Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1907 — HE ROBBED HIS SISTER [ARTICLE]

HE ROBBED HIS SISTER

Man ofThr** Score Years and Ten Commit* a Crim* and Ha* Disappeared. ■ I ■ ■ . z ■ ■ II ■ T I—II ■ ■ ■■■ I! —■ STEALS $50,000 II SECURITIES Disposes of *IB.OOO Worth of Them and Drops Out of Sight-Oth-er Indiana Matters. Indianapolis, May 30. The police are searching for Frederic* William Hoen, who la charged with the larceny of $60,000 worth of bonds and stocks from a safety deposit box in Fletcher’s National bank belonging to hl* sister, Mrs. Christina Nold. A warrant was issued for EEoen’s arrest oa the charge of grand larceny. Hoen is thought to have left the city. Has Completely Disappeared. Later details develop the following: The robbery of $50,000 in stock* and bonds from a safety deposit vault, flight to Cincinnati and disposal of SIB,OOO worth of his plunder, then complete disappearance. This is the result of one day’s police investigation and search for Hoen, who is aged 70 years, resident of this city. Found Her Vault Empty.

The discovery of the robbery, which already has resulted in the beginning of an exhaustive search of half a do«en cities of the south and east, waa made a week ago when Mrs. Nold returned from a visit to Ohio. Going to her deposit vault she discovered it empty with the exception of one eavelope containing the securities of a brewing company valued at SIO,OOO. The other bonds, comprising her entire fortune, had disappeared. Broker Gets *IB,OOO Worth. Suspicion was not directed to her brother until Tuesday, when a letter was received from a Cincinnati broker maklnginquiriesof stocks and bonds which he purchased from the aged brother, acting as business agent for his sister. Tills broker has arrived In Indianapolis with his attorney to investigate the matter, and declares he purchased SIB,OOO worth of stocks and bonds from Hoen. SHE WANTED TO BE SURE Woman Telephones an Alarming Story in Order to Get a Hurry on the Police. Terre Haute, Ind., May 30. Mr*. W. J. Clute, six miles south of Terre Haute, telephoned to the sheriff of Vigo county that a man by the name of Harris and two women, members of his family, had been murdered. The sheriff and deputies hurried to the scene, but while they were on their way the woman telephoned to bls office and acknowledged that there was no murder.

She said she was afraid her brother, Jacob Fread, would kill her husband; that he was in front of the house with a shotgun waiting for Clute, and she knew that she was certain of getting officers there by telling that there had been a murder. The man was quieted before doing violent Injury to any person. Three of a Kind, All Queens. Marlon, Ind., May 30.—8 y the birth of triplets to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods, of 935 North Branson street, the number of children In the Woods family, Is Increased to twelve. The three new arrivals are all girls, and average four and three-fourths pounds in weight. They are all healthy and well-formed babies. Although the Woods family of children was regarded as large before the birth of the triplets there had never been anything but a single birth. Mrs. Woods la 35 years old and her husband is 41.

Two Boys Blown to Pieces. Terre Haute, Ind., May 30. —By the explosion of several hundred pounds of powder at the storage house of the Farnsworth mine, near Sullivan, two boys were blown to pieces and three others more or less seriously hurt. The dead are: Claude Davis, aged 6, and Paul Keen, aged 9. Fatally injured— Arthur McClure, aged 10; Cecil Smith and Davis. The cause of the explosion is not known. It is supposed that the boys Accidentally set the building on fire, u ■■ w, — Tortoise Tha« Goes Slow-, Hillsboro, Ind., May 30. While searching for mushrooms, lee Wilkin son, a merchant of Wkilncc, found a tortoise, with the initials of his father, A. W., and the date of 1872 plainly carved on Its back. Another feature was the fact that the tortoise was found within a half mile of the spot where his father had carved the letters thirty-five years ago.

Fresh Air Killed Him. Elwood, Ind., May 30. —■ Joseph Cregg, 57 years old, a glassworker employed at the National Bottle works, fell dead at the works. He became overheated and stepped outside the shop to get a breath of fresh air. Four Alleged Haaers Arrested Richmond, Ind., May 30. —Four students at Earlham college has been arrested for basing Isaac Stanley and Ernest Andrew, fellow students. They are charged with assault and battery. Army Worm at Work. Poseyville, Ind., May 30. There is anxiety among the farmers about here on account of the ravages of the army worm. .