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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23

Both the Republican candidates for
state senator have been In Fulton look
ing after votes. Sentiment on the sit
uation does not seem to have'developed
yet. The Republicans seen to be apa-
thetic.
A Boxwell examination will be held
in this place IN the early part of May
the exact date not yet having been
fixed. There are a number OF scholars
who deem themselves ready for 1t.
The funeral of Miss Mary Brandt
occurred Tuesday from the home of her
parents. Deceased was 43 years of age
At the last council meeting A. II. Nc
Cadden. mayor, made some rather sen,
sational statements regarding the con-
duct of municipal affairs In the past
He said that during the last two years
there had been nothing but reckless ex'
travagance in the conduct of city af-
fairs, and all bushes had been done In
a loose and unbusiness like way. Here.
after all vouchers must be signed by
the clerk and countersigned by him1
he said, and no contract would be rec
ognized that was made outside Of the
council chamber unless by committees
that had been empowered to act.
The council also decided that the viii
lage would try and struggle along as
best 1t could without night watchman
during the coming year.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23
FIGHTING CHANGE.
Advanced Age Of Victim May How.
ever, Militate Against Recovery.

There is a chance for the recovery
of the victim. His physicians, Drs.
Karl Muntey, of Minerva, and A. B..
Walker and Monroe, of Canton, while
not giving out a definite statement, say
that the wounds are not necessarily
fatal. The, advanced age of Mr.. Miller
they say, operates against him and
there are dozen complications which
may arise.
Later and more careful examination
of the wounds when Miller was able to
endure the ordeal developed the fact
that he may have been shot but twice
instead Of three times as was at first
supposed One bullet entered just be-
low the left ear and emerged below the
eye. The other entered about the mid.
die of the collar bone and emerged at
the juncture of the third rib and breast
bone The point of exit of the second
bullet was taken at first for third
wound but the powder marks convince
the physicians that only two shots were
fired. The powder marks also offer
convincing testimony that the shots
must have been fired at extremely close
range. Mr.. Miller has never lost con-
seriousness and has exhibited remark
able vitality which greatly increases his
chance of success in his fight for life.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23
TWO ANSWERS FILED.
State Treasurer Asks Author
ity to Convert Securities
Into Cash.

Columbus. April 19.-Isaac r. Cam
eron. state treasurer. filed two an
swers Wednesday in the suits for re-
ceivers for the Ohio and Equitable De-
benture companies. Mr. Cameron states
that the companies are insolvent, aad,
under the recent supreme coure decls-
ion, are prohibited from doing business
within the state. He says that he has
in his possession large amount of Sc
curities placed by the companies on de-
posit In the state treasury.
In the case of the Ohio Debenture
company the securities amount to
1921 $40, and in that of the Equitable
company amount to $4,000. These Sc
curities, MIR. Cameron asks, that he be
allowed to convert into cash. to be
ready for distribution among the de-
benture holders of the two companies.
He further asks that referee be ap-
pointed, who shall in each instance ad-
just the claims so that an equitable dis
tribution of the assets may be made.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23
OBSTACLE OVERCOME.
Salem Couple Finally Welded
After Eneounterins Diff
culties at Lisbon.

A Salem couple in quest of marr-
age license appeared in the probate
judges Office the other day, and en-
coLntered what proved the last obsta-
Gle to the fruition of loves fond dream,
says the Lisbon Buckeye State. But
1t was serious one. The bridegroom
to be was of proper age, but the bride
was only 16. She was, however. ac-
companied by her mother. who for
mally gave her consent. but Judge
Boone declared the consent of the faith
er was necessary, 1t being admitted that
he was alive. Then it was developed
that the paternal parent was, and had
been for several years an inmate of q
hospital for the insane. Just what to do
puzzled the young people greatly, and
they were in mental condition border
ing on despair when someone. pos
sessed of the wisdom of a caliph, sug-
gested remedy, which was at once ac-
cepted by the court 1t was that the
conditions justified heroic treatment
which could be applied by the formal
appointment by the court of the girls
mother as her guardian, when she could
give her formal consent to the mar
riage. This was done. Squire Riddle
was summoned, and in few minutes
an entry was made on the court record
certifying that Harry Zimmerman
aged %, and Ida Stockwell, aged 16, of
Salem. o., had been duly and properly
united In bonds of wedlock, by consent
OF the mother OF the contracting young
woman. according to the statutes of the
state of Ohio for such cases made and
provided.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23

