Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1915 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL 1 Happenings in Distant and -Nearby Cities and Towns.—-Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. Supt. of Monon Schools Assaulted By Irate , Citizen. Supt. G, F. Lewis of the Monon schools, was assaulted on the streets of that town Tuesday by C. A. Thacker, a garage man of Monon, and severely beaten about the fact and head, and three teeth were knocked out. The trouble is said to have resulted over the expulsion of Ira Felz, a junior in the high school, last month. Thacker was arrested On an affidavit sworn out by Ed Smith and taken before a justice of peace where he plead guilty to assault and battery and was fined $5 a‘nd costs. ' -