Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1902 — RECORD Of THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD Of THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Fierce Fight With Maniac—Gang of Counterfeiters Broken Up—lnjured by Explosion of Brick Oven—Farmer’* Honse on Track Hold* Up Train. Patrolman Lendrum of Marion had a fight with a madman that nearly resulted in the officer losing Ills life. Henry Jordan, a powerful man, became deranged, drove his family from home, and frightened the neighbors so badly that they deserted their homes and ran for safety. Jordan then ran down the street with nothing on but a shirt, climbed a tree and entered a house at the second-story window and drove out the occupants. He then broke up all the furniture in the house and collected a number of weapons with which to defend himself. Lendrum entered the house and grappled with the madman, but was thrown on a red-hot stove and then through a window. He returned to the attack, and was met by the giant, who had nn ax and attempted to sever the head of the officer from his body. Lendrum felled Jordan with three stunning blows, but he arose and clinr»ted the officer again, and had him on the floor, with the ax drawn over his head, when a second officer rushed in and prevented a murder. Bogus Coin Makers Go to Jail. A gang of counterfeiters that has been operating for months in Lake Village has been broken up by the arrest of two men, Sorensen and Merrill, and the confiscation -of their outfit. The prisoners were taken to Indianapolis. Officers are also on the track of the ringleader. The many spurious quarters and 59-ceut pieces in circulation in eastern Illinois and Chicago have been traced to these men. Lake Village is near Bogus Island. a famous resort for counterfeiters in the early 'sos. Oven Cylinder Blows Out. Two workmen were fatally injured in nn explosion at the Olemaeher sand brick works in Michigan City. An iron oven cylinder fifty feet long, used for drying the brick after pressing it. exploded, tearing the building to pieces. Louis Groit had his right leg blown off and otherwise mangled. August Schulz was caught in the wreckage after being blown fifty feet. Twenty workmen had left the vicinity of the dryer a few minutes before it exploded. The cause of the accident is not known. Train Held Up by a House. The fast express, No. 6, on the Monon, from Louisville to Chicago, was held up half an hour at Water Valley by a house on the track. A farmer was moving his residence and got it fast on the crossing. There is no telegraph, station at Water Valley, but fortunately there is a long stretch of straight track at that place and the engineman saw the house in time to stop. The passengers got out and assisted the carmen in getting the obstruction out of the way. Drowns While Trying; to Save Child. O. M. Tichenor, postmaster at I’rincetou during the Harrison administration and adjutant ot the One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana regiment in the Span-ish-American war, was drowned while trying to rescue little Helen Carruthers, Who had fallen into deep water from a boat. Killed in Boiler Explosion. The boiler of a sawmill at Mahalasville exploded with terrific force. The mill was wrecked. John Piercefield, the engineer, was instantly killed. John Wileox, owner of the mill, was seriously injured. Ed Townsend sustained a broken collarbone. State News in Brief. Tax ferrets will examine the books of Delaware County. J. Z. Steck’s grocery burned at Montpelier. Loss s4.<Mio, fully insured. Emma, the 2-year-old daughter of Alexander Charley of Oaktown, died from eating strychnine tablets, thinking they were candy. Jacob Rinager, (50 years old. took a large quantify of laudanum at Marion and died. He leaves a widow and several children. C. C. Brown, charged with the murder of James Groves last November at -Arcadia, was found guilty of murder in the first degree and the punishment fixed at imprisonment for life. The Seymour steam furniture factory was ruined by a fird of unknown origin. For a time the entire southeastern portion of the city was threatened. The loss is estimated at $25,000. James Carby, while dynamiting fish near Terre Haute, held the dynamite too long. The explosion broke his arm, driving the bone through his stomach and bowels, causing fatal injuries. Edward Hyatte, connected with the Bostock-Farrer Carnival Company at Evansville, was bitten by a large black diamond rattlesnake and will die. The company had just received n fresh supply of snakes from Texas. The New brothers’ chair factory, nt Greenfield, which occupied a one-story frame building, 200x200 feet, was totally destroyed by fire. The factory owners place their loss at $5,000. They carried only SI,OOO insurance. Henry Smith, charged with stealing a span of mules from Henry Ratts of Ashland township, and who was caught with the mules, near Bedford, pleaded guilty nnd was given nn indeterminate sentence of one to fourteen years. At the wedding of Julius Kellermeir of Indianapolis nnd Miss Bertha Kahl at the home of the bride, twelve miles west of Kokomo, some unknown person fired a revolver through the window. The bullet struck the bride, injuring her fava. It is thought a rejected suitor tired thFishot. William Francis of Marion, who wounded his mother in the leg after tiring at some callers, escaped lynching only by her intercession. In Anderson Charles Logan, 19, accidentally shot Oliver Boyles, 15, with a revolver. Logan stood beside Boyles and cried while the doctors were probing for the bullet. The board of education has decided to appoint no more married women to places in the Evansville public schools. A number of married women are now teaching and a strong protest against the action of the board has been raised.