The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28

aO1NOAS oa- AE MI 11ONtAH - -
his wife had separated. He told his
mother recently he had thrown his
wife into White river, and a search
was made. She was found at the
home OF a relative. and Is now living
with her sister.
Anderson.-The Anderson Council
OF Women Viii try to buy the
former Congregational church prop.
erty in this city for $500 within
ninety days, having an option for that
period from the general board OF the
Congregational church. The building
would be made a social center Tor all
women's clubs.
Lafayette.-James Kirby and Jo-
seph ballard, who tried 10 work
q check game on several stores in the
city, were in court charged with issu-
ing fraudulent checks. Kirby. seven
teen years old, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to one TO five years at JET
%fersonville and fined 500. He had
worked the same game at Logansport
and Delphi.
Anderson.-An unknown man. ap-
parently about thirty-fve. supposed
TO be a Hungarian. was found
dead in the Big -Four yards. He had
died from natural causes. The man
was known by fellow workmen as
Dick Myers, and was employed with
other men on a railroad grade.
Observation-Disclosures officers have
finally succeeded in stopping the
spread of measles. There are
three hundred cases in the city.
Mrs. Loretta Z. Elsey and Mrs. Lulu
r. Clark contracted the disease from
their children and died when pneu-
monia set In.
Shelbyville.-Alonzo Bowman, Sr..
who lived northeast of Falkland.
was kicked by a horse. and as q
lent he was in the stable feeding the
stock. He was seventy years OF age,
and leaves two children.
washington.-D. l.. Arnett, aged
thirty, was killed instantly when
he fell from a moving freight
train. One arm was cut of and b
body was badly mangled. He was
married, but leaves no children.
Sullivan.-Acting on the informa-
ton of Burton Cassidy. secretary
of the state board of pharmacy.
Sheriff Kelley ccnfiscated liquor found
l at the stores Of w. L. Hunt and T. A.
Combes of this city. 1t is said that
Charges of illegal sale will be pre-
ferred.
, Warsaw.-It was learned that
the man calling himself Robert
NJ. Gray, who robbed Marcus Phillip
sons store n was tracked by his
I footprints in the snow, is also wanted
1 in Michigan. The night before the
robbery here he entered the store OF
Phillipson's brother in Dowagiac.
Mich, and stole more han $1,000
worth OF goods. using the same meth
DDS as he used here. He did not know
e that he was robbing the stores OF
- DIOInGlo. IL Id lCdlntn tAoN 0A0g
: an assumed name. the man being Will
3 liam A. VanSell OF 61l2 lngleside
street, Chicago. where he has a wife
and three children.
D %Shelbyville. Milton Glover OF
D this city was given a verdict
y Of 81, 200 in circuit court in his suit
q against the Shelby County Water. Gas
e & Electric company after the jury had
n been out for sixteen hours. Some OF
the jurors voted to give him all he
s demanded, $40, 700. and six voted for
n 3 5000 on a number Of ballots. March
e IA, 1910. Glover, an employe OF the
mpan was sent TO the top OF a pole
to d%isconnect some wires. His weight
caused the pole to break of near he
ground and he was badly hurt.
Sullivan.-Lee Brown, fifty years
OF age. a coal miner at
y Farmersburg, was placed IN jail here
O on a charge preferred by Lille Brown.
a twelve years old, whom he and his
= wife adopted from the Glen Orphans
home at Terre Haute. The girls
story was told to her school teacher.
a Miss Henrietta Berlingmier. She says
q hat Brown has been mistreating her
o more than a year. and when she told
\ Mrs. Brown no attention was paid 10
her complaints.
Shelburn.-Burglars entered the
% department store OF w. f. Mills
|. & Co. By removing a pane OF
!. glass at the rear. and took two shot
- guns. one automatic rifle, six revoly-
I; ers. $50 cartridges and 400 shells
!. Bloodhounds from Hymera were
. brought here but failed TO develop any
q clue.
- neutrality-suspicious. as to thu
explosion OF q boiler six milel
north OF here, that caused tn