The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-03-13

Look Our FOR RAscALs IN JASPER. "A
oue-artncd farmer, named Booking,
living in Jackson township, cane 70 JAS
per recently. aud fell in with "cordIal
iriend.n who sleered him into = whisky
saloon. filed him up, entiocd him 70 NJ
game Of poker, and got SIS from him
M me farmer had. Another such ~ oc-
|.snr,ance A. ills aud The ssloon-kee per-
Mi. "a prosecuted Tor keeping gain-
.bi.u.s len ana nuisance, and his estAo-
l..hsseut closed ~ law. Ftusers must
not bc fleecea nut OF their money wien
they come 10 town, and aloon-Aespefs
mus, see rha. they are not justly
chsrgeablc with aiding the steal, Or sui
Tier the consequences. Most Of them
viii, but il seems there are some exceP'
tions.
Another disgraceful and outrageous
affair occurred Monday night last. Mr.
4 William Brown, . farmer. Al Old veteran
soldier, ana government pensioner,
came 10 town and had bis pension cheek
ica.ted AZ the bauk. paid his taxes, iea
Ms horse &c the court house rack, ana
proceeded 10 -fill up lie got two
drinks NJ one saloon ia lew minutes
and started out TO 90 bomo, but IS hs
nad Displayed some money The new.
lound -lr,erdn was on hand again, and
enticed him 10 another saloon. where ht
n a. doaed till he couldn't stand up, anc
then led into an alley, aud lei fsll along
side The fence by the "irienn." Alter
wards the ssloon-kseper moved hin
further away, and left him ia gutter
I with his head in the mud. Then ths
.lrown marshal was hunted and told &
arrest him for being drunk Brown wE'
taken by him. drunk A. he was. AZ night
before ESQ. Fink, and the squire ant
,,euufy Prosecutor bad three Witnesses
OK mined to prove the man was drunk
4 hon he could hardly eli on a chair, r
that each witness could get 81 fee. ih'
\ mau was then lined 81, tue Jnstice'
costs were taxed at s2 ~. the Prosccu
/, tors e5. the Marshal 81 ~, aud 50 Wit
I, ncss fees-Si4 in all, and IN default q
I, payment the man was sent 70 JAIL
! Tuesday morning he swoke so Der, iouD'
where he wac. aud asked whht for, say
! ling he didu't remember anything sbou
I. the night bef0re's transactions tie sen
(. for friend. was bsiled out, and upo'
I. being given his property, taken from NJ
! pockets when put in jail. found that nj
I, nockct book. with con siderable none.
lin IL. had been stolen from him Will
7 drunk. No clue has been obtained TO IN
thief. Browns family needs the money
I but he went home 70 them cmpty.hann
I, ed. in debt $l4 for sweet justice" wit
4 Jumbo headache, poorer, madden
but we trust wiser man than be wa
!, Def lie drew his pension money. III
! affair ID a disgrace to the town, blu
= lupon civilization, and the circuit couI
4 should thoroughly inquire into who AZ
!. fhe guilty parties, and have them speed
+" ilv punished. This Kind OF instances a
! most Justify the brutal acts Of whit
1. caps. snd IL the court does not pnnis
!, them the white caps will be Ia demsn
7. the next occurrence OF the kind. A sif
N gn.ar circumstance connected with X
=. that no one asked for Brown . arrest VI
X II. he was male so "dead drunk" ihl
Z, the robbery could be committed witho,
4 his knowing any thing about II, and !
4 was kept In the saloon until he couldn
stand up.
The Grand Army men Of Jasper bel
Z, meeting, and determined 70 watch ~
NJ none Of their comrades hereafter shoul
be stored into dens OF iniquity. whs
! tcaling Is permitted, after they dra
u thoir pension money. They have son
Il well grounded suspicious as 70 u
! guilty parties In this case. But all GOO
\, citizens will interest themselves m
" such outrages shall not be permitted
M the town. There i no room IN Jasp
o.i for The character OF tDcn whO steef'
\, either or the above cases, and public 1
n. dirnation will drive them out.