SULLIVAN COUNTY, INDIANA
NEWS
Dec. 3, 1899, Yesterday afternoon Mrs.
Decker Stewart, the
wife of a farmer who resided near Fairbanks, abt 15 miles northwest of
this
city went to a neighbor’s, leaving 2 small children alone in the house.
Upon
her return her attention was attracted by cries and she discovered the
house in
flames and the roof falling in, one child having escaped with horrible
burns
while the other perished in the flames. The children had been playing
with the
fire.
9/6/1899
The Sullivan County Commissioners have sold $25,000 worth of refunding
bonds to Lamphreicht Brothers Company, of Cleveland, at a premium that
brings interest below
3 ½ percent. The bonds run ten years.
Sullivan, IN.
Aug. 31, 1899 the grocery store of JH. Drake has been robbed 5
times within the past week. Last night Mr. Drake and his clerk waited
in the store until nearly midnight, when the thief came in through the
back window, and was captured without trouble. At the jail he was
recognized as Wayman Black, a negro ex-convict.
Sullivan, IN.
Aug.30,1899. Basil Anderson, the 4 yr old son of Emil Anderson, and
undertaker at Dugger, was burned to death in his father’s barn
yesterday afternoon. He and a playmate were playing with matches in the
loft filled with hay, and they soon had a fire started. It was not
known that anyone was in the building until the roof fell in and his
companion jumped from the loft, and told that young Anderson was still
inside. The charred remains were found in the ruins.
Sullivan, IN.
Feb. 24,1898. this afternoon John Jett, the man who eloped with
Walter Booker’s wife, appeared on the streets of this city. He had 2
big revolvers dangling from his belt, and said he was prepared if
Booker should molest him. He was arrested late this evening
by the sheriff. He is the man who put the find steel saws into the jail
to Dan peak, the forger. Peak sawed his way out and has never been
caught. Booker’s wife and Jett’s sister were with him when he was
arrested. He denies running off with Booker’s wife. he said they had
been down to Louisville on a trip. Sue Jett, his 19 yr old sister, who
also went away with them, was supposed to have gone to join her old
sweetheart, Dan Peak, the forger.
Indiana Notes.9-14-1898
The broom corn crop of Sullivan County, tried last spring as an
experiment, has proved to be a success, and it is thought many acres of
land heretofore unprofitable will yield large sums through broom corn.
Indiana Notes
Oct 4 1899
Wilson Bailey, a farmer of Gill
Township, Sullivan County, is reported to have been robbed of $1,000 in
gold, which he kept in a corn bin.
Indiana Notes.9-14-1898
The directors of the Sullivan State Bank have elected the following
officers: President J.F. Hoke, Vice president, J.H. Kalley, Cashier
Wake Giles. Former Vice President F.E. Davis retired.