Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-10-30
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS.

NEh SUITS.
The Western Allegheny Ry Co. has
filed bond in $4,000, 10 indemnify Chas
Duffy and Rev E. T. Gallagher for land
in Fairview twp. taken by the railroad;
also bond in $1,000 to indemnify Amanda
L. Rinker of Clay township; also bond
in $4,000 10 indemnify William E. Brown
of Concord twp; also bond in $4,000 to
Violet Starr. j. II. Starr ct al of Con-
cord twp; also bond in $4,000 to Lewis
T. Sutton of Concord twp.
Salvatoel Cavallo and wife VS. The
Evans City Coal Co, summons in tres
pass, amount of claim $500 each.
Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co and P. &
W. Ry. Co. VS. Butler Passenger Rail
way Co. bill in equity asking to have
the deft. enjoiued from laying their
street car tracks across the railroad
tracks at grade on Centre ave, Butler.
MOTIFS
Abbie and Maggie Hauck, the two
girls who while employed as domestics
at the Jail, last Spring, aided CLYDE
Adams to escape and ran OF
with him. were located IN Law
renee Co last week by Deputy HvOn.
They each gave bail in $500 to appear al
December court to answer charges of
aiding prisoner TO escape. Maggie
has since become Mrs. Clyde Adams,
but the whereabouts Of Adams are un-
known The two girls were at their
home ard went before Esq. j. j. Kelly
of Ellwood and gave themselves up
when the Butler officers were coming to
arrest them.
The E. J. Kennedy farm, 95 acres at
Coylesville, was sold at Administrator S
sale Saturday to Rody Rodgers for
$500
Robert Crocker, Poor Farm inmate,
has been charged with larceny for steal
ing his own dog, which had been given
to Winfield twp. farmer, dogs not be-
ing allowed to be kept by the inmates.
A mortgage of $75O000 from the But,
Ter Water Co. to the Farmers Loan q
Trust Co. of New York was recorded
Tuesday.
w. Fl. Ritter Jr., ard Earl D. Thomp-
son have filed a certificate of copartner-
ship
Matthew Rouden. an individual dress
ed in two suits Of clothing and claiming
Philadelphia as his home, was caught
in the act of picking G.. w. Smiths
pocket in front of the Park Hotel Mon
day evening by Smith and is now in
jail.
Locolf Rauffel is in Jail for larceny of
a revolver.
An effort is being made to secure the
pardon of Alex. Killen, who loaned his
boat to the three men VINO robbed and
killed Mrs Rudert in Tarentum. twelve
years ago; and who was convicted as an
accessory.
The U. S. Supreme Court handed
down an opinion at Washington. sMon
day. in the now famous suit brought to
secure distribution of the property of
the Harmony society, also known as the
society. The suit involved
property valued at over $4, 600, 900 and
the litigation has lasted over eight years
The decision is victory for John 5.
Duss, senior trustee of the society and
the surviving members who are allied
with him. The decision sustains the U.
5. Court of Appeals in holding that the
plaintiffs have no proprietary interests |
in the property involved.
The operation for appendicitis per-
formed ON the president of the Superior |
Court, Judge Charles e. Rice, has plac |
ed that Court in position never before |
occupied by high tribunal in the State |
Of Pennsylvania. OF the seven judges |
Of the Court, there are only four now |
able to perform their regular judicial |
duties, and these must all agree before |
q decision can be reached Should one
Of them be incapacitated the work of |
the court would be at a stand still, as a |
could not render a decision.
Lawyers and their clients having cases |
before the Superior court are greatly |
pertrubed over its crippled condition |
and the possibility of delay in the |
handling of important cases.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
Geo F Bulford to Sarah NJ Graham lot |
in Butler for $1400.
w A Dennison to John III Heiner of
Bruin lot on Standard Ave S. S. for |
$4,000
JC Donaldson to &C Roberts lot in
Fairview for $3.50.
Abner McCallan to Reuben Tinker 60 |
acres in Cherry for $1,000.
J C Renfrew to Woodman Stock Co. |
lot in Penn twp. for $50.
Conrad Biehl to Martha Sarver lot in |
Butler for $500.
f w Shuster to John Heck 55 acres |
in Buffalo for $500.
Joseph Houillon to Arthur Bornique |
lot in Butler twp. for $1,000.
Anna L Eerrero TO A III Sarver lot on |
N Washington st for $500.
Geo Z Welsh to III Ii Winger lot in |
Mars for S1165.
Henry Zimmerman to Mary A. Glenn |
lot in Portersville for $500.
VIM Watson to A Bonner 1 acre mt |
5arvers Station for 5000.
Heirs of W A Burris to Mrs. Eliza |
beth Burris 2,acres at Whitestown for |
81.
r J Whitmire and VIM II Aggas, |
ex'rs of Jacob Whitmire to Geo E |
Robinson lot on Mercer st for $4025.
Geo E Robinson to Robert Whit |
mire same for $4035
VIM + Young, E III Beardsley, W
Johnston and w N Erskine to The Lu-
cent Oil Co refneries in Karns City and |
for $4,000.
CT Barron to A Meier 30 acres in |
Cherry for $500.
A Z Milford to Belle May Anderson |
lot on Centre ave for $1,000.
Abraham Schontz to Margaret Her |
man lot in Harmony for $500.
Elizabeth Reiber to Edgar w Bing- |
ham lot on L Clay st for $3500
w J Mckee to T L Schenck lot in |
Butler for $4,000