The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-06
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REFORM ny PSYCHOLOGY.

The police of Muncie will attempt TO
reform criminals, drunkards and these
guilty of misdemeanors through psy-
chology. The first subject was Harri-
son Dilley, age seventy-six who has
been arrested many times, usually on
the charge of drunkenness. Dilley al
ways takes the pledge when arrested
but on the occasion of his last drunk"
the police decided to try psychology on
him. Accordingly he was told that
while drunk he had struck a police
man with a spiked" cane. He ex-
pressed regret at his act and swore
that he would never again touch
liquor. He has kept his word thus far.
The police department has been IN
communication with professor of
psychology in the east and he has
furnished much information on the
subject.
THOUGHT DEAD, ESTATE DIVIDED.
Fred Mandrell, a government team
ster at FIT. Sheridan. Ill. arrived at
Princeton yesterday after an absence
of ten years to learn that he had been
declared dead two months ago and an
estate of several thousand dollars had
been divided among his relatives. Tie
| is an orphan and said he thought his
property was safe there. Steps will be
taken to readjust the estate.
YOUTH PLAYS WITH DYNAMITE.
| AS the result of his experiment with
a dynamite cap today. Mobile Simp
son. IL years old. son of Mr.. and Mrs
William Simpson of Harrodsburg. lost
| three fingers and thumb on his right
hand. He found the cap and brought
| it into his home, where he was tapping
it on a drum stove to see If IL would
go off.
| ENGINE BESTS INSTRUCTIONS.
| An attempt to wreck Southern pas
senger train No. due at Princeton at
1920 yesterday morning. was made near
Fairfield, Ill. At a point just beyond a
iacross the track and half mile farth-
Ter east push car was chained to the
track. The engine struck both OBJ
structions, hurting them out of the
way and escaped derailment A few
| feet east of where the ties were piled
was high trestle across a rine. and
had the train left the track disas-
trous wreck would have resulted.
DICTATES OWN OBITUARY.
| Mrs. Amanda J. Turrell who died at
the home of her son. w. e. Downing OF
iSouth Bend, some time before her
death. prepared her own obituary no.
tice for the newspapers At the time
she was too weak to do the actual
writing herself, and dictated what she
wished to appear to her daughter-in
law. Mrs w. Z. Downing. The notice
ltells of her life history and OF the sun
lerings which she endured prior to hei
death
l. $500 AWARDED WOMAN.
In case under the new federal en-
lployers' liability act, a federal jury al
Evansville yesterday returned a yer
diet of $500 for Mrs. Matte Wene. OF
Mt. Vernon. Ill, against the Louisville
& Nashville railroad Mrs Wene's
husband, freight conductor. was kill
led when another train, running
Through an open switch. ran into the
tcaboose in which he was sitting.
FLOOD CROWDS FARMERs
The flood warnings were issued yes
lterdav from the Evansville Weather
Bureau to all boating and farming in
Iterests UP and down the river for d
probable high stage of "A feet by Sat
lurday or Sunday on the secondary riss
reported today from the headwaters
land intermediate points. The heigh.
last night was 42.1 feet. and the COM
ing rise will create the record since
E1eo9. 1t is expected A rise is reported
lalso on the Wabash River.