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PRINCETON DAILY DEMOCRAT* MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1914.LAWley of 7 FileCourt/viatorunced asked n the i orig-tes- to iduiit* r the The' new dniis-uHtry under n the v theNew Administration given first Taste of Crime. Two Highway Men attack Gilbert Smith, nearly pull Overcoat off. Thugs (attack Alex Hardaman, Colored, rob and beat him up.SIMeEDSOUT.UBacedsFor the first time during the new administration, holdup men and thugs brcke loose Saturday night and Sunday and attempted to rob two men. Gilbert Smith, a clerk at the Niemeier grocery, and Alex Hardaman* a negro farm hand, were the victims.Alex Hardaman Beaten arid Robbed.ItheeradeliBe*iectbySRevTWO UNKNOWN MEN ATTACK GILBERT SMITH ON NORTH PIKE.Grab His Overcoat and Order Him Stop—Horse Runs Away and in Scuffle, Smith's Coat Is Nearly Pulled Off of Him.to! PO-from mer-tnes-Gen-ated ided i he aced He ^ of thanardsA near holdup occurred Saturday night on the north pike, when two men attacked Gilbert Smith, one of the clerks at the Niemeier grocery, and made an attempt bo rob him. The af-fair occurred about 10 o’clock.Mr. Smith lives out in the country, and was on his way home from worft. He was riding on a horse close to Yeajger’s fruit farm, and on account of the mist that.was falling, was ridingAlex Hardaman, colored, a farm hand near Lyle's station, was found lying iu an alley back of Snappy carriage factory, shortly before Noon Sunday. He was lying face down in I a pool of blood, his nose being borke* and badly mashed.He was taken to the/ police station, where he was revived and told the the officers that he had been robbed, lie claimed that $20 was missing. He was locked up over Sunday night. Monday about noon hv appeared in police court and pleaded guilty to a charge of intoxication. He was fined $1 and costs.Raymond Hardaman and James Lucas, also colored, are suspected of having robbed the man. They were last seen with him Sunday morning hear the vicinity of the alley where he was found. About noon the two men bought tickets for Evansville over j the traction line, and it was said they presented ten dollar bills in payment for the tickets.Affidavits have been filed by Prosecutor Harmon against both the men,ChrtoQuehealWBfTHEElHea’Ofwindpera1Martafterand the Evansville police have been ji the 1fiitJjLhis head dawn. While lie was Notified to watch.for them. .The local111,1thatlandtiese 1 ef-e in loreit.eralgoingTown a short slope, two men! police are also sudden^*rwn from either side vf7 the j all - the inho-tpid *road and grabbed him by the overcoat i trains from Evansville.- '--------andordered him to stop. This frigtit-j Alex HaTdaman, the man who was. ened the horse and it started running, robbed, was firlt;t seen lying hi the al-p*ise with the \nen hanging on to Smith's ’ jey by a boy about 11 o’clock Sunday |^01iecoat. They held 011 for several min- morning. He notified vthe police, whoeastutes, and iu the scuffle, all the buttons came and took him to the police sta-011 the overcoat were ripped Qff. He | tion. He was in a very bad condition, finally pulled away from them and His appearance indicated that lie bad j rode home. I been struck over the nose with a club. 1Arriving home, he immediately noti- His nose was broken and very, badly IThe part zero tU M bree*tied Sheriff Barton, who went with one , mashed. He does not remember whocoldof his deputies to the,scene, but they his assailants were or wiio he was could find no trace of the men. It was with at the time. Other witnesses, ^ri so dark that Mr. Smith could give no however, testified that Hardaman and j Bivei accurate description of them other , Lucas were , with him shortly befoer j day 1 than they were white men and medium noon and that they left on a traction j office sized. j car for Evansville shortly after noon.—-!-If-
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Princeton Daily Democrat
Princeton, Indiana, US
Mon, Mar 02, 1914
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