Decatur Democrat, Volume 58, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 16 January 1913 — Page 3

■ Lewis H. Purdy, the axed civil war Hy<-i>-nui, who ha* been lying uncon&M'loun al his Borne on First street last Monday, rallying only at ; ®aliort Intervals, has not yet been Kjprlsed, and probably will never arn of the murder of his son, Samuel , Purdy, who Thursday noon was murat his nome In Bluffton. He is | unable to recognize even those! [iearest and dearest at his bedside.' Mr. Purdy, who has been ill since ist Friday with grip and complica- • lons, is said to be sinking slowly and his afternon was not so well as this ! lorning. His wife and her two daugh- j ■Hers, Pearl and Grace Purdy, accom Bsamied by Miss Gusta Cramer, ■the trip lo Bluffton this morning at 9 Bjp'clock by automobile, to call at the : ■stricken home on West Wiley street, Sphere their son and brother lies cold Rin death at the hands of Murderer Hlolin Lee, his nearest neighbor. They ®h‘turned at 1 o’clock this afternoon! firto their home here, having done what could to comfort their daughter B*!"! slater in her sad hour, returning to render what they could of atto the aged father here, Whose sands of life are running low. I The funeral of Samuel Purdy will ‘ ; in- held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 a&to'elock at the Reformed church in Bluffton, conducted by the pastor, the ■St Diefenbach, and burial will take <- in Fairview cemetery. The wife of the deceased, who was Miss Mary Conrad of this is bearing up well, though she I never been a strong woman. The Si >» k is the more terrible to her as BKgl saw the last two fatal shots. Mr. dy had Just eaten dinner, and had left by the rear walk to go to his work Stirs. Purdy and daughter, Esther, aged Bourteen, were sitting in the house, ■Then they heard the shot and heard Mr. Purdy cry to th. in. They hasten «i out and saw Mr. Purdy felled by the B&hot, and saw Mr. Lee with the reMyoiver in his hand. When he saw the ffltewr.- and daughter. Mr. Ix-e tired the two fatal shots at Mr. Purdy as ( lay on the ground, and then pointed ■tliv revolver at Mrs. Purdy and daughand delied them to come. He tina r v left and they hastened to the man, < who had merely sfeat'.-ngth to murmur a few unintelli■MSfible words to his loved ones before Ousting into the death stupor. I Mr. Purdy’s last visit to his father’s here was last Momlay evening, | an-i his father was at that «time was to recognize him. He had , to come again Thursday night t ,£ to care for him. ■ Those returning from Bluffton ,o- --■ stated that Mr. Lee has acknowlHadg'Xl that he had no grudge against l-HPurdy, and he is said to hav% told othJTers that he would "shoot Mr. Pyle rH*lo lives on one side of his home) 'or Mr. Pu-Jy (on the other) before ./’Bund-y. E According to stories of Bluffion i athe murder was premeditated, and if Was the result of Lee’s grudge of long ; against the dead man. As | Mr Purdy was leaving his home at ‘12.10, after eating his dinner, enI Bbute to the Red Cross factory to regume his work as foreman of the |>unch room, Lee laid in wait in the alley in the rear ot his residence, next <o..r As was his usual custom, Purdy -grossed over just a few feet on the tot occupied by to gain entrance MB to the alley, and there he was found In i dying condition a few minutes i la: r. People living in the neighbor- j jtood heard three shots fired and rush ! ed to the scene. Many of them were I Bear enough to see Lee fire the third shot, which struck under the left jawbone, and according to the physicians tesiil-.ed In Purdy's death less than an (pur later, at 12:50. ■fd-larry Isler, small son of Mrs. ■twin Lesh, was visiting at the home Os his grandmother, first door east of the Purdy home and he heard the ■rst shot and rushed to the rear door. Sle saw the third shot fired and said Before Lee pulled the trigger Purdy •as on the ground screaming and had One leg thrown into the air. After Mth<> third shot was fired the boy said -the man did not make a sound with tho exception of hard breathing. Indications are that Lee stood behind the closet at the rear of the lot and fired as Purdy passed. From evidence secured It appears that Lee and Purdy had a few words before the fatal shots and that Mr. Purdy had turned toward Lee before the first •hot was fired. Ralph Staver, a neighbor. and others rushed to the scene, , Upon hearing the shots, carried the Kian into his home, where physicians i.-Who were called to attend him, could ®o nothing to save his life. B Deputy Sheriff Fred Adams and Charles Pierce arrived on •the scene and located Lee in his iJ. ~fcome, next door, where he could al- ' -dtaost hear tho moans of the dying man. ■Yith his wife hanging to his neck and Bobbing in a pitiful manner, Lee consented to accompany the officers to jail and nid not attempt to deny any part of the shooting. W. A. Likkey was also in the home and asked where the revolver used in the killing was | kept. The wife secured it for him out of a dresser drawer and Mr, Lipkey turned it over to the police.

