennsylvania Manhattan Limited train at the poor farm crossing, a half mile west of this city at 2:20 o’clock Saturday afternoon, was the most horrifying tragedy that has ever occurred in this county. The victims, all residents of fort V.ayne, were in a seven-passen-ger Matheson automobile and were enroute to Lakp Wawasee, and all were instantly killed, the fast Pennsylvania train striking the huge automobile squarely ja the middle as it was crossing the track. The Dead: Charles S. King, of Fort Wayne, financial agent of the Prudential Life Insurance company. Mrs. Charles S. King. Josephine King, aged thirteen. Catherine King, aged sixteen. Fayma Bradshaw, aged fourteen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bradshaw, of 511 west Wayne street. Carl Timmis (chauffeur), aged twenty-two, 1408 Clinton street. The automobile was on its way to Lake Wawasee where Mr. King Snd family expected to spend Sunday with his brother, Harry S. King, of Wabash. When the party approached the poor farm crossing, which has four tracks crossing the highway at that point and has long been recognized as a most dangerous crossing, a freight train was passing rapidly and noisily westward. The chauffeur stopped the car until the freight was practically past and started to make the crossing immediately behind the freight’s caboose, just as the limited, due here at 2:24 o’clock, coming down the heavy grade from the west at full speed, appeared from behind the freight caboose and struck the automobile squarely in the I middl e on the right side and hurled 1 it, w’ith its six occupants, seventy-five feet eastward down the track. The scene as described by an eyewitness was human bodies, pieces of baggage and broken and twisted machinery flying for a moment in the air, then falling upon and beside the tracks in miscellaneous heaps. One body, that of Mrs. King, was carried on the pilot of the engin e for two hundred yards. The lifeless bodies of the father, th e King sisters, Miss Bradshaw and of young Carl Timmis, were scattered along the south side of the track and all had practically ceased to breathe before they struck the ground. Miss Josephine was breathing slightly, as was her mother, when Dr. D. S. Llnvill arrived a few moments later from this city in his automobile. Death was almost instantaneous for all of them and in the opinion of the physicians neither Mrs. King nor her daughter, in the few moments of further life that was left to them, felt any pain or ever realized what had happened to them. The automobile was totally demolished and what was left of it bore little resemblance to a modern automobile, the remnants of the machine being scattered everywhere. The cowcatcher and front of the engine of the train was broken and twisted and bespattered with blood. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Dunn and their guests Misses Ruby Cronk and Ethel Barmore, of Belvidere, 111., returned last evening from an over Sunday visit with friends at Rome City. The Monroe Grain, Hay and Milling company is doing a thriving business at present, although the doors ' of their place of business have been open to the public but a few days. MRS. ANNA AMSPAUGH Mrs. Ann O. Amspaugh, one of Washington townships most known ladies, died at her home two and one-half miles west of Decatur Saturday morning at. eight o’clock. She being the eldest daughter of William B. and Margaret Brown, pioneers of Kirkland township. Mrs. Amspaugh was converted to God about thirtyeight years ago and united with the Methodist Vrotesiant ,c(hurch with which church she lived a faithful member until twenty-tbre e years ago, when she joined the Brethren in Christ church which church she has been a faithful member until called to rest. In March 1867 she was unite.! in marriage to Noah Johnson and to ■ this union were born four children, two of which have preceded her to the great beyond, two daughters still living the eldest being Mrs. John Amspaugh and Mrs. Charles Arnold. On November 1883, her husband passed to the great beyond and in 1885, April 12th, she was again united in marriage to Noah Amspaugh. To this union was born one daughter Lucy V. Amspaugh. On May 26,, 1893 her last husband died. After which she made her home with her daughter, Mrs. John Amspaugb. Mrs. Amspaugh was born in the year 1348 in Kirkland township and departed this life on July 18, 1908, making her age at the tlm e of her death 60 years, 5 months and 1 day old. She leaves to mourn their loss three two sisters and three brothers and a host of other relatives mid friends.

