Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1902 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Fairmount Man Finds Death in Headache Medicine—Aged Woman Recovers from Trance—Queer Freaks of Lightning—State News in Brief. Joseph Ilane, a young butcher of Fairmount, was found dead in his shop, lie had been suffering with headache, but little was thought of it when he left his home. Coroner J. S. Whitson held a post-mortem examination. His verdict was that Hane came -to his death as the result of taking too much patent medicine for headache, which acted as a heart depressant. Accident in Blacksmith Shop. At Liberty, Frank Fosdick, in repairing an oid machine, placet) the - cylinder in his forge fire and put Fred Schweikert at work pumping the bellows. In a few moments an explosion took place that shook the town and was heard a mile or more away, sounding like a clap of thunder. The cylinder burst and came near killing Fosdick and the boy, both being slightly grazed by flying pieces of iron. A five-pound piece of the cylinder passed through a room above and tore a hole in the roof. The windows were shattered and the forge wrecked. It is supposed that the explosion was caused by gas generated by the heat from oil put on the machinery while in use, a part of which had accumulated in rhe cyinder. Delivers Muil from Auto. The Postmaster General has issued a special credit authority to Oscar Working, mail carrier on rural route No. 2 from Hagerstown, to use an automobile in making bis daily delivery of mail. According to the official document Mr. Werking is the only rural route agent in the country who regularly uses an automobile in his work. Last November the rural delivery was established and Oscar Werking was given a route thirty-two miles long. A few weeks ago he determined to invest in an automobile. The experiment has proved successful and apparently the use of the machine is a more economical method than the former one of delivering mail dvyr country roads. Hears Her Death Mourned. Mrs. Polly Austin, who fell into a trance at La Porte, Monday night, and who was believed to be dead afterward, recovered consciousness and declared that she felt in better health than before her seizure. Mrs. Austin asserts that she was fully conscious all the time and that she was able to hear the grief of her relatives. although she was not able to move a muscle to show them that she was not dead. Mrs. Austin is 89 years of age and for this reason her recovery is attracting much attention from the physicians of Northern Indiana. Woman Burned to Death. Miss Nellie Grant, aged 25 years, was burned to death at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Virginia Bullit, at Lawrenceport. She went to the barn to get eggs, and in a few minutes she ran screaming to the house, her clothing ablaze ami the barn also on fire. She was so badly burned that death ensued in a short time. Miss Grant was the daughter of a prominent and wealthy lawyer in New Orleans, and was visiting her grandmother. Dragged in Runaway. Mrs. Rachel Williams and Miss Nota Wyble, of Stinesville, were riding down a steep hill, when the horse became frightened. Both women jumped. Mrs. Williams was caught iu the wheel and dragged, being badly cut and injured. She will likely die. Miss Wyble was seriously injured, but will recover. Mrs. Williams’ husband was killed a few years ago in an explosion and her brother was killed later by lightning. Youth Leads Thieves’ Band. Peter Sabaski, aged 18 years, was brought before Judge Richter at La Porte, and given an indeterminate sentence to the Jeffersonville reformatory for larceny. Sabaski was the leader of a band of youthful criminals ranging in age from 14 to 18 years who have been looting houses of farmers for a number of months. Freak of Lightning. During a storm Tuesday night lightning struck the wagon shed of Oscar Laekay, a farmer of Bellsville, doing considerable damage. A peculiar freak was that the lightning, when it struck a Wagon in the shed, took a wheel off and tlie wagon was wheeled entirely out of the sited. Wreckage Piled High. At Greencastle, the third section of eastbound freight No. 96 on the Big Four Railroad struck four coal ears that had run out from a siding on the main track near Lena. Tlie engine was overturned and W. F. Killifer, the engineman, was killed. The wreckage was piled high. Fast Mail in Wreck. Fast mail No. 11, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, from New York to St. Louis, crashed into an Indianapolis and Vincennes freight in the yards at Indianapolis. injuring three persons and demolishing a half-dozen cars on the freight. The freight was crossing the main line. Drawn Into Flywheel. Clarence Ketring, of Spartansburg, tried to remove the licit of a traction Engine, and was drawn into the swiftly revolving flywheel. His skull was crushed and he was otherwise mangled, causing instant death. Many Hurt in Panic ut Circus. At the opening of Robinson’s show at Madison the great tent was blown down and in the panic many persons were injured, breaking up the performance. Brief State Happening*. Lawrence Worth, Batesville, injured in u runaway. Muncie's new park will soon be ready for the public. Mrs. Amanda Georg®, aged 70, died at Anderson, after a fust of sixty-two days. Isaac Chitwood, GO, Needmore, was buried alive in a well, the earth caving in. At Terre Haute Mrs. John Bishop, 15 years old, who was married three weeks ago to a youth of 18. took poison because her husband had left her.