The Greentown Gem - 1910-09-22

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Baize dat nuzepapir ded beats aut to
hey durin de kampane.
Billa Dawsuns chikuns wente to
slepe Munda, an he had to lite de
lanturu to konvinz ' em tha wuz
beef uzzild.
I wente ovir t„, Indynaplus Satu •
- da to git in de fre- fur- awl ba lune
raise, but wuz disrptv, slide bekauze
tha node i kud beet ' cm.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Wm Lucas was a Kokomo visitor
Sunday.
Sam Hannah was down from West
Liberty Monday.
The Township Schools all opened
Monday Morning.
Matthew Taylor was in town on
business Monday.
Herbert Ash was a visitor at
county seat Sunday.
Charley Sloan of nt
was in town Alonda,,,
Miss Edith
friend'
M.
some
William'
During t1 	 ht Stilwell attack.
William with an ice pick, when la,
was shot down by Mark.
Excitement ran high in Swayzee
at that time, and the next day the
Nesbitt's were captured and taken
to jail. Mark put up a plea of self
defense and after a hard fought trial
was acquitted.
Nesbitt arose at an early hour
Sunday morning and his actions
showed his family, that he was in a
gloomy state of mind, and he was
carefully watched, but at an un-guarded
moment be slipped from
the house and his threats were exe-cuted.
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Seventeenth Year. 	 Greentown, Indiana, Thursday, September 22, 1910. 	 No. 2.
THE CONDUCTOR
IS BEING HELD
BROTHERHOOD TO RESCUE
Rhodes Declares He Saw The
Operator Close Switch, And
Is Not Guilty.
Leonidas T. Rlidtkes, freight con-ductor,
who is held on a charge of
manslaughter as a result of Coroner
htlackwell's investigation of the Big
Four wreck, near Brightwood, in
which two trainmen were killed as
reported in these columns last week,
will be assisted in a fight to clear
himself by the Order of Railroad
Conductors and the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen. Rhodes, who
is taking things easy in a cell at
central police station, indicated to
Judge Collins that he was satisfied
to let his bond remain at $ 5,000 until
friends come from Bellefountaine,
0., his home. Judge Collins con-tinued
the case until Tuesday.
Rhodes. under arrrest for the first
time in leis life, says his conscience
is clef r. - Re persists i: 1 hit sta ,, e-meat
that tio. saw F. - Cos. es,
the east yard station,
lose the switch through which train
o. 9, was wrecked in collision with
a soldiers' special train. He says
he cannot explain how the switch
came to be open, causing the wreck.
The arrest of the conductor caused
considerable comment among rail-road
men. It was the chief subject
of conversation in the yards any-where
about . Indianapolis, for
Rhodes is well known on the Big
Four lines, and despite the damag-ing
testimony against him at the
coroner's office, he it credited with
a reputation for carefulness in his
work that won for him the name of
" Crank" Rhodes. Many of his rail-road
friends point to Rhodes' failure
failure to close the switch himself
and the results that followed, as an
example of " bard luck." For thir-teen
years Rhodes built on his repu-tation
on the Big Four for careful-ness
and then in a single moment
lost all.
Rhodes said he expected officials
of the 0. R. C. and B. of R. T. would
call on him and as soon as bond had
been arranged attorneys would be
retained for Isis defense.
Coroner Blackwell says he acted
quickly in causing Rhodes's arrest,
as the conductor's residence is out
of the state. Under other circum-stances
he would have sent his
recommendations to the grand jury
and the arrest would have depended
on the result. Under the law, police
court has no final jurisdiction in the
ase and Rhodes' case will probably
be sent to the grand jury. He is
charged in police court with invol-
Amtary manslaughter. The penalty
provided by a state law on con-viction
of the crime charged is from
two to twenty one years' imprison-ment
in the state's prison.
Luther Reel, executor of the es-tate
of Joseph Hinkle, deceased,
will sell at public sale at his late
residence 2 miles southwest of
Greentown on Wednesday, Sep-ember
28th, horses, cattle, hogs, hay,
corn, implements, household goods,
etc., belonging to said estate.
NOTICE— Bring Temperance Song-sters.
County Superintendents of
Departments who can not be at Con-vention,
please send your reports.
County Program.
Program of the Howard County
W. C. T. U. convention to be held at
Sycamore, September 29th and 30th,
1910.
THURSDAY FORENOON.
9: 30 Devotions— Mrs. Alice Cates.
