The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-08

his home In company with Police Chief
Guy l.. Bunker. who turned him over
10 his relatives and authorities there
Just how Creviston. who formerly was
an oil magnate. spent so much money
during his short stay In South Bend
proved a mystery TO his relatives, al
though they were confident the trip
had cost him approximately $1,000. He
had this sum when he left Marion, and
when he was found wandering about,
half starved and i~nsufhciently clad In
this city. only a few pennies were
found on him.
Vincennes. - Dramatic was the
scene In the corridor OF the Knox
county Jail when Sheriff Byers and
Chief OF Police Robertson placed Ray
Subbins under arrest charged with
nrst degree murder. Stibbins was
wholly %unprepared for this and faint
ed away. Jailer Thompson and Sheriff
Byers catching him before he fell to
the floor.
i am innocent" fairly shouted the
prisoner as he was led TO the women's
department after recovering, then. on
the advice OF Eph Inman. an ~Indianap-
oils attorney with whom Ray had just
arranged to defend his brother. Slater
T. Stibibns. the prisoner became calm
and refused 10 talk 10 all interviewers.
IL Is just a week ago that the body OF
George W. Stibbins. father Of the pris.
oners. was found murdered IN his
home lot.
Lafayette-Martin l. Pierce. aged
twenty-nine years. an editor on
4 local paper. was instantly killed
when an interuroan car struck
an automobile in which he was riding.
demolishing the machine and throwing
the lifeless body of the young nan
% feet from where the crash occurred.
He was taking his cousin. Frederick
c. Comstock OF Milwaukee. to Spring
vale cemetery 10 select a site for a
grave for Mr.. Comstock's mother. who
died here. Mr.. Pierce was a leading
member OF the Sigma Chi fraternity al
Purdue, and was a close friend OF
0tOi sc Aut anu john l.. NiI1ulIAc0hs
Jefersonville.-Afte- DOMINIC the
citizens clothing OF two OF the
guards at the Jacksonville re-
formatory. Benjamin Zeigler and Ches-
ter Brown. TRUSTEES at that institution.
escaped by lowering themselves from
a second-story window with a rope
made OF blankets. Zeigler was TO
have been paroled in a few days time
and Brown would have been paroled
In February. Both men were serv-
ing sentences for minor onfenses.
Hope. The new school build
ing here. which was erected at a
cost OF s25, 600. was dynamited. The
charge was placed In the furnace. The
heating plant was wrecked and the
wall cracked so that the building will
be condemned. The work appears to
be that Of an amateur. The school
board has a trouble over the install.
lation of the heating plant.
Gary.-So many young people In
Gary have been married lately that
Nathan Salinger. a Goshen capt
talist. has started 10 build an apart
ment building for 'honeymooners." II
will have Is apartments. OF three and
four rooms each. and will cost $4,000.
only newly married people will be
tenants.
valparaiso.-Mrs. Margaret Coch-
n thirty-two. committed suicide
here by drinking carbolic acid.
while visiting a neighbor. Unbroken
grief over the death of her husband.
John C~ochrane. who was killed in Chi
cage in an accident last fall, is said
TO have unbalanced her mind.
Laporte.-The body OF a man.
literally cut 10 pieces. was found
strewn along the Lake Shore railroad
tracks. The body is believed to be that
of G.. ID. Aichy OF Sakesville. Pa. aged
about fifty years. and he Is supposed
to have fallen from a Lake Shore
train.
Terre Haute.-The same hour
that Harry Moore was crushed TO
death by Ears al the Commercial
Distillery company's plant here, an.
other Harry Moore died a suicide
from asphyxiation. They were not re-
lated.
Bedford-The Lawrence county
grand jury returned indictments
against Charles Mccall. Joseph
Fultz and Oliver Younger for
the killing Of James Mitchell. an aged
farmer. whom they are said to have
robbed Of 500 after the deed. Tie
men are In jail.
Greenfeld.-The Hancock county
grand jury returned an indictment
charging Cordia Martin with burg
in connection with the rob
berry Of the bank at New Palestine a
year ago. Martin was convicted OF
crime in the Marion county courts
and was serving his sentence in the