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Harry Wells Kills W. J. Johnson With a Pair Of Knucks. Paoli, Ind., Nov. 1.—The blood of William J. Johnson is on the hands of Harry Wells, the twen ty-year old son of Hiram E. Wells, of French Lick. Johnson was an old soldier, who interfered as a peacemaker between young Wells and some other parties who were engaged in a street fracas. The advice so enraged Wells, who was already wild with liquor, that he struck Johnson in the right temple with knucks, knocking him senseless. John son never rallied, and died at 9:30 this morning. Such terrible consequences were not dreamed of, and Wells was permitted to take the train a few minutes after the embroglio and go to his home, 10 miles west. This morning Sheriff Speer went down to take Wells in custody, but he had flown. He has not yet been apprehend ed. Officials are scouring the country and making every effort in their power to capture him. His father is probably the wealthiest man in the county, a prominent merchant and capital ist and one of the most highly esteemed men of Southern Indi ana. He was at one time pro prietor of French Lick Springs and Treasurer of Orange county. Hiram E. Wells, father of young Wells, is one of the heavy stockholders in the Stone City Bank of this city; and Johnson was a brother of our fellow townsman, Joe J. Johnson, and an uncle to Mrs. W. A. Webb and Miss Lizzie Messick. F. J. Reed, General Passenger Agent of the Monon, was asked about the story that the Monon ‘would put on compartment sleep ers between Louisville and Chi cago. Mr. Reed said: ‘The sleepers will very likely be put on the Louisville-Chicago branch of the Monon, but not until Jan uary 1. These sleepers are meet ing with much favor on the Cincinnati Chicago line. They are particularly desirable for la dies and children who can attain complete privacy by them and without the expense of a draw ing room. These compartments can be thrown into one so that a party of several friends can have all the pleasure and comfort in traveling that they have in their parlors at home. Heretofore, the compartment cars have been without buffet attachments, but the Pullman Company has in contemplation a line of compart ment cars with buffet arrange ments. The Pullman Company can afford to do this, since their annual report shows that much revenue was drawn from the Mo non last year. The report show ed that more revenue had been derived from the Monon by the company than from any other one eight line in the Pullman service. This is a fine showing for the work done by the Monon passenger agents, as the Pull mans are run over almost every road in the country. Wheat, corn, oats, cattle, hogs, sheep, stocks and bonds—nearly everthing, in fact, except silver —went up Monday. Govern ment bonds advanced 2 per cent., indicating a settled belief on the part of the public that the credit of this nation is in no danger of being left to the mercy of the repudiationists.
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Bedford Mail
Bedford, Indiana, US
Fri, Nov 06, 1896
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