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lie Sbof At Detective Scfalene At Porter, Ind. Believing Him Holdup Man and ScMeneShot and Killed Him*Chesterton, Ind., Sept. 23, 1920.M. p. Benner,Marshall Mich.John, shot accidently on the ro*A; last night and killed by detach tMfea. Wire me at Porter hotel, Ttcr, Indiana.CeciliaWho above telegram was received here at 4:12 o'clock central standard time Thursday afternoon) It waa s*at by Mrs. John MeVar-1 land, formerly Miss Cecilia Benner to has- fttiiter* *sd told of the. klli-'i lug of her husband. Mr. Benner] and daplhier. Clotilda Ben-;ner on the a. tn. Michigan Caitral train for Porter, Ind. this taomixg.Mias Beaner jgjift Mr. McFarland •when bf •’*** ijp the V. S. serrico at €*«$ Cu»tijif. and a romance sprung lip between them and resulted In their marriage in Chicago on Nov. «0, 195b. He was in the V. 8, sevjee for seven years end served on the Mexican border at the tima of the Mexican trouble Since he was mustered out over a year ago they have been residing I ft Chicago. He was engineer at ■ji-Slw Revere hotel in North Clark Jglireet in that city.Recently^ ’Mr. and Mrs. Benlief received « letter from their daughter tn which ehe stated they were going to move to South Bend. Ind.It is likely they were motoring there when Mr. McFarland was killed. No particulars were received here Thursday night.After the couple married they kenided . In :Battle Creek and then went to Chicago. Mr. McFarland's parents are dead but be has %brother in ^Chicago.weateicroBSltig the? tracks. A train] which was earrytfig whisky, stopped, and Schlene advanced. McFarland evidently thought Schl-ene a hold-up man and tired. The bull*#- missed. Schiene returned I the mre, and hit McFarland twice.!H. P. fteimer wired The Evening Chronicle this morning that the remain a of John McFarland i will be brought to Marshall. andj the funeral wfjj be held hero Sun- iday afternoon. ‘1TQSUPPRESSPROGRAM TO COUNTERACT REPUBLICAN NATION COMMITTEE SCHEMES‘lie Pi(Sywrfkl to fhraHlr.W).porte, ?»d., jSept. 24.—John FarUrwDM years old, a former koldier. who lived with his WlfA the Richmond hotel, 205 north j, Clark street, Chicago, was In--=i»ta»Uy killed at Porter, Ind., early Thursday morning. EdwArd Sc-hirne. MlohSgau Central uetrc-tlve, shot him during a duel due to mistaken identity. McFarland and lila wife were returning by automobile from Battle Creek. Mich. A tiro blew out as theyWITNESSES CAN BE p£8SH£-£@ ♦ TO PROVE CHARGE, SAYS COXor PhSI wi(Ity United Prcalt;0Trinidad, Col.. Sept.. 24.—Gov. James M. Cox as he carried hie stamp campaign thru Colorado to Denver, was framing a program to counteract what he calls a plot of the republican notional committee to suppress news reports of hU speeches.; Telatfaphlc conferences have jMfcL iflth -democrats’ heed-huartsrs' in New York and it la probable large numbers of pgm-phtois, containing ’ exerpls at themocmic nosmnee’e speechesMMill be mainInto territorywhan he believes newspapers are net treating his speeches fairly. He says Will Hays has sent personal representatives, named Hendley and Smith, ahead of hint to induce papers to refuse to print news of his viidt. Witnesses can be produced to back the charges.* .* 1 *♦ lt;* 1* 1*• II* !* 1• i(4■ *tSis£libnoedwia»voufatih€»fllt;f ft 04 ofVIw:u(attatJMJfte}01Aw11'Wfl!Mt10ptioiwU'o. b Bft
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Evening Chronicle
Marshall, Michigan, US
Fri, Sep 24, 1920
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