The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-08
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who is charged with killing his wife,
Kate, aged 60 years, who was found
lead, having been killed with
ratchet in her home In Chester, Sep
.ember / 3, still maintains his inno-
,ence, although he has been almost
continually sweated by District At
orney MacDade, County Detective
Berry and Detective Charles Klett, OF
Philadelphia, since he was arrested.
?avitt occupies cell in the lookup
ind Is being furnished food from
iearby restaurant. He takes his ar
est coolly and shows the same in
| Inference which has characterized
ais actions all during the time, since
| ne was first suspected OF the murder.
| The only statement he will make to
! The officials is that he is not guilty
that everything will come out in
| the hearing, and he feels positive
| that no man will stand for his con-
viction of the crime. District Attor-
ney MacDade, who has been working
on the case, is positive that he has
the right man and will present at
the hearing several witnesses who
have heretofore not been called
County Detective Berry, who made
the arrest, refuses to make any state
ment other than he believes that he
has in custody the murderer.
No date for the hearing has been
fixed. Pavltt has secured counsel
and he will probably soon he brought
before the court on a writ of habeas
corpus, when the prosecution will be
forced to present its evidence.
After dreaming twice during the
night that his father, Richard Ro-
4 tzI ,In1 ole
awoke in the morning to find that
his dream had come true. About
O'Clock A. NJ, Mr. Roland awoke
from dream in which he saw his
father cold in death. Unable to sleep
he went to the door of the room and
looked in. Mr.. Roland, Sr., was
lying with hands folded across his
breast, apparently sound asleep. The
son went back to bed and again
dreamed the same thing. Arising
shortly before o'clock he again
went to his fathers room and was
Mortified to find that his aged father
had apparently been dead several
hours. The deceased was so years
of age and was in good heath when
he retired.
Charles Ohnmachd, a resident of
NdIUOHudlt, udS DIOuBil al itllOi III
trespass against the Delaware & Hud-
son Railroad Company, alleging per-
manent disability and claiming dam
ages in the sum of s25, 900. The in
jury to the plaintiff occurred last
March. According to his declaration,
the plaintiff was in a wrecking crew
sent out from Carbondale to Forest
City to clear a wreck. The steam
crane on the wreck car was in charge
of a young man named Ralph Blair
and the plaintiff AYERS that Blair had
been kept employed without sleep
for thirty-six hours While the tank
of the wrecked engine was in the
air, the steam in the crane went
down suddenly, the tank of the To-
comotive falling across the legs of
the plaintiff.
While returning to their homes
from a meeting of the Women's Re-
lief Corps, at Mt Carmel Mrs. Thom-
as Miles and Mrs. William Kleben-
stine, the latter treasurer of the
corps, were held up by two men and
robbed of their purses containing Inv
all about $40. The robbers then ran
down an alley and made their escape.
The robbery occurred a square and
q half from the main street.
John N. Rowe, farmer, aged 81
wears, was instantly killed at a grade
crossing at Midvale, near Waynes-
boro. Rowe's wagon was struck by
draft of four runaway cars. Rowe
was thown 200 feet. His skull was
crushed and both arms and legs
broken.
The most interesting bonfire in the
hictnru nf fhof coatfnn hIa1a1 n N
the center of Waynesburg. The fur
nishings of a dozen gambling dens,
confiscated by the county authorities,
were fired and reduced to ashes. Of
flcials from the District Attorneys
office raided all the gambling houses
in the town Sunday night, arresting
seventy-five persons and confiscating
the furnishings of the rooms. Some
Of the resorts raided were patronized
only by wealthy residents and the
furnishings were expensive. The en-
tire lot was piled in a heap in the
town square and fired in the presence
| Of several hundred spectators. The
property burned was estimated to be
worth between $4,000 and $4,000.
Hannah r. Godshalk, aged 55
years, wife of Joseph Godshalk, died
suddenly at her home along the Old
York Road. Mrs. Godshalk was a
familiar figure to every driver and
autoist who used the Old York
Road. For almost decade she and
her husband collected the tolls from
those who used the turnpike. Thurs
day night she left her husband in the
little Office and walked toward the
dining room. AS she crossed the
threshold she fell and died in few
minutes.
During a fit of jealous rage, Will
liam Valinsky, a contract miner, of
Shenandoah, become involved in
quarrel with his wife which resulted
in his striking her over the head with
a heavy cane. She was removed TO
the Miners Hospital where she died
without regaining consciousness. Val
insky was promptly arrested and
committed to prison. He offers no
explanation for his crime other than
saying that his temper got the best
of him and he was not himself when
he struck her.
Bears, which are numerous in Mon
roe and Pike Counties, are giving the
farmers no little trouble. A bear was
seen near Broadheadsville and a
posse of farmers formed to capture
him. After an all-day hunt the ami