Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 22 July 1904 — Page 1

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CHARGED WITH FORGERY Charles Ault and Homer Parrish Arrested

EVIDENCE IS CONCLUSIVE Ault Cashed Check at Boknecht Saloon >arrish Cashed One at Murray's Saloon and Another at Elzey & Vance Store. KAn epidemic of semi-serious ftrimes by local ameteur toughs Lems to have struck Decatur and as a result quite a party of young fcuen will no doubt be given the privilege of a trip to Jeffersonville next September after court conrenes. Two young men Charley Ault and Buck Parrish are the latest additions to th? list and each is fharged with forgery and the evilenoe is so convincing that anything bat pleas of guilty seems unwarranted. Ault was arrested at ive o'clock last evening by Marihal Cordua. He has been emiloyed recently a part of the time it least, by Frank Dibble the draynan, and was on his dray when arrested yesterday afternoon. Ault who is about twenty-one went into ?hris Boknecht's saloon and presented a check to Albert Moyer, the bartender, asking that he cash it, which he did. The check was made payable to William Emetine, was made payable at the Old Adams County Bank, calling for 88.50 and with name of Meyer k Scheimunn, the liverymen, attached. It was indorsed by Emerine and Moyer cashed it without loubting its genuineness. When irrested Ault admitted his guilt. Today he informed the officials that he wanted a hearing immediately, —o — Homer Parrish better known as' Buck, was taken to jail at three I o’clock this morning and must also meet the charge of forgery, being accused of two similar crimes. At 2:30 yesterday afternoon Buck went Onto Murray's saloon and presented Ln Old Adams County Bank check ■calling for nine dollars in writing Lnd $9 50 in figures, with George | ■Chronister's name attached. Mr. i Murray glanced at the figures and gave the young man $9.50 incash. Buck said he was going west with a brother to seek employment. About six o’clock last evening Buck went into Elzey & Vance's clothing store where after some i>arleving he succeeded in getting another check cashed, calling fur $7.00 and made out in every respect the same as the one cashed at Murray ’s except as to the amount, neither one bearing a date. Homer told Mr. Vance that he was going to I Fort Wayne where he had secured a position on a railroad.£Mr Murray suspicioned his check and while j talking about the occurrence after supjier it developed that Roman 1 Barthel had seen Parrish write out 1 the check but hud supposed he had signed his own name. The police werenottled and after several hours located Buck asleep at the G. R. & I. station. He was taken to jail and will be given a hearing tomorrow. He denies his guilt claiming to have received the checks from Mr.

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Chronister, but the writing of the check and indorsement corresponds exactly, making bad evidence of guilt. Later— The fact that Ault demanded an immediate hearing was communicated to Prosecutor Moran by telephoneJhis afternoon. He arranged for Attorney D. B. Erwin to appear for the state and the case was set for trial before Squire James H. Smith at three o’cock this I afternoon. Ault waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to court in the sum of S2OO which he fulled to give and wa4 returned to I jail. WILL MEET HERE Base Ball Clubs to Play for Money Delphos Challenges Warren—Giants to Play at Decatur for SIOO a Side. If all the preliminary arrangements are carried out that are now being talked of Decatur will be the scene of a fierce base ball struggle between the Van Buren—Warren | Oil Giants and the Delphos stars for one hundred dollars aside. A few Sunday ago Van Ruren-Warren defeated the Delphos Stars by a score of one to nothing which bitter pill of defeat did not go down very well with Delphos who issued a sweeping challenge Van Buren Waren offering to play them for the above amount and on neutral grounds Decatur being preferred. ' 1 The fans of this city would certain ly welcome a treat of this kind and would tie willing to donate the ground to the clubs for an ex- i hibition of this kind. Both cities I support good teams, Delphos prob- 1 ably having the better field team < and Van Buren--Warron the best i battery, the latter team’s main strength lying in Tom Irwin who won considerable fame when twirling for the Wheeling team of the Western association three years ’ ago. Mi. Iwrins work will no doubt also be remembered by the local fans who saw him work here a few weeks ago when he materi- , ally aided his team in defeating the Rosenthals. If these games can be arranged Decatur will give them a ’ warm welcome and the winner will , no doubt be challenged by the Ros- t enthals on the same terms. It is > hoped that these two teams will 1 close negotiations at once. ( COULD’NT COME ; I —1 Hon. Champ Clark Prevented from ,' Meeting Grovesnor. The political debate advertized t for Rome City yesterday failed to ‘ materialize. Champ Clark who was to represent the democrats, being detained on account of the Missouri t State convention. Congressman I Grovesnor made a few remarks in | which he gave the democrats a gen- , oral cussing in fine language. His , talk failed to create a sensation. (

DECATUR, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1904.

