Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1910 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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THE PEPPERMINT INDUS TRY IN PULASKI.

Winamac Republican: Peppermint is steadily gaining an important place in Pulaski county crops. The Marion Land Co. this week received 6 car loads of peppermint root - for their marsh land in Rich Grove township and Dr. Cushing and E. P. Thompson received 4 car loads from Michigan. Mr. Thompson has 200 acres of peppermint and it has proven to be a paying crop in the marsh lands of Pulaski county.

A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

D. V. Garrison of Remington drove over to Rensselaer Thursday, leading behind his buggy a colt which he was bringing over to sell to a party here, and when near St. Joseph’s college, in turning out for a gravel wagon, the colt shied and pulled the rope through Mr. Garrison’s hand, cutting it quite badly and severely wrenching his arm and side. Some boys who were on the gravel wagon caught the colt for him and tied it to his buggy, and he came on to town. The injuries caused him considerable pain, but he did not think they would prove serious.

HEMP GROWING IN PORTER.

P. H. Halligan was in Kouts Sunday, and while there he, with his brother-in-law, J. J. Overmeyer, drove out south of the city some distance and inspected a crop of harvested hemp that had been grown there last summer. Mr. Halligan states , that the manner of curling the stuff is rather unique. The grain is cut and is left to rot. This releases the fiber, which is the part wanted. A number of railroad officials intend to visit the place soon, when the hemp is threshed. If this venture proves a success, nd doubt it will be extensively grown in this part of Indiana.—Hebron News.

J. H. DUNLAP DEAD.

Former Mt. Ayr Liveryman Dies Tuesday Night From Heart Trouble. ' James H. Dunlap, the former Mt. Ayr liveryman and well known to many of our readers, died at about 11 p. m.,. Tuesday from heart trouble, with which, he has been bothered greatly for several months. He recently 'sold out his livery business, owing to his failing health, and during the past several months has consulted specialists without avail, gradually failing all the time. Mr. Dunlap was 55 years, 2 months and 23 days of age, and was twice married. Mrs. Ernest Prouty of Mt. Ayr is a daughter by his first wife, and he leaves two children by his second wife, who is a sister of Frank Haskell of this city. The funeral was held at Mt. Ayr Thursday at 2:30 p. m., Rev. D’ E. Noland of the MJ. Ayr M. E. church conducting the services. Burial in North Star cemetery.

WHY NOT RECOVER BACK

The Amounts Jasper County Has Been Swindled On Bridge Contracts? It is said that the value.of the material called for in the 70-foot bridge over the Howe ditch on which C. L. Bader of the Winamac Bridge Co., was recently convicted for not putting in, as the specifications required, is about $440, and the investigation made of a few other bridges showed that the same system of scaling down had been applied there also. In view of this fact is it not just and proper that an effort should be made to recover back to the county the amounts it has been swindled out of by this company or any other concerns? In fact, is it not the duty of the county commissioners to investigate this matter, and of, the county attorney to institute proceedings to recover the amounts which it has already been shown the county was robbed of ? In behalf of the taxpayers of the county The Democrat respectfully suggests that the county attorney get busy and start something that will result in this money being recovered', or, at least, make an attempt to do so.

ARRESTS SHERIFF FOR CONTEMPT

Of Court In the Bader Bridge Graft Conviction Case. ' ’r ■ ’ A, ■" STAYED AT WINAMAC 4 DAYS With Prisoner Instead of Obeying the Court’s Order and Taking Him to the State Prison—Hearing Comes Up Before Judge Hanley Monday. It is nothing strange for a county sheriff to arrest someone else for violations of the law, but it is unuSTlal for the sheriff himself to be arraigned in court. Yet this is precisely what happened Wednesday to Sheriff L. P. Shirer of Jasper county, Coroner Wright, who must act in place of the sheriff when the latter is disqualified, serving the papers. The warrant or “rule,” as it is called, is made returnable AJonday. The difficulty grows 6ut of the Bader bridge graft case, and while it is not likely that Mr. Shirer had any intention of disobeying the court’s orders or meant any disrespect; fie did allow himself to be made the goat of by certain parties, it would seem, and may be guilty of contempt of court as a result. After sentence was passed on Mr. Bader the latter was remanded to the sheriff’s custody to carry out the order of the court, which it was his duty to do forthwith. He left Rensselaer on Thursday morning with 'his prisoner and reached Winamac at noon of that day, stopping off there and remaining until Sunday afternoon, when the prisoner brought the sheriff back to Rensselaer in the former’s automobile. This action occasioned considerable talk at the time and many jests were made about such an unusual proceeding. It did not set well with the court, who felt that' he could' not let such a breach of court discipline pass without taking notice, and as a result the prosecuting attorney filed Tuesday evening with the clerk of the court an affidavit and information setting out the alleged offense and asking that the sheriff be cited for contempt. Following is the matter contained in the affidavit and information, omitting the caption and the more unimportant matters therein: ■ “Affiant avers that said cause was tried before a jury of twelve good and lawful men, which said jury returned in open court, after due deliberation, the following verdict, to-wit: “State of Indiana, County of Jasper, ss., In the Jasper -Circuit Court, February Term, A. D., 1910. State of Indiana vs. Charles Bader. We, the Jury, find the defendant guilty - as charged in the affidavit and further find that he is fifty-one years of age. Walter Harrington, Foreman.” -

