The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-10
FRIDAY OCTOBER 10 1879


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IN no1hnd last wreA, spd has re.sited
10 repieaishiss the sehse, fssd . little
sNA eaasing come merriment to ont
slderA X s~ems constable Geo. Pru'z
hsd an v~vecation from the hands OF
Ja.sice e:hepmAnn, Chief .Jn.sics o.
HohanA commanding him to make the
snsn Of aao from the property OF an old
citizen Mr. Stephen Mcdonald Miller
and haa sowetime ago called upon Mr..
Miller to give LIm mp a horse to salts fy
said execution, which II. refused to do.
bns preferred ether property, which
made an irritated constable say bad
words, not commanded BY his execution,
and leaving Ms premises threate ming.
while u retained HE bad words with in
terest, which m lde = stiIl worse irriia,ed
constable. On Wednesday of last week
the !. c. met Miller Oh the Huntinrburg
and Lynuville road returning from mill
viii HE team In 4 wagon, whereupon
the !. {. commanded him TO halt, and up
on his not complying. rode in front o.
the team and stopped it drawing \ re-
volver and demanding then aud there u
surrender Of one Of the horses to satisfy
said execution. IL. refused, but seeing
. neighbor some hundred yards ahead
on the rosd. proposed to go with the /.
c. and borrow The money to pay the
debt. They both weat, ~lesviag the team
aud the /. c.is horse standing in the
read unhi,ched. When = few yards
from the wagon the /. c. hooked around
aud saw Miller braudishia2 = bowie
knife In close proximity 10 his, che !. c.'s.
ribs. The thought that a knife tickling
his ribs might lao, be CON 'ors ,ble, made
him jump several feet, pn!iing HE re-
volver as he whizzed ihroagi the air,
aud when out Of reach of M long arm
aud E.istering Llsd~, he turard, and
pointing dds r%evulver, Is he supposed,
toward, Miller. pulled trigger twice, the
balls going up into the ETHEREAL blue,
and doing 10 damage, tai the noise OF
abe discharges frightened the loose
horses ard N. ae well, and they all ran
away tearing up the road At = fsartni
rate. DR.. Williams. oil Huntinxhurg,
Was on n professional visit 10 a farmer
come distance of, aud had his horse at
tached to q new e7a sulky hitched 10 tie
fence, when the horses aud wagon came
along, the latter striking the su,ky, and
knocking fragments OF it after TIE
bullets, and soaring the Dr. horse, 20
u tit ran away. The .ulky ;sa wreck,
and tho DR.. wants 10 know where he is
TO get redress. Mr.. rlcnr, Baker chan
eed on the road. and stopped the
horses. after they nad run themselves
down. and the wagon was pretty W II
used up. just after he had caught the
horses Miller came running up To him,
trembling In every limb, each OF lis lon.
hairs standing on end. and with woe.he-
gone c%ountenance and voice, begged
Baker not To let the constable shoe, him
Just then the constable hove in sight
out Of breath, and standing afar OF. ca,l
longing looks after his horse, which
was . borrowed one. aud enireatcd
Boxer to bring 1t to him, az he was acraic
Miller would cut him. The horses were
hnally separated BY Baker, aud delivered
10 their owners, when each went on Ia.
way rejoicing that IL was no worse bat
the execution IL not yet satisfied.
The constable was arrested on .
charge OF assault, and upon trial. Esq
6%chepmann fined him IS. Miller WA,
arrested for resisting an officer, ant
took a change Of vent from Schepmann
and his trial 10 set for next Saturday
before ESQ. Enlow, in Hu n~tingburg.
NJ DR.. Wertz took IN the Cincinnati
Exposition last week. and was highl,
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