Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1912 — Page 1

No. 80.

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COURT DECISION GIVES WHEATFIELD A SALOON.

Judge Vurpillatt Decides Against Commissioners and Grants George W. Tilton Saloon License. After waiting several months Wheatfield is at last to have » saloon. Monday Special Judge, Frank J. Vurpillatt, of Winamac, at Knox, decided against the county commissioners of Jasper county, and held that Wheatfield township was entitled to one saloon. * ' Shortly after the present liquor law was passed Wheatfleld township held an option election, which was carried by the “wets.” George W. Tilton, of Wheatfleld, applied at the next terra of the commissioners’ court for a retail license, which was denied on the ground that tne township did not have the'necessary 1,000 population. Commissioner Pettit voted to grant the license, but was overruled by Commissioners • Stackhouse and Denham. Judge Hanley the month before\ had decided a similar case in Newton and granted a license to Ben Fogli, of Thayer, on - the ground that the law did not contemplate that a township to get its first saloon must have 1,000 population. Judge Vurpillatt made a similar finding at Knox Monday, holding that' the first license must be granted if the township has a population of 500 or over. Other judges in the state have rendered similar decisions. Mr. Tilton was in the city today to obtain his license but the transcript

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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM The Lost Kitten. Comedy The Broken Spur.. New York Street Clean- ; ing Department. : SAVE YOUR COUPONK 1

Come one and all, Both great and small. We will have aprons and bonnets, That will please you all. On Friday and Saturday,. April sth and 6th, in Mrs. J. W. Williams’ room, opposite the court house.

We will have plenty of salad and chickens and bread, Or baked beans and pies instead, With lovely cakes and candy, And everything handy, For the Christian and the sinner, For an Easter dinner. We have just opened a casket of fine dill pickles. RHOADS’ GROCERY.

had not yet arrived and it was not issued. He-expects to open his saloon In Wheatfleld yet this week.

Myrtle York Now Making Rapid Recovery In Chicago.

Mrs. N. J. York returned from Chicago today, where she has .been at the bedside of her daughter, Myrtle, at the West Side hospital. Myrtle is improving very rapidly since being removed ty the West Side hospital and hopes are being entertained for a complete recovery, excepting perhaps, the small finger might remain stiff. Unless some unforeseen trouble develops, she fexpects to be home within two Weeks.

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Satered January l, is»7, as second elans mall matter, at the post-oflics at Baaaaelaar, Indiana, under the act of March a, 1979.

Agent For Mexican Land Interested Her and Procured Notes Which Aggregated $19,767. Rensselaer is all agog today in consequence of a sensation staged In Chicago but one of the parties and the victim is a Rensselaer lady, namely, Mrs. Alda A. K. Parkison, widow of the late Addison Parkinson, for many years president of the First National Bank. The story in detail, so far as Chicago newspaper reporters could learn it, is published in the Examiner, the Tribune and the Inter-Ocean. The Examiner publishes the following story: The story of a woman’s remarkable credulity was revealed yesterday in the sequel to a meeting in a South State street beauty parlor, when Paul Fleming, said to be a real estate agent, was arrested when he stepped from a Chicago & Southwestern train in Souix City, lowa. Fleming is accused of the theft of promissory notes to the amount of $19,000 from Mrs. Alda F. K. Parkison,' of Rensselaer, Ind. He will be brought back to Chicago by Detectives Rohan and Garrigan. Mrs. Parkison is a widow, handsome and thirty-two years old. She Inherited a small fortune a few years ago at jthe death of her husband, a rich farmer who owned considerable real estate in and near Rensselaer. The artless manner in which she told the story of the loss of her notes to Captain Hal pin of the Detective Bureau made even long-experienced official catcjh his breath. I fMrs. Parkison’s story, which caused telegrams to be rushed to the poljce of half a dozen cities and finally resulted in the capture of Fleming at City, practically was as follows: "You see, I came to Chicago ten days ago for a shopping trip and was not thinking of making any investments at all. But when I went into a beauty shop In South State street T met Mr. Fleming. He was introduced to me as a wealthy land agent and

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1912.

MRS, ALDA PARKISON VICTIM OF A SHARPER.

real estate man from the south. He was real nice looking and well dressed, and I supposed he was all that they said he' was. Anyhow, he began to tell about a fine estate be had in Mexico which he said was on the market and going at a bargain. “i became so interested that I decided to invest, and I had the notes made out. There was one note for $2,000 payable in ten days, one for $2,000 for thirty days, a $5,000 note for six months, $5,000 for one year and one for $5,767, or $19,767 in all. “Well, after those notes were made out, and - this was after I saw Mr. Fleming several times, I decided, after all, I would not make the purchase until I consulted my attorney in Rensselaer. He approved of that and accompanied me to the Union station at 9 o’clock last Saturday night. “My purse was in my handbag, and I was fumbling for Mr. Fleming handed me a $lO "bill and told me to buy the ticket with that. I did so and gave him my handbag to hold until I made the purchase. “The notes were in that handbag, but I never for an instant suspected they would be tampered with. My Chicago attorney, Mr. O’Shaughnessy, was with us in the depot and he accompanied me to the ticket window, where bought my ticket. Mr. Fleming was standing just Ivhere I had left him when I turned away from t&fe window and held the bag just as he had received it. He handed it to me with a smile when I went back to him and he and Mr. O’Shaughnessy walkc/d clear down to the car with ■me; ' ~ ” “I never once thought to look in that handbag until I was miles out of Chicago. Then all of a sudden I felt impelled to look and see if those notes were -safe. You may imagine my consternation when I found they were gone. I turned everything out of that handbag and searched it thoroughly, but it was no use. The notes were gone. “I am sure those notes were in the handbag. I placed them there carefully and they could not have fallen out. Also Mr. Fleming was the only

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Stock Company Will Be Here All of Next Week.

The Hoover Stock Co., whfch Manager Ellis says is a “real show," will be at the ElHs theatre all next week. The company has been playing larger' in fact, good sized cities, and come here with the highest endorsements from other places. The company will be thoroughly advertised and Manager Ellis is planning for a splendid week’s business.

WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and colder in extreme south portion; Wednesday tau « rising temperature.

We were again temporarily out of Arlstos Flour, but we have Just received another car. This makes our fourth car since January Ist, 1912. This shows that the Quality and price of Aristos is making more new friends all the time. JOHN EGER. -■ - i-■

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