barn and we're put on the trail. From
their excitement and evident eagerness
Tor blood the crowd took hope as the
hounds were released and started, bay.
ing, up the hill. Two hundred yards
up the trail they ran, smiling the
ground and becoming acquainted with
the odoriferous qualities of the pur.
sued. All might have been well had
not their attention been disturbed by a
mild-mannered eve calmly gazing at
the scene from one corner of the field
The sight maddened them, and leaving
their man-hunt, they started for the
innocent. She took alarm and gave
them a merry chase until the crowd
recovered enough from laughter to call
the dogs off. Opinion is divided as to
whether the eve or dogs would have
won the race. The chase was over and
the dogs could not be persuaded to take
another start.
Friday morning the regret Is general
that the snow had not fallen a day
sooner so that the eyesight of the dogs
might have been tested as well as their
noses.
AYLETTE FULLERTON.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23
CURTIS STAUB.
Something About the Character and
History of the Suspect.


Curtis Staub, the man now in jail at
Lisbon as a suspect, is man with no
home in particular and who enjoys
reputation as a ne'er-do-well in Minerva
although this is his first implication
under any charge of criminal nature,
He is 80 years of age, has wife from
whom he is separated and who is now
living with their child at the home of
her mother in Kent. Ohio.
Z His parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Staub
are people of the highest responsibility
and live mile or so from Minerva
They lived for many years in Canton
but removed from there to their farm
at Minerva several years ago and have
since resided there. The accused has
for the greater portion of the time,
lived with them, leaving occasionally
for trips to different cities ostensibly to
work at his trade, barbering, which he
learned and worked at in Canton. The
Staubs are widely connected in Mi.
nerya and vicinity and the family and
it's connections enjoy a uniform respec.
liability. brother, Vint, lives in Mi.
nerva and another brother, Victor, is
employed at the Danner Manufacturing
company and is a steady, reliable man.
He resides at the corner of Second
and Gibbs streets In Canton.
During the fall the accused left home
end his parents disclaim any knowledge
of his whereabouts since No one was
more astounded than the father when
( he learned of the serious predicament
: Of his son, as he had had no intimation
that he was any place in the neighbor-
hood of Minerva.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23
STORY RIDICULED
Anarchists at Paterson, N. j.,
Surprised Over an Ar
rest in Germany.

News-Democrat Leased Wire Service.
Paterson, N. j.. April 19.-The story
from Buenos Ayres that papers impli.
eating Paterson anarchists In plot to
kill Emperor William, the car of Rus
sia and king OF Italy had been discov-
cred. Is ridiculous d,So0pc.sr b-hy
cred, Is ridiculed by anarchists here.
Augusta Romagnoli, anarchist living
here. was astonished to learn that man
of his name had been arrested In Ger.
many on suspicion Of conspiracy to kill
Emperor William. Rofagnoli, who
works in silk mills here. has not lost
q day for months and disclaims all
knowledge Of the plot against the emps-
ror. y
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23
they're NOT
DIVORCED
No Decree is Operative
Till Costs are Paid.
DELUOED MORTALS
Plan and Consum mate Mar
riases When They Are Stin
Bound by Former

