The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 37, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 October 1987 — Page 12

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., October 28,1887

Seek barn fire information

40fi&rime HOPERS ■ ‘fi. Crime Stoppers, a non-profit organization involving the police, the media and the public in the fight, against crime, offers anonymity and cash rewards to persons who furnish information leading to the arrest and the filing of criminal charges against felony offenders and to the capture of fugitives. The following “Crime of the Week” was furnished by the Kosciusko County Crime Stopper organization: A barn fire that has been deter-

Manchester's enrollment increases by 47 students

Enrollment figures, recently released at Manchester College, show an increase of 47 students registered for fall classes when compared with 1986 records. A total of 979 students enrolled for fall term, according to statistics released by the registrar’s office. This figure includes 944 full-time and 35 parttime students, up 47 from 932 last fall. First time, full-time freshmen include 138 men and 149 women, a total of 287. This figures compares with 237 for

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if' THE MILFORD REPUBLICAN TEAM — Tuesday, Nov. 3 — Monica Bice now serving as Clerk-Treasurer and present Town Board member Dennis Wuthrich offer valuable experience after serving our town for four years. Max Evans and Gary Hurd will offer fresh insights and new ideas. It's a winning combination ...

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THE MILFORD REPUBLICAN TEAM is proud to repre OPEN HOUSE, SATURDAY, OCT. 31 sent their party. Please vote Republican on Tuesday, 10:00 A.M. To 12 Nov. 3 At The Milford Community Building ' *TL—»- v-,. Lu v- e *■ - FreeCeHee, CmWm A*4 CaevmetiM - — IltWl* IVV rur IVUr juppun — fvoryonolo InvlMd To Atlond Paid for by th* Milford Republican committee, Joel Beer, Treat., P.O. Box 174, Milford, IN 46542

mined to be arson, is our Crime of the Week. On October 11, a fire was discovered in a barn located at l the west edge of Milford. The | barn was completely destroyed, at a loss of about $75,000. Later tests by laboratories has confirmed the suspicions of arson. Since May of this year, there has been three suspicious bam fires within a short distance, and a total of five barns have burned within the last year, all in the same general area. If you have information concerning this incident, call Crime Stoppers toll free, at 1-800-342-STOP. We will pay up to SI,OOO if your information leads to an arrest or indictment. Crime Stoppers also pays cash rewards on other felony crimes and the capture of fugitives. When you call, you will be assigned a code number, we will not ask your name.

1986. In addition, 45 new students transferred in from other colleges and universities in the United States. Indiana residents make up the majority of the student body. Thirteen other states and seven foreign countries are also represented. Approximately 23% of the students list the Church of the Brethren as their religious preference, 15% Methodist and 14% Roman Catholic, with the remainder from more than 20 other denominations.

