Decatur Democrat, Volume 58, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1913 — Page 3

poath, the arbitrator, has stepped In | ahead of th* temporal law, and taken the fate of John bee, the slayer of Samuel Purdy, into its own hand*. Word that came front Bluffton early this morning was that Mr. Lee died this morning at 3:10 o’clock in his cell in the Welle county jail in Bluffton. where he had been confined since hits terrible act January 9. Death was due to apoplexy. Mr. Lee suffered a slight stroke of apoplexy night before last, but little »as thought of it, as he has been act Ing very peculiar for some time, when it was thought he was feinging Insanity and It was thought that this was only another one of his "antics.” Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock he was found very 111 indeed In his bunk In the jail cell and physicians worked with him for a long time. His brothers were with him during a part of the time, but at midnight, as bis condition did not seem to warrant their staying, they returned to their home at Poneto. At 3 o’clock he grew very much worse and ten minutes afterward passed away. It was thought that the excessive use of tobacco contributed to the cause of his death., For some time he had been complaining that he could not see, that his eyes were badly affected, and it is quite likely that the malady that caused his death, has been working on him for a long time. Mrs. Cora Lee, the wife, who is also confined in the jail, indicted jointly with her husband for the murder of Samuel Purdy, is in a highly wrought nervous state over the death of her husband. i She has again declared her intention not to eat of the jail cooking: but whether it is just her “spunkishness,’’ or whether she thinks it may have caused her husband'e death, and may also cause hers, is not known. It will be remembered that Mrs. Lee, when first taken to the prison, refused for seevral days to eat the food apportioned to the prisoners. The deceased was fifty-four years of age, while his wife is about fifteen years younger. He leaves two sons, Wayne and Francis. It will be remembered that John Lee was arrested on Thursday, January 9, by Deputy Sheriff Fred Adams and City Marshal Charles Pierce, within fifteen minutes after he fired the three bullets into the body of Samuel Purdy, which injuries resulted in the death of Mr, Purdy about forty-five minutes after he was shot. Mrs. Lee was arrested and placed in jail on Thursday, January 16, a week after the murder. It is charged by the state’s attorneys, Prosecuting Attorney Lee F. Sprague, and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John F. Decker, that evidence which they have ' secured convinces them that Mrs. Lee is fully as guilty as her husband, and they believe that she incited her husband to his terrible act. These charges are based in part on the signed statement made by Lee himself, in which he declared in the presence of witnesses that his wife told him to go buy the new cartridges for his 32-caliber revolver and get ready to shoot Mr. Purdy. He declared in his statement also that his wife told him to go to the rear of the lot and lie in waiting for Mr. Purdy as he passed down the alley on his way to work at the Red Cross factory.” What is the origin of St. Valentine’s day? The children want to know; the lads and lasses wonder and the old folks have forgotten. No wonder. There are scores of stories told; some semi-historical: some purely mythical, all equally uncertain. But the prettiest, simplest conception of them all is the one, accredited to no one knows whom, which makes the joyous St. Valentine's day, the forerunner of the spring; the herald of the season when the trees burst from their winter bondage, the birds twit their first lays of love and the grass peeps through the ground. The other story based partly on historical record is very brefly as follows: St Valentine was a priest es Rome, a wonderful healer, martyred in the third century. According to the Roman legend he was thrown into prison by order of the Emperor Claudius, Aftc repeated and unsuccessful attem win him to Idolatry the emperor b m beheaded February 14. The sain ’’alentlne, used to doing good deeu , kept right on with the good work in prison until he died. Then, In honor of his memory, bis friends sent out messages of love on February 14. “John Witte, a farmer living near Magley, was in the city Thursday afternoon, looking for his wife, who deserted him and their small baby Wednesday evening,” says the Bluffton Banner. “It is thought that she Is working for some parties in this city, as she came here the following morning with that intention. Wr. Witte thinks that his wife’s mind is partially deranged, as she has been acting queer of late and at a previous date ran away from home. "Mr. Witte states that he was in

