Continued exerpts from the Chesterton Tribune, May 21, 1885.
ACCUSED OF WITHCRAFT
The Peculiar Sorrows of a Polish Woman as Related in a Legal Suit.
Antonio Losinecki filed suit yesterday through her attorneys Johnston &
Pagin to recover damages from John Krycheski and Josephine his wife. The
plaintiff with her husband leased a farm in the north part of the county to
the defendants in 1881, on the conditions that the defendants should pay
them certain grain and money rentals, accord them certain farm privileges
and board them during their natural lives. The husband of the plaintiff
died about two years later, when she alleges the Krycheskis not only became
direliet in the payment of the rental, but also commenced a system of
abuses. After refusing to allow her to eat at the family table, she
charges they abused her in a manner she sets forth in the following
language:
"they accused her of being a witch and called her an evil spirit in league
with the devil, and accused her of bewitching the chickens so that they
would not lay and the cows so they would not give milk, and the farm so that
it would not produce crops; on divers days caught hold of her and shook her
and shoved her against the furniture and threw her down and threatened her
life, and entirely destroyed her peace of mind and made her unhappy and
afraid to live on said farm ; all her damage in the sum of $500. - Vidette
VALPARAISO
Mr. Jeremiah Cronin has received an appointment as mail clerk. His route
will be between Chicago and Celeveland on the L. S. & M. S. R. R.
Col. M. L. Demotte will deliver the address on decoration day at Knox.
Farmers are now busy planting corn and consequently the city seems deserted.
Saturday was an exception to the rule.
The report has reached us that M. A. Bell is now married for sure. The lady
who was the fortunate party is from Michigan.
The City Council has passed an ordinace forbidding the building or
maintaining of barbed wire fences within the limits of the City.
Mike Ryan, a young man who was a brakeman on the west local on the Ft. Wayne
R. R. was coupling cars last Tuesday morning at the depot in this city, met
with an accident which may prove serious. He stepped in between the cars
and was caught between the bumpers as the cars came together. Some one
noticed it and gave the signal for the engineer to pull ahead which he
quickly did, and Ryan was released and ( this last line on the page was
missing from the copy- typist note) of danger and no serious results are
expected.
Wm. Wilscam went west a short time ago and took with him considerable money.
His family not hearing from him, this week sent Marshall Maxwell in search
as it was supposed he was fouly dealth with. Judge of the suprise of the
family when William returned last Tuesday evening on the G. T. safe and
sound. Guess we had better send some one after Maxwell now.
J. S. Louderback has sold out his stock of groceries to his son Jerome
Louderback, Mr. Filley and Joe LeClair. Mr. J. S. has retired from
business.
We were pleased to see Ned Harrigan after six months absence from our city.
He was in town Tuesday and now gets around very well with the aid of his
crutch.
Several priests of the diocese of Fort Wayne stopped off in the city with
Rev. M. O'Reilly going and coming from the funeral of Father Baumgartner of
Hammond.
J. Whitman, a conductor on the G. T. R. R. was run over with the cars and
horribly mangled last Tuesday night at Mill Creek 25 miles east of this
city.
The case of J. P. Kennedy vs. Patrick C. Daly, a suit for possession of the
room in which Daly carries on a saloon was decided in a Justice Court in
favor of the plaintiff. Daly has appealed to the Circuit Court.
The lecture fever has caught us and we will be treated to two, one by Rev.
J. H. Wilson and the other by Belva Lockwood. Who now dares assert that we
are not a very intelligent colllection of beings.
Rev. M. O'Reilly went to Douts last Sunday to endeavor to encourage the
people to commence the new church which is now being talked about.
The Scout of the Cumbertland was played in the Opera House last Wednesday
and Thursday evening to good audiences. We do not wish to criticize very
harshly as we are aware that many and _______ say nearly all who took parts
in the drama that it was their first attempt and they did as well as could
be expected. The play to our notion is not what we expected it to be. It
is not well written and it will stand an immense amount of polishing before
it will suit the public. Many of the actors who took part had to do so at a
great disadvantage as the play was so narrow and contracted that it gave
them little of no room to show their proficiency in acting. We hope the
Author will take pains and have those faults remedied and we will assure him
more pleased audiences.
Stephen McGee while engaged in coupling cars on the Ft. Wayne R. R. had his
thumb and for finger badly smashed last Saturday.
The Hillside Park has been rented to Jake Thun and Henry Kruver and they
expect to make things lively in the shape of picnics.
Mrs. Lansing Finney died Sunday afternoon and will be buried from the
Babtist church Tuesday morning at 10 a.m.
Bob Carnahan was very tired and noisy Saturday afternoon and wanting to
occupy more than his share of the side walk, was picked up by Marshal
Maxwell and placed in the cooler until Sunday evening.
Monday morning the limited express on the Ft. Wayne R. R. stuck an old
unknown man at the Crooked Creek bridge 4 miles east of town, and threw him
into the water. The train was stopped and the dead body was placed into the
baggage car and brought to this city.
The show Saturday was well attended by the citizens in the vicinity of
Valpo. The usual number of pick-pockets, sharks, 3 card monte men and
pirates of the worst description preyed on the innocent visitors who came to
see the elephant. Amongst the many who will have reason to remember the
16th of May are Elijah Priest of Porter Cross Roads, who lost a large sum of
money; the amount not known to us, picked by a shark. Several Normal
students lost various sums of money by gambling games, and to complete the
climax Mr. Joel's residence on LaFayette street was entered and $30 worth of
silverware was taken while the family were down at the store.
Mr. P. Howard who married a lady at Chesterton - about one and a half years
ago is now in trouble. We are informed that with that couple life has not
been all sunshine. Mr. Howard according to his wife's assertions did not
conduct himself in a proper manner, and accordingly Saturday she shipped all
her houshold furniture to South Chicago and boarded the train with them. It
is believed that she will remain there as she has friends at that place.
Howard was on the street Saturday lookinf for an officer to obtain legal
redress.