9: 40 Appointment of Committees.
9: 45 Welcome by Mrs. Lydia
Greenstreet.
Response by local presidents.
10: 00 Reports from County officers—
President, Treasurer, Correspond-ing
and Recording Secretaries.
10: 25 Music— Sycamore Union.
10: 30 Report from Superintendent of
Y. P. Branch.
10: 35 Report from Superintendent of
L. T. L. Branch.
10: 45 Memorial report and reports
from Evangelistic, Jail and Prison. •
It: 00 Evangelistic hour and Noon-ticl,
prayer— Mrs. Jennie H. Wooten
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
1: 15 Devotions— Mrs. Lottie Van-bibber.
1: 25 Reports of Department Super-intendents
of Mercy, Peace and Ar-bitration,
Fair and Open Air Meet-ing.,
1: 40 Music by Greentown Union.
1: 45 Superintendents of Work
Among Colored People, Medical
Temperance, Purity in Literature
and Art.
2: 00 Recitation by Mrs. Grace
Unger.
2: 05 Superintendents reports of
Anti- Narcotics. Franchise, Syste-matic
Giving.
2: 20 Music by Kokomo Union.
2: 25 Superintendents reports of
Medal Contests, Temperance Litera-ture,
Mother's Meetings.
2: 40 Music— South Kokomo Union.
2: 45 Paper on Gambling by Mrs.
Carrie Stubbs.
2: 55 Discussion led by Revs Hall of
Greentown.
3: 10 Superintendents reports of
Flower Mi.'-, ion, Law and Statist; ics,
: 1 • 2a 	 1.4. ssi 	 ' dam
tnion.
3: 30 Superintendents reports of
Parliamentary Usage, Press, Sun-day
School Work, Sabbath Observ-ance.
3: 50 Adjournment.
EVENING SESSION.
7; 30 Devotions by Mrs. Ida Mix.
Music by Sycamore Union.
Lecture by Mrs. McVieker.
FRIDAY FORENOON.
9: 00 Devotions— Mrs. Maggie Sharp
9: 10 Discussion on State Plan of
Work, led by Mrs. Ida Mix.
9: 40 Song by Louise Jones of Syca-more.
9: 45 Discussion on County Work,
led by Mrs. Lydia Greenstreet.
10: 00 Election of Officers.
10: 45 Parlimentary Drill— Miss Har-riett
Stockton.
10: 50 Paper, Woman's Interest in
all Reform Movements— Mrs. D.
Maxwell.
11: 00 Song by Russiaville Union.
11: 05 Paper, Relation of Food to
Temperance— Miss Amanda Turner.
11: 15 Discussion by Convention.
11: 25 Recitation by Miss Hazel
Pbares.
11: 40 Bible Reading by Mrs. Ida
Wygant.
12: 00 Noon- tide Prayer and Adjourn-ment.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
1: 10 County Executive Committee
Meeting.
1: 30 Devotions— Mrs. Cora Wootou
of Greentown.
1: 45 Needed Legislative Work—
Mrs. Ida Mix.
2: 00 Music by New London Union.
2: 05 Paper, White, Slave Traffic of
Today— Mrs. Irene Gard.
2: 15 Discussion led by Mrs. Mc-
Vicker.
2: 30 Paper, How can we best forti-fy
our boys against the tobacco
habit— Mrs. Huldah Mitchell.
2: 45 Discussion led by Mrs. Eva
Woods.
2; 55 Music, Some Glad Day— by
Convention.
3: 00 Paper, Sabbath Observance by
Mrs. Maggie Robbins.
3: 10 Discussion led by Mrs. Bertha
Baldwin.
3: 20 Question Box in charge of Mrs.
Maggie Sharp.
3: 35 Reports of Committees.
3: 46 Adjournment.
Jimmy Got Lost.
Jimmy Frakes of this city got lost
a few days ago, and was in the reg-ion
of the Forks of the Creek on the
upper Wildcat when he found him-self.
It happened in such an easy
way, that Jimmy would never have
told it, had not Isis wife been the
cause of it all. ,
He had accompanied her out to
L. D. Carter's, on the old Farrington
farm southeast of Jerome, and for-getting
that the road ran east and
west, instead of north and south, he
drove off to the east thinking all the
while that he was going north. He
failed to find the Cuthrell pike, or
any place that looked like it mind
then he discovered that he was sure
lost. Meeting Elijah Stevens be
was given the direction to Green-town
and finally got home in time
to feed the chicken.