Ora Sells, who was placed in the I county jail last week upon the charge of neglect and non-support of his child, Vona, furnished bond in the sum of three hundred dollars last Saturday and was released from custody. As it now appears, there are serious complications in the case that the Is- 1 sues therof will b e fought to the bitter : end by both parties is an assured tact, ' Th e divorce procedure of the plaintiff is well remembered by tne people of : Decatur, as is the fact that the child was committed to the custody of the wife, but it is also a fact that the defendant, Ora Sells, applied to the court to hav e the order changed and to give him the custody of the child. L. C. DeVoss, the plaintiff’s attorney, was notified by Judge Erwin to have his client appear in court, ft was at this time, however, that Mrs. Sells took the child and left the state, remaining away until she was remarried, and she did not make her appearance before the judge The question arises as to whether or not the application to the court by Mr. Sells for the transfer of the child to his custody is still pending and that same remains to be acted upon. However, the results may be, before the entire procedings have reached a conclusion a bitter legal battle will have been rcorded in Adams county. F. P. Wade, the gentleman who is dredging the Wabash river was a Decatur visitor Monday, coming here lo see about a little extra work on his contract. Mr. Wade is a pleasant gentleman and judging from the work done on his present contract, he also knows his business. This contract was made through the circuit court lof Jay county, and contains about 'twelve miles, and is being done more with a view of straightening the bed of the river than in deepening it. He began th e work near Pollingtown in Jay county, and ends at the Price bridge in Hartford township this county. At present he is working near the Ceylon bridge, and has something over a mile yet to complete, and hopes to finish the work by November. The contract price for the entire work is $33,500, and he has now been working for two years. This dredging means th e re-clamation of many acres in i the loblolly, which up to this time has never received sufficient drainage to 1 make it subject to being farmed or ■ used in any way. Th e land when suf- ; ficiently drained is also excellent for I agricultural purposes and valuable as 1 well. Much of the overflow in that region will also be stopped by the • straightening of the river and it will ■ prove a valuable adjunct to good • health as well as being a money maker • for those whos e lands are drained. Commissioner Laughlin accompanied [ Mr. Wade to this city. Fort Wayne, July 20. —The mid-sum- ■ mer race meeting at' Fort Wayne on • Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of ’ this week will be the greatest turf • event since the days of grand circuit ' racing in that city. Over 100 harness ' horses, including some of the beet In the world, have been entered and a cloud o£ runners have arrived to make ■ each running event of unusual interest. I Citation, the 'world’s greatest race ! mare, will on Thursday lower the ■ track record of 2:03% held by Robert J. Citation has won seventeen straight races, something no other horse ever did. Every class at the meet is now filled and there will be four races daily. On Wednesday the greatest field of 2:10 pacers ever seen in this section of the country will be started. On Thursday th 2:13 pace will be a big event and on Friday the 2:13 trot will be pulled off with the prospect of the fastest time ever made in the class. The 2:17 pac e on Friday will also prove one of the most hotly contested races of the meet and it will have the biggest field of starters of the entire meeting. Every day will be the “greatest” day at the races, because each day has a great feature, worth going miles to see. The admission has been reduced to 25 cents. The races will be called at 1:45 p. m. daily. Worried to the point of temporary insanity over financial reverses and the health of his wife and children who are inCalifornia, John Platt, aged 50, committeed suicide between two o’clock and daylight this morning at the home of his brother, William Platt, on a farm in Union township, this county, about two miles north and a mile east of Uniondale. His body was found cold in death, suspended from the limb of a small tree along a lane in the rear of the barn, some distance from the house. Death was due to strangulation.—Bluffton News. Mrs. Page Blackburn was the victim of a serious accident at Rome City Saturday. A boy was fishing and in throwing his line the hook caught in Mrs. Blackburn’s face. It took the services of a doctor to remove the hook. While she is getting along nicely, yet the accident is marring the pleasures of her outing at Rome City. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is good for cuts, burns, bruises and scratches. It i« especially good for piles. Recommended and sold by B. Doolittle.

