Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-05-04
LATEST INDIANA NEWS.
Driven to Suicide bv Remorse.

Driven to Suicide bv Remorse.
Muncie.-George Phillips, 80 years
old, went home under the influence CT
liquor and killed himself. He called
to his wife to put their three children
TO bed so they would not see him.
Then he walked into his bedroom and
fired two bullets into his heart. He
had not drank for six years and had
told his wife that if ever he drank
again he would kill himself and pos
sibly her. The woman expected to be
killed and kept a baby on her lap to
dlssuade Phillips from committing
murder. Phillips was a fruit commits
sion merchant
Holds Neishborhood at Bay.
Terre Haute.-George Cowell.
widower, so years of age, shot to death
Annie Hartley, Il, for whom he had
crazy infatuation, threatened to
shoot her mother and other women,
secured a rife and ran amuck for an
hour or so. with farmers and miners
trying to capture him. His son finally
got the rife from him and the posse
overpowered him. Cowell had worked
for Henry Hartley, the girls father,
as a farm hand for four years, until
some weeks ago, when be was dis
charged
Automobile Works Havoc
Indianapolis.-Aci citizen left his auto
mobile standing in front of the Grand
opera house and forgot to remove the
controller. A horse standing near by
in his curiosity touched the controller
and the automobile dashed upon him.
The horse became frightened and tried
to get out of the way, but the automo-
bile threw him down, breaking a
wheel of the phaeton to which he was
hitched. A bicycle standing near was
smashed to pieces.
Died from CarboIIc Acid.
Lafayette.-C. H. Chalfant, aged
about IS years, travelling for the
wholesale establishment of Edgar &
Son, Detroit, Mich, was found dead in
the Enterprise hotel An ounce bottle
labeled carbolic acid was found by his
bedside. Chalfant had been here sew
eral days. He pawned his watch and
jewelry. Thirty-two cents was found
in the dead mans pockets.
Suicides Near Muncie
Dalesville-John F. Herman,
wealthy retired farmer residing near
this place, severed the arteries in his
wrists and then cut his throat. The
suicide was caused by dependency
over the death of his wife. Matte.
wife of Albert Jones, killed herself by
taking morphine because of domestic
troubles. She was 25 years old.
Sent to jail by His Father.
Terre Haute.-Edward High,a young
man of Fontanet, was brought to Jail
on a commitment for murder issued
by his father, Justice of the Peace
William High Young High is charged
with killing William Pawalski, a min
er, while drunk. The preliminary
hearing was before Justice High.
Road Refused Right OF Way.
Terre Haute-The odinance which
the new Southern Indiana asked the
council to pass giving the road a right
of way over the streets and alleys Of
the city was defeated by a vote of II
to 8, but the question is to come up
again next Friday evening.
Killed by a Falling Log.
Batesville-While Joseph Brosner,
thirty years old, and others, were load
ing logs on car at Weisburg, a chain
broke and a log fell, catching Brosner
and MASKING his legs and body. He
died five hours later from the injuries.
Mr. Eckhart VIII Not Accept.
Auburn-In an interview, Charles
Eckhart, of this city, says that he posi-
lively will not accept the nomination
for governor on the prohibition ticket,
and that he will not allow his name to
be presented to the convention.
Two New Churches.
Brazil.-The official board OF the NJ.
E. church has awarded the contract for
the new house of worship. TO cost $27,-
600. The official board of the Chris
tan church has also contracts for
new building, to cost 1928.
Many Peaches In Crawford.
English.-Fruit growers of Crawford
county, especially along the Ohio river
and the ridges, are enthusiastic over
the prospect for peaches. They say
that it will surpass anything known
for three decades.
Jealous Husbands Suicide.
Muncie-Daniel Manifold, % years
old, crazed by jealousy, beat his
wife, ran away from home with his
young son. and, the little boy beside
him, shot himself through the heart,
dying Immediately.
Elliott Castle.
Logansport.-Ha Elliott, a mem
Der of the firm of ]. T. Elliott 4 Co,
Wholesale grocers, was quietly married
to Miss Maud Castle. who has been
employed as stenographer by the firm
for several years.
Grant Hamilton Dead.
Lyons.-Grant Hamilton, a young
colored minister of the Baptist church,
whose home is in Terre Haute. died OF
catarrh of the stomach at the home OF
his father-in-law, Henry Wigginton,
of this place
Poisoned by MIX Weed.
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