Constable Hawkins mortally wounded in Benton township shooting
Goshen March 24 1873 A constable Joseph R Hawkins shot and mortally wounded by John Long at Longs house while attempting arrest on a peace warrant. Long captured later by Sheriff Egbert. Reports note violence inclosed by knife pistol and reported stock attacks in the area. Governor Hendricks is said to deem the temperance law constitutional and signed.
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Gosnen
Benton Township
Joseph R. Hawkins
John Long
Hawkins
House of Long
Wm. Horne
Long
Egbert
Benton
Goshen
Ohio
Pest house fire and notable South Bend events
The pest house in South Bend was destroyed by fire last Tuesday. An artesian well at South Bend is 101 12 feet deep. Studebaker Bros. pay over one nineteenth of the city taxes this year. A fifteen month old baby fell into an uncovered cistern and died. E H Chapin’s final lecture engagement is revoked and Geo McDonald may substitute. Four prisoners escaped from jail by cutting through the ceiling, climbing to the roof, and using a bed-clothes rope to reach the ground. Dick Green reports the escape and then disappears.
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South Bend
Studebaker Bros
E. H. Chapin
Geo. McDonald
Dick Green
New Carlisle
Ghitage
May T. Runyan
Amanda
D. H. Runyan
Temperance topics and local notes from Indiana state press
State news covers Colfax lecture in South Bend, Kokomo temperance funding, new St Joseph county post office Stanton, a Chicago lottery prize for Frank Pierce, and Indiana officials at the Vienna Exposition. Obituary for Miss May T Runyan details a young life lost to cerebrospinal fever with solemn church burial imagery.
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Colfax
South Bend
Mishawaka
Kokomo
St. Joseph County
Stanton
Frank Pierce
Chicago
Hendricks
Simon Wise
Laporte
Indiana
South Bend Register
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State News
Huntsman Hall
Laporte Argus
Elkhart County
Warsaw
White Pigeon
Michigan
Northern Indiaman
Opéra House
W.H. Stull
Center Township
Henry Clay
Kentucky
St. Joseph
Maxon, Parmater & Co
C. North
Lesey
Norte Y
Main ST
Lakers
Ladiss & Gents
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