Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1903 — Minor State Matters. [ARTICLE]

Minor State Matters.

John W. Hudson of Otwell, while at Pataka, was killed by a train. Ellen Mount, wife of Richard Mount, attempted suicide in Henryville by shooting herself with a shotgun. W. E. Walker, freight conductor on the Lake Shore, known ns one of the "Reckless Twins,” is dead at Toledo from railroad injuries received at Kendall ville. He passed unscathed through thirty-one railroad wrecks and accidents. Judge Newltn in Vincennes sentenced Charles Reed, a negro robber, to serve from one to twenty years in the penitentiary. Reed robbed the residence of James Grange and was captured. In August he broke jail at Lawrenceville and a number of robberies siuce then were attributed to him. Reuben Key, a negro, was found guilty of participating in the race riots in Evansville last July and sent to prison. His sentence was fixed from two to ten years. The Central Oil .Company of Hartford has sold out to an English syndicate represented by V. C. West and Mr. Sturgis of Chicago. Tbe edahideratkm was $150,000. Mrs. James Van Meter was killed and five other persons seriously injured by ft flash of lightning which struck a twostory frame building occupied by the Knights of Pythias at West Point