The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-20
UP AND DOWN IN
INDIANA
YOUTH ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.

After having spent the forenoon and
the first hour of the afternoon session
in procuring jury to try Clarke
Messed. 16 years old. on a charge of
having murdered his 1-year-old sister
Fern In Evansville because she threat
ened to implicate him in the story of
attack for which her father has since
been sentenced to life Imprisonment.
the state Saturday afternoon concluded
its case in the Circuit Court at Boon
Vile.
SEE TWO SNAKES FIGHT.
While cutting fence posts north OF
Owensville. Virgil Montgomery and son
Gilbert, witnessed a fierce fight be-
tween two snakes-a blue racer, four
and one-half feet long, and a chicken
snake, four feet in length. The blue
racer was coiled about the chicken
snake and seemed to have the best of
the scrap. Mr.. Montgomery did not
believe it safe to referee snake fight
$50 he promptly killed the reptiles.
JEALOUS HUSBAND SHOOTS.
day afternoon walked into a local store
and shot his wife. who was clerk in
the place. Then he turned the revolver
upon himself and fred. The shots
created panic in the store. The WON
ans injuries are not thought to be seri-
GUS, but the man probably will not sur
vive. The couple came from xenia. o.,
a short time ago. Jealousy is said to
have been the cause Of the tragedy.
ROBERT S. PETERSON DEAD.
Robert s. Peterson, OF Decatur, the
oldest attorney in Decatur and a mem
hor Of no IA
ton. died Saturday afternoon. He was
sixty-six years old. a lifelong resident,
a civil war veteran of Company G.
Thirteenth Indiana cavalry, and had
practiced law thirty-three years. To
him belongs the credit of establishing
the sewerage system of Decatur. In
1899 he made a congressional race
against George w. Steele. of Marion
and in 1894 was a CANDIDATE for judge OF
| the Twenty sixth judicial district. bu,
was defeated. He had lived a retired
life for years.
HURLS THREAT At JUDGE.
| After having threatened the life OF
Judge Bagot and having made two
unsuccessful attempts to commit suicide
within a few hours. Forrest Agnew. o.
Anderson, 81 years old, was Saturday
l
Reformatory to begin serving an In
tdeterminate sentence from ten to TWEEN
tty years for burglary
| TWO KILLED IN SOUTH BEND.
| Steven Markovic. OF South Bend. Il
Years old. was killed as he was about
to enter his home. and his companion
Steven Szmon, was shot through the
arm. The police charge John and
Steven Hovorth, brothers. with ths
murder. the four men having quarrelet
earlier in the evening about a young
woman whom they met at a dance
John Hovorth is under arrest and Szmor
lis being ! held as a witness. Stever
Hovorth is missing
William Kuraczkwitz was also ar
rested Saturday charged with TIT
murder of John O'Connor with whom
he quarreled. 1t is alleged he waylait
tOConnor and fatally assaulted hin
with a piece of garden hose. OConnort
skull was fractured and he died in thu
ljail hospital.
TONGUE SEVERED BY FALL.
Albert Henschelman of Evansville
seventeen years old. fell from a wagon
His chin struck the ground violenti.
and his teeth were drivn through hi
tongue, winch was S0NeEeu his C0idl
Ition is serious.
SEED CORN FOR AFRICA
Il L. A. vogler & Son, OF Hope. q
lGreensburg. haze filled an order for ST
bushels OF White Dent seed corn to b
lshipped to the agricultural station o
the Transvaal government, Scut
Africa. One of the requirements wa
THAT each ear be wrapped separately +
paper. The price was IS a bushel.
TAKES ACID ENDS LIFE
| Charles W. Foster, of Washington
Ind, 90 years old, drank the contents o
a small bottle of carbolic acid and die
within half an hour. Fosters wifi
ended her life separating from her hus
band in the Claypool Hotel in Indi
annapolis about a year ago
ICLOCKs STOP WHEN WOMAN DIE.
An unusual story is told in connec
: ttion with the death of Mrs. Harriet
iMaIpas, sister of Mrs. James Nall c
Shelbyville. A son of the late Mr.
4 IMalpas is married and lives at Wash
i Iington. D. c.. where he has a govern
lment position. Shortly before he re