Star-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 9 October 1908 — Page 1

STAR ^ DEMOCRAT

FIFTY-FIRBT YICAJI

OM Sorios, V’ol. AO, No. 35.

ORBKNCASTIiE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBFR 0, 1008.

New Writ's, Vol. 5. No. 7.

FUBITIVE arrested here

grjiVFSTKR LADY, A BOY OHAIWlB,, WITH RAPK, IS ARRESTED SHERIFF MAZE AND TURN[D OVER TO OFFICERS FROM KEE, KY., WHERE HE JOKE JAIL SEVERAL WEEKS 30-

HOSPITAL FAIR A SUCCESS

MORE THAN $100 WAS TAKEN IN BY THE WOMEN THE FIRST DAY AND TODAY’S RECEIPTS ARE EXPECTED TO FAR EXCEED THOSE OF YESTERDAY— TWO LARGE CROWDS ATTEND dog and PONY SHOW LAST THCRSDAV NIGHT.

had been here for weeks I subscription fund is started

BO} is Silid to Hu VO Us.Hl Revolver to y Out HU Purpose—When \rtsted by the Sheriff He Denied ^avinff Ever Been \rrested—LetL r Written l)y (ireeneustle Woninn hew to Hi** Arrest.

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ylvester Lady, a lad of 20 years, ugitive from the mountain district of Kentucky, was arrested here laat Fridify by Sheriff Maze and tur d over to offleers from Ken--tuc , who came here to get him. Lad Is charged with rape. Ho broke jail and escaped from Kentuc i> several weeks ago. boy was arrested at the Gardner lee house. He at flrst denied ever being arrested or having ever been in Kentucky. When confronted by the sheriff and jailer from his hoin' county, however, he confessed being the one wanted. ■The charge against the boys is a aer mis one. It is alleged that he forced a woman of his county at the point of a revolver to submit to rape. He was arrested and indicted by the ^pnd jury of Jackson County, Ken5ky. While in jail at McKee, Ky., aiting trial on the charge, he, with iother prisoner by the name of Haron, escaped from the jail. The n used a big pipe wrench, which s passed to them from the oute to get away. Hirrison was arm :od a few days after the escape bu f Lady got away from the state. ■ He arrived in Greencastle several l|»>'ks ago and lias been living at the h$' io of William Lady on the Strip, last Thursday morning Sheriff ra I.ainliart of McKee received a ter from Mrs. Lady telling him |dt the boy was here. She told the Jeriff that the boy was here and Bt he had admitted to her that he til broken jail in Kentucky. She ted that the boy was very botherme to her and said that he had Id lies about her and her husband. Sheriff Lianhart and Jailer John rmer immediately came to Green,8tle, arriving here this morning, eriff Maze was asked to make the rest for fear the hoy would run en he saw the Kentucky offleers. When arrested the boy had an old each-loading shot gun which he jys he bought. The offleers left Sat ernoon with their prisoner for ntucky. The sheriff says that Mee is in the mountain country of ntucky. The boy, he says, lived th his parents about ten miles im McKee. The boy is a bad charter and has served a term in the sntucky Tloy’s Reform School. He ,> s that the woman whom the boy tacked was of a fine family. The iy, he says, attacked the woman ie afternoon as she was on her y to a spring for a bucket of wa-

surrender by the solicitation of the fair workers (this may be interpreted as you please). After the ticket was attached the victim was informed that it was worth from a dime to a dollar and contributed according to to his interest in the hospital. Nearly every one was wearing a ticket.

GRANT TRACTION FRANCHISE

Permit Given by the Putnam County Commissioners In Session on Monday—Also Five Roads Ordered

Let and Three Accepted.

FINDS FOR THE PLAINTIFF

Jury (.ives Damages Against (be Dig, rp^g Q 0U nty Commissioners Monday

Several of Putnam County’s Prominent Men Promise to Give SIOO if 100 Persons Agree to (Jive S', Eaeli—Good Headway is Re • Made—Hainhridge Hand Fund es Excellent Music.

Four in Case Veuued Here From Hendricks County—Verdict Given This Morning.

dell, who has visited Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Swahlen here and who has many friends in Greencastle, was the source of the flrst news of the mar-

riage.

Just Returned from Honeymoon. Mrs. Randeil in her letter stated ! that her daughter, Miss Mabel, who 1 also has visited here, had just re- i turned from a trip to Honolulu, where she had gone as the guest of j

THE LINE THROUGH CLOVERD ALE Mrs. Andrew Lockrldge. In her let-j

| tor she spoVo as though she believed that th Mails of the marriage

were known here.

