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ALL IN THE FAMILY.Alfred Scales and Mrs. Robert Ham Shed Blood.SCALES HAD TALKED ABOUT HERHam Attacks His Brother-in-law, Scales, Who is Badly Bruised—Scales Resents Brick Throwing by Mrs. Ham and Stabs Her In the Back—Scales Is Arrested—The Woman is Not Thought to be Dangerously Hbunded.Daily, 80 b.A family fracas at the house of Alfred Scales on Bank Btreet, between the railroad and river, about 1 o’clock this afternoon, caused considerable excitement and the loss of a quantity of blood by the principals in the affair. Alfred Scales was knocked down and bruised by his brother-in-law, Robert Ham, and Ham’s wife, formerly Anna Noble, was stabbed in the back by Scales. It is not thought the wound is serious.The parties in the affair are not of the upper crust of society by several degrees. Several months ago Robert Ham married Anna Noble, a Crawford county product, who has figured on several occasions in the police conrts for minor offenses. A few weeks ago Alfred Scales married Elsie Ham, a sister of Robert Ham, and they have been living on Bank street below the railroad.Several days ago Scales very foolishly told his wife something concerning himself and Robert Ham’s wife, which seriously reflected on the reputation of Mrs. Ham. Elsie, of course, couldn’t keep snch a secret and at the first opportunity she imparted the information to her brother, Robert, although she did not get angry at the admission of her husband’s unfaithfulness. Ham asked his wife about the affair and she denied it. They live on Water between West Second and Third streets and decided to go up to Scales’ house and demand satisfaction and a retraction of the story.As soon as they reached there, Ham wanted to know of Scales if what he had said was true. Scales said it was and Ham started for him. Ham knocked Scales down several times and badly braised his face. Scales ran out in the street followed by Ham, who made no farther attack however as Scales had drawn a knife with a four inch blade. Mrs. Ham began throwing rocks at him and he dodged them until he got close enough to use the knife. He stabbed her in thp back below the shoulder blade and the woman desisted in her assault. Scales also chased his wife bnt failed to catch her. The entire neighborhood was aroused and many thought they were witnessing a murder.After the fracas Scales walked to the police station and surrendered to Chief of Police Cannon. He claimed he acted in self-defense throughout. Mrs. Ham was taken to her home and Dr. Gresham was called. Sergt. Jackson was called to the house and ascertained that the wound was not a dangerous one in appearance. It looked to be a deep thrust however and may be bleeding inwardly. Ham admitted he was the aggressor in the affair and will be placed under arrest this afternoon.CEASED TO EXIST.Prison South Becomes the IndianaReformatory.The prison south, one of the famous institutions of Jeffersonville that has made that city notorious, is no more. It ceased to be at 12 o’clock last night and it now ranks as the Indiana Reformatory, and will, henceforth, be conducted under new regulations and entirely new order of things, .a result of the law adopted by the last legislature.Frequent references have been made to the changes that will take place, and the public is familiar with them. There will be an exchange of prisoners, the oldest, the life timers, and by far the worst class of men, will be sent to Michigan City and those under thirty years of age convicted of crimes under the degree of murder will go to the reformatory.Superintendent Hert will have Indiana Reformatory” painted over the entrance, and he has already asked the Pennsylvania company to change the name of the station to correspond with the chaug4 in conditions. The numberof prisoners in the institution last night was 868.2 -v* r ». Ls a ■ ‘ w-v. ;•■i ’ V ' - ■ - - • ,. • ‘.1 ■ r ■. . • . • ’
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New Albany Weekly Tribune
New Albany, Indiana, US
Fri, Apr 02, 1897
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