The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-10-20
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TifIin. Ohio. despite the report that it
would be moved to indianapolis.
Thieves forced an entrance into the
large dry goods store of Fleming 4 Bos-
well, in Aberdeen. and carried away
large amount of dry goods. etc.
From papers found upon the body of
the man killed along the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad tracks. near Columbus, it
is believed he is Felix Steiule. Jr.
Adam Reinman. who killed Arthur
Rice. farm hand of TiHin. offered to
plead guilty to murder in the second de-
gree. This plea the State will accept.
In Columbus fire burned out the two
upper floors of the five-story building oc-
cupied by the Columbus Dry Goods Com
pany. The loss is estimated TT S2000OO.
On attempting to jump Oil a moving
| thrashing machine. Freddie, the 5-year-
old child of John Paul of West Union,
| fell in front of the machine and the
heavy front wheels passed over the boys
back. fatally injuring him.
The automobile of Mrs Dan r. Han
ma. while on the way to Cleveland. ran
over Carl Trenn. a schoolboy, infiicting
| fatal injuries. Mrs. Hanna carried the
boy to nearby store. summoned the
ambulance and doctor and then swOou-
| ell
| James Lenox, ID. was fatally injured
i'll runaway ut Piqua. He was thrown
from buggy. striking the back of MS
head on curb and crushing his skull.
The same horse caused the death of J. b.
Reese, %. in similar manner two
months ago.
One man fatally injured. three firemen
seriously hurt, three houses and two
barns destroyed, is the record of a ire
ut Hartwell. The fire was started by
spontaneous combustion. In trying to
get horses out of his barn John Frank
inhaled the flames and will die.
Frenzied because of alleged attention
paid his wife, Emmett Mason. p, attack
ed Frank Blackstone, 81. at the formers
home in Athens. and with an empty beer
bottle beat Blackstone's head into a pulp.
causing instant death. Mason gave him
self up and is now in Jail.
John DOluvitch, 49, Il Slav. ran amuck
in Youngstown, attempted to murder his
entire family with hatchet. wounded
his wife so badly that she will die, and
then killed himself. One other member
of the family, John, aged IL. was struck
by the father, but was not fatally in
jured. His wife claims that he has been
beating her with regularity and threat
ened to kill her if she informed the po
lice. This she did.
| Lavinia and Martha Telfair. near
Bloomington. sisters of Hon. w. b. Tel
fair. were horribly burned the other
morning. Lavinia is dead and Martha
| is dying. In some unaccountable manner,
supposed to be from a CRATE. the cloth
ing of Miss Martha Telfair became ig
nited. When her sister went to her as
sistance she caught fire. They were OF
one of the oldest families of the county
and large owners of real estate.
| William 2. Lane, wanted in Bellefon-
taine, on a charge of wife abandonment,
was arrested in Chicago. He disappear.
ed several months ago, leaving clothing
OIL the banks of lake to give the I'M
preston that he had been drowned. The
police charge that Lane. Sept. %, under
the name of Donald W. Keyne. married
in Chicago Miss Eva Eddy of Croton.
The couple was installed in a fiat at 954
Fifty-fourth street. Mrs Lane No.
told the police she did not know the man
had deserted wife and three children.
| Two unidentified men. aged about 4j
and % years respectively, committed
suicide in Bellaire. Much mystery al
taches to the tragedy, particularly as the
principals to it went about their work Of
sclf-destruction with the greatest delib.
Grafton. The agency of death employed
was carbolic acid, the bottles containing
which bore the label of a Wheeling drug
gist. This is the only clew the police
have to the identity of the men. They
| went to the bank of the Ohio in the low
er part of the city and drank the acid
together.
Twelve-year-old Frank Hauk. 1921
John street, Cincinnati, left the city hos
pital and returned to the arms of his
parents like one coming back from the
grave. Less than month ago he was
pronounced dead. While bathing in the
canal at Twelfth street he dived from
the bridge, striking his head against q
stone. When he failed to rise to the
surface his companions called assistance,
and after a period of nine minutes had
elapsed his body was drawn to the
shore. Death by drowning" was the
|
saving his life was about abandoned he
suddenly gasped for breath and the bat
| tie was won. Then the broken bone at
the top of his skull was removed and ma
ture was allowed to carry on the work
of repair.
Attorney Frank Howell has returned
| from New York. where he represented
DIR. Howard Whteside. son of DIR. A.
7. WlitesiIe of Dayton. formerly n dent
ist of Cincinnati, in a suit for alimony
brought by his wife. Mamie Verify
| Whiteside. daughter of Rev. Jacob Yer
ity, prominent Methodist minister. By
the terms of a settlement effected in New
| York. Mrs. WhiteSide secured Sj0.OOG
from New Jersey woman worth a mill
ion. with whom Howard Whiteside was
said TO have been in love. Mrs. White
side threatened to sue her for S2O0.OOO
damages for alienation of affection. The
rich woman retained John W. Griggs.
Attorney General under Mckinley. to
| represent her. and lie secured the ser
| vices of United States Senator johnson
| Vt New Jersey as assistant. \ threat
| ened alienation suit compelled settle
ment, and the WhitesideS have separat-
ed for good. it is said. although they are
not divorced. A divorce slIit instituted
by Whiteside is now pending in the local
courts.
Frank Sting and Will Miller, firemen
in the Lake Shore Electric railway pow
| er house, wera scalded To death in Ere
mont when one of .he immense boilers
| burst.
During the annual walk around at
the Miami University, Oxford, party
| Of 40 students wearing night robes went
to the Western College for Women.
While part oi them made Il demonstra-
| ton in front of the main hall. monopoliz-
| ing the attention of those on the inside,
| the rest entered ana looted the college
pantry. carrying off the pastry and food
prepared for the $50 girls.
Louis Sellbach. vice president of the
| Paul Schmidt Company. wholesale liquor
| dealers in Cleveland. was shot in
| the back and instantly killed while duck