IS IMPROVING E. L. Carroll is Arranging to Take Care of Bis Business. E.L. Carrol, the grain man, is undoubtedly the busiest person in j town at present, as he is remodeling his elevator at the Clover Leaf and getting everything in shpae to move the frame elevator that now stands on the Erie right of way over near his Clover Leaf property. Ho has bought the old hoop mill from the Decatur Egg Case Co. and has converted the same into a hay barn in which to store hay waiting shipment. He also leased the land on which said building are situated and has contracted with the Erie raliroad to run a switch Up to the buildings. When all of this work is completed Mr. Carrol will , have one of the largst and most ex- ■ tensive elevators in the Northern part of Indiana. Work on the same should all be complete within sixty days. AS DETECTIVES Teachers of Indiana in New Role Will Raise Fund of $20,000 to Hunt Down Murderer of Miss Schafer. MITCHELL, IND., July 22— Since the second grand jury in the Schaefer murder has adjourned without aceomplishnig anything, the matter is now to be taken up by I the school of the state of Indiana. County Superintendent Stipp, of Lawrence county proposes to take a hand, and has communicated with the State superintendent to secure his co operation and advice. There are 16,000 public school teachers in Indiana and all of them are interested in this case, so much so that Superintendent Stipp thinks they will contribute from $1 to $2 each to see that the murderer of Miss Schafer is brought to justice. In this way a fund of $20,000 can be easily raised. The method to bo used in raising the fund is to communicate with the county and city superintendents and they inturn with the teachers under their supervision. Inasmuch as the teachers are closely organized and the institute season is now beginning, every teacher in the State can be reached in a very short time. It is also proposed that the township trustee of the State be asked to support this movement, and if this is done it is expected that the reward can be raised to $50,000.

FOUND HIM Grant Campbell Who Wandered From Home is Located. City Marshal William Stephens! has succeeded in locating Grant Campbell the young man who so mysteriously disappeared from his parents' home a mile and a quarter southeast of Bryant one day last week. Young Campbell left hom<about the time of his father's death and all efforts to locate him had been futile up to Wednesday morning. Officer Stephens found some trace of him soon a tfer he left home and has been following the trail around among the gas belt town for several days. The young man went to Muncie, then to Hartford City then back to Muncie and has dodged here and then 1 over three or four counties. He told the officers that he was simply looking art Mind. He had a neat sum of money when ho left him and therefore has had easy traveling. When overhauled by the officer Wednesday morning he had $8 in silver. He did -not signify ' any intention of returning home. His relatives at Bryant were no- i titled Wednesday of his wherea- < bouts. It is learned that the night ho left borne he walked |-<Il the 1 way to Hartford City.—Portland 1 Commercial Review. u I

FATAL ACCIDENT James Hoover, of Ossian, the Victim Fell Beneath Wheels of Loaded With Brick.—Was Badly Crushed. James Hoover, a seven year old son, of Mrs. Dora Hoover, of Ossian, was fatally injured at nocn yesterday by falling beneath the wheels of a wagon load of bricks on the west side of Ossian. The boy fell face downward and both front and rear wheels of the heavily loaded wagon ran across his body before the team could be ' stopped. The one wheel of the wagon ran across the child’s back causing serious internal injuries the other ran across and completely crushed the upper part of his right leg. The boy was sitting on the front seat of the wagon when near the Glass school house, by a sudden jostle in the wagon he lost his seat and fell, falling directly under the wheels and was run over before the driver know what had happened. He was taken into a nearby house and doctors summoned. WANTS TO MOVE W. R. Cochran Seeking Location for Screen Factory. W. R. Cochran, of Decatur, was in the city last evening and before a meeting at the Commercial Club explained a patent window screen which he now manufactures in Decatur but wants to manufacture some place where he can get local capital to assist him. He was induced to stop off here by a Bluffton gentleman to try to interest local capitalists and last night was given some eUcouragemuut that an inter est would be taken in the business here if nothing is done definitely by I tonight he will go to Marion with I his project. Whether this factory which will employ from ten to two ! hundred men according to the way the business is pushed, is located j

I here or not, it is plain to everyone I that something should be done soon here to land a few small industries in Bluffton. Several are on the point of moving out and something should be done to fill the vacancy.—Bluffton News. A CLOSE CALL Boy Falls Into Corn Cutter ano Was Badly Hurt. I i I Franklin Sprunger, an eight year old boy at Borne took his clothes off and climbed up on the heel of a corn cutter machine to see how far he could jump. He fell on the knife and was badly injured, reoeied a five inch out in the abdomin and another slash <>n the knee. It is said the knife struck a rib and the fact saved the boy’s life. HURT HIS FOOT Contractor Tubbman Stepped on a Nall with Painful Results. A. Tubman, contractor who is building the grade for the Ft. Wayne <fc Springfield Traction Company, is walking on crutches as the result of stepping on a nail a day or two ago. The nail penetrated the heal to a depth of nearly three inches inflicting a very painful wound and requiring the services of a physician. ■ -

