The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-29
ROBERT BURNS
CHANGES PLEA
Sentenced to One Year in
the Penitentiary.
OVER TWO YEARS AGO
He was Arrested on Charge
of Horse Stealing.
George II. Summers Joins Church,
Then Asks That Suit Against
Weber be Dismissed.

The fact that George II. Summers,
who deserted his wife in this city
last June, has again become religious
and has Joined church in his old home
town of Mitchell South Dakota, re-
suited in his having mis- damage suit
dismissed from Marion county court
of common pleas. The suit was one
in which he sued William Weber and
others for $500 damages charging
that they contrived to defraud him OF
a second hand store which he owned
at 2O1 North Main street.
After getting religionS Summers
conscience hurt him. The fact that
this suit was pending in local court
weighed upon his mind until short
time ago he wrote to the attorneys
in the case, directing them to effect
a settlement at his costs. The settle
ment was reached Tuesday, when the
court costs and all attorneys fees
we're paid by Summers wife who Is
now living in the home OF former
County Clerk william F. Johnson on
South Prospect street.
In letter written to his attorneys
telling them to settle the case, Sum-
mers admitted that he was in the
wrong and that Weber has always
been entitled to possession of the store
and he said Weber had made pay
ment of 800 on the purchase price of
the store, and in settlement, this
amount was returned to Weber.
Summers moved here several years
ago from Souh Dakota. Before coming
to this city, he had been a Sunday
school teacher and was deeply relig-
ious. After being in Marion a short
time, he began to trifle with the
flowing bowl and was arrested for
drunkenness several times. 1t was,
while he was on one of these sprees
that he negotiated the sale Of his
store to Weber After getting the $10C
from Weber, he went to Columbus
for a good time and Weber took
charge of the store.
When Summers returned he brought
suit for damages and sought to re-
gain possession of the store, alleging
that Weber had defrauded him. With
out any order from court, he took
of the store again and
held 1t until the time he left the city,
Weber sued to regain the 500.
Before leaving the city, Summers
settled practically all of the property
on his wife, who is now living here
In comfortable circumstances.
hobert Burns, the Springfield man
charged with horse stealing, changed
his plea of not guilty to one of guiI-
ty In the court OF common Meas
wednesday morning. Prosscutlnp
Attorney John II. Clark recommend
eded clemency and Judge Young sen.
fenced Burns to year in the peni.
tentiary.
more uhan two years ago Burns wa
arrested on the charge of stealing a
morse from the Hastings pasture feId
north OF LaRue. The horse belonged
10 Charles Felty. of Kenton. In tbc
court OF common pleas, Burns was
round guilty and was sentenced N
Iour years In the penitentlary. Afte,
,ne had served more than year
the supreme court reversed the deci.
sion OF the lower court and granted q
new trial, Since then, Burns has
Deen In the county jail.
In sentencing Burns, JIdpe vou,o
TOOK into consideration the fact thai
prosecutor Clark had recommended
clemency and that Burns has ALREADY
been imprisoned about two wears
bnrns has wife living in SprInpfeId
lie claims that he was in the north
ern part of Ohio at the time tbe
morse In question was stolen.
The motions to quash indictment,
~ the cases of James Sullivan
charged with robbery, c.. C. snvdor
charged with forgery and larceny
kohler thinner, charged with aduit.
cry. and William C.. DIckerson
charged with grand LARCENY ond
horse stealing, were over-ruled NV
Judge Young, Wednesday morning
DeGoliey & peGolley, attorneys 70,
the prisoners, had also filed demurrer,
to the Indictments, and Judge Yonnt
likewise overruled the demurrers
The attorneys took exceptions 10 IN,
rulings In all the cases.
Peter Fitzgerald, charged witt
placing an obstruction on the stree
car track, was arraigned before Judg
Young, Wednesday, and pleaded no
guilty. His trial was set for Jun,
5. DR.. G, .. Marsh, the neuro-mag
netic healer, charge with practicinI
without filing certificate, also plead
ed not guilty and his trial was set 70
June G.
The trial of Kohler Zlmmer will b