The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-03-28
Minor Mention.

of Ottawa, was perhaps fatally hurt in a
runaway.
Louis Loeb. a laborer at the Ohio Salt
Companys place, was killed by a train at
Wadsworth.
Miss Nancy Smith. aged .3, was burned
to death at New Athens. Her dress caught
fire from kitchen stove.
Ben Rundeli. 12-year old boy, was
struck by an Erie switch engine at Akron,
and died three hours after.
Three masked men blew open the post
office safe at Oberlin, but failed to secure
money or stamps. They escaped.
While moving barn at Findlay five
men were caught beneath a falling wall.
One of them, James Ford, was instantly
killed, the others escaping with slight in
juries.
James Mcdonald. of Columbus, died at
the Protestant hospital of injuries re-
ceived while braking on the Pan n-handle
at South Charleston. Mcdonald was "a
years of age. and single.
Assistant Adjutant General c. b. Adams
will rule that companies of the National
Guard who do not appear with at least IS
per cent. of the enlisted strength at annual
encampments shall be mustered out.
Mrs. John Mcmahon of Norwalk,
jumped from railroad bridge to the bank
of the river. sixty feet. Her head sunk in
the soft mud. and death was caused by
suffocatiOn. 1t is believed she was insane.
| The Farmers Mutual Relief Association
of Upper Sandusky, local insurance
company, has been sued for $l,l74.59,
amount of the loss at a fire at John Til
toms. The suit will test certain points in
the constitution of the company and will
be carried to the highest courts.
''SmOky" Hobbs, once known as the
''King of the Bad Lands" in Columbus,
and now doing time in the penitentiary
| for shooting to kill, was caught the other
morning, together with WILDER HOgue,
three-year man from Fayette County, in
| the pulpit of the prison chapel, shooting
| craps. Both were punished and put back
in stripes.
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, has
made Theodore Kundtz of Cleveland,
knight of the Order of Franz Josef, one of
the highest non hereditary honors within
bestow. Mr.. Kundtz's gift was bestowed,
it is believed, because of MIR. Kundtz's eX-
tensive charity to the hungarian people
and institutions both in Cleveland and
Austria.
The Governor, Secretary and Auditor of
State, in whose hands the law places the
approval of the plans for patrol boat on
I rl, Ersa bod Fpr hx- thn tot Ltcb
and Game Commission. have refused to
approve the plans as presented. The OBJ
vious reasons for this disapproval was the
unnecessary expense, as the commission
wished to expend more than $4,000 for it.
The underlying reason, however, was the
belief that the boat is chiefly wanted by
the commission as a yacht on which to
take pleasant summer trips at the expense
of the State.
AS the result of a quarrel at Nelsonville.
Albert James is dead and Samuel Hunter
has but one chance in thousand to live.
The two young men have harbOred
grudge against each other for some time.
The other night they met on the main
street and after some words Hunter shot
James four times, inficting fatal wounds.
After falling to the ground and while his
murderer was bending over him, James
rallied long enough to rise and with shoe
knife cut Hunters head nearly off. He
swung the knife around his enemy's neck,
completely encircling it to the bone, and
grazing the jugular vein, which was ex-
posed. Hunter managed TO stagger to his
home nearby and physicians were called
but they give no hope of his recovery.
Little Dannie Protzman. the 4-year old
son of Romeo Protzman of Dayton. met
with remarkable mishap recently. While
whiting shingle with the intention of
making toy, small knifeblade, keen
edged, but scarcely an inch and three
quarters in length, slipped and penetrated
the right ventricle of his heart. The blade
struck between two ribs and reached the
heart directly. The lad pretended TO be
slightly injured, and threw the knife on
the floor. afterward walking to his mother,
who was comforting him. supposing that
he had merely cut his finger. The boy had
fallen into her arms. and in another
moment the frantic mother discovered that
her son was dead. 1t was an unusual
fatality. The lad never spoke after re-
ceiving the fatal injury.
Frank Mcpherson, alias Williams. who
is serving a ten years sentence in the pen
itentiary for burglary from Cleveland, has
been paroled. He told the Board of Man
ayers that if he were given his freedom he
would solve the celebrated A. J. Smell |
murder in Chicago. Mcpherson asked that |
Columbus newspaper man be sent with |
him. so that all the facts in the case would |
be known to the public. He says that he |
will put 81 800 into the work The other |
paroles were: Charles Spielman from |
Montgomery County. TO serve ten years for |
burglary and larceny: John Brown of |
Paulding County, to serve three years for
larceny; Job Smith of Union County, to
serve five years for incest; John II. Hinton.
Jr., received from Allen County, to serve
two years for forgery, and E. Briggaman
of Franklin County, three years for rob-
berry.
A X. and NJ. freight train went through |
a burning trestle near Dexter. The cars
were piled up in splintered mass. En-
gineer Sergeant, Fireman Robert Scott
and Conductor Fenklepaugh were badly
injured.
The Butler County Agricultural Society
has revised the premium list for the
coming fair this autumn, and decided on
the following speed programme: Wednes-
day, 2:35 trot. purse $3.50: 2:33 pace, $3.50:
2:22 trot, $500; 2: Is pace, $500. Thursday.
$50 trOt, $3.50; 30 pace, $500: 2:25 trot.
$500. Friday, 2:27 pace, $500; 2:Is trot,
500; 2:l2 pace. 800.
Prof. Ludwig Won Waltenburg. the Gin
cinnati musician, who was sentenced to
term in the Ohio penitentiary for forgery,
and was paroled three months ago. has
had his parole revoked. and he will finish
his time in the big prison. Waltenburg
has been doing bit Of petty forging on
the outside.
Fifteen years ago the mother of Henry
Oehling, Jr., of No 33S Lincoln Avenue,