The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-23

charged with stealing horse from F. Stevens,
in Shelby county. Kline was tramp whom
Stevens had recently employed.
At Champaign, Miss Anna Scott was married
to Mr. Asahel w. Dennaud. The bride is a
daughter of Hon. j. r. Scott, ex-president of
the State Board of Agriculture
James Henry, a St Louis drummer, doing
business at Keens, was tried for feloniously deed
ing land second time, but, the jury hanging,
the prosecuting attorney entered nolle pros.
Revel Pope. at Kane, was awakened by his
wife who told him there was burglar in the
house. Mr.. Pope arose, the burglar fed. Mr.
Pope pursued, knocked the burglar down, and he
is now in jail.
At Roodhouse the war on gamblers means
business. poker-room was raided, and Henry
Sergeant, Charles Perry, John Eddy and Marion
Thompson were arrested. To-day they were
| tried. Sergeant, who kept the room was fined
500 and costs, and the others each $50 and costs
At Centralia Charles Jones and Frank Clark
broke open a car standing in the Illinois Central
yard, and while in the act of removing goods
were captured by Yardmaster James. They were
placed N jail to await trial The railroad com
pany has had a great deal of trouble from this
class Of thieves, and are eager to punish the per-
petrat1rS
Charles Angel will be released from the Joliet
prison Thursday, May %. He came there in
1878, on ten-year sentence for embezzling
1928. 600 while secretary of the Pullman Palace
ugal, pleaded guilty, and returned $84 600 of the
property. Governor Hamilton refused to par
don him. The prisoner has had numerous offers
Of positions from prominent business firms He
has been allowed all the privileges about the in
situations that the authorities could grant, and
has been an assistant and an associate.
At Roodhouse. on Wednesday night, two ne
groes assaulted John Knoth, c. 81 A. night yard
man. and tried to rob him of his months pay.
which he had just received. knoth defended
himself, and the negroes were arrested. AS it
was not thought worth while to prosecute them,
the prisoners released. with orders to leave
town. Some friends of Knoth then followed the
negroes, and caught one a mile west of there.
When threatened with hanging, the fellow con-
fessed that it was their intention to rob Knoth
and throw him under the cars. The negro was
till his back was covered with blood when he
was told to get away as fast as he could.
Harry Phillips employed by the Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railway Company was the defend
ant In a bigamy case. on trial at Freeport on
Thursday. The prosecuting witness is WON.
who claims that Phillips is her legal husband.
having married him in 1889 She alleges that
he was married TO Miss Anna Shiler in Free
port, few weeks ago, and is now living with
her. Phillips claims that he was married to his
first wife, who is a daughter of Joseph Dame of
Freeport, under duress, and that he obtained a
divorce from her in Elkhorn, Wis, which, how
ever, she alleges was set aside 1t was also
tablished that the Dame woman was married to
Charles Yourex in 1882, and that he obtained a
divorce from her in 1885, after he learned that
she was married to John G.. Baker, who it is
he married her. The justice held Phillips I'M
der bonds to await the action of the grand jury
The case and all the parties concerned appear to
be badly mixed