Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1912 — BRIDE AT LOGANSPORT KILLED SLANDERER [ARTICLE]

BRIDE AT LOGANSPORT KILLED SLANDERER

Takes Life of Woman Who Had Said " 11l Things About Her While at the Wedding Monday. Mrs. Elizabeth Cls-rk-Laiig, who was married Monday, -murdered Mrs. Mary Ooppel at Logansport Tuesday, shooting her at the threshold oT the Copple home. Elizabeth Clark was married to Jos eph Lang, a restaurant proprietor at Logansport, Monday evening and Mrs, Coppel attended a wedding' supper given by the bride. She is alleged to have whispered to some one that the bride Was old and ugly and that she would not he true to her husband and that he would regret having married her. The report was taken to the bride, who determined to avenge herself and she went to the Coppel home and shot her as her two little children held to her skirts. Mrs. Lang said she was glad she had committed the deed. Later when her husband and the prosecuting attorney called on her she expressed some remorse, saying her violent temper was responsible for the act. The Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. church will meet with MrSt A. A. Fell tomorrow afternoon. \ Three boys were arrested and taken before Judge Hanley this afternoon on a charge of stealing coal from a car belonging to Hamilton & Kellner. They proved to have only picked up loose coal al<?ng the track, and. Judge Hanley released them wiflUV Warning.

Mrs. Ray D. Thompson, Mrs. Veruon Nowelfi and Mrs. A. R. Hopkins yesterday entertained a number of ladles in honor of Mrs. Phil O'Neil, of Anderson, and Mrs. Lawson Meyer, of Gary, at .the home of Mrs. Thompson on McCoy avenue. Euchre was played Mrs. O’Neil, who ihas been Mrs. Hopkins’ gueßt for the past week, returned to her home Erast us Peacock, who came from Tarpon Springs, Fla., to attend the funeral of his son, Noble, who met a tragic death Tuesday evening of last week at the stockyards, is still here and will remain to look after some matters of business. He lives on an orange and grapefruit farm 5 miles from Tarpon Springs, it is understood that Mr. Peacock has • given some investigation to the question of the Monon railroad’s responsibility with a view to having an action for damages begun.

The .teachers who had visited various schools Monday and Tuesday were all on hand ready for the opening of the schools this morning and all refreshed and invigorated by the experience in visiting some p£ the model schools of other cifltsi" 'The Republican, through an oversight, mention all of the teachers except Miss Myra Watson and Miss Edith VanArsdel, list published Monday. Miss Watson visited the General Custer school, where she taught iu Chicago last year and also at the Jones school, which ie situated in the business district of Chicago and attended by children of many different nationalities. She found this school especially interesting. Miss VanAudel visited the schools at Lafayette and Wabash.