Francis, aged ton, the younger Lee son, was with the father. He said they had been playing about the toilet room and barn, and that he had asked hla father to get some Icicles. Mr. J Lee, himself, says he had taken the ■ revolver to the barn to shoot rats. ’ Mrs. said they had it when they I lived on the farm, and had used it ’ there In butchering. i "Oh, my poor, poor man," was all that Mrs. Lee could say as she threw ; her arms around her husband’s neck and kissed her husband several times an he was being led to an automobile, ) which carried him to the jail. The woman followed him to the doorway 1 and screamed and sobbed as the mai chine pulled away. When Marshal i , Pierce went to the door of the home a short time later he found it locked.' Mrs. Lee finally appeared at the door I and he placed her under arrest and took her to the jail. ' On the advice of neighbors. Marshal Pierce placed Mrs. Lee under arrest just about the time of Mr. Purdy’s death. The woman was in an hysterical condition and Is said to ! have made threats against Mrs. Purdy ‘ and also on her own life. She will be ■ confined in jail at least a time and ' the two small sons of the Lees will be under the charge of W. A. tipkey, probation officer. Mrs. Purdy stated after the shooting that Mrs. Lee had made threats against her life and she I was afraid of her. May be Insane. | John Lee, the man charged With the murder, may be insane. At one time a son tried to have a guardian appointed for him, saying he was mentally unbalanced. Several months ago he moved to West Wiley avenue in the first house west of the Purdy home, and was employed for some time in the galvanizing room at the Red Cross factory. He lost his position there a short time ago and since that time had made many ' threats against the dead man, claimi ing- that he caused him to be reI leased. Mr. Purdy, however, was the foreman of the punch room at the factory and had nothing to do with the galvanizing department and often remarked to friends about Lee’s threats, and said that he had done nothing to the man and had said ( nothing or taken’ no action which ’ might have caused him to lose his position. It is said that Lee made the statement to people in the past few days , that he would end Purdy’s life before the end of the week and he laid in wait in the alley to make his promise good One of his sons is said to have been in a closet, just a tew feet from whore Purdy fell, and -t is thought that Lee was hiding in the building, when he saw Purdy approach from his home. Visits Trustee. John Lee, the man charged with the murder, called on Trustee William Linn Wednesday, asking for aid. He ; said that his eyes had been poisoned while he was working in the galvaniz- | ing room at the Red Cross factory and ' said that he was unable to get any I work which he could do on that account He said he needed food and ■ fuel for his family. To other persons Lee is said to have declared that ‘ he would kill Sam Purdy and end his own life if he did not get a job." Does Not RemembeK “I expect I have killed a man,” was the only remark about the shooting , that could be secured from John Lee iby several men who visited him at Itne jail. He said he did not remem- ; her anything relating to the shooting •nd said he did not know that Samuel Purdy had been shot or was dead. Mrs. Lee is the owner of a farm near Elkhart. She was a daughter of Aaron Stroup and has two boys, Wayne and Francis. By a former marriage, Mr. Loe, who ’is fifty-four years old, had two children, Archie and Pearl. The family lived in Nottingham township for several years. Another cause of the murder was reported. It was said that Lee had his eyes poisoned while working at the Red Cross factory and asked Purdy to assist him in collecting damages from the company. When the latter refused Lee is said to have become angry and said he would kill Purdy. Well Known Citizen. Samuel T. Purdy was one of the best known laboring men in Bluffton, and according to a voluntary tribute paid him by his pastor this morning, a true Christian man. Had he lived until next March, ho would have been ( forty-one years of age. He was born in Allen county, but came to this city with his parents when quite young. | | Here he was married to Miss Mary , Conrad of this city, formerly of Mag- ( ley. The wife survives, also two: daughters: Vera, wife of Willard : Markley, of near Bluffton, who were happiyl married on Christmas day, and Esther, at home. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Purdy, and three sisters—Montana, Pearl and Grace, of | this city, complete the parental fam--I,r | One-third of the month of January, has already passed. The days are slipping along rapidly and those who intend to assist in the celebration of

