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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1913
Page
1
Robbers forced entry through the south door of Cloverdale Hardware & Lumber Co store and stole 85 dollars plus a large number of pocket knives. The culprits fled town on a Monon freight train early Sunday morning.
Robbers broke a south door lock at Cloverdale Hardware and Lumber Co in Cloverdale early Sunday taking $85 and pocket knives from a show case. Mrs Mary Lane and Miss Mary Gilmore saw dim figures from across the street and notified Frank Duncan who with Estes Duncan fired a shotgun to deter them. The thieves fled, likely boarding a nearby freight train. A $100 reward is offered by manager Jesse F. McCoy for arrest and conviction. Nearby Bloomington bakery robbery reports mention $275 cash and $100 in checks taken.
The report notes a death by self harm with an accompanying note directed to an uncle named Harvey Allee. It states the individual had previously failed in an earlier suicide attempt in Indianapolis and commented on his own ability to kill himself.
Harvey Allee, living with his Uncle Joseph Allee, killed himself in a barn on the Sam Hazelett farm after leaving a note to his uncle. He had been released from the State Hospital for the Insane four years earlier and had a history of prior self harm attempts. The body lay in the barn for 98 hours before discovery, coroner notes death occurred days earlier, burial funded by the township.
The county chairmen will assemble tomorrow to nominate a district chairman and consider dates for election of a delegate to the congressional convention.
Members of the County Board of Charities paid an announced visit to the institution Sunday and found the county farm in good condition.
Miss Elizabeth Ames and others from the county board of charities toured the county farm Sunday. The committee found the facility largely satisfactory and urged immediate bathrooms and a water system for fire protection. They warned that aging inmates could not escape a blaze and noted prior tragedies. A larger goal includes minor repairs and ongoing farm operations sustain the institution. The report highlights sanitary needs and fire safety as top priorities. Also noted are farm outputs and visits by local residents including Claude Hurst.
Tomorrow afternoon at 1 o clock the Democratic county chairmen of Parke Clay Vigo Vermillion Hendricks and Putnam Counties will meet in Greencastle to set the date for electing delegates to the Congressional convention in Greencastle on December 29. The state committee has urged December 26 or 27 as possible dates and will decide which to recognize in the Fifth District. The group, led by District Chairman James L. Randel, will also plan details of the convention likely to be held in the court house.
With Christmas about two weeks away Greencastle experiences a cold snap as rain turns to snow. Sunday brought cold temperatures with bursts of snow and a low of 16 above zero, with more cold weather forecast for the week.
Rockville Indiana December 5 Green T Taylor county commissioner whose term ends January 1 received a Maxwell runabout from friends in recognition of faithful service. Judge Aikman adjourned court and attended the presentation with attorneys and local business leaders. The gift is noted as the most valuable retiring officer present in Parke County and perhaps the state. The Asbury Conservatory Pupils plan a recital Tuesday at 7 30 PM in the recital hall all are invited.
Ed Jones and Boss Bourne faced Squire Kennedy in a Coatesville police court. Both denied guilt after arrest by Constable Towles and Deputy Pounds for intoxication on Tuesday. Trial set for the 16th. bonds of 50 dollars each. Bourne jailed. Jones released on Ada Draper’s bond. Bourne’s mother declined bond.
Funeral at Dr. Eugene Hawkins residence on West Washington Street followed by interment at Forest Hill cemetery. Pallbearers named W. W. Jones Elmer Crawley T. T. Moore T Grooms Charles Daggy and Albert Daggy. A boy injured in shinny play at Third Ward School. others report improving after recent surgery at Indianapolis Methodist Hospital.
Enoch Jess Wilson a former traction conductor from Brazil and Terre Haute is tried at Hillsboro Illinois for bigamy. Witness Barney Fouke testifies as Wilson allegedly hid a hired girl and married Pearl Fiscuss in Shelbyville Illinois. If convicted he faces more charges in Brazil. An unrelated incident at Washington and Indiana streets reports a rude man spitting on a passing young woman.
Former DePauw University president and his wife were badly shaken and bruised when their carriage was struck by an automobile in Newton Massachusetts on a Sunday as they rode to a reception.
Bishop Edwin H Hughes of California and his wife were shaken and bruised when their closed carriage overturned after a collision with an automobile. The incident occurred on the way to a Newton Center Methodist reception. Their daughter Isabelle, a DePauw University student, learned of the accident by phone.
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