Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1914 — STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS

Brazil.—Vjrgil May. twenty-five years old, Jasonville, Ind., was found guilty by a jury here of attempted assault upon Josephine Graesick, a fourteen-year-old orphan girl, and was sentenced from two to fourteen years in the state reformatory. Rochester.—David Hissong, a farmer living near Rochester, led his sixth wife to the altar. He is sixty years old and has lost three wives by divorce and two by death. The bride is Mrs. Minnie Welch, aged forty. She has been married twice. North Vernon. —W. S. Campbell, fifty-four years old, is dead at his home in this city. For twentythree years he was cashier of the North Vernon National bank. He is survived by a widow, one son, Ewing, and two daughters, Miss Josie Campbell and Mrs. Don Tripp. Indianapolis.—Enraged because his wife delayed action for divorce, Ralph Dittamore, thirty-one, went to her home in Crescent avenue, shot her to death and then turned his revolver on himself, inflicting two wounds which will probably prove fatal. The Dittamores have three children, six, eight and ten years old. Indianapolis.—ln an effort to stop hunting, which is regarded as otfe means of spreading the foot-and-mouth disease among farm animals, Governor Ralston issued a proclamation urging land owners to refuse permits to hunters. It is a criminal offense to hunt with dog or ferret on any 'and in Indiana without the consent of the owner or tenant. Terre Haute.—Ernest Morris, age nineteen, who had * “batched” in a small house at Staunton, after promising mother to return to her home, blew off most of his head with shotgun. Couple returning from a party saw light and looked In window, seeing body half sitting on side of bed. Left rambling statement of mental worry.

Bloomington.—The little town of Harrodsburg, twelve miles south of here, was visited by yeggmen, but little loot was obtained. The safe at the Fowler & Holland flouring mill was blown open, but was empty. The J. R. Smallwood store was entered and $2 taken from the store cash register. The post office is in the Smallwood store and $S of Uncle Sam's money was taken. There is no clew. New Albany.—Mrs. Sarah E. Heyn was acquitted of the charge of shooting and killing her 'husband, Henry Heyn, at their home near Henry ville, Clark county, last January. On the first ballot the jury stood eleven to one for acquittal, and on the second ballot it was unanimous. Mrs. Heyn was not placed on the witness stand, but the testimony of the defense was to the effect that Heyn, when intoxicated, had attempted to strike her with a chair, and that she then seized a revolver and shot him. Lafayette.—After operating extensively In this city, Mrs. W. H. Hood and members of her family, advertising themselves as New York furriers, were arrested as they were boarding a Wabash train for central Illinois. Charges of fraud had been placed against them. It is said they owed a bill of $25 at a boarding house here, and that through advertisements in the papers they had obtained credit at many stores and bought goods. A number of people turned over furs to them to be remodeled, and, it is alleged, these furs had been shipped out of town. The family of six was brought to the jail.

Lafayette.—Mrs. \V. H. Hood, who was arrested, charged with obtaining money under false pretense and obtaining more than S3OO of merchandise from local merchants by fraud, was sentenced to thirty days in jail for defrauding a board and room bill. She was alsp fined $5 in each of two cases, which, with costs, will compel her to remain in jail for sixty days. The police also have placed a charge of petit larceny against her and expect to hear more about her from other cities in a few days. Her sons, who were arrested with her, were released tonight. Mrs. Hood, when she arrived here, advertised herself as a furrier. Laporte.— After being out more than twenty-four hours the jury in the Starke circuit court, which heard the trial of James Chamberlain, charged with first-degree murder in the billing of Frank Learman, a Hamlet (Ind.) business man,' came into court and, reporting a disagreement, was discharged. Chamberlain then pleaded guilty to a charge of voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to prison from two to twenty-one years. Chamberlain killed Learman by stabbing him with a fish spear after calling Jiim from his place of business. It was feared at the time of the edy that a mob might seize Chamber-” lain and he was brought jto the LaPorte jail for safe keeping. Warsaw.—The High school building at Pierceton, ten miles east of here, was badly damaged by fire. School children who were in the building fled in a panic. A defective flue is blamed. Jasonville. —Dr. John A. Wooten, a dentist, formerly of Madison, Ind., committed suicide here. Doctor Wooten's father, Benjamin Wooten, lives near Hanover. < Hammond. —After living for a week with a broken neck, George Malkovich of Indiana Harbor, a painter, who fell from a ladder, died at St. Margaret’s hospital.