Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1907 — AUTO IS HIT BY A CAR [ARTICLE]

AUTO IS HIT BY A CAR

Collision Results in the Death of Two Aged Womair-Others ■ Are Wounded. AUTO DRIVES FAILED TO BEE Court to, Decide Which Emma Hawker Waa Insured— Boy’s Close Call tor Horrible Death.

Indianapolis, June 12. —Two* women are dead and three other persons were seriously hurt 4n an automobile accident in the northern part of the city when a Broad Rlppletraction car struck and wrecked the automobile of J. F. Himes at Thirty-eighth street andCollege avenue. The dead are: Mrs. Thomas W. Love, aged 68 years, and Mrs. Emma Gordon, an aged woman, of Indianapolis. Seriously injured J. F. Himes, of Broad Ripple, suburb Of Indianapolis; Miss Fay Himes, his daughter; Mrs. B. Kester, of Indianapolis. Didn’t See tbe Cither Car. The accident happened on the Indiana Union Traction line at Thirtyeighth street and College avenue. The automobile approached the crossing from the east According to the statement of Himes he slackened speed to allow a north-bound car to pass, then drove Upon the double track when with a crash the collision came with the south-bound car he had failed to see. Tbe view was momentarily cut off by tbe other car. Both Mrs. Lovo and Mrs. Gordon died at a hospital. Indiana to Help ’Frisco. Indianapolis, June 12. —At a meeting held,here of Christian ministers of this city and several cities of the state a resolution w as adopted indorsing the appeal of the San Francisco churches struggling for an existence as a result of the earthquake, and calling upon* the Christian «hnrch<4 of the state to raise donations for their assistance. Notices were ordered sent to each church in the state asking aid in the movement. ‘ Rhodius Case Up Again. Indianapolis, June 12.—'The grand Jury investigation of the George Rhodius case has begun, and Judge Samuel B. Artman, of the Boone county circuit court, appeared before the grand jury and, supposedly, gave testimony as to how he arrived at the opinion stated in his finding relative to the unsoundness of mind of George Rhodius, that Justice Whnthnm and others of v of this city indulged in “machinations” ! In the case. PROBLEM FOR THE COURT Two Emma Hawkers, One Dead, Which Waa tbe One Whose Life Waa Insured ? New Albany, Ind., June 12.—Whether the life of Emma Hawker or that of her daughter, Emma Hawker, was Insured by the Metropolitan Insurance company, is the knotty problem that must be decided by a jury in the circuit court. The case is now on trial. Emma Hawker, the mother, has filed suit to recover on g policy alleged to be held on the life of tbe daughter, Emma Hawker, who died several months ago. Both held policies, which were allowed to lapse. A few months later on© was revived. The company says it reinsured the life of the mother, while the plalnsiff asserts that It was her daughter’s policy that was revived.

Escape from a Horrible Death. Noblesviiie. Snd.. June 12. Frank Crossland. 14 years , old, had his left arm chopped off at the elbow In a shearing machine at the Atlanta tinplate factory, where he was employed. His glove caught between the rapidly revolving knives'and his arm was drawn into the machine. A fellow workman threw an iron holt into the cogs and stopped the machine, or else the boy’s body would have been literally chopped to pieces. _ _ ... Cox Has a Curious Hallucination. Mount Vernon, Ind., June 12. —Wiley Cox. 37 years old, farmer, has been adjudged insane, as be labors under the hallucination that Carrie Newton placed her blue seals on him and commissioned b'm to do special work in the regeneration of man, of which power be was robbed by a preacher. Cox is rational on all other subjects, and It Is expected that he will yield to treatment Sleeting of the Pharmacists. Evansville, Ind., June 12. The twenty-sixth annual convention of the Indiana Pharmaceutical association will be held June 18, 19 and 20 in the old superior court room In tbe court hon«e. one of the largest Auditoriums In the city. Tbe programme for tbe convention has been completed. Natural Gas Docs a Stunt. Shelbyvllle, Ind., June 12. Mrs. Elmer Moore attempted to light the natural gas in her stove at her home In Waldron, when an explosion occurred, tearing the stove to pieces and throwing Mrs, Moore to tbe floor. Her hair and eyebrows were singed, but otherwise she escaped Injury. Arrested for Brutal Assault. . Richmond, Ind., June 12.—Tbe police have arrested Henry Regg, who is alleged to have committed a brutal assault on Henry Tinman. Tieroan was waylaid as be was passing through an alley at the rear of his home. He w»s beaten till he was unconscious.