Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1905 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PABT WEEK. Slnyer of South Bend Druggist Pleads Guilty—Drunken Farmer Kills Friend Burning Bed. Canses Fatalities Prominent Man Found Frozen. Edward Krienke pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the La Forte Circuit Court aud was given an indeterminate sentence of two to twenty-one years. Krienke was indicted for murder in the first degree, which made the impaneling of a jury necessary. Twelve lawyers took seats in the jury box and a trial continuing over seven minutes was followeil by the imposing of the sentence. Krienke was indicted with James Costello, who is a fugitive, for killing William Runyan, a South Bend druggist. The two men planned to rob the drug store and in the affray Costello shot and killed the druggist. Asleep in Burning Bed. Mrs. William Blann is dead and her husband is fatally injured at their home in Oak-town as a result of being burned. Mr. Blann got up and lighted a match to see the time. A part of the match fell on the bed, setting the bed clothes on fire. Not knowing this, they both went to sleep again, but were soon awakened to find the bed enveloped in fames. Blann jumped up, but Mrs. Blann fainted at the sight of the tire and fell back in the bed and was burned to a crisp. Mr. Blann is so horribly "burned that ha cannot recover. Drunken Farmer Csee a Shotgun. Early on a recent morning George McGuire tried to take his brother-in-law, Pearl McNeer, aged 80, home from a Churubnsco dance. The young farmer was crazy drunk. McGuire got McNeer nearly home, when lie balked. He called Sant Rolland. a farmer, out of bed to help him. McNeer Stole away, got his shotgun and discharged both barrels, containing birdshot, into Holland’s right side. Dr. Briggs spent the entire day picking lead out of Holland's body. He will live. McNeer is in jail.

Found Burned and Frozen. Ex-Councilman C. 11. Murray was found almost frozen to death in his house in Terre Haute, where lie lived alone. He had lain helpless on the floor in his underclothes for two days. He had tipped over a hot stove in his struggles and was badly-burned in several places. Physicians think rheumatism of tire heart caused his suffering, He is 07 years old. Michigan City Benefits. Michigan City will figure in the next appropriation for two important pieces of work. One will be the .construction of a large tunnel basin in the harbor. The land for this improvement is now being purchased. The other work will be a new government building, which, with the site, will cost $87,000. Gossip Drives to Suicide. Alexander White, postmaster at Lawrence, committed suicide some time the other night. His body was found in his store. It is believed Hint his suicide was the result of gossip, the neighborhood refusing to forget that at one time While was in the liquor business.

AH Over the State. Robert Iliginhotham, aged 23 years, lost his right arm while working in a dough-mixing machine in a bakery in Elkhart. James O’Connor, aged 25, of Chicago, was struck by a train at Millers Station, and both his legs were cut off. It is believed he will die. In a fit of jealousy John Mack, a negro, fatally shot Fannie Jackson in Evonsyillc, and then committed suicide by jumping into a cistern. Mrs. Harriet Worden, a well-known woman of Shelby county, is dead at the home of her son, near Geneva, of blood poisoning. She was a member of the W. R. C. John W. Wilson, aged 23, of Pike county committed suicide by shooting. He said he had no friends and previous to killing himself asked an acquaintance to shoot him. Mrs. William Conn of Star City, who had been married only twenty days, hanged herself with a clothes line. She was about 22 years old. No motive for the act is known. While blasting for a well near Osgood John Hess was instantly killed, DWward Braley was fatally injured and Charles Francis had both eyes blown out and both arms broken. The home of Nathan O'Neall, five miles west of Bloomfield, was burned, to the ground and O'Neall and his daughter, Nora, were burned to death. Tlie origin of the fire is unknown. Struck by a Big Four train as he was crossing tlie tracks at Delhi, J. 11. Avey, 72, of Delhi, was carried on the cowcatcher a quarter of a mile before the train could he stopped and his dead body removed. Wind blew down a two-story brick building in process of construction nt Peru. The \yall caved in the adjoining frame house of Mrs, Clare Taylor. With her were Mrs. Ann ,}rrington, Miss Ann Murphy and Adrian Taylor, a boy, all of whom were injured. Perry Ruffing aged 14, of Fort Wayne, and Phinley IrelnmlJiis cousin, aged 18, of Wullen, were a united on a charge of train wrecking. They confessed that they rolled two rails across the Grand Rapids railroad track six miles north of Fort Wayne. A freight engine and four cars were ditched. The trainmen were slightly hurt. The Ireland boy is said to be a degenerate. He nnd Ruffing wanted to see wlnit would happen, they say. in explanation of their action. Gov. Durbin ami tlx* members of tlio board'of Stale charities returned to Indianapolis after investigating the charge of crueltj brought against Dr. John Glover, one of the physicians of the Evansville institution. It was stated that the charge was not sustained. Thomas Cunningham, aged 3(1. died of smallpox -nt a town near Princeton. H« was late chairman of the Democratic party of Gibson county ami got a national refutation ns ndrocating pure elections without the use of money. Hs leaves a widow and child and quits an estate.