Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1896 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD, Mrs. Self of Laporte Becomes Crazy Over Her TrouMn-Runaway Race Horse Injures Many People on the Fair Grounds at Rnshv|lle. Loses Hnsband and Home. Mrs. Charles Self, of Laporte, has been driven insane by the destruction of her house by-taiviidinries ami the belief that her husband had been foully dealt with. Self lias disatipearOtt. nnd there Is evidence to support the theory of foul play. Tuesday night there was a fight in the Self house and Self and an unknown man left the place. A number of shots were tired, but with what effect is not known. At n late hour that night the Self house was burned to the ground, having been tired, it is alleged, by enemies of the family. Wednesday morning Self was missing. He had Considerable money on nis jierson, which strengthens the lielief he was murdered. Wednesday Mrs. Self gave evidence of derangement, and her condition is now pitiable. Mrs. Self declares her purpose to find her husband. dead or alive. Sheriff Small is working on the mystery, which many believe will unravel n crime. -- Runaway Horse Injures Mnnv. During the raivs at Rushville Thursday many people were hurt, many of them s«4iously, aa a result of a runaway on the track. Mamie Woods, driven by George B. Von I’hul, of Greensburg, collided with i'ziirettn, driven by William of Rushville. Mamie Woods was knocked down and her driver hurled ten feet. Von I’hul was then run over by Czar, driven by Clell Maple, who wns but two. length behind when the collision occurred. Maple was thrown, from his bike and it struck the body of- the prostrate Von I’hul. Mamie Wood ran nround the track, driverless nnd ut a dead gallop, nnd then dashed out through an opening gap into the crowd. MojhjfApmen nnd children were trampled under fw>t. Women shrieked and fainted and consternation reigned supreme. There were ulsiut 2,000 at this spot, and in the jam tthat followed the rush of Mamie Wood many were hurt. All Over the State. Frederick Honstrettor, near Seymour, kicked by a horse, is reported dying of lockjaw. In a runaway accident, near Farmland, Roy Goings and his sister Lillie were thrown out, nnd the last-named was seriously hurt. At Laporte, Rosa Schmidt, 12. years old, is confined in jail on n charge of forgery, it being alle.-.ed tthat she forged the name of ‘Rev. Dominick Shttnk, a (’ntholic priest, nnd that her peculations represent a large amount, . The old seniors of Madison County held tlreir annual meeting in Anderson. Mayor Dunlap made the address of welcome. Mrs. Lucinda Harden presented the association with a gavel made from the first apple tree ever planted in the county. There wits a series of ten-minute reminiscences. followed by historical sketches. The officers elected for the coming year are: President, Samuel Harden; Secretary, J. L. Forkner; Treasurer, Daniel Rntiyn n.

William Sriilth, of Sodom, in Crawford County, was bitten on the left hand by what is known in thht commutiity ns a "[tersiiiimon worm." Within half an hour ho cb'mplalnetl of nausea and went to bed. A fpw hours later he wns dead, by which time his hand, arm and side had swollen greatly nnd hail turned a brownish color. The worm resembles a tobacco worm, although much larger, with horns and beak, and a speclmci) has been sent to the State health authorities for classification. It feeds exclusively upon the leaves of the persimmon tree, hence its name, The village of Richland has had a sensational elopement. John Coffee, n contractor, since the death of his wife, one year ago, has been greatly smitten with the charms of Miss Mary Hobbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hobbs, well-to-do farmers. Coffee is 4S years old, with four children. Miss Hobbs is but 17. Coffee's suit has beewkliseountenanced by the girl's parents, who did all in their power to break up the coutrship. Clandestine meetings were held and an elopement planned for Hunday night. Miss Hobbs went to a neighbor’s, presumably to spend tile night, but after all had retired she stole out through a window and safely got away with her lover. They have not since been beard of. A gang of whitecaps visited the homo of William llpy, near Modesto, Monday night, broke into the house while ho was asleep, and took him forcibly from the bed. He was hurried to a forest near the village, and, after being tied to a tree. Was given an unmerciful whipping with a stirrup leather. After the beating he was covered with a coat of tar from head to foot ami a bug of feathers wns then emptied over his head. The whipping of Ray is alleged to have been caused by his neglect of his family for a woman who was whipped in the same neighborhood a month or more ago. Ray has a wife and three children. He was terribly bruised by the strap, and the tar placed upon the fresh cuts caused him intense pain. John N. Clark died suddenly at Shelbyville Friday. He had been a resident of that city for sixteen years, was a reputable citizen ami the head of a family. A local paper states that Clark has been leading a double life, and that his name was not Clark, but Peter Brooks. Monday morning Bartholomew D. Brooks, who assert* that he is a son of deceased, arrived from Indianapolis afirt Misclosed the fact that he was Clark's son, and that his father had separated from his mother in Mattoon, 111., twenty years ago without having secured a divorce.' He states that his father went from Mattoon to Pana, 111., and was there married again. Mr. Brooks, who is n well-to-do business man in Indianapolis, says he is Clark's inly son, and will demand a share of the large estate left by the dead man. James McCirthy. near Brownsville, committed suicide because of disappointment in love. His attentions had been rejected because of his dissipated habits, It has just learned that Clark whose aged mother resides at Selma, gijj. miles east of Muncie,.,was one of ttlig' victims in the St.’ Louis cyclone. He bpsbeen,,.missing since the great storm, and after a careful description of hijn wAfi<»ent,,to t,h e authorities i$- was learned that he was among the unidentified dead.; A tattoo on one of his arms wns the An abandoned gas well on the James Kincaid farm, near FortviHc, has developed into an oil producer. Barr, of Forf Wayne, fooled with i companion who was sharpening a pencil, and the blade of the knife cut an arjery jp hia hajid, fy-om,s hicjl narrowly, escaped bleeding to death. ' , _,‘ r At the last term .of court a.t South Bend a few weeks itgp George 11. Stover was given a divorce and $2,100 all-' mony, and jo yeaume. her old ume. because drinebmpptibifify. Saturday ttiii coupte” surprised fevetyj prie by I remarrying, are well krtpvvi}, husband being a wealthy farmer. ’ Both had been niarried before.