EXPERIENCE PLUS NEW IDEAS! DURING MT EIGHTEEN TEARS OF RESIDENCE IN MILFORD, I HAVE VOLUNTHRD with many activities involving my children in the Milford schools and served for twelve years with the Milford E.M.S. j Prior to being elected Clerk-Treasurer in 1983. I worked part-time ! in the Clerk-Treasurer s office and completed the term of the resigned Clerk-Treasurer. I have approximately ten years of bookkeeping experience and worked four years as a tax preporer. I have communicated with the State Highway Department. Con-Rail and our congressmen to provide safer railroad crossings. I have ad- | ministered town improvement grant funds and am presently setting up Sltility dnd General Ledger computer programs. .1 enjoy holding public office because it allows me to work for and communicate with most of the Milford Citizens. Monica R. Bice ‘ I HAVE BEEN A LIFELONG RESIDENT Os THE MILFORD AREA AND ENJOT BEING A member of the Town Board (Ward I) serving the public. I also enjoy being involved in helping the town grow. Some of the things I have helped to get done in the last four years are: (A.) Complete the water and sewer on St. Rd. 15 South. (B.) Complete the new water well. (C.) Complete the new water tower. (D.) Complete the new-building at the street department and remodel the building on North Main Street at well site no. 2 (E.) Upgraded the equipment tor the street department. Upgraded the equipment for the police department. If I am re-elected I will see that your tax dollars are put to good use in our community. Dennis Wuthrich I'VE BEEN A LIFE LONG RESIDENT Os MILFORD AND PLAN TO STAT THAT WAT. It's a good town, with good people, and with proper management and foresight. I feel it can continue to be a great place to live. I have a Business Education degree from Goshen College and a Provisional Administrator's License for the public schools. I'm currently employed by the Warsaw Community Schools. I'm confident that the training in both of these areas will help me make the accurate decisions necessary. My education will also be an asset in giving clear communication to the town employees and most importantly, back to you, the town people. I would hope we could attract some housing and possibly industrial growth to help keep our economy moving forward. I feel th* utility department and police department have done an adequate job. However, I've learned that there is always a little room for improvement ond we will try to set some objective for improvement in some ° reaS Gary Hurd I AM A LIFE LONG RESIDENT Os MILFORD AND A 1960 GRADUATE Os MILFORD High School. I hove been married to my wife Marlene for 23 years. We have 3 children: Mrs. Brian Goodman (Marcia), Winona Lake, Melissa and Marc, at home. v I have been a cost analysis, insurance agent, real estate agent and | business man. My wife and I own ond operate Evans Family Store in Milford. I am a member of Milford Christian Church and Scoutmaster for troop no. 747 of Milford. I am a past volunteer of th* Milford EMS for 10 years, being one of the first EMT's. I believe Milford is a great place to live and raise a family and I would like to see it grow. „ r ” Max G. Evans

It happened in Indiana —

Amer Green lynched 100 years ago, October 21,1887

IBy MARTI DILLMAN Feature Writer Carroll County Comet Headlines across the state 100 years ago told the news of the lynching of Amer Green. Green, a native of the Young America (Cass County) area was the prime suspect in the disappearance of a young woman from eastern Carroll County. Accounts of this story ate from The Delphi Journal, one of three newspapers which now compose the Comet. The stories were written by a Delphi Journal reporter who was an eyewitness to the event. The original story covered the entire front page and half of another of the Oct. 27, 1887, issue. Although the unidentified reporter was there he stated he didn’t recognize any of the masked men leading the lynching. Luella Mabbitt had been missing since August, 1886. A widespread search made for her was unsuccessful, however, several days after her disappearance, her bloodied dress was found near Forest, during that winter a body, thought to be her remains, was found in the Wabash River near Lafayette. The same night she disappeared, Green left the county. Nearly a year elapsed before Green was located. He was arrested on a ranch in Texas by “Bucky” Stanley, sheriff of Cass County. Green was taken to prison at Michigan City for safe keeping until the trial. During this time, he was indicted in Car-

roll County for the murder of Mabbitt. Early October, 1887, he was brought to the Carroll County jail in Delphi to be held for trial. The sheriff took no special precautions to insure Green’s safety since there appeared to be no signs of antagonistic sentiment toward Green in Delphi or the country immediately surrounding it. October 21, 1887, a number of men from eastern Carroll County and Cass County in the vicinity of Young America came to Delphi where they were on the streets all day. No one suspected the motive of their visit. At 10 p.m. they were joined by about 175 others from the same locality and their business became known. They had come for Amer Green and when the sheriff refused to give them the keys to Green’s cell, they cut their way through the cell with a cold chisel and sledge hammer. (The cell block where he was kept was torn down this past summer.) The mob seized Green, carried him out of the jail and promised to spare his life if he would reveal Luella Mabbitts’ whereabouts. His answers were unsatisfactory and the crowd remained unconvinced of his innocence. He was then bound and placed in an oldfashioned band wagon and driven at break-neck speed eastward out of Delphi. Other wagons in which the mob traveled followed. The ' mob halted at Walnut Grove, seven miles southeast of Delphi and two miles northwest of Flora where two large fires were burning. Green was given another chance to clear up the mystery of Mabbitt’s disappearance. He again evaded the issue, trying to talk the mob out of hanging him Green asked if Mr. Mabbitt was there. Mabbitt stepped forward, face to face with Green, and said, “Well, Amer, you must now tell the truth. You must tell me what you did with my dear girl. You took her away from home and have kept her away. What did you do with her?” Green was unable to give an answer that would satisfy the crowd, insisting that she was in Texas with a friend. He could offer no explanation for the bloody dress that was found. The crowd did not believe anything that he told them about Luella Mabbitt. The leader of the lynching party interrupted him and addressed the crowd to the effect that all present knew the prisoner, his wicked life and the menace he had been to the neighborhood in which he lived. He said all present were fully convinced Green

