Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-11-27
LEGAL NEWS.
THREE PRISONERS ESCAPE

THREE PRISONERS ESCAPE.
on Sunday night last John Mininger, i
Jail for costs, and Charles King. in jail on
charge of seduction, managed to get ont q
their cells BIZ means not yet known. an
then the, sawed the lock OF the iron
window shutters and bar Of the grating
squeezed through a hole not much over 81
inches wide, and escaped jail.
Mininger is well known TO many OF on
citizens personally and to nearly all b.
reputation. and King is said to be marrle'
man from up about Franklin, who /
charged by Lizzie 0rt of Z. Cunningham
ST. with accomplishing her ruin unde
promise of marriage.
King was caught at GreenYille, Tuesday
and put in the lookup there, but agali
escaped.
On Monday evening John J. Lauton, il
iail on charge Of larceny, watched hi
opportunity while the Sheriff and janitor
were placing new locks on the cell doors
and escaped through the door of the Jal
room. He is marble cutter who worked
about here, and is the same man wht
bottled through the Jail door just aitel
prayer meeting in the Jail few Sunday
afternoons ago.
r.
The famous bribery cases bobhed W
again in Court at New Castle, Tuesday, by
the attorney of the defendants asking leave
TO enter plea of nolle contendre (Which
amounts to confession of guilt to the
fourth count on the indictment, which
charged them with receiving bribes h0n
the hands of W. d. Wallace Esq, and
Judge Hazen accepted the plea, and sent
enced them to pay fine OF 500 each and
be imprisoned for 80 days in the county
jail-and the prisoners were taken back to
Jail.
1t will be remembered that Wallace was
put on trial some months ago, and was
acquitted because Tate, Downing and
Shaffer would not testify.
NOTES.
Greenville paper says after much ltl-
CATION the great Grown Bonnel d Co. case
il now practically settled Eight years ago
Brown. Bonnell d Co.. the iron manufact-
urers of Youngstown, failed, leaving many
creditors. Litigation was commenced i'm
mediately but little progress was made un
Ill one wear ago when the plant was sold,
for 500. 900. to Henry Tod, Chas. G Bald
win. Cecil D.. Hine, and William McCleery,
ceiver Fayette Brown, opposed the sale and
carried the matter in,o the United States
Supreme Court Through the efforts of
the creditors attorneys. the case was tax
ell up out Of the regular order, and has
Just been decided against the receiver This
confirms the sale of year ago and gives
the creditors possession. The claims will
now be paid without further trouble. The
creditors are nearly all banks and several
are in this section.
The assessors books for 1892 have been
sent out by the county commissioners and
those officers are now at work in many OF
the districts making the triennal assess
ments The work should be completed
and the table published by Jan. /. 1t Is
anticipated that many districts will show
a substantial increase in valuations. In
Butler borough and It's suburbs the im
provement during the past three ye9rs hd~
been remarkable and the returns of The
assessors viii show marked advance
Usually there is more complaint ahont the
irregularities in the assessment than at the
amornt fixed as the value of the property
Men complain not that their assessment J.
TOO hisG but that it is too much when
compared with that OF some other piece Of
property equally good or better. Hereto
fore our assessors do not seem to have fol-
lowed any uniform rule in regard to assess
ment and two properties OF apparenus
equal value will have widely divergent
figures fixed upon as their value. IL seen
10 be time that our assessnrs adopted th"
plan followed in mary places, viz hrsl
assess the lot at so much per front fnut,
then Fix the value of the improvement up
on the lot.
Judge Kerbs of Clearfeld, pointed out to
supervisors the other day their duty in
in an interesting way. John
Glaub drove over an unprotected emban6
meut and was injured. The supervisor
claimed that they had not money en0ue1
to make repairs. The Court in charging
the inry said that the plea of poverty bf
the supervisors should not be considered.
as they had the privilege of appealing I"
the county commissioners for assistance
in maintaining proper roadwdys il they
felt burdened bY taxation in that direction
The iury awarded the plaintiff 81 900 dam
age. Road supervisors will do well tn
make a note of this case 1t may save
them trouble when they are in Doubt
Clarion JdcksOnidn.
Thos. Mcmahon was found guilty OF
murder in the second degree, last Friday
morning. TIE jury was out all night.
Letters of admn were granted to MARY
f Helmbold on estate of Theo Helmb0ld +;
also to Sarah J Blymiller on estate of Gus
tav Blymiller of Allegheny twp.
wM Kennedy has brot suit VS. Butler
Borough and Loug & Doyle for damages
for blocking the street.
LATE PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
Samuel Schlagel to WIN Dambach So
acres in Butler twp for $500 and Wm
Dambach to SamEel Schlagel same foI
same.
A G Casterline to Gill lot in Butlei
for $1,000.
b b Campbell to Grier c Orr of 1l1(
acres in Parker twp for $40 900.
G J ID Strnhecker to Amelia StrUheckel
LOT in Zelenople for s20l0
Nancy Cummii gs to ArmDry Bnildi ul
Assn lot in Butler for $4,000
S ID Purvis To 5 G Pnrvis & Co properly
in Middesex twp Tor $3.50 and Belle Pury'
To same in same for $500.
II 5 McCiymonds TO Jas l. McGrath lO
in Butler for 5000.
Alf Miller, almr. to Robt A Brown /!
acres in Clay twp for S5l6 90
Alf Miller adin'r to A. q Gold property
in Clay twp. for 355 and A. G. Gold to l.
r. Rvnrs anna FIR sarua