Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1914 — SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST MESSENGER [ARTICLE]

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST MESSENGER

Charged With Having Held Up and Robbed Frank Fross—Confederv" ate Made His Escape. Special to The Republican. Mcoysburg, In-d., August 3.: 1914. Quite a bit of excitement was occasioned at McOoysburg Sunday morning by a couple of drunks. The drunken parties were Clarenee Messenger, who has a family and lives a mile east %f McOoysburg, and the other fellow ds just a local, who gave his name as John Smith. They got off the milk train and went into the depot and there had a fight' between themselves. They were soon ousted by Agent Davisson, and from there they both started east for Messenger's home. They soon overtook Frank Fross, who had gotten off the s&me train and was going out to hi-s brother, Millard*®, to recuperate from a sick spell. Fross claims they dragged him into a cornfield and robbed him of SB. Millard Fross came to McOoysburg as soon, as his brother related the circumstances, and swore out warrants for the arrest of both Messenger and Smith in Square Bussell’s court. The war-muia„weregiyejiAa-Oonstable,Fk>yd. Miller and he arrested Messenger, but was unable to find Smith. Mes senger was brought before the squire, where he pleaded not guilty, but upon examination of three of four witnesses and also of the marks in the cornfield, he was bound over to the circuit court in the sum of SI,OOO, being unable to furnish bail, and was placed in jail. This drinking by bunch oT hoodlums has been going on about McOoysburg all summer and if thiis arrest is not a sufficient lesson to the rest, more arrests will follow.