An attorney who Is conversant with
the situation, stated to News-Demo.
crat reporter that there were number
of persons in this county who imagined
themselves divorced who are not
When the Judge of a court grants a
decree in enforcement, IL is always con-
ditional that It is not to be granted
until all the costs In the case have been
paid.
"The fact is," said the attorney, that
there are cases where persons who had
imagined themselves divorced had re-
married before they had paid the costs.
and they were no more divorced than
IL they had never applied to the courts
In these cases, where 1t was found out
the matter has always been fixed up
The parties would be notified to pay the
fees. or they might be prosecuted for
bigamy. When this situation confronts
them they usually are able to secure
the money without much trouble.
AT the present time there are a
number of cases on the docket in the
county clerks Office that are just in
bhis shape. In most of the cases think
that the parties really think they are
divorced. At least some of them act
as though they did. They seem to get
gay and festive and receive the atten-
tions of the opposite sex very much as
single people do. Attorneys usually
caution their clients on this point, but
some of them imagine that when the
court states that decree will be grant.
ed that is the end of the matter.
''In some cases, women depend on
their lovers to pay the costs. Their
admirers tell them to go ahead and
apply for divorce and they will attend
to the expense. The case may drag a
little and the ardor of the lover may
cool to such an extent that he may. cot
care to go down into his pocket after
the necessary coin. In these cases
there is often an agreement to marry,
In case the divorce is granted. Such
promises are sometimes made to be
broken, especially among the class that
make such unlawful agreements. This
some times leaves a woman stranded
financially and she has to go out and
earn the amount of the fees in some
ones kitchen or at other labor"
An inquiry at the clerks Office was
not productive of any information be.
yond the general statement that there
were a number OF such cases on the
docket. The books do not show the sit
uation so that no specific data could
be secured as to the number of unfin-
ished cases on record.
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IDENTIFICATION.
Sheriff Noragon Went About the Mat.
ter system aticaIlY.

ter systematically.
When Sheriff Noragon had finished
his race against death to bring the ac-
cused before Miller. the latter was in
no hurry to pronounce Judgment
against his assailant until he was con-
vinced himself and for awhile the Off
cials doubted whether they had not
made a mistake. One test convinced
them that they had not.
When Staub was searched after his
arrest worn brown or maroon colored
silk handkerchief was found pinned
inside the top of his trousers. The
man who did the shooting wore hand.
kerchief mask over his face. Staub
was first placed before Miller with red
handkerchief arranged over his fea-
lures. Miller described exactly the
manner in which his assailant had been
masked but would not identify the man
before him so long as the red handker.
chief was used. AS soon as the ma
room colored one found so strangely Sc
creted on Staub was placed on his face
Miller raised up and exclaimed, 81
think that's the man" He also recog.
nized the voice in which Staub saluted
him as that of his assailant.
AT no one time during the interview
from which outsiders were carefully
excluded, did Staub betray any con.
sciousness of guilt. He had worked for
the old gentleman and they were well
acquainted and saluted each other in
q friendly manner. Staub expressed an
anxiety for the welfare of Mr.. Miller
and expressed hope for his recovery.
Jake Adams Miller's hired man. who
was in the barn when the shooting oc
Cured and who saw him. identified him
by his clothing and Miller's sister also
was sure he was the man she saw run
away. Others who saw him at
various points. in contradiction to his
own story of his whereabouts. are
James Elton and son and James Hawk
ins. of East Rochester. and Phil Con.
ser, of Bayard
When searched after his arrest 38-
calibre revolver and lot of cartridges
W ere found on Staub. Two chambers
of the revolver seemed to have been
recently fired, but reloaded and the
bullets found in the barn where Miller
was shot correspond with those in the
found on Staub. The tracks
leading from the barn also correspond
with his foot prints.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23
DYNAMITE FOUND.
Workmen Find the Explosive in
Weeks Pottery Plant
at Akron.

Akron, April 19.-Enough dynamite
was found Wednesday evening in
Weeks pottery. corner of Arlington
and Market streets, to blow the entire
plant off the face of the earth.
The dynamite consisted of 1917
sticks. OF this amount 6R sticks were
found under one piece of pottery. The
dynamite was found by workmen at the
plant and for a time there was a great
deal of excitement over the discovery.
There was also found 60 feet of fuse
1t is feared that more dynamite is hid
in the plant and the workmen are
greatly alarmed.
A short time ago large amount of
dynamite was found in the same plant.
The police officers are making a thor.
ough investigation of the matter.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23
STORIES CONFLICT.
Staub Made Some Statements That
Cannot Be ReconciIed.

