Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1914 — MISSED BY THE MOVIES. [ARTICLE]

MISSED BY THE MOVIES.

Wheatfield Butcher Goes On Rampage and Is Lassoed by Harvey Keene. Special to The Democrat. . Wheatfield, Ind., February 26 - • Wheatfield had one of her periodical wild west shows Wednesday afternoon. George Hohen, the butcher and one of his hobo friends went on a tear. The former wanted a place for his friend to sleep and demanded that the lock-up be opened. The marshal refused and then the show commenced. In less than five minutes the doors of the lock-up were smashed in and George had his hobo were in possession. George then informed the town officials of what he had done and they proceeded to try to place him under arrest, but were emphatically informed that they were not men enough in town to take him, and he came near proving his words true. He proceeded to take a nip at the marshal’s finger, and the latter went to the doctor. He kicked out the glass in the saloon door, and the crowd, after running him over town, managed to lasso him like a wild steer, and with eight or ten men lending a band they led and drug him to the “cooler.” Trustee Harvey Keene Is credited with having hurled the lariet th/t brought George to his knees. The doors had hardly been closed when he picked up a lamp and hurled it through the grates of his cell. Oil, glass and a few cuss words bespattered the crowd who had come to see the show. George next to break up housekeeping. Tearing up the bunk, he secured a short piece of plank which he used as a battering ram, and rained blow after blow aginst the narrow window of his cell, which soon began to give way under the terrific ranting. The frame gave way and one iron bar fell out, then another one, and in a few minutes more he and his friend would have been at liberty. But the marshal, after being armed, stood guard, and on threats of being shot the hobo weakened and George became calmer.

The sheriff was telegraphed for, but did not show any inclination to take a hand, thinking, no doubt, that as Wheatfield was an Incorported town, she must look after her own drunks or take them to the county seat for safe keeping. At 5 p. m., the ante-room to the jail was full, also the sidewalk in front, while the hobo and George were harranguelng the crowd with a plea of justification when the writer left for the peaceful and quiet of the country. Hohen was released about 9 p. m., under SI,OOO bonds. He is all right when sober, but a perfegjU when under the influence of liquor.