Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1905 — SARAH SCHAFER CAES [ARTICLE]

SARAH SCHAFER CAES

Bedford Man Who Says That Poli* tics Is Hiding Thoss Who Murdered Her. JUSTICE IS TO TRIUMPH YET Guilty One* to Wear a Hempen Neck* tie Young Fox Find* a Friend—State Item*. Bedford, Ind., Aug. 11.—“ Sooner oi later the murderers of Sarah Schafer will be indicted, tried, convicted and hanged,” exclaimed John H. Underwood, a prominent lawyer of this city. “And but for the political ring that has infested this county for years, the assassins would now be in their graves.” “You think you are on the right tiail, then?” Politic* Prevents Justice. “There is no question about It. The evidence is at hand—evidence that but for powerful political influences would have hanged the murderers long ago. There is no question as to the identity of the murderers, and some day we will be able to get this testimony before a Lawrence county jury, and when we do it will be so plain that conviction is sure to follow. The people of this community can rest assured the slayers of Sarah Schafer can not escape: they arrest is as certain as the sun.” Case of Hired Murder. “Your theory is that Miss Schafer was the victim of hired thugs?" “That has always been my theory. 1 believe that some one of the social standing of Miss Schafer employed men to make way with evidence she possessed, and in carrying out his commands they killed her. The murderer is spending money to prevent the proper kind of an investigation, and his friends are attending money to prevent ‘in invoßtigatinn that will reveal several scandals.” Believes He Known the Man. “You believe you know the man?” • “I lielieve I know the man.” atp swered Underwood slowly and emphatically. “I do not believe the political ring here, with all of its money and influence, can prevent bis dangling at the end of a rope. It may tak* time, and the ring may be able to delay matters until some of the important witnesses die or go away, but it can not thwart justice forever, and the statute of limitation does not lie against the crime of murder. Will Take It Before the People. “If nothing is done before the next campaign, I will put it up to the people of this county and make a political issue of it. I will ask the people to smash this ring, and once this ring is smashed the hanging of the murderers of Sarah Schafer will quickly follow. The people of a community like ours can always be depended on to do the right thing when once they understand.” HE SAVED A YOUNG FOX Little Animal Waa Lame and Running a Race with a Locomotive. Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 11.—Touched ,by the teachings of the new Lafayette ! Humane society, F. C. Hendricks, a : brakeman on the Monon railroad, saved the life of a wild creature. | While the engine was going up a steep hill south of this city he noticed a 1 small animal running along the track in front. The engine waa going ten miles an hour and the animal barely managed to keep two feet ahead. Hendricks, out of curiosity, climbed down from the cab and stepped on to the pilot of the engine. It was then that he noticed a young j fox, crippled and almost exhausted, struggling along in the glare of the engine's headlight. Chased harder than many of its forefathers in their efforts to elude the hounds, the young fox was losing the race when the brakeman reached down and gathered it in. Th* fox was tenderly nursed and 1* now at the Hendricks home. Two Suepeoted of a Murder. I Thornton, Ind., Aug. 11.—With a I gaping gunshot WOJigd Ui the breast

and the pockets of his clothing turned Out the body of Panel Breckner, 55 years old, was found in the woods on te farm of Al Cox, just across the line in Montgomery county. John James and Charles Derickson, a negro 90 years old. have been arrested. Derickson is at home with a gunshot wound in the neck. The men under arrest called at the Cox home and informed Cox that Breckner had committted suicide. Obstetrical Coincidence. Shelbyville, Ind., Aug. 11. —Dr. Frank E. Ray was called to the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Yater, where a boy baby weighed only three pounds arrived. This calls to mind a similar circumstances that happened a y*ar ago. Dr. Ray was called to the same house and same room at that tim* and a baby girl was born to Mr*. Louis Farrer. This girl weighed two and one-half pounds. •‘Daddy of 'Em All” Still Alive. Veedersburg. Ind., Aug. 11.—The Veedersburg street fair, the original street fair, known as the “Daddy of ’Em All,” will be held the last week In October as heretofore. Two Boys Kilted by a Sandbank. Corydon, Ind.. Aug. 11.—Joseph and Edward Flurh, brothers, aged 14 and 18, were killed while playing In a sand bn«k excavatiou, which collapsed.