The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-01
ACCIDENTS AND CRIME.

At Akron, last week, Mike Wellinger for taking
eleven fowls from roost not his own was tned
$40 and cooped up for 80 days. An unfortunate
foul fol. Wellinger.
At Monroevile the store of Mayor zIrfe was
burglAr'zed and goods taken worth about $500.
Search was made but no clue got.
Near Minerva, Christmas day, while train No. 2
on the @. & P. R. R. was running between Moul-
trie and Bayard one OF the passengers, named
Mrs. Anderson, wife Of Rev. George Anderson, OF
New Cumberland, o., fell under the wheels, cut
ting off both her legs below the knee. She was
brought on the train to Bayard, and medical aid
summoned. Her husband tried to graspher but
was little too late. She died Saturday.
AT steubenville, last week, while Morris Smith
was crossing the Pan Handle track, he saw
train coming and stepped on parallel track OUT
of ne way. He did not notice train coming on
that track ALSO and was run over having both
legs crushed below the knee in shapeless mass
He died that afternoon while they were being
amputated He was 90 years old, and leaves
wife and family.
One night last week. at Upper saDdusky, wo-
man got off the train leaving six'months-old
baby on the seat. The little one was left with the
Marshal at Nevada.
On Saturday evening q woman got off train at
Bucyrus and left four days'old baby on the
doorstep OF the water tank tender at that station
and then boarded the train again.
At Delphos, on the 25th, Bernard Picker, an old
German resident at that place, was called to his
door by loud knocking at o'clock In the morn
ing. Upon opening the door he was confronted
by three men, armed with revOlvers who demand
ed his money He resisted and was shot anc In
stantly killed. His wife hearing the disturbance
ran to his assistance. She was bound with ropes,
gagged and tortured with 6re until she divulged
where the money was. Fifteen hundred dollars
were taken. There is no clue to tina criminals.
Near Batavia, O., quarrel occurred Christmas
night between Albert Flizwater and Jake Geiger.
Fltzwater challenged Gelger to 6ght, whereupon
Geiger seized stone maSon's hammer and beat
Fitzwater on the head and shoulders 80 that he
died the following afternoon.
At New Orleans E. c. voules, booE keeper for
r. G. Houston and Co., Of Cincinnati who left
there q week ago under suspicious circumstances
one of which was giving check for $50 on bank
where he never had an account was arrested last
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poison and died In ten minutes.
The Union Baptist Cemetery, four miles from
Cincinnati, was robsed Of three cOrpses Inst week
all colored. An examination Of all the medical
colleges failed to hnd them,
At Toledo, Anthony Tereny finished his Christ
mas spree by lying down on the railroad track,
At Akron suit has been commenced against
Sims, Strong & Carey, the contractors Of the Val
ley Railroad, on behalf Of John @cDavitt, aged
49, for terrible injuries caused by the accident on
that road October Oath, near Peninsula, Damsges
are claimed for the young man in the sum Of
IS OOO aud for his father by reason Of the loss Of
his services, In the sum Of $1,000
At Niagara Falls, on Christmas morning, an old
man, about 60 jumped from the new BUS pension
bridge falling 100 feet to the raging water below,
1t was supposed his name was D, A. Skies, OF
Chautauqus county, NJ Y.