Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1914 — BLOOMINGTON MAN KILLS HIS WIFE [ARTICLE]

BLOOMINGTON MAN KILLS HIS WIFE

Shoots Woman as Result of a Jealous Rage. CAPTURED AFTER LONG CHASE After Slaying Spouse, Thomas Hardin Sends Three Bullets Into the Abdomen of His Mother in-Law. Bloomington.— After ag. quarrel with his wife, Thomas Hardin, thirtyeight, shot and killed her in her home as_ the result of a jealous rage, fie then sent three bullets in the abdomen of her mother, Mrs. Joseph Richardson. The latter is in a dying condition. Hardin was captured in his store after a long chase.

Bloomington “Lid” Is On. Bloomington.—Following the local option election in Bloomington, which resulted in a victory for the “drys,” the officers of the city declared in interviews their intention of stamping out every “blind tiger” in the city and county and of clamping the lid down tighter than it has ever been before. Mayor J. G. Harris, Prosefcutor J. K. Barclay and Superintendent of Police Joseph Hensley all asserted that the liquor laws will be enforced to the letter. Two alleged "blind tigers” were raided as a starter. Former Pastor to Be Tried. Bloomington.— Following the protest of Rev. John R. Ellis, former pastor of the. First Presbyterian church of this city, that his trial op charges brought against him should not be held here because of local prejudice, the committee appointed by the Indianapolis Presbytery decided to try the case at Martinsville. The date is Thursday, March 12. All the church officers and about 30 Bloomington citizens will attend.

Jury Awards Widow $2,000. Princeton. —After being out several hours, the jury in the case of Mrs. Altlia O’Brien, administratrix, against the S. W. Little Coal company, returned a verdict awarding the plaintiff damages in the sum of $2,000. The plaintiff's husband, William O’Brien, former weighmaster at the Blackburn mine in Pike county, was caught by a coal car and crushed to death. The plaintiff alleged negligence. Primary Is Set for May 2. Rochester.—The official call will be issued here by Democratic Chairman Frank McCarter, for a county primary. Saturday, May 2, has been selected at a meeting of the county central committee. A joint judicial primary for Fulton and Marshall counties will be held at the same time, and it is also likely that the various townships will nominate on that day. • Couple Married on Car. Winchester. Roscoe L. Regar, son of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Regar, and Miss Hazel Grace Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wright, were married on a traction car near here. The couple had started for the home of Rev. N. H. Thornburg at Farmland, but met the minister in the car, and he performed the ceremony before about 75 passengers.

Wielder of Knife Is Held. Newcastle. —A charge of assault and battery with intent to kill has been placed against William Day, who attacked Clayton Rook and cut him so severely that it required 152 stitches to close the wounds. The two men quarreled over 62 cents, which Day alleged Rook owed him. Rook has some chance for recovery, physicians say. Cement Workers on Strike. Bedford.—Sixty employes in the Lehigh Portland Cement company’s mill No. 2 went out on strike, demanding an increase in wages. The entire plant is now closed, 200 men being out of employment, and a long lockout is feared. Fireman Knocked off Trained, Killed. Terre Haute. —O. D. Wilson, fireman on the Peoria division of the Vandalia road, was knocked from his engine by a bridge and killed. The engineer did not miss him until he had run several miles. His home is in Decatur. I ' 9 Miner Dies of Injuries, Boonville— Christ Rodermund, for-ty-one, miner, received injuries while employed in KorfTs coal mine by falling slate from which he died. State Mine Inspector John Wright, found injury was an accident. Steal ST,BOO in Silverware. Fort Wayne—Burglars broke into the jewelry store of August Bruder. corner of Calhoun and Wayne streets, one of the principal corners of the city, and obtained goods estimated to be worth SI,BOO. No attempt was made to get into the safe, where the diamonds were kept, but sterling silver mesh bags and tableware were carried away. Entrance was effected by drilling into the front door behind the shelter of a storm box which hid the burglars while at work.