Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1902 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Woman Fasts for Three Months—Passengers Dangerously Wounded in Street-CarFight—Victory for Indiana Brokers—Girl Cqmmtta Suicide. After a fifty-three days' fast Mrs. Wanda George of Muncie, who at 81 claims to be the oiliest Spiritualist medium, although still alive,- is reduced to a skeleton. When site started she, was a hearty woman weighing 210 pounds. While living in Chicago five years ago she prophesied she would soon lie stricken blind. Now she is the victim of a strange disease which has battled the skill of all available specialists. She fasts not because she wants to, but because she is physically incapable of taking any food. Her daughter, Mrs. Ella Filipps of Chicago, is with her. Battle with Colored Thugs. When the internrbnn car on the apolis and Greenwood Line reached Southport at 3:30 o'clock the other afternoon three coiorc'd men got aboard and refused to pay their faTes. The conductor and motonnau tried to eject them and a fight ensued. When the negroes were finally ejected John Foster of Greenwood was found lying in the center of the car dying from two bullet wounds in the head, and Frank Selling was unconscious with a bullet in his head. The negroes were captured after a chase of a mile across the country. Indiana Brokers Are Victors. Judge John H. Baker of the United States District Court in Indianapolis refused to grant the injunction against Indiana brokers asked for by the Chicago Board of Trade against the use of the lioard's quotations. The defendants claimed the board was a huge gambling affair and had no rights. Judge Baker said if he granted it the injunction would injure the defendants' business. The court declined to give an opinion as to whether the Chicago Board of Trade was a gambling scheme. Think Boy Was Murdered. The body of Frank Ganger, aged 19. and son of Emanuel Ganger, a prosperous farmer living near Goshen, was found floating in the race. His parents think lie was murdered and thrown into the water. The dead boy’s face was crushed in and the body was in the canal many hours. The case is shrouded in mystery and the police and coroner are investigating. They are convinced he met with foul play. Girl Burns Herself to Death. Maud Fritz, daughter of Hirant Fritz of Kokomo, committed suicide by fire. She went to the woods, ostensibly to pick berries. In a secluded thicket she saturated her clothing with coal oil and ignited them. When found she was running through the woods screaming, with clothing ail burned off. She died the next day. She was a member of Kokomo high school. One Jail Breaker Caught. Joseph Herbert, the murderer who escaped from jail at Washington with Bill Edson and others, is behind the bars again. He was captured by half a dozen young men at the home of a relative in the city. He was surprised and could make no resistance. Since being locked up he acts like a maniac. His trial probably will not be resumed before the next term of court. Within Our Border*. In a wreck on the Broad Ripple and Indianapolis Electric road near Broad ltipple one man was killed and nine badly injured. Alma and Ada Kilgas, 10 and S years old, near Reynolds, were drowned by stepping into a washout while crossing a field covered with water. The Marion City Council passed a resolution declaring the Union Traction Company’s franchise forfeited. Suit for $50,000 damages will be tiled. Archer Wade, 23 years of age, shot and fatally wounded James Owens at Martinsville. It is alleged that Owens was jealous of Wade’s attentions to his wife. Jack Winters of Jacksonville, 111., made a balloon asecusion at Lafayette. His parachute did not come loose and he clung to the balloon until he struck the ground, He was not fatally hurt. After having roamed the streets as an insane person, and doing many tilings of a disgraceful nature, Joseph Winters, a glass blower of Anderson, suddenly regained his reason. He was so mortified when told of his actions that he said he would kill himself, and he did so by deliberately stepping in front of a Pennsylvania train at Renner. An unsuccessful attempt was made to kidnap Ethel, the 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and MTs. George Paris of Vincennes. A man, whose description cannot he given, raised the wiudow at the aide of the child's bed and lifted her out. She screamed and the wdhld-be kidnaper dropped her and ran. There is no clew to his identity. *lliram GUssotn, a wealthy farmer near f rosheu, unmarried, uged about 50 years, was attacked by burglars,, his home ransacked, and When he refused to state where his money was hidden he was gagged and bound and, locked in a bedroom, Glissom managed to crawl to the bedroom window and, although his bunds were tied behind his back, he tinully ninnnged to open it and fell out. He waa but scautily clad and it was ruining heavily ut tile time. Hopping with tied feet, Mr. Glissom finally reached the bouse of a neighbor a quarter of a mile distant, who released Glissom and provided him with clothes. The robbers left no clew lint Baltimore and Ohio Railroad lanterns. George Power was fatally hurt and Mrs. Salaeli and Mrs. Deiiean were seriously wounded in a fight iu tile Syrian quarter at Fort Wayne. John Burnett and Edward (’omits, farmers residing east of Brazil, engaged In an altercation, when Combs drew a revolver mid fatally shot Burnett. The heir to a 00,000 estate in Michigan has bet'll found by the South Kcihl Tribune. The lucky uinu is Fred Warner, who for years lias been trumping around the country as an umbrella mender. He has gone to Kalamasoe to claim the fortune.