The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
LATEST News.
BY WIRE.
Killed by Robbers in Indiana.

Killed by Robbers in Indiana.
Bedford, Ind. THE dead body of
George Moss, whose skull had been
crushed, was found at his halfway
house, between this city and Oolitic.
His grocery store had been robbed
by the murderers. Moss lived alone.
Theft, Stands Mute.
Detroit, Mich.-Chaunce Ham
mond, accused of stealing $4,000
from the E. M r. Automobile Com
pany, was arraigned in the police
court and stood mute. Bail was fixed
at 100000 The valise containing
the money was recently found filled
with bricks. Hammond had just re-
signed as paymaster.
Bridge Workers Fall TO Death.
Woodstock, va.-W. w. Gard. of
Baltimore, an employee of the Amer
lean Bridge Company. while working
on the Southern Railway bridge, at
Willow Creek, fell from pier to the
creek, drop of 118 feet, and was in
stantly killed.
Six Months Old, Under Knife.
Detroit, Mich Ralph Thorne, the
six-months-old son of Frank Thorne,
has been successfully operated on for
appendicitis. This Is the first time in
local surgical annals that such an
operation has been performed on an
infant.
Captain Edward r. Allen Dead.
Ypsilanti, ch-Captain Edward
P. Allen, Democratic Congressman
from the Second Michigan District
from 1886 to 1898, died suddenly
from apoplexy at his home here.
Major III. d. Buckley Dead.
Baltimore Major H. D. Buckley,
comptroller of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company and one of the
best known railroad men in the coun-
try died at his home here from a
cancerous malady. He was seventy
nine years old
Novel Threat For Peace Justice.
Colorado Springs. Col-Justice OF
the Peace A. G. Toombs received two
pieces of human flesh through the
mails. Accompanying them was
note explaining that they had been
taken from a smallpox patient, the
writer expressing the wish that the
Justice might catch the disease and
die.
Fake Racing Man Found Guilty.
Council Bluffs, Iowa.-John R.
Dobbins, on trial for grand larceny
in connection with the loss by 7. w.
Ballew, banker of Princeton, Mo-,
of $4,000 on fake horse race in
this city more than year ago, was
found guilty.
Five Cleveland Brokers Indicted.
Cleveland, Ohia.-The Grand Jury
indicted five brokers, accusing each
of conducting a bucketshop. Their
offices were recently raided. They
are w. J. Worth, J. F. Meaney, G. v.
Tuttle, r. B. Hartwick and e. E.
Newman.
Banker Accidentally Killed.
Webster City. Iowa.. A. Ed
wards, former Mayor of this city and
president of savings bank here,
died following peculiar accident.
Mr. Edwards, while busting some
furniture in his office, knocked a re-
volver from desk. 1t exploded, the
bullet entering his stomach.
Indians Order White Men to Go.
San Bernardino, Cal.-Arrivals
from Oraibi, on the Arizona-New
Mexico boundary. bring information
that settlers are fleeing from threat
ened uprising of the Hopi Indians
The Indians have been restless for
some time, and finally ordered the
settlers to leave the region.
Lucky" Baldwin Left 1O,5OO,OOO.
San Francisco. -The estate of
Lucky" Baldwin, popularity supposed
to have been worth $20,00O,000, has
been found by appraisement to
amount to $10,500,000.