Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1899 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Double Tragedy at Clarksburg—Fetal How at tbs Breakfast Table—Con* victa Escape from Reformatory— Crushed Between Cura.

The village of Clarksburg was thf scene of a double tragedy the other day. During a family quarrel Wesley Bock over was fatally shot by his stepson, William Frondolph, aged 18 years, whs afterward committed suicide by shooting himself. Bockover was shot below tbs left shoulder and died two hours later, bleeding internally. Frondolph shot himself in the right temple, the ball passing entirely through his head. Death Came almost instantly. Frequent family quarrels have existed. - Looks Like a Murder. The coroner’s inquest held at Brazil developed facts which lead to the belief that Robert Currie, who was found on the Yandalia road, had been murdered and robbed and his body placed on the track to hide the crime. No blood was found on the track or on the ground where the remains lay, indicating that circulation had ceased some timd before the body was run over. Quarrel Ends Fatuity. Joseph Bagwell fatally shot Joseph Robinson at Point township. They became involved in an altercation at the breakfast table. Angry words were exchanged, until Robinson drew his revolver and fired at Bagwell, the ballet missing Us mark. Bagwell returned the fire twice, one bullet striking Robinson in the breast and causing his death soon after. Convicts Make Tbeir Escape. William Otterbach and Albert Spall, convicts confined in the Jeffersonville reformatory, escaped recently. The prisoners were employed on the prison farm and took advantage of Keeper Kinkel’s absence during dinner hoar. Otterbach and Spall were sent from Jackson County for burglary and had but a few days to serve. Railroad Clerk Crushed by Cure. Charles Jossick, assistant in the clerical department of the Lake Shore freight offices at Mishawaka, was instantly killed. Jossick was passing between two freight cars while switching was in progress. The bumpers caught him, crushing his body above the hips.

Within Our Border*. Howard County has a big apple crop. Kokomo automobile works will be enlarged. Shelby County will have rural mail delivery Within two months. The gypsy pest has again broken out in the vicinity of Terre Haute. Lightning badlj damaged a barn and killed three horses for John Miller, near Scottsburg. Chesterton Council has passed- a bicycle ordinance, with $ 50-cents-a-year and lamp-bell attachments. South Bend labor unions have raised $7,000 for the labor day celebration and are still after more. High school building, Crothersville, struck by lightuing and burned to the ground. Loss $13,000. At Bicknell, William PinkstafFs livery stable was destroyed by fire and horses cremated. No insurance. James Fisher’s threshing machine, Richland, was destroyed by a stick of dynamite hid in a sheaf of wheat. Rev. Joseph Samuel Coffman, known to Mennoniteß throughout the United States, is dead at Elkhart, aged 51 years. James E. M. O’Hair, Greencastle, is dead, aged 95 years. He was the father of twelve children, all of whom are living.

At Logansport, William Stevens and Elmes Garvet were struck by lightning and instantly killed. Abraham Downman was fatally shocked. Business m«n in the northern part of the State arq kicking on seme Chicago salesmen who are supplying their customers with clothing and provisions. Miss Stella Fonts, New Washington, will soon be married to Will Brown, Manson, lowa, the result of answering an advertisement. Her people are wealthy. Lightning struck the farm residence of John Martinarn, near Tracy, and destroyed the building, with all its contents. Loss $6,000, insured for $3,000. John Heatcn, Delaware County, had Benjamin Reese arrested for cutting wheat on Sunday. Heaton was acquitted, as the work was regarded as necessary. Engine I, that runs on the C., I. & E., between Matthews and Swayzee, was buried several months in the sand at the Johnstown flood, and was dug out and refitted.

In bankruptcy proceedings against A. I. Friend, one of the leading clothing merchants of Fort Wayna and Maude, Judge Baker has restrained the Fort Wayne Trust Company, trustee, from disposing of any of the stock until after the hearing. A wagon loaded with sixty gallons of nitroglycerin was driven into Van Buren. The driver dismpunted*to transact some business. The horses became frightened and ran down the principal street of the town, causing a panic. The horses broke loose from the wagon and left it standing in the street. John Wool*, aged 52 years, was found dead hanging at the end of a halter strap in his barn in Jackson township. He had committed suicide by tiring one end of the rope to a pole running across the barn ten feet from the floor. }fr. Wools was one of the wealthiest farmers in the county. The cause of the act is a mystery. ... *

Marion normal college is increasing its facilities. Farmers , are all tickled over the new forestry law. Pern has an organized gang of juvA nils thieves. Methodist Church, Scottsburg, burned by incendiaries. Loss $2,500. Daring a storm near Oliver two men were instantly killed and two fatally Injured by lightning. While Vernon Scheppie, aged 13, was burning stumps near ShelbyviUe, using coal oil, clothing caught fire and tb* child was almost burned to death.