Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1912 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 [ADVERTISEMENT]

ANDERSON For several months past the police authorities have had complaints from farmers near the city of having their chickens stolen. They arrested George Ashby on suspicion and after a severe sweating he admitted that he has been making his living stealing chickens and had robbed more than fifty farmers within a short radius of this city. H« also admitted stealing about $lO worth from his father and about S2O worth from his grandfather, James L. Webb, who Just west of the city. He said he sold the fowls to local grocers.

LAFAYETTE While more than one hundred children were attending Sunday school services in tba West Lafayette Methodist church, flro starting in the basement of the building from an overheated furnace rapidly enveloped the auditorium tn smoke and flames. Rev. M. C. Wright and the Sunday school instructors succeeded in getting the children to file out In /good' order. No one was injured. The church suffered a loss of about $7,000. The interior of the building was gutted