The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-26

she made the first attempt, when inter-
cepted by her sister.
WAR TIME EDITOR DEAD.
George w. Allison, age eighty seven. !
is dead at Nashville. Mr.. Allison was I
captain in the Union army. and marched
with Sherman to the sea- He served
with Company d, Seventeenth Indiana
infantry. and as regimenta1 quarter
master of the SEVENTEEN Indiana in
fantry. Allison was sixty years in the
newspaper business. His paper. the
Franklin Jeffersonian. was burned by
southern sympathizers four days after
the editor enlisted in 1851. After the
war, Allison started the Gazette at
Columbus. He started the Expositor.
at Nashville. in 1859. Later this paper
became the Brown County Democrat.
Allison served two terms as auditor of
Brown county from 1880 to 1883. Form
eriy he was auditor of Johnson county,
being elected in 1850. He was elected
as representative in 1890 for Brown and
Monroe counties, being the first Repub-
lican ever elected in this district. Five
sons. all OF whom are printers. and two
daughters survive. Mr., Allison was a
Mason. and for fifty years had been a
member of the Presby terrain church.
The Rev. w G. Moore, of Indianapolis,
OBLIGATED at the funeral at Nashville
Monday.
LIVE WIRE KILLS FIRE CAPTAIN
| While fighting fire that did $1,000 dam
age to a stable owned by Fisher
Brothers of Evansville. grocers. Cap
tain John Achnobel. of hose company
No. was killed by a falling electric
Hight wire and three other firemen
severely shocked. Capt. Schnabei had
lbeen on the fire department for twenty
seven years and was assistant chief UNI
der Chief Fred Grill. He is survived
Thy a family. The origin OF the fire Is
not known.
SHOOTS WIFE AND SELF.
Fred Martinsen. age thirty, farmer
living near Union Center, six miles
south of town, fred two loads of buck
lshot into the body of his wife Satur-
Iday. and then shot himself and cut his
Throat with razor. Martinsen died
Sunday. His widow may recover. The
double shooting ended more than year
Iof trouble between the couple, fnciud-
ling several separations Recently the
woman sued her husband for divorce.
She formerly lived in Chica go. The
husband belonged to a well-known and
wealthy Laporte county family.
THUGS SHOOT BRAKEMAN.
In fight with two hold-up men late
Saturday night. William vanNess, q
brakeman in the employ of the wabasf
railroad at Fort Wayne, was shot in this
left side. The robbers got nothing OF
, value and fed. yanNess walked to 8
house two blocks away and was hur-
ried to St. Josephss hospital where ply
sicians removed the bullet. The woun1
is not serious. Police secured the
neighborhood, but the thugs escaped
Half dozen holdup attempts have beer
made at TT Wayne in the last twr
/ have been reported.
KILLED IN HIS AUTO.
a. w. Hartman, of Star City, wa.
: struck by a Pennsylvania passenger
) train Sunday, near that place, and wa'
Instantly killed. He was alone in {
touring car. which was struck while
, crossing the track. Hartman was OIL
!. the way to Camden. where he ha,
bought hardware store.
DISTRESS SIGNAL IN VAIN.
DR. Henry Gante, young veterinar
liam Of Anderson is under bond for tria
today on a charge of not needing
signal of distress ON highway. 1t /
| the frst case Of the kind in the Ander
i son courts The affidavit was filed b.
L George Lawson. a farmer He com
Il plains that recently while driving fror
Il | Anderson, accompanied by his daughter
II his horse scared" at an approaching
a,,tomol,ile driven by DR.. Gante. MI
, Lawson says he raised his hand I
, signal DIR. Gante TO check tho speed 0
: the automobile because they were NEE,
? ing on a grade, but DIR. Gante paid n
? attention to the signal and Lawson
: horse plunged into the ditch. throwin
: and bruising him and his daughter an
= sprorIxjnv tha buggy