Historical sketches and reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana . re a freight train was standing,about to start east. While the marshal was getting his forcesreadv a friend of Mr. Henderson hurried to the depot andquietlv informed the conductor of what was going on, and heheld the train until the officers arrived, and in a few minutesMurphy was a prisoner. The Circuit Court was in session atthe time, arid an indictment was procured against the pris-oner and a hasty trial had, and he was soon on his way toMichigan City to serve time for iiis crime. He made threatsthat he would come back when
Historical sketches and reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana . re a freight train was standing,about to start east. While the marshal was getting his forcesreadv a friend of Mr. Henderson hurried to the depot andquietlv informed the conductor of what was going on, and heheld the train until the officers arrived, and in a few minutesMurphy was a prisoner. The Circuit Court was in session atthe time, arid an indictment was procured against the pris-oner and a hasty trial had, and he was soon on his way toMichigan City to serve time for iiis crime. He made threatsthat he would come back when he had served his time andkill Henderson ; but he got over this, as he did come back, butnever molested Mr. Henderson in any way. CHAPTER LXII. A Number of Disastrous Fires in Anderson andVicinity Remembered. an old landmark destroyed. The older inhabitants of Madison county will rememberthe old Jackson flouring mill that stood on the banks of Whiteriver at the ford near the farm of Samuel Myers east ofthe city. The mere mention of the name of this mill calls to. ANDREW JACKSON. tile minds of the old-timers the times when they totedtheir grists to mill long before there were any turnpikes inMadison county, and when they would have to travel a dis-tance of eight or ten miles, and the trip would often consumetwo days or more. When they got to the mill they wouldhave to wait for the grinding of their grain and then returnhome with the grist the next day. This mill was built by DavidWilliams in 1832, and did good work from that time untilits destruction. It was an old-fashioned water power, and 608 ItlSTORV OF MADISON COUNTY, INDIANA. was the first to be built in this section of the country. It en-joyed the patronage of ahnost the entire county at onetime,and it is said that often persons would have to wait and standin line a day at a time in order to get their grist ground. An-drew Jackson purchased and operated it for a long time, andin the year 1857 sold it to his son David B. J
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