Seymour Daily Republican, January 5, 1898, p. 3. Mrs. N. J. Baker of Toronto, Kansas, came here this morning to visit her niece, Mrs. Harmon Droge, and family.

Rockport (IL) Daily Gazette, May 28, 1890, p. 2. TWO BAD WOMEN VISITED BY WHITECAPS, DRAGGED FROM BED, TIED TO TREES AND FLOGGED TILL THEY FAINTED. Louisville, Ky., May 28-[Special] A band of whitecaps, thirty in number, visited Corydon, Indiana, at one o'clock this morning and proceeded to the house occupied by Lucy Noyes and Janey Flay, two women of questionable repute. They women were dragged from bed, taken to the edge of town, tied to trees and flogged until both fainted from pain. Their thongs were then cut and the whitecaps departed leaving their victims where they had fallen at the foot of the trees, limp and insensible. Besides their general bad character, the two women were suspected of having set recent fires at the fairgrounds.

St. Louis (MO) Republic, June 9, 1889, p. 15. NOTE: In a similar article in another paper, David LaMay was identified as James LeMay. SHOT BY ROBBERS Louisville, Ky., June 8-Two men went to the house of Mr. David LaMay, a wealthy farmer living near Corydon, Indiana, last night pretending that they wanted to buy cattle. They were asked to remain all night but after supper drew revolvers and order LaMay to give up his money. He started to run and they opened fire on him shooting him three times and once dangerously. They fled then, and there is no clue to their identity. LaMay's condition is serious.

Cincinnati (OH) Post, May 21, 1891, p. 2. MISS REYNOLDS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN MURDERED Wilshire, O., May 21-Investigation into the death of Daisy Reynolds, whose body was found in an isolated negro cabin several days ago near Corydon, Indiana, as wired by your correspondent, shows probably foul murder and outrage. Miss Daisy had just recovered from a long illness when she left home to take the train for the house of her uncle, not far from here. It is thought that the girl was conveyed to the cabin and subjected to such treatment that, in her weakened condition, caused her death. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney J. Fred France of Decatur, Indiana, caused the arrest of Lige Holland and Andy Pickem this afternoon on the charge of murdering Miss Reynolds. It was in the hovel where these men lived that imprisonment and death occurred. Holland is a gigantic colored man while Pickem is a depraved white. Holland fought desperately Daisy Reynolds Died; Believed To Be the Victim of Foul Play

Aberdeen (SD) Daily News, June 14, 1892, p. 1. NOTE: By all appearances, this was a whitecapping incident. In another newspaper, the same item appeared with a different spelling of the preacher's surname-Van Cleave as opposed to Van Cleve. WHIPPED THE PREACHER Rev. Mr. Van Cleve Given 40 Lashes by an Indiana Mob Corydon, Indiana, June 14-Twelve masked men broke down the door of the Rev. T. B. Van Cleve, seven miles from town, and taking the preacher out into his yard, tied him to a tree and beat him unmercifully, giving him 40 blows on his bared body with hickory rods. Mr. Van Cleve came to town and swore out warrants against eight well known citizens of the community. They were arrested and the hearing was set for next Saturday. The preacher's pulpit utterances of late have caused much strife, and not long ago a circular denouncing him was circulated in the neighborhood. It is alleged, too, that he was the cause of the separation of a man and his wife.

The information noted below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from multiple documents associated with the pension application of William Moore, a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Digitized images of the documents were found online at www.fold3.com. There is no evidence that said William Moore is buried in Monroe County. On November 12, 1832, in Monroe County, Indiana, William Moore, a resident of Monroe County, age 74, applied for a pension. According to that application, William Moore entered the service for the first time in 1876 or 1777 in North Carolina and served three months under General Rutherford. He entered the service again in Surry County, North Carolina and served in 1780 or 1781 and later yet in Kentucky County, Virginia, about 1782. Moore received a certificate for bounty land that he sold. Since the revolution, he lived for 39 years in Kentucky and the remainder of the time in Indiana. A son, William, was mentioned in the papers. A pension was granted pursuant to his request. After Moore died in Washington County, Indiana, on July 15, 1844, his widow, Ann (Inyart) Moore applied for a widow's pension. Ann reported that she was married to William Moore on April 20, 1800, in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Her first pension application was in 1849 and her second in 1853 when she was living in Orange County, Indiana. By 1855, she was a resident of Lawrence County, Indiana.

Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette, May 9, 1870, p. 2. The Rev. Mr. Leibley, pastor of a church in New Albany, Indiana, met with a serious accident at Loveland on Saturday morning. He was crossing the track in front of an approaching locomotive when his foot caught in a frog, and he was unable to extricate himself until the engine struck him cutting off one of his legs just below the knee. Mr. Leibley is a brother-in-law of Frank Shaw, freight agent of the Little Miami Railroad at London, Ohio.

Little Rock (AR) Morning Republican, August 25, 1873, p. 1. PROBABLY FATAL AFFRAY New Albany, Indiana, August 23-A probably fatal affray between Thomas Reynolds and William McCombs, alias Slocum, occurred at Charlestown, Clark County, last night. The parties, among others, were implicated in a robbery there, McCombs turning state's evidence. This caused a bitter feeling and, meeting McCombs last night at nine o'clock, Reynolds beat him badly with a club and then with a heavy pistol that he took away from McCombs, struck him several severe blows over the head. Reynolds fled but was arrested today at Jeffersonville and sent back to Charlestown.