She said that her daughter was a rtersonai friend of Andy’s bride and

FOUGHT OVER LOCAL OPTION

granted a franchise to the Indianapolis, Cloverdale and Terre Haute

PLASTERERS GET INTO DISCUSSION IN ROACHDALE WHICH RESULTS IN ONE OF THEM GETTING BADLY SLASHED WITH A KNIFE IN THE HANDS OF THE OTHER — EDWARD BARR IN DANGEROUS CONDITION.

RAIL AD *7" CLCSED HIGHWAY

Interurban Company. The franct>i?‘' that she had been invited to lie the gives this company the right to use, guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ixickriilge on cross and follow where necessary a trip to Honolulu. She further the roads of the county. The com- : | Id that they had Intended going on pany proposes to pass through see-i to China and Japan but that the tlon 24 in Mill Creek Township and [ weather became so hot that they re-

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FR I SHOW AT PURDUE

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Arrangements have been completfor the Second Annual Fruit Show be held at Purdue University, durIg the week of the Farmers’ Short burse, January 11 to 16, 1909. |J' at interest was shown by the luit growers of the state ‘u the pist Annual Show held last year, po exhibition this winter will be Hd under the joint auspices of the Minna Horticultural Society and p Horticultural Department of the Biiversity. It is planned to make A'- fruit show bigger and better }an ever. The Society is providing Microns premium list—over $300 cash prizes being already aswurEveryone Interested in the growls of fruit is urged to enter this |ntest, practically the only condi)u being that all fruit shown must grown by the exhibitor. For prelitim lists and further information “My to C. G. Woodbury, Experisnt Station, Lafayette, Ind.

All day Thursday a number of men and women had been busy and tastefully decorated booths had been put up in the court house on the flrst floor, and at each of the entrances. These booths were covered with all manner of salable articles. One could secure almost any thing from a hot lunch to a sewing machine. There were dainty hand made articles such as aprons and handkerchiefs, Japanese dishes and china, farm products, flour and meal, hot coffee and sandwiches, ice cream and cold drinks and all the things between these extremes. The court house was well filled Outside the weather man had served up a rather severe bit of fall atmosphere, but in spite of this the Dainbridge band, snugly stowed away in an angle of the south side, drew a crowd to hear one of the best hand concerts given here in some time. There was music within also where a piano accompanied by a drum discoursed music grave .and gay ranging from the most ragged of rag-time to that which was classic. A new move was started when a paper was sent round for signatures of those who would contribute five dollars in case one hundred signatures were secured. The paper passed rapidly and some twenty names went down in the flrst half hour of the circulation of the paper. One of the favorite posts of observation was from the second story where a considerable number of persons gathered and looked down upon the busy and merry scene below'. The weather was so cold that it was very unpleasant on the north and w r est sides of the Court House where some of the booths were located. But inside and wherever the sun shone there was a crowd. And wherever the crowd was there was a swelling of the hospital fund. The beginning, in spite of the weather, was most auspicious. The Log Sawing Contest. The log sawing contest came off at half past two o'clock. A hard log some fifteen inches through had been prepared for the contest which was open to men over seventy. The flrst to attempt the trial was Asbury O’Hair and Israel Knauer. Mr. O'Hair is in his 83d year. They finished the cut in two minutes and fifteen seconds. Hiram Heady and Simpson O’Hair next started to saw but were challenged on the age limit and had to stop as they were not over seventy. John Cook and Ellsbury O’Hair made the last cwt In two minutes and seventeen seconds. This left Asbury O’Hair and Israel Knauer winners of the prize. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hampton received the silver cup given for the prettiest child, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hughes won second place. In the foot race the little Pierce boy reached the tape flrst and roceivod a knife. The little McIntosh lad was second. The last day of the Hospital Fair was the most beautiful one of the three, so far as the weather was concerned. It was warm and bright, and a considerable crowd was in from the country. The booths were much depleted by afternoon showing that there had been a good sale. A new scheme was started Sat. Small tickets attached to strings were tle<^ to the buttons of all the citizens who could be oo*ipeil«U to

The ease of George W. Christy against the Big Four Railroad was ended Wednesday when the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and awarded him $1,1 .">0 damages. The case is one venued

sections 23, 22 and 21 in Jefferson,

then to go In a southwesterly direction to Cloverdale and through that town to Cataract. The road will be

begun soon.

turned to California.

Surprise to His Friends.

Mrs. Randeil said that her daughter had just returned to Los Angeles but did not state where Mr.

