Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1919 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Conntry, SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL . T Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Localities* WOIXXHT MEN ARE INDICTED For Running Over and Killing a Monon Woman Recently. Michael C. Mellon and Alexander Cota, both of Wolcott, who were indicted by the grand jury of White county circuit co>urt this term, were taken into custody Thursday, but ■were later released on bonds of $5,000 and S2OO resjiectlvely. Mellon was Indicted on Charges of manslaughter and Cota for public intoxication, both having been arrested after an automobile accident which occurred at Monon, March 22, wherein iMrs. Samuel Graves was killed. On the day of the accident, Cota and Mellon were enroute to Francesville to buy horses and were accompanied by two Monon men. Mrs. Graves was starting across the street, when struck and died soon after of injuries sustained.