The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-12-28
HUNTERS ARE SHOT
Several Accidents Happen In Va
rious Sections % the
S~tate-Other Hap
peninGs.


John Benko. twenty years old. is In a
serious condition az South Bend as the
result of an accidental shooting. Ben
ko n two companions were eating
lunch and had set their guns by the
side OF an automobile. One Of the
weapons fell to the ground. discharg-
Ing the shot into Benko's left side. II
Is believed he will recover.
Two small boys uncovered in the
Lake Erie < Western railroad yards
at Muncie what the police believe was
a crude attempt to wreck n freight
train. a 25-pound keg of powder was
found beneath a pile of coal In one
end of a car.
Samuel Falls. fifty-six. n miner OF
Oakland City. is dead Of injuries re-
ceived when he was caught by falling
slate. Samuel Myers. who also was
injured. probably will 10Y al
though his condition is serious.
Mrs. Zacariah Wall and her daugh-
ter of Huntington are suffering broken
noses as the result OF being thrown
against the back of the front seat Of
an automobile. when the machine
struck fresh gravel.
As a result of burns suffered on
Thanksgiving day, Lester T.. Theme.
~two-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Theme of Fort Wayne, is dead.
Henry Stegall. s~eventy-four years
old, died at Reid hospital ut Richmond
OF injuries received when he was
struck by n train near Williamsburg.
Stegall vas a farmer of Grace town.
ship.
Mrs. Elmer Schwitzer of Winchester
was severely injured when she was
struck by an automobile driven by
Thomas Achor. Both the front and
rear wheels passed over her and she
suffered injuries on the body and legs.
+. ]. Curry, flfty-five, brother of Da-
vid Curry. representative from Sulli-
van county In the state legislature,
hanged himself in his barn at Farm
ersburg. Illness Is believed TO have
been the cause for his act. He was
county recorder from 1907 to 1911. He
Is survived by the widow and three
children.
Officials have been unable to throw
any light on the mystery involved Ia
the finding of a skull on the farm OF
Henry French. just outside the town
OF Patoka. The skull was found by
Elmer Elliott. an employee OF the
farm. protruding from the washed-out
bank of a creek. The head evidently
Is that of n man and In the top n little
back of the center Is a small hole. n
dicating the man had been struck. The
skull Is at the office Of Sheriff Phillips
at Princeton.
The Protestant congregations of
Peru have united in n movement for
tabernacle meetings. to begin January
.. Rev. c. III. Smith. pastor of the
Methodist church. is chairman of the
committee Of arrangements. Fife
brothers, evangelists, will conduct the
meetings. A tabernacle has been
bought mt Centralia. ILL.,. and will be
moved To Peru Mt once.
\ 32-caliber revolver. found near the
scene of the murder of George Wilke-
son, aged storekeeper In Aydlck. a VII
lage nea South Bend, has brought n
IN into the case. according 10 re-
ports from the sheriff's Office. The
gun was traced back TO n hardware
store I'm South Bend. and the clerk
says n woman purchased the weapon
on the afternoon before the murder.
November 10. The woman gave n false
name NJ address. II has beer learned.
and efforts 10 tind her have so far been
futile.
Soldiers In training for National
army service are not 10 be asked TO
be their W farmers and raise yegeta-
bles and garden truck I'm or near their
environments. David Il. Houston, Sec
rotary of agriculture. has replied to n
suggestion 10 this effect by Prof. G. I.
Christie. In charge of food production
work In Indiana, by declaring the plan
not feasible. Secretary Houston de-
clared the soldiers need all their time
for training and that noncombatants
must supply them with food.
Private Charles Reese of Fort
Thomas. Ky. said 70 be wanted I'm
Greenville. o.. for forgery. was ar
rested at Indianapolis by the police.
DIR. II. Il. Schrock or Lagrange was
killed when he attempted 70 walk be-
tween two cars In the PENNSYLVANIA
station NJ Richmond. The cars were
detached but came together In some
manner and crushed Doctor Schrock
TO death.
0zel Lane was killed and Pearl Lane
was hurt ut Kokomo. when "A Pennsyi-
vanla freight train backed into a bug
gy In which they were riding.
Ills automobile smashed by n train,
the body of Francis Street. twenty
two. was found nj n railroad crossing
at Huntington eight hours after the
accident happened. lie evidently had
been struck by "A fast passenger train.
which did not stop.
A young woman working I'm one OF
the downtown stores ut South Bend
accepted and ate n piece OF candy from
a strange woman. and she has been
I'll STAGE with symptoms Of poisoning.
The young woman believes the woman
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