Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 195, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1913 — SCANDAL AT CHALMERS RESULTED IN CUTTING [ARTICLE]

SCANDAL AT CHALMERS RESULTED IN CUTTING

Clandestine Love Affair Resulted In Affray That Is the Talk

Of Little Village.

Lafayette Journal—With his right arm in bandages,. Bruce Spitzer, of Chalmers, went to Monticello Wednesday to institute divorce proceedings against his wife, who is now on her way to Canningsburg, Pa., for an extended visit to relatives. Mr. Spitzer’s trouble began Tuesday evening when he escorted his wife to the milk train, gave her a ticket to this city, checked her trunk and started her on her way to Pennsylvania. After the train left Chalmers, George Ventz, the Chalmers marshal, told Mr. Spitzer that he had seen Vernon Morris, a tile worker, board the train. Mr. Spitzer had been suspicious of Morris and his wife for some time. Securing an automobile and accompanied by Marshal Ventz and A. F. Knepp, Mr. Spitzer came to this city. He ‘ound his wife’s trunk at he Monon station but/ he could not find his wife or Morris. He searched for the couple for hours and, unable to find them, returned to Chalmers vowing that he would not live with his wife any longer. While down town Wednesday morning, Spitzer encountered Morris, who had returned to Chalmers on the early train that morning. He demanded an explanation and Morris, without a word, drew a knife and attacked Spitzer. He struck at him twice and Spitzer warded both blows with his right arm and that member was badly slashed. Spitzer went o the office of Dr. Morris to have his wounds dressed and his assailant left town. Marshal Ventz organized a posse, but Morris spent the day in cornfields and eluded the posse. He left Chalmers yesterday morning and is supposed to have gone to his old home in Virginia, where he is said to have left a wife when he came to Indiana. Mrs. Spitzer left Lafayette early Wednesday morning for Akron, 0., and expects to go from there to Pennsylvania. The affair has been the talk of Chalmers since Tuesday evening.