Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1914 — MEDARYVILLE MAN LOOKING FOR WIFE [ARTICLE]

MEDARYVILLE MAN LOOKING FOR WIFE

Sixty Tear Old Sport Tried to Got One in Michigan City Brothel— Fined and Disgraced.

The Michigan City Dispatch of Tuesday, reports that John M. Burlew, 60, a widower, and retired miller, of Medaryville, who has been corresponding with women of the red-light district with a-view of matrimony, last night became “crazy drunk,” received a beating in a resort, and was arrested on the charge of assault and battery. Today he is resting in jail awaiting funds with which to pay his fine. He had $25 when he went -to the “patch” last night He had only $5 when he came away. His entertainers also had no use for his antiquated watch and also about S7OO in notes that he carried in his pockets. x The four women who were arrested with Burlew were also fined $5 and costs. ; One of the witnesses gave her version of the trouble which resulted in BurleWs arrest. She said that he was “crazy drunk” and struck her and the Williams girl when they tried to pacify him. She related that a young man then interfered and shoved the aged disturb er against a table or some other piece of furniture. The count requested Mrs. Beecher to tell him what she knew about the correspondence with Burlew. the Medaryville man. She said that he had been here looking for a lousekeeper or some one to marry, >ut she denied that she had been n any conspiracy to get ihis money. She said that Elsie Rogers, formery an inmate of the Beecher place, had corresponded with, the Medary ville man, but the witness said that she did not know of the correspondence at the time. Burlew paid his fine and was released.