Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1916 — Monon Detectives Get Thief; Brakeman is Seriously Injured. [ARTICLE]

Monon Detectives Get Thief; Brakeman is Seriously Injured.

Albert H. Scofield and John A. Hayes, of the Monon detective force, have made another capture of a crooked employee. On Wednesday, Paul Hathaway, employed in the freight department at Hammond, was caught in the act of taking goods from a freight car. He was taken before Judge Barrett at Hammond, where he pleaded guilty. He was fined $25 and given a sentence of six months at the penal farm. In addition to this he is compelled to reimburse the Monon railroad for the goods taken . W. W. Bell, a Monon brakeman, was seriously injured Wednesday while working with his train at Bainbridge. He was on top of a car, releasing the hand set brakes. One of them had been tightened with a stake the railroad men use. Bell released it by “Hand7~anff as Tie did“so,~THe wheel turned so rapidly that he was thrown headlong from the top of the car. He fell a distance of about 18 feet and was seriously injured. He was rushed to Greencastle. His condition is quite serious and it will be some time before he will be able ta resume his duties.