Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 25, DeMotte, Jasper County, 12 January 1933 — INDIANA BREVITIES [ARTICLE]

INDIANA BREVITIES

Mrs. Kern Scott, East Carmel, gave birth to her sixth child in her second Caesarean operation. Robert Elson, twenty-one, of Terra Haute, received ten years in state reformatory after he admitted a $lO holdup. William A. Kittinger, eighty-four, formerly judge of the Madison Circuit court and twice state senator, died in Anderson. Thomas Butcher, thirty, Loogootee laborer, was killed while crossing the street when struck by an auto driven by Dale Wildman. John Franklin Dormire, age fiftynine, was found dead in bed at his home northeast of Huntington, by Earl Jennings, a son-in-law. Tom Kester, age thirty, Mt. Summit, died of injuries suffered when his automobile crashed into a coal truck, alleged to have been parked on a highway. Miss Elizabeth Behring, age fiftynine, suffered fatal injuries when she fell down the stairs of her home in Richmond. She had been ill for some time. Cranford Dean, age thirty-five, of Seymour, was fatally hurt when an automatic shotgun with which he was celebrating the passing of the old year discharged and blew off the top of his head. July 1G to August 27 has been designated for the next annual camp meeting of the Indiana Association of Spiritualists at Chesterfield, it was announced by Mrs.' Mabel Riffle, Anderson. secretary.

Carl Romoser, seventeen, was sentenced in Terre ijlaute to life in state prison for murdering his brother,. Louis, twenty-one, when quarrelingover supporting their mother. Robert Gossett, forty-two, was sentenced in Logansport to serve tert years in prison on a charge of robbery in connection with the holdup of Wilbur Hopkins, business man. who grap—pled with* Gossett and held him until police arrived. A new financial institution, theFarmers and Merchants’ bank of Bluffton, a state bank, opened in the building formerly occupied by the Wells County bank. The new bank starts with capital of $25,000 and surplus of $7,000. 4 —. Devotees of the American national pastime are mourning the death of one of baseball’s most enthusiastic followers, Erail Fertig, retired business man, whose enthusiasm at Ipdianapolis games had won for him the anonicker. King of the Rooters. Automobile license plates of 1932 will be good only until February 1, James Carpenter, head of the state automobile license division of the secretary of state's office, ■warned. It will be necessary for all motorists to have 1933 plates by that time. Visiting evangelists of the Interdenominational Evangelistic association meeting in Indianapolis for an eightday session, were greeted by Dr. Elmer C. Miller, South Bend, executive secretary of the organization, who presided over the devotional and business meeting at the First Baptist church. Fred A. Stalnaker,* retiring clerk of the Vigo County Circuit court, is under arrest in Terre Haute on<a warrant charging embezzlement of $16,3G3.G8 in county funds. Stalnaker, who was Republican candidate for sheriff at the last election, was taken to jail by his successful opponent, William Baker, as the latter’s first official act. The Western State bank of South Bend was held up by three men arid robbed of between $12,000 and $15,000, Henry Niemic, cashier, said two men entered the bank with drawn guns and forced him and Miss Irene Schlebowski, teller, to lie on the floor while they scooped up the money in the tills. A young man .who entered the building during the holdup was slugged in the face with the butt of a gun. i A total net property value of nearly $300,000 and a combined net property value of affiliated county units of more than $1,000,000 for the Indiana Farm Bureau Co-operative association at the end of the calendar year was announced by I. H. Hull, general man* ager of the organization, which is farmer-owned and farmer-controlled to distribute various farm supplies cooperatively. ’ Death has closed the colorful career of James M. (Col. Jimmy) Lang, sev-enty-six, of Sullivan, who rose from the slums to a bank presidency and then saw his success topple through charges of embezzlement and forgery. Lang was head of the now defunct Citizens’ Trust company of Sullivan ■and a leading citizen of the town for half a century. In 1928 the aged banker suddenly disappeared? His bank was closed. He returned a year later and faced two trials. Both juries failed to agree and the prosecution was dropped. ' A. R. Mosier, age ninety-three, died In Greenwood at the home of John Loveless where he and his daughter had been visiting for several months. Death resulted from pneumonia. Mr. Mosier was born and reared near Morgantown, and had spent most of his life in Indiana. He is survived by two daughters and two sons. Mrs. Elvira Hall of Muncie, age eighty-two, wife of William J. Hall, is dead. She was the mother of Rev. Dr. Freeland A. Hall, superintendent of the Richmond district. North Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference, and of Raymond Hall, Muncie.