Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1912 — SIATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

SIATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. i GETS 450 DAYS IN JAIL “Blind Tiger” Operator at Muncle Must Spend About Two Years in Prison for Keeping Unlicensed Drinking Place. Muncie, Sept. 20. —A record for "blind tiger” sentences was made when Joseph Randolph, on a plea of guilty to operating an unlicensed drinking place, was fined and sentenced to serve 450 days in jail. He will be released from prison in 1914, if no part of the penalty is revoked. Randolph got the limit because he not only is an old offender, but because he 6aid to the court: “You might as well make my fine SI,OO0 —it will' do you as ipuch good, because you won’t get a cent, anyway.” Randolph charged the police department with showing favoritism to certain “blind tiger” operators.

Girl Killed in Auto Accident. Stilesville, Sept. 20. —Ruth Mahaney, sixteen years old, was killed and her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mahaney of Terre Haute, injured, the latter seriously, in an auto accident near here. The chauffeur was not hurt. The party left Terre Haute for Notre Dame, where Mr. and Mrs. Mahaney intended to place their daughter in St. Mary’s school. While on the road near here the machine skidded and the chauffeur lost control of it, At the edge of the road it upset, pinning all occu-, pants beneath it. Mahaney, who sustained only slight bruises, attempted lo move the machine, but found it too heavy and called on a nearby farmer for assistance. . Two Charged With Theft. Washington, Sept. 20. —Deputy Sheriff John McCafferty and Capt. Will Kermode of the police force arrested Henry McDonald and Samuel Street, charged with burglarizing the stores of Mort McPherson, Daily Bros., Fanning & Healy and the Harris jewelry store at Montgomery. Loot to the amount of several hundred dollars was taken. The neighborhood is undergoing a season of burglaries, no less than a dozen having been committed within the last few days. The

house of Roy F-eagans was entered and $26 in cash stolen. The thief became conscience stricken and returned the money, tossing it near the rear door from an alley.