That Marshal Bohnke is of an in-' ventive turn of mind is now assured, i as many Decatur people will testify i who witnessed him conveying two I drunks to jail yesterday morning in , a push cart. The official was called to I th e alley at the rear of the True and ' Runyon store to settle a disturbance between Julius Behrens, a local character and an umbrella mender, who gives his name a s Joe Wilson. Upon arriving at the scene, the marshal ascertained that umbrella man was so thoroughly saturated with “booze” that he could not walk while Behrens was but little better. The people who ha dgathered to witness the affair were at a loss to know how he could land them in jail. The question was not so perplexing to the officer, however, as he secured the delivery cart belonging to Page Blackburn and towed them down th e street to the bastile in a hurry. A number of photographers made an effort to get a snapshot of the new lily and its occupants, but without avail as the officer was going at a too rapid rate for them to get a focus. The men plead guilty before J. H. Smith this morning and were assessed $5 and costs, in default of which they were remanded to jail. Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., July 20.— The organization of negro demo,cratic clubs in the states of Indiana, Illinois and Ohio formed the subject of a conversation between William J. Bryan and Don Farnsworth, of Chicago, who was the manager for Chas. A. Towne, in his candidacy for the vice presidency. A well directed effort is to be mad e by the democrats to secure as large a negro vote as possible in the middle west and Mr. Farnsworth's visit was the result of suggestions which had been made to him in Denver by democratic leaders. The offer of his services for this purpose was accepted by Mr. Bryan and Mr. Farnsworth left for his home with the understanding that the matter would be further discussed in Chicago during Mr. Bryan’s stay in that city next week, when he is to meet the subcommittee of the democratic national committee. It was a happy crowd that attended , the Sa. Johns picnic Sunday. The grove was packed, the ice cream and other stands did a landoffice business, , the bowling alley and merry-go-round ! was enjoyed, the shooting gallery was . well patronized, but the best of ail was the meeting and glad handshake . of old and young friends. Such occa- ! sions ar e highly prized for the social t features alone. Daseler’s orchestra , of forty pieces, of Fort Wayne, fur- ! nished delightful music and entertainI ed in a royal mapner th e vast numr ber of picnicers. Decatur and Fort Wayne furnished their full number j for the occasion and as a result the Fort Wayne and Springfield did a landoffice business. Everjr summer the Lutheran congregations give at least J one of these occasions, and it will be a long time before the St. John church will have a more happy or better entertained number of their 3 congregation and friends, than they 1 had on Sunday afternoon. } Benjamin Middleton, who a few weeks ago was imprisoned in the coun- ’ ty jail subsequent to an official de- ; cision declaring him insane, was com-' L mitted to East Haven asylum last Friday, where he will remain until his mental faculties are restored to a normal condition. For several months the patient has been demented. His actions at various times were of a ’ nauir e that aroused suspicion among those with whom he came in contact. ’ However, during the last few weeks ’ of his liberty ms antics were so cur- ' jous that an examination was demanded and the man was adjudged insane i by a board of physicians, who had been called upon for a decision. While his actions suggested violence and his case seems to be serious, it is predict- ,• ed that his is a curabl e case. At any rate the officials of East Haven will do all in their power to effect a cure. Clerk James P. Haefling and Charles Ernst escorted Middleton to the institution. We are authoritativly informed that Fred L. Watkins, a patient at East Haven asylum, is slowly but surely recovering from the mental disorders which caused his committment to East Haven asylum. He has practically relegated the strange hallucinations which have incapacitated him to be at liberty and from present indicatlcns he will in th P near future be released from custody. A telegram was received by Mrs. Mary Wemhoff Monday, stating the death of the husband of her niece, formerly Miss Franke McLean, of Chicago, 111., but now Mrs. E. Roemer, of Nashville, Tenn. The message was very brief stating the time of his death which occurred this morning, resulting from typhoid fever. Mrs. Roemer is quite well known here, as she has visited here a number of j times. Mr. Roemer was an officer in the U. S. A. serving in the rol e of lieutenant with headquarters at Nashville, Tenn. It is not known whether any relatives from here will attend the funeral.

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