Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1914 — J. H. S. Ellis and Fred Chapman in Snow Blockade. [ARTICLE]

J. H. S. Ellis and Fred Chapman in Snow Blockade.

Ex-Mayor Ellis and Railway Mail Clerk Fred Chapman were caiught in the snow blockade of Monon trains at Frankfort Monday. Mr. Ellis was on his way to Indianapolis to attend a meeting of the executive committee of the billposters’ association, and Mr. Chapman was going to Indianapolis to take up his run. They left Rensselaer on the early morning train Monday and when they reached Frankfort could go po further. There they laid all day and all night, dividing their time between the passenger coach and the railway station. Uncertainty as to the length of the delay kept them from going to a hotel. Mr. Ellis finally returned to Rensselaer Tuesday morning at about 8 o’clock, having been compelled to abandon his visit to Indianapolis. Mr. Chapman probably caught his train at Frankfort and he is still out on his run.