The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-08
ARE HUNTING FOR TROUBLE.
ssriker~. or Their ii-Advised Friends. stoss
the state Troops In Their Camp
st Shenandoah. ia.


ire Eighth regiment MAS called TO
arms during Saturday night as a re-
suit or three attacks made by a band
of men in ambush. who threw stones
al me troops now in camp on the
plateau outside the town. These at
lacks are becoming So frequent that
brighten. Goblin has decided To adopt
stern measures 10 end them. Sunday
night "A double guard, supplied with
ball cartridges, surrounds the camp
and the %sentries have been instructed
that II the stone throwing is repeated
they must shoot TO kill and inyesti-
gate afterwards. One OF the attack
ing party, a Lithuanian named Will
Jam ~Stoponitz, is under arrest md Is
eonhned In the guard tent, and the
provost marshal is on the trail of
others. II is not known how many
were in the crowd. but the officers
OF the Eighth regiment believe IN,
NUMBER TO have been more than a
shower Of stones and Rocks.
The first attack. according to Col.
lheodore +. Hoffman, was made NJ
o'f' o'clock Saturday night. Private
'ayhe OF Company l, on sentry duty.
a party of men on the Mahanov
lty road. which separates the camn
1 me Eighth regiment from The
weiith. lie commanded the men TO
ait and called the corporal of the
uard' out before the latter could
,spond n shower of stones and rocks
ere thrown ut the sentry. One rock 4
him on the chest, knocking 5
down and causing his gun TO fan $
ON his hands. He immediately S
Imped up and fired several shots in c
le air. As he did so, the men ran l.
'wn the road and were pursued bv
Neral strangers. The outpost. which S
id been stationed some distance
ON the camp. heard the shot and $
lie OF the pickets captured Stoponitz =
he came running down the road. I
others escaped. o:
ne shooting aroused the whole @.
mp and the Eighth regiment was
y under arms and companies Il. T.
q u were Immediately out IN skir-
lines. They beat the underbrush -
q laurel, which is five or six feet
all around the camp, but they
uid find no one The regiment was
~ called 10 quarters, and Is min
; later another shower Of stones OF
$ thrown at the stable guard. ma
len IS located south of the Eighth on
nInenf. The guard turned out and IN
&c men were seen running along liza
road in the opposite direction
m where the outpost was sta asl
led. The strangers were not pur- fac
Re
Ihe Regf.nent Called 20 Arms. pos
hortly after three o'clock sunday the
ming the third and last attack tiol
made, and it was of such n na- dar
that the bugler, under orders {
n ool. Hoffman, sounded the whole 10
ment 10 arms. This time the sta Goa
guard was again the object Of the chi;
trious attack. Stones in ~volleys the
: thrown at guard and at the sen cr
near by. On account Of the ~
underbrnsh and the darkness
could not see the Offend -
however, h sentries fired
II a dozen shots into the bushes.
no n was hit. Some of the
Is went whistling over the tents ~
'e sleeping soldiers of h eTwelfth ssePh
nent, across the road. i'ue
G noise Of the firing and tbe ."ie
can 10 arms stirred up the "
fth regiment and the Governors -
} OF cavalry. which is located -
70 the Eighth regiment. '"''
III Give Bullets for stones. sou'
Holman said that he did NOT -"
n whether the stone throwing -.
lone 10 annoy the troops or TO -
nat the regiment would or could o.
- . ieet.
I ,ha 'nce demon ferso
; that we can he ready for any
in three minutes he said. DEC
hereafter we will stand no nom
u VIII give a bullet for each Cole
Or
colonel said there is an ugly
among many persons against
oops. Reports are being made was
daily of soldiers being elbowed 'ary
.p,orol sued