The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-10-04
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HOOSIER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

OF fine whisky were destroyed
here when revenue officials raided
three places where il was alleged
liquor had been sold illegally. More
than dray load OF demijohns ano
barrels containing whisky were taken
to the public square and their con-
tents were dumped into the gutter.
Petersburg Is dry" town and the
raid was surprise. as the owners
had not taken the precaution to hide
the liquor. The places raided had no
| liquor licenses, and q number OF men,
who have been intoxicated recently,
swore they had bought whisky from
the proprietors of the places. City
Marshal Whitney broke in the heads
Of the demijohns and barrels at the
| direction of the revenue officers.
| Hartford City. - Dump" Bolts,
an amateur prize fighter Of Mont
pelier, was arrested there on a
white slave charge preferred by I.
j. Hillyard OF Chicago, an agent OF
the United States department of JUS
tice, and has been taken to Toledo,
o., where he will be arraigned in the
federal court Bolts is alleged TO have
procured Marguerite Schuyler, eight
cen years old, of Celina, o., for I'M
moral purposes.
Wabash.-Durbin Grill, thirty-four
years old, farmer, was IN
stantly killed at his home near North
Manchester when he was thrown from
horse. Grill had mounted the animal
to demonstrate to prospective pur-
chaser THAT the horse was sound OF
wind ami was Just bringing the animal
to a sop when he was thrown and
his skull crushed. The widow and
one child survive.
Elwood-Fifty-two years old and
the mother of twenty-six children,
Mary Ann Tucker has applied
for a divorce from Samuel Tucker. al
leging cruel and inhuman treatment
She was married thirty-five years ago
and had borne seven children before
she was twenty-one Five sets OF
twins were born to the parents, but
only seven of the twenty-six children
are now living.
Laporte. = Prosecutor Smith pre-
pared papers for the arrest OF AL
bert Liebig. a Michigan City man who
killed a fellow workman, Joe Syposki,
In a Joke when he used a compressed
air pump on his body, turning on sew
enty pounds Of pressure. The victim
died later in terrible torture. his body
having been torn muscle from
muscle.
Gary.-William Rugh, crippled
newsboy of Gary, has offered his
! limb in order to save the life OF
Ethel Smith. who was burned in a
motorcycle accident Skin grating
is necessary If Miss Smith is to live
and at least forty persons must give
cuticle. Rugh will permit his useless
leg to be amputated
Madison-Carmel United Presby
terrain church celebrated It's cen
tennial anniversary at Hanover
Several former pastors were presen
2 and many former members from va
J, rious cities.
g Laporte.-For the first time II
c the industrial history Of Laporte
e labor troubles are threatened
v Fifty men walked out of the Rumel,
J plant. threatened cut in wages II
believed to be responsible for thu
5 trouble.
n ooneville.-William Matthews,
V prominent business man and man
g sger Of the Bonneville cannin,
e factory died from injuries resulting
If from the explosion Of a gasoline tan
r which caught fire from lantern. H
was a well-known Mason.
e Indianapolis-Two youths wer
n killed and three others severed
r crushed in a pile of lumber whic
e. shifted In a box car here. The flv
u had beer -nployed by a circus an
If had boa. ded the car at Charleston, ii
10 While in the yards here the car wa
Is hit by a switch engine with such fore
Ia them.
New Albany-Joseph Brockett
age thirty-five. Of Ford, KY. Gle
at the City hospital from injurie
received by a fall from the new Ke
lucky and Indiana bridge. He fell II
feet With his back, neck and rit
broken and skull fractured Brocket
lived As minutes after the accident.
Lafayette.-Joseph Lantisa, TIVE
~ years old, employed In Il
road department Of the Wabash IA
road, fell from handcar here ar
was crushed beneath the wheels. II
neck was broken and he Is lying in 6
} unconscious condition in ST. Elizabe'
hospital The young mans fathe