Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1902 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERBELY TOLD. Queer Tilings Found in El wood Worn* mi's Stomach—Cliitgtnran Must Stand Trial—Oldest Convict Dies—Engineer Goes Insane. Strange conditions were discovered when surgeons examined the stomach of Mrs. Susan A. Spaulding of Elwood during an operation which had been expected to result in the removal of a tumor. Instead of n tumor tho surgeons found the following encysted in tiie walls of the stomao(i: Bunch of uigar cane fiber resembling a cow's etui, ball of masticated thread the size of a bird’s egg. piece of shoe string seven indies long with a knot in one end. Mrs. Spaulding was unusually fond of sugar l ane when she was a child and she used to chew large quantities of it. She has iiad a h»bit of biting off thread and chewing the ends while sewing. Bhe is 57 years old. She has been treated for fifteen years for cancer of the stomach. Engineer Becomes Insane. William Slago of Fort Wayne, who was at the throttle of rlu- Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive which a few days ago struck a little girl named Kline in Marshall County, has become insane. Slago has become the victim of the delusion that his own daughter, who is the same age as the Kline child, was the victim, and that —her body lias been' carried to the graveyard. Siago is one of the best known passenger engineers in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Thirty-four Years in Cell. William Lee, the oldest convict in point of years of confinement in the western prison, died at the age of 50 years. He was convicted when 22 years of age for murder, near Lafayette. His conviction was secured on circumstantial evidence and he had always protested his innocence. He had a petition for pardon before every Governor from the time of Hovey and always lived with the hope that he might be fated to spend the last years of his life outside the walls. Must Answer for Murder. n Stewart Miller, aged 02, a prominent Walker township land owner, who was shot by his son-in-law, Rolla Cliugman, in a quarrel over domestic affairs, died from his wounds. Mrs. Miller and a son. George A. Miller, who were wounded by the same shot tbat killed Stewart Miller, have about recovered. Clingmar was released on bond, but is again in jail, held for premeditated murder. His plea is self-defense. He has retained Congressman Watson as his cotinsel. Negro Murders His Employer. Matthew Alexander, a negro stableman in the employ of Thomas Burke at Terre Haute, went into the latter's sleeping room and when Mrs. Burke arose in bed at seeing hint slashed her in the face with a razor. Burke, awakenesT “by the commotion, turned in bed and the negro cut his throat, killing him instantly. The negro fied. He had been in Burke's employ for five years and bad been drinking for a few days. State Items of Interest. .T. K. Hartman and wife celebrated their golden wedding at Rosedale. Fire caused a loss of $12,000 at Strickland's store in Kokomo. Covered by insurance. General store of John Hacker of Kreps was destroyed by tire. Loss -$3,000, small insurance. J a UK's- Skinner, bailiff of the Wayne County Circuit Court for thirty-four years, lias resigned. Thieves ransacked A. Kelli’s jewelry store at Conuersvillo and carried off SIOO worth of goods] At Frahkton Mrs. Nora Adams. 23, committed suicide by taking pnris green. She quarreled with her husband. Clive Bannister, aged 20, son of a Liberty township farmer, was crushed to death by a log he was unloading at Wabash. Walter L. Payton of Mount t Hive was instantly kilhsl at Rockledge quarries at Bedford by a large slab of stone falling upon him. Lawrence county council ordered built at once a SIO,OOO jail, to be of stone, on account of the many recent esoaiies from the old building. Mart Collier was declared sane by a formal court of inquiry at Bedford, and will have to stand trial on the charge of poisoning a family. George A. Bell, treasurer of the malleable iron works, fell dead in his office at Ma rion while at work Tuesday. Heart disease is given as the cause of his death. A rear-end freight wreck occurred at Irogausport on the Pan-Handle Railroad. Conductor William Gay was killed iutrtantly and Fireman <>. I’. Murray lost a leg. Night A gen t Callahan fired at and drove away two burglars who denvutded the valuables in the Adams Express office at the Pennsylvania station in Logansport. Financial and domestic troubles caused Isaiah Vernon, a traveling salesman for the Doering Harvesting Machine Company, to commit suicide by shooting nt Logan sport. Peter Barnes, nged 48 years, connected with'the Valparaiso College for sixteen years, committed suicide by banging himself in a coal shed. His wife found his body while looking for hint to come to dinner. Andrew Hays, 22 years of age, a weaßhy Marlon farmer, took his own life by hanging himself jn his barn. He wns recently marrie<r to a charming young woman, seemed to be happy and no cause is known for his act. Ambrose Nichols, who broke jail nt Bedford, was arrested at Washington and locked in jail at Mitchell, but escaped again by prying open a door with n crowbar. I.urge tumor on the back of Benjamin Rae of Bentonville broke of its own accord, and eight gallons of liquid flowed out, thus relieving him of eighty pound* of surplus weight. at Liberty destroyed W. A. Bo»dick’s furniture house and liadly damaged Phare’s drug store, Michael & Co.’s grocery aml Berth & Ron’s hardware •tore. Los* SIB,OOO, Insured.