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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
2
Polis Indiana reports a date change for the national democratic clubs meeting to October 10 to avoid clashing with other events. The city hosts the gathering as organizers expect better attendance and fuller participation.
Riverside and nearby towns report violent events. Keith, jailed for Nora Kifer’s death, complains of heat and confinement in Boonville jail as grand jury date nears. Lafayette notes J T Rothrock killed by a shotgun blast on his way to hunting trip. Muncie workers fail to reach terms delaying Ball Bros plant restart. Indianapolis records burglar arrest and a warehouse deed of assignment. North Vernon hippodrome accident injures a driver after horses bolt onto Walnut Street.
Two prisoners fled a Evansville jail and deputies pursued. In the chase Sheriff Koepke fired, striking deputy Noah Fuquay in the left hand. The escaped felons William Betagg and Andrew Jackson remain at large while Jackson hid in a church belfry.
John M Slovenski of New Albany Ind killed himself in Los Angeles Cal by shooting through the head. He was wealthy and faced a $15000 extortion allegation with his wife Henrietta Borgerding. He and his wife were arrested in Los Angeles and released on bail of 3000 each.
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