Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1914 — MAYORS TO MEET ON DECEMBER 18 [ARTICLE]

MAYORS TO MEET ON DECEMBER 18

Four Cities Will Be Represented at Meeting. GATHERING IN INDIANAPOLIS Among the Features Scheduled for Discussion Will Be That Relating to the Park Commissionerj. Fort Wayne.—The mayors of Terre Haute, South Bend and Evansville have each accepted invitations sent out by Mayor William J. Hosey of this city to attend a meeting to be held in Indianapolis December 18 to discuss certain changes in the laws governing the second-class cities of Indiana. Among the important features to be discussed will be that relating to park commissioners in those cities. rJt T, Motorman Wins $9,800 for Injuries. Lafayette.— A jury in the Tippecanoe superior court awarded John Sullivan, city sealer of Crawfordsville, damages in the sum of $9,800 against the Ben Hur Traction company. The suit grew out of an accident near the Indianapolis speedway on the evening of December 4, 1908. Sullivan was the motorman on the wrecked car and suffered permanent injuries. The case was sent here from Crawfordsville and the present judgment was obtained in a second trial. The presiding judge in the former trial gave the defendant judgment on motion of attorneys for the defense. The appellate court sent the case back for trial. Auto Breaks Man’s Neck. Shelbyville. Charles , McCabe, fifty-six years old, a farmer and stock buyer, was killed on the Michigan pike east of here by a small automobile driven by Andrew Thomann, a blacksmith. McCabe’s neck was brok en. He and Cy Stafford left here to walk to the McCabe home. Thomann guided his car to the left to pass a string of buggies, and the men, walking to the left of the buggies, failed to hear him until the car was upon them. Stafford jumped to safety, but McCabe was struck. A daughter, Mrs. Irene Innis of Decatur county, two sisters and five brothers survive* the victim. Killed by Brother While Hunting. Nashville.—lsaac Wilkerson, twen-ty-two years old. son of Solomon Wilkerson, a farmer, was shot and killed by his brother, Lodi Wilkerson, while the two were hunting on the farm of T. C. Steele, an Indianapolis artist, near Belmont. Isaac was walking in front, of his brother when the latter’s shotgun was discharged accidentally, the charge shattering the victim’s knee. The injured man was carried to the Steele home, where Mrs. Steele dressed the wound. Wilkerson died while being taken in a buggy to his home. Girl Is Freed of Charge of Shooting. Boonville. —Miss Doughitt, seventeen years old, of New Mexico, who has been visiting at the home of her grandfather, Rev. Mr. Douthitt, here, was discharged in Justice of the Peace Hart’s court when arraigned on the charge of shooting at Mrs. Fannie Hass. The evidence showed that the young.. woman merely was practicing shooting with a .22-caliber Winchester gun, and that Mrs. Hass, who did not know of the young woman’s ability with a gun, became unduly frightened. Elderly Farmer Killed by Train. Lafayette.—Jacob Bowman, eighty years old. owner of a large tract of land in Carroll county, was struck by a passenger train on the Wabash railroad at Rockfield, east of here, suffering injuries which caused liis death five minutes after the accident. He was walking between the tracks, and on account of deafness did not hear the approaching train. He was hurled 100 feet. Youth Who Forged Check Sentenced. Crawfordsville.—Floyd Algood, nineteen years old, was sentenced to the state reformatory for one to fourteen years when he pleaded guilty to a charge of grand larceny. He was charged with forgery, but thd charge was changed so as to provide a lower minimum sentence. He cashed a fraudulent check on his father a month ago to pay the expenses of getting married Killed at Grade Crossing. \\ abash.—J. J. Cart, seventy-five, was killed and his wife was seriously injured when they were struck by an, Erie train at Servia. Missing Girl Found. Winchester. Miss Florence Pearson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pearson, living. northwest of Y inchester, and who mysteriously disappeared December 1, has been found at Springfield, 111, where she is employed in a telephone exchange. Further particulars regarding her disappearance and its causes are lacking. The young girl, who was employed as teacher in a Stony Creek township school, appeared at t.hg‘ Y. W. C. A, in Springfield, 111.,- and asked for aid. * roloMvaa worn notified