Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1903 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY "TOLD. # Frteiidi of Dead Miner Attempt to Lynch Marshal lilkhart Bankers Arrested—Work on Indiana Harbor Canal to Be Hashed - Frozen to Death. , _j .. * An unsuccessful effort was made totake Town Marshal Harmon from the jail in Brazil for the purpose, it is believed, of lynching him.'' Harmon while -trying to quell a fight at, Diamond, a mining town, accidentally shot Dennis McCann, a miner of Darlington. McCann died& Harmon voluntarily surrendered to the authorities. The other night four Darlington men arrived at the jail and represented themselves as officers come to take Harmon to Rockville for trial. Harmon recognized them as friends of 'McCann who had sworn to take his life, and the sheriff refused to give him up. The men returned to Darlington, wrecked - the home of his son, ’Shelby Harmon, and drove his family into the street. <Np arrests have been made. Har.mon was tdken to Rockville and placed in jail there. Lock Up Klkhart Bankers. Deputy United States Marshal Lon Boyd arrived from Indianapolis the other day ahß arrestod President Brodricii and Cashier Collins of the Indiana National Bank 'of Elkhart, on the charge ol violating the national banking laws. T l ** defendants were taken to Goshen for arraignment before the United States commissioner. Both asserted their innocence of any violation of the law. It is said the warrants were issued by United States District Attorney Kealiug immediately on his return from Washington, where he had been instructed by the department of justice to bring criminal proceedings at once. The deposits when the bank failed were almost $600,000, with hardly anything on hand as assets. Knth Work on Canal. Rush orders have been issued for the completion of the ship canal to connect East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. It is planned to have part of the canal open to steamers before the end of next summer. Material lias been -ordered for two big dredges of the suction type. These will be put together on the canal route and will begin cutting their way toward Lake Michigan in one direction and to the Grand Calumet river in the other.

Top of Head Blown Off.

The body of Thomas Brown, a prosperous Clark County fanner, was found in a fence corner, near Borden. The top of the head was blown off. and a shotgun was tightly clasped in one hand. Brown was 55 years old and leaves a widow and three children. It is supposed that Brown, in attempting to climb the rail fence by which his body v» found, caught the trigger of his gun and it was discharged.

Miner Is Frozen to Death.

The body of df man supposed to hav* been a miner named Henry Rowe, employed at the ‘ Jackson Hill mine, near Hymera, was found in a ditch near Sullivan. Late the previous night Rowe inquired the way to Jaejcson Hill from a farmer," 1 atid it is supposed he went to sleep from cold and was frozen to death.

All Over the Btata Safe blowers secured S2OO from Tullar Woodard's office in the business district of Elkhart at noon. John A. Hauck, aged 103, the oldest man in Monroe County, is dead. He was Born in New Jersey.

The engineer was fatally injured and the electric light plant in the town of Albany was damaged $5,006 by the explosion of gas that escaped from a leaking pipe. St. Augustinus Catholic Church at Jeffersonville was almost completely destroyed by fire. Only the outer walls are standing. * The loss is estimated at $50,000. An unsuccessful attempt was made by an unknown man to assassinate City Marshal John Schenck of Colfax, who was shot at as he sat in his office. Tljg affair has created great excitement iji the town. **

Miss Erlipe Sinclair, the young Sullivan County school teacher who was immersed in a pond by her pnpils and left standing in the icy water for two hours, is not yet out of danger, but her phykithink she will recover.

John Haskett, 27 years old, cut -his throat at the home of his brother in Aroma to avoid capture for stealing a horse and buggy. Five minutes-after his death the officers arrived. He had been pursued throughout the night.

Iu n fight at Hoffman's mill. Evansville, between Noah Seals and David Gates the former split open the latter’s itead with a hatchet, killing him. Seals took a large stick of stove wood and crushed in the face and then fled to the woods.

Robbers nt Fort Wayne entered the pesthouse, carrying off everything portable, but the police are not exerting themselves to capture the burglnrs, who, it is believed, were unaware of the character of the building, which has been uuVcupied for several months. President Fisher of Hanover College expelled ten students and suspended fifty others from the various classes as the result of a class clash. The entire student body has left the college and at a meeting held on the campus lias decided not to return till the men are reinstated. The most disastrous fjre iu the history of Ridgeviile occurred the other night, causing a loss of SIO,OOO. partially covered by insurance. The-town is without fire protection and only the heroic efforts of 'the citizens saved adjoining buiVdings. Three families were driven from their homes in their night clothing. Dr. Joseph H. Greer of Fort Wayne died in Ban Diego, Cal.. L os blood poisoning, the result of stepping on a tack in a sleeping car. Overcome by gas while working in • drip well nt the Evansville gas plant, George H, Metike. aged 2!>. and married, felt, |o the b&ttom and wax' killed. His home was at Holland, 111. In Martinsville Fain Grndy w;as convicted of shooting his sweetheiirt. Miss Corn Beaman, with intent to kill. Sept. Id, while in a fit of jealousy. The sentence ,1s from two to fourteen years h» the penitentiary.