The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-12

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George n. Arthur, musician, AZ. shot
and ki..ed himself in Terre Haute In
an X-ray examination to locate a piece
of wire his finger was burned so badly
it had to be amputated, thus destroying
his usefulness as musician.
The directors of the tri-State fair.
which was to have been held in Evans
vile from Sept. 80 to Oct 5, decided
to abandon the project, because the City
Council had intimated that no beer could
be sold on the grounds this year.
o. T. Walker, 2S. murdered his wife.
Laura Walker, in Charlottesville by cut
ting her throat from ear to ear. Walk
er's wife had abandoned him and applied
for a divorce. Walker called on her and
asked that she withdraw her suit and re-
turn to him. She refused, whereupon he
dragged her from the house and cut her
throat, making five vicious slashes. Walk
er tried to kiln himself in the same man.
ner, but was unsuccessful. He is now
in Jail.
While she was walking in North Jack
son street, Anderson, accompanied By her
10-year-old brother, Mrs. Florence Hull,
% years old, wife of John A. Hull. a
factory employee, was attacked by an un-
known man, who inflicted cash seven
inches long, but not very deep, in the
woman's neck. Her cries aroused the
neighborhood and the man released his
hold, leaped over a fence into an alley
and disappeared. The knife or razor used
barely missed the jugular vein.
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motherless boys, aged 10 and years,
Elmer Robinson, living on East Lynn
street, in Anderson, has aroused the ire
of his neighbors and threats of summary
punishment have been made. The chill
drens stepmother is said to have gone to
Illinois and left them alone. The father
is reported to have locked the children in
an upstairs room and left home for the
day. The older boy tied bed clothing to-
gether and escaped from his prison. The
attention Of the board of children's guard
ians has been called to the case
Two expert accountants are working
in the ofice of County Treasurer George
w. Irvine at Warsaw as the result Of
charges recently made to the effect that
his accounts are badly muddled. Mr.
Irvine declares that all funds belonging
to the county are intact.
Carriage manufacturers Of Ohio, Mich
igan, Indiana, and Illinois have formed
an organization, to be called the National
Association of Carriage Manufacturers.
the purpose of which is. as stated, to con-
troll tho prices of their product. An adj
vance Of 10 per cent to the trade has
already been declared.
Louis Grant, 26 years old, was drown
ed at Emison by accidentally falling from
a wagon into deep gravel pit while driv-
ing to Vincennes with others to take part
in Labor day exercises.
Shortstop Stewart of the Van Vert
baseball club, which defeated the Fort
Wayne Shamrocks G to 3. had his skull
fractured by being hit back of the ear by
the first ball pitched.
Henry Rickett was drowned in the Ohio
river at Evansville while he was search
ing for the body of friend. He stepped
in a gravel hole aud sank before friends
could reach him. The body was recoy-
cred.
Caught BY his foot on a rope dangling
from a balloon. William Roefiig, aged u,
was carried aloft at Fort Wayne, but es~
capped by grasping the limb of a tree
when fifty feet from the ground.
Mrs. Anna Brush appeared in the pc
lice court in Evansville as witness.
When she took the stand she was chewing
gum. take that gum out of your mouth
or go to JAIL" commanded the police
judge, I. G. Winfrey. The woman obeyed.
Over 175 iron molders went Jon strike
in. Evansville because of an order issued
at the five stove foundries preventing the
drinking of beer on the premises during
the noon hour.