The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
Brief State Items.

Herriok Barnett, 81 years old, Monon
switchman, was ground to pieces at La
fayette by wrecking train. He leaves
wife and child
Mrs. John Freeman OF Jacksonville,
was fatally burned while filling gasoline
reservoir at the back of the kitchen stove.
The ire was lighted at the time
Charles Plasket, aged II. was killed at
the county fair at Boswell by a stray
bullet from shooting gallery on the
grounds. lie lived but few hours.
The large farmhouse attached TO the Golden
Knob mine, near Jasonvlle, has been de-
stroyed by fire, neceSsitating closing of the
mine till new structure can be erected.
The new Olympia vaudeville theater and
Engeldrum's pavilion theater at South
Bend,were summarily closed by the police.
Much objection had arisen to Sunday night
performances.
An epidemic of diptheria is feared in the
schools at Madison. One of the public
semlnarieS was closed, releasing over 400
pupils. The other schools may be closed if
the contagiOn spreads.
j. Warren Gates, a prominent farmer
and stock man near Royal Center, was
shot and perhaps fatally wounded by the
accidental discharge of revolver in the
hands of Vim. III. BENNY.
Frank Hickman of Kokomo. by mistake
gave his sick wife a spoonful of carbolic
acid, thinking it medicine. She swallowed
but little of it but her mouth and throat
were horribly burned. She may recover.
Adolph Wilhelm is in jail at Hammond,
charged with smothering his wife TO death
with pillow a year ago. His mother
charges him with the deed. She made the
alleged confession as the result OF a beating
he gave her.
Robert L. Otis. former private in Com
pany III, United States Infantry, committed
suicide at Knightstown by laying his head
across the rail in front OF an approaching
train. The body was decapitated in the
presence of many people.
The Star nill at Shoals was struck by
lightning during a heavy storm, cutting
hole through the slate roof and badly dam
aging the conyeyorS and buhrs. The mill
was set on fire, but the flames were ex-
tinguished with small loss.
Brakeman John Eichenschler of Michi-
gan City, was killed in Chicago by being
knocked from a train in the Michigan
Central yards and being ground to pieces.
Eichenschler was q years old and his
parents reside in Valparaiso.
Fred Birchfeld, accused of forgery, who
with Clifford McKinsey, sawed his way
out of the Charlottesville jail, was cal,-
tured in an attic at the home of his father
in-law, George Earl, west of Crawford:,-
vile. McKinsey is still al liberty.
Alonzo A. Lewis of Indianapolis, killed
his divorced wife, Nora Lewis, with
razor and then slashed his own throat, in
fiicting wounds which will prove fatal.
The tragedy occurred in lonely part Of
the city adjacent to Garfield park.
The jury in the case of the State against
Rusty Roberts at Mt. Vernon, accused of
killing Robert Cain, failed to agree and was
discharged. The jury stood eight for con-
viction and four for acquittal Another
trial will be had at the November term.
The engine drawing an Evansville and
Mt. Vernon suburban train on the Louis
vile & Nashville railroad was derailed at
Lamott. j. ID. Raede, the fireman, of
Evansville, was probably fatally hurt.
Several passengers were slightly bruised.
The Wabash Valley Gas Company will
discontinue entirely in the near future the
delivery of natural gas 10 patrons. The
work of taking up the lines all over the
company's territory is going rapidly for
ward. In Lafayette $4,000 is soon TO be
spent in Improvements on the artificial gas
plant.
The first conviction for violation of the
new automobile law was effected at Port
land, when Hamilton Bragg of Ridgeville,
was fined $40 and costs for failure to bring
his machine to stop when requested to by
Mrs. Leroy Stevens, whose horse became
frightened and ran away, severely injur-
ing Mrs. Stevens.
While workmen were engaged in getting
out gravel near Sulphur Springs three
skeletons were unearthed. The skeletons
were of persons more than seven feet tall,
and all were found in a sitting posture.
The teeth and some bones were wei pre-
served, but the skulls crumbled at touch
when exposed TO the air.
The 12-year-old son of Clyde johnson, a
farmer and saw mil man, was killed in
vile. While attempting to throw a belt
his foot became entangled and he was
drawn over the shaft to the fiywheel of the
engine. His left arm and leg were broken
and his skull fractured.
Martin Miller, night Waterman at the
bandsaw mill of the Mossman Lumber
Company at Jasper, was fatally scalded
by the bursting of pipe near the mud
valve. He was trying to open the valve
at the time, and steam and scaldng hot
water was thrown against his face, chest
and body, binding him and rendering him
powerless to walk. He crawled to the
whistle strap and sounded an alarm, and
this brought assistance
Virgil Irwin, aged i6. living in Spencer
county, picked up an old rusty can to
fix his wagon tire The can contained
dynamite caps, which exploded, and the
lads hand was blown off.
A contract has been let by the Indiana
Union Traction Company to Eshelman &
Kaufman of Andersen. for an IS 900 build
ing at Upton to be used as a passenger
and freight station, and also for division
offices at the junction of the indianapolis,
Northern Upton Alexandria divisions 1t
will be the largest station building owned
by the Indiana Union Traction on its en-
tire system.
Thomas Waters, ctlored, barber OF
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