The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-03

! bank crook, was promptly Identified by
| the other bankers Of Kalamazoo. Mich.
upon his arrival there. His bond was
! placed away up in the thousands and he
( will be given a severe dose. While there
J the sheriff met Col. LaFrance," the
famous crook whose gigantic swindling
| scheme so startled Chicago and other
| cities. LaFrance is under $4,000 bond
! in Kalamazoo and is about as smooth
/ a rascal as ever lived. To the surprise
/ Of Sheriff Davis he stated that he had
! visited Charlottesville several times
! with view to doing the place but
I had been obliged to give up as matters
| here were little too systematic for
him He expressed his opinion that Pa
| quet was a most ridiculous fool for try
] ing to work such a place as Crawfords-
/ vile. I've been there and / know
I said he. ITO be sure they have me
/ here. but they didn't get me until some
| time after was $1,000 ahead of them :
! Charlottesville Journal.
/ The Jacksonville News saws II will
be remembered that on Dec. Is. when
the great bridge collapsed, DR.. d. g.
Peyton had very narrow escape for
his life and WIS drawn drowning from
I the river by two young men. whom at
( the time he did not know. After some
/ inquiry he ascertained that they were
( Messrs. w. Lafever and w H Filler
man. The doctor did not say anything.
but kept his counsel until Christmas day.
Meanwhile he had gone to o. +. thinner
mans, the well-known jeweler, and or
dered two handsome gold watches to-
gether with the chains. Christmas day
he invited the two young gentlemen
to his office, telling them that he wished
TO meet them there. When the boys ap-
peared upon the scene there was quite
a crowd Of friends among them a num-
Der of prominent citizens, present The
doctor, accompanied by his wife and o.
F. Zimmerman, had the watches in
charge and at O'Clock precisely, by re-
! quest of Dr. Peyton, Herman Rave Of
the News presented the watches to the
two young life-savers.
A young man from Winchester has
been spending a few days with an uncle
on 5. Twelfth-st. Sunday evening he
visited a lady friend and his uncle gave
him a key 10 the door so that he could
return without waking the family. Now
it happens that there are two houses
/ very much alike. standing side by side
/ ON that street The south one of these
! houses is occupied by the aforesaid I'M
Gle When the young man returned
about o'clock a. IN. Monday he went
to the north house, put the key in the
| lock and was fretting and freezing be-
1 cause he could not turn tx. He had been
vainly trying to get in for about ten
minutes, working as silently as possible
/ TO keep from waking the family, when
| he felt a hand on his shoulder. He
turned around only to look directly in
I the muZZle Of a revolver held by a
/ which sternly said. throw up your
hands" He lost no time in doing so,
/ and then explained that he was not a
burglar. His story was believed and he
/ took his key from the door and found
/ the right hOuse.-RichmOnd Palladium.
| The commissioners were in special
session last Friday and Saturday and
4 Wednesday of this week looking into
I q charge that ex-Treasurer Vurpillat had
+ taxed too much interest on county or
+ Gers paid by him. 1t was shown that
/ lJr. Vurpillat used his own money in
/ paying orders at times when the county
/ funds were exhausted, and that he
/ charged interest on his money so used
! The board declared this proceeding ir-
1 regular. however, and made an order
! that the eX-treasurer should refund to
] the county $941.50. Mr.. Vurpillat ma
/ turally considers this a little rough. The
money of his own that he used would
! have brought him interest If invested
| elsewhere. and he understood that he
/ was using it at the direction of the
| commissioners and was TO receive inter
/ est, and he can't quite understand the
/ technicality that prevents him receiving
| reasonable pay from the county for the
use Of It. There is no charge that he
/ was dishonest in the matter-Joe Vur-
/ pillat is too we'll known for that; no
man with any reputation TO lose will for
/ an instant accuse him Of intentional
! crookedness in the premises.-Pulaski
/ Democrat
Louis Doscher, alias L. L. Kahn and
| s. II. Hart, the former Richmond
! groceryman who skipped from Buckley,
| Wash. with $4,000 of the funds Of a
| bank in which he was employed, was ar
rested in Baltimore. IT Is thought that
his real name is Hart-at least he went
| under that name years ago when living
| near Baltimore and before his swindling
/ games began. A dispatch from Balti-
more states that he viii be taken back
| TO Tacoma the county seat Of Pierre
| county. Washington, as soon as requisi-
/ ton papers can be obtained from the
| governor Of Maryland. The dispatch
| further states that Mrs. Hart is serious
/ ly Ill In Baltimore from nervous prostra-
| ton brought about by the news Of her
/ husbands arrest. To people who were
acquainted with the Doscher bust up"
/ in Richmond ii will be remembered that
| Mrs. Doscher was taken i'll with nervous
! prostrs ton at the discovery Of her hus-
/ bands departure for parts unknown.
| After lowering supposedly between life
and death for a fortnight, friendly
neighbors who went to the home TO make
call one morning found that she too
was mysteriOusly missing. Doscher s
schemes have worked for more than
! ten years successfully and now he will
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Fred. the newspaper dog, president Of
the famous Canine swell club, has re
| ceived an application for membership
/ from Daisy, the ire department dog"
! She thinks she is entitled TO member
ship in the swell organization. and justly
/ asks for her name TO be voted upon.
! DAISY, the fire department dog" holds
| forth at fire department No 2, and is a
/ favorite all over Hardwood. She is a
beautiful water spaniel and is as pretty
as a picture. She has become acquainted
with the rules Of the department and is
] as faithful to them as the boys them
| selves. When an alarm comes in she
/ goes to the nearest table and sits
pearched upon 1t, keeping a vigilant
/ watch until the boys return. She is
/ now being trained to board the wagon
| as soon as the alarm comes in and go to
| the fire. She took her first spin Christ
| mas day and seemed TO enjoy il. She
| understands all OF the strokes and can
readily discern a practice alarm from a
| genuine one. She is seven months old
| and promises to develop into one Of the
| dog freaks OF the city. The canine club
| at present is composed OF dozen MEM
/ bers, with Fred, the newspaper dog, -
| president; "Sancho, the street dog"
| vice-president; Fred Wait, the Long
| dog secretary, and Bruno, the ele-
| plant dog" treasurer-Anderson Demo-
| crat
| Saturday Yves Purse of Sugar Creek
/ township was arraigned in the mayor s
| court for provoking Mrs. William Cole
man. Mrs Coleman is the divorced wife
| of the William Coleman who lives just
over the line in Boone county and who
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