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Paoli (IN) Republican, February 24, 1915, p. 5.
Montford Cole, who has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Sebastian Kuri, for
several weeks, has returned to his home at Chattanooga, Tenn.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, October 17, 1895, p. 1.
Goldie V. Parker has been awarded $2,000 damages against the City of Bedford
for injuries received in a defective sidewalk.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Evening World, January 16, 1924, p. 1.
LIFE SENTENCE FOR YOUTH
Salem, Ind., Jan. 15-Morgan Pattison, the 18-year-old Bedford youth who has
been on trial here on the charge of murder, was found guilty by the jury
that returned a verdict late Saturday after a few hours' deliberation. The
verdict was for murder in the second degree, carrying with it a sentence of
life imprisonment. The sentence was pronounced by James L. Tucker, judge of
the Washington circuit court, who presided at the hearing. The case was
brought here for trial by change of venue from the Lawrence circuit court.
The crime for which the boy was convicted was the shooting of William
Sutherland, age 60, who was night marshal at Mitchell. Sutherland had
placed Pattison under arrest for disturbing the peace and had ordered him to
give up the revolver with which he had been shooting at street lights, but
the boy shot him. The shooting took place on the night of March 7, 1923.
Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer, January 1, 1880, p. 9. NOTE: The item below,
which appeared to include all known suicides during 1879, was abbreviated
from the original to show only the suicide in Lawrence County, Indiana.
SUICIDES
July 4-Body of John Walcup, lately insane, found hanging to a tree near
Bedford, Ind., suspended by a rope of bark; had evidently been hanging
nearly a week.
September 1-Solon Bowman, aged 22, Bedford, Ind., shoots himself because
some young men had made sport of him..
Elkhart (IN) Weekly Review, March 17, 1906, p. 6.
DYING FROM LOSS OF BLOOD
Bedford, Ind., March 5-Lester Grissom living near this city is in a critical
condition from a peculiar disease. He is bleeding from all parts of his
body and especially from his mouth and gums. The blood keeps oozing through
the flesh, and the efforts to check the flow so far have proved fruitless.
Terre Haute (IN) Daily Gazette, June 1, 1870.
The first stones for the foundation of a new court house were laid in
Bedford, Lawrence County, last week. The edifice will be completed with as
little delay as possible.
Maysville (KY) March 23, 1892, p. 4.
ON TRIAL FOR MURDER
Seymour, Ind., March 23-William Euler and Mrs. Samantha Saylor who have been
living together unlawfully near this city for two years, are on trial here
for murder. The body of a dead infant was found on the riverbank near their
home, and the circumstantial evidence of their guilt is very strong. Mrs.
Saylor is a soldier's widow and a pensioner.
Maysville (KY) Evening Bulletin, October 26, 1892, p. 4.
AN OLD LANDMARK
Seymour, Ind., October 26-The first courthouse in Jackson County, erected in
1816 on land purchased from the government by John Ketcham, a 2-story
structure of hewn logs cut on the ground, that has been used consecutively
for 76 years as a courthouse, church, school house and stable, is still
standing in a fair state of preservation at Brownstown.
Maysville (KY) Evening Bulletin, March 12, 1892, p. 3.
Miss Mattie Tabb of Seymour, Ind., formerly of Dover, will be married March
15th to a Mr. Scott of Texas.
Maysville (KY) Evening Bulletin, May 13, 1892, p. 4.
FOUND HIS WIFE DEAD
Seymour, Ind., May 13-Dr. John Tipton Shields, formerly state senator, a
pioneer of this neighborhood and a very prominent physician and citizen,
left his wife, aged 70 years and also a pioneer, alone and apparently well
Wednesday night to answer a professional call. Returning early yesterday
morning he found her dead in bed. She had expired of heart disease during
the night.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, October 16, 1895, p. 4.
The funeral of Geraldine, the young daughter of William Blust, took place
this afternoon from his home on West Ninth and Main streets, and the remains
were interred in the Northern Cemetery.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, October 16, 1895, p. 4.
The case of the state against Tom Buford, colored, charged with sneaking $5
from Thomas Critchlow's store on Vincennes Street, was on trial today in the
circuit court and was given to the jury this afternoon.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, August 15, 1911, p. 4.
Henry Zipp and Joseph Zipp, brothers, against whom Joseph B. Wilkerson filed
complaints yesterday charging them with assault and battery, surrendered
last evening to Night Captain Thomas Cannon at the police station. They
were arraigned before Justice Mix and pleaded not guilty and were released
under $500 each to await a hearing next Tuesday.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, August 15, 1911, p. 4.
Mary Kraft will return from New Orleans next Saturday and will make her home
temporarily with her son, J. A. Kraft, 250 Cherry Street.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, August 15, 1911, p. 4.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Scott, a native of this city who died at her
home in Greenville Sunday, took place yesterday, the Rev. Mr. Robinson
conducting the services. She was 89 years old and was a member of the Lyons
family. Her husband was the late Alfred Scott. She is survived by five
children. They are Charles, Albert and James Scott, Mrs. Ella Keithley and
Mrs. Anna Creek. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
No source noted, March 12, 1931, from an unidentified scrapbook of clippings
titled COLLECTION OF LOCAL MONROE COUNTY OBITS donated to the Monroe County
History Center, Bloomington, Indiana.
HEART DISEASE PROVES FATAL
Mrs. Margaret Thomerson died at her home on East 4th Street at 9:30 o'clock
last night after an illness of only a few days with heart disease. Funeral
services will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Fairview M.
E. Church where she was a member, with the Rev. W. F. Russell in charge.
Interment will be at Rose Hill.
Pallbearers are Roy Humphrey, Winfred Frost, George Eller, John O'Donnel,
Phillip Carr and Earl Wingler.
Mrs. Thomerson was born in Washington County near Salem, the daughter of
Rebecca and Esquire Holsapple. At an early age she was married to George
Thomerson who survives. Two children were born to this union: Bert, who
died several years ago, and Mrs. Claude Spencer, South Walnut Street.
Besides the husband and daughter, the deceased leaves a sister, Mrs. John
Peters; a half-brother, Charles Cain; and four grandchildren: Mrs. Ralph
Day, Margaret, Marian and Herbert Spencer, all of this city.
Mrs. Thomerson was known to her friends and relatives as an earnest worker
and a sincere, Christian woman. Her death comes as a great shock to them.
For several years she was associated with Mrs. John Peters in operating a
boarding house at Madison and 4th streets.
Indianapolis (IN) Journal, November 20, 1892.
Corydon, Ind., November 19-There was two serious cutting scrapes in Corydon
last night on the occasion of the Democratic jollification. Hampton Baxley,
white, and "Jose" White, colored, were severely cut and stabled, and White
is in a critical condition. It is not know who cut either of them as they
both refuse to say anything about the affair, but it is known that the
trouble was not between these two men and that the one affair has no
relation to the other. Baxley had one finger cut off and received a deep
gash in the throat. White was stabbed in the back and his wound is serious.
There is a great deal of mystery about both affairs, and the particulars
cannot be learned.