The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-01
TWENTY-ONE DIE
AS WEEK END
VIOLENCE TOLL
Twelve of Indiana Fatalities
Due to Auto Acct
dents.

IWenCy-On6 is C1o QedCn UOll OF
violence in Indiana over the week.
end, against twenty-five for the pre-
vious two-day period. Twelve of the
fatalities resulted from automobile
accidents.
Three persons were killed near
Plainfield when their auto was
struck by Terre Haute, Indian
apolis and Eastern Traction Com
pany car. The dead are DR.. B. F.
Lehman, go, and his wife, Mrs.
Edith Lehman, Cincinnati, Ohio;
Mrs. Mary F. Dildine, 81, Canal
Winchester, Ohio, sister Of DR.. Leh-
man.
William A. Perry, IA, of 545 Traub
Ave, was drowned in Fall Creek
when boat sank
Parachute Jumper Killed
Miss Bobbie Owen, 20, Sidell, Ill,
was killed instantly at fair at
Veedersburg when a parachute in
which she cut loose from a balloon
failed to open. She fell 1000 feet.
Luther Patterson, 35, Terre Haute,
was killed when he walked against
an auto driven by Charles Keifner,
So.
Theodore Shaw, SIS, former mar
shall of Orestes, committed suicide
by shooting. at the home of his
brother, w. D. Shaw, in Orestes. He
had been in Ill health.
One Dead, Six Hurt
Mrs. VelYa Shane, 38, Rushville,
was killed instantly when the au-
tomobile in which she was riding
crashed into a machine driven by
Paul Schweikle, Connersville. Six
occupants of the car in which Mrs.
Shane was riding were taken to a
hospital, where several of them we're
reported to be in a serious condition.
A. B. Wall, Muncie, was killed
when the automobile in which he
was a passenger was struck by a
Pennsylvania train at a crossing
near Muncie.
Twilah Cline, 1, near La Grange,
was killed instantly when struck by
an automobile.
Mrs. Mary Ann Jones, 70, Mum
Gle, was killed by a Nickel Plate
train which struck her when she
attempted to cross tracks of the
railroad while on her way home
from a grocery.
Leaps to Death
Harry Laughrun, AZ, Lebanon
barber, killed himself by jumping
from a second story window of a
bank building. His neck was broken.
No motive for the suicide has been
disclosed.
John Kinkead, 81, Charlottesville
committed suicide by hanging in a
barn a. his home. Worry over death
Of daughter is believed to have
caused the suicide.
Florence 2, twin daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Benjamin, north
of Monticello, is dead as a result
of accidental hanging. Her head
was caught in the rope of a swing
while at play
Mrs. Carl Winiger, 80. Mt. Vernon,
was killed instantly when a buggy
in which she and son were rid
ing was struck by an automobile
driven by Merrill Snethen, "a,
Evansville. The son was seriously
injured.
Charles Talbert, 40, Jasonville,
was found dead in water filled
ditch block from his home. 1t is
believed he was rendered uncon-
scious by q fall into the ditch and
was drowned, as the head was under
water when the body was found.
Bedford Child Poisoned
Robert William Smith, II months
old, Bedford, died as result of poi
soning. The baby, which was just
learning to walk, swallowed some
poison tablets found on floor.
William Jeffries, %, Browns VAL
ley, was killed when the truck which
he was driving crashed into bridge,
Frank Hogan, 20, Shreveport, La,
died at Methodist Hospital Sunday
of injuries received when he was
struck by an auto while walking
along the National Rd. west of In
dianapoliS.
Mrs. Cora B. Stockton, 81, Elk
hart, is dead of injuries suffered
when struck by an auto driven by
Domer Knight, 20, Goshen, two
miles west of that city.
Serafine Fabri, so, Peru, is dead
today as result of injuries sustained
when the motorcycle he was rid
ing was struck by an automobile
driven by Jack Rumpley, Benton
Harbor, Mich.