(the kitchen of their home at the time of her departure and wastaklng care of the baby when he heard a door slam in another part of the house. He paid no attention to It and later in the evening found that she had gone. She had taken money, from his clothIng and had tied some of her own clothing up In a bundle to take with her. I "Telephone calls were sent to Fort. Wayne and other places in the vicinity of Magley and a return call stated that she was seen Thursday morning boarding a B. G. & C. car for this city at Vera Cruz. "It is thought she w’alked the entire i thirteen miles from Magley to Vera Cruz during the night. She had not been found here late Thursday afternoon, although the search is being kept up. A brother, F. Witte, of Fori Wayne arrived in the city Thursday! afternoon to assist in the search. At! Vera Cruz the lady that was seen, boarding the car gave her names as Mrs. Smith, although from the description given Mr. W’itte is almost positive that the person was his wife.” J. Henry France, still known to j many of our people as “Jinks,” came down Thursday evening from Fort Wayne, where he called on bis brother, F. E. France, who is a patient at Hope hospital. Mr. France is now engaged w ith the Selig company and is I stationed at Chicago. For a number! of years he was on the stage, later became a vaudeville star, and for! some months has been with the Selig ; people. He said his present work was ■ me.’, "ondcrful and Uro high cost of >■■ airing pictures is still a marvel to; him, and at first almost made him gasp with astonishment. When one watches a building erected with great care, sees a man deliberately walk up and set fire to It, causing a loss of several thousand dollars, it's enough to make a fellow wonder, and he does always, until he sees a man turning the crank of a picture machine, and ; even then he has to do a little figuring. The growing demand for pictures, how-ever, makes it a great business and Mr. France is succeeding at bis ( work. He will probably be transferred in a few weeks to Los Angeles, where he will be in charge of similar work. "Jinks” left here over twenty- ■ two years ago. ' After suffering for some time from i the dreaded disease, tuberculosis, and , after making a valiant fight for his . life, Andrew Barkley, succumbed to! ! the ravages of the disease, and gave bis soul to its Maker, death relieving him at 8 o'clock Thursday evening.! Mr. Barkley was born in Union township, Adams county, February 14, 1884, i and should he have survived until to- j i day would have been twenty-nine years old. He was the son of Henry and Caroline Barkley, both of Whom are now living. Andrew was reared : in Adams county, spending his childi hood and early manhood days in this • vicinity and also receiving his educa- • tion from the county schools. Later i in life he took up the profession of telegraphy and followed this line un- ■ til several years ago when he coni tracted the disease. His work then • became too heavy for him to carry and ; he moved back to this county, where ■ he had remained up to the time of nis death. I Mr. Barkley was married on June 4, s 1908, to Miss Jessie Alice Bosserman, > and to this union was born ye son, 1 not quite a year old. Besides the bereaved wife, son and parents, he is 1' survived by one sister, Mary, and one 'brother, Glen, one sister, Dessie, hav- - ing proceded him in death. Mr. Barkley was prominent in lodge - circles, being a member of both the 1 I. O. O. F. and the Ben Hurs. The i funeral cortege will leave the home > Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock for the 1 Evangelical church where services will t'be held by Rev. J. H. Rilling, inter- ?' ment being made in the Decatur cem?l etery. The I. O. O. F. lodge will have charge. A bold case of robbery in broad daylight occurred at the S. E. Hite grocery '• on Winchester street, adjoining the 5 Erie railroad this morning at 9 o’clock. ” Three men. employees of the Erie doui- hie track construction company, are in 1 jail charged with the robbery. Two ■ of the men, Messrs. May and Burns, • were released from jail only this morning having served time for drunken- > ness. They were released about eight r o’clock and within two hours were I- back behind the bars. 3 The robbery occurred when Mr. Hite a was down town, and Harley McCoy, a clerk at the store, was alone. Three men entered and five remained on the r outside of the store. The three went :-! in to buy some onions and coffee, i- which they paid for. Mr. McCoy went I- to the rear o fthe store to grind the n coffee and while there saw the men s grab merchandise and put them in their pockets. He immediately “got wtse” and also “got after them.” They e then left the grocery on double-quick -- time and all eight ran down the Erie L- railroad west. Mr. McCoy caught up s with them at the depot and succeeded in getting some of the goods away n from them.

