Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1913 — AUTOIST FINED FOR . ASSAULT ON BOY [ARTICLE]

AUTOIST FINED FOR . ASSAULT ON BOY

Chauffeur Assaulted Youth Near DeMotte—Was Later Arersted at Valparaiso.

A chauffeur wHq gave the name of R. S. Jones and who was driving a big Pierce-Arrow automobile, having as a passenger Mrs. S. N. Moore, was fined at DeMotte Friday for ah assault committed the day before on the 15-year-old son of Mrs. Henry Feldman. From the information, Theßepublican has received the altercation and the catlses that led up to< it and the occurrences that followed are as follows:

Mrs. Moore, as the woman gave her name, was in a great hurry to reach Chicago, stating that she had an important social engagement. Jones, the chauffeur, instead of following the route customarily taken out of DeMotte went over the new grade which is now being cohered with stone and which has been closed to travel. At the north or bridge end of the grade the road was fenced off but the stone Was being hauled from DeMotte and only a sign was put up at the south end of the grade. Chauffeur Jones thought to make haste by disregarding the sign and when he had proceeded part way on the grade he overtook the Feldman boy with a load 6f stone. The Feldman boy knew that the grade was closed to general travel and did not get out of the way to let the automobile go by. His wagon was heavily loaded and was running in a rut in the road. Jones tried to guide the car around and in doing so struck one of Feldman’s horses. He stopped the car and an altercation took place -in which Jones claims that the Feldmpn boy used some very bad language. Jones got out of the automobile, climbed into the wagon and knocked the boy off the seat, injuring him considerably. The boy then went to DeMotte, reported the incident to the people there and Justice of the Peace Fairchild got busy and issued a warrent for the man’s arrest. The papers were given to C. D. Shook to serve. The sheriff of Porter county; was telephoned to and that evening arrested Jones at Valparaiso and detained him until Shook arrived. Jones and the woman were taken back to DeMotte, where he decided to plead guilty to the chargeof assault and battery. Justice Fairchild assessed a fine of S2O and costs, amounting to about s3l. Jones would then have been arrested upon one or two other charges but he decided to adjust matters by settling with Feldman, to whom he paid sio. - It is thought that both Jones and Mrs. Moore used fictitious names. His loss of temper proved a big expense to him or rather to the woman, who paid all expenses.