Whereupon the defendant in gaid cause was then and there remanded into the care and custody of Lewis Shirer, sheriff of Jasper County, by order of said Court, pending themotions in arrest judgment and motion for a new trial; that the sheriff thereupon made and constituted one George Williams as deputy sheriff of said Jasjier County and said defendant was .then and there placed in the care and custody of said Williams, who suffered and permitted said Bader on the 25th of February to go to his home in the town of Winamac, and that defendant remained at his home until March 2, the said defendant to go and be at large for the purpose of taking care of his ,business and taking leave of his family, preparatory to the beginning of his term of confinement in the State Prison as contemplated in said' sentence and judgment of this court. ( That on the 7th day of March motions in arrest of judgment, etc., were overruled by the court, anjl sentence passed, as follows: ‘‘lt is by the Court, therefore, ordered and adjudged that the said defendant, for the offense by him committed do make his fine to the State of Indiana in the penal sum of ten ($10.00) dollars', and that

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1010.

the defendant, Charles Bader, be imprisoned in the Indiana State Prison for a period of not less than two nor more than fourteen years, and be disfranchised and rendered incapable of holding any office of trust or profit for a term of two years and that he pay and satisfy the costsi and charges herein taxed at dollars.” And the Judge of said Court then and there remanded the defendant into the care and custody of said sheriff, said order of court reading "as follows, to-wit: “The sheriff of said Jasper County is hereby charged with the due execution of the foregoing judgment.” . .

“A certified copy of said order and judgment of said Court, directing the sheriff of Jasper county to execute the same, was on the Bth day of March, 1910, placed in the bands of said sheriff by the clerk of said court, said Bader being then and there in the custody of said sheriff, where upon said sheriff of said county wilfully, knowingly and corruptly disobeyed the mandate of thisi Court as commanded In said order and according to the tenor of the judgment rendered in the premises, but while and during the time intervening between the Bth day of March, 1910 . and the 12th day of March, 1910 wilfully, knowingly and corruptly suffered and ‘permitted •this defendant to be and remain at large in the town of Winamac, Indiana; that upon the evening of the 12th day of March, 1910, said sheriff released said defendant from his care and custody pursuant to what purported to be a parole granted to this defendant by the Governor of the State of Indiana, said instrument purporting to be a reprieve of this defendant from the enforcement of the order and judgment of the Judge of this Court, pending the filing of appeal and final ruling of the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana vs. Charles Bader.

That said sheriff wilfully, knowingly and corruptly failed, refused and neglected to execute the order of this Court as by said certified copy of judgment and order of this Court directed, but permitted said defendant in said cause to go at large, Without restraint and hindrance, from the 7th day of March, 1910 to the 12 th day of March, 1910, and wilfully and corruptly disobeyed the • mandate of this Court; and the business of this Court at that time was such that it required the conveyance of said prisoner immediately to the prison authorities at the State Prison and return of said sheriff to his duties in Court as an officer .of said Court, but on the contrary said sheriff remained away and wilfully absented himself from his duties in this court during the term of day® above mentioned, and on the evening of the 13th day of March, 1910, after the adjournment of this Court for the February term; 1910, said sheriff was conveyed to his place of residence in the City of Rensselaer, Indiana, by the defendant in the above entitled cause, in said defendant’s automobile. “And by reason of the premises said Lewis Shirer is in contempt of this Court and of the judgment and order of this Court. ‘ “Wherefore affiant prays the Court, that a rule from this Court be served against said Lewis Shirer and that he be required to show cause, in said court, why ..e should not be attached and punished for contempt' as alleged in the premises.” ' ...

LAWYER LOCATES HERE.

John A; Dunlap, formerly pi near Brook, has located in Rensselaer and will occupy the W. H. Parkison office in the I. O. O, F. block. Mr. Parkison has located in Indianapolis w r here he has a position with a company organized to make his transmission automobile geap, and his "family is’also with him? Mr. Dunlap is a married man but has no children. He will move here and will occupy the property formerly occupied by Mr. Pafkison’s family, y Mr. Dunlap wzts born and/reared upon a farm near Brook. He studied law for some time with Frank Davis, now of Brook, and later located at Warsaw, where he was admitted to the bar and practiced law for five years. He has had upwards of ten years experience and will no doubt build up a good business here.