Among the goods taken were two bottles of cherries, cocoa, three pairs of gloves. The gloves were found later hidden under the depot. The men, I however, got away and ran down the track. Deputy Sheriff Jesse Kelly and Policeman Melchi then got in pursuit and found the eight men around a fire at the Erie tank west of the city. They were searched there, but only a box of cocoa was found on one man. The eight were forced Into line with an officer guarding each side, and marched back to Decatur. One broke away and crossed the railroad track, just as a freight pulled up. This put the train between him and the officer, but Deputy Sheriff Kelly was not deterred aqd crawling over the top of the moving freight got after his man. He got him and then joined the others. In I ■the meantime Policeman Melchi had. his hands full as one of the seven he | ,had in charge broke away and made: good his escape. The remaining seven were brought back to the grocery, j where Mr. McCoy quickly identified the three who were in the grocery. The others were released. The goods known to be stolen ’ amounted to about $2.00, but whether anything else was taken, is not yet known. The gloves were found later j ' under the depot, where they had been I hidden. Fo- the first time the cold breath of death invaded the home of Judge-elect and Mrs. David E. Smith,*coming this afternoon at 2:50 o’clock and stilling forever the life of their youngest born, little James, the year-old son, who passed away this afternoon at 2:50 o'clock. The babe first became ill two weeks ago yesterday. Pneumonia developed, then mumps, gastritis and cerebral meningitis. He has had a difficult fight for life, and but for the wonderful nat- j ural vitality, could not possibly have > survived so long. Thursday he seemed better and hopes for his recovery grew stronger. Thursday night at 11 o’clock a change for the worse was noted. He grew gradually worse and it was seen that death was the matter of only a few hours. The babe was named James for its paternal grandfather, James H. Smith, and was one I year old last Saturday. He is the youngest of a family of six children — Byard, Ramona, Gretchen, Dorothy and Richard, being the elder children. Homer Knodle arrived from Fort Wayne this morning to have an examination of his eyes. It may be necessary to undergo an operation. The trouble lies in the lachrymal glands, which do not secrete enough fluid to keep the eyes sufficiently moist, hence they are in a state of constant irritation. Either a course of theatment, or an operation may be necessary. Mr. Knodle is a member of the reportorial staff of the Journal-Gazette. | I James Hurst has returned from I South Bend, where he was called by ■: the illness of his son-in-law, Albert Katterheinrich, who had been ill with . the grip and inflammatory rheumatism. 'The rheumatism affected his face and ’ neck and the physician had fears that it might go to his heart. He has re- . covered and was able to return Tues- ; day to his work. — Word received from Mr. and Mrs. , D. F. Leonard, who have been visiting at Potomac, HL, for some time, is that their little son, James, who accompani ied them there is ill with pneumonia. , They were therefore unable to return I home as soon as they intended. Word I received this afternoon by Mrs. James .' Hurst, brought the news that little . I James Leonard is very ill with pneu- . ■ monia, and that a physician calls twice .! a day to attend him. He is at the , home of his paternal grandparents. | Whether Mr. Leonard will be able to . return home next week, depends upon ■ the condition of the litttle boy. ) Elijah Walters, the well known civil war veteran is confined to his home . on First street, suffering from a dropr sical affection of the feet. This is 1 brought on by hardening of the arter- .: les, resulting from ailments contract- .! ed during the war. While he is able i jto sit up, his feet are badly swollen >' and have been so since last Saturday. ,! Mr. Walters will be seventy-one years . old in March. t Another of the lectures of the specj ■ ial hygiene course for the Decatur high i school, by the physicians of the city, s was given this morning by Dr. E. G. Coverdale. His lecture related to the , ear, eye, nose and throat, and told in a detail of the diseases of these organs, t their care and treatment. He also gave a talk on hygiene of more genert al nature. It was very instructive and a interesting. The lectures are eagerly i anticipated and the Friday morning i talks are proving all that could be det' sired. < <r t POLICE COURT. 3 j Marshal Peterson this noon receiv--1 ed a card from the Marion chief of t! police giving the description of a young woman who mysteriously dis-

