Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-14
Tragedy Near Evansville.

GU d hShel man III the Vicinity OIL the
city Water-wOrks to ferry him across
the river to the Kentucky side in his
skiff. Reaching the other shore the
man walked to shanty-boat. one
hundred yards away and pistol shots
were heard. This startled the fisher
man and he returned to Evansville
and gave the alarm The police au-
thoritieS then visited the shanty-
boat, where they found a woman al
ready dead and her companion in n
dying condition, both having been
shot in the head The wounded man
was removed to the Evansville City
hospital, where he gave the name of
Charles Williams, and said that ne
had been shot by the husband of the
woman, who was known as Martha
Williams, but whose real name is sup
posed to have been Mrs. Jessie ].
Cornell, of Hopkins county, Kentucky.
After the shooting the murderer was
seen walking away with a bundle OF
papers under his arm. The wounded
man died and the bodies of himself
and companion are being held, pend
ing further investigation. 1t is the
supposition that they were shot by
Cornell, who is said to be in good
circumstances. financially. The muir
dered woman was fifty years old. 4
niece of Mrs. Cornell living at Howell
is credited with saying that her aunt
was driven away from her home three
weeks ago because of her conduct.
Bynum to Help Republicans.
Indianapolis. Ind.-William d. By
mum, who until recently was chairman
of the national committee of the gold
Democrats, left today for Iowa, where
he will make series of speeches I'M
der the auspices of the Republican
committee of that state. Just before
leaving he gave out a statement in
which he asks all gold Democrats to
vote the Republican ticket. He says:
1t is my intention to give the Repub-
lican candidate my earnest support.
There is no other course open for
'sound-mOney' Democrats. The Dem
ocratic party has passed into the con-
troll OF those who. rather than have it
succeed by a return to sound policy,
are determined 10 wreck it,
General State News. 49,,
a very substantial building boom
is reported at Bloomfield.
The schools at Royerton have closed
on account of diphtheria.
Butter made OF peanuts meets with
ready sale at Evansville
The Center Point Press has been
resuscitated by w. II. Smith.
b. B. Rodgers. travelling salesman
of Chicago, died suddenly of hemor-
rhage at Anderson.
DR.. and Mrs. j. W. Newland, of
Bedford, have celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary.
Joseph Randolph and John Red
mond escaped from the Muncie Jail by
tampering with the locks.
society event at South Bend was
the marriage of Carl F. Brown, Of
Denver, and Miss Mae Miller.
The FIT. Wayne street fair was in
augurated in a drenching rain. Miss
Velma Ohneck was crowned queen.
Jack Tierney, saloon keeper Of
Seymour, is missing, closing his sa-
loon and leaving town without a word
The remains of Henry Brothers, an
old resident of Putnam county, were
shipped to Cincinnati to be cremated.
Este Jackson, ten years old, of Shell
byville, is dead, the result of stone
thrown by a mischievous school mate.
The Standard Oil Company has
abandoned the attempt to run the in
dependent companies out of Terre
Haute
Will c. Davis, of Terre Haute,
Vandalia fireman, was blinded in one
eye by the bursting OF a water-gauge
on his engine.
A two-year-old child named BisrSell
fell into well near Bluff Point and
was fished out by the mother with a
rake. barely alive.
George Jackson. colored tramp,
claiming Cincinnati as his home, had
i leS cut OH willie Trying 10 ulOuHl
moving car at Huntington.
A. A. Taylor of Lebanon, a gradu-
ate of Wabash College, class SO, has
been appointed to a professorship at
Tusculum College, Tusculum, Tenn.
1t is claimed that incendiaries
caused the great loss by fire, reported
at Lowell, and that they first fastened
the fire-bell so that an alarm could
not be sounded.
The plant Of the Warren County
Democrat has been purchased by Ii.
p. Layton and w. ID. Tompkins, and
the publication will be renewed at
WilliamspOrt.
Maj. John NJ. Stotsenberg, Of New
Albany, who entered the Spanish war
as first lieutenant in the Sixth cav
airy, is now colonel of the First Ne
braska, at Manila.
The breach of promise suit of Mary
Douglass against DR.. Perry Woolery,
of Heltonyille, has gone to a jury at
Bedford. The plaintiff wants $40, 900