Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1915 — INDIANA BREVITIES [ARTICLE]

INDIANA BREVITIES

Laporte. Formal announcement was made at Kentland of the candidacy of Warren McCray of that city, farmer and banker, for the Republican nomination for governor. Evansville.—Thieves entered the home of Mrs. Mary Kappler here and stole jewelry worth about one thousand dollars.

Bluffton.—Halda, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nash, died at his home here from burns he received when his clothing took fire while playing with matches. Muncie.—Safe blowers entered the general store of Warne & Morris, In which the post office Is located at Hobbs, and obtained a large quantity of stamps and merchandise. Evansville.—Despondent over family troubles, Mrs. Clem Doerr, fifty-two years old, cut off her right band with a can opener and a pair of scissors, and physicians say she will die.

Indianapolis.—W. N. Thrift, alias Brown, thirty-two, of Danville, 111., was arrested on a charge of being a fugitive, and will be returned to Danville, where it is alleged he stole a horse and buggy. He waived extradition.

Mount Vernon. —The drowning of George Lewis, fifteen-year-old son of Walter Lewis of Poseyville, this county, was reported. The boy lost his life while swimming in Caney creek, which was swollen from excessive rains. The body was recovered. South Bend. —To encourage kindness and care for horses the South Bend Humane society on next Labor day will give a work-horse parade, for which cups and other prizes will be offered for the best-groomed, the best, oldest and most docile equines. Drivers will also be given cups.

Terre Haute.—The body of Charles Peters, who was drowned in Conover's pond, was recovered. The police worked most of tile night dragging the pond. Detective Charles Golnish of Indianapolis, who is spending part of his vacation in Terre Haute, voluntarily assisted the local men In searching for the body Mitchell.-r-Bert Hoopengraner, thirteen years old, was killed here while trying to ride a fast freight train on the B. & O. railroad. The boy fell between two cars while trying to climb on. Both legs were crushed and his skull was partly mashed. He died a few hours later. His family lives near Tunnelton, a station on the B. & 0., east of here.. Bicknell. —Mrs. William Killion, weighing 250 pounds, paid a fine of one cent for knocking down Frank Johnson, one of a group-of boys standing on a street corner. Mrs. Killion claimed that one of the youngsters made a remark about her as she was passing. She selected Johnson, because he was slow in making his getaway when she suddenly turned to resent the remark.

Indianapolis.—Companies of Indiana National Guard, stationed at Fort Wayne, Martinsville and Laporte, have been ordered re-inspected for the purpose of ascertaining whether they are worthy of federal support These companies had recently been ordered mustered out because of inefficiency, but the war department has received assurances that great improvements have been made.

Indianapolis.—Three workmen were killed when tons of rock and gravel caved in at the Pogue’s run drain in South Pennsylvania street. A dozen others had narrow escapes. The bodies of Nick Dragas and Johnny Montani were recovered -within an hour. John Bull was brought out alive, but may die. The cave-in was caused by a heavy train passing on the side of the excavation work

Hammond. Johnny Thompson, aged eight, was thrilled to see on a moving picture screen, one daredevil wheel another man from one precipice to another. Next day he and Charles Mason, aged five, tried to duplicate the stunt The two lads managed to get a wheelbarrow to the second story of an unfinished house, and Johnny started to wheel Charles over a narrow plank to the adjoining building. The wheelbarrow and boys fell in a heap to the ground. Both the boys were seriously hurt and the wheelbarrow was wrecked.

Elwood. —Asserting that % pressure on the spine caused by an accident suffered while he was working at the American Sheet and Tinplate plant here two years ago has caused her husband to become Insane, Mrs. Margaret Grant has brought suit against the company, asking $25,000 damages. John Grant, the husband, has been insane for several months, his hallucination being that he has a fortune gained from whipping Jack Johnson. He has, as yet, shown no signs of violence.

Indianapolis.— George M. Ray, publisher of the Herald, a weekly Democratic paper here, was sentenced to thirty days in jail and fined >25 and costs for contempt of court by Judge James M. Collins of the Marion county criminal court after one of the most scorching lectures ever heard in a courtroom. The contempt charge was based upon an editorial published while the grand jury was investigating the alleged election fraud conspiracy that resulted in the indictment of Thomas Taggart, Mayor Bell and more than a hundred others.