The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-10-29
INDIANA
BREVITIES

applied for the course.
Valparaiso-E NJ Burns OF this
place and ]. T. Troutner OF Charles
City. Ia, comrades in Hancock
corps when guarding the Lin
coin assassination conspirators. met
here for the first time in so years.
Mr.. Troutner stopped of on his way
from Washington.
New Albany.-Preston McAllister,
six-year-old son Off Michael McAIiis-
ter. was killed here in an unusual
manner. He was hanging on the rear
sSl of a wagon loaded with corn when
the endgate gave way and the corn
spilled on top OF him. killing him al
most instantly.
Newcastle.-Henry Stiggleman. age.
forty-six. a well-known resident OF
Newcastle. committed suicide in
Cincinnati by hanging. Stiggleman
was plasterer and left this city two
months ago. III health is assigned as.
the cause. The widow and two chill
dren live in Newcastle.
Bloomington.-Perry Eads, thirty.
the grocer. who was found along
the tracks in the Monon yards
with his skull crushed. died here with
out regaining consciousness. The po-
lice believe William Mershon, a pa
rolled convict, murdered Eads and
they placed him in Jail.
ewcastle.-Everett Perkins, twen-
ty years old, was arrested here
charged with the theft of an automo-
bile from Edward c. Ilg. 100 Lemcke
building, indianapolis, August 3. Per-
kins had been in Newcastle about six
weeks and had been using the automo-
bile as a "jitney" bus Discovery
came about through a letter written
by Perkins to Walter Clark in In
dianapolis. The letter by mistake was
delivered to Walter Clark, an attorney.
whose automobile was stolen some
time ago. He came TO Newcastle to
see the machine. but learned that it
belonged to Ilg
Shelbyville.-Na (CaL) newspa-
pers received here give details
of a double tragedy in which Carl
Usher, twentysix years old, formerly
of Shelby county. shot and killed Miss
Lillian Behrens, tyenty-four years old,
and then killed himself. The shooting
occurred at dance when the girl was
drinking punch with rival of Usher.
The youth was a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Seth Usher. The family left here
seven years ago to engage in the fur
niture business at Napa. The girl had
been employed for time at the Lish-
er store as bookkeeper The Lishers
have many relatives in Shelby Marion
and Hancock counties No word of the
tragedy reached here in advance OF the
Napa papers.
Greencastle.-A big touring car
carrying two men and two women
and driven at high speed, went off
the high bridge in the National road
over the Monon railroad at Putnam
vile and after tearing down consid-
cradle of the heavy board fence, land
ed in the mud. The car bore a Penn
sylvania license tag and the men and
women, who refused to give their
names, were on the way from Pitts
burgh to st. Louis. One of the wom-
ems ears was almost torn off and one
man was badly injured when one of
the heavy boards struck him. The
Putnamville bridge has been the scene
of many accidents.
Princeton.-Recently the silver
chest of the United Presbyterian
church was robbed OF eight dozen sill
yer spoons and six dozen silver knives
and forks, valued at $500 In the First
Methodist church. three blocks away.
when prayer meeting was being held,
the janitor found hidden behind lum-
Der in the basement. WHICH was being
remodeled, a large bucket with the
silver in it. The silver was
marked -. P" One theory is the
thief. finding the silverware marked.
was afraid TO return to the United
Presbyterian church. and left it in the
Methodist church basement. Another
is that the thief was frightened from
the Methodist church when there TO
rob that church and left the loot there
in hurry to escape
Logansport.-James Nelson, coro-
ner of Cass county. rendered a
verdict in which he holds Ellis Wood,
age Twenty-Five. of Carroll county. for
the murder of Walter Collins, aged
sixteen. of Howard county. on the
night OF September 5, near Young
America. Coroner Nelson examined
67 witnesses and says the testimony
shows that Wood was the last one
seen with Collins on the night of the
murder. and that be had on his person.
when arrested. 32-caliber revolver.
the same caliber as that with which
Collins was killed. The coroner will
send copy of his verdict to the How
ard county grand jury. Wood is said
TO have been jealous of Collins atten-
tons TO Luella Foreman. a fourteen
year-old Young America high school
girl. Wood is in jail here.
Indianapolis-Th National Associa-
ton OF Fire Insurance Agents closed a
three days session here with the cleo
ton OF E. c. Roth OF Buffalo, N. Y. as