Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1912 — Mrs. Ross Porter Dies From Operation In Chicago. [ARTICLE]

Mrs. Ross Porter Dies From Operation In Chicago.

Word was received here yesterday noon of the death of Mrs. Ross Porter of Jordan tp.. who went to Chicago. Sunday evening and was operated on at the Westside hospital yesterday for appendicitis. She never came out from under the effects of the anasthetic. Mrs. Porter was formerly Miss Pauline Ames of Rensselaer, and had been married less than two years. She told friends here before going to the hospital that she felt no apprehension whatever over the operation. News of her death was a great shock to her friends. i _ Barber Rhoades Clashes With City Marshal. Charles W. Rhoades, the barber, had a mix-up with Marshal Mustard Monday afternoon over the killing by the latter of the former’s dog, Saturday. Under the law it is the marshal’s duty to kill unmuzzled dogs, and he states that the Rhoades dog ran about much of the time last year unmuzzled, and also this year; that he had twice this season taken the dog to Mr. Rhoades when he had found it running about without a muzzle and told him to take care of it. The dog was over in the east part of town several days last week, the marshal states, without a muzzle on and different persons called him id come and kill it. Saturday he saw a dog lying at the side of the road, by the park on Division street, about six blocks from the Rhoades’ residence, and he shot it. He states that he did not know at the time whose dog it was, as there are a number of fox terriers in the city and they all look alike, but it would have made no difference if he had known who it belonged to. for the dog was unmuzzled and it was his duty to kill it. After Mrs. tlhoades had given the marshal a piece of her mind, her husband started out Monday afternoon looking for him, and meeting him on the corner by Earl Duvall’s store, began to abuse him for doing his duty, and is alleged to have used a number of cuss words to emphasize his remarks, calling him ad — cheap skate, etc., etc., and 'declaring that he had killed the dog because of a personal grudge he had against him, which the mrshal vigorously denies. The marshal told Mr. Rhoades to go on about his business and to keep stilt, but the latter replied that he would do as he d — pleased. At this the marshal told him ■ that he would arrest him, and put his hand on his shoulder and told him to consider himself under arrest. Then, Rhoades struck the marshal, hitting him in the right eye and 1 discoloring that optic. The marshal then pulled his club and struck the beligerent barber over the head a couple of times quite soundly, when Sheriff 1 Hoover rushed in between tnem and parted them. Tne marshal swore out two affidavits before Squire Irwin against Rhoades, one for assault and battery and one for profanity, and it is probable a third charge, that of resisting an officer, will be filed. The cases came up yesterday afternoon and jury trial was demanded by Rhoades. And all over a dog, too.