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had murdered Luella Mabbitt. Alluding to Green’s speech, the mob's leader said it was merely an attempt, begotten of desperation, to gain time to seek a chance toescape. “We solemnly set ourselves to perform a needed service for our community this evening,” said the leader. “Let’s keep to the purpose for which we came. Let’s not be talked out of it. Let’s finish this job.” Some wanted to burn him at the stake, others called for hanging. Everyone in the crowd, except Green, shouted in agreement of his guilt. A rope was knotted around Green’s neck, and attached to the limb of a walnut tree at the roadside. He was given a chance to ask for his last request which was to be buried beside his sister in Hebron, Ohio, then the horses lurched forward and Amer Green was suspended between earth and sky. When the body fell the rope seemed to stretch four feet, and it looked as if the victim would reach the ground. The rope was strong, however, and there was at least three feet between the soles of his boots and the ground. As his body swung in space all was quiet, and in a few minutes the original crowd quietly dispersed. \ Those leaving the execution were met by scores of Vehicles heading for the grove. The word had gone out and the whole coun-

Indiana State University in active recruiting program

Indiana State University alumni are playing an active role in recruiting students to tneir alma mater through a series bf receptions planned throughout the state. 7 The next reception will Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Ramada Inn in Elkhart, beginningat7:3op.m. Students from high schools in Elkhart, LaGrange and Kosciusko Counties have been invited. Other receptions are being planned or have been conducted in Lafayette, Columbus, Evansville, South Bend, Fort Wayne, Jasper, Clarksville, Lake County, Indianapolis, Terre Haute and Paris, 111. The recruiting program is a joint venture of ISU’s Alumni Office, Admissions Office and President’s Society. While still in its early stages, the program is already showing signs of being a successful recruiting tool, said one ISU official. “We generally enroll about 55 to 60 percent of the students we admit,” said Ron Koger, ISU director of admissions. “When an alumnus gets involved in the recruitment of new students, we find our enrollment rate has been jumping to around 80 percent.” At the receptions the alumni meet with the students and answer their questions about the university. “Our experience has shown that alumni involvement in this type of program has a positive effect on the opinions of prospec-

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try was aroused. Thousands of people visited the spot the next day, Oct. 22, including the person who photographed the scene. Early that morning the Carroll County coroner cut the body down and brought it to Flora where it was claimed by Green’s relatives who gave it a decent burial in Ohio. Luella Mabbitt was never found alive; it is generally accepted that the body found near Lafayette was hers. The tree on which the hanging took place was stripped of its branches, and every twig was carried away as a relic. A small hemp rope used by the executioners was cut into small pieces and divided among the most favored of those who wanted a memento of the deceased. The governor sent a chastising letter to the Carroll County Sheriff for allowing Green to be taken from the jail. Although the lynching caused much excitement, indictments were never _ returned against anyone. An article in Flora’s newspaper, The Hoosier Democrat, fifty years after the event, stated that there were still many alive from Carroll, Cass, and Howard Counties who had participated in the lynching, but still no one talked about it. What started as a three county search for justice has become a Carroll County legend.