appeared from Marlon last Tuesday ' afternoon about 3 o’clock. Her name i is Bertha Shockey and she is about < 'five feet tall, weighs 135 pounds and is i twenty-four years old. She has black 1 hair and black eyes, and is of a very i prepossessing appearance. When she i disappeared she wore black beaver hat 1 trimmed with black plumes and a long < gray coat, trimmed with black fur; I also a black dress, with band-knit col- t lar and cuffs. On her right hand she' wore a signet ring with the initial “B.” 1 No cause is known for her disappear- t ance. , l □ I ENTERS RESTAURANT BUSINESS, s 1 M. V. B. Archbold Forms Partnership s With Mr. Lawner at Indianapolis. I --- < It may surprise the many friends of 1 !M. V. B. Archbold to learn that he has < I decided tn engage in the restaurant 1 business in the city of Indianapolis, < I where an up-to-date establishment is i 1 now being prepared on Washington i street, just opposite the office of the Indianapolis News and one of the most prominent locations In the capitol city. He is associated with Mr. Lawner, who I has had many years’ experience in the :i ! business. They will slave an attractive ■: place of business and will no doubt 'succeed. -- —•— —— —O' — ’ ■—— (By E. E. Rice) In 1910 tnere were zi0,485 farms in Indiana, averaging 9G.8 acres to the , farm. These 215,485 farms contained 16,931.252 acres of improved land. The number of acres in farm land was less In 1910, by' 319,800 acres than in 1900. Rural population decreased 5.1 percent during these same ten years, while the city population increased 30.5 per cent .The significant fact is that while the number of acres devoted to farming decreased the population as a I whole increased. The value of these ! farms in 1910 was $978,616,471; in 1910 it was $1,809,’."5.238, an increase of 84.9 per cent. These figures show both from the vie - • pint of increase in population and th increase in the value of farm land, that the vital, question is that . increased produc- j tion. For the ter 1900-1909, inclusive, Indiana farms were above the average in the production of corn, averaging 34.7 bushels to the acre, while the average for the United States was 25.8 bushels to the acre. In the production of wheat, Indiana has averaged 14.3 bushels per acre for the same period of ten years, while the United States has average 14.2 bushels per acre. In the production of oats, potatoes, ’ barley and hay Indiana has fallen below the average for the United States. In the production of potatoes, wheat, oats, and several other crops, the average for Indiana is very small as compared to Germany and Great Britain. For the same years 1900-1909, inelusive, Germany produced 28.9 bush-1 1 els of wheat per acre and Great Brit- ! ain 33.1 bushels. Germany produced ' 50.7 bushels of oats per acre and 1 Great Britain 44.3, while Indiana pro- ’ duced only 29.5 bushels. Germany ' produced for the same time 200 bushels of potatoes per acre, Great Britain 193.8, while the average for the United States was 91.4 bushels per acre and for Indiana only 79 bushels. Our population is increasing rapid- ’ ly, while our land area does not in- ’ crease. The public land is taken up and people are giving more attention to the lands of the east, which have ’ been neglected, and which are now in--1 creasing in value. The city popula--1 tion increases, while the rural popu- ! lation decreases. Farm values have ’ doubled, but at the same time their productiveness has not increased. A ’ bulletin recently published by the Na- ’ tional City Bank of New York says: ' “There is only one possible source of ’ relief from this situation, and that is 1 by raising the productiveness of our lands, through more intelligent and scientific culture. There is no known 1 limit to the possibilities of nature, and 5 our average production is far below ' the results of the best practice. ’ James J. Hill, president of the • Northern Pacific railroad, and who ' has done much to develop agriculture ’ In the northwest, says In regard to 1 this subect: “We cannot feed our fu ■ ture population with our present 3 methods. We must improve, and years of scientific investigation and practical experience have demonstrat’ed how it may be done. There is I scarcely a limit, at least none yet has •, been reached by the most intensive •! cultivation, to the value which an acre 3 1 of ground may be made to produce. I I Right methods of farming, without >; which no agricultural country, such 5 as this is can hope to remain prosper- ' ous, or even to escape eventful pov--1 erty, are not complicated and are f within reach of the modest means. 5. ■ - ” — CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought f Bears the ■//,%?'/ ~ i Signature of h

