Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 13 July 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME 11

A BOLD STREET ROBBERY First Street Robbery Reported for a Long Time

SOME EXCITEMENT Miss Hattie Moore Minus a Purse Held Up at Eighth ana Monroe Streets and Robbed. A regular Chicago hold up was planned and neatly carried out last evening by two young men who undoubtedly have been reading Nick Carter or King Brady, and Miss Hattie Moore was picked as their first victim and was releived of her solid silver purse which contained a dollar and thirty cents. No trace as yet has l>een found as to who the guitly parties were. The story of the hold up is best told by Miss Moore herself which is as follows. Last evening about eight o’clock I started for home in company with one of my lady friends and we were chattering pleasantly together as only two girls know how, until we reached the home of David Hunsicker on the corner of Eighth and Monroe street and were just in the act of stepping across the alley when two young men stepped out. For the time being I was terribly fright ened but managed to ask them what they wanted, but received no reply one of the young men instead grabbing my solid silver p irse which was hanging from my belt wrenching it from its place and started to runaway. I made a grab for him and caught him by the coat but the hold was too flimsy and he tore himself loose from me and started to run. I started after him and ran probably a square and then gave up the chase, telephoning to the police who arrived soon after, but no trace of the highwaymen could Tie found. Miss Moore is absolutely certain that the work was that of home talent as it was done in a bungling manner which showed amateurism and lack of experienc. She is almost positive that she can identify one of the parties if not both. Miss Moore is greatly agitated over the loss of her pocket book as she slated it was a present to her from her father and would not have lost it for anything, stating that she would offer a reward for the pocket book but oared nothing for the contents. The police are today busily engaged in running down several trails and arrests may follow in a short time. WILL GO TO ST. LOUIS. The Modern Woodmen of Logansport have decided on Sept. 4 as the time they will visit the world’s fair at St. Louis, says the Logansport Journal. Lodges from all parts of the United States have selected this day an many including the local lodge, will compete in the 15,000 prize contest for the best drilled company. Among the Indiana towns and cities which will bo represented are Terre Haute, Indianapolis, Alexandria, Cicero, Elwood, Marion, Shelbyville, Kokomo, No blosville, Anderson, Rushville and Greensburg

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GRANT COUNTY MURDER. Liesley Bradford, aged nineteen, was murdered Monday morning by Alma Vandiener, south of Marion. Details of the crime are lacking but it is thought the affair was the resultjof jealously. Officers from Marion have gone to the scense of the crime to investigate and Vandiener will be arrested as soon as the officers arrive. HORSE SALE Johnson & Boch Announce a Sale They Will Dispose of Thirty-Five Head of Horses Next Saturday. The firm of Johnson and Boch who are now on the market selling fine horse flesh will give one of their renowned sales is in this city’ on Saturday July the 16th. They will on that day offer for sale thirty five of the finest horses ever put upon the home market which will one and all alike be sold to the highest and successful bidder. The buuoh of horses they will offer for sale consist of farm horses, drivers and colts all of which are in the bset possible condition. This sale will bo held at the Chicago and Erie stock yard and will be so that every’ person present can see and inpsoct the animals before they bid upon them. Johnson & Boch are both good judges of horses anil carry n (thing but the best stock available aud are having popular sales all over the country.they have secured the service of Fred Reppert the veteran auctioneer and you may be sure that this means a clean cut sale. If you are contemplating buying a horse or horses it would be well worth your time and expense! to attend this sale, as yen may bo able to get something very cheap. AS PRESIDENT Hugh Dougherty May Leave Bluffton and Live In Indianapolis. The directors of the Marion Trust company have elected Hugh Dougherty president to succeed Stoughton J. Fletcher. Stoughton A. Fletcher has been elected vice president to succeed Preston T. Kelsey, who recently moved to Chicago. Mr. Dougherty was designated for the head of the Marion Trust company some time ago and has been arranging his business affairs in Bluffton preparatory to moving to Indianapolis. He resigned us president of the StudabaJrer bank at Bluffton two weeks ago. Mr. Dougherty is also president of the Federal Union Surety company of this city and he was recently elected president of the board of trustees of Dopauw university.

DECATUR, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1904.

