Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1905 — Indiana State News [ARTICLE]

Indiana State News

TRAMPS ARRIVE IN DROVES. Indiana Jnilx Filling, Dp with Vosranta from Chicago, Indiana jails are filling up wnhytramps from Chicago and other cities. The tramps are willing. In no other States are jails so luxuriously furnished, so warmly heated; nor in any other are Such palatable dishes set before prisoners. County Sheriffs vie with one another in furnishing good board. In no other State is it so easy to break into jail. By smoking a cigarette one can get arrested in Indiana, for the Legislature has made it a misdemeanor. From all parts of the north the tramps are migrating, spurred on by the first chill blasts of the season. They seek out a town and inquire cautiously as to the bill of fare and other accommodations provided at the county jail. If they are up to the standard, the tramp takes a position on the court house Square and rolls a cigarette.

ERROR IN JAIL RECORD.

Responsible for Release of Charlea Johnson Before Sentence Expired. Prosecutor Jessup of Richmond issued an order for Sheriff Smith to bring Charles Johnson into court. Johnson was arrested during the Hagerstown fair for running a swindling game, and he was committed to jail for 100 days. His term rightfully expired with this d|iy, and another charge was to be placed against- him. The prosecutor was much chagrined to find, after the order had been issued, that Johnson was released a month ago. Investigation showed that there was an error in the record at the jail, by which the prisoner was set at liberty. It was also learned that Johnson, who sails under several aliases, is wanted in one or more other cities for alleged swindling. STOPS HUNTING ON SUNDAY. Indiana Game Commissioner Pats Did on Sportsmen. With Gov. Hanly fighting for a puritan observance of Sunday and making the placing of the lid effective in all cities and towns under threat of criminal prosecution, Game . Commissioner Sweeney of Laporte, who is an ordained minister, has issued orders to all of his deputies to arrest and prosecute, beginning Sunday, all hunters who hunt on Sunday, and if violations continue to bring the offenders hefore the grand jury. DIES JUST AS HE WISHED. Former Alderman Stricken While Praying in Sunday Sehool. “I want to die in the service of my Master.” This was the remark often made by ex-Alderman George W. Wliorwell of Laporte, whose body was brought there for burial. Particulars received show that his prayer was dramatically answered. Mr. Whorwell had directed the Sunday school of the Methodist Episcopal church at Hooker, O. T., and had risen to offer the closing prayer, when he sank unconscious, death resulting in a few hours. * TIRES OF HIS SIDENT WIFE. Man Seek* Divorce from Helpmeet Who Never Talked. Not because his wife talked too much, but because she talked too little, does Charles Hulbert of Jeffersonville seek a divorce. He alleges in his complaint that she would go for days at a time refusing to speak a word or have anything to do with him. Even for the commonest courtesies he was often compelled to write a note. Finally, in July last, Hulbert says, he insisted on talking, whereupon his wife left him. Blk Estate Deft to Them. Henry Conrad of Logansport left the other day for Salt Lake City, Utah, to establish the claim of himself and Louis Conrad of Niles, Mich., to an estate valued at SIOO,OOO, to which there are but three heirs. The estate was left by Barney Conrad, an uncle, of whose wealth the three heirs were in ignorance. The estate will at once be divided. Boy Pcriahea in Fire. The home of Luther Jones, a colored farmer near Marion, was destroyed by fire nnd his son, Luther, 3 years old, perished in the flames. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are the parents of thirteen children and all were sleeping in the house. All escaped but Luther. It is thought the fire started from a lamp. IMunve DownMtalrM Kill* Woman. Mrs. Mary Kelley of Joliet, ill., 74 years of age, was fatally injured at the home of her daughter in Laporte by taking a headlong plunge down a flight of stairs. She was found unconscious and death resulted within fifteen minutes after the accident. Saves Girls and Is Killed. After pushing two little girls from the track and saving their lives, Wallace Phillips, a wealthy lumber dealer, was instantly killed by a Vandalia express train at Brazil. Phillips’ body was hurled 100 feet. He was 38 years old and married. Catches Woman Burglar, Charles Sherwood, keeper of a country inn near Evansville, grappled with a woman burglar in his room, overpowered her and held her until officers arrived. The woman gave her name as Laura Wesley. Within Our Borders, Harry Cunningham, 3 years old, was fatally burned at Evansville, while playing around n stove. Levi Glaffls, a farmer, was arrested at Peru, charged with burning seventy-five tons of hay insured for S3OO. John Wells, a foreman on the Southern railroad, was shot and killed near Jasper by John Scott, a negro. Lewis Patrito, a miner, was killed and John Beno, also a miner, fatally injured by the explosion of a keg of powder at Brazil.