tive students and their parents and haSrincreased the number of students choosing to attend Indiana State University,” said John p. Newton, director of alumni affairs. Prospective students from area high schools are invited to the receptions where they are provided information on scholarship opportunities, admissions requirements and campus life. “The students often want to talk with someone who had attended the university and can tell them what it is really like,” he added. Technology programs Purdue University Statewide Technology programs at Indiana University at South Bend enrolled 214 students during the fall 1987 semester. The number includes 110 students in Electrical Engineering Technology (EET), and 104 students in Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET). The EET program is based on the IUSB campus, and the MET program is located at the Elkhart Career Center. Students in both programs take general education, mathematics, science and other support courses through IUSB. Technology classes and laboratories are taught by Purdue faculty and associate degrees are awarded by Purdue. Purdue plans to increase technology offerings in the Michiana area with the introduction of academic programs in Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technology and Computer Programming Technology. Anticipated start-up date for the new programs is the fall of 1988.

- \ ' «>' I’l vi MW "’ .JtW ■ * ®!rt 5‘ '’•!'-?* i ’ * 4 h Wwt Vi k WWp 1: r' >lK4w *.,, i i ,JjgS - i ■» *" ’ ' 1£& '■ *Bk r n'vL qL£ | *• .: ‘ *W “ ; W * ''*<*■ 1 11 Jr ,\ " * •- 1 uifih V-w-lsi * - . } | Jpf ■ ■ vSm “ u . • »■ jagiwiii. - • "-'' i ... *>. ' :■ #* '• » f ? V -. w * »• • • - 1 f • x* .. ' ■ S^BhM^L-•£ -'-'•< x .-• THE LYNCHING OF AMER GREEN IN FLORA, IND. — Amer Green is pictured above the morning after he was lynched by an angry mob who took justice into their own hands. This photograph is also seen in an educational film entitled “The Real West,” narrated by the late Gary Cooper. The film is shown each year to Carroll eighth grade social studies classes by Glen Dillman, teacher in the Carroll High School, according to the Carroll County Comet, weekly newspaper published in Flora. The students always comment on the Carroll County picture, questioning the validity of "The Real West." Dillman says, “This film can be shown anyplace else in the United States and people would think the lynching really happened in the West, but in Carroll County students know it took place in their very community, the Comet reported. The photograph, courtesy of the Carroll County Historical Museum, can be seen there.

AAA-CMC offers safety tips

What do trick-or-treaters and ghosts have in common? Both are often difficult to see until a frightening experience occurs. To help make Halloween safe, the AAA-Chicago Motor Club urges trick-or-treaters and motorists to take precautions to avoid a frightening experience. Motorists should be alert for youngsters who may not be paying proper attention to traffic because of Halloween excitement. Parents should review safetyrules with children before the ghosts and goblins venture out on Halloween. AAA-CMC’s safety tips include the following: • Restrict Halloween travel to the local neighborhood and only stop at residences where outside lights are on, indicating trick-or-treaters are welcome. • Younger should be accompanied by a parent or other responsible adult to guide children across streets. • Older trick-or-treaters without adult supervision should travel in a group, tell parents what route will be taken and agree on a time to return home. • If trick-or-treating when it’s dark, wear a costume that is light in color, use reflective tape to outline and decorate costumes for extra visibility and carry a

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flashlight (never a lit candle). A plastic pumpkin with a flashlight inside for “spooky” lighting is fun to carry and allows trick-or-treaters to be seen. • Remove face masks when crossing streets because masks can block vision. Non-toxic face makeup is safer because it does not restrict vision. • Cross streets only at corners. Never cross in the middle of the street or from between parked cars. • If there is no sidewalk and trick-or-treaters must walk in the street, walk facing the traffic • Don’t eat treats until they have been examined by a parent or other trusted adult. A printed list of Halloween safety tips is available at no cost to AAA-Chicago Motor Club members and the general public at all AAA-CMC branch offices in Illinois and northern Indiana, or by writing to AAA-Chicago Motor Club, Public Affairs Department, PO Box 5027, Des Plaines, 111. 60017. Pipeline accord reached NICOSIA, Cyprus — Iran reports a preliminary agreement has been reached with the Soviet Union for a converted transSoviet gas pipeline to transport Iranian oil to the Black Sea.