The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-06
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HAPPENINGS
INDIANA

oiesonlc lodge and one OF the hest
known lawyers in Indiana, shot and
fatally wounded his stepmother. Mrs.
trace Cravens, and then turning 8
magazine gun on himself. fired twice
INTO MS own body Mrs. Cravens died
at 81 Mary's hospital a few hours
later Young Cravens is in the same
hospital and cannot recover. Two
years ago. while working in the quar-
res at Hawthorne. ILL.,, the young man
ieil under train and lost his leg. He
mas since held that he was OF no &C
count in the world
Since the accident he was a student
at the Lincoln and Jefferson law col
iege mere. year ago his father.
"ioower. married Mrs. Grace Green
OF chicago, we'll known there as a
charity worker. 1t is alleged that the
Keeling between young Cravens and
MS stepmother became strained. He
oeiieved himself usurped in his IA
'hers affections by the stepmother,
and doctors believe paranoia resulted.
Coiumbus.-When David Mabe. a
farmer near here. discovered that
his barn was on fire. he rushed
from bed, bareheaded and barefoot.
ed, TO save his horses and mules. He
saved his live stock. but is in criti-
cal condition from severe burns on
MS head and feet The barn. with its
olher contents. was destroyed.
Bloomington.-Heavi chained to-
gether and guarded By Sheriff
James Browning and Prosecutor
NJ. NJ. Louden, William Gatlin and
George Goode, who broke Jail here
October Is by drilling out a section of
the brick wall of the Monroe county
jail, were returned from Henry. ILL.,.
where they robbed a store They re-
fused to return until requisition pa
pers were obtained.
Laporte.-After a search lasting
week, men working with Chief
of Police Meinke found the body
OF Carl Buncbarger, one of the
men who went hunting and failed to
return. The body was found in about
twenty-five feet of water where the
boat In which the two men went ont
was found
Vincennes.-James Murphy. thir
fy-eight years old. son OF a mil.
lonaire oil operator. was instant
y killed in an automobile accident
Charles Tanquary and Samuel Whit
aker. Vincennes saloon men. had
heir arms and limbs broken. but will
ecover.
Michigan City.-Frank Roach and
ernest Levine. seven and six
ears old. respectively. were in.
family killed by Michigan Central
asst train. They stood on one of two
arallel tracks throwing stones at a
reight when the passenger train
rom the opposite direction struck
hem
Decatur.-Samuel Debolt. a farm
r, was fatally injured, his head
eng crushed. He was LOOKING
ITO corn shredder when the trac-
on engine backed upon him. His
hull was so badly crushed that sev-
raj bones had to be removed. A
ear ago Mr.. Debolt lost an arm that
as caught in a corn shredder.
Petersburg.-Willie Liibs, son of
lillian Liibs, a baker of this
ty, submitted TO an operation that
six inches of flesh from his
p that was grated to his brother
enry's hand. in order to save his
md from amputation. Henry's hand
as lacerated in a bread mixing ma
inc several days ago.
Fort Wayne. = Fifteen minutes
ter he had gotten UP from he'd
d searched the yard around his
use under the belief THAT he had
ard burglars trying 20 break In. Ma
aniel Kunkle, sixty-two years old.
Huntertown. died His death was
e to heart disease.
Fort Wayne.-More than one tbou.
nd Masons attended the han
ct which was the climax OF tho
AA@A A1RA NOANOCdlAOu Oh Scottish
-e Masons, Valley OF Fort WAYNE.
shty men received the degrees
m the fifteenth to the eighteenth.
lusive
Observation-Disclosures GatIin and
orge Goode. who broke out of
here October IS by drilling
ough the wall. were captured at
nry, ILL.,, after they had robbed a
re there. Each was In jail here
larceny charges. Gatlin has brok-
out OF jail here twice. The first
he went TO Nashville, Tenn. and
captured after he had robbed a
dence OF several hundred dollars
tn or diamonds and other Jew
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