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Fracas and crime reports fill Indiana towns
Fracas in church ends fatally with a shot baby murder and a watchman killed. Reports of thefts, measles outbreaks at Princeton and Wabash, and local disputes over liquor licenses, gas fees, and road laws dot the state. A parade of small-town incidents, arrests, and civic concerns reach from Mishawaka to Delphi and Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Elkhart
Jackson County
Delphi
Fort Wayne
Madisonians
Mishawaka
New York
Muncie
Evanaville
Allen County
Wabash
Bloomfield
North Indiana
LaGrange
la Grange
Decatur
Hoosier
Frack Crawford
Charlie Pierson
Danville
City of Bridges
Vranklin
Farmers’ Institute
Pranklin
White’s Institute
Fayne
Csut
Guas
Wayne
Dubois County
Ireland
Cacy Acains
Rushville
Tom Scanlan
Scanlen
Bratten & Shidler
Traniel Bangh
Scottsburg
Ashe
Hale
Wrankfort Sian
Keenera
Ege Gsadly
Delphi Journal
Sam Keyes
Logansport
Jeffersonville
Smith
Mackey
Columbus
Congregational Church
McMullen
Tweedy
Hancock Jeffersonian
General Assembly
Kankakee
Jeffersonia
Union City Council
Union
Ed Smith
McCoy
Michigan City
Lebanon
Richmond Item
Indianapolis Sun
SUN
Marion Democrat
Democrat