Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-01
BAIR AND DANTI-BAIR
Bullets Fly Thick and Fast In
an Indiana Town.
CAUSE OF A H00SltR SCANDAL
Baptist Clergyman Caught in e C0mpro-
missing Position With Lady Mem
Der Of lis Church.

INDIASAP0IIs, Ind, Aug. Sire
ports received here ale last night dis
close the true inwaFdness Of the causes
leading up TO the shooting Of Or. foutz
and Henry suffers al Royal Center by
John Clark.
nfet and Retailed a Scandal
The parties met on principal street
corner OF the little town, where pat
ent medicine yender was talking 10 the
crowd, and renewed a quarrel regard
ing G.ndal IN which Mr.. Blair, the
Bapti,. minister. and a woman were
SAID 10 be implicated. Mrs. George
Ginger, a weli-known christian lady Of
Royal Center, Il member of the Rev.
Mr.. Blalr's church and a particular
friend OF Mrs. Dr. Million, called at the
house OF the latter one afternoon last
spring, and upon opening the hall door
says she saw Mrs. Million and the Rev.
Mr.. BLAIR IN a compromising position.
Mrs. Ginger turned and left the house,
but returned later To reprimand her
pastor and Mrs. Million for their rash
acts. She says that the guilty parties
acknowledged the fact that they had
been indlscreet, and begged her 10 say
nothing about It. This she agreed TO
do, but finally conhded 10 a particular
lady friend the facts, which were soon
made public.
Division of the Factions
A church meeting was called and
Mrs. Ginger told the deacons what she
had seen, but no report of the meeting
was made as TO the guilt or innocence
of Mr.. Bair. Then the citizens began
10 take sides, beng about equally di-
vlded III opinion as TO the guilt or Inno-
cence OF the parties concerned. Mr..
Bair left the place and located in Den
yer, Ind. NeIghborhood quarrels arose
and the best of friends became enemies
over the affair. Or. Million refused to
believe the compromising story, az did
the wife of Mr.. Barr. THIS fact caused
| the friends of the minister and the
Millions TO put on bold front. The
people for weeks IN Royal Center have
been known as BARS or antl-Bairs. and
society has been almost swept cat OF
existence. Rev. Mr.. Bair and wife
have lived at Royal Center for three
years.
This Was the Cause OF the Fight
The cause of the shooting last night
was the result of n quarrel Saturday
night between John Clark, a well
known citizen and a deacon Of Mr..
BARS church, and DR.. Foutz, a phy-
sician of the town. In the heat of the
quarrel Saturday night friend of
Foutz stepped up 10 Clark and
| Knocked hIm down. Last night Clark
met Foutz Ia company with u farmer
named Suffers, an antl-Bsir man, and
| the quarrel was at once resumed, SUIT
tiers Iinally knocked Clark down and
/ Jumped on him. Henry Grant. mer-
I chant, pulled Suffers of Clark, when
| the latter arose and without warning
| opened fire upon Suffers and Fouu.
| The first bullet struck Suffers in the
right side. The other bullet struck
HenIy Grant who pulled Suffers from
Clark, in the shoulders. Clsrk's lS-
year-old son then put IN his appear
! ance and snapped a 4i-cahber revolver
| a half dozen times at FoutZ and SUIT
| ters, when he WAS knocked down by
| the village blacksmith. Clark and hls
son were Immediately taken IN charge
/ by the town marshal, but before con.
veyauce could be secured to bring
them to the city they escaped.