The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-03
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CAPTURES WOMAN IN BLACK.

lie mysterious woman IN DlaCk, VINO
has frightened many women and chill
dren in different sections of Anderson
for the last three months. was captured
after midnight by City Detective Ernest
Myers. Shortly after IL o'clock last
night several reports came to police
headquarters that the mysterious wom-
an was frightening people in the vi
entity of the Central avenue crossing OF
the Big Four railroad. Detective Myers
hurried to the scene and traced her
along the railroad to Fletcher street.
where he found her hidden behind a
tree. evidently trying to brighten him.
He grabbed her at once, wife Of JOAN
Roller, living on Columbus avenue The
woman said she had been waiting for
her husband
RAINS CAUSE HEAVY DAMAGE.
Farmers In the White River bottoms
fear a repetition of last years October
flood White River continues to rise
at an alarming rate, having come up
four feet in the last twenty four hours,
and 1t is overlooking the low bottoms.
Continued storms today. in which more
than two inches of rain fell, have
strengthened their fears, and work will
begin in the morning harvesting the
to the hills. Shocked corn will also be
| removed from the bottoms.
Thousands of acres of late planted
corn is still too great to be gathered
and much of this will be lost The
| West Fork of White River, near Peters
| burg continues to rise much faster than
! the East Fork. and the heavy damage
| is contemplated along West Fork
Bridges have been washed out In differ
ent parts of the county. Patoka River
| Is rising two inches an hour and threat
ems to overflow thousands of acres OF
corn.
HIGH POWER KILLS AGENT.
| Luther Fry, of Newcastle IS years
old was electrocuted yesterday al
Shirley. twelve miles west of Newcastle
Fry was agent for the L., N. C. & T
Traction Company. He made a mistake
in the time the high power was turned
on and was busy brushing the dynamo.
for the days work. A widow survives
KNIFE VICTIM STILL LIVES.
/ Seventeen stitches were required tt
sew up the wounds of Hi" Greenway
of Linton, who was fatally slashed il
a cutting affray aboard the smoking cal
of Southern Indiana train near Md
land. Although still alive at. his faith
| er's home near Midland physician.
this afternoon say his injuries viii
probably prove fatal. 1t is now be
Il lieved by the authorities that the mei
who did the cutting were the Fropl
brothers. miners, who work in the Is
land Valley mines at Jasonville. 1t i
said that the Fropps were known I,
have boarded the train at Jasonvill
and to have jumped from the eoaci
while the train was some distance from
lVicksburg. All attempts to locat
these men have been futile Taylo
and Pros Edmonson. who were badl.
cut during the fight on the car, will re
cover.
SENIORS GIVEN COLD BATH.
| The senior and junior classes of III
agricultural college at Winona Lake
engaged in a tug of war across a fft
feet wide canal "Wednesday. and tn
Seniors were dragged through nearl
ice cold water to the opposite side
A two-hundred- feet rope wa
FETCHED across the canal for the pull
ing contest. Nineteen men were chos
en- from the senior class and twent
from the juniors with aggregat
weight on each side of $3.50 pound.
The opposing side were placed on eithe
side of the canal. the first man bein
fifteen feet from the water At TN
signal the boys took hold of the rop
, and the tug was on. 1t lasted twent
minutes. None seemed to be the wors
, for his cold bath.
NO PRETZEL WITH BEER.
Fifteen or sixteen saloons will b
opened in Muncie Monday. followin
the recent decision of Judge Charlie
! Bagot declaring the city TO be wet
territory. 1t will be the latter part {