Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-12-22

yich and Steve Mutok the two Hun
garians in jail, for completely in his
sons death. A charge of murder
against Yorkovich was ignored by the
last grand jury
Ira Thompson, the Yellowcreek Val
lev farmer convicted of adultery with
| Mary Rutter, of Lawrence county, was
sentenced to pay a fine of 5000 and costs,
and committed to the custody or the
sheriff until the sentence is complied
with.
Tony Phillips, the Chicora fruit ven
dor. who lately has been gaining noto-
riety in several ways is on trial on
a charge of selling liquor without IL
cense.
The case of Commonwealth VS. Jacob
Friedman, of Playground ave, attempt-
ing abortion, etc, has been settled, the
defendant paying the prosecutrlx s5oo
on one charge.
Tuesday evening David and William
| Winters and James 4 Mckee, president,
treasurer and secretary of the Butler
Construction Co. petitioned Court Tor
receiver, and the Guaranty , - q 20
was appointed. The company was or
ganized in January 1903, for grading
| curbing and paving streets oalIIlng
! factories etc The debts are placed al
$4,000. No schedule of assets was MED
and the amount Of capitalization was
not stated.
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick began her
| fight for liberty in Cleveland. last sat
| urfiay. To answer the several indlct-
| ments in which she, President Beck
with and Cashier Spear OF OberHn BANK
are co-defendants she appeared IN the
| u. S. Circuit Court and pleaded NOT
guilty" She appeared more dead than
| alive in the court room and was led TO
| the table where her attorney was seat
| ed. President Beckwith and Cashier
Spear occupied seats near Mrs. Chad-
wick.
| A remarkable story Of the incarcera-
| ton of a young. refined and we'll edu-
| Gated girl, heir to great wealth, IN
| private asylum was told last Friday be-
| fore Justice Marean of the Supreme
| Court of Brooklyn, when the case OF
Henry j. Bebro was called before him
| in chambers. The young woman was
| Miss Mabel Spang, 10 years old, a
daughter of Charles FL Spang of Pitts
burg Upon application OF her mother
| she was adiudged insane six months ago
/ anu W LII. NitOAS A>O-A
| sanitarium in Yonkers According to
| the tastiuony of six physicians. two of
whom had refused the mothers request
| TO adjudge her daughter insane, Miss
Spang is perfectly sound in mind.
The Superior Court sitting at Pitts
burg affirmed the Venango County
Court in its conviction of j. Il. Ding
| man for tapping the lines of the Nation
al Transit Co. and stealing oil from 1t.
| Mr.. Dingman was the first man ever
| convicted of such n charge by an OH
| country jury and the Superior Count III
a voluminous report has declared Inat
| il was a lust conviction Oil III transit
| through a pipe line should be just as
| secure as money in a bank or money
| passing through the mails, and is entitl-
| ed TO the same protection under the law.
| Mr.. Dingman was charged with steal
| ing ? 600 barrels of oil from the Nation
| al Transit Company and the evidence
| against him was so strong that his con-
| viction Immediately followed. His ap-
| peal to the higher court was based on
some legal technicalities which the
| Superior Court has oyerruled In a
| lengthy report. The Court also direct
| ed that the record be remitted and that
the sentence of tie lower court be
carried into effect.
From the evidence submitted to US
| there appears to be no organized ring
| of plurderers' who have been unlawful
ly taking the taxpayers money, and
! that outside of some of the allegations
relative to bridges the statements In
| Hon Joseph Sibley's letter are without
/ foundation" That is the gist of the
| final report of the Venango county
| grand iury on the investigation into Mr.
| Sibleys bold charges of crookedness in
| the County Commissioners Office over
| contracts for new bridges, although new
| indictments were returned against the
| three members of the Board of County
| Commissioners and two others, making
a total of - indicted since the jury con
vened The declaration was made IN
| Franklin, Monday, that the grand jury
| failed in its investigation TO get hold
| on the man most wanted. John Irwin,
John Lamberton and Charles w Shaner,
comprising the present commissioners,
were the men indicted, Monde
charges of faiiisS :" ~ on
ias~ - comply with the
.elaUlve to awarding contracts, and
Walter S Meserve of the Rochester
Bridge & Construction Company, and
r E Jones, a Franklin contractor, for
conspiracy.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
John A Stoughton to P B & L E r K
lot in Clay for $75.
! Jennie e Adams to Margt B Adams
lot in Millerstown for $3.50.
John G Digit to G Dueschle 1Oi
acres in Cherry for 81.
John Kelly to Leone W Kelly lot in
Bruin for 81.
3 Stephenson, admir-, to Grovanni
S Snosso lot in Cherry for 1921.
Fred Stoll to William Connor lot in
billiards for $500
Ira C Park to R W Park ia acres in
Middlesex for $1905.
J G Sloan to Emma w Cowles lot in
Eau Claire for $500.
w G Barron to B & L E r r lot in
Clay for 800.
Sarah Swain to Elizabeth PETER
properly in Jackson twp. for $500.
i Rev S Littell to Mary Ell Littell lot
in ZelieDople for $4,000
Mary J Barnes to J Ii Mccoy 81
acres in Mercer for $2450
G. Duffy to Ebenezer Young, lot in
Butler twp. for 5000.
j G. NJ Graham, clerk, to A NJ Barr lot
in Mars for S2225.
in land in Mercer for $500.
&c Say TO w S Wick lot on w Wayne
st for S340.
b F Hamilton to T N Cooper half in
terest in 75-acre lease in Parker for
$4,000.
EJC Grohman to David Yingst lot
in Winfield tip for S25.
John G White to d Fl Hotchkiss
acres in Forward for $4,000
e E Goehring to Lewis Bergoine lot
in Evans City for $92 80.
Lewis Bergoine to Myrtle Melroy
same for S92 so.
T c aud A Kennedy to S Clark
lot in Mars for $3.50.
W Henry Wilson to Emma f Weber
lot in Slipperyrock for $2500.
NJ l. Gibson sheriff to Mutual Guaran-
ty B 81 l. assn brick building on w
!, Wayne st for $500.
II J S Christley to Margaret Hogan lot
in Slipperyrock for $3.50.
Emma Z Webber to w A Spro ul lot
in Slipperyrock for $4,000.
M l. Gibson trustee to J J Scheiring
Eyth property in Butler for S3190.
J Scheiring to Hannah Eyth same
for $3192
, Jacob Stokey to Abram Ziegler lot in
Evans City for $500.
/ II A Wick to w S Wick lot on Lin
coin ave for $1,000.
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