Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1902 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Driven Crazy by White Caps—Methodist Minister and Grown Son Disappear—Juvenile Members of Thieving Gang Under Arrest at Frankfort. Henry Deming, who was so mercilessly beaten by white caps in Monroe County a few weeks ago, is a raving maniac as a result of his cruel punishment. Ever since the night of the whipping he has been morose and taciturn, and when he talked at all it was on the subject of his treatment and the disgrace that had been placed upon him. While in Bloomington the other day he suddenly began shrieking and moaning and calling upon the citizens to protect him from his enemies. He was restrained with difficulty and finally placed in jail. He imagines that the white caps are trying to get him ami pleads piteously for protection against them. Pastor and Son Disappear. The congregation of the Glendale Methodist Church is greatly worried because of the mysterious disappearance of the pastor, the Rev. W. I’. Barnhill, and his son Wilfred. The latter was married to Miss Ethel Conley lust February. The wife of the minister declares she knows not what has become of Mr. Barnhill or his son, but says her husband lias wortied a great deal -ef-4ate—bt>ea use of indebtedness which he was unable to meet. Mr. Barnhill came to Washington from Sullivan three years ago. Previous to that he was pastor of the First Methxlist Church in Evansville.

John Sines, aged 14, was placed in jail at Franklin, charged with burglary. The youth has been, it is said, the leader of a gang of boy burglars, whose ages range from 9 to 14 years, and who have committed numerous robberies in that city. Two of his younger brothers are also Under arrest and have confessed to burglary. Sheriff Balks a Lynching. In order to protect his prisoner from violence at the hands of a mob Sheriff Schilling of Peru took John Haynes, colored, to the State prison at Michigan City during the night, and thereby headed off a possible lynching. Haynes killed Clarence Gillespie of Glasgow, Pa., who had come to Peru to work in the steel plant. Within Our Border*. Militia company at Salem. Train killed T. J. Thomas. Ope.lee. Several plumbers. Fort Wayne, struck. Thomas Clark, tailor, Crawfordsville, assigned. Frank Shanks. 24. Anderson, killed by a train. Murderer of Young Lacey, Marion, still at large. Tony Richmer, 28, near Elizabe'h. killed by lightning. Hazel Ferris, 2. Fort Wayne, played with matches. Dead. Wallace Steele. 7, Monon, played with a lamp and burned to death. Central Traction Company will build S3<MMX) power house at Tipton. Miss Hulda Culp. Goshen, swallowed carbolic. May die. No reason. Fred Brown. 14. Paoli, accidentally shot by a companion, is dead. Robert Hayes; Lafayette, was seriously injured in binder machinery. Horace Hadley. 19. Monrovia, took carbolic acid. No reason is known. Sam Austin, 14. hit Fred Coates, 17, Alexandria, with a brick. Serious. Miss Mattie Mehne, 20. Jasper, despondent in love, took poison. Dead. Little son of Mrs. B. Vaughn. Shelbyville, fell into boiling water. Dead. C. 11. Worden is the new president of Fort Wayne's First National Bank. Ex-City Treasurer Pabel, Goshen, charged with embezzlement, acquitted. Ralph Johnson. Fairbanks, tried to bang himself. Relatives cut him down. Joseph A. Whitsell, Greenfield, accidentally shot himself in the laead. Will recover. Mrs. (.’ora Hannon, Elwood, tried to commit suicide by the red precipitate route. Doctor saved her. A Big Four freight train was wrecked between Perth anil Carbon, killing two men and injuring two others. The four were stealing a ride. While placing pins on the railway trucks at Evansville to be run over by trains, Olga Ruth, aged 111, was killed by an engine on the Louisville and Nashville road. Dr. Swain has announced a gift of $30,000 to Indiana university to erect a building for men and women on the campus. The donor stipulates that an equal amount must be raised before Jan. 1, 1903. Dr. Joseph Swain, president of the Indiana University, has resigned to accept the presidency of Swarthmore University, near Philadelphia. This is a Quaker institution. The new president of Indiana will be Dr. William ('owe Bryan, , the vice-president. Great excitement was caused by the report that a mob was on its way to the Vincennes jail to lynch William Edison, in custody on u charge of attacking 3-year-old Irma I'fohl June 1. The police werw notified and to increase the excitement some one turned in an alarm of tire. This was done, it is believed, to draw a large crowd to the streets to swell the mob on its wpy to the jail. Half an hour after the first alarm a second one was turned in. but the police were on the lookout nnd prevented violence. The mob filially was dispersed and no attempt was made Mo enter the jail. William Fodrea was acquitted of the murder of John E. Seay by the verdict of the jury returned nt Noblesville. Fire at Chandler destroyed t • Methodist Episcopal Church, the parsonage and a grocery store, and for a time 'hrentened the entire town. While acting ns peacemaker in a qyar.‘l, nt West Baden, Edward Palmer, a • loonkeeper. was mortally wounded by Charles Walker, a barber from Mitchell. Big Four Railroad machinists at Indianapolis will continue nt work under present conditions until July 15, when the company will reply to their demand*