Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1905 — MOB LOOTS A STORE [ARTICLE]

MOB LOOTS A STORE

Town Authorities Look on and Let Things Slide-Proprietor, Even, Gets Away. CRIME OE A JEALOUS “LOVER" He and Hie Sweetheart Both Due to Die—Serious Trolley Accleent— Indiana State New*. Lafayette, Ind., April 27. Warned by merchants that a local trading stamp company was moving its stock from this city on account of. financial trouble a mob of more than nOO men, women and children raided the company’s store In Main street, and for a time there was as much excitement as a run on a bank would have caused. Holders of the green stamps crowded into the store and took possession of the first things they could lay their hands on. Vases, lamps and articles of furniture were broken before the crush was ended, and within half an hour the well-stocked establishment had been stripped of the household furnishings, musical instruments, and other articles that had been kept for the redemption of trading stamps. There have been no arrests. The manager of the trading stamp concern is missing. Jealousy'* D**|*rd Work. Fort Wayne, Ind., April 27. Miss Maude Melctiing, who is In a dying condition from bullet wounds Inflicted with a revolver in the hands of her sweetheart, John Welker, a well-known business man of this city, who is believed to be dying at St. Joseph’s hospital from self-inflicted knife wounds, regained consciousness fora short time. Turning to the nurse she Inquired ■feebly‘Ts John dead?" When Informed that he was still alive she relapsed into an unconscious condition, from which she has not recovered. The attending physicians believe that she cannot recover.

Tongue and Windpipe Gashed. Welker is still unconscious and growing weaker from loss of blood. His tongue and windpipe are almost cut in twain. It was at first reported that he had been successful in his attempt at self-destruction, but signs of life were later detected and he was hurried to the hospital. Physicians entertain no hope for his recovery. Then Waa the Time to Kill Him. It is the expressed belief of Miss Melching’s parents that the quarrel was the result of jealousy on the part of Welker, who they assert had on a previous occasion threatened their daughter’s life if sheaccepted attentions from other men. Miss Melching is wounded in the left breast, the course of the bullet being downward. •

HELP CAME JUST IN TIME Mother Who Risked Her Life to Save Her Child Come* Near Drowning Hertel f. Kokomo, Ind., April 27. —The timely arrival of two carpenters saved Mrs. Alf Bogue and her 4-year-old son Cederic, from drowning in a cistern at their home in South Kokomo. The cistern was open and the little fellow fell in while at play. His mother heard the spash and went to his rescue. She managed to get down the wall until she could reach the child and hold his head above water, but was unable to ascend. Her hold upon the slippery wall was fast ghing way when the carpenters, who heard her shrieking for help, went to her assistance. She was exhausted when she was taken out. The child seemed little the worse for its experience. Mrs. Bogue says she could not have sustained herself a minute longer, and if she had fallen into the water both she and the child would have drowned.