Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1898 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Death of a Marion Man Prevent* ■ His Arrest—Thirty Years* Quarrel at an End—Prehistoric Mounds Neaz Anderson Are Sold. Fonnd Dead by tbe Track. J. C. Tibbitts, a business man of Ma* rion, was found dead near the Clover Leaf Railroad track three miles north of that city by the engineer of a passing train. Tibbitts went to Van Buren theday before on business and boarded s passenger train there for Marion. After thetrain left Van Buren Samuel Levy and John R. Brown of Marion saw Tibbittsleave the car and go out on the platform,, and they stated at the inquest that they thought be appeared sick. The coroner failed to find any injuries that should have resulted fatally. It developed at the inquest that Tibbitts was an embezzler and was to have been arrested for appropriating funds of the building and loan company of which he was treasurer. He was receiver for the Marion Malleable Iron works and bad gotten into trouble over financial affairs, which had cost him every dollar he possessed. He purchased an accident policy for $3,000 before he left Marion, which was good for two days. Apology from a Deathbed. A quarrel of thirty years’ standing between Edward Green and Berry James was ended in a peculiar manner. The two men in 1868 lived as neighbors on a large tract of land in Dick Johnson township. A calf belonging to James got over the fence in Green’s corn field. Green seized the yalf and threw it over a fence, breaking its neck. This caused trouble between the two men, and James knocked Green down and tbe latter had his assailant arrested and fined. Shortly afterward Green moved to Seattle, Wash., where he resided until his death a few days ago. The day before his death he summoned his legal adviser and had him write an apology to James for killing his calf and inclosed a check for S3O, which covered the fine James paid and interest to date. Sale of Prehistoric Mounds. A deal has been closed whereby the Indian mounds pass into the hands of W. R. Covert of St. Louis for a consideration of $20,000. These prehistoric works are considered by experts from the Smithsonian institution to be the finest in the country, from a scientific standpoint. At sne time a move was on foot to convert the grounds into a national park, at another time into a State park, hut both fell through. The mounds skirt White river just east of Anderson, and the scenery along the river at that point is considered by many to be the finest in Indiana. W. R. Covert has St. Louis Capitalists associated with him. They will convert it into s big summer resort.

Old. Man Died in His Coffin. Joel English, an old resident of Kokomo, celebrated his seventy-third natal anniversary the other day by getting into a coflin and ending his life by drinking two ounces of laudanum. He drank the poison in the presence of his wife, and forbade her on penalty of death to give the alarm, he having a gun at the side of the coffin to kill the doctor if one were called. Mrs. English believed he was shamming, as he had threatened on several other occasions to commit suicide, and she did not realize his condition until too late. He bought the coffin fifteen years ago and had kept it in his bedroom ever since. Within Onr Border*. At Franklin. Kate Traub, a beautiful girl of 20, became suddenly insane and threw a lamp at her father. Her mania is religion and she sings hymns with noisy organ accompaniments. Maj. Evans, colored, who was in jail at South Bend for attempting to kill Nellie Heinkle, a white woman, because of unrequited love, was released and the couple have been married. At South Bend, Harvey Grady and Calvin Calloway, both colored, quarreled over Grady’s wife. Grady was shot through the heart and Calloway was badly injured in the head with a brick. Because his mother would not let him spend the day with his uncle, Freddie V. Chapman, aged 9 years, whose house was at Stephenport, went to the barn and hanged himself with a halter. Rev. T. H. Kuhn, pastor of Kokomo Main Street Christian Church, has resigned his charge, to take effect Sept. 1. He will probably go to Noblesville as pastor, filling the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Rev. Conner. In a quarrel over stock trespassing near Bethlehem, Harry Forward was dangerously shot by Will Ross, who escaped. Dr. Mayfield extracted the bullet, which entered Forward’s left breast, passed down and out and lodged in his left arm. The Rev. Harry A. Slaughter, son of W. M. Slaughter of Terre Haute, will resign the pastorate of the Wyeth Park Baptist Church, St. Joseph. Mo., and will take the general agency of the Mutual Reserve Insurance Company at India mi polis.

Four small boys were drowned in the Wild Cat creek, two miles from Lafayette. Six lads, each about 9 years of ape, went into the creek to bathe. None could swim, and Sedgwick Arnold, Frank Luce and two brothers named Leiseh were drowned. The bodies, with the exception of that of Arnold, were recovered. At the March term of the Circuit Court at Brazil the estate of Sarah Hungate was settled and distributed among the lawful heirs and payments were made to all except Albert H. Hungate, who left home ago, and was supposed to be dead, as his relatives tried in vain to locate him. Consequently his share of SI,OOO was turned over to the County Clerk to eventually he added to the school fund. However, the missing Hungate surprised his friends by appearing at the clerk’s office the other day and demanding fyis money, which was promptly paid. The big wire nail trust strike at Anderson has taken a new turn. The rod mill men in aii of the institutions owned by the trust have decided to go out on a sympathetic strike with nailers and wire men, who are out now resisting a 40 per cent reduction. Hamilton Pennington of Otisco reported to the police at New Albany that his wife had eloped with Jesse Northers; a former sweetheart, who resides at West Baden. They were thought to be In that city. He complains that ilia wife took 9150 of his savings and he offers • reward of |SO for the arrest of the couples