The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-06
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Marion. For the first time In ,..-.
IL has been found necessary 10 turn o,
the heat IN the barracks. hospital and
mess hall al the Soldiers home Tbe
pesthouse and guard box. landmark
OF the home. have been razed and "a,
up into firewood.
South BEND ~ Bishop Linneborn
formerly superior OF the HOLY
Cross seminary NJ Notre Dame uni
versity. died suddenly in Dacca. IND a.
according 10 word that reached bore
Michigan City William Edwards
thirty-eight years old. sentenced Ocfo.
Der 20. 1907. from CLARK county 70
serve from ten TO twenty years iar
burglary. is dead in the state prison
Warsaw.-Ethel Pronit. fouryear.
old daughter OF Mrs. Joseph Proft.
was drowned In a rain barrel She
was playing around the barrel and lost
her balance. falling in headnrst.
Angola.-John Baxter an aitor-
ney Of Auburn. dropped dead ,ao
miles north OF Waterloo lie vas
driving from Hamilton. where he had
been at a lake resort with his family
IL is not positively known yet wheth-
er he died from heart disease or
stroke OF paralysis Mr.. Baxter vas
one OF the bestknown attorneys in
northern Indiana
Terre Haute. - When Dave. alias
Dude" Turner. aged forty-fiye. ar
rived on a train from Linton he
was arrested on information from the
police OF that town where be had been
passing counterfeit silver dollars His
pockets were filled with the counter.
feits and his travelling bag also was
heavy with them. He admitted max
ing the coins and laughingly apollo
gized for their erudeness. saying that
he had not had time TO finish them.
The police say he IS a much wanted
man. Captain Thomas Hall OF the
government secret service has been
notified and will come 10 be present
at a hearing before a United States
commissioner.
ansville.-Detectives OF az Evans
vile agency arrested a man giving
his name as l. r. Edwin of Green
Vile, Ky. but who is said 10 be John
Hays. murderer and highway rob
Der. who escaped from the Kentucky
penitentiary six months ago The man
was captured as he was about 90 board
a traction car at Hatfield. near here.
While making the trip 20 Rockport he
tried TO stab one OF the detectives. but
was prevented. The man ESCAPED
from the detectives after a twOmile
chase through the woods. In which M
merous shots were fred. A number q
saws and files were found on the man.
but these. he asserted. he used for
making butcher knives for farmers.
Terre Haute.-with seventeen lead
dollars" in his possession. David
Turner, forty-fve years old, was
arrested. charged with having coun-
terfeit money in his possession.
He was taken from train No. 6 on the
Chicago. Terre Haute & Southern
railroad The arrest was made after
the police had received a longdis-
lance call from Linton. where Turner
is alleged 10 have attempted 20 pass
some OF the bad coins. Turner vas
known In Linton as Dude" and he -
said 10 have gone 10 that city from
Chicago. He Is said to have admit
ted making the bogus coins The
work was crude. and the police de-
clare Turner said that he had not
finished them yet"
Tipton.-Mrs. Gilbert Robinson.
thirty years old. is in jail here
charged with killing Walter Warner.
twenty-six years old. whom she shot
Es ne attempted 10 break into her
hor-e. The woman fired six shots
from a revolver through a door, three
OF them striking Warner. The young
man then swallowed poison and sew
cred ar artery in his arm. The cor
oner decided his death was caused oy
the bullet wounds Mrs. Robinson
eight-year-old daughter witnessed the
tragedy. Mrs Robinson testified az
the inquest that Warner had annoyed
her frequently AID that she and her
husband. laborer. had appealed 70
the prosecuting attorney several
months ago for protection.
Rockport 49, After being vainE
sought by officers Of the law
throughout Indiana and Kentucky'
William Hosey. charged with the mur-
der OF Joseph Ashley at Hatfield
near here. about four weeks ago. came
to the county jan and surrendered 70
the Spencer county sheriff. He gave
as the reason for his surrender that
he was tired OF living on biackberries
and roasting ears. and his first re-
quest was for Sheriff Kramer 10 give
him some dinner. Hosey came into
town from Evansville with the avoVed
intention Of giving himself up. tu'
evidently became afraid. for he eo1
OF the car In town and went back
into hiding Since then the "oous
near Rockport had been secured ioi
the fugitive. but no trace OF him couio
be discovered The story OF the uaO