The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-09-27
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GIR:. AccIpENrALLY SHOT.

GIR;. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Miss Bertha McCambridge was the |
victim OF accident at Martinsviile |
the bullet from ~ caliber target rife |
in the hands OF Doris Hoppe. of Indi- |
annapolis, passing through her right |
hand and left arm. and striking against
a rib on the left side. Her injuries are
not serious
The young hunter passed the girls
home. stopping to talk with her for a
moment, and started to shoot at mark
on board. Miss McCambridge warned
him 1T was against ordinance to
shoot within the limits of the city.
Hoppe made the jocualr remark, "All
right, I'll just shoot you" and pointed
the gun in her direction. He accident
ally pulled the trigger and the gun was
discharged. He had been visiting
friends at Martinsvilie. and had known
the McCambridge family for some time.
SNAKE FROM WAITE MAIN.
Many stories have been told at
Columbus of cells and tadpoles coming
through the water mains to Columbus
consumers, but e. A. Norman, proprie-
tor of cigar store, is the hrst man to
get snake. Norman opened a tap to
get a drink of water. He was astonish-
cd when the head of snake came out
In little while more of the snake APP
peared, and finally the tail emerged
He put the pieces together and found
the snake was about two feet long.
Raw river water is pumped into the
mains at Columbus
CURED OF PIPE SMOKING.
Charles Clayton. a farmer, who lives
near huntsville. Bartholomew county.
he h - @1~4
pipe In his buggy. While driving to
Columbus he lighted the tobacco and
spark flew back, setting the buggy top
on fire He whipped the horse into
gallop because he knew there was
stream about half mile away He
drove in, made a bucket of his hat and
threw water on the fire until it was
extinguished. The top of the buggy
was ruined.
INJURED IN COLLISION.
Just one year from the day of the
wreck at Upton in which six persons
were killed, westbound work train
on the Alexandria-Tipto traction lines
smashed into an eastbound passenger
lear running extra" three miles west
of Eiwood at 80 yesterday morning.
Motorman James Riley of the work
train was badly bruised and scratched
land Brakeman Bert Conrad of Upton,
on the same train. received a broken
LEG and perhaps fatal internal injuries.
IMotorman Boring. the extra, escap
ed by jumping.
The wreck occurred a straight
stretch of track and the trainmen state
they could not see the other train ap-
preaching on account OF a heavy fog.
The work train was so badly smashed
la a. = a ~ -
were rendered practically useless. The
passenger car was also badly smashed,
but will be repaired.
VAIN LEAP FOR LIBERTY.
Half an hour before he was to hsyc
been taken to the Michigan City peni-
tertiary to begin a sentence of two to
fourteen years for burglary, Delbert
PONCE, prisoner in the Allen county
Jail. at FIT Wayne, made a break for
liberty early yesterday.
PONCE pushed past the turnkey.
ldarted into the jail yard and scaled a
wall twenty feet in hight by means of
a shed. In the leap from the wall his
left leg was racturede and his right
Iankie dislocated. He was recaptured
at once and removed to hospital.
INJURED IN FALL.
| Albert Ray, a timer living at Fair
land, was turning home on the / o'clock
west bound indianapolis & Cincinnati
traction car yesterday afternoon when
he fell from the platform on which he
was istanding and struck on his head
He was picked up unconscious and
blood was oozing from his nose. mouth
land ears. He almost carried Gary
lUpdike. of Nashville. the conductor
with him from the car. There is little
Ichance for his recovery
FIFTEEN TIMES AROUND WORLD
Oscar Bowman, who has been driving
1.-THE stage coach between New Albany
and Paoli for many years, has covered
a distance which he calculates al near
lily fifteen times around the sworld since
he has been handling the reins over ths
four horses team that hauls the stag,
back and forth between the terminals
He has made 3,276 round trips or 6,55.
:, one-way trips The total mileage /!
/. more than 100000 miles, or equal t,
+. more than fourteen circles of the globe
: Bowman Is Known from one end of tn
: pike to the other and seldom fails t,
: take his passengers and mail through
lon schedule time. Residents along tn
e line can tell the time of day almost t
1.-THE minute when they hear the stag
. coach rumble by with the veteral
q driver on the box.
l. ENEMY PAINTS PROSECUTORS COW
vi For the second time this summer tn