The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-07-02
State
Happenings

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dropped lead OF heart failure.
Linton.-wnliam McClenahan. for
mer treasurer OF Jasonville. alleged TO
have embezzled 500. was arrested
here. Police Of many cities have been
searching for him for three months
Observation-Disclosures Goetz. for
mer mayor OF South Bend, died
OF Bright's disease at Hot Springs.
Ark, according TO a dispatch re-
ceived by friends here. Goetz was
prominent IN state and national poll
tics. having been a delegate TO the
Baltimore convention as a supporter
of President Wilson
Evansville. = Webster Cline, age
twenty. was found unconscious In
the DARK room OF Waiiace's studio,
where he was employed. When physi-
clans arrived he was dead. The young
man locked himself in the dark room
and heal his side was a half empued
bottle of ammonia. Coroner Neal ker-
ney thinks Cline committed suicide.
Laporte-The monster elevator or
the Hamlet Grain company at HAM
let was destroyed by fire, causing
a loss of $40, 900, with insurance Oh
$4,000. The entire town. aided by the
fire department of Knox. turned out 10
fight the flames, which threatened 10
sweep the town. A number or smaii
buildings were burned, but the busi-
ness portion OF the town was saved
Tstv II h0RonQ KNOWN
that a detective from the state nre
marshal's Office has spent several days
in this city gathering evidence TO pre-
sent to the grand jury regarding the
destruction by fire of the barn on the
John Schwartzkopf farm several
months ago. The barn burned at a
time when Mr.. and Mrs. Schwartzkopf
were involved in a divorce trial
Union City. The Northeastern
Indiana Volunteer Firemen's asso-
citation, with thirty-ive cities rep
resented. met in convention here
These officers were elected: A. w.
Beelhler, Garrett, president; Bert
Wells. Montpelier. vice-president;
Charles Willis, Union City, treasurer
G.. F. Rogge, Fort Wayne, secretary.
Berne was selected as the next con-
VentiOn city.
Marion.-Mr. and Mrs. Monroe
Leach of Marion were severely injured
when the automobile they were driv-
ing turned completely over three miles
north of Paramount. Mrs. Leach's left
elbow was dislocated and the bones
were broken near the joint. A piece
of the windshield was forced into the
calf of her leg. Mr.. Leach's injuries
consisted chiefly of bruises.
Evansville.-Simon Winfrey, a lie
prisoner at the state prison al
Michigan City, who has asked the
state board of pardons for a parole Is
a colored man. On september H.
1913. he shot and killed George Hines.
another negro. The men were nod
carriers and Winfrey killed Hines be-
cause Hines did not carry a union
card.
Roanoke.-Mrs. Ralph Bump, age
thirty-three committed suicide by
shooting herself through the head
with a small pistol. b had
been in poor health for several weeks.
When Mrs. Bump lived in Allen u
ty six years ago she gave her baby
three poison tablets and took som
herself. She was tried and acquitted.
The tragedy preyed on her mind
is believed to nave been the cause OF
her suicide.
Sheridan. - Jealousy is said to
have prompted a shooting affair
here. In which Miss Marie Kirby. her
mother, Mrs. Madison Kirby. and Les
ter B~randenburg were targets.
; One shot was fired but the bullet went
: wild. The weapon seemingly was
!, aimed at all three. Mace Remson was
{ later arrested by Marshal McCarty.
!. The latter's theory Is that Remson
: fired the shot when he discovered
, Brandenburg talking to the mother
end daughter. Remson has been at
| tentive to Miss Kirby. McCarty de-
y clares that Remsor had been drinking
and that the pistol, which was later
: found in a pile OF weeds. showed that
e a second cartridge had been snapped
: but had failed to explode.
y Evansville.-Inspired by a story
I that appeared in a paper here
gold hunters for the last several days
have been digging at nights beneath
large poplar and oak trees on Coal
Mine hill, two miles west of the city
In the hope OF finding a pot contain
v ing $1,000 in gold coin. No lost treas
; ure has been recovered, but abou'
r twenty-five trees. each one hundred
years old, have been ruined by the
e fortune seekers. The gold seekers
read of a man who die In Kentucky
: across the river from Evansville. many
, years ago. and of how. before he died
he pulled across the ohio river In q
?, skiff and buried $4,000 in gold In a POI
under the roots OF a large tree Own
ers Of Coal Mine hill have found hole.
= in The ground as large as graves OF
cisterns. and II will require consider
able work TO fill them.
Gary.-The arrival In Lake coun
~ of z. NJ. Wolcott, James Haucl