Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1911 — Page 1

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J. W. POOLE IS ARRESTED FOR MURDER

Benton County Man Accused of Killing Farm Hand ARRESTED BY SHERIFF HOOVER At Poole’s Barkley Tp. Farm Monday Night.—Body of Victim Is Found Buried On Farm Near Swanington.—Poole Acknowledges Killing, But Says It Was An Accident. John \Y. Poole of near Swanington, Benton county, mention of whose recent arrest on suspicion of the murder of his German farm hand was made in The Democrat a. few weeks ago, and who was discharged on a seatrch of his preimses failing to reveal the body of the man whom Poole’s son had charged him with killing, was arrested again at 9 p. m., Tuesday at his Barkley tp. farm in Jasper county, where he had been doing some work.

Poole’s son, who first made the charge against him to an Indianapolis detective agency which resulted in the former’s arrest, claims to have been quietly searching for the body of the farm hand since the former arrest and dismissal for want of evidence, add Tuesday he located the body, which was dismembered and buried in a field quite a distance from the house. The find caused great excitement and a hurry-up trip to Rensselaer was made by the Benton county sheriff. The arrest was made by Sheriff Hoover, who with A 1 Robinson was driving from Wheatfield to Rensselaer. The sheriff had been up at Wheatfield on business, and while there his deputy, Gus Grant, informed him by phone that the Benton county sheriff was over here with two or three other men and wanted Poole.

The Benton county officers said Poole was a desperate character, but Mr. Hoover told Guss that he would stop on the way to Rensselaer and bring John in. The farm is occupied by a bachelor tenant by the name of Cloudy, and when Hoover reached the place he rapped on the door and the latter got out of bed and asked what was wanted. He told Cloudy that he wanted Poole, and he went back to the stairs and called Poole, who came down at once and came away quietly with Hoover and Robinson. He seemed considerably worried about the arrest, however.

When about half way to town they met Guss Grant and the Benton county posse who were going out and lay for Poole when he got up next morning. The prisoner was turned over to the Benton county officers who took him to Fowler in their auto, arriving there about 1 a. m., Wednesday morning. According to reports Poole was , much frightened at being taken back to Fowler, fearing a mob, and hid under a blanket : n the auto on going into town. He is also alleged to have admitted to. the killing of the farm hand to the sheriff on the way O'er, but claimed it was accidental. A statement in Wednesday’s papers made by the son to the prosecuting attorney regarding the alleged murder is as follows: “On Sunday morning about 9:30 o’clock, the 12th day of December, 1909, Joe Kemper drove me over to D. Mahoney’s to look after some traps I had set there for skunks. When we got over there "Joe turned around and drove back home, so that mother, and Grace could take the horse and go to Swanington to Sunday school. Mother said that when Joe got back he had broke one of the wheels on the buggy, and he unhitched from the buggy and hitched up to the other buggy, and they got in and drove off, and that “Joe was a German, who came to work for father, when he could not

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LICENSES REFUSED

In Newton County Because of Insufficient Population of • Unit. ‘ The voters of Lincoln township stirred up the foam Saturday and invited the return of saloons by a vote of 61 to 95, giving a wet majority of 34. But the victory of the wets will probafcl y prove futile for there are not 1,000 inhabitants in the township and the county commissioners have decided that they will, stand firm on their order fixing the ratio of one saloon for each 1,000 persons. The commissioners of Adams county have made the same ruling, refusing a license even though the township voted wet. Appeals have been taken and if Roselawn and Thayer get saloons they will get them through the circuit court, which will b e asked to construe the law.—Kentland Eeterprise.

THE CIRCUIT COURT

April Term Ends Today and May Term In Newton Co. Opens Monday. The case of the State vs. D. R. Brown of Chicago, who owns a farm northeast of Wheatfiekl, charged with having cut timber on an adjoining 80, known as the “lost 80,” was thrown out of court Thursday, it being shown that Brown’s men had inadvertently got over the line of Brown’s land 'onto this 80, of which C. G. Spitler of Rensselaer, is agent, and cut several white oak trees, but he stopped cutting and offered to pay for same when it was found tQ be another’s land. A little spite work seems to have figured in the matter, and the late grand jury returned an indictment. It was shown to the court that the defendant could not be guilty of larcency, as charged, but could only be guilty of trespass, and the court ordered a verdict returned by jury for the defendant. The case of Lewin vs. Hoover was continued for the term and the jury was discharged Thursday afternoon for the term. In the Marble ditqh, Mann Spitler files affidavit for change of venue from the court and names of Geo. Marvin, Ed Uhl and E. B. Sellers are suggested by the court from which -to select a judge to sit in the case. The Borntrager ditch matter was up yesterday.

WILL RECEIVE FIRST COMMUNION.

