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

WAR TIME EDITOR DEAD.
George w. Allison. age eighty seven.
is dead at Nashville. Mr.. Allison was a
captain in the Union army, and marched
with Sherman TO the sea He served
with Company d, Seventeenth Indiana
infantry. and as regimental 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 1861. After the
war, Allison started the Gazette at
Columbus. He started the Exposition,
at Nashville. in 1869. Later this paper
became the Brown County Democrat.
Allison served two terms as auditor of
erly 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 Presbyterian church.
The Rev. w. G.. Moore, OF Indianapolis,
officiated at the funeral at Nashville
Monday.
LIVE WIRE KILLS FIRE CAPTAIN.
| While fighting fire that did $4,000 dam
| age to stable owned by Fisher
Brothers of Evansville, grocers, Cap
tain John Achnobel, of hose company
No. was killed by g. falling electric
Hight wire and three other firemen
severely shocked. Capt. Sehnabel had
been on the fire department for twenty :
seven years and was assistant chief un-
der Chief Fred Grill. He is survived
by 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
shot into the body Of his wife Satur-
lday. ard then shot himself and Gu. his
Throat with a razor Martinsen died
Sunday. His widow may recover The
double shooting ended more than year
Iof trouble between the couple, includ-
ling several separations. Recently the
woman sued her husband for divorce
She formerly lived in Chicago The
Husband belonged TO wellknown and
wealthy Laporte county family.
THUGS SHOOT BRAKEMAN.
In a fight with two hold-up men late
saturday night, william vanNess.
brakeman in the employ of the Wabash
railroad at Fort Wayne, was shot in tn.
left side. The robbers got nothing o
value and fed. vanNess walked to
house two blocks away and was hur
ried to St JosephNs hospital, where ply
lsicians removed the bullet. The woun,
is not serious. Police secured th'
neighborhood, but the thugs escaped
Half a dozen hold-up attempts have beer
made at Ft. Wayne in the last tw,
weeks. and numerous petty burglarie
! have been reported.
KILLED IN HIS AUTO.
A w. Hartman. of Star city. wa
, struck by a Pennsylvania passenge
train Sunday, near that place. and wa
Instantly killed. He was alone in
touring car, which was struck Will
crossing the track. Hartman was o.
the way TO Camden. where he ha,
bought hardware store.
DISTRESS SIGNAL IN VAIN.
DR. Henry Gante a young veterinar
liam Of Anderson is under bond for tri5
today on a charge of not needing
signal of distress on a highway. 1t /
the first case of the kind in the Ander
son courts. The affidavit was filed b
| George Lawson a farmer He com
| plains that recently while driving fror
| Anderson. accompanied by his daughter
| his horse scared" at an approaching
automobile driven by DR.. Gante. Nj
Lawson says he raised his hand {
, signal DR.. Gante to check the speed o
: the automobile because they were NEE;
!, ing on a grade, but Dr. Gante paid n
, lattention to the signal and Lawson
: horse plunged into the ditch, THROWING
! and bruising him and his daughter an