Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1903 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTB OF THE PABT WEEK. Missing Man ReaDPeare and Threaten* to Kill Family—l.’erne Editor in Peril from Mob —Bnrglare Try to Cnt Off Yonng Woman's Fingers. Rollin H. Salisbury, civil engineer, who mysteriously disappeared from La Porte July 3 last, vacating a lucrative office and leaving his wife and two children, reappeared there the other night as suddenly aud unexpectedly as he left. People were mystified at his disappearance, but from remarks previously made it is supposed Salisbury was dissatisfied with his work. In September the city was startled to learn that Salisbury's wife had brought divorce proceedings, alleging cruelty, that her husband hnd threatened her life, that he declared lie no longer loved her or liis children, and had said he was in love with a St. Louis woman. Judge Richter granted the divorce. The other night, shortly before midnight, Salisbury appeared at his former wife’s house and forced an entrance. When he learned from her that she no longer was his wife he appeared to be insane, and is said to have attempted to secure a butcher knife to kill his family and himself, but was prevented. He then visited thp attorney, M. It. Sutherland, Mas. Salisbury’s lawyer, and threatened his life. The police took him to the station, but he escaped, and again forced nn entrance to his wife's house at 4 o’clock in the morning, but the police arrested him the second time. He claims to have been in Nevada. The belief is he has gone insane over learning that his wife had obtained a divorce. Editor Kohrer in Peril. Two assaults were made the other eveniug on Editor Fred Rolirer, of the Berue Witness, with an attempt to mob him. The attacks were made by Louis Spruuger and Abe Boegly, who, with about ninety others from Berne, had been called before the grand jury of the Adams Circuit Court, to testify tg the unlawful selling of liquor in the three local saloons. Owing to cases against saloons now pending in the court, the saloons were to have been closed Nov. 7, but they hnve been kept open in spite of this. As a consequence, one hundred names of those who huve entered the saloons since that date were sent to the grand jury now in session, in which work Mr. Itolirer has been chiefly instrumental, The town is in nn uproar on account of the occurrence, and, as further mob violence was feared, Sheriff Butler was called from Decatur to take Mr. Rohrer to the county seat for safe custody. He was kept from the mob by being locked in the postofflee until the sheriff arrived. MB Cruel Act of Burglars. Burglars attempted to cut off the fingers of Miss Edith Shippey of Marion in an attempt to secure several diamond rings which the young woman wore. Miss Shippey was aroused about 3 o’clock by two men who were bending over the bedside. One of them seized her hand, upon which were the jewels, and with a long knife attempted to cut off the fingers on which were the gems. In the meantime the second burglar sought to stifle the girl's outcries by pressing his hand over her mouth. Miss Shippey struggled with the desperation of terror and her screams aroused the household. Hearing the coming of a member of the family the burglars fled. At daylight three men were arrested in a resort near the railway yards, to which vicinity the bloodhounds led the officers. All Over the States J. W. Lamar, who claimed to be the ijast surviving schoolmate of Abraham Lincoln, died at Buffnloville, aged 85. Joseph Knight, postmaster at Thayer, while watching a stump puller work, fell iuto the machine and broke both arms and both legs. James Talbert of Shelbyvillc,' husband of Mrs. Hattie Talbert, who was convicted aud sentenced for the murder of Eva Cochran’s baby, was sentenced to prison for robbing George YV. I’atterson of $75. The town of New Carlisle was looted, several stores being broken into and over SI,OOO wortli of clothing and gents’ furnishings were secured, and loaded into a wagon, with which the thieves made good their escape. The A. C. Staley Manufacturing Company has bought the Indiana Paper Company of South Bend, paying Paul K. Richter of Chicago $50,000. It is said to be the intention of the company to manufacture women’s undergarments iu connection with its present manufacture of men's underwear. As Lafayette Elder, a Democratic politician and farmer of Terry County, was on ids way home, near Leapohl, several shots were fired at him from ambush. One of the shots struck him in the abdomen and he fell from his horse unconscious. He is in a critical condition aud death is expected. Elder has been receiving letters threatening his life. Charges of irregularities and the reckless expenditure of SIO,OOO, for nearly $6,000 of which there is said to have been no adequate return, are features of the report of the committee of business and professional men appointed by Mayor Knotts of Hammond some time ago to investigate expenditures by the board of education. The report covers the time from December. 1901, to last spring. It alleges collusion between members of the board, showing the differences between the market prices and the price paid for maps, charts and school furniture. It is charged that contracts for supplies were let without bids and cost the taxpayers from 50 to 800 per cent more than tiieir market value at the time they were bought. The matter will be presented to the grand jury. In attempting with a hammer to open the safe in the Big Four elevator at Warsaw, which had beeu previously visited by cracksmen who were frightened away after inserting a charge of nitroglycerin, Elmer Kinsey and Delph Moore were severely injured by an explosion. George Theaman of Chicago, alias George Bender, arrested at Bremen for forgery, has confessed that his partner, Joseph Bender of Hammond, sent him forged checks with bogus letters of instructions, by the use of which he cashed the checks. Among the names used was | that of Stsdebakcr Brothers.