Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1914 — DEPUTY ASSESSOR KILLS HIMSELF [ARTICLE]

DEPUTY ASSESSOR KILLS HIMSELF

Was Cleaning Revolver When Last Seen Alive. ILL HEALTH BELIEVED CAUSE George Dietz, Forty-two Years Old, Dies of Bullet Wound in His Stomach—Was Married and Had a Family. Evansville. Dietz, fortytwo years old, deputy assessor, died of a bullet wound in his abdomen. Dietz was cleaning his revolver when last seen alive. He is believed to have committed suicide because of ill health. He was formerly deputy city sealer. He was married and has a family.

Many Subjects to Be Studied. South Bend.—Playgrounds, school gardens, police matrons, civil service, eugenics and art will hold the attention of the Indiana Federation of Women’s Clubs, according to the speakers at the annual state day celebration of the Progress club here. Miss Vida Newsom of Columbus, president of the state federation; Mrs. E. E. Mummert of Goshen, formerly state president, and Mrs. W. W. Reed of Warasw, chairman of the Thirteenth district of the federation, were the principal speakers.

Two Attacked by Mad Cat. Logansport.—Robert Meehan, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Meehan, and a brother of Mrs. Meehan, are taking the Pasteur treatment, following the report of the examination of the head of a pet Maltese cat by the state board of health, which said that there were indications of rabies. The cat attacked both the child and Mrs. Meehan’s brother.

Loan Art Exhibit Lost. Brazil. —A number of oil and water color paintings and steel engravings, etchings and crayon drawings, composing the Indiana university loan exhibit, is lost. The exhibit is valued at several thousand dollars and Dean W. A. Rawles of the university extension department is worried over the. disappearance.> Baby Smothers in Buggy. Nashville,—Genevieve, the year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Campbell, died while on her way from . Bloomington. The little girl was in a buggy with her mother, and began crying. When the mother picked her up she was dead, It is believed the baby smothered to death. Invalid Carried From Fire. Nashville.—The home of Samuel T. Hoy, an aged farmer near here, was partially destroyed by fire Hoy is helpless from an attack of paralysis, arid was alone when the fire started. Neighbors living a mile away were notified by telephone and Hoy was carried from the burning building.

Indiana Girl Dies at College.

Connersville—Word has been received here of the death at Bryn Maur college of Miss Margue?rite Thiebaud, twenty-four years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Thiebaud. She was a graduate of Earlham and prominent in Tri Kappa sorority activities here.

Fourteen Gallons of Honey iri"'*Tree.

Crawfordsville.—Fourteen gallons of honey, entombed in a hollow walnut tree, was found by Ren Oliver, living two miles south of Craw fordsville, when he felled the tree. Mr. Oliver had seen bees swarming about the tree for the last three years.

Farmer Has Disappeared.

Columbus. —Search is being made for Jacob Campbell, a veteran of the Civil war and farmer, who started on foot from his home to Elizabethtown. a distance of ten miles, to consult a physician. He has not returned and his relatives fear he has died or met with foul play. Two Miners Die in Explosion. Terre Haute.—JElmer Hagemann, thirty-two years old, and Hosea Douglass, thirty, were suffocated in Miami mine, No. 6, near Clinton, by dust explosion. Jloth leave widows. Man Dies of Wound. Boonville.—Robert Simpson, aged fifty-two, died from wounds he inflicted last week with a shotgun with suicidal intent. He shot himself in the abdomen. He leaves a wife. Youthful Wire Thief Freed. Shelbyville,—Fred Thomas, seventeen years old, was released from jail after being given a suspended prison sentence for stealing copper wire from the Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction company His father is in the insane asylum and his mother is in the woman’s prison.

Chalmers Minister to Martinsville. Martinsville.—Rev. R. W. Thorne of Chalmers hae been called’to the pastorate of the Baptist church here, and will take ip his duties next Sunday.