Webb, Ben - insane
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 3 May 1901 p2
Ben Webb, the jolly traveling man who used to make Crawfordsville in the interest of an Indianapolis drug house, is in a private insane asylum. Some years ago he drew $75,000 in a lottery. He went into business for himself, first putting his money into a bicycle factory and it was wiped out. Then he undertook a patent medicine and advertised heavily. The greater part of his cash was soon gone. Now his mind is a wreck. ☹