the tenth anniversary of the Daily Democrat should get busy before they forget it. The ten days have been more than satisfactory to us, and htin'dreds have pledged their support and [renewed their faith by paying their 'subscription to January, 1914. You want the Democrat next year. Why not pay for it this month? Besides those | who call at the office to do their share toward making this month a success, each mail brings in a number of replies, and practically each letter In 'eludes a message of good cheer. Among those today was one from our old friend, Al Fristee, former marshal of this city, and well remembered as a business man of Decatur and Geneiva, which reads as follows: Rochester, Ind., Jan. 9, 1913. • Editor Daily Democrat, Decatur, Ind.. I My Dear Sir and Friend:—Enclosed you will please find check for $2.50, (plus sc, for Daily Democrat and your anniversary knife. I was among your first list of subscribers, and it seems almost impossible that ten years has so quickly flown, and I still want to be one of Its readers. The Decatur I Daily Democrat Is a household necessity with me. Send her along, and ' may her popularity never grow less. Yours respectfully, H. A. FRISTOE. — '■ - —— -o The farmers’ institute work for the [year in Adams county will begin with 'a two days' meeting at Decatur, February 6 and 7. Mr. James Kline of Howe, Ind., an experienced institute worker, will discuss alfalfa, corn growing, siios and silage, soil fertility, live stock and the country boy and girl, or such of the above topics as may be deemed most interesting, on the first day of the institute. Mrs. Laura B. Leonard of Indianapolis will discuss general household topics on the second day. It will be remembered that Mrs. Leonard was present at last winter’s institute and rendered valuable service in the meeting. Her work being so acceptable to the management that she is being returned this year. In addition ot the state workers the assistance of everyone who is interested in better farming is urgently solicited. Programs will be published in a few days, and will be mailed on request only. As the announcements will be made from time to time through the papers, it is deemed unnecessary to distribute the programs, before the date of the institute. In accordance with the new order for things recently instituted by the extension department of Purdue university, there will be six farmers’ institutes in Adams county instead of two as heretofore. The following are the dates, places and presidents having charge of the different meetings: Peterson, Feb. B—Valentine8 —Valentine Linker. Berne, Feb. 10-11 —Charles L. Bevington. Monroe, Feb. 12—E. W. Busche. Geneva, Feb. 13-14—Mr. Shumaker. Bobo, Feb. 14—W. W. Miller. Announcements will be made and programs issued in due time. CHAS. S. MUMMA, County President. o The election oftrustees and officers of the cemetery association was held Thursday evening at the office of 1 ’Squire Stone for the ensuing year. No I change was made in the board of offi‘cers, the same being elected for 1913 that held office in 1912, as follows: Solomon Linn, president; J. H. Stone, secretary; J. W. Teeple, treasurer. The report was also published, showing the financial condition of the company to be in excellent condition. The report shows the following: Since the association purchased the F. M. Schirmeyer land at an expense of $3,000, they have paid all debts up , to the present date, including the above amount and in addition a S3OO expense account and now have notes on hand amounting to $442.54, and cash amounting to $308.00, making the total assets over and above indebtedness, $750.54. o , The third of the series of lectures ■ by Dr. P. D. John was given Thursday evening at the M. E. church, when he spoke on “A Glimpse of God Without Eyes,” or “The Domain of Truth.” This i evening's lecture will be on ’’Did Man Make God, or Did God Make Man?” The series will close here Sunday ev- , ening. There will be no lecture here Saturday evening ,as Dr. John will speak at Rockville. On last evening's 'theme in his usual eloquent way, he said: ! “Faith is seeing without eyes. It is 'th® direct and inverted gaze of the ' soul on truth and on the essence bejhlnd the truth. It is seeing the in1 visible. It is the Immediate contact of 'the soul with God. It is divine sight and divine insight. It is pre-eminently that function in men that makes them partake of the divine nature. | We have fallen upon an era which puts to a severe test our confidence in I the validity of faith. In the midst ’of this trial we sometimes recoil at ' the demands of faith. Faith is the foundation of the Christian religion. If it is a satisfactory foundation for all human affairs in general, it should be

