Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1898 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF TH# PAST WEEK. Tragedy at a Church Door— Prison for a Farmer Who His Daughter-Policeman ShooteSE Boy —Young Skater Drowned. Robert Moore, a farmer living five east of Hazleton, shot and mortalß|r wounded two brothers of the name "O Decker. Paris Decker called Moore the village church, and Moore, as soon ® he reached the door, drew a revolver and shot Decker in the back, following it witw a second shot, which took effect in thtii man’s stomach. Charles, a brother of Paris, assisted by others, took the IM volver away from Moore, who immediat® ly drew a second pistol and mortal®, wounded Charles in the left breast. The trouble arose over the question of fencing the church property, and bad blood ha# existed between the three men for some time past. Farmer Swindles His Daughter. I Isaac Pennington, a wealthy and ref spected farmer of Sims township, wag; sentenced to the penitentiary for two years, after being found guilty of embetj zlement. The prosecuting witness wa# Pennington's daughter, who swore th#s her mother, who is dead, willed her s7oo£ that her father used the money whil# holding it in trust, that he had married two years after the death of her mother and that the S7OO was used to purchase ■ farm, which he deeded to his second wife. Boy Killed for Snowballing. I Charles Tracey, aged 17, was shot and killed by Timothy O’Connor, custodian of Greenlawn cemetery at Indianapolis. A party of boys led by Tracey were snows balling passers-by, when O’Connor warn* ed them to desist. The boys turned their attention to O’Connor, and he chased them, revolver in hand, firing two shotaf as he asserts, into the air. One of the bullets struck Tracey in the side, killing him instantly. Boy Skater Found in the Ice. ] Will Jasorke. 14 years old, was drown* ed, while skating near Logansport. Hug body was found the next day. He broke through the ice about six miles from ther# in Eel river. His hands were torn, and the rough ice around him gave evidence of a terrible struggle for life. Blinded While Coughing. II Frank Jackley of Frankton lost his sight while in a paroxysm of One of the blood vessels of the optic nerves was broken and he went- stone blind. There is no hope of recovery of hi# sight. Within Our Border*. Forest fires caused much damage in Po 4 scy County. On account of diphtheria the Sheridar schools were closed. 7 The State Bank of Jonesboro has gon< into voluntary liquidation. The Sternes woolen mills at Peru, whic' have been closed for ten years, will be re opened. The last election cost Grant Count; $4,132.19, an average slightly in excess o 37c per vote. Garrison Brothers’ elevator and 6,00 Q bushels of grain were burned at Converse Loss $7,000. Alonzo Colbert, aged 50, was instant] killed in the Washington coal mine b; falling slate. “At Michigan City, Ernest Wills, mem ber of the 161st Indiana, was arrest# for desertion. The Illinois Smelting and Refining Conti pany of Chicago will locate its factory a Hartford City. At La Grange, George L. Rowe, a re tired merchant, was found dead in bet of heart disease.

Mrs. Eiiis Pearson committed suicide I by drinking two ounces of ammonia. Herl mind was unbalanced. I Andrew Comstock, president of the G.l 11. Hammond Beef Company of Ham— l mond, died at Providence, R. I. I While scrubbing a floor in Washington I Miss Anna Boyd ran a splinter into her! finger. She is dead of lockjaw. I The corner stone for the new Odd Fel- I lows’ Home at Greensburg will be laid-l next May, and the dedication is set for the I ensuing November. ,1 R. B. F. Pierce, general manager of Indiana, Decatur and Western Railroads! died suddenly at his home in while reading the paper. I Mrs. Lott a Penketh was awarded $4,-1 000 damages for the loss of her left heel, I which was taken off last summer on al street crossing in Anderson. I William Edson, Charles P. Briggs, Geo.'l Moore and Janies Ryan, all held in the® Vincennes jail charged with grand ceny, made good their escape. I The proposition to form a cement trust ® in southern Indiana, all the mills to sell! their produce through a Louisville, Ky.,® agency, is said to have been I While going at a rate of twenty miles® an hour the engine of a through freight 1 on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern® left the track near Shoals and several 1 cars were wrecked. ® Rev. Dr. H. L. Vannoys, whose pastor- I ate in the Goshen First Presbytertaw l Church surpasses in time that of any oth- I er pastor in the State, preached the forty-® sixth anniversary sermon of his pastorat«H] The Consolidated Coal Company, com--|l posed of capitalists from Terre Haute and® Chicago, have begun prospecting near.il Jackson Hill, where they have an option I on a large body of coal land. They willj erect two plants. ' ‘I The celebrated Monroe City riot case I was ended vyhen the jury returned a ver»® diet against Jacob Tucker, Joseph A. Bar-® nett, Jacob O. Hicks and John Bell, im- I posing a tine of SIOO upon each, and ae-.’l quitting Dennis P. Coon rod, W. H. son, James Coonrod and Jarnos EdwanMM Mrs. Kate Willard, wife of Hon. J. Willard of Bedford, died of uremic poi»|| soning after an illness of two weeks. | I A mysterious shooting occurred at In-'B dianapolis. May Lindeman, the wife O&K Harry Lindeman, a young man of Mml years, was found dead, shot through heiM heart. Lindeman had rushed out of thell room, shot in the knee. Detectives hus|M ried to the house and arrested accusing him of the murder of his wlf2|l He denied guilt, and said his wife bsdS shot him and then herself. His wife’s® parents told the detectives of threats be | bad made of taking his wife's Ute. <0(1 er. ' -1