Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1911 — Cracked It to a Couple of Sunday Highway Horse Racers. [ARTICLE]

Cracked It to a Couple of Sunday Highway Horse Racers.

and William Martin, of McCoysburg, concluded that a horse race run for $2.00 and run on the Sabbath day and while Sabbath school and church were going on, would be a paying thing. Therefore the race was run and Martin was the winner. But the state of Indiana sayeth not. Therefore a warrant was issued by Squire C. W. Bussell and put in the hands of John W. Johnson, constable for Hanging Grove; and Haynes and Martin were arrested and brought forewitb before the Coprt; and both ftien plead guilty to horse racing and the Court gave them each a fine of five dollars and costs, $15.00 in all. William Martin paid the cash and James Haynes stayed his fine for ninety days with Harvey E. Lowman and Chas. Saidla as sureties. The court still has a count apiece against them for Sabbath breaking, but concluded to fine them only for horse racing on the public highway and not push' the other account if the boys will be good. So the boys had better be good and respect the Sabbath day.