The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-05-17
Intention Of CoIumb bia ma
County Prisoners.
NOTE TO The SHERIFF
Prisoner on Way to Coium bus
Gives Way Purpose Of
Ten Prisoners in
Lisbon.
Staff Correspondence.

ColuEtus, Nay 16.-Sheriff Noragon
and Turnkey Bick, Wednesday after
noon brought seven prisoners from
Columbiana county to the penitentiary.
They are as follows: William Bell,
burglary and larceny, one year; John
Healy, burglary and larceny, one year;
Irven A. Busler, one year, larceny;
John Gales, burglary. two years; Harry
Kemp, burglary, three years; William
Call, burglary, three years. David
Brown, burglary, five years. This is
the largest batch of prisoners delivered
at the penitcntiary for many months
and the most contributed by Columbia
ma county since the winter of '94, when
ten prisoners we're sent at one time hv
the county. Harry Kemp was also in
this crowd. having been sentenced to
serve year for breaking into barn
with others and stealing keg of cider.
Judge Hole remembered this incident in
passing sentence on the young man.
Gales, who got two years, is a profess
sional thief and claims his home is at
Chesterfield, Ind. He burglarized five
stores in East Palestine, and on the
trip down wore suit of clothes he had
stolen. Sheriff Noragon and Turnkey,
Bick declare he is desperate criminal
and believe he would stoop to anything
no matter how low or mean. Bell and
d Healy are from Leetonia, where, while
under the influence of liquor, they
burglarized saloon. Kemp is a Sa-
-lemite. He tried to break into the
dwelling of the widow of Furman Gee
In Salem, and was shot in the heel by an
officer who detected him in the act. Call
stole sixteen sacks of flour from
Faulk's mill in East Liverpool. Brown
is colored and under twenty-one. He
entered the house of Mrs. L. o. Will
liams ir East Liverpool at night and
was discovered by Mrs. Williams. whom
he attacked and attempted to kill.
Eurine the struggle Brown lost his cap
and this led to his arrest. The officers
recognized the cap.
Call and Brown are from East Liver
pool 2isler is a Wellsville man anil
can hardly be termed criminal He
had been paying attention to a woman
and found her in company with another
admirer one night. He became jealous
and abstracted sum of money from
the woman's trunk, hoping to make her
angry. He intended to replace the
money but was caught with it in his
possession an hour or more after taking
by the officers and had no chance to re-
turn it. The officers felt sorry for him
and say he IS not really bad sort OF q
fellow. Sheriff Noragon and Turnkey
Bick also took Samuel Dawson and
Axel Lowery, two East Liverpool incor-
rigibles, to the Mansfield reformatory.
They stole a brace of revolvers, 100
cartridges and number of penknives
from the Eagle Hardware store of East |
Liverpool. They meant to emulate
Jesse James. Turnkey Bick took Low
cry to the reformatory five years ago
AMI the lad served Is months.
On the read from Lisbon to Columbus |
One of the prisoners brought here We'd
nesday afternoon slipped a note to |
Sheriff Noragon. 1t contained impor-
tant information if true. 1t stated that
the ten prisoners left behind in the
county Jail at Lisbon intended to over
power the guard and make dash for |
liberty, Wednesday evening. The pri-
soners realized with the sheriff and de-
putty away it would be easier to escape. |
Sheriff NOragon left the train at Orr |
vile and wired the contents of the note |
to his son, Howard, who is his deputy, |
and cautioned him to take steps to pre-
vent a Jail delivery. The prisoners |
have the freedom of the corridors of the |
Jail during the daytime and are locked |
up generally by one officer at 6: 80 in the
evening. With only one officer In the
Jail 1t might not be such difficult mat
ter to escape II the officer in charge
could be overpowered. Turnkey Bick |
said the prisoners in the jail were not |
desperate and thought there would be
no trouble. The prisoners delivered |
here Wednesday afternoon were hand |
cuffed to each other. Jesse McGregor |
was In the batch of ten brought to the
pen from Columbiana county seven |
years ago.
The case of John R. Poyser G. Son and
The Miller Hardware company against !
The Standard Paving Brick company;
Levi p. Miller, trustee for the benefit |
of the creditors of the Standard Paving
Brick company; Edward s. Raft, trus-
tee; The Central Savings Bank COM |
pany; The First National bank, of Can
ton; Catherine A. Meyer and Franklin
r. Case, assignee, In error from the
circuit court of Stark county, was ar |
gued in supreme court yesterday A. |
A. Thayer, c. G.. Bow and w. j. Piero |
are the attorneys for the plaintiff in err
ror. Harter & Krichbaum are for the |
defendants in error. Messrs. Bow,
Harter and Krichbaum made the argu-
ments yesterday. The case was fled in |
supreme court, January S2S, 1899 The
defendant I'm error recovered a judg- |
mont from the plaintiff IN error at the
May term of the common pleas court
oS stark county In 1893. The circuit |
court affirmed the judgment September
the same year.
Railroad Building Started.