The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-02-16
COMMON PLEAS COURT.
Hodge tho Forger Pleads duilty--Hooys'
Acquitted OF Itane,


Acquitted Of Rape,
Charles II. Hodge, the high'toned for
ger, who has been lying In jail here for
some time, was brought into court
Thursday afternoon, ana pleading gull
ty TO the charge OF forgery, was sentOn'
ced by Judge Peaae 10 iye years IN the
penltentiary. The crime for which
Hodge has juat been sentenced was the
passing of, on the Union National Bank
Of MasslllOn, q draft for $1,000 which he
had raised from ~, This draft for W
he had obtained from National Bank
AZ Fremont, He had 30 ingratlated him
self into the good graces OF sundry buai'
neas men OF MnaslllOn, ~ 10 lead them
10 believe he was u bl0ated capitalist,
Among other schemes OF his which no
impaired 10 them was one 10 the effect
that he intended 10 start large eatab'
llshment Tor the manufacture Of fnrnl-
tnre on an extensive scale. He Will
now have an opportunity 10 put his
manufacturing abilities 10 u practical
test In the fabricating OF SONS useful
article for the benefit OF the state In the
0,P
Charles Keller Of MassilOn, indicted
by thu grand jury Of grand larceny, was
also brought into court the same after
noon, and changed His plea Of not guilty
10 one Of guilty, Judge Peaae aentGn'
ced him to the penitenilary for the
term Of one year, This IL the young
man who abstracted aud appropriated
to his own use and benefit 81 10 from the
trunk Of hOarder At his mothers house
In MassllOn
A case that excited considerable In.
tereA, and drew u large crowd OF the low
ers Of spice was that Of Jefferson Hoover
charged aud indicted by tho grand jury
Of the crime Of rape on tho person Of
Miss Minnie NJ Snyder, aged Is, Hoover
N q married man, with wife aud two
children, and IN engaged at farming In
Marlboro township, Miss Snyder was
employed In his family M u domestic,
aud In her cOmplalnp stated that early
In the morning 0f Thursday, May l7th,
1883, he assaulted her and committed
the crime OF rape upon her IN the Mtch'
on Of his residence at Marlboro. Hoover
denied the charge aud characterized the
whole affair ~ an attempt NJ blackmail.
I Nv NhNf NNN NHNHNN lNulNlN1 hlN'l
nOOn Miss Snyder was placed on the
witness stand ana recited the details VI
the alleged Ollense upon her person, She
stated thatalter Hoover hnd accomplish
ed his purpose she went out to the barn,
mllked the cows, returned TO the house,
aud helped prepare the breakfast, sat
down aud partOOk Of the meal with the
rest Of the family, aud In fact went
along as II nothing unusual had hap
pened, performing her duties until the
Sunday night following, before she
mentioned the affair tOA living being,
although her parents resided within an
hours walk Of the Hoover place, The
whole story M told by her had avery
gau2y appearance aud several witnesses
summoned by the prosecution contra.
dicted each other point blank In many
instances, The case was given 10 the
Jury without argument ON either side
Friday afternoon nj 1885, and II took
that honorable body just minutes 10
bring In verdict Of not guilty, which
was received with loud burst Of applause
from the huge crowd Of spectators pres.
ent, Ninety witnesses were summoned
In the case, the trial Of which has cost
the county good round sum,