Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1895 — RECORDOF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORDOF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY* TOLD. Lamentable Mistake Made bjr Henrj* Warren-Sad Fate of Lovers—lndiana’s Largest Woman Dead—Hors riblc Practices of an Elkhart Farmer. Shoots an Innocent Man. , ~ - Henry Warren, a wealthy Pittsburg farmer, shot and killed a man supposed to* !*>• a robber, who was attempting to gf* through his bam, but on investigation* it was found that he had made a seriout* iiiistake_itr‘< ♦'tti life of a Jwggjfo* and' inoffensive "("harTi( ; 'Terr Warren i* " greatly affected over the killing, but n* yet no action hds been taken by the authorities. ■ - . - Hidden Gold Is Found. sloes C'onimons. of- Parke County, who died recently, instead of being very poor, ii.< wasjjJways supposed, had nearly $lO,W) in* gold. His wife did not know h« hadraccumulated the money until jtwß before he died. He did not UefinitelyyhV'i ii><- it.s kkling phu'e, and as whata'Oas. already been feted-was.widely scattered it is possible there is more yet to be found. During the war he realized 'a gooil_Preuiiuui on some gold, and this caused him to hold the yellow metal high esteem. A number of gold coins have been found in old. battered cans and jars placed in out of the way corner*. • bout tin- farm.

Young Couple Killed by a Train. Miss Sophia Heucher and Simon Bohrcr, a young couple who were soon to le* married, were walking on the track of the Pennsylvania Railroad on their way to a dance at Areola. They stepped off lip; .simih track in avbftUrin oaai-fffHlflir" express train, and did not notice the approach belli ml them of a belated westbound fast mail train, which was run-~n.in.g-..very fast, Tim ..lucan.uiti.ve struck and knocked both over 100 feet in tiro "airy ktffiiig'fTiern instantly.' They were members of prosperous families in Aboil Township. ; Feeds Dead Horses to Hie Hogs. Complaint of a serious nature has been: filed with flie Elkhart Board of Health against Casper Lipsbilz. He-is charged •with feeding the carcasses jot horses to his hogs and then disposing of them upon the market. Eighteen dead horses worn found strewn- promiscuously upon hi* promises, which the hogs devoured. Homo of the dead animals had lain there for months. J.ipshilz claimed lie did not sell his hogs in Elkhart, but shipped them to Chicago.- ' ’ Kell from a Trapeze. j At a varietj' performance at Mozart Hall in Jeffersonville John Morris ami Melvin Bennett were engaged to do a double trapeze turn. No sooner had they. elevate<}, themselves into tlie traps than Bennett .-lost his hold and before Morris could grasp him he fell a distance of thirty feet to the stage. Bennett was picked up unconscious and badly injured about the head and shoulders. i Death of a Heavy Woman. Mrs. David Lamb, tire largest woman ' in the State of Indiana, was buried at her old home in New Middleton. Mrs. Lamb weighed 509 pounds. No coffin could be foTtTid to - fijttjnr R* . carry.it. Mrs. Lamb was very poor, hut refused numerous tempting offers to. accompany shows. All Over the State* John N. Hart, tried at Marion for embezzling $4,800 of Armour & Co.,- of Chicago, for whom Inr acted as agent, lia* been acquitted. , ■ • - ■ ■ , v Edward P. Lytle, who was arrested at I.ogausport, in September, on a chargn of grand larceny, has been discharged, tho Grand Jury failing to return an indictment against him. He has retained counsel, and will enter suit for false imprisonment. The property he was alleged to have stolen is a se’ven-hundred-dollar diamond cluster, owned by John It. Kennodj’, a real Estate man.. Lytle is prominently connected, and, previous to his arrest, was the local agent of the Prudential Insurance Companj . - The physicians in charge of James W. Pitterrg'-r, who~trttempted tm conrmit suicide at Muneie by shooting, are completely puzzled. Pittenger is 58 years old and was despnpdeut because his wife, to whom their farm was given as a wedding present forty years ago, does the banking, markets the products and pays off the help. He put a bullet through hi* heart and another through his brain. The physicians believe that either shot should have caused instant death, yet tha man still lives.

Lorenzo Turner left his home in SonthJ cm Illinois at the close, of the civil war to seek his fortune in the great W#st. A few months later word was received that he was killed in an Indian massacre somewhere in the-Southwest. Since that ■time his parents have mourned him as dead, although no further news was received as to the disposition of his body. Tuesday an old man stepped from tha train at 1 Brazil and inquired for Mrs. G.‘ W. McClure. He proved to be Turner. He is a brother to Mrs. McClure. He i* now one of the wealthiest cattlemen of South Dakota. He was almost killed ill the Indian massacre and allowed his family to believe him dead until his fortune was made. - A desperate fight among a brace of, convicts at the Jeffersonville prhspn south Wednesday morning may result in the death of one of the combatants. William Able and James Sherman, long terln men, employed in the foundry of the institution, pngagol in a controversy over a remark alleged to have been made by Sherman reflecting on the character of Abie’s sister. Words led to blows and Able, procuring a ramming iron used by] molders, attempted to strike Sherman; who warded off the blow. Another at*j tempt to strike Sherman was made.! when the latter drew a knife and thrust; the blade into Abie’s breast near th» heart, inflicting a dangerous wound. | At Washington the strike among ('abet & Co.’s miners is still on, with no pros-j pecta of settlement., The difficulty i» about a screen used at one of the mines, and both sides have taken a determined! stand. * ] Miss Lizzie A. Myers, a schoolteacher as Golden Corners, in Ripley County., while in the act of .entering her cart; was attaejud by a mad dog, nod shej avoided the brute by running around thoj vehicle, the deg chasing her, and finally, stopping to bite the pony and to attach another dog. All the auimata bitten died! at hydrophobia. '