Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1915 — GENERAL ANU STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL ANU STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towne—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. AUTO KILLS LAFAYETTE MAN. Wealthy Land Owner Charged With Manslaughter After Accident. Lafayette, Ind., July 4.—Alysosius Hoefer, 40 years old, was instantly killed today when he was struck by an automobile driven by Oscar Harrold, a large land owner, residing near Grass Creek in Cass county. Hoefer was returning from attending mass at St. Boniface church and got off a street car at Fifth and Main streets. Harrold speeded up his car at the Monon railroad crossing and while running at a speed of fifteen miles an hour struck Hoefer, who was walking west on the crossing sidewalk on Main street. He was knocked under the wheels of the automobile and was dragged fifty feet. His skull was fractured. His death was instantaneous. Harrold was taken to police headquarters and Prosecutor Homer Hennegar placed a charge of manslaughter against him. He was detained in police court for some time and finally urns admitted to bail In the sum of $2,000. Harrold said that he was trying to escape being hit by the street car and failed to see Hoefer crossing the street. Mrs. Harrold and several relatives were in the car when it struck Hoefer. They came here to attend the eighty-third anniversary of the birth of A. C. Sale, a, brother-in-law of Harrold and a business man of this city.