Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, May 5 1897, p. 4. NOTE: Consider Hutchison and Hutcheson as spelling variants of Hutchason. RUN DOWN AND KILLED Old Man Crawling over a Trestle Mistaken for a Hog by an Engineer Orleans, Indiana, May 8-An old man named Hutchason (sic) was run over and killed by a train on the Orleans branch of the Monon yesterday at Lost River four miles south of here. Both legs were cut off above the knees. He was about 80 years old. He was crawling on the trestle and was mistaken by the engineer for a hog until too near to stop the engine. He is supposed to have been demented. His remains were taken to Paoli for burial.
Bedford (IN) Weekly Mail, December 23, 1898, p. 1. J. E. Whittaker, the photographer, has moved his gallery from this place.
Bedford (IN) Weekly Mail, December 23, 1898, p. 4. BRYANTSVILLE The house in which Charles Conley lived burned last Thursday forenoon about seven o'clock. Most of the things were saved, however. Mr. Conley suffered a loss of about $10. A great many people over the country remember the house as being at the south side of town on the Dodson farm. The farm now belongs to D. W. Sherwood. It was a total loss to him as there was no insurance. Some of our citizens say the building was about 80 years old.
Bedford (IN) Weekly Mail, December 23, 1898, p. 1. A very nice and quiet wedding took place at five o'clock Sunday evening, December 18th, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Keithley, near Heltonville, when Mr. James Huff of Bedford and Miss Sallie Kiethley (sic) were united in marriage, Sentney Adamson officiating. Just after the ceremony, the relatives and friends partook of a bountiful supper that had been carefully prepared for the occasion. May they have a long, happy and prosperous life is our wish.
Bedford (IN) Weekly Mail, December 23, 1898, p. 1. The Harrodsburg Hustler says: "Just before going to press Friday, news came of another terrific explosion north of town on Paul Barnett's contract on the new railroad. A gang of men were working in a rock cut and had drilled a hole and put in a light charge of powder and dynamite to 'spring the hole,' as drillers call it, so a charge large enough could be put in afterwards to do what was needed. The light charge went off alright, seemingly, and the men returned to complete the work when a terrific explosion occurred severely wounding Thomas McGlothlin and Bert Treadway, and another man whose name we did not learn. McGlothlin's face was badly cut by flying stone, and he was injured internally, while Bert Treadway's right arm was badly lacerated, while the unknown man escaped serious injuries. None of the wounds are necessarily fatal."
Bedford (IN) Weekly Mail, December 23, 1898, p. 1. Henry W. Perrin was acquitted on the charge of embezzlement by a jury after a two day's strong fight. It was charged in the indictment that the defendant had embezzled funds belonging to the Wabash Oil Co. that he had collected while traveling as a salesman for them. The jury was not long in reaching a verdict that Mr. Perrin was not guilty. Mr. Perrin now lives at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, but is an old Greene County boy raised in Owensburg. He proved his good character by many of our very best citizens. -Bloomfield Hoosier Huster
Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette, April 8, 1882, p. 10. STAVE FACTORY AT SEYMOUR, INDIANA Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette Seymour, Indiana, April 6-Seymour has received another valuable addition to her manufacturing interests in the shape of McDonald, Carter & Co.'s new stave factory that, when in good working order, will employ at least 300 hands. They have purchased ground, and the cost of their real estate and fixtures will aggregate about $30,000. They will manufacture only slack barrel staves, and they will thus afford a valuable market for our lumber.
Chicago (IL) Daily Inter-Ocean, May 8, 1893, p. 4. DEATH FOR HIS CHIVALRY Henry Fielder Is Killed While Defending a Woman at Seymour, Indiana Columbus, Indiana, May 7-Special Telegram Lewis Trancks, a cigar maker of this city, today entered the restaurant of the Reim house in Seymour and attacked Mollie Sayers, a cook, and struck her. The woman's screams brought the proprietor, Henry Fielder, to her rescue. He attempted to eject Trancks who pulled a revolver and fired. The ball passed through Fielder's heart and he fell dead. Trancks was arrested later in the afternoon and was placed in jail around which some two thousand people of the place congregated. Fears of lynching were entertained up to a late hour tonight. Nothing but the timely arrival of the sheriff, who conveyed the prisoner under a strong escort to Brownstown jail twelve miles across the country, prevented a lynching. Fielder was a highly respected citizen, aged 58 years.
