The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-28


TO fix the other S. the man who held
his $40 stepped forward and out on the
! PLATFORM, and just at this moment the
the train whistled for Edinburg and the
other man stepped forward to call the
nrSt one back, and before their victim
could realize what was being done they
all three swung from the train and dis
appeared as IL slowed UP to the station.
and the railroad employe found himself
with 80, which will likely turn out 10 be
counterfeit and $15 worth of expert
ence in place Of the bright. new crisp
tWenty-dollar bill they robbed him Of
Ihls proceeding has been one of fire.
quent occurrence Of late. Two or three
times within the last few weeks has IL
been worked on the trains between In
ANNAPOLIS and this city. The confidence
men sometimes get in their work imme-
The Lafayette gas plant has been sold.
as already announced, and the Courier
says Of the transfer: The syndicate
that IS 10 come into control already owns
the plants in the neighboring cities of
Crawfcrdsville, Frankfort and Lebanon,
and we have trustworthy information
from those places that the service rem
dered under the new order Of things is
even more satisfactory than it was while
the management was in local control.
The syndicate has one advantage over
the old companies that is of vital i'm
portance, and that is that it has a mo-
nOpoly on a system of manufacturing
gas for fuel purposes that can be util-
lied promptly and efficiently whenever
the natural reservoirs become exhausted.
IheSe foreign capitalists are making
their investments with a comprehensive
understanding of the situation. They are
we'll aware that the natural gas terri
tory is being steadily and surely eX-
hausted and that il is only a question of
time until they will be compelled TO re-
sort to artificial methods in order to sup
ply their patrons. For that emergency
they are prepared in advance, whereas
the old companies Qeferring to the nat
ural gas plants) would have no recourse
If nature should fail them than to aban-
don the business altogether a climax
that would be a little short of disastrous
from a financial standpoint. Taking all
things into consideration. there is ample
justification for the belief that when the
situation is deliberately canvassed the
public will conclude that the transfer of
the local gas plants TO the foreign cap
italiSts is by no means inimical TO the
communities interests, and that in the
net results the city viii be largely the
gamer
1t would seem that the field of in
vention was full in the way of nickel
in-the-slot machines, but one of these
useful combinations has been invented
by a Howard county boy that intro
duces something new to the long list
The inventor is David S. F. Cook, who
lives near Sycamore, in eastern How
ard. Mr.. Cook formerly worked in the
machinery department at the plate
glass works, and is a practical and
thorough machinist. He conceived the
idea of a machine that would sell news
papers. stamps stationery. etc. and the
work of constructing the machine has
so far progressed that he has received
notice through the patent office that
his application will be granted for a.
patent on his combination on next
Thursday. The machine is a most in
geniOus combination of slots and cylin-
deTs, worked automatically by either
electricity or an actuating spring where
electricity is not obtainable. 1t is
adapted to the sale of newspapers es-
pecially. and by an ingenious arrange
ment of a spring the purchase will not
be delivered until the proper amount of
change has been inserted. For instance
if the price is cents ii takes pen
mics TO make the connection, and no
amount of persuasion can force il to
give up without the exact change The
machine can be fitted with any size slot
for receiving any denomination Of coin
but this is the only coin that will work
in that especial slot, all others being
thrown out as fast as put in. 1t can
not be beaten by means Of using a
coin with a hole in ii and a string at
tached to pull ii out, as an automa tic
gate at the end of the coin-chute closes
vents its return by the same route It
will be a great convenience to the trav-
cling public who purchase papers on
the streets, as all they will need to do
will be to drop in the coin, push the
button and the machine does the rest.
When arranged to work by electricity
any tampering with the machine is in
stantly resented. an alarm gong being
arranged to ring and an electric device
being provided that gives a smart shock
to the meddling person.-Kokomo Dis
patch.
Bud Stones wife's careless tongue
and Buds own foolish action in appear
ing in suspicious proximity to his
brother-in-law armed with a shotgun
are the tritling circumstances which led
to the discovery of the murderer Of the
Wratten family" said Sheriff Leming.
There are but few people who know
the details of the circumstances that
fastened suspicion on Stone. They know
that his wife gave him away" but
they do not know that il was at first
unintentional. The day after the muir
der. Ed Mink and his WIFE who is Bud
Stones sister. were at Stones house
Mrs. Stone had noticed the suspicious
action OF Stone and formed her own con-
illusions about IL, until late in the after
noon, when she carelesSly said to her
Sister-in-law, Mrs. Mink: II believe Bud
knows more about the murder than he
would care to ten" Pressed for her
reason. she cOnfided to Mrs. Mink her
knowledge of Buds actions the night
before: how he had gone out the night
before ana had come back with blood
on his shirt. which he said had come from
bleeding tooth. They agreed TO say
nothing. but Mrs. Mink told her hus-
band. Mink had also formed an opin-
ion on his own account that Bud was
implicated, but he said nothing. IL was
in the family. Bud WAS his wifes
brother, and Mr. and Mrs. Mink con-
Guided that it would not be right for
them to give a blood relation over to
the law. Stone in the meantime,
learned that Mink suspected him. One
day he said TO his brother-in-law: Look
here; you know too much. Be careful
that you don't say too much" This
frightened Mink He said nothing but
he kept up a devil of a thinkin'"
Stones menacing manner was calcu-
lated to make him a trifie nervous A
day or so later Mink was working In
a cornfield He saw man moving
along the opposite side of a briar-grown
fence-row that bordered a little woods
The man was Bud Stone, and he was
sneaking along through the woods with
a shotgun i'm his hands. This was
enough for Mr.. Mink. He didn't want
TO stop load of bucEshot. He wouldn't
look we'll with his skin all of bullet holes.
So when he went home that night he
decided 70 tell all he knew. And he
did SO. He went TO Stewart Porter. and
Stewart Porter came to Sheriff Dennins. ]
From that on IL was easy work.-Wash-
ington Gazette.