r a sufficient basis for a universal rer llglon, i All the activities of human life, phy- - steal and Intellectual, proceed on I faith. r | Tho very processes of life are illus it rations of the validity, authority and [■universality of faith. Whence come ' the air you breathe? From every j whore, from other lungs, human and , , animal; from the hospital and dun- - geon; from the upper rim of the atmosphere, and from the dark caverns of tho earth; from kissing the ■ dew-drope and from fanning the water-j I fall and through the poisonous breath i,of the peshball. It has come from 1 ■ where death is, and it may bear death on its wifig, But you open wide your • lungs to receive it and bid it welcome. Do you know what it contains? How 1 I : long would you live, if you stopped to i , question every atom of every current ' 'that flows into your lungs? You ■ ' breathe by faith. i So, you eat by faith. Are you sure I that there Is no treason between the 1 • farmer who sowed the wheat and ' ’ the servant who placed the tempting : ■ loaf on your dinner table? So, you ' i drink by faith. Whence comes the wa- i . ter iMtrng from the crystal spring. I From the ctouds, through the air, tainted with poison; over rocks on i which the venomous reptile has sun- i ■ ned himself; through poisonous I i germs and fetid remains In the soil; 1 through vaults and caverns where di- 1 sease breeds; at last leaping with joy i through the crust of the earth into the < ■ sunshine and air. Do you stop to anI alyze each drop? You slake your : : thirst by faith in God and the uniform- > Ity of his law. • i When you lie down to sleep you close your eyes In faith that you will open them again with the morning i ■ sun. You go out of consciousness with I an abiding faith that you will return ■ to consciousness with the new day. i Thus all the processes of life proceed I on faith. Yopr physical life is a contlnuoiin act o' faith. > The relations of life are equally il- - lustrations of the authority and universality of faith. As children in the > home, as students in school, as brothers and sisters, so fathers and moth- - ers, as husbands and wives, you live i by faith. O, pure and holy was the faith that ’ was born with your birth, that was de. » veloped iu the nursery, that grew - brighter around the fireside, that kin- . died into the hope and love, and that youd would not extinguish for all the r wealth of the world. » Got out Into society. What is the - bond that holds the community to- ■ gether? It is faith of men in men, f and society will become impregnable when the faith of man in tne manhood 3 of men becomes universal and permas nent. Look at the world of commerce. How long would the wheels of business revolve if faith were dead Or, ■ look at human government. Happy is the nation whose citizens trust each other and who trust the integrity of 'their rulers. But when his trust becomes weakened with suspicion and 1 tear through the corruption of the courts and the maudlin sentiment or demagogical devices ot executive authority, then the terror of the people rises above the supremacy of law and 3 mob, riot and anarchism take the place 1 of courts of injustice and executive f clemency. James Lynch, mayor of > Galway, would not have executed sen- - tence of death with his own hands ' against his criminal son, if Irish jus- '■ tice had not closed its eyes to the crime, and Judge Lynch would never have crossed the sea to set up his in- > formal court in this land of ours, if 9 . justice had not been dethroned, and ■ executive mercy degenerated into a : politician’s trick. I deplore the reign 9 'of mob law, but more deeply do I de--9! plore the degeneracy of faith in the ’ courts which has created the mob, and ’ which will continue it until faith in 3 j the scales of justice becomes unlver--9' sal. The keystone of the arch of human government is the faith of men 9 in men. Once more: The philosophies of life are built on faith. If this be true, faith is universal, and it not only a worthy 9 ’ foundation for the religion of Christ, r but is the only foundation possible. a i The three questions, the answers to t which include all knowledge are, s What, How and Why. What is the i question of history. How is the ques- ' tion of science. Why is the question ■ of philosophy. But history and science 9 both depend on faith. Who knows the 1 history of the past at first hand? Does s the historian himself so know it? The 3 historian recites the facts to you, but who recited them to him? Who recit--3 ed them to his leader and his teacher's » teacher back to the one who touched the original fact. For every fact of • history that you accept, you exerf' cise faith, not only in your historian, t but in his faith in his historian, back r .to tho beginning. That is, you show

