Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20
LEGAL NEWS.
NOTES.

81. which is pretty near election time
j Frank Petit and Rock Minish. two
Italians working in Il limestone quarry
near Wick, were brought to Butler
Thursday last, by Constables Brown
and Donaldson. Informations had beer
made against them by another Italian
who said they forced him TO kiss the
feet of themselves, and two other Counts
threatening to kill him If he refused.
After the performance the victim caused
the arrests but at tine hearing all made
up and kissed on the face.
The case OF Com vs Harry Bickel fel.
a&b., was settled on payment of costs.
Allen w. Kelly was appointed guar
dian of James, minor child of Susan
Kelly, decd, of w. Sunbury, and was
granted leave to sell house and lot I
private sale TO II c. Hindman for 500.
The Humes Torpedo Co. has filed an
answer TO the Constables Return, deny
ing that it is storing nitro -glycerine on
the Vogel and s. Schaffner farms in
Butler twp, but saying that the Penn S
Torpedo Co does VIM. Rowland also
denies storing or making it. J. I. Hol-
land also stated he is not using his
magazine for storage. All claim it is a
legitimate business and that the Court
has no jurisdiction.
d. G. Bastian of Zelienople was given
leaye to sell house and lot belonging :
to his ward, Myrtle SchontZ, to Geo. NJ.
Haley for $2100.
F. E. McQuistion, Joseph Brown and
David B. Dodds viewers on petition of
| Adams twp for vacation and annull-
1 xDe. 80 w.,
Humes place.
Elizabeth Edmundson and Sarah E.
| Shanor heirs of Michael Heckert, enter
ed a sealed bid of $1,000 for his land, 36
acres in Connoquenessing twp. and it
being the highest bid by the heirs, the
Court awarded it to them.
T. NJ. Marshall, admir- of J. D. Mar
shall; decd of Mars. was granted leave
to have assigned to himself for $4l50, a
lease on the Jos. Douthett farm, as per
agreement made in lifetime of decedent.
The Guarantee Safe Deposit & Trust
Co. was appointed guardian of Geoge ].
| F. Elmer.
T. H c. Keck, Esq, DR.. W. II.
Brown and John W. Allen were ap-
pointed a commission III lunacy on Mrs.
| Susan J. Walker on petition of her hus-
band, John A. Walker, of Clay
| township.
Elias Barkley was appointed guardian
| of Kate, Lewis, Hazel and Edward
| Eicholtz.
Mrs. Jane Strut of Zelienople petit
toned for guardian of the estate of
her husband, VIM. Strut. The petition
will be heard March 80
The will of GEORGE Michael of Jeffer-
son twp. has been probated, letters to
Albert Michael.
Sunday morning and Tuesday there
| were no prisoners in Jail, the first time
| time in three years that the county bas-
tile was altogether empty.
| Charges of assault and battery and
| surety of the peace have been enteyed
against VIM. Shcup by Celina Shoup.
A charge of surety of the peace has
w. G. Findley.
A motion court will be held Saturday,
March 80
Lewis Mcdonald has been appointed
| auditor of Slipperyrock boro, vice Thos.
Denniston, resigned.
W. H. Martin, formerly of Butler, has
| been disbarred from practicing law in
| Mercer county.
The Allegheny county grand jury last
Thursday returned three true bills
agaist Mrs. Katherine Soffel wife of ex-
| Jail Warden P. K. Soffel, the action be-
| ing based ON the part she played in aid
! ing in the escape of the Biddle brothers
| from her husbands custody. One of the
| bills indicts her for aiding in the escape
of the Biddles, and the other two are
| indictments for felonious assault and
| battery. If found guilty on all these
charges she will be liable to fines of
| $4,000 and imprisonment for sixteen
years in all.
District Attorney Haymaker is de-
| termined that Mrs. Soffel shall be tried
on the charges, and it will take very
straight certificate of illness to get a
postponement of the trial when it is
called after license court has adjourned.
The trial of the woman will be one of
| the most noted in the criminal history
of the country and will be watched with
interest. Circumstances of the same
character have surrounded only two
cases in the whole criminal history of
the United States, and in only one re-
ported case were the circumstances
identical, which will give it a promin-
ence not otherwise possible. In that
case the wife of sheriff is one of the
country counties in Kentucky assisted
in the escape of murderer but he was
afterward apprehended and hanged
The woman was sent to the penitentiary
for her part in the affair.
The Superior Court has affirmed the
decision of the Court of Venango county
in the case of Commonwealth VS. Mentz
This was an action where an Oil City
junk dealer was convicted for not keep
ing a record and description of the pur-
chases made. He was fined $25 and
costs. amounting to about 500. The
case was carried to the Superior Court
by the defendant.
Judge Buffington's decision restrain
ing the city Pittsburg) from entering
into a contract for part CT the work of
the proposed filtration plant takes
common. sense view of the whole sub
ject and reads like good law For the
law of the case the Judge quotes the city
charter and fortifies himself as to its
common sense with an apt quotation
from the scriptures. With the law and
the gospel both against them it is readi-
ly apparent that the filtration jobbers
have not leg to stand on.-Gazette.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
P e. W Ry Co to Oscar G Murray ct
al railroad property for 100000.
John w Allshouse to P L Titus 81
acres in Concord for $400
Benjamin Sarver to John Bauer 80
acres in Winfield for $4,000.
Mary A Campbell to A f Regal lot on
Fairview Ave, Butler, for $3400.
Henry Kleber heirs.t to Anna Shroth 60
acres in Clinton for $1,000.
John G Digit to p L Brisbane lot in
Jackson for $1,000.
John Davidson to Elizabeth Stoup lot
in Mars for 81
Frederick w Metz to Elizabeth Stoup
lot in Mars for $3.50.
] Campbell to Ellen J Connell lot
on Pearl ST. Butler, for $2350
Daniel Mclaughlin to John NJ Baker
"a acres in Penn twp. for S1700.
Mary f Gray to G H Johnston. Jr, lot
lot in Donegal for $50.
w Campbell to S Campbell as
signment of rs acres in Fairview for
$500.
John N Curry to J N Williamson lot
in Harrisville for 500.
Thomas G Lyon to Anna G Christy
lot on Fairview Ave Butler, for $1,000.
w z Murrin. trustee, to Geo Baldin
Al acres in Parker twp for 5000.
Allen w Kelly, guardian, to II c.
Hindman lot in West Sunbury for $3.50.