The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-15
KEYSTONE STATE cULuNGS
RICH FARMER ROBBED
Threaten Victim and Mother-in.L aw
With Death, and They Tell Hiding
Place Of Treasure.

| Inc Iarm mousse Oh ELL Avery, q
wealthy farmer at AraIat Summit,
was rdded by six masked mel all
heavily armed. Avery and his mc.l
er-in-law, Mrs. John Sartell, were the
only persons In the house at the
time, Mrs. Avery being away on
visit. Avery and Mrs. Sartell were
securely bound and gagged and then
the safe was forced open. 1t con-
tained no money, as Avery, suspect
Ing that robbery might occur, as he
had seen some suspicious men near
the house during the day, had hidden
1t In his bed. The men evidently
knew he had a large sum of money
for they threatened to blow out his
brains and those of Mrs. Sartell IL
he did not reveal its hiding place.
He did so. The burglars, after cut
ting down the telephone, bound Avery
and Mrs. Sartell to the bedposts and
escaped. 1t was some hours before
they could free themselves.
| One OF the biggest coal sales made
by Uniontown capitalists has been
closed. About $4,000 acres of coal In
Monongalia and Marion counties,
West Virginia, passes to a syndicate
Of capitalists who pay about s2,5OOOOO
for holdings which cost the sellers
about one-tenth that amount. All the
$4,000 acres, except about $500 acres,
was controlled by Uniontown men.
Colonel ]. M. Guffey Of Pittsburg had
about 1000 acres. The coal lies In
what Is known as the Batelle district.
Two Baltimore & Ohio freight trains
| met head on In the Brady tunnel, Just
east OF Washington. Joseph Heating
of Pittsburgh, engineer of the west
bound freight, aged 3S, was killed.
He leaves a wife and three children.
Martin ODonnell Of Glenwood engl-
neer Of the eastbound train, suffered
compound fracture of the left leg,
broken arm and severe bruises and
cuts. LIE Clair May of Glenwood, fire.
man on the eastbound train, sustained
crushed foot.
Jack Conners at st. Mary's Catholic
Church, New Castle, staggered up the
church aisle just after Rev Father
Brady had celebrated the morning
mass, and lurched into the pulpit be-
lOlt tic lIOul WulCn lie IOTC
down the crucifix. Then he turned
to the few women worshipers remain
ing in the church and kept up
sacrilegious harangue until the police
overpowered him.
A $4,000 estate, known to have
been possessed by the late Mrs. Eliza
Cunningham of Wampum, widow of
Judge Samuel Cunningham OF Law
renee county, is being eagerly hunted
by the heirs, of whom there are 19.
Mrs. Cunningham had about s10.-
900 in real estate and was supposed
to have nearly $4,000 in personal
property. No will has yet been
found and no trace Of the money.
Disguised as nuns and claiming to
be members Of a religious order con-
nected with the Catholic church, two
women have succeeded in collecting
about $500 from residents of Home
stead. The Rev. Father Francis Will
lam Jordan of st. Francis Catholic
church, Homestead, learned the two
women had canvassed the borough In
their black habits and found many
victims.
A telegram was received at AL
toona saying that II. Neff Anderson,
millionaire lumberman, had been
killed in Andersonia, Cal, by being
struck on the head with a heavy
timber at his saw mill plant. And
erson was &C years old and was born
In Blair county, leaving many rela-
tives there.
While Thomas Foster, of Oil Creek
township, and John Lambert, of
Pittsburg, were hunting near Titus
vile, both men fred at grouse
which arose directly between them
Lambert was shot in the right eye, de-
stroying the sight, while Foster es-
capped with a few birdshot in his
hand
Ambrose Gill 81, of Pleasant. Gap,
Center county, met a horrible death.
He was assisting Henry Gentzel In
threshing, and while walking across
the overhead loft stepped on a loose
board, and plunged head foremost in
to the mouth Of the threshing ma
chine. Death was instantaneous.
At a meeting of the High House
Coal and Coke Company it was de-
cided to build an additional block of
ovens in Southern Fayette county.
The president of the company is Cap
tain Thomas F. Wiley
James McCleoy lost his life while
hunting rabbits neaer Kittanning
Point. His body was found lying
along the railroad tracks with a large
hole torn in his right side. He
gun was empty.
Andrew Mitchell, aged 80, was
painting the open-hearth building of
Carnegie Steel Company at South
Sharon, when he fell so feet from a
swing and struck on his head. His
skull was fractured and he died.
Irene Pfiester, IA years old, died at
the Johnstown hospita; as a result
OF burns received at her home Sun
day, when her clothing caught fire
from a stove.
George w. Newson, 20 years old.
OF Tttusville, was crushed to death
In the machinery of an oil derrick
near Wurtemburg. Lawrence conn
ty.