Next Sunday, May 7, will be a festive day for the members of St. Augustine’s parish, when a class of thirty children, nineteen boys and eleven girls, will receive their first communion. The services will be very impressive. The class will be met at the parochial school by the little ones of the school; who carrying banner candles and flowers', will escort them to the church. Upon their arrival at the church they will at once proceed to the sanctuary where they solemnly renew their baptismal vows. At the conclusion of the vows,, the class will chant hymns in honor of their Holy Mother, the Church, and their Savior. After this follows the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, during which the class will receive for the first time their Lord and Maker.

To accommodate the little ones, the services for this particular Sunday have been slightly changed. The first mass will be at 7:30 and the Highmass, or the First Communion mass at 9*30. The class'TUnsists of the following: John Kellner, Carl Eiglesbach, Paul Healy, Lambert Halsema, Gaylord Remley, Aloys Kohley, Arnold Kahter, Urban Nagel, Paul Worland, Donald Sheuricb, Edward Kosta, Charles Kosta, Louis Lane, Joseph Maienbrook, Leonard Rajel, George Lonergan, Arnold Kolhoff, Leo Hurley, Fred Thomas, Luella Robinson, Lucille Luers, Mary Wagner, Lillian Nagel, Mabel Worland, Leona Kolhoff, Lizzie Putts, Catherine Halsema, Lucy Brusnahan, Evelyn Michaels, Margarete Zimmer.

If every buyer could only know before he buys all of the merits and faults of the individual car he is buying, if he only knew that after he purchased that he would be made a friend of and not a bird to be picked. We say it’s a Maxwell.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1911.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol /New suits filed: No. 7729. Harry L. JArown, adm. of estate of Fletcher Monnett, deceased, vs. Lida G. Monnett, et al.; petition, to sell real estate. No. 7730. Emmet L. Hollingsworth vs. David D. Gleason; suit to foreclose mortgage. Demand On account of the continued illness of one of the attorneys, the Ransford bankruptcy proceedings in the federal court at lndianaoolis was not takbn up Wednesday, and no new date has been set. MV.’ Ransford is still doing doing business at the old stand and has a new ad elsewhere in this paper. There are no new developements in the “Bader case.” Just when he will be taken to prison seems to be up to Governor Marshall, who accepted his bond when granting a parole pending an appeal in March of last year. The committment papers are also with the governor, it is presumed, as they are not here.

Marriage licenses issued: May 4, Ralph G. Maihauer of Medaryville aged 22, occupation barber, to Grace Esther Zea of Rensselaer, daughter of Lyman Zea, aged 16, occupation housekeeper. Mother of female granting permission for issuance of license. Married by Rev. C. L. Harper at the M. E. parsonage. Flora J. Poole, wife of the John W. Poole whose killing of a farm hand on their home farm near Swanington is now occupying as much newspaper space as the noted Gunness case near Laporte a few years ago, owns 120 acres of land* in sections T - 14, Milroy tp., and 120 acres in sections 5-8, Barkley tp., Jasper county. Poole accumulated practically all their property, but had it placed in his wife’s name to make it secure from litigation. The county council met Wednesday in special session and continued over to Thursday, on account of the appropriations exceeding $3,000. The appropriations made were as follows: Per diem Co. Supt $4.00 Traveling expenses, same. . . 100.00 Co. Health Commissioner.... 15.70 Capturing criminals out of Co 50.00 Repair court house. 300.00 Smallfelt and Randle ditches 20.77 Crow scalp bounty 500.00 Five bridges, Barkley tp..6,750.00 Two brg.s, Hanging Grove. 1,250.00 Repair bridge, Remington ... 400.00 Exp. circuit court ditches. . 3,000.00 Total $12,093.97

J. C. Dickerson, a former superintendent of schools at both Remington, Goodland and Kentland, leaving each place after a school rumpus, and who now resides on a farm near Tefft, is also a candidate for county superintendent here, it is said. During the rumpus at Remington, former county clerk W. H. Coover was a member of the school board, and antiDickerson. The latter blamed Coover for his having to leave Remington, and when Coover was a candidate for the nomination for state senator a few years ago against Eben Wolcott, Dickerson was then in the zenith of his power at Goodland. His political work, w r e are told, defeated Coover , for senator. Although the Remington trouble was several years prior to that date, Dickerson still bore it in mind. There is some unpublished history connected with the Bader bridge graft cases in this county that may some time be made public, and no doubt Bader himself could tell a few things if he chose that would put certain ones to squirimng in great shape. While it is not generally known it is nevertheless a fact that Prosecutor Longwell, during the pendency of these bridge graft matters, received two letters from Mr. Bader wanting to make an appointment with him outside the state, one letter wanted Mr. Longwell to meet Bader in Kankakee, and the other wanted to