St. Louis (MO) Republic, January 30, 1982, Part 1, p. 3. BETRAYED BY HIS WIFE Charles Morgan Held in Columbus, Indiana, for the Marsh Murder at Seymour Special to the Republic Columbus, Indiana, January 29-Charles Morgan was arrested here tonight for the murder of L. N. Marsh at Seymour New Year's morning. Morgan is a villainous-looking man, 50 years of age. His wife is 24. They moved here January 20, and lived in abject poverty in a single room. His wife says the morning of the murder he came home shortly before daylight all dribbled in mud, wet and his clothes torn into shreds, and for sixteen days he remained locked in the house, kept the window blinds down, and would allow no one to see him. Then he went to New Albany and then came home and had her ship their handful of goods under a fictitious name. He then secured work at the American Starch Works here and threatened to kill her if she ever gave him away or let the Seymour folks know of their whereabouts. Her 12-year-old son bears his mother out in her story. She also says Morgan shot five times at a man at Shoals two years ago and fled to avoid arrest. Marsh's house was burglarized New Year's morning about four o'clock, and a struggle ensued in which Marsh and the burglar fell on a barbwire fence. Morgan admitted to his wife that his clothes were torn by running into a barbwire fence, but to the officers he denies any guilt. Officers from Seymour will come here to identify Morgan.
New York (NY) Herald, September 16, 1868, p. 8. WESTERN EXPRESS ROBBERIES The Vigilance Committee in Seymour, Indiana, Still at Work The New Albany, Indiana, Ledger gives an account of the expedition of the Seymour Vigilance Committee to Lexington, Indiana, for the purpose of lynching the express robbers confined in jail in that town- A band of men, about 85 in number, arrived at Vienna from Seymour on a special train at twelve o'clock Sunday night. The distance from Vienna to Lexington, the county seat of Scott, is about eight miles, the road being a rather bad one for night traveling by strangers. The Seymour men at once proceeded to visit various farm houses in the vicinity of Vienna and, arousing the occupants, ordered them to hitch up their horses and wagons for the purpose of taking the vigilantes to Lexington. Resistance was useless as the persons demanding transportation were well armed and were terribly in earnest. The wagons having been got in readiness, the whole company started on the Lexington Road arriving at that place about three o'clock Monday morning. A committee at once proceeded to the residence of Mr. Amos, the jailer, and saying there were two men confined in that jail whom they wanted, demanded the keys of the building. Mr. Amos told his earl visitors that there were no men confined in the jail and that he was entirely willing that they should take the keys, go to the jail and satisfy themselves of the fact. They insisted, however, that Mr. Amos should accompany them to the jail and open the doors. Resistance being useless, he got up, went to the jail, opened it, and the men, after examining it, went away satisfied that theier intended victims were not there. They then went to the depot in the belief that the Renos would come from New Albany by the train. Finding, however, when the train arrived, that the men whom they had come to hang were not on board, and learning that they were still confined in the New Albany jail and would not be taken to Scott County for trial for some months to come, the crowd of men got on board the train, which had brought them down and which was in readiness for them, steamed up and proceeded to their homes in Jackson County. The result of this visit to Lexington proves that Judge Jewett took no unnecessary precaution when he demanded arms from the governor to protect the prisoners from mob violence should they be tried in Scott County, many believing it impossible that the Vigilance Committee would venture beyond the bounds of their own county to carry out theire designs against the lives of these men who, though they may be guilty, have the right to be presumed innocent till they are duly convicted in accordance with law. The trial of the Renos will be I Scott circuit court unless a change of enue is taken. It is reported that an attempt will be made to take them from the New Albany jail and execute them, but the vigilantes will hardly venture so far from home. The Renos, however, are regarded as leaders in the late railroad and express robberies, and there is no telling what the vigilantes may not risk to get possession of their bodies.
