Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1908 — LATEST WHITECAP DEVILTRY [ARTICLE]

LATEST WHITECAP DEVILTRY

Gang of Them Threatens a Widow After Emptying Her House of Furniture. Nashville, Ind., Oct 6.—Mrs. Sarah Kelley, who lives two miles northwest of Needmore, found a notice tacked oa her door which resembles some of the whitecap decrees that have been served from time to time on people In this part of the state. The notice reads: "We have been In your house. If you don’t leave Immediately, we’ll come back and whip the hide off you." Mrs. Kelley Is s divorced woman. Hie notice was put on her door during the night es her absence. Unknown persona the tame night vlalted the bouae and almost emptied It of household furniture. Her bedstead and chairs were carried out and stacked on the roof of the bouse. The feather beds were thrown helter-skelter into the yard and the lighted lamp was placed on a stump In the yard.

How Did the Owl Stand It» Shelbyvtlle, lod.. Oct 6.—Hie Indianapolis and Cincinnati traction line was out of business one night for more than an hour, but the cause was not made public until Alfred Lee, chief lineman, stated that a screech owl had fallen on a wire which ran into the substation at Prescott. It caught by •He of Its wings and its feet, touching another metal piece connected with the building, causing the wire to ground. It was more than an hour before the discovery was made. Kids Smoke Pipes Now. Bhelbyville, ind., Oct 6.—An investigation of the illegal sale of smoking tobacco among the school children of this city under the sge of sixteen years shows that there are 200 or 800 boys using tobacco, and In moat cases pipes are used Instead of cigarette paper*. It haa also been shown that the tobacco was purchased at grocery stores, which are near the school buildings. He Was Needed at Home. Muncie, Ind., Oct. &—Arlie Wright twenty years old. was needed at home to support his aged mother, who was te want and that is the reason he returned from the Jeffersonville reformatory, from which Governor Hanty had pardoned him. Dry Weather Makes Batter Scare*. Columbus, Ind.. Oct B.—The dry waathar which continued during ibe greater portion of August and Septem her. is the cause of a butter tamlae her*. Pastures dried up and there is a shortage of milk.