Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1903 — RECORD OF THE WEKK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEKK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERBEL V> TOLD. Yotmc Con pie Elope in an Antomobua —lH*i Beside Wabash River —Mrs. Dixon Acquitted of Murder Charge— Spendthrift Killed at Pern. Veiled in the dust and grime of travel, a couple stopped at the Clinton Hotel ia Kokomo. They were Lawrence Robey and Miss Nellie Harrison of Plain City, Ohio, and they had ridden 200 miles over the dusty roads in an automobile to gets married. Parental objection and surveillance bad prevented the wedding for months. The other morning when Robey asked permission to take Miss Harrison In a short ride in his new auto the father Suspected the destination and purpose of the lovers and boarded the first train to Kokomo, arriving there ahead of the runaways. When the couple entered the hotel they were confronted by the father and there was n scene. The father demanded possession of the girl. The girl’s tears and the earnest pleadings of the yotliig man at last prevailed and the ceremony was performed by Rev. C. W. ,Choate of the Congregational Church. Pound Dead Beside River. The body of G. N. Fitts of Washington Court House Ohio, a salesman for an Indianapolis firm, was found on the bank of the. Wabash river at Lafayette with his feet in the water. There were evidence# bf a struggle, but no marks "were found on the body. Fitts hired a boat and started down the river, stopping at H resort, where he left his cuff?, remarking that he wad making a farewell trip. The boat, found further down the river, contained several empty bottles. By the side of the dead man was found a bottle partly filled with liquor which is supposed to contain poison. 'L Woman Is Not MnrJeress. Mrs. Martha Dixon, who was on trial at Cannelton, charged with the murder of her husband, was acquitted, the jury being out only twenty-five minutes. Bonaparte Dixon died last March under mysterious circumstances and a post mortem examination showed traces of arsenic in his stomach. The arrest of Mrs. Dixou followed. The State contended Mrs. Dixon administered the poison with tho view of getting rid of her husband so she could marry August Umlake, an oil' driller, who boarded at their house. Robbid of His Diamond. William Xewland of Anderson, a wealthy saloonkeeper, was robbed of a $2,000 diamond as he entered the fair grounds at Elwood,, The stone witb> clipped from his shirt front with a pair of” diamond pliers by a man who disappeared into the grounds and could not be found. Spendthrift Meets Death on Rails, The mangled remains found in the railway yards at Peru were identified as those of Fred Lungreh of Rockford, 111. He had inherited $30,000 |rom his grandfather and spent $17,000, when a guardian was appointed because of his roving life. The remains were sent to Rockford. " } Chokes to Death on Tnbtet. William 15. McKinley of Vincennes choked to death in a room at the Hotel Nickel, South Bend. It is supposed that he arose to take a tablet cricapsule and that it lodged ia his throat. t

State Items of Interest, Michigan City will have an athletic club this winter. American Boys’ Club circus in Columbus, cleared 11 cents. Anderson councilmen are in favor of aa ordinance licensing dogs. J. D. Smith, farmer near Toeteraburg, is building a $12,000 home. Whitely County farmers are making a specialty of raising pickles . Efforts to find natural gas or oil at Paoli have been unsuccessful. Severn; new eases of smallpox have been discovered in Michigan City. Miss Nellie Farley of Muneie won a prize at a rifle shoot, at the Muneie Cun Club. William Lightner committed suicide at Bremen by drinking carbolic acid. It was his second attempt at self-destruc-tion within a few weeks. Edward Turner was shot by Sheriff Louis C. Summitt at Vincennes while resisting arrest and he will probably be crippled for life. The shot took effect iu the ankle. The cases of tl|o men indicted at Evansville for rioting during the disturbances that occurred in July have been set down for Sept. 1. These cases will take precedence over nil other criminal prosecutions that may be pending. Pleading in defense that the likes! nice things, Miss Carrie Knapp, aged 15, was found guilty at El wood of breaking into the Methodist parsonage and taking a qunntity of clothing, some jewelry and st..t from n small bank. Failing to give bond for .<2OO, she was placed in jail. The Wuba. ; ih Bridge and Iron Company has assigned. The liabilities are estimated at $200,000 and the assets at SIOO,OOO, which is the capital stock. Four-fifths of the liabilities are held by banks in Chicago, New York, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Cleveland and in Indiana. Tfte private bank of Iyinney & Co., at Angola, closed its doors. The owners of the bnnk are John Kinney and the estate of the late Peter W. Russell, represented by the heirs, Mr. and Mrs. Morton Beal of Toledo. The immediate cause of the failure was the attempt of County Treasurer George W. Williams to withdraw $17,000. The bnnk could, ouly pay hint about $5,000. The financial troublea of the bank have been caused by its attempt to finance a trolley lino from Angola to James Lake, three miles distant. Samuel Hill. 75, a pioneer of Madison County, hss Jnst been seut to the Stato insnne hospital for the fourth time. Ha becomes violent at times. Maud Carpenter, 40. ~ trrrortxed n neighborhood In Laporte ami kept the police at bay for several hours. She has been adjudged of unround mind. The annual conference of the Indiana Methodist Protestant Church came to an end at Muneie. The conference placed itself on record as favoring the union of the Methodist Protestant, the Congregational and United Brethren churches under the name of the United Church.