Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1901 — LATEST INDIANA NEWS. [ARTICLE]

LATEST INDIANA NEWS.

ff.iirent for Muy Cuppies. Avlrtant Prosecuting Attorney Johnsen of St. Louis, Mo., stated that ha probably would isue a warrant against May Cuppies, charging her with manslaughter. It was In her room in St. Louis that Edward Alexander was found August 9 suffering from morphin'’ poisoning, from which he died early ' Saturday morning at the St. Louis city hospital. The girl stated at first that she did not see Alexander take the drug, but later said he took the paper containing it from her hands and swallowed the poison in her presence. Then she left the room, she said, and was gone for nearly a half hour. When she returned she found him rolling In agony on the bed in her room. Witnesses stated at the inquest that they had heard her make threats against the life of both Alexander and Georgia Knight, the woman in charge of the house where she lived. Though she changed her statement before the coroner, she denies that she actually gave Alexander the poison. Her arrest was due to the emphatic statement of Alexander’s father, Moses Alexander, of North Vernon, Ind., that his son had no reason for committing suicide. He insisted that the coroner make a thorough investigation into the facts of the case, saying that he believed his son was murdered. Rob. Orphan by a Trick. Miss Jennie Reigh, a Port Wayne orphan, whose father died last fall, leaving her $2,000, discovered she haul been duped by a clairvoyant out of $1,200. Jennie is 25 years ojd. She called to have a reading with the clairvoyant eight days ago. He asked her to wear $ 1,200 in a bag about her neck. Wednesday Jennie and the clairvoyant put the package in a safety box at the White bank, each carrying a bag. . The clairvoyant put another package of his own in the vault and agreed not to open the vault in the absence of Jennie, but he disappeared Thursday and when the vault was opened Monday both packages were found to contain brown paper and a $1 bill. Boys Accused of Murder. Four Kokomo boys, Roy and Lester McVeta and Ray and Freddie Marvin, all in knickerbockers, ranging in age from 6 to 10 years’; were arrested for stoning another boy, Eddie McKee, to death. Only one of the children was old enough to write his name on the bond. The children were playing on the railroad, when the McKee boy, who was older, came along, and a tight followed. McKee, whom the boys accuse of being'the bully of the neighborhood, was pelted with stones. He died shortly afterward from his injuries, and his youthful assailants are held for murder.

To Codify Mining Laws. The commission appointed by Governor Durbin under a new law to codify the mining law of the state met at Terre Haute and organized by electing W. H. Zimmerman of Brazil president and J. C. Heenan of Linton secretary. The commission is composed of Mr. Zimmerman and Jacob Kolsem of Terre Haute, operators, and Mr. Heenan and James Cantwell, miners. The mining laws which have been added to the statutes from time to time are conflicting in a number of respects and the commission is to codify them and make recommendations to the legislature. Marshal Wins In a Chase. After a chase lasting over six weeks City Marshal W. S. McClelland of Fort Recovery, 6., captured T. D. Hutchinson, an alleged horse thief, wanted at Piqua and a number of other Ohio towns. Hutchinson was found in Hartford City with one of the stolen outfits. Hutchinson is a son of Dr. Henry Hutchinson, one of the most prominent residents of Salamonie, Ind. He returned to Ohio without requisition papers. Scotch Factor at Winona. At the Winona bible conference L. D. Gordon of Cleveland led a morning meeting, followed by Dr. Moorhead of Xenia, 0., and Dr. Chapman of New York. Rev. John McNeill of Scotland preached the sermon of the day. His text was "What Manner of Man is This?" Other speakers were J. W. Van Deventer, S. H. Hadley of New York and Rev/ George L. Robinson of Chicago.

Maxlnkuckee Assembly Officers. At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Maxlnkuckee Assembly the following officers were elected: President, Dr. W. E. Callane, Flora; vice - president, Richard Voorhees, Flora; secretary, A. M. Hootman, Logansport; treasurer, J. O. Ferrier, Culver; superintendent, T. J. Legg, Logansport. Indiana News in Brief. Connersville is threatened with a water famine. A $25,000 business block is being built at Pendleton. The Jones family will hold a reunion at Muncie August 28. Muncie should take its census that day. A factory for making annealing boxes, used in the manufacture of tin plate, will be built at Alexandria. Olie Edwards of New Albany finds he la the only heir to a 120,000 estate left by hi* nucle, who died in Canada fourteen years ago. Terre Haute —William Jacks, who was injured at the time his father was killed by a powder explosion in a mine at Clinton last week has died in the hospital here of lockjaw.