They Include a study of soils and seeds, so as to adapt the one to the other; a careful rotation of crops; the substitution of the small farm for the large, so that It may be better tilled and kept free from weeds; a careful selection of grain used for seed. The fruit farmer, the truck farmer, every cultivator of the soil who has specialized his work has learned the value of these simple principles. In our own state at a corn show held In Washington, Davies county, the first prize was won by a boy who grew ninety-three bushels of corn per acre." The significant thing is that the same field had never before grown as much as fifty bushels per acre. Our soil has been and is yet a fertile soil, but if the number of acres actually decrease by 319,800 each ten years and if our population increases as rapidly during the next ten years as it did the last ten years, then there is only one conclusion, and that is that each acre must produce more than it has been producing. JOHN LEE FUNERAL TODAY. The funeral of John I>ee, the Bluff:ton man charged with the murder of Samuel Purdy, who died Friday rnorn- ! ing in the Bluffton jail, from apoplexy, was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of a brother, William Lee, at Poneto. A short service was held this morning at the Thoma undertaking establishment in [ Bluffton, where the body was taken, and the widow, who is in jail, charged with complicity in the murder, was allowed to attend in company with the officials. She seems heart-broken over her husband’s death. If is thought, that should have Lee lived, insanity would have been his defense in the murder trial, and that a jury would have found him of unsound mind and mentally irresponsible for the homi* cide. Ten years ago he suffered a fall from a load of hay, falling on his head and shoulders, which it is believed caused Injury to his brain, and from which it is thought he never re- ! covered. It is said the state will in--1 sist on Mrs. Lee being tried cn the charge made against her, for complicity in the murder, FREE BASKET WILLOW CUTTINGS The Department of Agriculture is getting ready to fill requests for the basket willow cuttings grown last year on its experimental farm at Arlington, Ya. Distribution of these cuttings takes place early in March each spring, to farmers and others who wish to make trials of basket willow on lands too wet for other crops. From 50 to 100 cuttings are given each person . The distribution is not a mere givi ■ g away of Government material to per- , sons who desire to get something free; because it is required that each recipient of cuttings shall make a report , i of the treatment given and the results obtained. Several select varieties are included in each set that Is distributed, and the aim is to secure information as to the best, variety for each locality, since no one kind can be relied upon to yield maximum results over a wide range of territory. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 15 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The past week, regarded as the most sensational , sin o the legislature opened on Jr.nu-' ary 9, was to be eclipsed by develop- I , me •’ s the coming week, according to . the indications today. Preliminaries , bav > about ended and the frv.ils were/ . to be picked Public utilities regulation, primaries ■ and constitutional questions were scheduled to be the leading issues next week, with prospects of final action on at least utilities and action in ■ one house and possibly both on the i constitution and the primary bills. • Among the features of the past I week were: The weakening of the i woman's eight-hour bill and RepreI sentative Keegan’s resignation; the . introduction of the Fleming or the ad- : ministration primary bill and the . iweidler and Stotsenberg constitution- , 'al convention bills; the senate caucus ( that linked the Shively and Spencer ,'utilities bills; the passage by the house of the general appropriation t bill, and the enactment into law, exI cept for the governor’s signature, of [ the vocational educational bill and the measure prohibiting the drinking ! of liquors on trains and interurbans, ; except in dining cars. } | There is still a dearth of bills of , ’ wide interest in the class of having passed both houses and still fewer in t the class of having received the govpernor’s signature. This week two leading bills were sent up to the gov- . ernor: The bill for a special state > taxe for industrial and agricultural education in the public schools, and the > bill making it unlawful to drink or sell liquor on trains except in dining cars. I The senate passed: Bills permitting counties to establish county tuberculosis hospital; regulating the sale of stocks and bonds and other | securities (known as the blue sky bill); restricting the insanity plea; providing that persons 16 years of age

