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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1898
Page
1
In Ceres Sxpsiny Ohio on January 18 Louis McNeal also known as Sidney Wallace was sentenced to 18 months hard labor in the penitentiary for bigamy. The case was heard Monday morning.
Former Lord Mayor Sir Polydore de Keyser, who served in 1875 6 as Lord Mayor of London, has died in London. The obituary notes his prominent civic service and positions held.
A sequence of violent killings is reported across Indiana towns. Wm Doll of Dubois County was hanged after a fatal illness claim. Link Mitchell a colored man was shot by his wife during a dispute in Dripessport. In Sullivan County a grand jury returned an indictment against Dr W K Grigsby for murder in the first degree for shooting Henry Schwalty near Oak Town four weeks ago.
Fragmentary report describes a farmer named William near Brancesinle who died by hanging on a Saturday. The text hints at mental distress and possible references to spirits but offers no clear reason for his act.
Local items note a man killed by a train near Lafayette while crossing tracks at Palmersburg. A bone mastodon be found on a Sydney farm near North Liberty. An Octogenarian farmer commits suicide in Evansville after domestic troubles. Hunters discover silver plated ware hidden on a tree branch near Brownstown. A Republican committee meets in Indiana to plan a Lafayette convention.
Samuel Evans, jailed three years for forging guardian notes, is released by Gov. Mount and reaches his Decatur home in good health. In Seymour Indiana, an unknown man was killed by a westbound freight train near North Vernon, his body torn in two as he attempted to board the coal car.
John Mundiy, a prisoner in the Knox County jail awaiting murder trial, is severely ill with diphtheria and placed under strict quarantine. No prisoners are admitted and none may be released as officials contain the outbreak.
In Brane Indiana on January 13 attorneys for the Kempfer murder case entered a plea of insanity and the judge postponed the case to the next term. The court adjourned without a verdict as proceedings continued.
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