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your faith in faith. Go a step higher into science. History deals with facts, science deals with the revelation of facts. Knowing the relation between facts, science can prophesy. Given two molecules of hydrogen and one of oxygen, science can prophesy what will occur when these gases combine —a molecule of water will be the result. How Is science able to prophesy? Simply on faith in the uniformity of nature and the continuity of its processes. Science has not tested all oxygen and hydrogen, but it proceeds on faith that what occurs here and how under the same conditions occur always and everywhere. Now, If history and science both depend on faith, much more must philosophy, which depends on history and science, rest on the same foundation. The question of philosophy is Why. Apply the guestion Why to historv. Why any isolated fact in the universe’ What is the ultimate reason for its being? Philosophy is dumb before this, its own question. Apply the ques tion Why to science. Why the relation of contiunlty and uniformity in nature Philosophy is equally dumb before this, its other, question. Nothing is left but to accept both the fact and the relation without knowing why; and if so, then on absolute faith. Consequently the ultimate foundation of all human knowledge is faith. Sad will be the day when faith is dead. Hope may die, but the present will remain. Love may die, but the past will be secure. But when faith dies, the present, the future and the past will all go down into one common grave. If the Christian religion had been founded on any principle not universal and eternal, its history would have been limited to the extent and duration of that principle. But it is built on the foundation of all foundations, and it will, therefore, remain while any foundation endures. The man who rejects the Christian religion because its foundation is faith, rejects all systems, all philosophies, all governments and all knowledges; yea, he denies himself and annihilates the universe. Now, while faith sees without eyes, nevertheless, what It sees must accord with reason. If the Christian religion demands the contradictory, reject it, for you cannot insult your intellectual constitution. But if what It demands, however inexplicable it may be, is reasonable, and if its ends are far-reaching as destiny, accept it, even though it rests on fanth.” — — —— <»'—■ — .1 One of the closing works of retiring Deputy Auditor Paul Baumgartner was to compile figures for the annual statistical report, which was mailed to the state department at Indianapolis Thursday. This shows the receipts and expenditures of county funds for the year 1912, as follows: Receipts. The total receipts, from the following cources were $119,269.54. Balance in treasury, Jan. 1, 1912, $16,345.43. Turnpike repair, $21,776.32. County taxes, $45,917.25. Auditor, clerk, treasurer and sheriff’s funds, $4,548.99. From poor farm, $1,293.99. On account township poor fund, $347.07. Account of bridge and bridge repair fund, $20,174.35. Account change of venue, $269.50. Interest on county funds, $3,642.88. Miscellaneous receipts, $4,903.96. Expenditures. The total expenditures, used as follows, were $104,341.72: Auditor's salary, including fees and allowances, $2,950. Clerk’s salary, etc., $2,657. Sheriff, $2,616.15. Recorder, $1,657.63. Treasurer, $3,153.81. Surveyor, $1,888.50. County school superintendent and deputy. $1,998; his office expenses, $289.18. County truant officer, $320. County commissioners, salaries and expenses, $1,792.45. County council (seven members', S7O. Coroner and inquest expenses, $287. Assessors and expenses, of board of revied, $3,862. State accountants' work, $832.99. Cost of grand and petit jurors and bailiffs, $2,891.75. Paid for change of venue, $269.50. Prisoners’ board, $854.90. All jail expenses, $1,327.12. Caring for poor, $5,780.12. insane, $262.81. Inmates of state benevolent and correctional institutions, $419.50. Dependent children, $1,334.06. Burial of soldiers, $450. Highway surveying and viewing,: $322. Bridges and bridge repair, $21,842.66. Free gravel road repairs, $22,484.25.1 County printing, $41,010.28. Court house maintenance and repairs, $4,060.71. Paid to state, interest on unloaned .school funds, $1,600. i November election, $2,804.85. I Registration expenses, $2,441.35. 1 Township poor relief fund, $1,977.73. tTnitemized expenses, $5,195.01.

