Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1903 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERBELY TOLD. Young Couple Klopc in an Antomobila —Dies Beside Wabaah River —Mrs. Dixon Acquitted of Murder Charge— Spendthrift Killed at Pern. , Veiled in the dust and grime of travel, a couple stopped at the Clinton in Kokomo. They were Lawrence Robey and Miss Nellie Harrison of Flain City, Ohio, and they had ridden 200 miles over the dusty roads in an automobile to get married. Parental objection and surveillance had prevented the wedding for months. The other morning when Robey asked permission to take Miss Harriapn on a short ride in his new auto the father suspected the destination and purpose of the lovers and boarded the first train to Kokomo, arriving there ahead of the runaways. When the couple entered the hotel they were confronted by the father and there was a seene. The father demanded possession of the girl. The girl’s tears and the earnest pleadings of the young man at last prevailed and the ceremony was performed by Rev. C. W. Choate of the Congregational Church. Pound Dead Bealds River. The body of C. N\ Fitts of Washington Court House Ohio, a salesman for an Indianapolis firm, was found on the bank of the Wabash river at Lafayette with his feet in the water. There were evidences of a struggle, but no marks were found on the body. Fitts hired a boat and started down the river, stopping at a resort, where he left his cuffs, remarking that he was making a farewell trip, The boat, found further down the river, contained several empty bottles. By the side of the dead man was found a bottle partly filled with liquor which is supposed to contain poison. Woman la Not Murderess. Mrs. Martha Dixon, who was on trial at Cannelton, charged with the murder of her husband, was acquitted, the jury being out only twenty-five minutes. Bonaparte Dixon died last March under mysterious circumstances and a post mortem examination showed traces of arsenic in his stomach. The arrest of Mrs. Dixon followed. The State contended Mrs. Dixon administered the poison with the view of getting of her husband so she could marry August Umlake, an oil driller, who boarded' at their house. Robbed of His Dianicni. William Newland of Anderson, a wealthy saloonkeeper, was robbed of a $2,000 diamond as he entered the fair grounds at Elwood. The stone was clipped from his shirt front with a pair of diamond pliers by a man who disappeared into, the grounds and could not be found. Spendthrift Meets Death ou Kalb. The mangled remains found in the railway yards at Peru were identified as those of Feed Lungren of Itockford, 111. He had inherited $30,000 from his grandfather and spent $17,000, when a guardian was appointed because of his roving life. The remains were sent to Rockford. Chokes to Death on Tnbtet. William B.- McKinley of Vincennes choked to death in a room nt the Hotel ■ Nickel, South Bend. It is supposed that he arose to take a tablet or capsule and that it lodged in his throat. State Items of Interest, Michigan City will have an athletic club this winter. American Boys’ Club circus in Columbus, cleared 11 cents. Anderson cotuicihnen are in favor of an ordinance licensing dogs. J. D. Smith, farmer near Teetersburg. is building a $12,000 home. Whitely County farmers are making a specialty of raising pickles . Efforts to find natural gas or oil at Paoli have been unsuccessful. Several new cases of smallpox have be on discovered in Michigan City. Miss Nellie Fajtey of Muncie won a prize at a rifle shoot, at the Muncie Gun Club. William Lightner committed suicide at Bremen by drinking carbolic acid. It was his second attempt at self-destruc-tion within a few weeks. Lai ward Turner was shot by Sheriff Louis C. Sunvmitt at Vincennes while resisting arrest and he will probably be crippled for life. The shot took effect iu the ankle. The cases of the men indicted at Evansville for rioting during the disturbances that occurred in July have been ret down for Sept. 1. ‘These cases will take precedence over all other criminal prosecutions that may be pending. Pleading in defense that £ihe liked nice things, Miss Carrie Knapp, aged 15, was found guilty at Elwood of breaking into the Methodist parsonage and taking a quantity of clothing, some jewelry and sl.l from a small bank. Failing to give bond for 5200, she was placed in jail. The W»ba;ih Bridge and Iron Company has assigned. The liabilities nrc estimated at $290,000 and the assets nt SIOO,OOO, which is the capital stock. Four-fifths of the liabilities are held by banks in Chicago, New York, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Cleveland and in Indiana. The private bank of Kinney & Co., at Angola, closed its doors. The owners of the bank are John Kinney and the estate of the late Peter W. Russell, represented by the heirs, Mr. and Mrs. Morton Real of Toledo. The immediate cause of the failure was the attempt of County Treasurer George W. Williams to withdraw $17,000. The bank could only pay him about $5,000. The financial troubles of the hank have been caused by its attempt to finance a trolley line from Angola to James Lake, three miles distant. Fire in the Rock Run mine in Parki Cnnnty caused the death of Carl Montgornery, a miner, and destroyed the wood work and tipple. The fire started in a barrel of oil from a spark from the miner’s lamp. William L. Pettit, for thirty years sistant cashier of the First National Bank of Fort Wayne, shot himself through the head and died instantly. He bad been a nervous wreck for two yean —since the death of hie wife—end had retired from the bank. Mr. Pettit wee 63 yean old and was a major in the Civil War.