Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1902 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK - To Honor Memory of Wesley Reynolds —lndiana as Gold-Producing State— Youths on a Rampage-Two Suicides in Hotel in Cne Night. - Wesley Reynolds, the 16-year-old boy hero who gave up his life while defending treasure intrusted to his care, is likely to be honored with an enduring memorial. A movement started in Laporte to erect a monument In his honoj at Westville has received cordial indorsement from banks in various parts of the ; country. The detectives at work on the case believe the murderers are hiding in Chicago. A movement has been started at WestvHle to raise a testimonial fund for his father, mother and sister. The father is incapable of caring for himself and the family. The Westville bank, in defense of whose cash the boy lost his life, will probably be made the place of deposit for the subscriptions. Indiana on a Golden Bed. R. L. Royce, a well-known gold prospector, states that the streets of Indianapolis stood on a bed of gold-bearing sand, and to prove his contention panned out gold from gravel thrown up by workmen who are digging a sewer. While the results have not been officially tested, Mr. Royce stated that he found the finest gold the world in his pan, which ran 909% pure and would sell at sl9 an ounce, while Alaska gold runs from sl4 to $lB. Mr. Royce further prophesied that Indiana would prove to be the greatest gold-bearing State in the Union, not in the amount of gold produced to the cubic foot, but in the extent of its deposits and in its proximity to a market. Spread T. rror with Guns. Five young men under the influence of liquor terrorized the farming community half a mile north of Lafayette. Ray Waples, Allen Grayen, Homer Armstrong and William Sheehan, ranging in age from 20 to 27 years, and a companion started out with shotguns, shooting at horses and cattle. When ordered to desist they turned the weapons on the farmers. Henry Allen was slightly injured. A score of farmers organized quickly and captured the youths. The captors informed the police and the boys are in jail. Two Suicides in Indianapolis Hotel. Robert Killian, a musician who recently came from St. Louis, and Thomas Sharp, a young man, committed suicide at Little’s Hotel in Indianapolis. Killian took morphine and Sharp took poison. The latter was found in agony and taken to the city hospital, where he died. At about the same hour Gillian was found dead in his room at the hotel. He had lain down with his clothes bn. Both bad rented rooms at about the same hour on a recent night. They were strangers to each other. Bares Mania to Burn Houses. The mystery surrounding - numerous barn and residence fires in the vicinity of Evansville-for months past was cleared by a confession made by William Olmstead, 18 years old. He was arrested on suspicion and confessed to burning two residences and four large barns. A mania prompted his acts. He is well connected. Gets SII,BOO Damages from Railway, Thomas Collins was awarded a verdict of SII,BOO against the Pan Handle Railroad Company in the Cass Circuit Court. Collins lost his right arm in an accident in Cass County nearly two years ago. Another amputation may be necessary.