Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1900 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE 3 PAST WEEK. Young Soldier Takes Poison—Son Mur- ; de roust y Assaulted by His Father-*;; Insane Over Christian Science— Hunter Accidentally Killed. . At Scottsburg .the dead body of Floyd Merrill, a prominent young man, wa* found in his room in a hotel. He was married alaiut two months ago. His" young wife left him for a few hours to 1 visit her parents. Returning she found the door of the room locked, and, becoming uneasy, the door was forced open and the husband was found lifeless on the bed. He had taken four grains of morphine, purchased from a druggist on false representation. No cause is known for the act. Deceased was a soldier in the war with Spain and was formerly from Rising Sun.

Nearly Murders His Son. Thomas Morris, nurseryman at CMh- j ton, committed a murderous assault on his 18-ye.ar-old son. and is now in jail pending the results of the boy’s injuries. ; Morris ordered the boy to go home, and when he refused to obey struck him with - a stone, causing a severe fracture of the j skull. Young Morris was removed to Terre Haute hospital. Morris is an an- » nonneed candidate for sheriff. His wife ■ is in an insane asylum. Tortured Himself with Fire. Louis Kautz, a carpenter, became violently insane over Christian science at Elkhart. He drove his attendants from the house with a chair and then put his foot in a coal stove, almost burning the flesh to the bone. He also threw live coals around the room with his hands. After this he escaped from the house and ran six miles into the country, stopping only when thoroughly exhausted. Dog Guards Master’s Corpse. Armed with a shotgun and accompanied by his dog, Richard Cain of Shelby- . ville went in search of game, that his family might have meat for supper, he being out. of employment. The next morning his dead body was found with his dog beside it. lie had slipped, discharging the gun and the charge blew his head off. The dog had remained by the body throughout a blinding snowstorm. / Two Offices Robbed. The Pennsylvania suburban ticket offices at Silver Grove and Howard Park were -robbed the other night. A watch and pair of bracelets, belonging to the agent. Mrs. Lawrence Jackson, some tickets and $1.50 in money were secured at Howard Park and a quantity of confections. some tickets and small change were secured at Silver Grove, where Matt McCammon is agent. Within Our Bordens Baseball practice has opened at De- ’ Pauw. Cora Lock, 15, Laporte, is mysteriously missing. Fourth-class postniasters of district 5 have organized. Popu'tists of Daviess County will put a county ticket in the field. Elliortsville bank, robbed recently, has bought a burglar-proof safe. Residence of Charles Johnson, near Munch, in ashes. Loss S4,(MM). William Whittaker. 19, Versailles, was instantly killed by a falling limb. Joseph Henderson. Greenfield, had a finger bitten off by a vicious horse. It is said that fruit jar manufacturers in the belt are forming a trust. The first colored children have been sent to the Madison County infirmary. George Mclfowcli. 81, Rising Sun, stood before a mirror and shot himself dead. Power house of the United Oil and Gas Company, near Hartford City, is in ashes. Ixiss $2,00(1. There is nothing to rattle in the Crawfordsville cash box. and the city can’t build a sewer system. Anderson painters and paper hangers arc forming a union and will adopt a scale before spring work begins. A dismissal was filed for entry in the divorce suit of Helene Studebaker Ulrich vs. Russell Ulrich at South Bend.

Maj. James M. Hoskins, one of the lending Democratic politicians of Brazil, died of heart trouble, aged 69 years. Nelson Dickerson, tried at Jeffersonville for murdering “Toad” Richardson, at (Tementville, last October, was sent up for life. The heirs of Andrew Binkard of Peru found $1,300 in coin buried on his farm. A SSO gold piece once owned by Frances Slocum was included iu the lot. Mary Scott committed suicide at Ev- | ansville by taking laudanum. She was ! 20 years old and was recently jilted by her lover, who married another girl. I William Aggery. an old soldier of New- j port, drew his pension, $72. and went to Clinton to have a good time. He start- j ed home drunk, and was knocked down " and robbed of SSO, all he had left. The | old man has a dangerous wound on the j head. His assailant escaped. Miss Klien Voder, the pretty 10-year-old daughter of Quincy Voder of Plainville, was arrested at Vincennes on the request of her father, who came for her, She came to meet her sweetheart, Chas. Roach of Ball. When she alighted from the train the chief of i>olice took her into 1 custody. A wedding feast was spread at the home of Grant O’Neal, near Columbus, ’ and the guests ami minister had arrived to witness the ceremony that was to unite Miss Ida Barrett and Ned MeGeary, when it was announced that the ' groom had disappeared. The young man left no explanation and his sudden disappearance on the eve of his wedding is shrouded in mystery. West end school building, Washington, '8 burned. Loss $12,000, with $8,500 insurance. 1 Indiana miners and operators will hold ; their State meeting in Terre Haute 1 March 20. . By observations, some Richmond men found that the ground hog really did appear Feb. 2, and then went back into his | hole. The ground hog is in the zoological y garden in one of the parks there, and the ; last seen of him was Nov. 14. A thin layer of sand was sprinkled at the opening of his tunnel, hut there were 00 . tracks visible until the fatal weather day. *