Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1915 — INDIANA BREVITIES [ARTICLE]

INDIANA BREVITIES

Kokomo.—Judge Purdum saved Nora Huntsberger, convicted of operating a “blind tiger,” from jail when he suspended a sentence of 30 days. The woman was fined SSO and sentenced to 30 days in jail, it being charged that she was selling more than five barrels of beer a day to foreign residents, of the city. Delphi.—E. J. Zimmerman, alias Porter, who was arrested in Laporte while, it is alleged, he was attempting to cash a forged check, was brought to this city by Sheriff Hopejoy and Harry Sharp, who holds a check for S4S, given him by Zimmerman December 23. Mr. Sharp accompanied Zimmerman. . '■ Bloomington.—A special venire of 50 names was drawn by the jury commissioners, out of which it is expected to get a jury to try the state case against John “Stewart for the murder of John Ridley, a hotel chef, last November. Judge Robert. W. Miers held the indictment good. It charges murder in the first degree. Indianapolis.—Twelve persons were injured, two of them seriously, in a head-on collision between two street cars on "the South Meridian street line. A dense fog prevented each motorman from seeing the other car approaching on the stretch of single track until too late to avert a collision on the slippery rails. The forward platforms of the cars were smashed.

i -Indianapolis.—President W. D. Foss of the National Paint, Oil and Varnish association gave an interesting address before members of- the Indianapolis and Varnish club in the Florentine room at the Claypool hotel. Mr. Foss talked of the trade conditions throughout the country and commended the local organization for its effort toward making business conditions better in Indiana. He also approved of the action of the chamber of commerce in its “Buy It Now’’ campaign? Mr. Fqss said that Indianapolis ranks among the leaders in the twenty-six clubs which are affiliated with the national association. .Fort Wayne.—Sawing through bars 2% inches thick in the hospital ward at the county jail, Emory Yocum, awaiting trial on a charge of neglecting his children, and Leonard Benwa{d, waiting to lie s§nt Jo an insane asylum, escaped from the jail And have not yet been caught. Their escape was discovered when they did not appear for breakfast. The saw with which they cut through the bars was found, but the sheriff and the deputies are at a loss to know how the instrument was smuggled into the jail. This is the first time that any prisoners have escaped from the jail since 1908,

Indianapolis.—Edward Conroy, aged sixty-one, an inmate of the Ohio state penitentiary for 25 years, and James Hatton, thirty-one, who served five years in the government prison at Leavenworth, successfully pleaded with Federal Judge Anderson for leniency for Ed Myers, a young man who was caught with them in robbing the post office at Avilla, Ind., last June. “Prison never did us any good,” said Conroy, “and it wont do Myers any good either. Hatton and I were alone to blame for this robbery. Give us our medicine, but let Myers off easy.” The court sentenced Conroy and Hatton to four years imprisonment and Myers for only two years. Terre Haute. —Thomas P. Phillips, a bellboy in a local hotel, was found guilty of pandering in the circuit court. A short time later John Howlet, an accomplice, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve two years in prison and was fined S3OO. Sentence was suspended during good behavior. Phillips has not been sentenced. The charges grew out of an attempt of the two men to place Anna Taylor, nineteen years old, of Washington, Ind., and Josephine Shields, seveteen, of Vincennes, in a disorderly resort. The girls testified against Phillijjs and Howlet. Parents of the Shields girl will take her home, -while Judge Eli H. Reidman has given the Taylor girl a home at his house in Terre Haute. Bloomington.—A conference on scientific education will be held at Indiana university April 'ls and 16. A number of authorities on educational measurements have been invited to attend the sessions, among whom are A. S. Courtis of Detroit and L. S. Ayres of the Russell Sage foundation. Mr. Courtis has done much work in educational measurements. He is at the head of the department of educational research of the Detroit public schools. He is on the program for two lectures and will hold a conference on measuring school products. L. S. Ayres has been active in writing educational topics and in making school surveys. Mr. Ayres will lecture on school surveys and related topics and will also conduct a round table discussion with other educators. Spencer.—While Charles Murphy, a prominent business man here, was polishing his shotgun, the weapon was accidentally discharged and Mrs. Murphy was instantly killed. The charge entered her left shoulder, piercing her body. Mrs. Murphy was thirty-eight years old. Franklin.—Rev. William Waggener, age eighty-three, a retired minister, died at the home of his son, Ebert Waggener, south of Franklin. Reverend Waggener is survived by two sons, Ebert of this county, and Hannibal of IndianapoMe, and a stepdaughter. Mrs. James Watson.