The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-11-14
Several Interesting Items.

From Hanover (Pa) Record, November 2.
This morning officer w. W. Smeach ar
rested Charles W. Baughman, of Centennial
avenue. on a warrant issued by Justice Lewis
D. Sell, charged on oath of Milton d. VENT,
of West Mannheim township, with assault and
battery. Baughman entered bail for hear
ing uo,uooo NJ.
| was arrested this morning by oIhcer Smeach
an oath of Milton D. Wentz, charging the
defendant with assault and battery, aggrava
ted assault and battery and assault and bat
| terv with intent. Justice Sell fixed the bail
| in Oscar Baughmans case, for his appear
| ance at a future hearing, at $1,000, which was
| furnished. The above arrests are the out
| come of the trouble which occurred ON the
| evening of Wednesday, October ~, IN West
Hanover, when Milton Wentz, employed at
the Crandall Long Furniture Works, on his
| way homeward was attacked by Charles aud
| Oscar Baughman, also employees OF the same
| factory, who had awaited his coming, con
| ceaIed in a cornfeld near the shops. In the
| resulting fight. the Baughmans were reinforced
| nv another Young man named Ed. Bortner,
| but in spite of ali the odds against him Wentz
| was getting the better of the set-to until he
was struck in the right eye by stone, while
lying on the ground, by Oscar Baughman,
which blinded and rendered him partially
UNCONSCIOUS The injury to VENTS eye is so
serious that he will lose the sight OF the eye,
making the offense committed by the men
quite serious one. There Is danger that his
| left eye may also be effected.
The Baughman boys are not relatives.
Walter H. Dechert. of New Oxford, the
only surviving member of his family, met ter
rible injuries Oh Saturday evening which re-
suited in his death about 20 minutes after the
accident Mr. Dechet's mother, Mrs. Mar,
garet Dechert, died Thursday, October 20,
aged IA years. and Was buried Saturday fore
noon. In the evening Mr.. Dechert accom-
panied a lady who had attended his mother
funeral to the depot, bought ticket and
went with her into the coach on the O'Clock
train. While in the car the train began to
move; he hurriedly started to leave the car
but was called back to give the lady her ticket.
By this time the train was moving pretty fast,
and Mr. Dechert was admonished by the con.
ductor not to attempt to jump as he would
stop the train. Mr.. Dechert, however, re,
marked, II can make it all right and leaped
from the train. He was dragged between the
platform and the moving train, where, 1t Is
supposed, he was struck by the steps and
axles of the train fracturing his ribs and spine,
and also his skull. The train was stopped,
too late, however, to avoid the accident. The
unfortunate man was removed to his home,
where he died shortly after
Dr. l.. A. Roth, of Nashville, York county,
has retired after practicing Is years. he kept
an account of the distances travelled in follow
ing his profession, and finds that he travelled
l29, 600 miles. He wore out II horses and
10 buggies in his trips while caring for the
sick
David, son of Peter Anthony. of Walnut
street. clerk in the l.. Ii. Hoffacker shoe
store, Fountain Square, yesterday fractured
his right arm. Mr.. Anthony had the mistor,
tune to break the bone of the same arm about
two months ago while pitching in game of
baseball at Spring Grove; this fracture, how
ever, was healed. Yesterday, while in the act
of throwing a stone, the same bone snapped
several inches above the other fracture.