arrange a meeting in Chicago. Why do you suppose the meeting was desired? But LoNgwell proved true and made no Teglv to the letters. Considering all he had to contend with in this case Mr. Longwell is entitled to great credit for remaining steadfast and doing his duty. Following is a report of the proceedings of the county commissioners at their May session: Interest on county funds for the month of April was reported as follows: First Nat. Bank, Rensselaer. $94.72 Trtist & S. Bank, Rensselaer. 39.45 State Bank, Rensselaer..... 47.57 State Bank, Remington 35.02 All bids rejected for Tunis Snij. stone roads in Keener tp., and readvertisement ordered. Viewers granted until June term to file reports in the Halstead and Yeornan gravel road petitions in Newton tp. Auditor directed to issue bonds for unpaid assessments in the DavisJungle ditch. Treasurer reports that he has collected $3,851.19. Costs of remotistrators of $79.25 taxed to ditch and ordered paid. Auditor directed to issue bonds in the C. C. Randle ditch for unpaid assessments. Treasurer reports having collected assessments of $2,660.25. Harry E. Gifford ditch; viewers file report and cause continued for objections. Robert E. Van Gundy, petition for drain in Milroy tp.; continued for notice. Tilden J. Prouty ditch; treasurer reports having cbllected $4,897.27 and auditor directed to issue bonds for all unpaid assessments.

“BIG LOTUS” WITH GOLLMAR SHOWS.

“Big Lotus,” the “hip” with the Gollmar Shows, knows his value, and he also knows that the public is not as well acquainted with him as it pretends to be. When he first joined the circus he seemed annoyed because the cheap, sickly, treacherous little monkey attracted more attention than he did; but he is over that now. Although he is not paid the homage and attention that is Tis due, this giant beast does not show his disappointment, but lies contentedly in the mammoth tank water in the bottom of his cage, and in parade he will occasionally make goo-goo eyes at the crowds or open his great mouth. When the menagerie is opened he is so provoked that people devote so much time to the other numerous attractions of The Gollmar Brothers zoological display that he frequently turns his back to the whole crowd. “Big Lotus” comes here with the Gollmar Brothers Circus Saturday, May 13.

COLLEGEVILLE ITEMS.

The baseball games of the Senior League are proving interesting beyond expectation; and the very low score of all of the contests shows that there is no dearth of real baseball material. Thus far the Royals, managed by C. Leary, lead with an unbroken record. Diamond Dust is again in the sporting field. The same management that steered the weal of Gym-Junk is in accurately, and in the editorial sidelights, the editors strive to carry out intensely the paper’s motto “We knock to boost.” Last Sunday evening the C. L. S. rendered their farewell program for this season, and it was, indeed, a very creditable performance. H. Hipskind’s talk on the benefits of being a member of the society was practical and well received. T. Pax’s impersonation of Mark Twain, at least in appearance was true to the character of the great humorist. The following are the numbers of the entertainment-; Overture, Childrens Arbor Day. Band Inaugural, The C. L. S.H. Hipskind Oration, Edmund Burke. .. .Charles 'Condon. Story of the Light Brigade... .Otto Peters. , Overture, Triumph. ........ .Band March, a poem Carl Becker Keenan’s Charge. . . .Victor Wagner The Good Time Coming. Alois Copenolle. Overture, Criteri0n.......... Band The Modern Cain John Goetz Fishing .Clement Crock Mark Twain on Christian Science. . T. Pax and W. Weber.

Get the habit of buying your shoes at a shoe store, where we devote our entire time to fitting shoes to feet.—Fendig’s # Exclusive Shoe Store. Opera House Block.

ISH’T THIS A BALD RUBBERY?

Republican Charges High School $235 fur $l5O Job DEMOCRAT’S BID WAS $125 Exclusive of Paper Stock, Which Is Worth $25 to S3O, But Misrepresentation and Dirty Politics Landed the Job at SBS More Than It Was Worth. The Rensselaer high school is issuing a manual, and 250 copies were to be gotten out of 125 pages. The Democrat was asked to bid on this work, exclusive of cuts and paper; the cuts to be furnished by the school and tljc. wholesale cost of the paper added, as they had not decided upon the kind of paper they would use. The paper, we in formed the committee would cost from $25 to S3O, and our price for doing the work in a first-class manner would be $1 per page, or $125 for the 250 books. Through misrepresentation and evidently a little dirty politics on the part of a certain member of the high school faculty, the Rensselaer Republican was awarded the contract at $235, including the paper stock, or SBS more than an equally good or better jt>b would have cost from The Democrat office. In other words, the high school • s J u ffgled out of SBS on this job.

REPUBLICAN DIES HARD.

