Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1915 — POST OFFICE AT LADOGA ROBBED [ARTICLE]

POST OFFICE AT LADOGA ROBBED

S6OO Worth of Stamps Are Obtained by Safe Blowers. V EXPLOSION AROUSES CITIZENS Charge of Nitroglycerin Blows Off; Outer Door of Safe, but Inner Compartment Was Not Opened —No Money Taken. Ladoga. Safe blowers obtained S6OO worth of stamps when they wrecked the safe in the post office here. Citizens aroused by the explosion, which damaged the building, arrived too late to capture the yeggs. The charge of nitroglycerine blew off the outer door of the safe but the inner compartment, where the money was kept, was not opened. The post office has been robbed twice in five months.

; Swindlers Visit Laporte. Laporte.—Two swindlers who gave their names as George Bennett and H. N. Stegman came to this city, and after renting one of the best houses in the city on representation that their families would arrive later, made extensive purchases of furniture and other expensive household equipment and merchants were busy delivering the goods at the supposed home of the new families. The two men paid for their purchases with checks which in each case exceeded the amount of the purchase,-the balance being paid them in cash. When the banks opened the checks were found to be worthless, w’hile the swindlers had safely gotten out of town. Reports to the police indicate that the same men v r orked the swindle in a number of Illinois, Ohio gnd Indiana cities and towns.

Rob Wabash Passenger Depot. Lafayette.—-Burglars entered ( the of the Wabash passenger depot while the agent was out and carried away more than S2OO in currency. The police of Lafayette, Delphi, Logansport and Danville are searching for the robber. It is the opinion of the local police that an organized gang has been working in this vicinity for months. Ten passenger stations have been robbed within a radius of 50 miles of Lafayette in the past three months.

Conference palled for Auburn Session. Laporte.—The North Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church was called to meet at Auburn, beginning April 7 and continuing for five days. Bishop W. F. McDowell of Chicago will preside at the sessions of the clergymen, while George Morgan of Lagrange will preside at the meeting of laymen. Three hundred clergymen will attend, while an equal number of laymen from nearly 300 churches, which form the conference, will participate. ‘ : Thrown in Front of Auto; Killed. Bedford. —Charles Iluskens, ag six-ty-eight, of Mitchell, was killed when he was run down by an automobile driven by John Stipp, a colored chauffer for Mrs. A. C. Voris. Huskens was driving a mule and when the animal became frightened at the approach of the automobile, he got out of his buggy, going to the mule's head. The animal suddenly lunged across the road, throwing Huskens in front of the machine. He leaves a widow

Farmer Killed by Train. Rochester.—Frank Anderson, six-ty-four years old, a farmer living near 'Rochester, was instantly killed when the wagon in -which he Was riding was struck by a Lake Erie passenger train. The team was also killed, the train dragging the wagon more than 300 feet. Three children were riding in a buggy, which was tied on behind the wagon. They were not injured. s> Memorial for Late Judge Powers. Angola.—Memorial services for the late Frank M. Powers, Indiana appellate judge, were held in the Steuben circuit court. Circuit Judge Dan M. Link, the successor of Mr. Powers on the local bench, presented resolutions extolling the late Judge Powers. John G. Yeagley of South Bend, former law partner of Mr. Powers, delivered the principal address. Wife-Slayer Tries Suicide. Washington. Clifton H. Baum, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his wife, was started to the stfate prison by Sheriff Harmon. Baum was still 111 from the effects of an attempt at suicide, when he swallowed nearly a pint of disinfectant used to kill insects in the jail. Prompt medical attention saved his life. J Electrician Killed In Mine, Sullivan. —William F. Theiling of Covington, Ky., an expert electrician employed by a Chicago manufacturing concern, was Instantly killed at the Paxton mine of the Woolery Coal company, near here, when In dodging two motor cars he stepped In front of a cut of mine cars. Baby Is Scalded to Death. Peru. —The infant son of ML and Mrs. Frank Ellers of McGrawsville fell into a bucket of boiling chicken feed and was scalded to death.