Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1907 — Indiana State News [ARTICLE]

Indiana State News

ROBBED ON COUNTRY ROAD. Chicago Man Loses $250 to “Road Agents” in Indiana. .¶ Two masked robers [robbers] dragged Maurice Zielechower of Chicago from his buggy near a deep ditch on the roadside midway between Dolton and West Hammond at 7 o’clock the other night and robbed him of $250, a diamond scarfpin and a gold watch, according to a story he told the Hammond police an hour after the occurrence. Bielechower drove to the station and after he had told his story he fell in a faint. He had been collecting money for his employers in Hammond and Dolton during the day and was returning home, when his horse was stopped by two men who wore handkerchiefs over their faces. Both were armed. They dragged him from the buggy, robbed him and then threw him back in the rig and told him to drive on. The victim could not give an accurate description of his assailants. CHOKES ON KERNEL OF CORN.

Child’s Life Saved by Hurried Rush to Throat Specialist. .¶ The 3-year-old son of George Miller, a farmer west of Laporte, was chewing a corn kernel, when it slipped into the windpipe. The child was choking and purple in the face when father and mother drove frantically into town. A doctor could not reach the kernel and advised a trip to Chicago to see a specialist, with a view to an operation. The mother was hatless and coatless, having rushed from the field where working, but a train was taken at once for Chicago, the child being scarcely alive. It was a race for life against death and death lost it by ten minutes. The child was operated on and will live if it survives the shock. KILLS GIRL TO REFORM HER. Indianapolis Man Finds Childhood Playmate Leading Immoral Life. .¶ Charles Lewis, an iron worker from Pittsburg, who has been in Indianapolis less than a week, shot and instantly killed Anna Eaton in a resort, then tried to kill himself. Lewis recognized the girl as an old schoolmate whom he had known in Pennsylvania. He pleaded with her to give up the life she was leading. She refused. Lewis called upon her again, and upon her refusal to return home, shot her. Beaten and Robbed by Man He Aids. .¶ Fred Brinegar of Bedford, aged 25, gave a stranger permission to ride with him in his buggy and was attacked and robbed for his kindness. His horse walked home, where the young man was found unconscious in the buggy with wounds on on his head. His condition is serious. He was robbed of $100, a watch and a jeweled pin. Dedicates His 700th Church. .¶ Rev. L. L. Carpenter of Wabash Sunday dedicated his seven hundredth Christian church at Charles City, lowa, raising all of the indebtedness. No other living minister has dedicated so many churches. He has raised five millions to pay church debts. Shoots and Kills Friend. .¶ Following receipt of an anonymous letter threatening harm, Harry Toms of New Paris shot and killed Rastus Paul, his best friend. Toms says he shot in self-defense and did not know it was Paul until after the shooting. Lid on in Brazil. .¶ For the first time in many years the saloons of Brazil were closed on Sunday. In addition all public gambling resorts have been closed and the gamblers have been warned to go to work or get out of town. Mutilated by the Street Cars. .¶ Warren Roberts, 15 years old, son of Thomas Roberts of Brandenburg, Ky., visiting in New Albany, was run over by a street car and fatally injured. Both legs were cut off and an arm was broken. Dies from Lockjaw. .¶ Mrs. John Kruger of Lowell died of lockjaw after weeks of intense suffering, the result of stepping on a rusty nail while cleaning out a woodshed. She was 60 years old. Woman Convicted of Murder. .¶ Mrs. Alice Cooper Lawson was found guilty in La Fayette of murder in the second degree for killing her husband, Charles W. Lawson, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Boys Ignite a Gas Well. .¶ Boys striking a match set fire to the gas well being bored near Bedford. The flames wrecked the derrick. The well has reached a depth of 1,100 feet and the gas gets stronger each day. Conductors Vote on Strike. .¶ The street car conductors and motormen of Evansville made a demand for higher wages and the demand being refused the men voted to go out on strike. Trouble is feared.

Minor State Items. George Paul of Evansville, aged 12, accidentally shot himself in the head with a Flobert rifle and died instantly. Six great-grandchildren were pall-bear-ers at the funeral of Mrs. Cynthia Dedrick of Wabash, aged 94. This is said to be the first time in the history of the State that all the pall-bearers were fully grown and great-grandchildren. Wearing a pair of trousers and an expression of grim determination. Chief of Police Joseph Martin of Gary sallied forth to capture the thieves who stole the remainder of his garments the previous night. These included a brand-new uniform, the pride of the town. The thieves entered almost every place in Gary and besides stealing clothing from residences stripped Soltow's tailoring establishment, where the new uniform reposed. Chief Martin’s predicament was shared by President Thomas E. Knotts of the village board, who was forced to order a new suit because of the raid.