Souvenir envelopes of Rensselaer on sale at The Democrat office at 10 cents per package of 25. By the single hundred, with return card printed in the corner. 75c. A proportionate reduction in larger lots.

CONVENTION THURSDAY.

Primaries to Select Delegates Will, Be Held In the Various Precincts To-day. The democratic county convention will be held in Rensselaer next Thursday, and it behooves the party to turn out to the primaries- so-day and select a good set of delegates and alternates, men who will take an interest in the selection of a good county ticket and will manifest this interest by attending the convention and seeing that such a ticket is nominated. The official call for the convention appears on second page of to-day’s Democrat, where the purposes of the convention are set forth. There is no good reason why JaSper county should not elect several democratic officers next fall, and a great many reasons why it should do so. The spirit of graft, greed and corruption has so permeated the leaders of the opposition party that republicans everywhere are turning to the democrats as their only hope, of relief, and our party locally as well as nationally must nominate men for office of known integrity, who will not be found wanting in this emergency. •vWe have lots of good timber in Jasper county to make up a ticket with, and while we do not believe that democrats have tfoat craving for office that possesses our opponents, some of our best qualified democrats must be drafted in if necessary to make up a" ticket that is bound to be a winner next NqVember. Again, we say, stir up your 'democratic neighbor or republican neighbor who has become disgusted with the way things are going and tell them that the only way to better the conditions is to assist in making up the ticket. Partisan politics should not cut so much figure in our local government at least, and all should bear in mind that too long a lease of power to one party breeds a system of corruption that can only be remedied by turning the reins over to its opponents.

A LITTLE EXPLANATION.

In the list of court cases set down for trial, it will be noticed, appears one entitled the "State of Indiana vs. Frank E. Babcock,” and .an explanation of this case we will state that it is a libel case recently instituted by Leslie Clark, one of the present editors and publishers of the Rensselaer Republican, who was charged several years ago by the said Rensselaer Republican while he had charge of the People’s Pilot here, with having turned the Pilot office into an assignation house. . _-r, ; The case above, however, is based on an item that appeared in The Democrat more than a year ago, in reference to shifting the booze burden, wherein it was stated that wfe were told about a couple of Rensselaer gentlemen seeing a republican editor up at Cedar Lake a year or two prior thereto in a beer stall a woman whom they did not know, and that this republican editor was observed! coming out of the stall with empty beer bottles in his hand and passed along .to the bar with them and got some more full ones and went back to the stall. , Now, after more than a year has elapsed, Clarkie swears that he thinks the article referred to him, and a month or so ago filed a criminal libel case against the writer. ■ < The article in question did not say that it was Clarkie that these gentlemen said they saw, and we do not say so now. For his family sake we hope it wasn’t. There are lots of republican editors in the country and. it is up to these two gentlemen rereferred to to say what one it was they saw tip,at Cedar Lake. We don’t believe they will flinch when# the time comes for them to tell it under oath, and the case will be heard in this county, too.

See the new ladies’ suits, jackets, shirt waists, ladies’ furnishings, floor oil cloth, linolelum, window shades, etc., all at cost to close out. —Chicago Bargain Store.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Ex-sheriff John O’Connor of Kniman was a business visitor here Wednesday. Remember that May 2 is . the last day for paying the spring installment of taxes to avoid their going delinquent and having penalty added. * —o— The petit jury, called originally for the Third Monday of the present term of court, has been re-called for next Wednesday, the 20th, some cases having been set down for that date at the last term. c The Democrat can furnish notorial or other seals on short notice and at prices others, cannot duplicate. Rubber Stamps, Stencils, Badges, Steel Stamps, etc., also furnished to order and at the lowest possible prices. Ernest Strickler, aged 19, of Newton county, is occupying quarters in Sheriff Shirer’s domicile as a guest of our sister county on the west, which has no jail. The boy is an orphan and is charged with forging the name of James Whiteaker to a check for $4.75 at Kentland and getting it cashed at a business place there.