Albany (NY) Argus, April 6, 1841, p.1. Fire at New Albany, Indiana-The large manufacturing establishment of Goulding and Co. was a short time since destroyed by fire. The loss is variously estimated at from $50,000 to 100,000. The property destroyed consisted principally of hemp, raw and manufactured, and a large amount of valuable machinery.

Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, July 4, 1860, p. 5. FIRE AT NEW ALBANY, INDIANA A Baptist Church Burnt New Albany, July 3-A Baptist church and several dwellings and stables were destroyed by fire this afternoon.

Lowell (MASS) Daily Citizen and News, August 16, 1875, p. 2. David McCann, aged eight years, was lately locked up all night in the station house at New Albany, Indiana, for stealing ten cents. They enforce the laws in that community, they do.

On June 19, 1907, Lloyd/Loyd Crouch, the son of Joseph and (Rebecca Petro/Pedro) Crouch, married Maymie/Mayme Belcher, the daughter of Joseph A. and Minnie Belcher. In 1910, Joseph and Mayme were enumerated together at 1313 Charles Street in Indianapolis. He reportedly worked as a salesman in a liquor house and Mayme as a saleswoman in a millinery. They had no children. Ten years later, in 1920, Mayme was living with her 5-year-old son at the home of her parents in Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. It was noted that she was a widow. But was she? In a family tree available on Ancestry, it is noted that Lloyd/Loyd died about 1920 and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. According to the first edition index to Rose Hill Cemetery in my library, I could not verify Lloyd's burial at Rose Hill or elsewhere in Monroe County. On the other hand, efforts to locate him in census records for 1920, 1930 and 1940 have been unsuccessful. He seems to have fallen off the face of the earth. But he wasn't dead. In 1942, as required by law, he registered for the draft. At that time he was living with Weber Crouch at 448 S. Meridian Street. He was 60 years old; Weber was 56. He reportedly was born in Brown County, Indiana, on August 5, 1881. In 1910, Rebecca Crouch, the widow of Joseph Crouch and Lloyd's mother, died. Among those children noted as her survivors were Lloyd and Webber (sic) Crouch. So the Weber who resided with Loyd at 448 S. Meridian can be identified as a brother, and Lloyd/Loyd Crouch as one and the same individual who was married Mayme. The draft registration is the last evidence I can find of Lloyd/Loyd. My reason for researching Lloyd/Loyd and Mayme (Belcher) Crouch is to write a brief history of their son, Joseph, born in 1914, who married Thelma Vonderschmitt, the daughter of Harry Vonderschmitt, the owner of the Indiana and VonLee theatres. Joseph was a successful businessman, a pioneer and developer in the evolution of coin-operated laundry facilities in Bloomington and a property owner/manager of numerous real estate holdings. He left behind a number of letters written to his mother now among the collections of the Monroe County History Center and an oral interview from 1998 at the Center for the Study of History and Memory at Indiana University. If anyone, maybe someone who has access to Indianapolis City Directories, can shed more light on Lloyd/Loyd, it would be most appreciated.

Crawford County (IN) Democrat, January 26, 1899. NOTE: Consider Beatty as a spelling variant of Beaty. Born-On Friday morning to Mr. and Mrs. John Beaty-a girl.

Crawford County (IN) Democrat, January 19, 1899. Private Elwood Morgan of the 18th U. S. Regulars got home from Manila last Thursday in good health. His hearing was injured in one of the battles around Manila, and he was discharged. He is a brother to Mrs. James Newell.

Crawford County (IN) Democrat, January 26, 1899. DIED-On Wednesday, January 18th, at Mt. Carmel. Ill., Thomas Belcher, Jr., of abscess of the liver at the age of 22 years. The deceased was formerly a resident of this place and was a brother of Mrs. Joseph Finch. The remains were brought to this place Thursday and interred in the English Cemetery. Deceased leaves a widow.

Crawford County (IN) Democrat, January 26, 1899. NOTE: Consider Percifield as spelling variant of Percefield. Undertaking wagon containing the body of Samuel Percefield broke down on Dowell Hill, Brown County, the other day, and the funeral was several hours late.

Crawford County (IN) Democrat, January 19, 1899. Private Billy Cummins is at home again, but this time with his discharge. He was in the Santiago fight and did not want to go to the Philippine Islands and we see where he was right.

Omaha (NE) World Herald, August 13, 1894, p. 1. Jacob Bowers of Jeffersonville, Indiana, while looking for burglars, accidentally set fire to the bed in which his 5-year-old son was sleeping. The boy was fatally burned.

Cincinnati (OH) Commercial Tribune, May 3, 1881, p. 7. STRIKE AT JEFFERSONVILLE Jeffersonville, Indiana, May 2-The coal cart drivers and coal shovelers, numbering nearly 150, struck today for higher wages. An attempt to run teams this afternoon with new hands was prevented by the strikers. This is a great excitement.

Omaha (NE) World Herald, August 24, 1894, p. 1. Edward Thomas, 60 (difficult to read last digit) old and blind, was burned to death in a fire which destroyed the house in which he was sleeping at Jeffersonville, Indiana.