Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1914 — KILLS HERSELF ST TERRE HAUTE [ARTICLE]

KILLS HERSELF ST TERRE HAUTE

Seventeen-Year-Old Virginia Norman Drinks Poison. LEAVES NOTE FOR FATHER Parent Refuses to Reveal Contents of Letter, but Admits It Told of a Quarrel Hie Daughter Had _ With a Young Man. Terre Haute. After writing a abort note to her father, John A. Norman, chief electrician of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction company, Virginia Norman, seventeen years old, ended her life by swallowing poison. She was employed as stenographer in her father’s office. She was found a short time after she had taken the poison by her sister, who Is employed in another departmenL Mr. Norman refused to reveal the contents of the note, but admitted that it told of a quarrel his daughter had with a young man who had been a close friend.

Girl Asks SIO,OOO Damages. Goshen. Through her father, Charles Burbach. a Nappanee merchant, eighteen-year-old Marie Burbach filed suit for SIO,OOO damages against the Chicago, &outh Bend & Northern Indiana Traction company. Last June Miss Burbach went to South Bend to visit. While riding in a city street car a cash fare register box, weighing 60 pounds, dropped four feet and struck her on the head. It is alleged that through the accident her eyeballs have become enlarged and her sight impaired. Two Charged With Murder. Evansville.—As the result of the autopsy on the body of Pearl Vittetow, John Hill was arraigned in city court on a charge of murder and bound over to the grand jury without ball. The Vittetow woman was wounded last week in an exchange of shots between Hill and Capt. John Brown, local river man. Charged with the murder of Garfield Hayes, colored. Walker Love, colored, was arraigned in city court.

New Home Dedicated. Crawfordsville—The new SIOO,OOO Y. M. C. A. building was dedicated. Exercises were held in the association . gymnasium. Frank CBall of Muncie delivered the address of the afternoon. Others who talked were O. M, Gregg, who spoke on “Twenty-Five Years Ago;’’ Edgar A. Rice, on “1914.” and E. E. Stacy of Indianapolis, who represented the state Y. M. C. A. Unidentified Body Found. Gary.—The frozen body of a man. apparently a laborer, was found in a snow bank about five miles east of here, along the Michigan Central right of ( way.£ It is thought the man, blinded by a storm, was struck by a fast train. There were several bruises about the man’s waist. The body has not been identified.

Men Figiht; One Loses Eye. Fort Wayne. came about during a debate regarding the respective greatness of Lincoln and Washington, Ben Grause struck Jack Shearer in the eye Shearer was wearing glasses and the broken glass destroyed the sight of his left eye. Roth of the men live in Marion township Dixon Has No Opposition. North Vernon. —< Representative Dixon is to have no opposition for congress in the Fourth district The time set by the district committee for candidates to file their announcements was Saturday, February 14, and Dixon was the only man to file his announcement. Grocer’s Safe Blown. Evansville. —Safe blowers cracked the safe in the office of Hulman & Co., wholesale grocers here, and obtained more than S2OO ,in money. They overlooked papers and notes that were valued at several thousand dollars. The yeggmen used nitroglycerin. Drinks Poison In Hostelry. Fort Wayne.—William Rollins, fiftythree years old. a retired farmer, who had been a guest at a hotel here for a week, was found dead in his room by hotel employes. A half-emptied bottle of poison indicated the manner of his deaths Greenhouse Destroyed by Fire. Edinburg.—The greenhouse of Thomas Woodard was destroyed by fire. About $2,000 worth, of potted plants were destroyed with the buildings and contents, making the loss between $3,000 and $4,000. Coasters Hurt in Accident. Brazil. —Walker W. Winslow and Janies Campbell sustained broken bones, and Samuel Moore was severely bruised while coasting on a steep hill north of this city. The men had left the women of the party at the top of the hill and made the descent alone. Near the bottom Winslow, to avoid striking another party, guided the sled to one side, and it struck a stump and upset. Winslow’s right leg was broken above the knee, and Campbell sustained three broken ribs. The men are prominent In this city-