—o —• Not very much has been doing in court this week, except make up issues and set cases for trial. Judge Wason was over from Delphi Wednesday and 1 made an order in the Borntrager ditch" case and heard argument on the demurrers to the complaint of Healey & Clark vs. Babcock, taking the latter under advisement before rendering a decision. Following is a report of the proceeding of the week and of the cases set for trial: John A. Dunlap admitted to the bar. Wm. H. Berry ditch; time extended to April 20 to file report. Same order in Chas. Meadel ditch. Horace Marble ditch; time extended to May 7 to file report. Robert C. May ditch; time extended to April 16 to file report. Same order in Richard B. Wether ill ditch. R. E. Davis ditch; time extended to Second Monday to file report. Abner C. Pancoast ditch; commissioners’ time extended to April J,B. . , r Harvey J. Dexter ditch; time to file report extended until First Saturday. John P. Ryan ditch; commissioners given until Fourth Saturday to file report. Joseph J. Borntrager ditch; commissioners granted until Second Friday of next term to make report. Rompke Sipkema ditch; commissioners file report April 11, ten days given for objections and remonstrance.

John F. Mitchell ditch; commissioners file report April 11 arid ten days given to file objections and remonstrance. Joseph Nessius ditch; White county files petition showing that in this cause White county has collected $9,144.09 and paid out sl£,837.48. Court directs auditor 'to draw warrant in favor of treasurer of White county for $2,643.39. Heilscher ditch; commissioner reports work, on ditch and amount due contractor $753.88. In the matter of petition of Charles W. Reed tb have Elizabeth Michaels declared of unsound mind; evidence heard and court finds Elizabeth Michaels is 82 years of age,of unsound mind and incapable of managing her estate; Chas. W. Reed appointed guardian, and to file bond in sum of SIO,OOO. ’ Frank A. Witt • vs. Clifford A. Parkison; dismissed. Emmet L. Hollingsworth, adm. of estate of Elizabeth PaYker, vs. Samuel Parker, et al; set for ‘Second Monday. Emmet L. Hollingsworth vs. Emmet L. Hollingsworth, adm; set. for same date. ~ J . ■ State vs. Lewis Shirer; affidavit and information filed and ordered returnable April 18. State of Indiana vs. Frank E.

Babcock; set for trial Fourth Monday. State vs. Wm. Lewis (2 cases); set for Fourth Tuesday. lola J, McKean, et al. vs. Felix Erwin, et al; set for First Friday. Babcock vs. Washburn, et al; Set for Second Wednesday. Swisher vs. Swisher;. set for Second Friday. Hill vs. Williams; set for Third Monday. W. B. Austin vs. Hartman, assignee of G. G. Garrison; set for Third Monday. Arthur Herriman vs. I. J. Parker; set for Third Monday. Kline vs. Kline; set for Third Monday. D. R. Miller vs. Home Ins, Co.; set for Third Friday. Union Trust Co. vs. M. I. Adams; set for Third Friday. Parks, et al. vs. Halstead, et al.; set for Fourth Thursday.

DEMOCRATS FOR HONAN

To Succeed E. D. Crumpacker for Congress In the Tenth. Indianapolis News: The announcement Tuesday that there was a movement on foot amoung the insurgent Republicans of the Tenth congressional district to bring about the defeat of. Congressman Grumpacker from that district, has started the political wheels going. It seems that the real movement which is on foot in the northern end of the district is to have A. F. Knotts, former mayor of Hammond, who is an insurgent Republican, nominated by the Democrats on a progressive platform as opopsed to the platform which was adopted at the Tenth district Republican congressional convention and which declares that the present tariff law is a step in the right direction.. In other words, Mr. Knotts would be the Foss of the Tenth district and would expect to draw the support of the Democrats and of the progressive Republicans. Mr. Knotts, who was in the city yesterday, said he had heard talk of such a movement, but he declined to disfuss his attitude in the matter. It is said that some of the political leaders of the southern part of the Tenth district would be opposed to the movement and the long distance telephone is understood to have been in pretty-general use in the Tenth district last night for political purposes. The political leaders were talking with one another labout the proposal to have' Knotts as a candidate for. congress, and one prominent Democrat from the southern end of the district said to-day that he’ felt sure the movement to bring. Knotts out as the fusion (candidate in the Tenth would be headed off. i It is said that. Democrats in the southern end of the Tenth district believe they can defeat. Crumpacker with one who lias always been in their own ranksas the congressional candidate, - Edward Honan, of Rensselaer, a lawyer and well known Democrat, has been pretty generally discussed for the congressional nomination, and it is said he will have much strength among the southern counties of the Tenth.’

CRISTIAN CHURCH.

The subject of th? Sunday morning sermon, is “The Value of Endurance.” Theevening sermon will be especially designed for men the subject being “Men —Small and Great.” All are welcome.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

The subject of the morning sermonx, will be “The inspired Wordq” in the evening the pastor»will speak on “The Price of a ' Man.” • 'On next Monday evening the Presbyterian Brotherhood will meet in the church parlors at 7:30 p. m. ■; ' ■ .

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