Desperadoes Robey and Haycock Captured in Orange County
A posse captured Robey and Oliver Haycock two miles south of Rego in Orange County after a confrontation with officers and angry citizens. Deputies Harry Smith was killed and Constable Robert McCabe was wounded as officers tried to arrest them three miles north of Paoli. The prisoners were sent to the Reformatory at Jeffersonville for safe keeping amid public unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robey
Rego
Orange County
J “Ersonville
Spbey
Haycock
Staiff Harry Smith
Robert McCabe
Paoli
Oliver Haycock
Local Round-Up and April Notes From the Region
The item collects brief notices from local life: property improvements by W. L. Gregory on East Fifth Street, Spencer County Fair scheduled for Chrisney August 13 to 18, and weather and civic remarks. Also reports marriages, deaths, school attendance, and upcoming events including Easter, state GOP convention in Indianapolis, and garden work as spring arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.L Gregory
East Fifth Street
Chrisney
Ohio River
Dangeline
Martin H Tucker 71 Dies After Lingering Illness
Martin H Tucker an English resident aged 71 passed away Friday after weeks of disability. A Civil War veteran of Ist Ind Gov, he known as Uncle Matt leaves a wife six children George Cap John James Robert Edna and two brothers George and M R Tucker. He was a Crawford Lodge 470 F and A M member laid to rest Sunday at Tucker graveyard six miles north. Rev W H Howerton conducted the services at his home Sunday at 9 30 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin H. Tucker
Ist Ind. Gov
Matt
George
Cap
John
James
Robert
Edna
M. R. Tucker
Crawford Lodge No
Tucker Graveyard
W. H. Howerton
Card of Thanks from Mrs M H Tucker and Family
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and assistance during the illness and death of our beloved husband and father. Mrs M H Tucker and Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Tucker
Local notices and oddities from the Louisville Daily Herald
Community items, humor, and obituaries: J E Hankins advertises photo services from the English News Building while a mayoral critique and road improvement plea circulate. John Austin dies at 52 after pneumonia. M W A ties his interment. A duck-selling riddle ends with a math puzzle about a five for 32 rate and $24 to the father.
Resolutions of Crawford Lodge on Death of Martin H. Tucker
Crawford Lodge No 470 F and A M adopted resolutions in special session April 1 1906. The vows honor the deceased brother Martin H Tucker with religious reflections expressions of brotherly love and promise to publish in county papers and present to his family. The notice also invites English residents to a town meeting April 16 at 7 pm at the Opera House to discuss town affairs.
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Crawford Lodge No
Martin H. Tucker
J. Rothrock Joun Criswell Mo
M. Miller
English
Town Board of Trustees
Opera House
Denias Bennett
Crawford County Normal
Ind
H. W. Mock
Indiana
W. W. Wells
Leavenworth
Escape From Camp Ford Prison
Tucker brothers and M B Real were Confederate prisoners at Camp Ford near Tyler Texas. They planned and dug a tunnel under the stockade to escape crawling through grass toward Natchez. After arduous trek they reached Union lines and freedom, a remarkable escape tale.
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Tucker Brothers
Camp Ford
Tyler
Texas
Natchez
Victor Graphophone and 80 Records for Sale
Trade or cash offer. Cost 35 dollars new, asking 12 dollars or swap. Call Hawkins Studio for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
Hawkins
Assessor Abroad as Tax Prep Sparks Odd Preparations
The piece sketches a rural scene with preparations like moving pianos to woodsheds and burying silver while the assessor is away. It notes the tax collector could list all property and earn a handsome dime museum salary, as human nature remains unchanged since the assessor's invention.
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Seavers
Reformatory
W. H. Wilson
Indianapolis
Treant
Hughes
Thos. G. Finney
Princeton
Robert Gilmore
Birdseye
Geo. E. Sarles
Lulu Broomfield
Thos. Cunningham
Wm. H. Cunningham
Derilda Sturgeon
Kelly Froman
Magnolia
Riddle A.B
Eld. W. H. Scott
Riddle Cemetery
Tucker Boys
George W. Tucker
Micheal R. Tucker
Oreo Leyak
English News Building
J. E. Hankins
Louisville Daily Herald
the News
Hanly
John Austin
Jennings Township
Frank Austin
Tower
the Peoples’ Store
W.L. Gregory & Sons, Inc
Peoples’ Store
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
The
French Lick Normal School
B. E. Myers
French Lick
Louisville
BrrrHa Hughes
Leavenworth, Indiana
Corydon Nornal
Chas. Deich
F. R. Gobbel
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