The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-06-16

usonths they hnve come at the rate OF
one or two per week. Early the other
morning John Tarpey. street commits
sioner of Iiaughvillc. suburb of Inc
dianapolis. was shot dead in his tracks
by ain unknown thief. whom he and
three Others surprised in the act of
robbing Shaw's saloon. The murderer.
in the confusion. made good his ESCAPE
and has not been caught. a few nights
ago. at North indianapolis, another
suburb. John Mackey. white, WAS shot
and probably fatally wounded by Ed
Miller. colorcd. Miller had "A squatter's
shanty near the canal. and while he
was up town the shanty caught fire
and burned. While the fire was in prog
rcss Miller came rushing wildly among
the crowd that had collected. flourish
ing a revolver. and let go at the first
man in his way, who happened 10 be
Mackey. He was at once overpowcrcd
by the crowd and turned over to the
police. His only reason for his crazy
action is that he thought the crowd
had set fire To his shanty
The United States and Pacific Depot
Express Co.'S Office in Peru was entered
by thieves the other night during the
absence Of clerks at lunch. and by skill
ful manipulation of the large safe. $500
in money and valuable check books
were stolen The whole thing was
done il. 80 inmates. with the depot
platform filed with passengers. There
j. no clcw Ia the thieves.
Ar Jacksonville. Geo Johns and his
wife were attacked by a mad COW.
Later in the day the COW died.
THE following postmasters were
named the other day: Che adle, Clinton
county. George Land: Coatsville. Hem
bricks county. n. n Patrick; Freedom.
Owen county. j. H. Courim: Pekin.
Washington county. {. Il. Elrod;
Springport Henry county. VIM. Picken-
paugh.
4 JAS MoRRoNEy, well-to-do farmer
of Morristown. suicidcd by hanging
himself to beam in his barn. He
leaves family. The cause is said TO be
dependency. caused by disease and re-
verses
/ Mrs. AMOS Thompson, widow. resid-
ing with her son Cyrus. near Crawfords-
Nlllt. was W htt ~ VIZ VN+ANA
evening. She went to the barn to feed
the animal. and entered the stall where
the horse was tied. She had IA shawl
over her head. and il is supposed the
horse became frightened at her appear
ance. and knocking her against the par
tition stunned her so that she fell down
under the animals feet. 1t then paved
her head and breast into a mass. A
hired hand. on coming into the barn.
noticed the horse paving. and on cx-
animation found the remains of Mrs.
Thompson. He attempted to enter the
stall. and was kicked against the barn.
and after pacifying the beast carried
out the body of his mother.
MosEs CRANE. a young farmer. was
found dead the other morning at Kill
more. four and one-half miles north OF
Frankfort He was badly mutilated.
The body was lying on the depot plat.
form. where. the supposition is. II had
been thrown after being struck by a
vandalia freight train. He leaves a
wife and one child.
Two boys. James Watson and Homer
Thomas. aged IL and Is years re-
spectively. while fishing on raft Of
logs at the river front. at Madison.
were both drowned the other evening.
Watson fell in the river and Thomt
made heroic effort to rescue him. but
the swift current carried both beneath
the raft.
AIoxzo MYERS. of Richland. Will,
out hunting the other day. accidental,
sho, himself through the abdomen will
a rife. causing instant death.
A CYCLONE completely RACED the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Lowe at Economy.
A BLIND man who is an expert poo
PLAYER lives in Decatur county.
A BARN near Laporte belonging q
Henry Beige was set on fire by tramps
destroying two horses. Loss over $500
partially insured.
Ex-Gov. IRA j. CHASE has been in
dicted for ENLIGHTENMENT and false pre-
lenses. The grand jury investigating
the affairs of the Greentown bank re-
. turned bills against him. John n. Pari
. and Cashier Lewis $ Walden Chase
. indicted on three counts-embezzle
! mcnt directly in appropriating funds q
the bank: embezzlement indirectl
through his agent. Cashier Valdez
5 and false pretenses In securing deposit
by falsely representing the stability Q
the bank. Paris is indicted in fiv
counts for the same crimes. and Cashie
Walden Is charged with embezzlemen
: and false pretense. Chase is in Pennsy
( vania lecturing. lie will be arrested b
the sheriff when found.
+ AT Columbus. just after returnin
!. from church. Mrs Marshall Fultz an
= three daughters partook Of a ligf
Z lunch and retired. In few minute
a all were taken deathly sick. The
s symptoms were tho.e Of arsenics
+ poisoning. and for some hours il locke
h MS though all would die. The moths
: and eldest daughter will recover. b,
!. no hopes are entertained for the tw
Il younger All efforts TO locate Il
Il cause Of the strange affection ha,
e failed.
1 The little three-year-old girl cf IL
y ward Livcngood. living seven miles ca
n. a.