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County institute allowance, SIOO. Farmers’ institute allowance, $71.10.' Balance had December 31, 1912, $14,927.92. Additional Figures. In addition the report shows that about thirty-six miles of macadam roads wbre built, making in all about 375. There are still about 475 miles of unimproved roads. Macadam road bonds outstanding, $534,466.79. Paid during the year on bonds and ! interest, $105,047.46. Cost of road building during year, $145,612.79. Taxes from township macadam road bonds, $106,755.98. From sale of bonds during year, $101,680. Dog taxes collected, $1,916. Paid from this to school revenue, $473.64. To state hydrophobia fund, $24.93. o— WILL GO TO FORT YAWNE. The Decatur city basket ball team will go to Fort Wayne this evening to play the Active Turners of that place. The game will be a good one and one worth seeing, as the Turners will try to get revenge on the local' boys. A number of “rooters” for the | city team will accompany them. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette says: "One of the most important clashes on this week’s excellent basket bail bill for Fort Wayne is tonight’s game at the Turner’s hall on West Superior street between the Active Turners and the Decatur Independents. Although the Actives have not played for several weeks, they have been practicing regularly and are in pretty good trim, confident, of winning from the visiting five. Decatur recently won two games from the Junior Turners and a large crowd will be out expecting to see the actives get revenge. Good seating accommodations have been provided and the crowd will be handled in fine fashion. Decatur will send a delegation of rooters." o POLICE COURT. Frank Leonard, a plain drunk, was accommodated Thursday night by Officer Melchi, when he kindly assisted him to ’Squire Stone’s court. The usual fine of $5 and costs were given Leonard, but it will be necessary for the city to act as his host for fourteen days. Leonard is a typical representative of the Irish race, not only In with and humor, but also in the vghting spirit, and would certainly be a tough proposition to run up against when angry. He was employed on the pipe line. Schafer Peterson has received word from his son-in-law, Guy Majors, late of Fort Wayne, that he has arrived safe at Tyler, Florida, and has already opened a barber shop there. Mr. Majors owns a lot In the business part of the town, and on this he has moved a building purchased from the Town Site Company, and has opened his shop therein. He owns five acres of land adjoining the city and is arranging to erect a house on it. As soon as this is finished, Mr. and Mrs. Majors will move their household goods there. He will break a part of the land at once for cultivation. Mr. Peterson also owns five acres of land near Mr. Majors, both purchasing through an agency, without seeing the land first. Mr. Majors is well pleased with the land and country. Mrs. Majors is staying with her parents here, until arrangements for joining her husband are made. o The case of Adam Beberstine vs tho " Berne Milling Co., which began trial i Wednesday morning, went to the jury at 2 o’clock this afternoon. I Fred Fox has filed suit against Chris Kirchhofer to quiet title and cancel mortgage. In the case of the State ex rel. Dawn Dibble vs. Clark Dibble, upon request of the prosecuting attorney, it appears to the court that the defendant has left the jurisdiction of court and has

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