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Jackson (MICH) Citizen, March 8, 1901, p. 1.
IDENTIFIES MAN AS HUSBAND
Bedford, Indiana, Woman Points Out a Terre Haute Citizen as Fellow Who
Deserted Her
Terre Haute, Ind., March 7-Thomas Delahunt, agent for a brewing company, was
pointed out to the sheriff at Bedford, Indiana, by Mrs. Papens, a young
woman who said he was her husband who deserted her two years ago.
It so happened that Mrs. Papen's divorce suit was set for trial at about the
hour Delahunt stepped from the train in the Bedford station and she was
there to see if her husband arrived in response to notice of the suit.
Delahunt notice her staring at him.
When Delahunt reached his hotel, the sheriff appeared, then the young woman
and her father. Mrs. Papens insisted Delahunt was the man who deserted her
after two weeks of married life but then became doubtful. She and her
father stepped out for consultation and the sheriff followed, whereupon
Delahunt slipped away to the station and caught a train out of town.
Delahunt came here a few years ago from Milwaukee and was married in that
city two years.
5,000 Quarry Workers Strike in Bedford
Grand Rapids (MICH) Press, May 7, 1903, p. 10.
FIVE THOUSAND ARE OUT
Bedford, Indiana, is Crippled by a Stroke of Quarry Men
Indianapolis, May 7-Five thousand union workmen are on strike in Bedford.
The strikers include planers, saw operators and engineers in the cutting
departments and the quarry men. They seek to have their wages equalized at
all the quarries.
Kalamazoo (MICH) Gazette, May 28, 1904, p. 1.
CLEARED OF CHARGE
Jury at Bedford, Indiana, Finds James McDonald Innocent of Murder of Sarah
Schaffer
[By Associated Press]
Bedford, Indiana, May 27-After being out three and one-half hours, the jury
in the trial of James McDonald, charged with the murder of Sarah Schaffer,
returned a verdict of not guilty. The verdict was reached on the seventh
ballot. The first stood nine for acquittal and three for conviction.
McDonald was formally discharged by the court and left the courtroom. There
was no demonstration.
Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, May 5, 1897, p. 4.
A JACKSON COUNTY CASE
The case against John T. Deal for assault and battery with intent to kill
his wife, venued here from Jackson county, has been set for trial next
Tuesday. Deal lives at Kurtz, and his wife nearly died from the effects of
his brutality. A few weeks after her recovery, they went to living together
again, and so far as known are getting along harmoniously at
present--Bedford Mail
Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, May 5, 1897, p. 4.
Mrs. Mary Hunsucker and little daughter of Sparksville came up Saturday to
visit her sister, Mrs. John Coe and family.
Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, May 5, 1897, p. 4.
MARRIED
James Williams of Washington County and Miss Effie Robertson of Hamilton
Township were married by Elder G. M. Shutts Wednesday morning, May 5, 1897,
at eleven o'clock at the home of the bride's grandfather, Slash James
Robertson, near Honeytown. The contracting parties are deaf mutes and are
young people of the highest respectability. The groom is a successful
farmer and owns one of the best farms in his part of Washington County. May
their wedded life ever by pleasant.
Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, May 4, 1897, p. 3.
ROUGH ON RATS
Ended Life of John Conway Last Night
John Conway, who lived with his family on East Fourth Street, committed
suicide last night by taking a dose of "Rough on Rats." It is supposed that
he took the poison late in the afternoon and then went to his bedroom. Near
nine o'clock, members of his family heard him fall heavily to the floor.
When they reached him, he was in the last agonies of death and only breathed
a few times more. A physician was called, but nothing could be done for
him.
A postmortem examination revealed the poison in his stomach that it is
believed was taken with the intention of suicide. For many months he has
been suffering from a cancer on his head and face from which he could get no
relief. It is believed that the realization of his hopeless condition
caused him to take poison.
He leaves a wife and several children. The burial will take place at
Jonesville tomorrow.
Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, May 4, 1897, p. 3.
Mrs. G. M. Whitcomb of Hayden came here and left today for Memphis, Tenn.,
to join her husband who is engaged in the timber business there. They will
reside there in the future.
Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, May 4, 1897, p. 3.
Prof. William Kastrup of Kankakee, Ill., who was called here on account of
the dangerous sickness of his father-in-law, Barney Matt, left for home this
morning.
Name It and Take It, Smithville, Indiana, July 2, 1897, p. 4. NOTE: A book
containing scanned copies of extant newspapers from Smithville, Indiana, is
available at the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington, Indiana.
POISON
Whole Family Dying
Four dead, two dying. Great excitement over the death of the John Stevens
family in the community of Belmont, Brown Co., Indiana. The mother and
three children have died within the last few days. The father is
suspicioned of the awful deed supposed to be the result of family trouble.
An investigation will follow at once.
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Name It and Take It, Smithville, Indiana, July 2, 1897, p. 4. NOTE: A book
containing scanned copies of extant newspapers from Smithville, Indiana, is
available at the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington, Indiana.
WRECK!
Two Lives Lost
A Brakeman Crippled for Life
The northbound local freight was wrecked on Horse Shoe Bend Tuesday evening
by a broken wheel on a flat car causing 12 cars to be wrecked. A. L. Allen,
head brakeman, was on top of the cars that were wrecked and was found
unconscious among the cars with his arm and several ribs broken, (he) was
taken at once by special train to (his) home in Bloomington. In further
clearing the track, two tramps who were stealing a ride in a box loaded with
crossties were mashed beyond recognition. Their names as per papers found
on their persons: Reed, Owensburg, Ky., and Charles Brunner of Bedford.
The cost to the R. R. Co. will be about $10,000.
Tucson (AZ) Daily Citizen, March 25, 1907, p. 1.
STRUCK DOWN IN PRESENCE OF DEATH
Corydon, Indiana, March 25-Dr. John Battarff was called late last night to
administer to two women who had become prostrated in a most peculiar manner.
Henry Peper, a farmer, had died during the day. While his daughter, Emma,
and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. William Peper, were sitting with the corpse,
they were assaulted and knocked down simultaneously.
They seemed unable to give any definite statement as to what really
occurred. All they know is that some black object dealt them heavy blows
and felled them to the floor.
Dr. Battarff reports that he had much difficulty in restoring the women to
consciousness.
Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette, February 12, 1880, p. 2.
DESTRUCTION OF A RESIDENCE AND BARNS
[Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette]
Corydon, Indiana, February 11-The residence, barns and smokehouse of
Frederick Seitz of Franklin Township, Harrison County, burned Monday night
with a large quantity of grain, pork, etc. Loss $3,000; no insurance.
Elkhart (IN) Daily Review, November 24, 1906, p. 1.
UNUSUAL FILIAL LOVE
Son Cares for Father Divorced Before His Birth
Corydon, Indiana, November 24-John P. Foote of this city has gone to
Louisville, Ky., to live with his son. Mr. Foote never knew he had a son
till within the last few days. He obtained a divorce from his wife while
living in the south in 1873, shortly before his son was born, after which he
came north. He had no tidings of his family after leaving the south till a
few days ago when the son came here searching for his father. The son
reported that he had been searching for him for years. Every time he saw
the name in print he would make inquiries and only recently was his search
successful. The son insisted that the father should make his home with him
for the remainder of his days, and the father consented.
Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette, February 12, 1880, p. 2.
DESTRUCTION OF A RESIDENCE AND BARNS
[Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette]
Corydon, Indiana, February 11-The residence, barns and smokehouse of
Frederick Seitz of Franklin Township, Harrison County, burned Monday night
with a large quantity of grain, pork, etc. Loss $3,000; no insurance.
Tucson (AZ) Daily Citizen, March 25, 1907, p. 1.
STRUCK DOWN IN PRESENCE OF DEATH
Corydon, Indiana, March 25-Dr. John Battarff was called late last night to
administer to two women who had become prostrated in a most peculiar manner.
Henry Peper, a farmer, had died during the day. While his daughter, Emma,
and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. William Peper, were sitting with the corpse,
they were assaulted and knocked down simultaneously.