Five gravel roads were ordered j nn ^ Mrs. Lockrldge are. It is supopened to contract. They are the A. [ P 0 * 6 ' 1 ’ however, that they are In Los , E. Chamberlain road in Cloverdale Angeles. The letter says that the

here from Hendricks County. Mr. | tp ^ jj arr y Elliott. Greencastle ,s one °F San Francisco’s most Christy claimed damages because the <p., E. C. Dnrnall, Monroe tp., I. U. Popular heiresses. Big Four Company had closed a ! Edwards, Franklin tp., and Joseph Mrs Alex Lockrldge said this

McCnllonph Wnqhln-gnn in Th. morning that she W'as not aware of

road in Hadley upon which the rest-| . c ^ UIIOUBn ’ "asnington tp. The j ^

donee property of the plaintiff fronted. The plaintiff alleged that this

VICT'M !S TAKEN TO BRAZIL

Ahsnltim Young Who Used the Knife Is \rrested and Taken Refnie the Grand Jury—Men Were Business Partners and Had Gone to Roach* dale to do a Job of Work—Trouble Started in a Saloon.

road had been open for a period of thirty-five years, that the company had no right to close it, and that he was damaged $2,300 by the act of the company. The case went to the jury Tuesday night, but a verdict was not returned till Wednesday morning, when the finding was given as above. This is one of some half dozen suits venued here from Hendricks, all growing out of the recent construction work on the Big Four line.

following roads wore accepted, the J. H. James road In Greencastle tp.. the J. H. Miller county line road and the Mat Young county line road. A large number of claims were passed upon and other regular business

transacted.

her son’s marriage. She said that she had a letter from him a short time ago stating that he was going to Honolulu but that he did not intimate that it wms a honey-

moon trip.

C’nrrington-C'ooper.

ANOTHER SUSPECT IET GO

GIRLS MET WITH ACCIDENT ville were married Thursday at 3 p. m. at the parsonage of the College Avenue Church. Dr. Hoagland, the pastor, performed the ceremony in the presence of a few friends. Mr. and Mrs. Carrington returned in the evening to Pntnamville where the groom is established in business and where they will be at home to their many friends.

Horse Driven by Miss Carrie Brown Falls And Young Woman Is Thrown From Buggy—Is Caught Between the Horse and Buggy— Horse Began To Run and Kick.

Tramp Arrested at Terre Haute is Brought Here But is not Identified As the Man Who is Supnosed (o Have Killed Otis Hendn n—Marshal and Detective Go After Him.

DICK BUN EN TO THE RESCUE

ARE WORKING ON OTHER CLEWS

The prompt action of Dick Bunten in stopping a runaway late Saturday afternoon probably saved the life or at least serious injury of n young woman. The runaway was the result j of an accident which occurred just in j front of the Commercial Hotel at near 5 o’clock. Miss Carrie Brown, who stays at the home of Charley Huffman, and Miss Calloway, a friend, were driving in Mr. Hoffman’s rig. As the girls drove past the Commercial Hotel the horse slipped on the : tone crossing and fell. The sudden stop of the buggy threw Miss Calloway over the dash-board and she was caught between the buggy and ho’- e in sue.h a way that she could not get. out. Miss Brown jumped from the

buggy.

The horse Immediately got to its feet and started to run and kiek. The several persons who witnessed the accident believed the girl would be

kicked to death.

Dick Bunten war sitting in the h tel at the time and saw the hop fall. Ho immediately ran into the street and after the horse which had started to run by that time. Mr. Bunten managed to get hold of the horse’s head just in time. He held the animal while Walter Crawford and others got the girl out from bo-

A tramp who gave his name as William Edwards, was arrested in Terre Haute Wednesday. The man answered the description of the man believed to have killed interurban agent Hendren here on Monday night. Marshal Reeves and one of the detectives in the ease went to Terre Haute yesterday evening and brought the man here. Persons who had seen the mysterious man around the station on Monday night failed to identify him, however, and he was released. The man’s clothing tallied exactly with the man who is being looked for but he otherways

did not All the description.

One of the detectives stated that morning that there are other clews which are being followed up. They have nothing which promises to bo of much help In ferreting out the

mystery at this time, however.

Charley Sims, arrested Tuesday, probably will be released from custody today. The offleers have investigated his case very thoroughly and ,

now believe him innocent of any | tween the horse and the buggy. Had

crime greater than intoxication. It

was believed at flrst that he might know something of the murder.

No 'IVutli to the Rumor.

Mr. Bunten not caught the horse when he did the accident probably would have resulted very seriously. As It was neither of the girls were

badly hurt.

The rumor of yesterday to the effect that Mrs. Otis Hendren had been ] married and divorced before marrying the late Mr. Hendren is entirely

without foundation. Mrs. Hendren I SON OF

had never been married before. Mr. Hendren, however, had been married twice. He had two children by

his flrst marriage.

ANDY LOGKRIDGE IS WED

MR. AND

LOCKRIDGE OF MARRIES A SAN HEIRESS—NEWS

MRS. ALEX THIS CITY FRANCISCO COMES TO

HAS BADLYfCUT LIF

HIS .MANY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES AS A COMPLETE SI R-

PRISE.