Staub made a number of statements
conflicting with each other and with
the testimony of others.
He, at first told Sheriff Noragon that
he had gone from Canton to Alliance
Wednesday evening on a passenger
train leaving Canton at o'clock. When
told that there was no such train he
changed to a statement that he had
gone on freight s o'clock. He claims
that he spent the night in Alliance with
relatives. ate breakfast there between
6 and o'clock and went to Moultrie
en- a freight train. He told two or three
stories as to where he left the freight
but said he went to Chambersburg
rode back to Moultrie with a farmer
and that he Was hiding under the bridge
where caught for fear of being taken
up as railroad beat.
His story is directly contradicted by
people who saw him at Bayard, going
towards East Rochester and eating
breakfast at East Rochester after the
shooting. No one, however, has been
found who saw him near Minerva be-
fore the crime and it is not learned
when he got there.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23
FOR
DAUGHTER
Aged Detroit M q n Comes
to Canton.
PROMISED A HOME
Told q Pitifui Story at Police
Headqua rs--Sta rted
For Cleveland In
Search.

In search of his daughter, of whom
he had lost all trace. John j. DeWolf,
AN old man living near Detroit, came
to Canton Thursday and has since been
guest at police headquarters. DeWolf
is 62 years old and is i'll and infirm.
He tells pitiful story of being driven
from home by his wife and. Is now
searching for married daughter by the
name of Mrs. William Loomis, with
whom he intends to make his home.
Some time ago he received letter
from his daughter, which he says was
written from Canton. In the letter
she invited him to come and live with
her. She gave her street number and
implicit directions for reaching the
house. DeWolf showed the letter to
his wife who, according to his story,
tore 1t up in fit of anger He de.
termined to set out for Canton ana
trust to finding his daughter after ar.
irving. He had little money and tn,
trip was made mostly by freight
trains. The exposure made him i'll and
when he arrived in Canton Thursday
he was hardly able to walk to the city
prison where he was taken in. He in.
formed the police of his quest, but
was unable to give an address and
they have. so far been unable to aid
him. The city directory does not con-
tain the name of his daughter and he
has failed to find any trace of her.
Friday morning he was scarcely
able to leave the station house but
he went over to the postoffice in hope
of receiving some word from his daugh-
ter. He was disappointed and deter
mined to return TO Cleveland He said
that IL he could reach Cleveland
Mayor Johnson would give him passage
on boat to his home. He believes
that he is going to die and wants to
reach home before death overtakes him
If his wife refuses to admit him he
will then go to an infirmary.
He succeeded in getting ticket out
of the county from the authorities and
will go by stages to Cleveland. Ha
was taken to the depot and placed
aboard train Friday afternoon.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23
THE BLOODHOUNDS.
RisibiIities OF Minerva Citizens Arous
ed by Their Queer Actions.

Secondary only as topic of CONVEX
sation, Thursday night, in Minerva, to
the crime itself, the capture of it's per-
petrator and his probable motive, was
the un-bloodhound conduct and total
lack of olfactory faculties displayed
by the aristocratic members OF the Can.
ton canine auxiliary detective force
and Minerva opinion Is unit in declar,
ing that pack of sheep-killers in
stead of man-hunters were foisted upon
them. There is today not dog pos
SCISSOR In Minerva who would exchange
his common "just dog" for a Canton
Sherlock Holmes brute. The dogs made
a total fiuke and were the subjects of
ridicule all day and evening. When
they arrived crowd OF 200 citizens.
whose hopes we're centered In them.
was ut the depot to meet them and
followed them TO their labors
They were at once taken to the place
where the assassin was supposed to
have climbed over the fence near the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23
WELL KNOWN HERE.
Staub Worked in Various Bar
ber Shops and Made His
Home in Canton.

