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


Baldridge swore out warrant for Mr..
Symonds's arrest and he was taken to
Richmond and brought before the
court. Mr.. Symonds acknowledged that
he did the whipping and was fined $40
and costs, amounting in all to sS4.7O
When the news reached this place the
people were indignant. Money was
quickly raised to pay Mr.. Symonds's
fine and the whole affair Is consid-
cred an outrage. Our people, with one
accord, are determined that law and or
der must be maintained In the public
schools.-Richmond Sun. ff
Jesse Brant, living north of here, got
| on high lonesome Saturday night and
| getting hold of a butcher knife at
! tempted to scalp his wife. He made
| pass at her throat, but only left a cash
about two inches long, not having taken
the distance in according to his reach.
After chasing her over the hills and far
away to a neighbours house he returned
and gave chase to his oldest son, Harry,
who let no grass grow under his feet in
| getting over the same amount of land
! his mother did. Returning, he chased
all but the last two out and then COM
] menced to break UP housekeeping by
demolishing the furniture, etc. The brave
! neighbors were afraid of Jesse's knife
/ and let him have his own way until he
! got tired. When overcome by exhaus-
I ton he fell in bed and slept the sleep
as he supposed of the innocent. Jesse,
/ 1t seems, is Jealous of certain minister
/ who has been around the county, and
whether or not he has any grounds for
! his jealousy is not known Jesse de-
! clares the next preacher that fools with
/ his wife's affections shall be crucified in
| stanter, and without a church trial
| either.-Crawfordsvi Review.
! DanviIle people were startled by the
: announcement that Miss Ada Brill Of
/ Pittsboro had died from strychnine pois-
mo IL.
| had taken the strychnine by mistake for
| quinine, but later reports shov that she
! knew it was strychnine when she took
/ ii and that she did so purposeiy and
with the intention of destroying herself.
| She left no word of any kind to indicate
| the cause of the rash act, and her friends
are at loss to attribute any, as she APP
peared as happy and contented just pre-
| vious to the act as ever. The fact that
| she had been in poor health for some
time may have temporarily unbalanced
her mind and it may have been while in
/ this condition that she did it.s Miss Brill
I was nineteen years Old bright and intel
/ ligent and was popular and respected
by large acquaintance throughout the
/ entire county. She was a leading MEM
Der of her home Y. p. S. G. E, and had
just returned from the annual meeting
! of the Hendricks county union at Plain
field where she had led the prayer-meet-
| ing services the evening before.-Hen-
| bricks County Gazette.
The watchfulness Of Guards Huth and
| Cotton prevented the escape Of two con-
victs from the Jacksonville peniten-
! tiary Monday. Confined in "A'' cell
| house were Edward Evans and Charles
Simpson, both Of whom are noted bur-
glars. The former is serving a term of
eight years and the latter a four-year
sentence. At intervals in the night the
guards had their attention attracted by
1 Il
to locate it. Just before daybreak they
| observed Evans in the act of leaving
I his cell. Several bricks had been re-
/ moved from the wall and a space suf-
f1cient TO permit man to crawl through
| had been made with tools which had
| been stolen from the shops where the
! men performed their tasks. Evans was
armed with heavy piece Of iron, but
made no effort to use 1t. as the guards
| advanced with pistols drawn and COM
manded him TO surrender. Under his
! coat was a saw, which he intended to
/ use in cutting through the roof Sfmr,-
son had a knife, but this he dropped
when a pistol was held in his face. The
men We're provided with ropes which
they had made from blankets After
reaching the cell house roof these would
| have been utilized in lowering them
| selves to the ground Warden Patten
was warm in his praise of Guards HUH
| and Cotton.
l Z.
in the northern prison Friday evening,
was born in Mexico, N. Y, thirty-fve
| years ago. He was educated at the town
J school and graduated from the Mexico
! academy. He was intelligent and alb
| s0rbed knowledge rapidly After grad
uating from the academy he went to
| West Monroe, N Y, and taught school
in the Ostrum district. He protested re-
ligion while residing at West Monroe and
| became an exhorter in the methodist
l nhN frrh 1fol
vile and other points and was quite sue
/ cessful in his work. He became ac-
quainted with Miss Hattie Sperry,
| youngest daughter Of the late J. w
Sperry, and their acquaintance termi-
mated in their marriage at West Monroe
| In January, 1881. Prior to her marriage
| Mrs. Petit had taught school at South
Bend and, soon after their marriage, she
and Mr.. Petit moved to South Bend,
| where Petit taught school for a while
and then found employment with the
| Studebakers. He was employed in differ
| ent capacities for some time and then
relinquished commercial pursuits to enter
the ministry. He was assigned to a
| small charge in the northern part of the
state, but his first assignment worthy
| of notice was at Shawnee Mound. He
| was a man of commanding stature, pos
! sesSed deep, sonorous voice and could
be extremely genial when he pleased to
| do so. He had an easy flow of LANGUAGE,
expressed original ideas in forcible
language and gained some prominence
as an orator. He made friends rapidly
and became very popular with the MEM
I, bers OF his congregation, devoting much
attention to the ladies. Mrs. Petit was
! a quiet reserved lady and was quite in
telligent; but che did not possess the
dash her husband did and was not so
| much given to worldly matters. She
was decorous In her conduct and was
regarded as a true lady by all who knew
| her Petit devoted much of his time
outside Of the pulpit to masonry. He
rose to the thirty-second degree and was
grand preiate OF the grand conmandery
| Of the Knights Templars of Indiana at
the time Of his downfall. He was an ac-
tive member Of the order and was always
a welcome guest at the banquts given by
the order In connection with his church
| work he was secretary Of the Battle
| Ground campmeeting association and
entered upon his work with the same
energy he displayed in lodge and church
work After he left the ministry he
came to this city and was admitted TO
the Tippecanoe county bar. After leav-
ing her he went to Columbus, o., and
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