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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a fatal house fire early this morning. A resident, likely named Mary, perished as flames engulfed a double dwelling. Nearby sister Lizzie and others are mentioned among those affected, with unclear details about responders and exact location.
In McKeesport Washington Bay residents aided Patrolman John Proster during a drunken assault by eight miners. Carrier Charley McCafferty and brother John McCafferty helped drive them off and assist arresting two suspects. Each offender was fined 85 and costs.
Mrs. Ida F. Wilson of Owen files for divorce in circuit court alleging cruel treatment by her husband Jane M. Wilson. She claims he threatened her life and repeatedly assaulted her with fists, clubs, and improvised weapons. attorney is ET Laughlin.
A quiet wedding was held at 1 20 PM at Rev A A Stewart's residence on East Main street. Harry V Gyett married Miss Ethel Serrit with only attendants present. After the ceremony the couple departed for Cincinnati for a two week honeymoon. The bride is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles G Serrit. the groom, son of Mrs Emma Hyatt, works in real estate and insurance with his brother W A Hyatt. Both are from leading local families.
Dr Amiel Koenig of Linton visited over Sunday to scout a location and may relocate here in a few weeks. A Swiss emigrant, he studied medicine seventeen years and graduated from four European colleges. He speaks several languages and is mastering English. He is not practicing yet but works at Livton and may begin after exams. He left five thousand dollars worth of surgical instruments in New York.
Amos We Butler, secretary of the state charities, reports that in the last six years and a half the indeterminate sentence law has produced a 78 percent satisfactory parole rate. Statistics show most paroled men from the two state prisons and Michigan City penitentiary perform well.
Indiana shows lower unsatisfactory parole rates than New York and Kansas but higher than Minnesota. Indiana records 23 percent unsatisfactory parolees, while New York, Kansas stand at 25 and 29 percent respectively, Minnesota at 18 percent.
Residents boasted of catching a nightly paroled figure called the woman in black. The dummy hung from a telephone wire and was pulled by jokers. It fooled Deputy Prosecutor Stevenson and Mayor Smith at Bedford City Hall before a crowd saw the hoax.
Burr McPherson, a well known local character, faced a record local fine for intoxication as Mayor Clark assessed him and costs this morning. He must serve nineteen and a half days in jail. Three tramps arrested for stealing rides on B and O S W trains were tried. W. F. Russell, Louis Russell, and Frank Hart. Each was fined one dollar and costs and sent to jail.
Brakeman Earle Steel of the E. I. railroad died after slipping on train 34 north of Evansville. He was on his first trip as brakeman and was run over by a wheel as he attempted to exit near Somerville, suffering a severe head injury and mangled arm.
Miss Sinclair Una, a Sullivan county teacher, was ducked by pupils in an icy pond and contracted pneumonia from the exposure. The reopening of No. 13 school near Buttermilk remains indefinitely postponed as she recovers. Miss Parks, 17, leader in the Roosevelt pictures destruction, is bonded for trial with co-defendants. Also notes a Friendville postmaster touting a new gas engine.
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