Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1904 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PABT WEEK. • Feud Likely to Come Along Kankakee River—Corpie Stood Up In l’ulpit During Funeral—Small JJajr Injured by Bully—Youth Commits Suicide. Bitter feeling that may develop into u feud prevails on the Kankakee river near Thayer, over the assault on Allie Blood, a Mouod switchman, by Henry Foss, a wealthy farmer. Blood is expected to die and Foss’ friends declare that they will never allow the officers of the law to arrest the assailant. The light between the two men took place in Thayer, in front of a saloon owned by John Dewolf. Foss’ friends declare that Blood insulted a woman and Foss resented it. Blood’s friends, backed by John Mirer* ton, another switchman, declare that the fight grew out of kicking a box from the saloon door down the street. Foss, Moorton says, blamed Blood for this and a quarrel ensued. Foss picked up a neckyoke and felled the switchman with it. He was knocked senseless and is thought to have suffered concussion of the brain. s=== ~ Boy Injured I>y Rutty. Harmon Webber, a boy residing northcast of Decatur, lies flat on his back, maimed possibly for life, as the result of the bullying of one of the larger of his playmates. A big, burly boy, during intermissions, had a practice with many of tho smaller boys of tossing them up and letting them down to see how much they could endure without squealing. Harmon was one of litem, and a few days ngo lie was thrown up«nnd allowed to drop, and in doing so was so badly ruptured that lie lies at the home of his parents in a pitiable condition, under the doctor’s care. It may lie that Ills injuries are of such a nature that he will never again be strong and well. Corpse Upright at Funeral. With the coffin and corpse upright before the congregation and-tlie face of tbe body uncovered, funeral services for Rev. James Hart, pastor of the General Baptist Church nt Folsomville, were held in his church, where lie had been minister for fifty-five years. He had requested just before his death that the coffin be stood on end, so that lie could look out on the congregation lie had served so long. Three ministers occupied the platform with the corpse. During the services many in the congregation became hystericalrshouting franticallyToThe dead minister to return to life. Rev. Air. Ilart was 7li years old, and a veteran of the Civil War. i

Jilted Youth Kills Hclf. Walter Scheunrnan, aged 19, son of prominent Tollestoii people, blew his brains out at Indiana Harbor when rejected by a woman much older than lie. Schuenman left a pitiful note behind telling his motive for tlie deed. He was morose during the day and when his employers heard a shot in the basement in the afternoon they thought young Scheunman was shooting rats. On goiug to tlie cellar there was seen a resolver in Sciieunman’s dead hands. Druggiet Murdered In Store. William Runyan, a South Bend druggist. was murdered by an unknown man in his stoic. It is thought robbery was . the motive. Joseph Suchanek, who has a cigar factory adjoining the drug store, attempted to capture the murderer and narrowly escaped being shot. Runyan was prominent, having been a resident there for a number of years. The murderer lost his cap in the struggle, which is the only clew to his identity. All Over the State* R. X. Craig, tlie oldest pioneer grocer of Madison, went into bankruptcy. Assets sl,-00, liabilities $3,000. One of the oldest residences in Washington County, known as tlie John Overman place, has been destroyed by fire. A robber, who wore a veil over his face, held up aud robbed Thomas Paper and R. C. Lnyne, at McVilie. Passenger train No. G on the Pennsylvania line was wrecked in a collision at Hobart. One man was killed aud four injured. Four cars and a caboose on an extra north-bound Monon freight train were wrecked in, the Lafayette yards. Traffic was delayed for several hours. Edward Van Atigen, owner and manager of tlie telephone plant at Frankton, was arrested, accused of having waylaid and rol 1 William Kenaclo aud severely injure . win Huffman with a gas pipe. Ringleaders in the demonstration at Terre Haute against Duggin. who killed Mrs. Ramsey and her two children, have been arrested, and the riot will be investigated by tlie grand jury. Duggin's trial lias been Set for March 7.

Cyrus E. McOrady, cashier of tlie First National Bank at Seymour, and treasurer of the Co-operative Building and Loan Association, has admitted his accounts are short with each institution. The amount is estimated, from.a preliminary examination, to lie $11,500 with the bank and $13,000 with the building and loan association. SlcCrmly's property,j valued at from $15,000 to SIB,OOO, has been turned over to a trustee for his creditors. In a divorec suit brought in the Alien. Circuit Court by Matthias Ilose, aged 75, against Mary Rose, the complaint is unique. The old man alleges extreme cruelty on the part of liis wife, nml it is charged that the woman, who is about 05 and much his superior iu strength, repeatedly forced him into the cistern, which held some water, covered the top and held him a prisoner for several hours at a time. * They were married in 1900. and tlreir married life was turbulent from the start. The mystery of the William Runyan murder grows and new theories are being advanced to explain the killing of the druggist. The police department, l.ake Siiofe detectives and the police of Mishawaka, Elkhart, Goshen, La Porte are working on the case. The murder, which took place Saturday night, was witnessed by only one man, Murl Gilman, and he can give no information further thnn that Runyan was shot by a man with whom he was struggling at the time the witness was attracted to the druggist’s store by Runyan's cries for help^