ARE RUSHING — The Traction Company Laying Ties and Steele. Work on the Ft. Wayne and I Springfield interurban railroad is now being rapidly pushed and from now on all work will be noticeable. Men are at present busily engaged in laying ties so that the work of putting down the steel rails can progress without any interruption whatever. Seven hundred ties have been delivered and something over an eighth of a mile of steel has been laid and it is earnestly thought by the manager that a mile of their road will be constructed by the latter part of this week so that they | may be able to put their construction and work train on the track when the work of putting in the bridges will be commenced. The men are at present working just north of the river bridge and will continue to work from this end of the line until the road is completed. There is no doubt but that if the weather] will permit it, the first car will be seen run over the line not later than October the first. AN ACCIDENT W. E. Smith in a Runaway Was Badly Bruised, but no Bones were Broken. W. E. Smith the popular young musician was quite badly injured and bruised up this morning becoming tangled up with a runaway horse. Will was delivering some articles to a familv on the short street that runs parallel with the Eno railroad near Dr. Coverdales residence and was getting ready to get back into the wagon and as he endeavored to step into the same his weight caused the seat jto tip up, throwing it over against the horse, which became frightened gave a lunge and threw Smith to the ground, the front and rear wheels running over his body and ’ dragging him quite a distance. The horse kept traveling at last freeing ' itself from the wagon and part of the harness and ran up Winchester street where it was captured by Clayton Carroll near the residence of Jacob Shaffer. Smith in the meantime was picked up and taken to his home where he now rests. Dr. E G. Coverdale was summoned and dressed his wounds stating that Will was badly bruised and skinned up but no bones were broken. It will be some time before he will be able to get about. AFTER TWENTY YEARS — W. E. Patterson Greeting Boyhood Friends. W. E. Patterson who left here, when a kid twenty years ago is making his first visit to the town of his birth since that departure. He is located at Fresno, California and like all Adams county boys —whether at home or abroad—is doing well and making great progress in life. All the boys that are not now boys will remember him well and will recall all the shady transactions that go with the life of a real boy. The town and citizenship has so changed that Mr. Patterson really feels like a stranger in a strange land. Ho was piloted about the city by J. B. Buhler, the two being closely associated in boyhood and are no doubt now relating some interesting incidents of twenty and more years ago.

GOT THUMPED Fritz Koenig Given a Round With the Royal Bumpers.-Guilty of Inhuman Treatment of His Wife and Family. Fritz Koenig the renowned wife beater and the man who has for the last month caused his neighbors blood to run cold by his cruel and inhuman treatment toward his wife on last evening received a part of the reward promised to him by his neighbors. He still presisted in treating his wife in this shameful manner and got a good hard beating for his past troubles. Henry Erhart who is a next door neighbor to Fritz on last evening about nine o’clock met Fritz and told just what the neighbors had decided to do to him and after being warned in a friendly manner Fritz became abusive and Mr. Erhart decided that he would give him a little of his own medicine and proceeded to thump Fritz good and hard. Fritz soon cried and departed swearing vengeance. During the evening Mrs. Koenig’s parents arrived from the country and took their daughter home with them thus affording her protection something that her husband refused to give her. More trouble may follow soon as the neighborhood is indignant over his brutal actions. SEEKS DIVORCE C. H. Cook Wants Court to Sever Marriage Bonds The Complaint Alleges Cruel and Inhuman Treatment. A divorce case entitled Charles H. Cook against Edith F. Cook was filed at the Clerk's office this afternoon by Attorney L. C. De Voss. The complaint alleges the same old story of desertion and cruelty and inhuman treatment. The plaintiff is at present located at Geneva and from the reports set out in the complaint the residence of the defendant is not known. They were married in Bradford Pennsylvania on January 1, 1885, and lived happily together as man and wife until September 1901, when their happy days seemed to end and Mrs. Cook deserted her husband refusing then and there to further live with him. The defendant alleges that his wife refused to cook his meals to wash his clothes and to do divers other duties of a housewife and left him wihout any cause or grievance whatever. Three children were l>orn as the fruits of their marriage of which he asks the care custody and education. The summons is returnable sometime in September. A GRFAT HORSE SALE Johnson & Booh, a Decatur firm, possessing considerable experience in thchorse buying and selling business, will on Saturday, July 16, offer for sale at public auction at the C. & E. stock yards in Decatur, Ind., thirty five head of first class horses, consisting of farm ohuncks, drivers and colts. Fred Reppert, auctioneer. 156d2