HER LAST RACE Martha Fox Loses in Her Fight for Life. ' | Martha Fox a fine running horse, the property of Tommy Haviland, died Tuesday morning of congestion of the stomach. She was only sick a few hours. She was valued at $250. This mare came from ChioaIgo at two years old and was eight I when she died. Veterinarians Houser of Bryant and Bricker attended the horse but could do nothing. Tom Haviland always rode the horse and was present at many races attracting much attention, because of his youthfulness and his ski 11 as a rider. This leaves him one running horse, Candle Bloom. As a mark of esteem in which Martha Fox was held Mr. ( Haviland had her buried with a ten , dollar blanket wrapped around her. —Geneva Herald. A NEW DAILY ! Van Wert to Have a Morning Publication I I The Morning Daily Times to Make Its Bow to the Public Next Monday. Van Wert, Ohio, is to have another daily newspaper which on next Monday will make its bow to the public under the name of The Morning Daily Tinies. As one of the managers and one of the owners i the name of W. G. Hoffer appears and this is sufficient guarantee that j the Morning Times will be an ed- ■ itorial and local newspaper of good j repute. Its typography will be ; excellent and its mechanical aplpearance unexcelled. Mr. Hoffer lis a bright writer and is perfectly capable of holding his own at any time or place. The new daily will be a democratic publication in so far as its political policies go, and as such will be of inestimable value to the democracy of Van Wert county The democrat* over there should begin with the opening chapter to make the Times a* a I daily paper, a flourishing successThey can do this and tney owe it I this good will and support. It takes lots of energy and time, and what it more important it takes i lots of cash to publish a daily paper even in a country town, and for the first six months they will need I the good will and support from I every source imaginable. The field, ' however, is a good one and the ultimate success of the Morning Daily Times is assuied. We congratulate the management of the new born and wish them well. RAISE RATES National Union Doubles Price of Insurance. Dispatches from Mackinaw Island | where the Nationa Union, a fraternal insurance association have been holding their annual session of the senate says that the rates of the order have been doubled. The new I schedule fixes the rate per month i per thousand at twenty years at $1.17; at twenty five years $1.40; at thirty years $1.58; at thirty five i years, $1.82; at forty years, $2.13; at forty five years, $2.54; at fifty 1 years, $3.09. The $1.17 a month jxiid by the member at twenty : years includes 10 cents per SI,OOO i for management expenses and 17 cents a month or $2.04 a year as a fraternal rate, which is absolutely necessary if the society give any relief to old men, and it has lots of them. This question of rates has been under consideration by the National Union several years.” . The order has a large number of mem bers in Decatur.

NUMBER 164

A GREAT TRIP Dr. Clark Home From West Says the Decatur Party Were Entertained in Right Royal Style. Dr. D. D. Clarx arrived home last evening after a two weeks trip to Montana where he went in company with J. S. Falk, D. W. Beery and J. H. Chamberlain, the mission of the two latter being to purchase a number of Western horses. Dr. Clark came home several days sooner than he expected to, on account of the very serious illness of his wife, whom he found greatly improvved and out of danger. He is enthusiastic over his trip and says he will return in the fall. The party stopped at Great Falls and visited the Decatur colony, all of whom are progressing nicely. Berry & Chamberlain have purchased twenty five oar load of horses and Dr. Clark says the round up of the animals was a scene rarely witnessed by a tenderfoot. The party were entertained by the governor of the state and other people of importance and the entire trip was a most delightful one. The rest of the party will leave Butte, Montana, homeward bound, Sunday evening. BOARD OF TRADE National Commission Company to Open Here Next Week, By the middle of next week De catur will be able to boast of an up to date and complete Board of Trade. This company which is composed of L. A. Graham as manager and Frank Goodwin as operator will then be in a position to buy and sell any kind of grain and stock and will also be in a position to keep in touch will all the leading events that transpire during the day as they will have direct wires connecting them with Chicago, Cincinnati, New York, Toledo and till the other larger cities in the country. The board and all other paraphanalia ha* arrived excepting the wire which has been ordered from Chicago and should be here in a few days. The management of this Board have not is yet fully decided upon their location which however will be in the central portion of the city. They will be known as the National Commission Company. WANTS A WIFE Former Adams County Man Willing to Pay $1,500 for Right Girl. Orville Dehoff, verging on 34 wants to use the columns of the Standard to secure for himself a good wife. Orville prefers a wife of good character, and if the right kind of a female makes known her desire to reeive Orville's heart and hand he will bestow SISOO upon her as a wedding present. The lady he would be willing to espouse must not bo over 35 years of age and must be willing to accompany him to California. M aiden fair and duly endowed with respectability you may learn more of this illigible youth if you will address Orville Dehoff, Celina Ohio. The Standard hereby introduces him to your tender and careful consideration.—Celina ()., Standard. Mr. Dehoff formerly lived near Geneva in this county.