Seymour Daily Republican, January 5, 1898, p. 3. NOTE: Farris elsewhere noted as Ferris. Charles W. Rumph to Ella Ruddick William P. Davidson to Ida M. Brown William J. Henry to Ella Keen Rankin Elza A. Jones to Daisy Schwing William E. Whitehead to Caroline Colburn James Walter Farris to Inez L. Newby William A. Loyd to Edith Hoitman (difficult to read) Fred J. Kretzer to Louisa Brandt
Jackson City (MICH) Citizen Patriot, June 13, 1900 p. 2. GHOST IN A HOOSIER CHURCH Uncanny Spook Keeps Tramps away from a House of Worship There is a church building in Harrison County near Corydon, Indiana, the old capital of the state, that has been by common consent, abandoned and is now never used. The most intelligent people of the neighborhood refuse to attend services there or go near the church. Soon after the building was constructed, the sexton securely locked the doors at the conclusion of services one Sunday evening, but when he returned found all the doors standing wide open. At first he gave the matter little thought, thinking that some of the trustees or persons privileged to enter had been there during his absence. He locked them securely at the close of services that evening and, returning, found them wide open again. Time and again was this experience repeated, and the sexton began to be puzzled. It was suggested that a watch be kept for the intruders and that if caught, they be placed under arrest. Night after night the vigil was kept, but no one ventured near the church, yet when the sexton or trustees would approach the buildings, the locks would be found turned and the bolts shot back giving free access. Effort after effort was made to solve the mystery but without avail, and now the doors are never locked as such a proceeding would be useless. Te story of the mysterious happenings has become so well circulated that there is no more necessity of locking the doors, even if they would stay shut, as no one would have the temerity to venture near the edifice with evil designs. Tramps who would be expected to select the building as a place to sleep having heard the story avoid it as they would the pest. It is very seldom now that church services are held there, and the church is practically abandoned. It is possible that the mystery will never be solved. Some persons absolutely refuse to go there when services are occasionally held. Thus it is that by tacit consent, the church has been gradually abandoned to decay and the subject has been dropped in the neighborhood.
Elkhart (IN) Daily Review, July 9, 1913, p. 1. NOTABLE FIGHT ON INDIANA SOIL IS CELEBRATED Corydon the Scene of Only Civil War Battle Fought in Hoosierdom Brave but Untrained Men Faced Morgan's Raiders [United Press Special to Review] Corydon, Indiana, July 9-Today the little but aged hamlet of Corydon, the first capital of the state, is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Corydon, the only struggle of the Civil War to be fought on Indiana soil, and with the exception of the famous battle of Gettysburg, which has just ceased celebrating its anniversary, the only battle of the Civil War to be fought north of the Mason and Dixon line, with speeches and a banquet. History has devoted pages to the mighty conflict between the hills of Gettysburg, but no incident in the four years of warfare between the states resulted in a greater show of sheer patriotism and courage than at Corydon, July 9, 1863, when 450 untrained but nervy Hoosier farmers armed with squirrel rifles, horse pistols and old-fashioned muzzle-loading shotguns held off the noted raider, General Morgan, with 4,500 of his men for twenty-four hours and a loss of eight men The union forces lost two killed in conflict and one other killed later by a confederate raider. Morgan captured two river steamers on July 7 and 8 and with them transported his men across the Ohio River after a brush with the single cannon that the Hoosiers had been able to find and man. Under the command of W. J. Irvin and Provost Timerlake (sic), the Indiana farmers waited Morgan's arrival on Indiana soil along the Mauckport Road and then, following the tactics of the farmers of Lexington and Concord, they scattered behind the trees and stone fences and kept up a sharp and bitter skirmish during the entire day. It took Morgan's cavalry twenty four hours to make that fourteen miles. Three hundred men had stationed themselves at the home of the Rev. Peter Glenn who had sworn to kill the first confederate he saw. The sturdy Lutheran divine made good his word shooting and instantly killing the first Morgan raider that appeared. In revenge, the southern troopers killed Glenn almost instantly and shot his son, John Glenn, through one thigh. A mile south of Corydon, the Indiana Home Guard drew up for a final battle. In all there were about 300 of them. Morgan quickly surrounded the little force and shelled them, forcing them to surrender. It was in Corydon that Morgan first heard of the defeat of Lee at Gettysburg, the young union woman who waited upon him at the home of Jacob Kitner, where Morgan had made his headquarters, first telling him of the result of the battle and then showing him an account of it in a Louisville paper.