Janies Sullivan who is staying at the home of his son-in-law Frank l>ane here, had his upper lip badly cut this morning. A crow-bar with which he was working slipped and struck him cutting his lip so badly that the services of a physician were required to sew it up. Mr. Sullivan was at work at the stone-quarry, eight miles north of town and was brought home at once.

Andrew Lockrldge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lockrldge of this town, was lately married in San Francisco to one of that city’s most wealthy young women. The news of the marriage was not received here until Thursday. The marriage of Mr. Lockrldge comes as a complete surprise to his many friends and relatives here and he had told no one of hts plana. A letter received from Mrs. Ran-

M illcr-Snod grass. The marriage ceremony of Miss Amina Miller of Bainbridge and Charles Snodgrass of Fillmore was perfornied Wednesday afternoon at four o’clock by Rev. W. H. Brown at his home in this city. The bride is the daughter of Henry Miller of Bainbridge and the groom is a well known young farmer of near Filf more. They will reside at Fillmore.

Collin-Run rk. Married at the home of Rev. W. H. Brown Thurs morning, Miss Ruby Ruark and Oliver M. Coffln of Fillmore. The bride is the daughter of T. J. Ruark living east of the city and the groom is telegraph operator at Fillmore. Mr. and Mrs. Coffln will make their future home at Fillmore.

LARGE FIRE AT CLOVERDALE

A. N. Holloway Saw Mill and Planing Mill Go u;> in Smoke About Midnight on Friday—Lumber Was Saved by Hard Fight,

LOSS NEARLY FOUR THOUSAND

Friday night fire again swept over the town of Cloverdale, and one of its beet and most enterprising iu iustries was consumed. The A. N. Holloway saw mill and planing mill near the north part of the town was completely destroyed. The lumber already sawed and piled about the mill was saved. The loss is estimated, at $5,000 with some $1,500 insurance. The fire started about 11 o’clock that night supposedly from a spark from a passing Motion engine. The plant was far gone when the fire was flrst seen. There was no adequate way to fight the flames, yet by hard work the piles of sawed lumber were saved. The plant is a complete

wreck.

The mill was one of the most enterprising industries of the town. It

In a fight caused by a dispute over the merits of the county local option law at Roachdale Tuesday afternoon, Absolum Young stabbed and probably fatally injured his business partner Edward Barr. Both men live in Brazil. The fight occurred in a house just outside of Roachdale where the men had gone to do a plastering job. Barr was badly cut in five places. One of the cuts severed a rib and penetrated his stomach. Another slash across his back is nearly seven inches long. The men belong to tfia firm of Young, Barr and Griffin, plasterers, of Brazil. Lately the men secured a contract for work <n Roachdale and Mr. Young and Mr. Barr went to that town to look after the job. Ben Hilburn, of this city, was engaged to assist them. Immediately after the cutting Barr was given medical attention. Later he was brought here fr Roachdale and then taken to hta home in Brazil by interurban. His physicians there say he is in a critical condition. Young was arrested and brought to Greencastle and locked up. Ben Hilburn tells thp following story of the affair. He says that the men were opposite in political beliefs. One is a Democrat and the other a Republican. Yesterday at noon the men went to a saloon in Roachdale and an argument regarding the local option law was indulged in. The men continued their argument on the way to their work from the saloon and on the way out Young drew a knife. Hilburn, who was with the men, pursuaded Young to put the weapon back in his pocket and trouble was averted at that time. After the men reached the house, however, the argument was again taken up and Young again drew his knife. When Young drew the knife Barr picked up some rocks and threw one at Young. Then Young began to slash. The rock thrown by Barr struck Young in the head and cut quite a gash. Next morning Young was taken before the Grand Jury and it is probable that the jury will indict him for assault with intent to kill.

CHAMPION CHICKEN RAISER

I’litnaiii County Man Hatches oq,, Chickens from iii)7 Eggs in an Incubator and is Given Prize by the Company Over Competitors From II! States.

Jv E, MATHEWS IS THE MAN

J. E. Mathews of Reelsville is sure a chicken raiser. Mr. Mathew’s record is hatching 290 chickens from 297 eggs. The eggs were set in an incubator.

The company which makes the incubator recently offered a prize to the man who hatched the greatest per cent of the eggs set by him in

„ . J | one of their incubators. Mr. Mathwas well equipped and was turning ew8i o( cour8e> entered the contegt out much mill work of excellent and wa8 awarded the prlzfl whi< , h quality. It Is a coincidence that two a new in , llbatoI , valued at $ , 0 . years ago in October the mill burned Ther e were contestants from twelve down. It had been rebuilt and sup- ( states entered In the contest and Mr. plied with the best of machinery. Mr. Math e W s beat them all The eggs Holloway is very much discouraged frora whIch the remarkable hatch at this second destruction of his was made W ere of Brown Leghorn

plant ' variety.

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