Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1914 — LONG LAKE CLAIMS YOUNG LIFE SAVER [ARTICLE]

LONG LAKE CLAIMS YOUNG LIFE SAVER

Twenty - Four - Year - Old Man Loses Life at Valparaiso. VICTIM SEIZED WITH CRAMPS Edward Gustafson Sinks in 40 Feet of Water While Giving an Exhibition of Long Distance Swimming. Valparaiso. Edward Gustafson, twenty-four years old, a life saver employed at Long summer resort north of this city, drowned in 40 feet of water while giving an exhibition of long distance swimming. He was seized with cramps. Two Pastors Dropped. Bluffton.—The annual conference of the Methodist Protestant churches of Indiana came to a close at Liberty Center with the stationing of the pastors for the coming year. The stationing committee made many changes. One of the closing features of the conference was the dropping of two ministers from the conference. J. S. Cassidy of Gaston was dropped for the reason that he believes and preached holiness, which is not in accord with the belief of the church. William S. Coons of the Montpelier circuit was dropped because of violating the church rule against divorce and remarriage Mr. Coons has asked for a hearing on the charge. An organization known as the Laymen’s Federation was perfected, C. L. Farns being named president and .1. Baskett secretary and treasurer. The ordination sermon was delivered Sunday by Doctor Elderice, president of Westminster Theological seminary. Rev. Ira McVey, who has been stationed at Kendallvilie for three years, was the only candidate for ordination. W. A. Lineberry, president of the conference, directed the ceremony, assisted by Dr. •T. C. McCaslin, a member of the faculty, and S. S. Stanton, the candidate’s choice. Prisoner Escapes From Jail. Columbus.— William Wright, sixty years old, a deputy constable here, is believed to be dying from a fractured skull and Ralph Lee, twenty years old, a farmer youth near here, is a fugitive from justice with a posse of officers at his heels as the result of an assault with an iron bar on the officer by Lee. Wright opened the door to the county jail to admit William Board, who had been convicted 1n Justice Kinney’s court of beating a hoard bill, when Lee, who was standing ready at the door, struck the deputy constable, knocking him unconscious and making good his escape. Leo was awaiting trial on seven charges of burglary here and at Franklin. When sixteen years old, Lee, whose home is in Brown county, was caught in the act of robbing a hardware store at Edinburg bv the marshal of the town, whom lie shot. Lee is regarded as a desperate criminal Melvin Parks, also a farmer youth but who lives in Bartholomew county, is in jail at Franklin, where he is being held as an accomplice to Lee in the seven alleged burglaries

Quarrel Over Game Ends in Shooting. Bloomington.—As a result of a quarrel over a game of cards, John Scarbaugh, 'thirty-eight, an employe of i lie Consolidated Stone company, shot and killed Henry Nunn, a merchant at Hensonburg, a small village two miles from here. Scarbaugh escaped before officers arrived and is still at large. After the men had quarreled Scarbaugh obtained a shotgun and when within a few feet of Nunn pulled the trigger. Nunn was killed instantly. lie was thirty-two years of age and leaves a wife and two children Both men came here from Warren county, some time ago. Companion’s “First Aid” Saves Life. Shelbyville.—Earl Smith, eighteen, son of William Smith- <of this city, lost his right leg when he fell beneath a freight train here. The youth’s life was saved by a companion, James O. Keeley, who cut a part of his suspender from ills back, tied it around the mangled leg of Smith and twisted it with a stick until the flow of blood was stopped. The leg was amputated later by physicians. i Brakeman Hurt in Fall. Bloomington.—O. F. Goss, a brakeman on the Monon railroad, was badly injured when he fell from a freight car on to a pile of iron rails near the tracks at Wallace Junction. The handrail to which Goss was holding broke and let him fall to the side of the track. His back was badly injured. i i . .. , . Arrested Following Murder. Terre Haute. John - Guston 'of Clarksville, Tenfa., was under arrest here following the murder of Charles Davis, a bartender. Guston claims, according to the police, that Davis attempted to shoot him with a revolver but that he took the revolver from Davis and shot him dead. Deputy Game Warden Kills Man. Plymouth. Peter J. Holloway, deputy game warden, shot and killed Louis Jeffries, who resisted arrest tot Illegal fishing.