“Whom the Gods Seek to Destroy They First Make Mad.” It was indeed a tremendous disappointment to the fending Rensselaer Republican to have the supreme court affirm the decision in the Bader bridge graft case, and, as it is hardly the thing to abuse Prosecutor Longwell or covertly thrust Judge Hanley any more, it now pours its vials of wrath at The Democrat editor and makes numerous false and silly accusations about us. It attempts to say we cheated the telephone company in printing its last cards, which job was let on competitive bids. The board on which said card was printed is 8-ply white blanks; the previous card was 10-ply; some few on as heavy as 12-ply, but the job was wanted as cheaply as possible and we showed the superintendent the 8-ply. He said that was heavy enough, and we made our bid accordingly. The difference in the cost of the 8-ply and 10-ply, on the number of cards ordered, was precisely $1.40, but our bid was, according to the Republican, $3 the lowest. The telephone company got precisely what it knew it was getting, and got full count, too. Our bid was for 1,600, which we furnished, while the Republican says its bid was for 1,500, or 100 less than we were to furnish. It says we furnished a different paper to two county officers a couple of years ago when wehad the county stationery contract than that specified, but didn’t file any bill for same. W° did do so, because the specifications were for Strathmore Parchment and one or two of the officers did not like that paper, although it is an expensive paper. Strathmore is not made in ruled goods, and as these officers all told did not require but 808 letter heads, (see Com. Record 13, page 411) we got a paper that was made up in ruled headings, at their request, and it cost precisely the same money as the Strathmore. It did not, however, comply with the specifications in respect to brand, and we filed no bill for these 800 letter heads, worth $2. Sorry' we didn’t give the Republican a chance to kick, which it now publicly admits it was only waiting a chance for, but if we wanted to giye Jasper county 800 letter heads free gratis we guess we had a right to do so. But so unsatisfactory was Strathmore Parchment paper to some of the officers that

after trying it for two years—-one-year under our contract and one year under the Republican’s (and we’ll gamble a nickle that the Republican furnished some of its contract out of jstock that was not of this brand, and drew pay for it, too) that the matter of the particular brand of paper was changed this year to let each officer make his own selection. Don’t take our word for this. Ask Auditor Leatherman if this is not true. It also repeats that old chestnut about our entering into a contract with George Marshall—it omits Leslie Clark, one of the present owners of the Republican, this time—to receive a part of the money paid for city printing. More than a year ago it made a similar charge and the city council directed the city attorney to investigate the charges—which the Republican failed to note at the time. We published the fact and urged that an investigation be made, but the city attorney, who is also the republican county chairman, lias never made any report, as shown by the city records. Now, again, we urge that he make a report on this charge. We don’t fear it at all, and if the Republican is so anxious about it we suggest that it also raise its voice and demand in the resonant tones of its military editor that Mr. Leopold reports in this matter.

It might also urge that Mr. Leopold prepare that ordinance regulating the city printing, which he was directed to do last August, when The Democrat, as it has done for several years, in accordance with a city ordinance, put in a bid for this work at one-third what the Republican is paid without contract. Two years ago George Williams told the council it didn’t have to abide by its own ordinance, to keep the work from us, and last year it was side-tracked by refering it to Mr. Leopold. But we have made our bid right along in good faith and put up a gilt-edged SSOO bond each time, as the city rec-ords-will showWhy doesn’t the Republican urge a report on these charges, as Ihe Democrat has been doing? Is it afraid to face its own music? It is too bad that the Repub4ican always gets on the wrong side of every proposition. But it does invariably. Scores of leading republicans of the county are free to confess that so long as it insists in this course the g. o. p. in Jasper county is in a bad way.

PARK COMPANY WIN CASE

Court Finds Against Hensler In Contested Case From Remington. The hearing in the cross-com-plaint of the Fountain Park Co., of Remington against Christian L. Hensler, who bought the Park grounds and the old fair grounds of the trustee of the Robert Parker bank, was finished Tuesday - afternoon and a decision rendered granting practically all the cross-plaintiff’s had asked for. The case arose, it will be remembered, by reason of Mr. Hensler suing for rent of the Park hotel and a certain cottage known as the Robert Parker cottage, which he contended were not a part of the Park company’s buildings. When the case came up for trial Mr. Hensler dismissed his complaint, but the Park company insisted on a trial on their cross-complaint as they desired to know r their legal rights. Mr. Hensler had partly dismantled the old amphitheatre and judge’s stand on the old fair grounds which the company also had leased with the park proper all for SSO per year during4he months of July and August. The rights on the grounds and to the dam in Carpenter’s creek was also in controversy. The court’s decision is quite voluminous and seems to clearly set out the rights of each party. It covers nine pages of typewritten manuscript and in brief holds:

That the Fountain Park Co., was and still is the owner of the hotel building and all its appurtenances, a certain 8-room cottage mentioned in the evidence as “the Parker cottage,” a water tower, pump, tank, engines, pipes, and the like; a checkroom and barber shop, restaurant building, feed stalls for horses, cer-

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