The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-11-07

On the following day the bank closed its
doors. The affairs Of the Bedford bank
and the New Albany banking company at
New Albany We're Closely connected, and
when the Bedford bank closed its doors
eighteen months ago the New Albany
concern went under the following day.
When il became known in New Albany
that a criminal prosecution had been i'll
stituted in Bedford against Winstandiey
the matter caused considerable talk, ard
It is now rumored in that city that some
one Of the creditors of the New Albany
banking company VIII institute criminal
proceedings. one Of the leading creditors
stated yesterday most emphatically that
he would file the complaints.-COurier-
Journal
BY the commendlble presence Of mind
OF James c. Kennedy the druggist. this
town was saved last night a natural gas
eXpos.0n that would have been very de-
Structive To good property and might have
Killed severa. people About 10 o'clock.
just as Mr.. Kennedy was closing his
store. ne heard an unusual noise coming,
ne thought, from the Gear. Going down
stars. Mr.. Kennedy was almost paralyzed
10 find the cellar ful OF natural gas, and
~ pouring out Of an inch and a haf pipe
like steam out Of a high-pressure engine.
Rushing up stairs, he turned out his gas
lights, then Went back tp the cellar and
stuffed rag into the pipe and started 10
find a pipe wrench. BY mere circum-
stance he found Bert Deprez and, pro-
curing wrench from the hardware store,
they went back TO the cellar and group
ing around in the dark. succeeded in find
Ing a valve and cut off the gas. Day
light revealed the fact that a pipe that
reached entirely across the cellar had
broken in two at a union, from its own
weight, the threads having weakened It
and the pipe having no support. In the
cellar Of the Farmers national bank Is a
furnace that was in full b.ast but for
at.rr % Of -
on the south side of Kennedy was open.
with an open register in the floor and an
electric light above Had not Mr. Ken
nedy made the discovery when he did
there is no doubt but what the entire
block would have been demolished in an
other enthusiastically Republican.
Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Cougar yester-
day forenoon started for the Walnut
Grove farm. on the Wea, 10 take dinner
with Mrs. Evan Sherry, Mrs. Cougars
sister. as is their usual custom on sun
day when Mrs. Cougar is at home. They
drove the family horse. usually gentle
and kind, but on the other side Of the
high gap some part Of the leather netting
on the animals back Tapped around It's
hind legs and started IL 20 kicking and
running Mrs. Cougar took the lines and
guided the horse into b3rbed wire fence,
IL having in the meantime knocked the
dashboard TO pieces. and had one hind
foot caught between the bars Of the shaft
and the forward carriage spring, 50 that
when finally stopped il stood utterly
helpless upon three legs Mr.. and Mrs.
Cougar got out II the Vehic.e unframed,
but both badly frightened. Another
horse was procured from a farmer liv-
ing near by. who drove them TO Mrs.
Sherry's house. Here it was found that
Mr.. Cougar. always OF a very nervous
temperament. had received a severe
shock 10 his nervous system, from which
he has not vet entirely recovered. He
was brought home in the evening and
DR.. Powers called in TO attend him. who
thinks that he viii be all right in a day
or two. but he is still so much affected
as not 10 be accessible TO visitors. The
case is peculiar in that Mr.. Cougar has
no recollection Of what occurred yester-
day, hut remembers everything of Satur-
day, and is perfectly rational today
Lafayette Call.
The country community. west Of
TOWNSVILLE. was started and shocked
saturday evening by the announcement
that Henry Thompson had committed sui
eide. The rash deed was enacted at the
residence Of his father. James Thompson.
about the middle Of the afternoon, but hs
fingered in a cOmat0sa condition until
about 10 o'clock when there came the dis
solution and his purpose was accom-
pIShed. Henry Thompson was twenty
eight years Of age, given 10 industry, and
respected throughout the community. He
company at Lafayette. but recently lost
his position and has since been staying at
home. He had been moody and despOnd-
ent for several days and his mother no
ticed several pecuiarities in his actions
saturday. but they did not arouse her
suspicion. During the afternoon "A neigh
Dor began joking Henry about a rlWay
he had been in some time before, but the
latter did not take il with his customary
smile and soon withdrew from the house.
A g mil Ia b. fhr
report OF a pistol in the hall and fastened
out TO find Henry lying on the floor with
a gaping wound in his forehead. The
weapon used was a 32-c3lIber revolver, but
the ball ranged down toward the ear 50
that his life was prolonged several hours.
He was conscious most OF the time and
admitted that the act had been conf
mitted purpOSely, bur refused to give his
reasons It was understood by the fam
iiy that Henry was To have been married
shortly to a Miss Downing and il is sur
missed that a love spate may have had
something 10 do with the suicide.-CraW-
louisville Argus News.
Ambia has sensation. Last September
A. L. Fix. q young man Of Ambia. whose
home is at Yakima. Wash. was back IN
Ambia visiting his father and the home
Of his youth. on Sept p he left for his
home I'm Washington, having concluded
his visit. but never has reached his desti-
nation. The inference is. Of course, that he
whereabouts had been discovered until last
Friday, when his father received long
telegram from q railroad brakeman IN
Texas stating that on the person Of n
tramp recently killed in a railroad wreck
there. had been found a watch charm on
which was engraved a. III. Fix, Yakima.
Wash" The tramp was questioned be
fore diving, and said he had found the
charm i'm dark alley in ST. Paul. MINI.
The brakeman at once forwarded the
IN address "a xarff
particulars, and from there it was sent
TO the young mans father at Ambia, who
at once recognized il as having belonged
to his son. Armed with this small clew
ne started of TO trace the matter up. The
missing mans brother went 10 Chicago
and there learned that the lost man had
spent a week with another brother there.
and from there went 10 ST. Paul. The ut
most efforts of the st. Paul detectives and
authorities have. however. failed 10 de-
VelOp any information as to his further
movements. 1t is presumed from The cir
cumstances that he was waylaid and
robbed and probably murdered in St. Paul,
and that the supposed tramp killed in the
wreck in Texas and who had the probably
dead mans watch charm on his person
was in some way or other connected with
the crime The utmost solcitude is felt
by the family as TO the matter and every
effort is being made TO hunt the thing
down. The present status Of the matter
is embodied Acknowledgements Call.
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