The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-09-27
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
HOOSIER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

mere Wnen revenue OuClalb TdiuSo
three places where II was alleged
liquor had been sold illegally. More
than dray load OF demijohns and
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 a surprise. as the owners
had not taken the precaution to hide
the liquor. The places raided had no
liquor licenses, and a 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
white slave charge preferred by t.
J. Hillyard OF Chicago, an agent or
the United States department OF JUS
tice, and has been taken TO Toledo,
o., where he will be arraigned In the
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procured Marguerite Schuyler, eight
cen years old, of Celina. o.. for inn
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
| a ha al
to demonstrate to prospective pur-
chaser that the horse was sound OF
wind and was just bringing the animal
to a stop 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. 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 its CEN
tennial anniversary at Hanover
Several former pastors were present
and many former members from va
rious cities.
Laporte-For the first time in
the industrial history Of Laporte,
labor troubles are threatened
Fifty men walked out Of the Rumely
plant. A threatened cut in wages is
believed to be responsible for the
trouble.
Booneville-William Matthews, q
prominent business man and man
ager Of the Bonneville canning
factory. died from injuries resulting
from the explosion of gasoline tank
which caught fire from lantern He
was well-known Mason.
, Indianapolis-Two youths we've
, killed and three others severel,
crushed in a pile of lumber which
shifted in box car here. The five
had been employed by a circus ant
Z had boarded the car at Charleston, III
, While IN the yards here the car wal
, hit by switch engine with such fore,
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) them.
New Albany-Joseph Brocketts
age thirty-fve. OF Ford, KY, die'
at the City hospital from iniurie
received by fall from the new Ken
lucky and Indiana bridge. He fell 16
feet With his back, neck and rib
broken and skull fractured Brockett
lived 40 minutes after the accident.
Lafayette.-Joseph Lantisa, twer
y years old, employed In tn
road department Of the Wabash raj
road, fell from a handcar here an
was crushed beneath the wheels. Hi
neck was broken and he is lying in a.
unconscious condition in st. Elizabet
hospital The young mans father
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