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A Mob at New Albany and a Day of Disturbances
A crowded report lists incidents from New Albany and across Indiana including a guarded Jai, two butter thieves jailed, a brave woman stopping a kidnap attempt, a freight wreck on the Big Four, and numerous crimes and accidents. It notes deaths, burglaries, fires, trials, and local scandals with names like Marion, Rockport, Wabash, Vandalia, and Columbus, plus a prophecy of gas riches near Richmond and other dramatic events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceenterton
Grant County
Marion
Rockport
Star Woolen Mills
Wabash
Wm. Stormont
G. R. Stormont
Princeton Clarion
Reuben Webster
Brazil
Pendleton
Johnathan Goldman
W. B. Thompson
Hamilton County
Robert Mullen
Morewood Tin Plate Works
Gra City
Elwood
Laborere
Vandalia Lines
St. Louisa
Terre Haute
A. J. McCarty
Colfax
Earl Hilligoss
Anderson
Jacksonville
Mla
McCurdy
Martinsville
Denver
Col
Charles Ettleger
Brookville
Charles
Henry Hale
Butlerville
Saturay
Daniel McLearen
Huntington
Richmond
Sarah Owens
Valparaiso
Philadelphia
South America
Atkins & Sons
Hammond
C. A. Zol- Hoger
Fort Wayne
Lee
Wells
Mirklin
Kirklin
Tailholt
Kokomo
Mack
McNutt
Terra Haute
Bert Sateslise
James O’connor
Albion
New Albany
Marcus Duncan
Frank Barth
Lee Wah Sing
Logenaport
Chicago
Lea
Edward Martin
Muncie
Indiana
Geo. N. Anderson
Fowler
Matthew M. McElwee
Wallace
John Jonas
Lafayette
Benedict G. Church
National Military
Plias A. Stoneburner
Sidney
Louisa J. Thornburg
Alfred Hosfurder
Jefersonville