The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-14
Brief State Items.


duty at Clinton, was shot in the body,
while attempting to quell riot among the
Italians.
Edward Seeley, a mason at work on the
new Broadway Methodist church at Lo-
gansport, fell from a scaffOld and was ia
tally injured.
William Brown, so years old, wealthy
pioneer of New Albany, was fatally in
lured by falling from ladder while paint
ing house.
While working at the Central foundry at
Vincennes, Samuel Clark was caught be-
meath falling bar of iron and perhaps fa-
tally injured.
Guy Watkins, fireman at the light sta
ton at Madison, was caught in a belt and
whirled around pulley. He was injured
internally and may die.
Southern passenger train No. 5. east
bound, and an extra freight cOllided at
Princeton, demolishing two coaches and
injuring Oscar Cato of that city.
A tile factory owned by James Fur, -wo
and one-half miles from HillsborO, burned,
resulting in a loss of $1,000 with no insur-
ance. The origin of the fire is unknown
Alfred Toms, arrested at Clarkshill. ac-
cused of kidnapping Miss Edna Spice, Is
years old, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Spice of South Milford, has been acquitted.
Railroad spikes and scrap iron concealed
in wheat sheaves destroyed threshing
machine on the farm of Henry Mans near
Princeton. 1t is not known who put the
iron in the wheat.
Hog cholera has broken out in the west
ern part of Noble county and is steadily
spreading over a large territory. One
farmer lost seventeen hogs in three days
and others have lost more or less heavily.
Mrs. Mollie Lyons YVES killed in fall
from the walkway OF the Clinton street
bridge over St. Mary's river at Fort Wayne,
and Sigmund Giesaler. who was her COM
panion, fell with her, sustaining fracture
Of the skull.
Swarms of mosquitoes from swamps,
creeks and ponds are responsible for a
siege of malaria fever at Bond Mill, ten
miles south of Vincennes. Many of the
residents are seriously i'll and the situation
is becoming alarming.
Sidney Oft, % years old, working with a
hose on the cliff for the J. b. Speed Lime
Company at Midtown, Crawford county,
fell from the cliff, caused blythe hose break
ing, and was instantly killed. The fall
was fifty feet, and his neck was broken.
Hanging on the bumpers of two freight
cars, the body of Perry Wright, one of the
best known railroad employees in La
fayette, was found in the Monon yards 1t
is supposed he stepped between the cars TO
make a coupling and fell between the
couplers.
John Runyan was found in ditch be-
side the tracks of the Pennsylvania rail-
road at Richmond. He is an engineer at
the water works station and in attempting
to board freight train fell under the
wheels and was badly injured. He will
probably die.
Mrs. Abraham Hondrich, while driving
with her husband near Goshen. was badly
hurt in a runaway, the horse taking fright
at an automobile. While she lay uncon-
scious by the roadside the autoists turned
ON the highest power and made their dis
appearance.
At the close of the Labor Day celebra-
ton at Dunkirk, Manering Hart, an areo-
naut from Upland, narrowly escaped death
while making an ascension. When about
fifty feet in the air the balloon exploded.
Hart fell to the ground but escaped with
few bruises and badly wrenched back.
Miss Alta Bressler was killed and Min
don Miller seriously injured, when the
buggy in which they were crossing the
Big Four railroad tracks north of Wabash,
was struck by a passenger train. Miss
Bressler was hurled ninety feet and died
almost instantly. Miller may recover.
August Schmicker. farmer, near Chand-
Ter, Warrick county, was gored to death by
bull. Schmickcr and wife, who wore a
red apron, entered the barnyard and the
bull attacked the woman, slightly injuring
Yher. When Schmicker went to the rescue
of his wife the blli attacked him. crushing
him in the breast and knocking him into
pond. When taken out he was dead
Thebes Farthing, cashier of the state
bank at Haubstadt, Gibson county, left
that place and his whereabouts is not
known. His friends are anxious. Before
leaving he changed the combination OF the
bank safe and an expert was employed to
open it. An apparent shortage of $1,000
has been found according to a statement
issued by A. ZilIak, president of The bank.
Farthing is under bond for $4,000.
Thomas McCleary, postmaster at Mackey,
Gibson county, shot and killed his brother
in-law, Melville Stuckey. The shooting
was done in the postoffice. Stuckey is
produce dealer and had been drinking.
| After several qualrels he was refused the
loan of revolver by McCleary, as Stuckey
said he wanted to kill some one with it.
Later Stuckey appeared in the postofice
and rushed at McCleery with drawn dirk
knife. yeling to him to say his prayers.
McCleary drew a revolver and titled
Stuckey at the first shot.
Thomas Kirkham, son of Judge Robert
Kirkham of Corydon, was caught in ma
chinery at the pumping station of the Cor
ydon water works and his right arm was
nearly torn from the socket. he was taken
to New Albany. where the arm was ampu-
tated. He was IL years old.
Indiana is threatened with an epidemic
of scarlet fever, according to DR.. j. N
Hurry, secretary of the state board of
health. Outside of Indianapolis DR.. Hurry
has had information from several other
communities over the state to the effect
that scarlet fever was prevalent in a mild
form.
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