Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1906 — DIDHEBURN KIRKLIN? [ARTICLE]

DIDHEBURN KIRKLIN?

Charles McCay Charged With Starting the Devastating Fire There Last Weak. SLEUTHS CLAIM A GOOD CASE Dastard Assails a Woman and Get* Killed —Menzies Tor Congress in the First—State News. Frankfort, Ind., Aug. 2. Charged with having started the fire that practically wiped out the business section of the town of Klrklin, one week ago, Charles McCay, in whose place of business the blaze was first discovered, is under arrest and is now a prisoner in the Clinton county jail. The arrest was made by Sheriff Haggard on information furnished by J. F. Quigley, A. V. Adams, F. J. Bays and Miss Bowman, of the Union Detective bureal, of Indianapolis, engaged to work on the case by the insurance companies and the merchants whose property was destroyed. Had Agreed to Trade His Store. McCay occupied a two-story brick building, the first floor of which was used as a grocery and the second as a furniture store. The fire started about the center of the building near a pile of mattresses, and the detectives assert that they have strong circumstantial evidence that McCay fired tbe building. McCay is about 30 years old, married and has a family. He refused to talk about his arrest. A few days before the fire it is asserted that he made a contract to trade his store and bnilding to a Jennings county man for a farm. Both men gave bond to carry out the trade. The Jennings county man placed his son in the store, and it is said that McCay at once began discouraging the trade. Insured for More Than Value. Tuesday of last week the Jennings county man reached Kirklin, ready to carry out his part of the contract, and that night the fire occurred. MoCay carried $4,500 insurance on the stock and building, which, it is asserted, was worth $4,000. John McCay. of Tipton county, father of tbe prisoner, arrived, here, but left soon after for Kokomo to engage counsel for his son. It Is said Hint McCay will waive a preliminary hearing. HE MET HIS JUST DOOM Dastard Attacks a Woman and Gets Two Ballets Where They Benefit Society. Richmond, Ind., Aug. 2.—Edward C. Reed, a machinist, was shot and killed by Mrs. William J. Sincoke at her home in this city. Mrs. Sincoke is the wife of a traveling salesman, and her husband was out of the city at the time of the shooting. Site has not been arrested, the officers believing it to be a clear case of self-defense. According to Mrs. Sincoke’s version of the affair she was alone with her aged fattier when about 10 p. in. she answered a call to the door and Reed entered. She alleges that Reed caught her by the throat and tried to put a handkerchief in her mouth. Mrs. Sincoke says she had taken the precaution of having her revolver with her, and when she was assaulted she fired three times at her assailant. Two of the shots took effect in Reed’s breast: the third missing him eutered the wall, lteed after being shot ran about twenty-five Jvet before he toppled over dead. Reed Is 37 years old. and is a married man living only a few blocks from the Sincoke residence. According to Mrs. Sincoke’s story, which seems to be substantiated by circumstances, Reed has l>eeu bothering her for some time. Lanced by His Pitchfork. Shelbyvllle, Ind.. Aug. 2. W. E. Copple, an aged farmer, while loading shocked wheat, fell from the load to tlifc ground. In his hand was a pitchfork with the end of the handle broken off. In the fall the sharp point caught Copple In the right breast, and was driven through his body. It required three men to extract It Copple will die. Menziea Nominated lbr Congress Petersburg, Ind., Aug. 2. Major George V. Menzies, of Mount Vernon. Ind., was nominated for congress by the Democrats of the First congressional district of Indiana. The nomination was unanimous. No direct mention of national affairs wag made by the resolutions adopted. Had to Pay for Cars. Indianapolis. Aug. 2. —H. L. Bunck, a hay and grain dealer, of Preble, Ind., testified before the Indiana railroad commission that he was unable to get cars for his shipments over the Chicago and Erie railroad,without paying the conductors of freight trains $1 for each car. Prices of Meat Advanced. Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 2. Terre Haute meat dealers have been notified by Chicago packers of advances In the prices of pork and pork products. The price of mutton Is also advanced. tnfknt Smothered in Bed. Rnshvllle, Ind., Aug. 2.— The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anderson, near this dty, was smothered while asleep beside its mother.