They seemed unable to give any definite statement as to what really
occurred. All they know is that some black object dealt them heavy blows
and felled them to the floor.
Dr. Battarff reports that he had much difficulty in restoring the women to
consciousness.
Belleville (IL) News Democrat, March 8, 1906, p. 6. NOTE: In 1900, Sarrah
(sic) Rumley, age 93 and a native of Kentucky, was enumerated head of
household in Franklin Township, Harrison County, Indiana. She was a widow.
Enumerated with her was her daughter, Mary Gresham, age 68.
MRS. SARAH RUMLEY
Corydon, Indiana, March 7-Mrs. Sarah Rumley, mother of the late Walter Q.
Gresham, former secretary of state, died Tuesday at her home near
Lanesville. She was 98 years of age, had been married twice and was the
mother of eight children.
Springfield (MASS) Republican, October 19, 1894, p. 4. NOTE: It seems likely
that the Gresham referenced in the article below was one and the same as
Walter Q. Gresham who was enumerated in Harrison County, Indiana, in 1860.
His occupation was lawyer. His wife was Matilda, a native of
Kentucky.
THE STORY OF SECRETARY GRESHAM of the state department is told in a very
interesting way by Kate Field in her Washington. (sic) It is worth the
telling when partisan newspapers are abusing Mr. Gresham on every occasion
and without reason or principle.
Gresham was a lawyer in good practice in Corydon, Indiana, some 20 miles
from Louisville when the rebellion broke out. His father was a Virginia, his
mother a Kentuckian, and they settled in Corydon in their early married
life. His wife was a Kentucky girl, and they had a boy three years old and
a baby daughter when the summons came.
Gresham began the study of military tactics before Sumter was fired on; in
September he went to the field as lieutenant-colonel of the 38th Indiana
regiment which was so hurriedly recruited that the men went into active
service without uniforms. Three months later Gresham returned to recruit the
53rd Indiana regiment, led them as colonel, and after the fall of Vicksburg
was made brigadier-general and took part in all the important movements of
the army of the Tennessee.
He commanded a division in Georgia, and at Atlanta his left leg was
shattered, an inch and a half of bone being shot away. He was conveyed to
Nashville by a roundabout way to avoid falling into the hands of the enemy;
30 miles of the journey were made in an ambulance, and it was at the risk of
his life. Mrs. Gresham met him at Nashville, and they got as far as New
Albany, Indiana, a suburb of Louisville, when the wounded man could go no
further. For ten months Gen. Gresham could not leave his bed, and when he
finally was able to do that, it was on crutches, and on crutches he moved
for five years afterward.
This is the man whom the New York Tribune delights in accusing of lack of
patriotism and lowering the statesmanship of America. A soldier's record, no
matter how meritorious, counts for nothing with such organs if the soldier
does not stick to the Republican Party through thick and thin.
Name It and Take It, Smithville, Indiana, June 1, 1897, p. 1. NOTE: A book
containing scanned copies of extant newspapers from Smithville, Indiana, is
available at the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington, Indiana.
DEATH-Of Dr. S. A. Rariden at his home in Bedford, Indiana, Saturday morning
of paralysis. He was 83 years old and the father of Mrs. Humston formerly
of this place.
INDIANA WORLD WAR RECORDS, GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL: A Record of Indiana Men
and Women Who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied
Nations in the World War, 1914-1918, (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical
Society, 1921), p. 171.
Charles Henry McDaniel.Wagoner
Son of Charles Henry and Mary A. McDaniel, born May 18, 1892, Galena, Floyd
County, Indiana. Farmer. Called into service July 24, 1918, New Albany,
Indiana. Sent to Camp Taylor, Ky.; assigned to 58th Company, 15th Training
Battlion, 159th Depot Brigade. Transferred to Camp McClellan, Ala.;
assigned to 2nd Truck Company, 9th Ammunition Train. Died of pneumonia
October 24, 1918, Camp McClellan, Ala. Buried in Methodist Cemetery,
Galena, Indiana.