Curtis Staub, the man under arrest
has been in Canton the greater portion
of the time during the past five months,
with occasional excursions to other
places for few days. His destination
on these trips he generally kept secret
and no one seems to know what his OBJ
ject was in making them.
While in Canton he has roomed at
the home of W. II. McCammon at the
corner of Fourth and Rex streets, Mrs.
McCammon being his mothers sister.
He was at the house. according to the
story of neighbors, as late as 5 o'clock
Wednesday evening.
Staub possessed large number of ac-
quaintances in the city and most of
them are at a loss to explain his con-
duct. He was particularly well known
among BARRIERS of the city, and, while
most of them knew him as sub and
irregular in his work, none ever no
ticed any vicious or criminal traits
He has worked a few days at time dur
ing the winter in half dozen shops In
the city.
During the past five weeks he seems
to have been doing no work and has
spent great portion of his time loiter-
ing around the Wheeling and Lake Erie
depot. To an acquaintance from Mi.
nerva who met him there few days
ago, and who asked what he was doing,
Straub replied that he was out of work,
but" he said. ~ am not looking for it.
If come out all right in what l am af,
ter now, I'll make more than l could
all my life"
Staub was seen at the Wheeling and
Lake Erie depot as late as O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23
FIGHTING
FOR LIFE
Farmer Miller is Still
Living.
STAUB WELL KNOWN
He Worked in Canton Barber
Shops and Made His Home
Here--Minerva Cooling
Down.

STAFF Special
Minerva. April 19.-The excitement
at Minerva over the dastardly attempt
Thursday morning. on the life of one of
its oldest. most influential and re.
spected citizens. Andrew Miller, con-
tinued all day Thursday and caused
almost total suspension of business
in the village No other topic was dis
cussed during the day and far into the
evening every store and shop was the
gathering place of a group of citizens,
eager to tell what they knew of the
crime or to hear whatever others might
know of il.
The excitement, however, gradually
decreased with the information that
the injuries of the victim might not
prove as serious as anticipated and
that there was fighting chance for his
recovery. The conviction also soon be-
came general that Curtis Staub, the
man arrested, was guilty of the crime
charged against him and the realization
that the probably guilty man was
safe behind the bars with a net of cir.
cumstances weaved about him from
whose meshcs it would be hard to es'
cape. served to lessen the excited talk
and menacing threats of violence which
were rife all during the day.
In Minerva no one can be found who
has the slightest doubt that Staub com
mitted the crime or that he had any
motive other than robbery. All argue
that every indication from his own
claims. from the most convicing testi.
mony of others and from the circum.
stances point to an intended robbery
which would stop at nothing which
would prevent or interfere with sue
cess.
The victim had not known enemy
on earth; he had lived in a manner
which would invite an attempt of the
kind and the man arrested knew of
the manner of life and from the par.
TALLY circumstantial and partially di-
rect evidence, took advantage of his
knowledge.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23
. ROBBERY THEORY.
The Only One That the People Of Mi.
nerva Will Listen to.

-sotCH tOs
There is no theory at Minerva other
than that robbery was the motive
The victim was a wealthy man, di-
rector in the Minerva First National
bank and often had large sums of
money in the house. Staub knew this
and Minerva people think that he plan
ned to get the old man out of the way
and that his object would be easily at
tanned with only the three sisters of
Miller. who lived with him, in the way.
The unexpected presence of the hired
man. Adams. only recently employed
changed his plans and made the shoot
ing necessary where he might have ex-
pected only to intimidate.
Sheriff Noragon accompanied the
prisoner as far as East Rochester, turn
ed him over to two deputies and him
self returned to Minerva to be on hand
in case of any new developments there
or the possible death of Miller.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23
A General Strike Orde red,

Cleveland, April ia general
strike of all the firemen and linesmen
employed on harbor tugs at Cleve-
land, Conneaut, Erie. Ashtabula, Fair
port. Sandusky. Lorain, Huron and
Toledo was ordered. The strikers de-
mand an advance Of S. per month.
They now receive $50 per month. The
Great Lakes Towing company. which
practically operates all the tugs at
the ports named. refused to consider
the demand, and the strike order fol.
lowed 1t is said that altogether
nearly 1000 men will be directly af-
fected.
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johnson Ordered an Investig alton.

Cleveland. April 19.-Mayor John.
son ordered full investigation of the
anairs OF the city clerks office, to
begin back almost dozen years. Ru-
mors have reached him that there
nave been Irregularities In the trans
action of the city's business in this
department of the city government,
and he is determined to discover the
extent OF the reported irregularity
and apprehend those who are guilty,
IL any.