Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1907 — OUTLAWS REPULSED [ARTICLE]

OUTLAWS REPULSED

Attempt to Whitecap a Man Re« suits Tragically for Ono of the Whitecaps. ASSAILXD MAH VBBS HIS GUN Kills One of His Assailants— New Industry at Muncie—Miscellaneous State Items. —J Bloomington, Ind., Sept. 20. A tragedy occurred from a suppose! whitecapping outrage In Indian Creek township, Monroe county, and as a suit Jesse Robinson, a well-known Quarryman, was shot at the home of Thomas Jaddis, about midnight. Jaddis admitted that he fired the shot, and says that Robinson was one of three men who, with fence rails In their hands, attempted to force an entrance to his home. He warned them, he says, through the opened door, but they did not heed and he opened Art with a shotgun. Dead Man Found Next Morning. He heard the men running, but did not know that one had been killed until Wednesday morning, when Mrs. Smith, who lives In the same house with him, found the dead man about twenty-five yards from the house. The ' alarm was then given for the first time. While at the time Jaddis asserted that robbery was the object of the attempt to enter his home, the fact that Robinson had a handkerchief over his face is taken as an indication that the men were bent on some other sort of outrage. This is the only theory that ban tie borne out as there was nothing of value in or about the place that would attract the men. Three Men in the Gang. In addition to this, the hats of two other men were found only a few feet from the house, which proves the story of Jaddis that there were three men in the party. Robinson had evidently died almost Instantly. The large hole in his body on the right side just below the shoulder, which bled profusely. showed how true had been the alm of Jaddis. Cause of the Attempt Not Known. Before attempting to force their way Th the assailants fired a shot through the window of the house. The cause of the fatal attempt at “whitecapping” can only be surmised, as there is no person to tell the story. Reports are to the effect that Jaddis w’as rather shiftless; in fact, he had not been working regularly. However, so far as known, no one knows anything against the family. VERY NEWEST INDUSTRY Moving Houses from One Town to Another by Rail—Whole Train Ixtad Moved. Muncie, Ind., Sept 26. Joseph LaDuron, a glassworker, has embarked in a novel industry here, that of bringing dwelling houses to Muncie from Alexandria. Last week a whole train load of houses came into Muncie on flatcars from Alexandria, and these are being placed on vacant lots and rebuilt. LaDuron at first bought the houses for himself, but having gone to the end of his finances in that way and having come into possession of a large number of dwellings that cost him little, he has begun talcing contracts to remove houses here for other persons. LaDuron buys abandoned houses in Alexandria at a nominal cost and obtains good prices for them delivered in Muucie, where houses for rental purposes are scarce and where building material is so high as to make it impossible to build new houses to let and receive even a fair percentage on the Investment. Found Dead in a Hog Lot. Francesville, Ind., Sept. 26.—Christian Gottler. 76 years old. was found dead in a hog lot five miles south of this place. During the absence of the family the aged man is supposed to have attempted to feed the hogs, and while stooping over the fence he was seized of apoplexy or paralysis, and fell into the lot. His corpse was badly mutilated by the hogs. ■ Father Riegel Explains. Elwood, Ind., Sept. 26.—-Relative to his remarks on the saloon question in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church Rev. Riegel, pastor, desires to say: “I did not use the word ‘excommunicate.’ I did say, however, that I would refuse the sacraments to saloonkeepers who would continue to given scandal by violating the laws of the state.” F. of L. to Eschew Politics. Muncie, Ind., Sept 26. definitely stated that the Indiana Federation of Labor will not, as an organization, enter the political field in any definite way this year and that no candidate for public oflice will either be supported or condemned by the present state convention, now In session here. Frost tn Some Localities. Indianapolis, Sept 26. Reports received at the weather bureau here show that there was frost Tuesday night at Columbus, Ind., with a minimum temperature of 39; at Farmland, with a minimum of 37; at Lafayette, with a minimum of 38, and at Marion, with a minimum of 36. Electric Bulb Causes a Fire. Thorntown, Ind., Sept 26. While storing hay In the loft of L. L. Graved livery barn it is supposed that an electric bulb was accidentally covered up and that this was responsible for a fire that destroyed the barn and contents. Loss, 112,000.