Picniced At The Park.
JET BLACK
STURM CLOUDS
Hovered Over Greentown
Early Monday Forenoon
Giving People A Scare.
CHICKENS WENT TO ROOST
And Lamps Were Lighted
Heavy Downpour of Rain
Followed Before The
Skies Cleared.
Storm clouds hovered over Green-town
about eight o'clock Monday
morning, and with such density that
darkness came on for several min-utes
and lights had to be used. It
was impossible to recognize a person
across the street, during the time in
which! the black fog obscured the
sunlight. The thunder rolled in tile
northwest and the lightning flashed
as if a mighty storm was approach-ing.
idst of the darkness came
. nous downpour of rain,
ter seemed to sta • td still
el ground while tit: gutters
11 and running ovoi in every
• 0e who were caught
ve 1 _ on t,, ie
EAST END MEN
Capture The Ribbons In The
. Grant County Fair.
Belgian Class: Stallion, 2 years
old, 0. M. Kingery, First; Stallion,
year old, 0. M. Kingery, First;
Stallion, sucking colt, F. 0. Lord,
First and second; Mare, 4 years old,
F. 0. Lord, first and Second; Mare,
2 years old, 0. M. Kingery, first and
second; Mare, sucking colt. F. 0.
Lord, first and second.
Grade Draft Class: Mare, 4 years
old, Leander Reed, first; Marc, 4
years Trelle Conway, second;
Mare, 2 years old, Leander Reed,
first; Gelding, 2 years old, Leander
Reed, first; Mare, sucking colt,
Trelle Conway, first; Stallion, suck-ing
colt, Trelle Conway, first; Gen-eral
Purpose, N'. 0. Lord, first; Light
Harness, colt, F. 0. Lord, first.
Champion of all Breeds: Full
Blooded Draft Mare, F. 0. Lord,
first; Best Grade Draft Mare,
Leander Reed, first; Full Blooded
Draft Team, F. 0. Lord, first; Best
Grade Draft Team, Leander Reed,
first; Full Blooded Colt, F. 0. Lord,
first; Best Grade Draft Colt, Leander
Reed, first; Best Light Harness Colt
F. 0. Lord, first.
Jo.
were o,
Frank C t'eturnedpine
from Terre ate , unday evening.
Collins and Airs. Sloan of north
Liberty, visited relatives here Sun-day.
Edd David and T. C. Romack of
Union Township were here Monday
afternoon.
Buell Shrader returned to Koko-mo
Monday, where he is attending
high School.
A new cement sidewalk is being
built along the east side of Green
street from the depot south to Wal-nut.
John Carter visited his sister, Mrs.
Mary Weathers and family at
Louisville, Ky., from Friday until
Sunday.
Misses Hazel Smith and Lela Ray
and Messrs Andy David and Clint
Hunsinger were State Fair visitors
Thursday.
Isaac Murphy for many years one
of the substantial citizens of the
east end, died at his home just east
of Sycamore Monday.
Nearly all the boys from the sur-rounding
vicinity, were in town
Monday afternoon the rain haying
put the ban on clover hulling.
Guy Peters, Ray Melton, Byron
Peters and Mort Willcutts went to
Bloomington Monday, ready for the
years work at Indiana University.
Edd and Mrs. Schaaf, Frank and
and Mrs. Manring, and J. H. Mast
and son Lloyd were among those
from here, who attended the State
Fair Thursday.
A gang of the Clover Leaf repair
men, have been here the past week
putting in a new wall along the sta-tion
platform, the old one having
rotted away by years of service.
The east end is pretty well rep-resented
on the Grand Jury. W.
B. Covalt and Isaac Newhouse
being from Union, J. J. Bryan and
Frank Golding from Liberty, while
John Bryan is from Ervin sod P. H.
W. Haines from Center. The usual
routine of business is being investi-gated,
among which is said to be
gambling and illegal sale of liquor.
An accident was simply
awful, occurred the Union Trac-tion
line near „ 3itatt's crossing at
seven o'clock Saturday evening.
Mrs. Hiatt, aged 46 years, a well
known woman Was struck by a fast
south bound ear, killing her instant-ly
and learliir,' Ufe'inal Tied body 60.
feet against a c,, • ttle guard
in. Hiatt were on 1,.' heir
shorn to do some week'-
After reaching the
saw a car approachiee.
that it was the local
' coming to a stop for ',
r. Hiatt crossed the track
ife started to follow.
sl, i get over the rails, sin'
.; 4', e car which war
etre441,4e f,, Iee I, i "
own was so viola
vas almost tern
i„ e eyes of her exch.
