The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-03
OHIO'S WEEKLY OLIO.
BRIEF COMPILATION OF lATE
STATE NEWS.

BRIEF COMPILATION OF lA1s
| STATE NEWS.
| An Interesting Sum mary of the More
Important Doings of Our Neigh
Weddings and Deaths-Crimes,
| Casualties and General Buckeye
News Notes.
Col. "Dick" Morgan Visits His Old Cell
Standing at the door of his old cell, No.
| 2l, Col. "Dick" Morgan, of Lexington,
KY, brother of Gen. John Morgan, set at
| rest the fOrty-year-old story that Warden
| Merton, who had charge of the old peni-
tentiary at the time of the escape of Gen.
| John Morgan and his officers in 1868, was
| in guilty cOllusiOn with the escaping
| COnfederates. Asked the question, he
| made this reply: mot the slightest in
| the world. The fact that an effort was to
| be made to escape was not known to all
OF our men, to say nothing about ont
siders being made acquainted with OUT
plans. We had no use for Warden Meri-
| on, and that fact ought to set at rest any
| report that he even winked at the es-
| CAPE"
| There has always been some wonder as
to how the rebel prisoners gained a
| knowledge of the air chambers beneath
the cell house, its existence being known
to but comparatively few people outside
| Of those who built the penitentiary. Col.
Morgan said ot-this feature of the case:
IL ascertained that from a convict who
was working about the cell block. After
that had been learned We were more than
| anxious to learn how the walls on the
outside were located, and that informa-
tion was obtained accidentally. One Of
the convicts had been sent to the depart
ment to replace number of broken win
| dow glasses. He brought with him
long plank, which was placed from the
! cell block to the window. 1 walked out
on the plank and made a survey of the out
side. After that work was commenced on
| the tunnel"
1t was Col. "Dick" who conceived the
plan of escape and helped to put it into
execution.
Brief State Items.
During the past year IL, 900 foreigners
took up residence in Cleveland.
In the absence Of its mother from homo
the S-year-old daughter of William
Fisher Of COvingtOn, was burned to death.
Clarence Locke, the 0-year-old son Of
C. l.. V.LOcke of Eaton, was killed by
the accidental discharge Of a shotgun in
the hands Of his 6-year-old brother.
The Reformatory Board at Mansfield,
has parOled Stephen Rokusofski, Charles
Trecy and Kenneth Biggs from Cuyahoga
County, and Charles Rule from Mont
gomery County.
Mrs. Henry. Clarke and her newborn
babe were seriously burned in fire that
destroyed their residence at Delaware.
The bed on which they were lying was
the only household effect saved.
DR.. Thomas j. West, one of the oldest
physicians Of Tifin, is dead. He was
appointed by Governor Nash member
of the Antietam Monument Commission,
which recently concluded its work.
Ruth Bremen, aged 1s, daughter of NJ.
c. Bremen of Port Washington, was
killed recently, the top of her head being
blown off. Fannie, her 15-year-old sister,
picked up shotgun and playfully
pointed it at Ruth, when the charge ex-
ploded.
Death came to the Oldest person in Co.'S
hocton County, and. it is claimed, in
eastern Ohio, when Mrs. Jane Boyd died
near Avondale, Coshocton County, aged
104. She was born in western Pennsyl-
vania in June, 1893. She leaves brother
and sister, one aged 96 and the other 81.
She was q member of the Methodist
Church for more than ninety years.
The T-u.faoo oef tho ToIoJo Ctoxa H..
pital for the Insane have received the
annual report of the Superintendent, DIR.
A. H. TObey. The total number Of pa
tients in the institution at the close of last
year was 1,626; admitted during the year,
4SS; recovered, 126; improved and dis
charged, 81; died, IT'S; total recovered,
443; number being treated at present,
1,671; average under treatment for the
year, 1872.
Mrs. Caroline Quantrill, aged SO years,
died at the Odd Fellows State Home at
Springfield, after a residence there of
three years. She was the mother OF
Colonel Quantrill, the leader of the band
of rebel guerrillas from Missouri, who
attacked and pillaged Lawrence Kan,
on August 2S, 1853, killing 1873 of the resi-
dents of the town. Her greatest grief in
life was the thought that her son had run
away from home and Joined the rebel
army.
With the killing of two men on the Pan
handle dump in the lower part Of Steu-
benville, this week, the number killed.
there since its construction reaches the
even hundred. Panhandle Passenger
No. s, west bound, half an hour late, and
going at high speed, ran down two men
who were walking the tracks. One was
hurled over the bank and the other was
dragged distance. Both were strangers,
but from papers in their pockets they are
thought to be George K. Wood and j. z.
Wood of New York City.
Senator Foraker has introduced bill
creating new Federal judicial district in
Ohio, with headquarters at Columbus,
and providing for the appointment of
new United States District Judge, Clerk
Of Court and Marshal. The counties to
comprise the proposed district are Clark,
Champaign, Logan, Hardin, Marion,
Union, Franklin, Madison, Fayette, Ross,
Pickaway, Delaware, Morrow, Licking,
Fairfield, Hooking, Perry, Muskingum,
Coshocton, Holmes, Tuscarawas, Guern-
sey, Noble, Morgan, Washington, Monroe,
Belmont, Harrison, jefferson, Carroll,
Pike, Vinton, Jackson, Gallia, Athens
and Meigs.
The Trustees of the Oesterlin Orphans
Home at Springfield, elected these
officials: Rev. s. E. Greenawalt of Belle
fontaine, President; Rev. j. A. Zimm of
Akron, Vice President; Rev. Harry Law
renee Of Springfield, Secretary: and John
l.. Zimmerman of Springfield, Treasurer.
The Board OF Trustees Of the Miami
University, at Oxford, in the annual re-
port to Governor Nash, states that the
enrolment during the year was 975, an
increase Of 125 per cent. over 1912. A
new dormitory for girls is asked for,
together with building for the Normal
School.