Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1904 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Accident in Hub’Wot.'ti Causes Man to Bite Tongue in Two - Fortune of Dead Miser Found—Takes Son and Leave. Wife. Charles Brodt, an employe of the Keystone hub works, in Mqrion, had his tongue cut off while operating a boring machine. He was boring a hole through a hub when the hub in some way caught in the bit, was hurled upward, striking him under the chin. His tongue was between his teeth and was cut off. C. L. Wright, manager of the plant, had his attention attracted to Brodt, who was making signals with his. arms. When Wright reached the man's side blood was spurting from his mouth. Wright asked him what hndjinppened-, but he was unable Jo talk, but' pointed to the machine and block, which had caused the accident. The end of the severed longue was picked up. Brodt was hurried to the office of a surgeon, who sewed tbe severed end back in place. The flow of blood was stopped and Brodt was enabled TOtTllk. Preacher-Lawyer I* Missing. The Rev. Leroy McKinney of Lyons has been missing *for several days, and his sou is with him. His wife went to Owensburg to visit her parents and when she returned she found part of the household goods gone and no trace of her husband and son. For two years he was pastor of the Christian Church nt Linton and from there went to Lyons. He resigned this pastorate and started a branch church. He also began practicing law. He is a man of intellectual ability, but Is eccentric.

Dead Miser’. Fortune Found. United States bonds and other secure tics of the aggregate value of $30,000 were found in a secret drawer ingeniously constructed and cunningly fitted into the leg of an old work table in the home of John H. Mason of Richmond, who was found dead a few days ago. Mason was a saw filer, and worked at the table in which the drawer was found. He was supposed to have accumulated some money, as he spent little, and a search of his house was made under orders of the court.

Rioter Get 9 Term in Jail. Andrew J. Tnylor, son of a prominent Evansvilla merchant and recently sentenced to the State’s prison for from two to fourteen years for stealing a rifle from a gun store during the race riot last July, was given a netv trial and Judge Louis O. Rasc-h fined him $lO and sentenced him to the county, jail for fifty days. There are several more riot cases yet to be tried. • Robbers in Postoflfice. The Orleans postofflee was robbed on a recent morning, the thieves obtaining $275. They blew the safe and the force of the explosion wrecked the office fixtures. From the method of operations it is thought that the work Avas done by experts. All Over the State. Fire partially destroyed the Indiana brick Avorks at Anderson, causing a loss of $50,000. The worst epidemic of measles known in Windfall and vicinity prevails at present. There have been fifty cases. Mrs. Dexter Purcell of Wheatland was perhaps fatally burned while rendering lard. Her clothing caught fire. Her hands are charred and she is horribly burned all over her body. Heat and light at the Central Indiana hospital for'the insane at Indmnapolis have been restored, after having been cut off by the flood, and a panic among the frightened inmates has been averted. An affray in the engine room of the Little Giant mine, near Pleasautville, may result in the death of Ogg Isbell, one of the engineers. There was ill feeling betAveen Isbell and Claude Land. The Ducker school house, six miles north of Princeton, lias been destroyed by fire, with all of its contents. The fire is supposed to have been the Work qf boys, who held a grudge against the teacher. 1 —~ _

Isaac Hayes’ herd of ten fine cows were found frozen fast in a pond on his farm near Homestead. Apparently the coAYB broke through and were held by the ice that quickly formed around them. The cows Avere extricated with great difficulty, but are not seriously hurt. The State Board of Agriculture foted to hold the annual State fair this year. With the assistance the commercial Interests of Indianapolis have offered, the boat'd felt that the fair would be a success, notAvitlistnnding the competition of the St. Louis fair. Sept. 12 to 17 have been selected as the fair dates.

John W. Terrell, who murdered liis son-in-law, Melvin Wolfe, last July and was sentenced to prison for life at the December term of court, is in a serious condition at the Wells County jail and is thought to be going insane. For several days he has refused to eat and sleep and does not'recognize his personal friends. Sheriff Johnson caught him in the act of burning all his valuable nfftes, mortgages, deeds and SI,OOO- in currency, which were in his safe in his cell. Sylvia years old, daughter of Mr. nud Mrs. John Hutton of Peru, endured a chilly experience to avoid being whipped. The story told is that the child could not find a lead pencil which her mother wanted, Avlien Mrs. Hutton threatened to punish her. The daughter starred on the run for her home, a mile away. She wore only thin undenvear and a calico dress, and when she was picked up by Mrs. W. E. Fisher, half n mile from home, the child’s feet, hands and face were nearly frozen. ,

John 8. Kiser, ex-postmaster of Upland, who defrauded a number of people out of several hundred dollars by giving checks on banks where he had no deposits, is now in Cuba. A child has been born to his wife since his sudden departure a few weeks ago. Farmer oil well No. 2 came In at Princeton with an estimated flow of sev-enty-five barrels. Oil is now floating over and running down to the creek. A dam will be built to hold it. The camp la Composed of home people. Thia makes seventeen flowing wells within a short distance of the dity.