The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01
Accide Mt to Convict Of
Salem.
A DANGEROUS WOUND
Convictin Possession Of Loa d ed
Revolvers--Another Ar
rest on Charge Of
Arson.
From a Staff Correspondent.

From Staff Correspondent.
Columbus, Sept. 30-The Columbiana
county prisoners at the penitentiary
must have been born under an unu-
sually unlucky star, as scarcely a week
passes but one or more of them is over
taken by misfortune. The latest vic
tim is Harry Kemp, colored, whose
home is in Salem. He is employed in
the stamping shop, and while working
dye was painfully injured. He was
using steel punch, which was broken
by the machine, fragment of the tool
flying up and entering his neck dan
gerously close to the jugular vein.
Kemp was hurried to the prison hos.
pital and probe inserted in the wound.
The metal was found to be firmly en-
bedded in the flesh and as yet has not
been removed. The examining physi-
clan is of the opinion that 1t would not
cause Kemp much inconvenience, and
as it
WOULD BE HAZARDOUS
to attempt to recover it by cutting the
operation will probably not be held.
Kemp was received at the penitentiary
on May 10, 1901, to serve three years
for burglary. II he does not violate
any of the rules he can obtain his
freedom at the expiration of his short
term which will be July 26, 1903. Kemp
was convicted of burglarizing the resi-.
dence of Mrs. Furman Gee, at Salem,
last winter. An officer saw him leav-
ing the premises and commanded him
to halt. Instead of halting Kemp dart
ed down the street like streak, but
a bullet beat him out and bowled him
over. The shot took effect in the heel.
Kemp's conviction was easy.
State Librarian C. b. Galbreath has
secured large collection of anti-sla-
very papers during his incumbency
and has just learned of the where.
abouts of a large number of
EARLY NEWSPAPERS >. +
that eXerted a powerful influence
against the institution of slavery when
the fight against it was in it's embryotic
stages. These papers are in New Hamp.
shire and Mr.. Galbreath is confident
he can secure possession of them.
They will be added to the collection
on file in the state library. Some OF
the strongest anti-slavery papers We're
published in Ohio, and not a few of
these in the eastern part of the state.
The Anti-Slavery Bugle, Of Columbiana
county, was one of the pioneer publica-
tions of the kind in the country, and
welded considerable influence.
Two loaded revolvers were found in
the possession of convict named Tom
Carter, serving twenty years for man
slaughter, in the penitentiary. Carter
has been filing clerkship in the Of
flee of Secretary Cook, of the peniten-
tiary board Of managers, and had al
ways been looked upon
AS A "TRUSTY."
The discovery of the weapons is re.
garded as one Of great Importance
and has doubtless been the means
of saving the lives Of one or more
guards, for the reason that the guns
would have been used by desperate
prisoners in an attempt to effect an
escape. A box of cartridges was found
in Carter's CELL Carter has been re-
duced to the third grade, assessed 100
days good time and has been placed
at hard manual labor.
Governor Shaw, of Iowa, and a per-
sonal friend Of Governor Nash. will
spend a week in Ohio with the govern
or. They will speak from the same
platform. Governors Shaws services
are in demand all over the country.
President Roosevelt when vice-presi-
dent accepted an invitation from the
Republican committee to take a speak
ing part in the campaign in this state,
but his accession to the exalted pos
ition of chief executive Of the United
States will CT course prevent his ap-
pearance here. As far as Ia known
there Is no record Of president ever
having gone ON the stump. and II Is not
to be expected that President Roose-
welt will violate this precedent, which
public sentiment holds
SHOULD BE IMMUTABLE.
The Democratic committee has form
ulated list of Ohio speakers which
1t hopes to press into commission this
fell. The list includes the names Of
General Isaac Sherwood, of Toledo
formerly Of the Eighteenth district;
Ex-Mayor Il. H. Moore, of Youngstown
who has a reputation for spellbind-
ing; Judge Abe Patrick, of New Phila-
delphia and Messrs. John G. Welty and
James A. Rice, of Canton.
Another New Philadelphia man has
been arrested for arson. He Is Arthur