The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-18
Brief State Items.

EuWdru hlleDer, near Milton, Tor special
cultivation.
George w. Jennings, employed by the
Southwestern Oil Company at Marion, was
caught by the fall of derrick, breaking
his arm and crushing his head.
In attempting to board freight train at
Waterloo, Fred Booth, young lad resid-
ing in that town, fell beneath the wheels
and both his feet were badly crushed.
Thomas Palmer of Matthews, who threat
ened to kill his wife and admitted that he
had purchased two revolvers for that pur-
pose, has been committed to Jail indefinite
Miss Bertha Gang of Hartford City, while
assisting her mother in the spring house
cleaning, was struck in the eye by a needle
falling from an overhead curtain. running
the sight.
BY the collapse of wall of the Mattox
! brick store building at Vincennes, many
persons narrowly escaped being crushed.
The building is seventy five years old and
will be RACED.
Thomas Derry of Greenfield, in his suit
against the Indianapolis & Greenfield Rapid
Transit Company, was awarded S1,4S7.5O,
on change of venue to Howard county, for
injuries sustained.
Infected cheese sold by two local dealers
at Mishawaka, is responsible for the illness
OF from twenty to thirty persons. All are
suffering from ptomaine poisoning. Some
of these were in critical condition for
time.
-Four men were painfully scalded by the
bursting of steampipe in the sawmill of
Sanders & Egberi at Goshen. They were
Melvin Pierson, Charles Wilson, D. c.
Booker and Louis Hunter. All will re-
cover.
Simultaneous with the return of the
grand jury's Indictment against John
Knapp, charging him with the murder of
Marshal Leonard Geisler at Hagerstown,
came Coroner Markleys verdict, holding
| him guilty.
Burglars plundered the jewelry store of
c. Genung, at Kirklin, taking fourteen
gold watches and quantity of rings The
same establishment was robbed of several
hundred dollars worth of goods only a
short time ago.
A new criminal case filed at Decatur, is
unique in its way. 1t charges that in De-
cember last Samuel Steele took up an
eStray hog and that he failed to advertise
the same, as provided by law. The pen
atty upon conviction is fine of from So to
500.
A large barn on the farm of Oscar AL
baugh, south of Shoals, was struck by
lightning during severe storm and de-
stroyed. Three calves were cremated. The
loss on farming implements, hay, grain
and other contents is $1,000 with 500 in
surance.
This year has been a record breaker in
taxpaying in Putnam county Treasurer
Edwards reports that the amount paid on
first instalment was SS,9739 90 and the total
amount collected was S123,O 900, the largest
semi-annual collection of taxes ever made
in the county.
The reservoir from which the city of
Brookville gets its water supply is slipping
down the hill. Although supports were
built few years ago, the reservoir has
moved more than three feet. 1t is being
temporarily repaired, but will have to be
rebuilt at large expense TO the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Hurd, living
southwest of Churubusco, have arranged
for an overland trip to California. They
will travel in prairie schooner, cooking
their own meals and sleeping in the wagon
They expect to average $50 miles a week
and to get through in about three months.
Mr.. Hurd is a wealthy farmer, and is
making the trip for pleasure as we'll as
health.
The jury in the case of the state against
Charles Lafountaine of Martinsville, ac-
cused of assault with intent to kill w. w.
Wilson, returned verdict of guilty. The
verdict calls for commitment under the in
determinate sentence act. Lafountaine
shot Mr.. Wilson several months ago, as the
result of business disagreement. Wilson
is contractor and Lafountaine was en-
ployed by him. The defendant claimed
self-defense.
The Marion county grand jury will
reach cut among the most prominent pro-
fessionnl and business men of Indiana
polls, and indict few who are known to
be inveterate cigarette smokers. The
names of twenty or thirty have been pre-
scented. Taylor Gronninger, deputy prose-
cutor, says the idea is to indict men of
AuCduo WIZ Soh wei duOiU W uldke u test
case OK the constitutionality of the law.
Two o. three dealers may be indicted so
the law against selling cigarettes may also
be tested.
Kid Hennessey, the Frankfort prize
fighter. who was sentenced last January
by Judge Artman to Jail for one year and
half, and in addition was heavily fined
for three offenses, two of which were for
assault and battery on his wife, paid S193 .35
in fines into the Circuit Court and was re-
leased from Jail with the understanding
that he would never again set foot in either
Boone or Clinton counties. Warrants were
placed in the hands of sheriffs of both
counties with instructions TO arrest Hem
nessey if he ever appeared in either county
again.
Homer Phillips, Is years old, superin-
tending rolling machine at the Lewis
Kerr paper plant, Kokomo, caught his
hand in the draw roller, and amputation at
the shoulder was required. Harry Woods.
manager, had two fingers badly mashed
while trying to rescue him.
Mrs. Edith A. Law of South Bend. has
called attention of the police to what she
believed an attempt to poison her. A bot
tie containing an alleged tonic was found
to contain carbolic acid, morphine and
glue. She suspects young man named
Rush of Kankakee, a former sweetheart. of
being author of the attempt to kill her.
Mrs. Anna Mier of Grant county, has