The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25

for I give more to the poor in the neigh
borhood than any other man on the hill, J"
said he In broken German. Now there
Is one OF my neighbors; he can tell you
what kind OF man am" said he,
speaking Of the man who entered the
room.
''Mr. Hahn" said the new arrival 81
think you did a dirty, mean, contempti-
Die trick, and IL you had spark of
manhood in you your wife would have
never gone to the work house.
But my money. all they want Is my
money" exclaimed Hahn.
Money be id" said the neighbor. '''I
my back and then crawl on my hands
and knees all the way to the sources
office before would allow my wife to go
TO such place."
Hahn Prepared TO Fight.
While the above conversation was go
ing on Hahn stood with q large knife
In his hand which he had been using to
cut some meat and the reporter expected
every minute to see hun attack the man
who had dared to confront him He did
nothing Of the kind, however, but at
tempted to explain the matter in broken
German. which could not be understood.
Things were getting decidedly warm in
the place, and as large crowd Of men
could be seen standing on the sidewalk
those who were in the shop decided that
the best thing to do was to vacate The
men outside were quiet and orderly and
no cries of lynch him. could be heard.
There was look of determination on
their faces. however. which spoke vol
umes. -. y. !.
AS soon as Hahn discovered that the
crowd meant business he became very
much alarmed and remained In the back
part of the store. He was kept in ignor-
ance OF his wife's arrival for some time
and he did not know what minute he
owuld be dragged out into the street.
AT the time there were no officers about
and ii would have been an easy matter
for the crowd to have taken him away.
Across the street was a large number
OF women who were arxiously watching
the outcome of the proceedings, and
Hahn's children, half frightened to death,
were gathered in front OF the store.
Feminist the Government.
According to the story of the neighbors
Hahn Is not the generous chap he pro-
fessess to be, and it is said that ever
since he has lived in the place the Of
ficers have had more or less trouble with
him. On one occasion a dangerous fiue
was discovered in his building and he
was notified to have 1t repaired. He re-
fused to do so and was fined. That had
no effect and he was arrested again and
this time fined heavier than before. He
then concluded to have the fiue repaired
and his property and probably the lives
of his wife and children were saved. He
has good paying business. or had
rather, and is worth probably $4,000 or
$1,000. Many of his former customers de-
nounced him In the strongest terms last
night and stated that they would not
buy another cents worth of him to save
his life, and it is likely that he will
be boycotted by the entire neighborhood.
The strangest thing about the whole
affair Is the fact that he cannot be con-
WINGED that he has done anything wrong
and seems to think that 1t is an every
day matter for men to allow their wives
to go to the work house to lay out a
fine. The only excuse he offers is that
his wife was willing to go in order to
beat the town out of the $40. When
she arrived home, however, she made
haste to pay the relative the money he
had given to secure her release and said
that she was glad to get home again.
She is an estimable woman and her hus-
band owes his success in life to her as
she is at the head of the business.