Denver (CO) Post, April 14, 1901, p. 1. WOULD KILL HIS BROTHER A Five-Cent Piece Almost Responsible for a Murder Corydon, Indiana, April 13-For five cents, Henry Booker tried to kill his brother, William, mayor of Corydon, with a shotgun, and then a mob chased Henry out of town. William Booker was secured in the county jail when the citizens started a manhunt for the would-be murderer. Henry Booker, who lives in New Albany, came to Corydon to see his brother about a small debt. The visitor called at the mayor's house and was ushered in. The argument hinged on a little matter of five cents. Suddenly, the mayor emerged from his own house running. His brother, Henry, followed after carrying a shotgun. "I'll get you," shouted Henry as they swung into the street with William Booker headed for the jail. It was two squares to the jail, but the mayor beat his brother to it by half a block. The citizens, enraged at the attack upon the mayor, began to gather. A crowd soon formed, some men bringing guns. The county line is about a mile from the jail. In the second chase, Henry Booker was in the lead, the sheriff and angry citizens pursuing. Again the front man won. Henry was over the line before the others could get in shotgun range. Then his brother William came out of the jail.
Tucson (AZ) Daily Citizen, September 12, 1906, p. 1. LIFE WAS SWIFT IN BOARDING HOUSE Everybody Connected with Jones Hotel Is Now Seeking a Divorce Corydon, Indiana, September 12Domestic infelicity seems to be epidemic at the Jones Hotel in this place. Ella Jones, the landlady, seeks divorce from Dell Jones upon the ground of drunkenness. Her mother prays for divorce from Philip Herndon, the latters son, who married Mary Goldman, the kitchen girl at the Jones house last February, asks to have the marriage contract annulled on the ground of cruel treatment. Leora Lagrange, one of the cooks seeks divorce from Homer Lagrange, a former attaché of the hotel, on the ground of desertion. All the cases are set for hearing t the coming term of the circuit court.
St. Louis (MO) Republic, June 7, 1896, p. 13. MAY HAVE BEEN MURDER Mrs. Cradens and Her Son Lost Their Lives in a Burning Building Corydon, Indiana, June 6-The house of George Cradens, a farmer living near Ramsey, Harrison County, Indiana, seven miles from here, was totally destroyed by fire, and Cradens' wife and a son, 13 years old, were burned to death. Mr. Cradens was absent from home at the time. Upon returning home at midnight, he discovered the bodies of his wife and child in the ruins. Everything indicates that a double murder has been committed, and the house set on fire to cover the traces. Much excitement exists at Ramsey on account of the tragedy. A telegram from that place says that the people have as yet made no charges against anyone, but they have strong suspicions.
New Albany (Indiana) Daily Ledger, July 19, 1911. Frank C. Steer was arrested yesterday in Louisville on a warrant sworn out by his wife charging him with deserting his family. He was brought to this city by Probation Officer Joseph Kraft and was arraigned before Justice T. E. Fogle and place under E$1,000 bond to await a hearing.
New Albany (Indiana) Daily Ledger, July 19, 1911. Guy Senior, who had just been released on a $50 bond on a charge of provoke, hunted up Mr. Edwin Catley, an old man, and assaulted him after he had engaged him in a conversation and bruised him up considerably. The young tough was arrested by Officers Jasper and Martin and lodged in jail on a charge of assault and battery. It is said that he asserted, when let out on bond, that he intended to get even with Catley.
New Albany (Indiana) Daily Ledger, July 19, 1911. WIFE SHOOTS HUSBAND--BOTH JAILED. A shooting scrape took place on Crystal Street last night and Officers Adams and Klinestiver (difficult to read) arrested Mrs. Dave Alexander and her husband as the interested parties. It appears that he attempted to "correct" her by an application of a club or his fists which she very naturally resented and possessing herself of a pistol, she neatly slit his left arm open with a bullet. He did not persist in his effort at disciplining her after that. A charge of assault and battery with intent and also a charge for pointing fire arms was lodged against her and on the first charge she was held in $500 bond to circuit court. He was charged with assault and battery and both their cases will come up before Judge Mix Friday.
New Albany (Indiana) Daily Ledger, July 19, 1911. Elizabeth and Louis, infants of Toliver Boes, died last night at the home, Ohio Street, within an hour of cholera infantum.