Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-05-18
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS.

Kesselman & Co. vs Julia T. Walker,
ex'rx of Hildreth Walker, decd. as
sumpsit for $169 20 and $13S.20 claimed
TO be due on two promisory notes.
E. E. Wick, admir- of r. K. Wick,
decd, VS. VIM. Black, Jr sci ia On a
mortgage on 103 acres in Marion, the
balance due being about $500.
w. w. Hoffman VS. School Directors
of the jefferson twp. Independent Dis
trict, assumpsit for S135, which the
plaintiff claims is due his daughter,
Miss Matte Hoffman, minor. who
was employed as teacher by the direc-
tors Of the Independent District, and
whom he states they tried TO freeze out
Of her school by failing to provide suf-
ficient fuel. They also discharged her
before her term was ended and the
amount sued for is wages for the bal
ance of the term S NJ. Barr and w.
B Smith are President and Secretary
Of the Board.
VIM. Ruffner, son of the shoemaker
of that name, is in jail on charge of
agg a&b, made against him by Nicely
McCool
In the U. S. Circuit Court. in Pitts
burg, last Saturday, the jury in the
Gibney- Steiner breach of promise case
awarded Miss Gibney of ST Louis a
verdict of $13,925 against Klaus j.
Steiner of Allegheny.
George Beaucroft of Pittsburg has
sued his wife for his legs his cork leg
and his wooden one. His wife has them
in Wheeling and will not give them up.
Nan Patterson was released from Jail
in New York, ON her own recognizance,
last week, and went to her home in
Washington, D. c.
Police Captain James Wilson of Allie
gheny, was held for court on five
charges of aiding and abetting unlaw-
ful houses on the North Side after con-
tested hearings, last Saturday, before
Alderman James " McMasters. Bail
was fixed at $500 in each case and was
furnished at once.
During the hearings his attorney, j.
Scott Ferguson, took occasion to refute
an intimation that he (Ferguson) was
in any way connected with the libel
suits brought in Butler comfy in the
interest of the Allegheny graft ring
through a mysterious person named
Hay Phillips" against the Pittsburg
Leader and the Pittsburg Gazette. Mr..
Ferguson declared emphatically that
he had nothing to do with those cases,
and his manner plainly indicated that
he repudiates them.
Benedetto Greco has petitioned for
naturalization.
Jeremiah Harper of Concord town
ship, aged so years was found on the
road near Herman station last Sunday,
helpless and in distress. The case was
to the sheriff, who drove down
and secured him, and lodged him in
Jail.
He was taken to his home in Middle
town, Monday,
James q. Kennedy of New Kensipg
ton and formerly of Butler, was ar
ranged in the criminal court at Green's
burg, Monday for the murder of Howard
Elmer. telegraph operator. The grand
jury found true bill against the wife
of tie defendant, Mrs. Elizabeth
Kennedy. She is charged with com
plicity in the murder. Kennedy was
foreman of the New Kensington plant
of the Pittsburg Union Spring and
Manufacturing Company. Elmer board
ed in the house where Kennedy and his
wife had apartments and the murder
resulted from Ebner's attentions to Mrs.
Kennedy.
At the continued hearing of the al
legged case of the Commonwealth versus
William s. Scott, Managing Editor of
the Pittsburg Gazette, for the alleged
publication, in its issue of April 9th
last. of an alleged libel on somebody
in Allegheny regarding the graft or dis
orderly house cases; the Hay, or alleged
STRAW" man who figures as prosecutor
did not put in an appearance. and can
not be found, although there has been
a warrant out for him for several days.
But Messrs Marshall and Bowser ap-
pcared for somebody and there was q
roar Of wind and oratory IN Justice
Christie's little Office Monday, end
ing in Christie holding Scott for Court.
The dumping of this mass trash upon
Butler county looks like an imposition
upon our good nature.
Monday. May 30, is the last day fol
day for fling applications for liquor
licenses. Those already filed are Chas
Stokey, Zelienople; Geo. A. Gehm
Evans City; Fl. w. Stokey, Zelienople
AMI A. A Hoch, Chicora.
There are now % cases on the Quarter
Caza;ou donHof for Juua form