Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1906 — LETTER FROM BAKER [ARTICLE]

LETTER FROM BAKER

Sheriff Hears from the Man Who Tried to Bribe Indiana Solons. HAS NO ONE TO GIVE AWAY I Wouldn’t Buy Immunity That Way, Anyhow—Horse That Chews Tobacco—ltems. Indianapolis, .Tune B.—O. A. (“Cigarette”) Baker, legislative bribe-giver, for whose-arrest-Governor Hanlyhas offered a reward of $3,000, has written to Sheriff Sourbier denying that he directed A. L. Hughes to negotiate with the governor for his return to Indianapolis under promise of immunity from punishment, for the purpose of making sensational disclosures as to the doings of the last legislature of Indiana. Letter Was Mailed from Chicago. The letter reached Indianapolis nt R :2O a. in., according to the local postmark, and by the same Chicago token was mailed in that city the night before at 11 o'clock. Sheriff Sourbier thinks that Baker wrote the letter in Canada and sent it to a friend in Chicago to be mailed. He says he knows Baker is in Canada. Only a part of the letter was made public by the sheriff. Has No One to Expose. “I have many friends in Indianapolis and Indiana,” Raker’s letter says; "but if the story told by Hughes is to be believed I cannot hope to have any left. I have no one to expose, and I would not purchase immunity for myself by that method, if 1 did have information of that character. Ido not believe my friends think I would betray others for the purpose of securing immunity for myself.” Watching for Baker at Windsor. A Windsor. Out., telegram says: “An article in the Detroit News saying that Oscar A. Baker, the fugitive from Indiana justice, had recently been at thy British-American hotel In this city, and giving what purports to be an interview with him, cannot be corroborated. The hotel employes do not recall Baker and the hotel register does not contain his name. Detectives from Detroit have been watching the hotel since the article appeared, and havp been searching throughout Windsor fofc, him. but no trace of him can be found.” Is Still on the Pay Roll. In the interview referred to in the foregoing Baker is quoted as saying: “It has been a long, tiresome chase for me. Yes. it is true that. the people whom I represented in the legislature have me still on their pay roll, and are furnishing me money with which to live. But what of that? It is a losing game at best. My advice to any young man entering politics is to be on the level."

HOUSE THAT CHEWS TOBACCO

Would Rather Re Given a Plug Than a Feed of Oats—He lanes Children. Vincennes. Ind., June B. Billie, the horse that works in patrol wagon No. 1, is a lover of good tobacco. when he gets it in plug form. When a chew of tobacco is given him he seems to smile with pleasure. To all appearances he would rather Is* treated to a plug of tobacco than to his regular allotment of hay and oats, and when any of the policemen., the firemen at the station nt which ho is kept or any man approaches his head, he at once searches and whinnies for his chew. William 'Woods, one of the older men qFtlje police force, is his attendant and often invites in friends to show what his horse will do. Billie is a big animal. a retired fire horse, and still one of the fastest ami strongest in the city. He is a lover of children. Warrants Served on Base Ballists. Indianapolis, June B.—Sheriff Sourbier served warrants on Manager Mike Kelley and eight members of the Minnear>olis American Association base hall tram. charging them with playing base ball on Sunday. The arrests were caused by a contribution game Itetween Indianapolis and Minnen|H>lis played here on Sunday, April 22. The men gave bond of SSO each. Had to Give Up the Fight. Muncie. Ind., June 8. —Mrs. Jessie Herron, after an unequal battle with the world, has applied to the tMMinl of children’s guardians to care for her two little daughters. She has been abandoned by her husband. Tore One Finger Off. Lawrenceburg, Ind., June 8. —Henry Christian employed by an Indianapolis company, in Jumping from a scaffold. caught a ring on a finger on the right hand in such a manner that the finger was toni off. Mother and Two Triplets Dead. Monticello, Ind., June B.—Mrs. Walter Fox, of this place, gave birth to triplets and died next afternoon. One of the triplets died nt birth and a second died later. The third survived the mother. Friends Gave Him SI,OOO. Madison, Ind., June B.—Friends of Dr. Joshua B. Garritt gave him a check, for SI,OOO In honor of the fiftieth year of his professorship In Hanover col. lege.