El
terrific
uled to Marion at 6: 25 o'clock,
but wa veral minutes late in
clearing the local station. The extra
speed was being made in order to
put the car on time. It was brought
to a stop and passengers assisted the
crew in picking up the mangled
pieces of the body. Mrs. Hiatt was
decapitated and her head, like the
body and limbs, was so badly muti-lated
that it lost the appearance of
that of a human being.
The mangled remains were brought
to Marion on a Summitville car and
were taken to an undertaking estab-lishment
and prepared for burial.
Mr. Hiatt was prostrated over his
wife's terrible fate and the ghastly
sight he witnessed. •
Car Off The Track.
Traffic was delayed here about an
hour at noon yesterday, on , account
of a box car loaded with hogs jump-ing
the track at the Switch, and
climbing over onto the new platform.
Two rails and the switch point
were pulled up and carried for two
hundred feet. An engine from an
east- bound through freight pulled
the car of hogs on the track again.
Ben Ellis was down from Jerome
yesterday after a load of " firewood."
Ile has a fine team of 3 and 4 year
old black mares as ever went down
the pike.
Mrs. Arlie Farrington, who has
been very ill for two weeks, was re-ported
a little better yesterday. It
feared that the eldest daughter is
going to take the fever.
Mrs. W. T. Templin, of, Chicago
who is visiting her parents here, has
just received word that Mr. Tem-plin
has just received an appoint-ment
as teacher in the Chicago
High Schools. This is quite an ad-vance
for Mr. Templin and, one he
has been seeking some time. He is
to teach Accounting in Murray F,
Tuley High School.
MARK NESBITT
QUITS LIFE
Drank A Quantity of Carbolic
Acid About The Neon
Hour Sunday
DYING TWO HOURS LATER
The Man Who Killed A Sway-zee
Saloon Keeper 8 Years
Ago, Mind Deranged.
Mark Nesbitt, living in the south-western
part of Grant County, com-mitted
suicide about noon Sunday,
by drinking a quart of carbolic ' acid,
which he swallowed in the presence
of au eleven year old daughter.
After drinking the deadly drug,
Nesbitt started to walk to his home
from his country home a few rods
away, and by the time he reached
the veranda he started to fall, and
was helped to a chair in the _ house
by members of his family. Dr.
Vigus was called in and did what he
could, but the drug had done its
work, and in two hours after swab's
lowing the same he was dead.
Eight years ago Mark Nesh
killed a saloon r, by this
of Fra . is S
On Charge of Manslaughter As
Result of Indianapolis
Wreck Last Week.
A picnic was given in the City
Park at Kokomo last Saturday in
honor of Harley and Mrs. Hooker of
Great Falls, Montana, who are here
on a visit with their parents and
other relatives. Among those who
were present were: Willis and Mrs.
Cantly, Clarence and Mrs. Howard,
W. H. and Mrs. Hooker, jury Cant-ley,
Orval Howard and Russel
Hooker. A fine lunch was served
and every one enjoyed themselves.
Mr. and Mrs. Hooker and family C. W. and Mrs. Hamer returned
will leave in the morning for their home from Indianapolis Friday
home in Great Falls. I night, where they attended the fair.
find it, l'Cci from get- Intent
nched.
of the school children were
jus acting for school, when the
darkness came on, and the rain
caught many of them unawares.
Several of the country children had
the closest call for a complete
drenching, because it was the first
day of their term, and while it had
been cloudy all during the morning,
such a wet time was not looked for.
Reports from the storm say that
over towards Peru and Logansport,
it was much worse than here and
considerable damage was done in
quite a few sections. As good luck
, would have it, but very little wind
accompanied the rain here and just
a few broken limbs from shade trees
about covers the damage here.
Were J
to, seet, shette ` 4,- tre,•," I . R"'
KILLED B1 A
TRACTION CAR
Mrs. Grant Hiatt Hurled Sixty
Feet and Body Torn
To Pieces.
MADE A FATAL MISTAKE
While Starting For Joneshoo
With Her Husband, M 1s-taking
Fast Car F or
A Local.
•
arge of Motorman
iff and Conductor Ovid
rion, was running at a
f speed. It was sched-