Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1901 — WENT ON THEIR TRAIL [ARTICLE]

WENT ON THEIR TRAIL

Doctor Who Was Whitecapped Shows Commendable Enprise and Persistence. NOW BAYS THAT HE HAS THE MEN Who Committed an Outrage—Woman Who Could Keep a Secret—Other Indiana News. Bloomington; Ind., June 12.—Dr. Joseph M. Britton, of Newark, Green county, has tiled suit In the circuit court against sixteen men, charging them with whitecapping him. The defendants are J. B. Young, George Marshall, Bent Gooden, Uriah Kesler, James Fuller, William Resler, John Nash, Ira Brown, M. G. Mclntosh, Ilarlen Rosier, W. D. Wright, W. A. Booher, Ira Arthur, George Nash, Ira Wright mil William Sample. Dr. Britton has conducted a drug store at Newark. About ten years ago he had some difficulty with his neighbors, which resulted in his being placed in jail for two days, and he afterward was cleared of the charge. Brutal Treatment of Man and Wife. On the night of Aug. 7, 1899, he was aroused from sleep at his home, when a band of men took him from the house and gave him a severe whipping. Mrs. Britton was also subjected to similar treatment, and both of them were in serious condition for some time. For weeks Mrs. Britton was confined to her bed, and lingered between life and death. She has since been an invalid. Dr. Britton has spent months in hunting down the men who he thinks committed the Crime. Put Sleuth, ou Th.tr Trail. He set detectives on the trail, and they spent considerable time before they could secure valuable evidence. The suit brought against the defendants charge them not only with beating Dr. Britton and his wife, but with conspiring to ruin his business and to drive him from the community. He says they tried to get wholesale merchants not to sell him goods. The druggist such for SIO,OOO. The defendants are, with few exceptions, leading citizens of Greene county. THIJ WOMAN COULD KEEP A SECRET Woman Who R.fu..<l to Tall Who Gar. H.r Counf.rf.lt Money. Indianapolis, June 12.—That a woman can keep a secret,that she can go to prison for a term of years rather than reveal something that she does not want to tell, has been proved to the satisfaction of Judge John H. Baker, of tiie United States court. About six years ago he sent a girl to the Woman's Reformatory because she would not tell who had given her some counterfeit money which she passed. She was arrested at Fort Wayne, when she was 13 or 14 years old, and before Judge Baker sentenced her he tried three or four times to induce her to divulge her secret. He sent her to the reformatory to remain over night and think about it. But the next day the girl appeared before him again, as strong in her determination as ever, and she said she would rather die than tell from whose hands sin* had received the counterfeit money. Judge Baker warned her that he would send her to the reformatory to remain until she was 21 years (Ah unless she told, but the threat did not move the girl. After the court had made the threat good, the girl went to tiie institution with her secret carefully treasured. Judge Baker finally had her pardoned, and the girl, soon after she obtained her freedom, was married to an Indianapolis man. She called on Judge Baker and thanked him for sending her to prison. She still refused, however, to tell who gave her the counterfeit money and the man has never been caught. Lincoln*. Mother'. Monument Indianapolis, June 12. —Preliminary steps to the dedication of the monument to Nancy Hanks Lincoln, neai Lincoln City, Spencer county, were taken at a meeting of the Nancy Hanks' Lincoln Memorial association, with Governor Durbin, at the state house yesterday. It is the intention ol Governor Durbin to be present at tbe exercises, and Governor Yates, of Illinois, is to be invited. An invitation will also be extended to the Grand Army and probably to the citizens of the state. Tue date will probably be some time next October. “Uncle Dick'.'* Memory Kept Urwa. Terre Haute, Ind., June 12—The ninety-second anniversary of tbe birth of Richard W. Thompson was celebrated Monday night by the Thompson club, which gave its third annual banquet. Many prominent leaders of the Republican party throughout the state were present. Over 200 attended the banuqet. Outrage at a Railway Station. Jasper. Ind., June 12.—James Heacock has been arrested and committed to Jail, charged with attempting criminally to assault Lillie Reed, of Evansville. The complaining witness says the attempt was made at the station at Huntingburg, and that he took her watch and chain. Nl»« Wai Forced Into Marriage. Scottsburg, Ind., Juno 12.—Mrs. Grace Harlan has brought suit for divorce, claiming that site was forced into a marriage which was distasteful to her, and that she has never lived with her husband, for whom she has a great aversion. Alexandria Street Fair Open*. Alexandria, Ind., Juno 12.—The great street fair, for which the people of this city have been preparing for months, opened Monday and tbe crowd In attendance exceeds expectations. Fred Knefler In Rad Health. Indianapolis, June 12. —General Fred Knefler, who has been In bad health for several years, was yesterday confined to his room at his home, and was much more feeble than heretofore. Did Ne Buelneea Sunday. Terre Haute. Ind., June 12.—SunUy tbe saloons of thlsclty did no business, the first Sunday tn many years that tbe law was eßfereed In fact