The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
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other shocking conditions IN west
Hammond her life has been threat
ened by resort keepers. One Of this
class, after making threats to the
young feminine reformer, was traced
by Mrs. Brooks, the girls mother, who
disguised herself, to the door OF a we'll
known resort. Miss Brooks refused
to put the man under peace bonds
and has dened the gamblers and resort
keepers.
A sensational expose OF the system
of protection given the resorts Is prom
ised by Fred Camp. whose police star
was recently stripped from him. by
Chief Barrie johnson. Camp has is
sued an ultimatum TO President John
Hessler and Chief Johnson that unless
he Is reinstated he will make a clean
breast of grating that is going on In
the village.
The committee Of trustees who have
supervision over the police have called
a secret meeting to see what can be
done about Camps threats. Camp
says that only a few of the officers,
those covering the beats where the
resorts are located, get any OF the
protection money. Following the
newspaper expose of the presence or
slot machines in the village. they dis
appeared as If by magic.
Fort Wayne.-Four men are In the
Lutheran hopital here as the re-
suit of an accident on the Fndlay
branch of the c., II. & d. railroad at
Tillman, this county. when a motor
handcar struck a dog and the car was
hurled from the tracks. John O'Brien
has a broken leg, George Shaffer suf-
fered a broken arm and Albert Bush
and David Heckert were cut about the
arms and head. John Moore, the fifth
man on the car, escaped. The dog
was killed.
Huntington.-Mary. the f~ve-year-
old daughter of Daniel S~chenkel,
placed her baby brother in a suitcase
and brought the two sides together
with a snap. The parents missed the
baby and Mary pointed TO the suit
case with a Deere il IS" They tried
TO open the suitcase for a few minutes.
and the father rushed to the dealer
from whom 1t was purchased, and
after a long delay the infant was res
cued. II came out laughing and I'M
harmed.
Gary.-The opening of the oys-
ter season brought grief TO w. II.
f. Parry. He had imported a barrel
OF fancy coves from Baltimore, and
went into the basement to feed the
live oysters their usual meal Of corn
meal and salt. In dipping his hand
into the barrel one of the hungry
bivalves opened its shell too wide with
the result that Parry's fingers were
severely lacerated.
Gary-As the result Of a s~unstroke.
which he received during July, Mar
tin V%anburen, a foreman in the steel
mills, has developed a peculiar man
for leading horses and dogs about the
city. on a number of occasions horses
and dogs have been taken from their
owners and after a search Vanburen
was found leading them down the
streets and alleys.
Hammond.-A novel suit was
started in a Hammond court. John
Koch started out for a call on his girl.
He wore a new hat and a e suit OF
clothes. While waiting at a railroad
crossing for a train Jesse Jones. the
engineer OF an Erie train, is alleged to
have permitted the engine to spout
dirty steam on Koch. running his at
tire. The railroad and the engineer
are sued for damages.
Indianapolis.-Myra L~ichtenberg. two
years old, was attacked by
large bulldog on Massachusetts ave-
nue. in this city and seriously injured
when the animal bit her on the cheek.
The little girl Is said to have run out
from her house TO pet the dog. when
II turned on her. The police arrested
Daisy Myers, who was charged with
harboring a vicious dog. She admit.
ted that her dog attacked the child.
Indianapolis.-A supposedly rabid
dog which rushed through the
town OF Montpelier and vicinity bit
seven people and several other dogs.
and was still running when last seen
five miles away. -Four of the dogs
victims have come to Indianapolis for
a consultation with physicians in re-
gard to taking the Pasteur treatment.
Danville.-The local option cleo
tion in Middle township. Hendricks
county, in which is the village
of Pittsboro, went wet" by one vote,
the total number voting being 407.
The "wets" polled 2O4 and the "drys"
200. In the two precincts there are
nine contested votes. about evenly d.
vided.
Fort Wayne.-Except in cases OF
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