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WARREN COUNTY, INDIANA
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Date: 1879-04-16; Paper: Indianapolis Sentinel
Sentinel Specials a Small Lad of Williamsport Meets a Terrible Death April 15 This afternoon a seven year old son of Mrs. Gillespie, while playing in the Fall branch, was suddenly carried down by the current and hurled over the falls, receiving a fall of 70 feet, which resulted in instant death. Search was immediately made in the water below, and his body found after about an hour.

Date: 1896-11-11; Paper: Indiana State Journal Williamsport Ind. Nov 7 Last night the general store of Malott & Carpenter was broken into and robbed of goods. Messrs, Malott and Carpenter telephoned for bloodhounds this morning, and inside of an hour after the hounds arrived they captured the thieves. The men gave their names as Wilson and Massie. the hounds also made a capture at Perrysville yesterday. the dogs have made some of the best catches the past season of any dogs in the State.

Date: 1872-09-23; Paper: Indianapolis Sentinel
An eleven year old thief is in jail at Williamsport. He is a youth of decided promise, and with a little encouragement may develop into a Radical ballot box stuffer, in time.
On Saturday evening, the 9th inst., Deputy Marshal Wm. Kinkade, of Huntington, attempted to arrest Wm. Kreig and Wm. Halt, two young men of Lancaster township, while they were starting out of the city in a wagon. Kinkade got into the wagon and a fight ensued, during which the officer was struck on the head with a pair of heavy strap hinges. He fell out or the wagon, near Whitelock's grocery, and at first it was thought he was dead, or would die soon. He lingered, however, until last Sunday, when death resulted. A post mortem examination showed that Kinkade's skull had been badly fractured. The News is informed that people who saw the difficulty expressed little sympathy for Kinkade; he was undoubtedly too hasty in the matter. The young men are well connected and greatly deplore the unfortunate affair
Warren Weekly (Ind) 21 May 1885

Pine Village, Ind., Aug:. 22—Recently a retail liquor dealer opened a quart shop here to the vexation of the citizens of the town. After discussing; means of ridding the town of the obnoxious quart shop an ordinance which requires all persons who apply for a town license to first procure a license from the board of commissioners was passed, and as a result the "quart shop" closed Wednesday morning, when the ordinance went into effect. The legality of the ordinance seems to be abundantly sustained by the courts, and other towns In the vicinity are following the precedent laid down by Pine Village in suppressing quart shops, resulting In total prohibition in most places where the ordinance is passed.
Indiana Journal June 26, 1896

Williamsport, Ind.,. Aug. 22.—At its session last night the Town Board of this place passed a liquor license ordinance, calculated to entirely eliminate the quart shops. The ordinance provides that no one shall sell liquor within the town without having first procured a, license from the town, fixing the license fee. and providing penalties for any violations; it also limits the right to procure a license from the town to those persons only who have a liquor license granted by the Board of County Commissioners. The quart shop Keepers, having no such license from the county board, will be precluded from the privilege of a town license. A similar ordinance was passed at Pine Village in this county. This ordinance, if valid, will be a death blow to the quart shop in these places.
Indiana Journal June 26, 1896

Tried to Pass on the Same Track.
A very destructive wreck occurred on the Pan Handle, near Kokomo, at half-past two o'clock Tuesday morning. The north and south bound train are scheduled to pass each oheor at Kokomo, the latter to take the Lake Erie track and go on to Indianapolis and Louisville. Both trains were late, but the conductor of the train going north did not know that the other train was late, and thinking it had passed and gone on south started without waiting for orders. They met about a mile north-west of the city while running at great speed, with appalling results. Fireman Cumming of the north train was instantly killed, and engineer McCullough and baggagemaster Kerlln of the same train were fatally hurt and died the following afternoon. Two or three other train men were bruised and scratched. None of the passengers were Injured. The engines were demolished and baggage and smoking cars burned.
Warren Weekly Jan 3 1890

Date: 1855-05-01; Paper: New Albany Daily Ledger
Mary E. Hume And J. R. H. Bond have been arrested on a charge of robbing the mail at Willlansport, Warren county.

Date: 1899-05-24; Paper: Indiana State Journal
WILLIAMSPORT, Ind.  May 16.—West Lebanon, Warren county, was visited by the most destructive fire in Its history Sunday night. Six business rooms, with their upper stories, were burned. The total loss Is estimated at $10,000. There was $1,500 insurance. The buildings burned were practically the only frame business structures In the town. The losers are: John Schoonover, two store rooms and upper stories: Darwin Hobart, grocery; Fleming & Son, dry goods and clothing; Iceland Fleming; residence, upstairs; Mrs. Ann Walker, two storerooms and upper stories; Pritchett. barber shop: Armstrong, harness shop; John C. White, restaurant and confectionery: also, residence In upper story; Pat Sexton, saloon, the only one in the town.










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