The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-13
WITHIN OUR BORDERS.

John Nj. Matthews. trustee of Bloom
ington Township, committed suicide by
shooting. An expert who examined Mat
thews' books showed a shortage of nearly
$1,000.
Jackson and White Counties voted dry
in local option elections the>other day,
the former by an unofficial majority OF
$40 and the latter by 1,439. Twenty-Five
saloons will be closed in Jackson County
and two in White.
Edward j. Miller. a prominent Sugar
Greek Township farmer. committed sui
eide at his home mile south of Thorn
town, by hanging himself To a rafter in
his barn. Miller has been twice married
and his second wife recently obtained a
divorce.
The bodies of James B.NLong and Al
bert McKibben, farmers, were found iB a
ditch on the farm of Frank Peterson near
Muncie. The men were digging a ditch
and when ten feet below the surface the
walls of the ditch cayed in upon them.
burying them alive.
A masked burglar invaded the home of
Glenn Nagel. in Terre Haute. and at the
muzzle of a gun held the family quiet
while he .ransacked their rooms. Then
by threats the intruder forced Mrs. Ma
gel to conduct them through the house
and show where other articles of value
were. The only piece of jewelry not
taken was watch which Mrs. NageSs
mother had given TO her Mrs. Nagel
pleaded for the timepiece. saying il was
an heirloom. and the burglar consented
to leave it with her. Jewelry and money,
which totaled almost Sl,000. were taken.
J. Il. Handy editor of n Socialist pa
per at Mount Vernon. has made "a con-
tract with the temperance women OF
Mount Vernon to let them run daily
paper ia the interest of prohibition dur
ing the local option campaign that is new
being fought in Posey County.
1t has become definitely known that
Howard J.. Roeder. who was found dead
at the home of his sweetheart. Miss Leona
Lewiston, i'm Elkhart. killed himself after
a quarrel with the girl 1t was discov-
cred that Roeder had purchased a revolver
with money he had drawn from local
bank.
Fire at Claypool destroyed the build
ing owned by John Prive and the stock
of general merchandise belonging to Will
lam Strayer. Loss on merchandise, ST.
600. with So. insurance. Insurance
on building. $4,000, Neighboring build
ings were saved after a hard fight The
origin of the fire is unknown.
Henry McPhillips. veteran operator
for the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, was stricken speechless while work
ing at the key in Terre Houte. With
out notifying any one of his condition he
left the Office. went home. and to bed.
Physicians believe his trouble to be due
TO protracted nervous strain. For several
hours after the attack he remained dumb.
For the love of one of his girl pu-
pills, Is years old, Howard Charters.
% years old, teacher in the school
of Uniontown. has forfeited his license
on the charge of having supplied her
with answers in an examination for
an eighth grade graduation diploma
The girls name is Opal Marie White
cotton. and under the name of Opal
NJ. Whitecotton her teacher went to
Ladoga, where he was not known. and
said that he had been out of school for
some years and wished to take the ex-
animation for a diploma SO that he
could enter a business college.