Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1916 — Insult Prompts Grandson to Put Flowers on Grave of Veteran. [ARTICLE]

Insult Prompts Grandson to Put Flowers on Grave of Veteran.

Columbus, Ind., Oct. 23.—The Rev. William Hart, 83 years aid, of Monroeville, 0., came here today and placed flowers on the grave of his grandfather; Joseph Hart, a veteran of the revolutionary war, who is buried in the Sandhill Cemetery near this city. The Rev. Mr. Hart said he was prompted to pay his respects to his dead ancestor by reports of a speech credited to Newton 1). Baker, secretary of w T ar, in which the secretary is said to have compared the soldiers of the revolutionary war to the Mexican bandits led by Villa. The Rev. Mr. Hart resents the alleged and says he remembers his grandfather well, but he does not recall any resemblance between him and a Mexican bandit.’