Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1903 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Friends of Dead Miner Attempt to Lynch Marshal Klkbsrt Bankers Arrested —Work on Ipdiona Harbor Canal to Be Rushed Frozen to Death. An unsuccessful effort was made to take Town Marshnl Harmon from the jail in Brazil for the purpose, it is believed, of lynching him. Hannon while trying to quell , n fight at Diamond, a mining town, accidentally shot Dennis McCann, a miner of Darlington. McCann died. Harmon voluntarily surrendered to the authorities. The other night four Darlington men at the jail ami represented themselves ns officers come to Harmon to Rockville for trial. Harmon recognized them as friends of McCann who had sworn to take his life, and the sheriff refused to give him up. The men returned to Darlington, wrecked the home of his son, Shelby Hannon, and drove his family into the street. No arrests have been made. Harmon was taken to Rockville and placed iu jail there. . Lock Up Elkhart Bankers. Deputy United States Marshal Lon Boyd arrived from Indianapolis the other day nnd arrested President Brodrick and flashier Collins, of the Indiana National Bank of Elkhart on the charge of violating the national banking laws. The defendants were taken to Goshen for ar- : raignment before the United States corrtmissioner. Both asserted their innocence jof any violation of the law. It is said the warrants were issued by United States District Attorney Kealing immediately on his return from Washington, where he had been instructed by the department of justice to bring criminal proceedings at once. The deposits when the bank failed were almost $600,000. with hardly anything on hand as assets. Kush Work on Canal. Rush orders, have been issued for the completion of the ship canal to connect East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. It is planned to have part of the canal open to steamers before tlie end of next summer. Material lias been ordered for two big-dredges of the suction type. These will he put together on the canal route and will begin cutting their way toward Lake Michigan in one direction and to the Grand Calumet river in the other. Top of Head Blown Off. ‘ The body of Thomas Brown, a prosperous Clark County farmer, was found in a fence corner, near Borden. The of the head was blown off, and a shotgun was tightly clasped in one hand. Brown was 55 years old and leaves a widow and three children. It is supposed that Brown, in attempting to climb the rail fence by which his body was found, caught the trigger of his gun and it was discharged. Miner Ia Frozen to Death. The body of a man supposed to have been a miner named Henry Rowe, employed at the Jackson Hill mine, near Hymera, was found in a ditch near Sullivan. Late the previous night Rowe inquired the way to Jackson Hill from a farmer, and it is supposed he went to sleep from cold and was frozen to death. All Over the States Safe blowers secured S2OO from Tullar Woodard’s office in the business district of Elkhart at noon. Jshn A. Hauck, nged 103, the oldest man in Monroe County, is dead. He was born in New Jersey. The engineer was fatally injured and the electric light plant in the town of Albany was dnmrffeed $5,000 by the explosion of gas that escaped front a leaking pipe. St. Augustine’s Catholic Church at Jeffersonville was almost completely destroyed by fire. Only the outer walls are standing. The loss is estimated at $50,000. An unsuccessful attempt was made by an unknown man to assassinate City Marshal John Schenek of Colfax, who was shot at as he sat in his The affair lias created great excitement in the town. Miss Erline Sinclair, the young Sullivan County school teacher who was immersed in a pond by her pupils and left standing in the iey- : water for two hourjs, is not yet out of danger, but her physicians think she will recover. . Haskett, 27 years old, cut his throat at the home of his brother in Aroma to avoid capture for stealing a horse aud buggy. Five minutes after his death the officers arrived. He had been pursued throughout the night. Iu a fight at Hoffinan’s mill, Evansville, between Noah Seals and David Gates the former split open the latter’s head with a hatchet, killing him. Seals took a large stick, of stove wood and crushed in the face and then fled to the woods. Robbers at Fort Wayne entered the pesthouse, carrying off everything portable, but the police are not exerting themselves to capture the burglars, who, it is believed, were unaware of the character of the building, which has been unoccupied for several months. President Fisher of Hanover College expelled ten students and suspended fifty others from the various classes as the result of a class clash. The entire student body has left the college and at a meeting held on the campus has decided not to return till the men are reinstated. The most disastrous fire in the history of Ridgeville occurred the other night, causing a loss of SIO,OOO, partially eov--1 ered by insurance. The town is without fire protection and only the heroic efforts : of the citiaqns saved adjoining buildings. Three families were driven from I their homes In their night clothing. Samuel Shade, a contractor, dropped dead in a buffet at Hammond, while calling for a drink of whisky. The verdict of the coroner’s inquest was cerebral hemorrhage. Harry Kellar, claiming Chicago as his home, was tried is Bradford for burglary and sentenced to Michigan City penitentiary for two to ten years. It is believed his real name is Harry Kiser. I While chopping down trees Henry ! Thiele of Dyer was killed by being pin- ; ned beneath a trunk. He bled to death before help coaid reach him. Thiele was gae of Lake County’s oldest settlqfi^