DAY CURRENT — Monday the Day Arranged for Its Inaugural. The long delayed day current that the city has been promising us for some time past is now an assured fact and will be put into practical use on next Monday, which fact will be most welcomed by the business men. Jacob Eady and his workmen have all been busily engaged for the past two weeks in stringing the wires and getting everything in proper shape for those who desire to use the day current. They stated to a representative of this paper this morning that he would have his part of the work completed by tomorrow evening and when everything would be in shape to turn on the current. This will be a great thing for a number of our business men who have dark business rooms and who are at a loss at present how to display their wares especally on a dark and gloomy day. The city is to be congratulated upon this progressive policy. THAT CONVENTION Nomination of a Joint Senator An Account by the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Following a previous notice given about the senatorial convention we clip the following from the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: Dr. Sweringen was nominated by the republicans Tuesday for state senator for the joint district composed of Allen and Adams counties. That is fifteen republicans gathered in the assembly room of the court house and formally declared and announced that “We, the republicans of Allen and Adams counties etc.,* etc., “nominate Dr. H. Von Sweringen," etc ..etc., Dr. Sweringen wasn't there to receive the acclamations <ft ie tailors of Tooley street brigade, bnt he sent a letter accepting the nomination and setting forth his ideas of the duties of the senatorship, all of which were received with edifying reverence by the valiant fifteen. Fourteen of the fifteen were from Allen county and one from Adams county. The convention was called to order by Chairman L. P. Sharp of Allen and John M. Frisinger, the solitary Decatur man was elected chairman. Charles R. Lane of the Dailey News was elected secretary. W. E. Doud presented the name of Dr. Sweringen for senator. The doctor was the unanimous choice of the chairman, the secretary and the faithful thirteen on the bleachers. The doctor wasn't there, but he hud a letter in which he showed the crying need of the hour in legislative hulls was medical legislation. JUBILEE CBRNIVALr The long talked of Jubilee Carnival occurs tomorrow anil Friday evening at the opera house, For the past ten days the Presbyterian church has been the scene of activty for rehearsals of the Jubilee carnival have been held daily. The minstrel chorus is one of the many taking features of the program. This chorus is Composed of ten young ladies who will appear a number of times during the performance and sing the praises of their repective firms. The Queen of Trade, Mrs C. A. Dugan will represent the city of Decatur. She opens the Jubilee carnival and her approach is heralded by little Lula Atz. Many beautiful costumes will bo seen much clever acting be done, catchy songs bo heard, and good recitations delivered. Don't miss that Jubilee Carnival.

NUMBER 156

IS DEAD Mayor Jones Succumbed to the Inevitable All Toledo Mourns ths Death of Their Honored Mayor. Samuell M. Jones, the “Golden Rule” mayor of Toledo died shortly after five o’clock yesterday. An abscess on the lungs was the cause of death the, patient suffering intensely during the two weeks illness. Great sorrow prevails throughout Toledo for while many did not believe in his ideas on sociological problems yet everybody loved and respected him. His one great stronghold with the people of Toledo was his honesty. The mayor was taken ill two weeks ago last Thursday and for the last forty eight hours previous to his death was in a comatose condition. He leaves a widow and three children. Mayor Jones was well known here especially in southern Adams, where he at one time owned extensive oil interest and made frequent trips to Geneva. The remains will lie in state in Memorial Hal! both Thursday and Friday morning the funeral taking place Friday afternoon from the residence. ARE INVESTIGATING The Bedford Murder Again Investigated It is Thought that Some Important Clues Have Been Discovered. The taking of evidence has began again in the Bedford murder mystery. More secrecy is being used than in the other investiagtion and while practically nothing is known about what was transpired within the grand jury room yet the prosecutor gives it out that he is I highly gratified with the evidence heard. He willingly indicates a blieefthit they now are on the right track and that eventually the murderer will be known. Many witnesses have already been examined and it is hinted that among the evidence is some that is highly sensational. Developments from this on will lie eagerly watched. The citizens in Bedford are apparently as much interested in the case as ever and want the guilty caught and punished and they believe he will be. A confidential air is hovering about- the prosecution and the public fully expects to hear something highly sensational within a few days. It is known that some important clue has been discovered the nature t of which is causing much expectancy. SIGNED THEM One Hundred and Sixty Bonds were Signed. The Isiard of commissioners have ended their task of signing the macadam road bonds it being necessary to affix their John Hancock to one hundred and sixty of the IPhogriphod bonds and thus make them good for something more than one hundred cents on the dollar. The lionds were sold through the Old Adams County Bank and go to some Indianapolis bond house, who take them at lace value the amount of each coupon being so small that dealers in this kind of securities have difficulty in placing them upon the market.