Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1896 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY i / TOLD. Yon ns Rascals at Terre Hante Whs Need Large and Frequent Doses o# Strap OH—Snee Her Divorced Husband for Breach of Promise. Terre Hante Boya Become Criminal** Two brothers • nnmed Meacham, aged 13 and 10, have been arrested for vandalism at the Terre Haute Congregational Church, and admit their guilt. They say their reason for causing SI,OOO damage was to “have some fun.” The organ was ruined, the pulpit broken into splinters and the pulpit Bible torn to piece# and thrown,,*bout the floor. The elder boy recently returned from the reform school and a week ago kissed a girl during a recitation in a public school. The younger boy stole a horse and buggy a few Weeks ago. Soon after they had been placed in jail they set fire, to their cot, but the discovery was made in time to prevent seriouS results. Before they went into the church they attempted to pass a forged check. Mysterious Death of a Prisoner. John Kaylor, a prisoner in the Marion jail, was found dead on his cot Friday morning. He was arrested for intoxication Tuesday, resisted the officers and was clubbed into submission. After he had been placed in jail he began vomiting violently, which continued for two days. A physician was summoned and he thought the vomiting was caused by alcohol. After his death he was prepared for burial and was to have been interred Friday, but his wife asked for a post* mortem examination, and the burial was postponed. She has requested the Prosecuting Attorney to conduct the examination with a view of fastening the blame on the officers who arrested him. The Prosecutor refused to hold .the post-mor-tem at the expense of the county, and the body is being held until the matter can be decided. « Novel Breach of Promise Suit. Mrs. Ella Sykes, at Terre Hants, brought suit for breach of promise against her former husband, Frederick Hibberly, a retired famer, who is wealthy. They were married a year ago and soon after were divorced, the wife taking the name of a former husband. He is 55 years of age and she 35. Some months ago they were reconciled and she alleges in her complaint shat he promised to marry her again, but now refuses to do so. She asks for SIO,OOO damages. They came from Vermillion County, where they were first married. . All Over the State. Dr. A. R. Coble, of Clinton County, has been arrested and placed under SSOO bond for alleged attempt to buy votes on election day. At headquarters for the Western. Window Glass Manufacturers’ Association in Muneie the announcement is made that all factories will resume work at once. The Court of Appeals at Frankfort Ky., has refused a new trial to Scott Jackson, charged with killing Pearl Bryan, of Greencastle. The opinion of the Courf of Appeals covers also the appeal of the attorneys for Alonzo Walling? who must die. The grounds for appeal were that the Judge erred in instructing, tha Sheriff erred in not allowing admission' except by ticket and that the evidence was insufficient. A terrible tragedy was enacted on the farm of George Deacon, about six miles west of Bourbon, Sunday night. Deacon has at times been mentally deranged, and during these spells imagines his wife to be another woman in his wife’s apparel. The suppqmtion is that he was taken with one of tijff spells and murdered his wife sleeping. Then heCOTning awakened to his terrible crime he "committed suicide by drowning himself in a large watering tank in his barnyard. Mr. Deacon was 72 years old and his wife 67. They had been residents of the county for thirty-six years. A desperate battle between a posse of officers headed by Marshal Franz, of Berne, and a gang of thieves took place in the southern part of the county Monday morning. Two of the officers were slightly wounded, and one of the thieves instantly killed and two others mortally wounded. From papers found on the person of the dead man his name is supposed to be Gotlhert Brown. The wounded thieves were taken to Decatur for treatment, but they cannot live. The rest of the gang escaped, and officers from adjoining counties have been asked to assist in the chase. Thieves entered the house of Shearman Baker, living near North Webster, and while the inmates were asleep robbed it They then poured oil on the carpets and applied a match, which burned the house to the ground. Mr. and Mrs. Baker wese aroused and escaped from the house just in time to save their lives. The neighbors who were attracted to the scene of the fire gave chase to the desperate men, and should they be caught a lynching is in store for them. It is supposed to be the work of an organized band which baa been torturing farmers to reveal the hiding place of their money. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Fate, an aged couple, who resided near Sunman, have been murdered in cold blood. They were discovered Monday morning in a dying condition, and the husband lived long enqugh to give an account of the affair, - A Stranger called at the house Sunday claiming to bear verbal messages from friends across the "water, but the suspicion* of the couple were aroused and they refused to entertain him for the night. Shortly after 7 o’clock their door was forced open and they were assaulted with clubs, being left for dead. No demand was made for money, nor does there seem to have been any effort 'to rob the house. The absence of apparent motive makes the crime extremely mysterious. ' Indiana will have a candidate for Pres-ident-elect McKinley’s Cabinet in Aaroa Jones, of St.. Joseph County. A movement to secure his appointment as Secretary of Agriculture has already assumed formidable proportions. " ,* • Frederick Clark, a member of a wellknown Wheatfield family, was found bruised and bleeding at a point near the railroad. His injuries are serious. Clark left home with a large sum of money., but when found his pockets had been rifled. His condition is such that he has been unable to give an intelligent account of himself. , . • C. H. Over, senior member of the firm of C- H. Over & Co., Muneie • window glass manufacturers, and George J. Vin T cent, night watchman at the factory, were horribly and perhaps fatally burned in a natural gas explosion. Vincent struck a match while repairing a gas pump, causing the explosion. Representative Woodruff will introduce a bill in the Legislature prohibiting the sale and manufacture of cigarettes la this State. Heavy • penalties will be prescribed. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union throughout the State la obtaining thousands of signature* to petitions urging the passage of inch.* rneae*