The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-06
SENTINEL SPECIALS.
Richmond Notes.

Special to the Sentinel
RICHMOND. Ind, May 5-The Republicans
attempted little game of bulldozing in the
city election here to day that may cost them
the loss of ell their ticket. The committee
had their tickets printed on paper two and
one-half inches wide, and had the names
printed go close together that scratching and
rewriting would be impossible. There being
considerable dissatisfaction with some of the
Republican nominees among Republicans
this plan was taken by the machine to il.
timidate the weakened, and to spot those
who bolted. This being contrary to Section
4. 701 of the Revised Statutes of 1881. which
requires that the ballots shall be q uniform
width OF three inches, may give any candi-
dale basing his election on such ballots con-
siderable trouble, SIS proper steps will be
taken TO test the legality of such votes. The
Republican ticket is probably elected on the
face Of the returns by the usual msjorities.
The remains OF Benjamin w. Davis ar
rived from Indianapolis this evening at
O'Clock. Mr.. Davis was one OF the best
known OF our citizens. He was one of the
oldest editors in this part of the State, hav-
ing been proprietor and publisher of the
Richmond Palladium for over fifty years.
He was appointed Postmaster by General
leaves widow and several children.
George w. Miller, a real estate dealer of
this city, was tried to-day in the Wayne Cir
cult Court on charge OF obtaining money
under false pYetenses. It is charged that he
sold one lot twice. he was convicted and
sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
Finding OF skeleton In a Swamp.
Special to the Sentinel.
1IPToN, Ind, May 5 There has Just come
to light news of the finding of the skeleton
of man in dense, dismal swamp on the
farm OF man named Gcodykoontz,
twenty three miles south OF Upton, near the
Wabash Railroad. While Jacob Webster
was digging ditch through this swamp he
threw out skull, and upon examination it
proved to be that OF q human being. BE
dug further down and exhumed the en-
tire skeleton. which was very much
decayed. The bones were placed in
position and found to be the frame OF a man
about i've feet in height. Evidence goes to
show that it bad been deposited there tor
many years, and that it is the remains OF q
wealthy Swede by the name OF Charley
Shelter, who more than twenty-eight years
ago bought ties between here and at Buena
Vista, making the latter place his home. He
wss man we'll respe cted, upright and hon.
est and previous to his sudden difappeararcs
he went to Indianapolis and collected C w
siderable money on shipments It Is now pre-
sGmed that after his return he was muir
dered for his money and buried in this dis
NAL place. The posture of the skeleton goes
to show that he was buried in q deep hole
with his feet downward At the time of his
disappearance, which was about twenty
eight years SGD. his near friends advertised
in all the leading papers OF the United States
ard bis native country, Sweden, for bis
whereabouts. but to no avail. Although the
deed has been committed many years, it rs
believed that yet the guilty culprits live,
and ihst they msy yet be unearthed.