Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1911 — Kouts Saloonkeeper Who Killed Invader of Home Goes Free. [ARTICLE]

Kouts Saloonkeeper Who Killed Invader of Home Goes Free.

Jacob Walter, the Kouts saloonkeeper who killed Alvin Johnson, whom he discovered leaving his house at an early hour in the morning and whom he* accused of criminal relations with his wife, was cleared by a jury at Valparaiso Friday. Walter had warned Johnson one time previously not to come to his house at any time. When he saw Johnson climbing oui of a rear window at his house, be opened fire, killing Johnson. Walter’s wife testified that Johnson had given her candy, which contained an opiate and that he then committed an assault.on her. This might sound a trifle fishy, inasmuch as it would hardly explain how Johnson happened to be giving her candy in her home at 5 o’clock in the morning, but the testimony didn’t harm Walter any. There was a general impression' in Porter county that Walter would gjo free and the verdict seems to have met almost unanimous approval. Isaac Parker was in town a short time yesterday, going to Brook to visit his daughter a day or two before starting for Mitchell. Temple Hammerton went through with his household goods and stock. Mrs. Parker will visit relatives in lowa before going to their future home. We sell “Aristos,” the king of them all. The flour that made the southwest famous. The best flour made, or money refunded. JOHN EGER. Orlan Grant came yesterday to remain over Sunday at home. He likes his work as a traveling salesman and it seems to agree with his health much better than j indoor work. A ruddy hue has replaced his somewhat palid cheeks and he says he feels fifty per cent better than he did before he started out.

Harley Bruce, who. has been living for the past year on the J. J. Eiglesbach farm, in Barkley townßhip, is moving to Georg 'erwilliger’s farm of 160 acres 3Vi miles southeast of Crawfordsville. He will load his household goods Tuesday, Mr. Teywilliger will also move there and will take a couple of cars. He has another farm of 40 acres there which he will occupy. We regret to see these good citizens leave Jasper county. The Eiglesbach farm will be occupied by Will Zard, who has been a grocery clerk irr'Rensselaer for a number of years, and who, following the steps of his older brothers, will doubtless make a big success of that line oL work. An error in yesterday’s Republican caused us to say that the big sale held Thursday at the Northern fi diana Land Co. ranch totaled about fifteen hundred dollars. It was aimed to say about thousand dollars. Joe P. Hammond, of Rensselaer, and M. V. Brown, of Crown Point, were the clerks, and they were kept busy almost all day Thursday figuring itp the big sale, the total of which proved to be well up to f 16,000. It was impossible to tell the exact amount owing to the fact that there was considerable hay that sold by the ton in the stack and it could not be weighed until hauled away. It is doubtful if a larger sale of personal property was ever held In Jasper county.