Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-03-15


. auditor on the report of Receiver Franl
a. Murphy of the Butler Builders Sup
i ply Co. There is a balance OF S1,4l'
for distribution among the creditors
The liabilities were SIS, ,G29 and the as
sets $66.04S.
The case of Com. VS. Frank Bickel
under Indictment for rape, was contlnu
ee until next term.
Mike Sis and Steve Badanayk die
not answer when called for trial anc
their bail was declared forfeited
Maria Kendall, a Lyndora boarding
house proprietress, was put on tina
Monday morning on charge of adul
tery. Steve Legsins was also put or
trial on charge of fornicatlon, lie
was a boarder at Mrs Kondall's house
The Jury returned verdicts of not guilty
in each case. placing half the costs on
the defendants, and half on Amelia
Kudor, the prosecutor.
| Counsel for the Commonwealth in the
case against Postmaster Samuel Turk
of Parker in which DR.. Stute is the
prosecutor, will present motion to the
Armstrong county court IN few days
asking that the finding of the grand
L =
! nored the case and placed the costs on
DR. Stute, but the Commonwealth
claims their case was weakened by not
being able to present the letter. about
| which the charge was made. This let
ter is now said to be obtainable.
Levi NJ. Wise was appointed auditor
to make distribution of balance OF
81, ,405, according to the account of the
receiver the Guaranty d q L. Co, OF
| the Butler Construction Co. The as
sets were SS7S6, and the liabilities
1881
George Roenigk, a local drayman,
was tried on charge of stealing half
| gallon of whisky from the B, q o.
| freight house. He was acquitted and
the costs placed on Detective Delehanty
of the 3. 81 o.
Steve Badanoyk. Lyndora boarding
| house keeper was placed on trial on
charge of selling liquor without license
| Steve's defense was that he and all the
boarders Clipped in for the beer on the
club plan and each man paid for what
| he drank The jury found him guilty.
]. NJ. Porter has applied for ped
dler's license.
James Benjamin Mason has applied
| for naturalization.
The case of Com. VS. Louis Zadekow,
agent of Pittsburg wholesale house,
| accused of selling liquor without license
was continued until June.
The Shamberger case was continued
on account cf the illness oe Lev. Nc
| QUESTION
a copy of the will of Charlotte, wild
ow of the late Hugh Graham Of Oil
! City, has been fled. Sarah Ca.nahan
Graham is residuary legatee.
Late decisions by the U. S. Supreme
| Court compel witnesses TO testify in
Trust or Corporation cases, even though
| they incriminate themselves.
Adam Rushnough, Croatian, awak
ened the inmates of a Lyndora boarding
| house, Sunday morning, by the noise
he made while robbing the place, Frank
Golotes grappled with him and the
struggling men fell down stairs. Dur
ing the fight Rushnough stabbed
Golotes il the neck barely missing the
| jugular vein. Rushnough was over
| powered, and bound, and the police
sent for. He was landed in jail, and
held for trial by Squire Criswell on
charges of burglary and felonious as
sault. Pocketbooks containing S52 so
were found ON him
| Henderson Surrena was placed on
| trial Yesterday ON charges of burglary
and felonious entry. Mrs. Violet Far
rem and her fourteen -year-old son, Will
| lis of Marion twp, testified that on the
night Of June 23rd last they had been
awakened at night by two men break
ing into their bed room, binding and
gagging them. and demanding their
money One of the men told Mrs. Far
rem that they knew she had 5000 and
and they wanted it, Mrs Farren final
ly said if they would release her she
would give them all she had, So, which
| she did. The men had masks over the
| lower portions of their faces, but the
witnesses said they had known Surrena
| for years, and he was one of the men.
| The men shook hands with them twice,
when they came into the room and
| when they left the house, and they
| noticed something wrong with one of
| the fingers of Surrena's right hand
| half his little finger is cut off. On leav-
| ing they fold Mrs. Farren to be a good
| woman and not leave the house that
| night or she might get killed. Mrs
| Matthews and Mrs. Galloway. who live
| in Venango county, saw Surrena, James
| Martin and Harry Marshall that even
| ing going on the Butler and Franklin
pike going towards the Farren place.
| The defendant had a number of wit
| nesses on hand to prove an alibi. The
case is still on trial.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
All Supplee to A D Smith assignment
| of 4S-acre lease in Donegal for 500
WInifred NJ. Grody to Geo l. Oliver
lot on Walker Ave for $4,000.
A NJ Campbell, Sheriff, to w J Ken
nedy lot in Mars for $2100.
Sheriff to W T BARLEY 10 acres in
Saxonburg for $3.50.
Sheriff to Rosanna Marshall rs acres
in Allegheny for $112.
Sheriff to N Marshall, Trustee, 81
acres in Penn for $25.
E r Maxwell and I HARRISON to Fred
Vensel lot on w Penn st for $4,000.
A E Reiber to Jos F Keeling lot on w
North st for $2S00.
Margaret KreIss to G G Boyce lot in
Valencia for $3.50.
w B McGeary to Laura @ McCand
less lot in Butler for $4,000.
Chas Duffy to r D Smith 10 acres in
Donegal for 500.
A B Wilson to Geo S Shroup lot on
Elm st for $500
in Allison to G G II Krug 11S acres
in Centre for $4720
ON Christie to G STRANGE 50 acres
in Washington for $1,000.
w J McKissick TO Eta NJ Turner 10
acres in Concord for 500.
Jos. w Nannah to John G Schneider,
half int in A acres in Fairview for
$3.50
Lucinda Michael to Ira Michael, So
acres in Mercer for $1,000
Margaret A Grossman to John Dyer.
rs acres in Marion for $l700.
Sherman Foulk to Lewis H. Haffner,
lot on Morton Ave- for $900.s
VIM Walker to Grace M Stonebraker
lot at E Pearl and Monroe SITS for $3000
Sarah G Graham to Geo G Bells lot
on e Jefferson st for $4,000.
Geo G Bells to Jos Cavaloro same for
$2250.
John A Cross to H A NJ Cross assign
ment of S1-acre lease and ten wells in
Parker for $1,000.
Adam n Elliott to Jacob G. Kelly and
John NJ Kelly go acres in Buffalo for
$500
Dr. Elder Crawford to W P Shiring