Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1907 — THEY’RE BRANDED, ALL RIGHT [ARTICLE]

THEY’RE BRANDED, ALL RIGHT

College Society Girls Who Will Go Through Life with Their Hand - Marked. Indianapolis, Feb. 7. —Three high school girls of this city, desiring to become members of the Alpha Gamma Tan sorority, were Initiated a few night ago. The hands of the candidates were extended and the initiators used a brush dipped in acid to make the letter "A. G. T.” on the backs of their hands and also to make a "bracelet” for the wrists. The candidates complained of the burning sensation and two of them suffered so severely that physicians had to be called. Both are believed to be marked for life, while a third, who was branded after the acid was diluted, will possibly escape being marked for life. The girls who thus marked their companions claim that they did not know the nature of the add and that the initiation was done In a spirit of fun and without any Intent to disfigure the candidates. “He Heapeth Up Riches,” Etc. Wabash, Ind., Feb. 7. Leaving a fortune of $30,000, every cent accumulated from a pension of SSO a month, judiciously invested by his guardian, Henry Wensler is dead. Injuries in the civil war left him simple minded, but he supported himself until recently. Government men sent here stated this is the only fortune In the United States developed from a pension alone. Several heirs of whom no one knew before have appeared to claim the estate, and there will be a law fight. State Inquiry nt Fowler. Fowler. Ind., Feb. 7.—The Indiana state railroad commission has conducted its official investigation into the cause of the wreck at this place on Jan. 19, in which a number of persons were killed and injured. The investigation so far lias brought out the fact that the crew of the freight train violated one of the company's rules in not clearing a “superior class” train five minutes.