THARP, Benalah A. - whose home was near the east end of Diamond lake. And who first came to Cass County. Mich., in 1837, when he was thirteen years old, died last Monday, aged nearly ninety-one years. He had been a continuous resident of Cass county since 1843. Source: Barbara Ziegenmeyer - Date: 1914-01-30; Paper: Elkhart Daily Review STORIK, Maude (Cushing) - Cassopolis, Mich., (Cass Co) March 17 - (By United Press) -- Mrs. Maude Cushing Storick was found guilty by a jury of murdering her first husband, Claude Cushion, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Cushing died in December 1921 and a month later his wife married again. Parents of Cushing asked an investigation of their son's death. An autopsy revealed traces of bichloride of mercury poisoning. Sentence was pronounced by Judge Burget Des Voignes. Contributed by Melva L. Taylor - The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois March 17, 1923 - Saturday, pg 3