Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1907 — CHANGE IN HER MIND [ARTICLE]

CHANGE IN HER MIND

Mrs. Nold Now Concludes Not to Prosecute Her Aged and Thieving Brother. PUTS UP A DEFENSE FOE Hilt He Has Cost Her $50,000, but She Says He Is Now Non Compos Mentis—State News. Indianapolis, June 6. The further the police go into the investigation of the case against Frederick William Hoen, the old man robbed his sister’s safety deposit box of about $60,000 worth of securities, the more they are convinced of his propensity for spending money with a lavish hand. It reached the ears of the police that Hoen had squandered about SBO,OOO of his sister’s fortune in a few years besides stealing the SOO,OOO just recently. Mrs. Christina Nold, the sister, who is 70 years old. denied that Hoen had spent so much money. Spent More Than $50,000.

She admitted, however, that he had spent more than $50,000 of her cash during the last fourteen years. The defense of Hoen will lie that he is Insane. Before Justice of the Peace Stout insanity proceedings were held to determine whether Hoen is insane. Monday Mrs. Nold Informed Captain Bray that her aged brother had caused her so much trouble that she was willing to see him punished. Now she is clearly of a mind to shield Hoen from a criminal sentence. Not Mentally Responsible. When she was asked about Hoen’s reckless extravagance and told of the stories afloat that he had spent SBO,-, 000 within a few years, she said they were not true. “But you told the detectives that you had squandered more than $50,000 on Hoen. Wks that untrue?” she was asked. "No, It wksn’t,” the elder woman replied, spirtedly. "He did squander more than $50,000 of my money, but he was not mentally responsible." Brother Had a Sunstroke. Mrs. Nold said that her brother suffered a sunstroke fourteen years agoi, and that since that time he has acted strangely at times. She said it caused a separation from his family, and that it was necessary for him to come and live with her.

THOUGHT 18 WAS A BUNION Proved, However, To Be a Piece of Glass That Was Imbedded ' in His Toe. Hartford City, Ind., June 6.—Samuel Jarvis, of tills city, is the chief preceptor of the cutters and flatteners in’ the American Window Glass fsc-

tory (No. 3) here. For a number of years he had been suffering with what he thought was a bunion on his left foot, at the Joint of the great toe. For some time it yvas exceedingly painful and while returning from the factory to his home It became so painful that he was compelled to remove his shoe. Further examination after reaching home developed the presence of a foreign substance, and finally he succeeded In removing a core of flesh, Imbedded In which was a piece of glass a quarter of an Inch in length. It has been there for a number of years, but how it came there Is a mystery. Since the removal of the glass the bunion has not bothered Jarvis. New Species of Fox Squirrel. Zionsville, Ind., June 6. Three years ago Henry W. Nichols noticed near his home a fox squirrel of peculiar color and appearance. It established its nest In a large sycamore tree, not far from his home. This spring there was a litter of young squirrels, much whiter in color than the parent. One of the little fellows was trapped, and is now a household pet. It is caged with two young fox squirrels. It Is healthy and active. ltd tail Is white as chalk, and its body and limbs with the exception of the fore legs, are milk-white in color, while the neck and head are olive gray.

Hurt in * Peculiar Manner. Shelbyville, Ind., June B. Frank. McClellan, conductor on the Greensburg division of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati traction line, was seriously hurt. While coming into the city at noon he attempted to take a sign from the side of the car. One end of th* sign struck a pole and the other end struck McClellan In the stomach. Ha is unmarried and lives at Danville, Ind.

Bribery Charges at Shoals. Shoals, Ind., June 6.—Judge Houghton has instructed the grand Jury to investigate the accusations of alleged bribery and offers to bribe county officials, recently made public. The court also called attention to the fact that burglars had been unusually busy In this city, and he instructed the grand jury to give this matter attention. Mules Kick Is Fatal. Princeton, Ind., June 6. Harvey McCarty, 22 years old, faymer, negr this city, was fatally kicked by a mule. He was first struck in the forehead, and wblle attempting to get up he was caught In the back of hla head, crushing the skull. Green and Gaytxa* Aiu.i Serve. New Orleans, La., June 4. ihe sentence of the Savannah couit la tee famous Green and Gaynor case involving over half a million dollars fraud in government contract work in the Savannah harbor, was affirmed in an opinion handed down by'the United States circuit court of appeals. The sentence is four years imprisonment each and a fine aggregating $575,000.