Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1896 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Man and Woman Married in England Years Ago Meet Again-Mrs. Jones of Indianapolis Arouses the Ire of Judge Cox. Romantic Affair. Judge Marbro. of Kentucky, was standing on the platform of the Big Four station at Fowler Thursday when the Chicago limited pulled in. In the parlor car sat a lady whom he thought he knew. He approached her and they recognized one another immediately. It was his wife, whom he married twenty years ago in England. She was the daughter of Lord Lindsiey. Her father was so opposed to the marriage that he induced her to leave him about six months after they were married. She relented and decided to return to her husband, but \was informed and made to believe thut Marbro was dead. Marbro, incensed at his wife’s supposed infidelity, came to America. He was shortly afterward informed that she had secured a divorce from him. In a few months after' their separation a son was born to Mrs. Marbro. He is now in the English navy. On the death of Lord Lindsiey -Mr*. Marbro fell heir to $3,000.01)0 in estates and money. She has since married and has three children by the second union. She was eo route to visit a sister in San Francisco. Judge Marbro is very wealthy. He is also married. He accompanied his wife of former years to Chicago. ... j j Little Children Made Defendants. An unusual scene was witnessed in court at Indianapolis Saturday, when the officers brought in Annie Toner. Alice Eggerfield and Willie Eggerfield, 2. 3 and 5 years of age. As the children were brought forward Judge Cox looked in open amazement, and asked if thev were the defendants. He was informed that such was the case. Seizing tile affidavit he found the name of Mrs. Jonas.as the plaintiff. He asked her to come forward immediately. She came to the desk, carrying a few sticks, which she claimed had been thrown at her and on account of which she expected to. have the little ones fined. Judge Cox looked at her for a moment, and then said severely: “Madam, this ease will lie dismissed on motion of the prosecutor. I think it is an outrage for anyone, and especially i woman, to have babies like these brought into a police court. There is no occasion for such an act. and I hereby discharge them.” Mrs. Jonas was accompanied by seven women, who were to act as witnesses, ami presumably to claim the usual witness fee of .'<l apiece.

Will Await Fuller’s Release. J. W . Fuller, the noted forger, who was arrested and convicted at Richmond nearly three years ago, will lie released from the southern prison .Tune 1.1. The Philadelphia officers have notified the prison officials that they will be here with a requisition for him at that time. Fuller made a specialty of swindling banks, and it is said that he succeeded in getting money in nearly every city in the country. The sheriff of Wayne County has received a letter from Chief of Police Linden of Philadelphia, stating that he will send a couple of officers who intend to stay with him from the time he leaves the prison until the law gives them the right to seize him as their prisoner. All Over the State. I pon breaking the shell of his usual breakfast egg Saturday morning Major J. B. Cobb, of Goshen, was amazed to see a lire snake wiggle out. The serpent was diminutive, but active, aud had gone safely through a three-minute boiling. The major has preserved the reptile. The Citizens’ Bank of Union City, one of the oldest banks in the county, closed for want of funds. The last dollar was paid out and the Auditor of State notified. Liabilities. .$75,000; assets, $135,000. The cause of the failure is inability to collect and scarcity of money. The alleged American heirs of the late Lord Antrim, whose estate, estimated at $80,000,000, is said to be in chancery in England, held their second national meeting in Anderson. It was behind closed doors. A report of the attorneys appointed at the Chicago meeting to investigate into records was most encouraging and an attorney will be appointed to go to England at once and secure the property. Twenty States are represented at the meeting. There are about 150 alleged heirs in the United States. They are very confident. Gov. Matthews suspended the sentence of Thompson Arnold, of the bank at South Whitley, convicted of defrauding the depositors, until such time as the chief executive had opportunity to examine the evidence. Under the law the minimum punishment for offenses of which Arnold was convicted is two years’ imprisonment, but he was sentenced for one year. Thereupon the defense appealed to the Supreme Court, because the punishment was not conformable with the law, but the higher court refused to interfere. As a last resort, the Governor was called upon.

Frank Shields killed John Wade at Edinburgh, ten miles south of Franklin, Wednesday afternoon. Shields had been making the rounds of the saloons and had been engaged in several fights. At about noon he was ejected from the saloon of Wade Brothers, after a fight with John and Mack Wade. Shields went to his home and procured a single barreled shotgun. Coming down town he went to the Wade saloon. John Wade was standing in front and he Avas warned to look out for Shields. He stepped into the alley and was just looking around the corner when he received the full charge of shot full in the face. Death was instantaneous. Shields was captured and at once placed in jail. Wade was a well-known racing man. He v'as 50 years of age and leaves a wife and three children. Charles lvinsey, a traveling man, while asleep walked off a limited mail train which was going at the rate of forty miles an hour, near Anderson. Strange to say, he did not meet instant death, but he was very seriously injured. Ex-Deputy Prosecutor Doss, of Anderson, who brought proceedings against Prosecutor Scanlan. charging him with juggling fees in order to cut him out of his share, got a verdict for $223. It is said that actions will be brought against both Scanlan and Doss for bribery, and that the bar will hold a council to decide upon a proposition to disbar them. Because her parents would not let her marry the man of her choice Louise Dean, aged 17, of Wabash, swallowed a teaspoonful 'of poison. Prompt use of a stomach pump may save her life. At Brazil, Wednesday evening, a pug dog belonging to Joseph Britton exhibited symptoms of hydrophobia, frothing at the mouth and snapping at everything it came in contact with. Harry Baley and Gofilia Mitchell were playing in Britton’s yard. The dog bit both of them. The little girl was bitten through the eye and arm and the boy was bitten on the hnnd. The parents of the children are greatly alarmed. The dog was subsequently killed by a policeman.