The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-06-19
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TO STARK C0UNTY'S
RECORDS OF CRIME
McC rthy, Alleged In
cendiary, Says He ls
Innocent.
LEIDIC'S oFFEkSE ONLY TECHNICAL.

| Michael Mccarthy, a railway teleg-
rapher, one Of the three persons in
dicted for arson in connection with the
burning of Edward Jones saloon at
North Lawrence May 16 last, was ar
raigned before Judge Harter Wednes-
day morning and pleaded not guilty to
both the charge of arson and that OF
! burning n building to the prejudice of
an insurer. Bond was fixed by the
court at $500 in each case. The pris-
oner is a young studious looking man,
wearing eyeglasses and has none Of
the appearance of what would be ex-
pected in person accused Of such
crime.
The prisoner will have c. c. Bow,
of Canton, and o. c. Volkmore of Mas
sillon as his attorneys. He insists that
he is not guilty and win fight the
case. Attorney c. r. Meyer who Is
counsel for Andrew Leidig, accused Of
manslaughter, appeared in court and
asked that the bond be fixed. Judge
Harter stated that he could not fix the
amount Of the bond until after the plea
of the prisoner, but when informed
that 1t had been fixed at 900 the
! judge said he would not feel inclined
to increase 1t. 1t was agreed then that
the bondsmen should come in Satur-
day and that the prisoner would be
arraigned on Mnday of next week.
The prosecutor stated to the court
that Leidig was only technically guilty.
SUIT AGAINST BRICK COMPANY
The case of Althea Mckinney
against the Canton-Sparta Brick Co.,
was taken up for hearing Wednesday
morning in court room No. 2. 1t is
an action to recover $10,500 alleged
to be due because of coal and clay
| Illegally mined by the brick company
from the land of the plaintiff McKin-
ney.
1t is said that in 1900 when mining
was being done upon the Mckinney
farm, they broke through into the
works of the brick company and the
discovery was made that the mines of
the company had run over under the
Mckinney land and large amounts Of
coal and clay had been taken out The
charge is made that after the mining
had been done the pillars were pulled
out and the mine dynamited SO that
| 1t caved in. 1t is charged that this
was done in order to destroy the evil
dence of the infringement. The min
ing had been done during a period
from 1886 to 1900 when the discovery
was made. Surveyors were sent into
the old mines and an estimate made
upon the amount of material taken
out. The jury, after the case was pre-
sented. went to Sparta to view the
premises, under the direction of the
sheriff. The brick company will fight
the case hard, as it is claimed that
little or no infringement has been
made. Briggle and Welty & Albaugh
represent the plaintiff and Taylor G.
Stewart the defendants.
DIDN'T GET DAMAGES.
Orlan G. Brown wha had sued Silas
Schwanter for 5000 damages for false
and malicious arrest, failed to recover,
the jury returning verdict in favor
Of the defendant Schwanter. The trpu-
BILE grew out Of the cutting of tim
ber along the line on the Johnson
Sherrick farm near Waco. Schwanter
claimed that Brown had gotten over
the line and had cut trees that did
not belong to him. He had Brown ar
rested, but the charge was not sus-
tanned.
Brown considered that his reputa-
Il
amount of $4,000 and brought suit for
the amount. The case was concluded
Tuesday afternoon before Judge Har-
ter. The jury evidently decided that
there was some justification in the ar
rest and refused to give damages.
Sterling & Braucher appeared for the
plaintiff and Charles Nrichbaum for
the defendant.