Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1896 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

• C . . 'i - v RECORD OF EVENTS OF TH6> PAST WEEK. ■'■ i ~ i ” ■ ~—r — * \ Flinty-Hearted landlord at Barling;* ton—Mr. Hayes Indifferent to that Concord of Sweet Sounds, but Succumbs to a Poker. A Hard Law. ( A sensational case of ejectment is reported from Burlington. Andrew Isaac* owed two Jponths’ rent, and failing to pay it his landlord proceeded by law to have him and his family ejected. His tvife was sick at the time, and there were five little half-starved and half-clothed 'children set out in the road, along with the few pieces of housdiold fifcniturw the .family possessed. Before night, under an order of a justice of the peace, all the family belongings Were sold at auction to satisfy hungry creditors. Even tho family Bible, containing the record of tho family births and deaths, was not spared. Young Lutz Is Released. Charles Lutz, who was sent to jail at: Terre Haute for thirty days and fined $25 for kissing girls on the street, was released by Mayor lloss on payment of the fine, which was paid by the Order of Red Men, oft which he was a member. His fellow members still contend that tho young women who identified him in court were mistaken. His employers arc to restore him to his position, receiving clerk in a large wholesale house. A picture of the riian arrested in Evansville for kissing girls and women, and who said he was from Terre Haute, has been received by the police. It represents a wpn about Lutz’s age and size, but lie has different colored liair. The young women who identified Lutz in court had him pull his cap down over his head, because that is the manner in which “Jaek the hugger" wore his cap when he accosted them. Capture ofmt Indiana Forger. James Dalgarn, who forged William Davis! name to a uofc at Coal City Thursday for SSO, was captured near Cory by a posse of citizens of Coal City, beaded by the sheriff. In the fight vyith the officers .Thursday night, whan the forger made his escape, he was shot in the arm, and, becoming exhausted from the loss, of blood, he sought shelter in an abandoned officers to track him- Drops of blood occasionally found on the snow was conclusive evidence that the tracks vH*e made by the escaped convict. Dalgarii surrendered- and was taken to Spencer. It has since developed that Dalgarn, under the name of Everett, endeavored to pass a forged note for S3OO at a bank at Worthington a few days ago, but failed in his scheme and quickly left the -town-to-escape arrest.

Farmer Is Opposed to Music. William Hayes, an eceenV>c farmer, lies at his home near Cravyfordsviiie, dangerously injured and a warrant tfHk issued for the arrest of his wife as his assailant. Ilayes was almost insanely religious, and, being of the old school, did not believe in musical instruments. His wife and daughter did not agree with him. and by saving money secured from tho sale of chickens nnd butter they mani)g(ed to buy r piano, which was installed in the parlor during Hayes’ absence. When he returned home he was terribly angry and proceeded to smash the instrument. While he was thus engaged his wife struck him on the head with a poker, almost killing him. All Over the State. John P. Morris, living near New Castle, who had been addicted to the nse of intoxicants, and who despaired of reformation, climbed to the top of a straw stack near his home, set the straw on fire and then attempted suicide by firing a bullet into his brain. He fell in the burning straw, but was rescued by members of his family. It is believed that he cannot re cover.

The esses against members of the Amish religious sect were taken up at Decatur and resulted in seven convictions and six acquittals. The fines were each $5 and costs, the minimum, on account of the offenders’ ignorance of the laws and these cases being the first offense. They say they knew they would be ’’persecuted” this year, as it had been foretold by their fathers. John R. Haines, living seven miles from Indianapolis, during the absence of bis children at school, assaulted his wife with a club, leaving her unconscious and dying, after which he committed suicide by hanging. The woman was still alive when" the children returned, but she was unconscious, and died before surgical aid could be procured, The murderer was 59 years old and his wife 53. He was a man of dangerous temper and for several years he had frequently quarreled with his wife, often, it is said, threatening to kill her. There are eight children, but only three of them, two of tender age, lived at home. Aside from his ungovernable temper, Haines stood well in the community, and the murder and suicide have caused great excitement. Friday afternoon Samuel Vnnton, an attorney, was found dead in his office at Frankfort. The lawyer’s decision to die was the result of an unhappy marriage. On July 3, 1595, Yanton, who had been a widower for many years, married Mrs. Frankie A. Meeker, a wealthy society woman of Quincy, 111., and two months later his wife deserted him, returning to her old home. Later she filed a suit against her husband, claiming that he had misappropriated $1,500 of her funds. The suit ivas finally dismissed, but the loss of his bride weighed very heavily on Vanton’s mind, and he frequently talked to his friends of death. In the dead man’s hand was a brief note, telling where his funeral garb and clean linen could be found. Mr. Vantou was about 53 years of age, and came in 1875 from Middletown, X. 'if. He had a son living In Middletown, and it was his desire that the son should have his property. At the opening of the trial at Terre Haute of Dan Keller, his wife and his sister, on the charge of murdering Clara Shanks, the court and the counsel were dnmfounded to find that oje of the jurors, Mr., Soules, was drunk. Ju the jury box he blinked and grinned for an hour, whilo the crowd stared at him and the judge and lawyers consulted as to the best meth-' od of proceedin'? without the danger of a mistrial. Finally the defense, by agreement, made a motion to discharge the jury, and excuse permanently Mr. Socles. Then the eleven were resworu and a new juqpj