Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-09
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS.


Sarah B. Cooper VS. s. H, s. N, p +
Newton and Edward Bailey and Mrs
Lizzie Sherman, sci. ia. sur mortgag
of $1,000.
Fred J. Hamilton for Standard Goa
| Mining Co VS. Argentine q Eau Clair
X r. Co. bond of deft. in $500 filed 70
entering upon plaintiffs land in Wash
ington twp.
NOTES.
A E. Reiber, Dr. Brickes and J. f
| Hutzler were appointed commission
in lunacy on Maggie Cupples, formerl..
of Allegheny twp, who became violent
| " insane at the Poor Farm and was re
moved to Jail
Chas. File of Mars was fined by Jus
tice Maxwell for hitting his aunt.
The taking of evidence in the Hartj'
divorce case. begun June 25th and end
ed on Thursday of last week.
The arguments were made on Mon
dav and Tuesday of this week, anC
some of them were warm numbers
The Judge took the papers in the cast
and took to the woods. What will the
harvest beI
The Commissioners of Mercer county
have decided to employ expert real es
tate men TO assist the assessors of the
boroughs in making the triennial valu-
alton. A convention of all the assess
ors of Mercer county will be called soon
by the Commissioners to talk over the
matter of placing the valuations in the
county.
Judge Hawkins of Pittsburg was
sandbagged and robbed at the corner of
Craig and Bayards SITS, a few nights
ago.
The negro, Elmer Dempster, now in
the Washington county Jail, was offici-
ally charged with the murder of three
members of the Samuel Pearce family
in Cecil twp. a coroner's jury last Fri
day heard testimony regarding the trip
le homicide and returned the following
verdict:
I'VE find that Mary E. Pearce came
to her death at her home in Cecil town
shii on Sunday, July 30, from hemor-
rhages caused by bullet wound in the
breast from a revolver in the hands of
Elmer Dempster; and further we re-
commend as speedy trial as possible to
comply with the law be given to the
prisoner, so that the fiend may meet his
just dues.
Similar verdicts were returned in the
cases of the two children.
Sheriff Ayers and other county offici-
ais of Lawrence county are at sea re-
garding the whereabouts of Tom
O'Toole, the convicted murderer who
broke jail at New Castle last Thursday
morning.
A strict investigation will be made of
the manner in which the jail is conduct
ed
The description of OToole is as fol-
lows: Height feet 10 inches, weight
15G pounds. chestnut brown hair, curly
and rather long, smooth face, prominent
cheek bones. lips thin at corners of
mouth and thick in centre, nose narrow
between the eyes. two scars on one OF
his legs below the knee where a hot
iron passed through. leaving scars about
the size of a quarter on both sides of the
leg; when he left he wore black trous-
era, light coat. between a gray and
brown with stripe, soft black hat and
low cut patent leather shoes.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
Anna NJ Green to Mae l. Broman lot
on Miller st for S400
Moses II Johnston to r W Buxton lot
in Mars for $5200
Melvina J Sellers to Chas A Sellers lot
on Valley View ave for $4,000.
Carrie A Sellers TO Melvina J Sellers
lot on Valley View ave for 5000
J d Marshall to Jas h Marshall lot in
Stehle Place for $500.
Minta McKissick to Z l. Stoughton
int in So acres in Clay for $3.50.
Elmer E Davis to Eva l. Cross lot in
Bruin for $500.
Chas B Luton to Fl G Milleman lot in
Harmony for $3.50.
CK Lapham to. Sophia A Lapham lot
i'm Butfer for f3400.
K p PETER to Jennie B Starr lot on
Howard and Elm SITS for $270C.
z r Worrel to Ida M Dale lot or
Fairview ave for $1,000.
Jos Newberryto John G. Dunn lot on
w Wayne st for 81.
Harry Berringer to Vida Fell lot in
Adams for $3.50.
Davis Smith to Kennedy Mathey, lot
on Plank Road for 500
r M Bowser to w w McClung, lot in
Penn twp for $3.50.
w w McClung to Geo, w Kepler, lot
in Penn twp. for $3.50.
John Rauschenber to John NJ Vogeley
lot in Summit twp. for $Tb0
A Nj Neyman to John G Graham, lot
on Main ST. for $25, ,0G0.
Peter Residence to Margaretta Kreps,
80 acres in Summit for 81.