The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-13

violently insane The attack was
made last night, according to the po-
lice. who SO far have been unable to
learn the cause of the mans rough
conduct. The attack took place sew
eral blocks from her home, to which
the girl ran, and where she collapsed
shortly after reahing the door.
VERDICT AGAINST TEACHER.
A jury. Friday night. after being out
eleven hours, returned a verdict for
$4,000 in favor of Miss Eva Close in
her damage suit for breach of promise
against Winfield Fox, science teacher
in the Elwood high school, who lived in
the southern part of Vigo county.
where Miss Close was his schooimate
in township school.
Afterward The married Miss Naples.
of West Terre Haute, and Miss Close
brought suit, and a few days later she
accepted $500 when Brought into con-
ference with his friends in the office of
County Auditor Wallace. but later said
in court she was intimidated by Wal
lace and others. Fox admitted that for
several years he called regularly on
Miss Close. but denied he promised
ma rriage.
TWO WOMEN BURNED.
Mrs. Honora Sullivan. of Terre
Haute. age eighty. was fatally burned
and died shortly after noon saturday.
when a cloth saturated with coal oil
which she had about a burnel finger
caught fire from a stove. The flames
spread to her clothing. and her flesh
was practically cooked from her knees
F.! up Her son. who was attracted by
the screams of a sister. threw a rug
over her and smothered the flames.
FIRES At RABBIT. HITS MAN.
While hunting rabbits northeast OF
| Lafayette saturday Fred Theme. presi-
dent OF the Theme & Wagner Brewing
| Company, was accidentally shot by his
partner in business, Frank Wagner.
Theme was walking a considerable
| distance ahead of Wagner. when the
latter shot at a rabbit. Nearly all of
the charge of shot entered Themes
right leg, INJECTING a serious wound.
This is the first hunting accident of
| the season reported AT Lafayette.
ONE DEAD EIGHT ILL WITH FEVER
| Florence Beatrice. thirteen-y ear-eld
daughter of f. b. Weismantel, coun-
lehman, of Elwoold is dead of typhoid
fever. Mr.. Weismantel is also confin-
! ell to the home in a serious condition
from typhoid. Dorethea, the seven
year-old daughter. is also i'll with the
disease. while three older chillren are
Iconvalescing from the malady. Two
children in the home of I.emuel Hoover
are seriously i'll with typhoid and ply
can. not recover An eight-year- old
daughter of DR.. Runyan, former sec
rotary of the board of health. is also
dangerously i'll with typhoid.
A warning has been issued by DIR. /.
A. Mott to all families using water
from surface wells TO boil their drink
ling water before using. 1T is believed
the low stage of water in hundreds os
wells about the city is responsible.
QUITS ASYLUM GETS INSANE.
/ With 5000 in bills in his pocket. a
idemented man giving his name as
Adams and saying his residence is in
Il Dubois County, picked mp by an
lie. & T. north bound train crew Just
inorth of Petersburg yesterday morn
ling. The man was hunting the South
Tern Indiana Hospital for the Insane at
| Evansville and was recognized as one
of the attendants. who, given sew
leral days vacation and was on his way
to Washington to visit relatives and
lost his way Close association with
fliiSdHe pcoplc loi ehS past WE'VE year )
| is the only known cause of his in
sanity.
OXEN BRINGsHIGH PRICES.
Work oxen are still in use in Brown
County and some of them bring high
, prices when sold At a public sale hello
: by Samuel g. Hooksettler OF Brown
iCounty yoke Of oxen. which he had
, offered for sac at private sale, brought
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