The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-19
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
in THE FIRST DEGREE.
Llewelyn Stout Found Guilty ofthe Murder o
Harvey wus,er, Telegraph
Operator.

The jury at Easton in the case of
Jlewellyn Stout, whose trial for the
murder of Harvey Wuster, the Phila-
delphia & Reading railroad telegraph
operator at Bingen station, returned a
verdict of murder i'm the first degree
after being out three hours. Wuster
was the night operator at the railroad
station, and on the night of January 6
MS body was found lying in the office
Dy railroad brakeman. He had been
beaten to death with an iron coupling
pin. Suspicion pointed to Stout, and
on being arrested he confessed to the
officers that he had killed Wuster. He
Is only 10 years of age. The motive
for the crime is supposed to have been
robbery. Evidence was presented at
the trial that he had told several per-
sons before the crime that he wanted
money to go to Philadelphia to join the
army. The defense endeavored to show
that Stout was insane when he com
mitted the deed.
The following pensions were granted
last week; Frank ID. Kerr, Hooks
town, Beaver, $40; Charles Buch Ell
lott. Allegheny, Sc; Foster +. Bennett,
OIL city, Sc; Edward J. Collins, Sol
diers' Home, Erie, S.; John Moore,
Washington, SO to sS: James j. Milen.
Soldiers Home, Erie, SO to sS; James
Benoe, Dlxonville, Indiana, Sc to So:
William Murphy, Jeanette. SO to sS:
IIezekiah Morris, Athens. $12 to $2i;
Thomas Ragor, Patchinville, Clearfeld,
S to s12; James Rosborough, Liver
more. IS to $40; Daniel Il. Beltz. Lig-
onier, IS to $40; Samuel s. Patterson.
Butler, $40; Harriet Williams. Blavis
Corners, Clarion, $12; William N.
Henry, Peru Mill, Juniata, IS to s12;
James X. Beaumont, dead. Oakdale,
Allegheny, $40; James III. Church.
Rogersville, Greene. sl6 to s17; Henry
Boggs, Evans City, So to So; John w.
Mastroller Stoyestown, Somerset, Sc to
sl0; Conrad II. Beechlng Erie So to
$40; John NJ. Armstrong, father, Etna,
s12; Frances r. Strasbaugh, Glendale,
Cambria, IS; Ella j. Beaumont, Oak
dale, Allegheny, $12; Frances Camp
bell, Mllwood. Westmoreland, So:
Susan Stedman. Conneautsville, Craw-
ford. SIS: George Carter, Lock Haven.
s6; David L. King, Brick Church.
Armstrong county. Sc; Russell j.
Hutchinson. wiliamsport. IS to $40.
George II. Parker, Phllipsburg. sS to
$40; Katherine J. Brown. Pittsburg.
IS; Newman Sagers, Hckernell, Craw-
ford county. Sc; Charles Il. Yinnie.
Ridsway. $l2; Jacob Reichard. Pitts
burg So; George l.. Morock, Lock
Haven. Sc; William ]. MeElhaney. Nc
Mimi, Allegheny. sl2 to si4; Henry
Akley. Russell. Warren. IS to $12;
Charles Streavy Liberty Corners.
Bradford. s12 to s17; Elias w. Ellis.
rowanda. s24 to $50; George w. Det-
willer. Altoona, s24; Timothy A. Allen,
Cory. s24; Elizabeth l.. Vaughan,
Johnstown. IS; Martha J. Roberts,
Sweden Valley. Potter. SS.
The following letter was received re-
Gently by Thomas s. Woods of the
g. Ia
Olympia, Manila Bay, March IL. 1899.
Mr.. Thomas S. Woods. Uniontown. Pa.
Dear Sir-I am just In receipt of your
letter of January 23. announcing the
birth of a boy and informing me that
he had been named George Dewey
Woods. I greatly appreciate the honor
thus accorded me and thank you most
heartily for the honor. Your letter
reached me enclosed in note from
planned that he wished to deliver per-
sonally your letter, but that the pres
ence OF his regiment on the firing line
prevented. With my best wishes for
the future welfare of George Dewey
Woods. 1 am, yours truly, George
Dewey
The special auditing committee ap-
pointed to investigate the Blevins
murder at New Castle and act as an
information bureau for the hired de-
tectives Is devoting all it's energies to
collecting evidence In the case. Nu-
merous persons acquainted with the
facts In the case have been summoned
before the committee within the last
few days and their testimony taken.
BY fall of slate in the mines of the
Redstone Coal, Coke and Oil Company
at Grindstone, near Uniontown.
Alnosy kartoliz. alias Charles John
son, Hungarian, 90 years old. was in
stantly killed. Andy Zavocek, Bo-
hemian, was killed in the same way In
the Frick mines at Lemont. He was SO
years old and leaves q wife and seven
children.
The derrick and machinery at Fon-
ner well No. 6, near Waynesburg, was
burned last week. Men named VIII
liams and Maginnis were badly burned
o William Il. Mclaughlin. brakeman
on the Western New York & Pennsyl-
vania railroad, fell between the cars
at Oil City few days ago and was
killed. He was 22 years of age and un-
Adam Kaufman, workman, was
assisting In lifting a heavy casting at
A hook slipped and a
large iron balance weight fell, strik-
Ing hammer in Kauffmans hand.
The handle of the hammer was driven
INTO MS sue, iracturinE TWO ribs and
one of his lungs He may
die.
William E. Cowden. an employe oe
the Pittsburg Bridge Company, was
picked up dead on the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad at Huntington Wednesday.
II is thought he was riding between
baggage cars and fell from the train.
He was en- route from Pittsburg to
to meet his wife.
George Schall. one of the Windber
victims of smallpox. died Thursday.
There are now 80 patients at Windber.
DR.. Benjamin Lee has appointed w.
w. Baker. OF Dunlo. deputy officer,
and ordered him to quarantine Dunlo.
Johnstown Is still well protected, the
quarantine being most rigid.
John Methric. a laborer at the Ameri-
can Steel Casting Company's works, at
Sharon. fell 10 feet into gas producer
the other night and sustained prob
ably fatal injuries. j. II. Wheeler. a
carpenter. fell 12 feet OF house the
same day. had his right leg broken and
was otherwise injured.
q. l.. Hartzel one OF the oldest
freight conductors on the Pernsyl-
vania railroad, was killed by a shifting
engine at Altoona q few days ago.