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I and under shall attend school or have permanent employment; defining burglary and reducing from ten to twenty years to two to fourteen years the penalty; permitting municipalities to own telephone lines and providing for a thirteenth juror in criminal cases. Excepting the burglary bill these measures went to the house. o James, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Leonard, who left a week ago for Potomac, 111., to visit with Mr. Leonard's parents, is very seriously ill with pneumonia. Word was received Friday of the boy’s illness, stating that the doctor was calling two or three times a day to see the lad. This morning at 8 o’clock James Hurst received a telegram stating that James’ j condition was very serious and asking that the sisters, Muriel, Hallie, Ber- j ' nice and Mildred come as soon as posi slble, bringing the necessary clothing ■ they would require. They’ were asked | to come byway of the Wabash rail-: road, and Mr. Hurst accompanied them to Huntington at noon where they took a Wabash train for Danville, 111., where the telegram stated their relatives would meet them. The sick boy is the youngest child , anl only son of the Leonard family, and very bright. Mr. Leonard is the | well known auctioneer and real estate man, moving to this city a year ago from Preble township, and locating in the Julius Haugk residence on West l Monroe street. The family has been exceedingly unfortunate on the several times of their visits recently. Last summer while returning by automo- ’ bile from a visit at Frankfort their] automobile turned turtle as it was leaving a bridge and threw the fam-! ily into the water in the ditch, with | the automobile over them, all narrowly escaping serious injury. ——o — — County Assessor George Gentis and Township Assessors Frank Mclntosh, J. Kline, Ed Gallmeier, William Zimmerman, William Blackburn, Jesse Steele, Daniel Dellinger, Samuel Nusbaum, John Danner, Fred Stettler, John Love and Frank Si»ngler, have returned from Fort Wayne where they attended the assessors’ meeting in the assembly room at the Allen county courthouse, Fort Wayne, yesterday. They report a most excellent meeting Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Grant, Wells, Steuben and Adams counties were all represented. Daniel M. Link, 1 a member of the state board of tax commissioners, with two others, C. A. Maston, of Greencastle and Eben H.

Wolcott, of Indianapolis, gave addresses. Mr. Link asserted that too many people escape payment of their just proportion of taxes. He urged a close reading of the law in this respect, and an adherence thereto. The state tax board is working for the ruling to have all personal property assessed at its actual valuation, and then make a reduction of twenty-five per cent, thus giving all a uniform assessment. Mr. Link asked the assessors present whether or not they were assessing agricultural implements in different machinery establishments if said implements were not the property of the owners of the establishments, but merely placed there by the makers. Very few of them were found to be doing this. It is said that concerns of this kind should be made to pay assessments on such property and that it was the duty of the assessors to see that they did so. Owners of horse sale j stables must also be made to pay for ■ stock in their bams, even though they are being kept there to sell on commission. Allen county assessors went on record as favoring this move and pledged themselves through Assessor Eggeman, to this effect. I [ Mrs. John Wntee, the Preble township woman who has been missing from home all week, and whose ab- ! sence caused relatives much alarm, Iwas found Friday afternoon, working at the Lautzenheiser restaurant. She ■had applied there for work the second ! time Friday morning, and recognizing her as the woman for whom search I was being made they employed her j until they could get word to her relaI tlves. I To the Bluffton marshal the woman said she had a reason for leaving home but refused to tell what it was. She also said she supposed it would be best to go back. Her husband was notified by telephone and started for Bluffton immediately. He is said to have stated that he thought his wife was demented, but this is an unsettled question. o—NOTICE; All members of the Yeoman are requested to be present at the meeting Monday night to make complete arrangements for the degree staff of Ft. Wayne which will be here March 4th to give the work to a number of candidates. Democrat Want Ads Pay.