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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
RUNYAN BETRAYED
BY THE WOMAN WHO FOUND HIM
A HIDING PLACE. 3
s5A4O OF $4,000 STOLEN
Recovered BY the Police, the Balance
Having Been Lost In
Speculation.

New York, July 6.-Betrayed to the
police by the woman who fitted up his
luxurious hiding place in Harlem fat,
Chester B. Runyan, the consumptive
paying teller who stole $4,000 from
the Windsor Trust Co., walking out Of
it's Cedar street banking house last
Saturday. with his suit case stuffed
with money, was arrested without a
struggle in No. GIG West One Hundred
and Fortieth street.
The police recovered $54,410 Of the
stolen funds and accept Runyan's con-
fession that he lost $4,000 in specula-
tion before he made his big haul.
Because she could not account for
$4,000 which Runyan declares he gave
her, the police arrested Mrs. Laura M.
Carter, also known as Laura Isson,
their informant, and hold her on charge
of grand larceny. She declares that
she received but $4,000 from him,
which amount she returned. s.
A third prisoner is Mary Duncan, a
negro maid, who looked after the Car
ter fiat from the time 1t was rented
by Runyan to afford a hiding place.
So far the police have no proof that
she has any of the stolen money, and
she is held as suspect.
Not until he began to break down
under the strain of continuous third
degree" first administered by the po-
lice, and then by the officials of the
trust company, did Runyan mention
the invalid wife whom he deserted
without a word of warning, and with
but $40 to her name. With the first
show of anything like a finer feeling,
he broke down when her name came
up, and asked Jordan J. Rollins, the
attorney for the bank, to carry to her
the news of his arrest and beg her to
forgive him.
The story of Runyan's downfall and
his cunningly planned disappearance,
which the police have been able to put
together from his several confessions
made after his arrest and from the
statements of his companion, is pro-
nounced the most remarkable in the
Here is the summary:
June 9-Received tip on the market.
June 1O-Took his first dishonest
dollar that he might invest in accord
ance with the tip and lost.
June 11-Stole again, in the hope of
regaining the losses of the day before.
June 12-Changed his account to
consolidated exchange house, in the
hope of quicker action.
June l3-Took still more bank funds
June IA to 17-Ditto.
June 1S-Took to dissipation to for
get his losses. Met Mrs. Carter on the
street and offered to fit up place for
her, a. .
June 25-Received a key to the nat
which was to be his hiding place.
June 29-Took every cent that was
In his charge, the $4,000 remaining
of the per cent reserve of the trust
company.
June 30-Quarreled with the woman
who was hiding him.
July 5-Betrayed to the police and
placed under Arrest.
1t was a desire to win fortune only
that he might go away and nurse the
disease that is said to be undermining
his health that led into speculation.
Not for one minute did he get ahead
of the Wall street game.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
PIckEREL cAPsIzED BOAT,
And the Man and Woman Drowned
in Lake.

Chippewa Lake, Mich, July s.
Drowned by 15-pound pickerel. This
in brief expresses the fate of Mrs.
George Cutler and Charles T. Cham,
bers, both of Ionia who went fishing.
The fish became hooked on trolling
line that was tied to a cleat in the
boat, ran under the craft and upset
the boat. The cause of the drowning
was not known until searching parties
On RATS with graphing hooks brought
the fish to the surface, dead and still
attached to the hook. The body of
Chambers was found, but that of his
companion is still missing.
Mrs. Cutler, wife of prominent
shoe merchant of Ionia, came here
with her 17-year-old son for an outing
and took quarters at the hotel Cham.
bers, who was a Pere Marquette en-.
gineer, and neighbor and close friend
of the Cutters, dropped off his regular
run to spend the day. The drowned
pair started out and when they had not
returned at night young Don Cutler be-
came alarmed and instituted a search.
Although the lake was fairly we'll Gov.
cred with pleasure seekers all day, nc
one Witnesse dthe accident.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
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A NEW ORGANIZATION.
Youths Temperance Alliance of Amer
lea and What II viii Do.

A new organization, OF which Rev.
DR.. Alexander Alison is the head, is
being organized among the children.
1t will be known as THE Youths
Temperance Alliance of America. "
Its effort will be chiefly among the
children of the Sabbath schools. 1t
is now being developed under the
charter of the National Temperance
society, which has been widely known
in the temperance world for SO years
in its numerous publications and its
aggressive campaigning in the inter
ests of total abstinence. Membership
in the Sabbath school will constitute
membership in the alliance. Pledge
taking will, however, be kept to the
front Every time the alliance meets,
an appeal will be made for those who
are willing to sign the pledge, to do
so. A book will be kept, and a report
made every month, and a full report
once year, Of the number thus pledg-
ing. The alliance will be organized
with a president and vice presidents,
the latter being the pastors of the
churches and the Sabbath school
superintendents. There will be two
secretaries, corresponding secretary
and a recording secretary, one treas
urer, and the usual committees, as the
official heads of the work.
DR.. Alison is widely known in the
Presbyterian church for his evangelis.
tic labors of recent years and for his
former pastoral service in Philadel-
phia and Seattle. He takes up this
new work in the forty-third year of
the existence of the National Temper
ance society.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
SIXTEEN KNOWN TO Be DEAF
AND SCORES SUFFERING FROM
SERIOUS INJURIES
As Result Of Tornado in Wisconsin,
Town of oakdale Reported Com.
pleteIy Destroyed.

st. Paul, Mimi, July Sit is nov
believed that at least l6 lives were los
in the severe storms that swept owe
a portion of Western Wisconsin. Nu
merOus other persons were injuret
and much damage to farm propert!
and to dwelling houses reported. Ac
cording to reports received here the
little town of Oakdale on the Milwau
kee road, near Camp Douglass, wa!
entirely wiped out Four people are
reported to have been killed.
At Grand Rapids, Wis, there are
said to be five dead as a result of the
storm, but communication has not beeI
re-established with this place, and the
extent of the calamity can not be as
ceCtained. The list of dead and in
tured so far as reported is as follows:
The dead: At Oakdale-Mrs. l.. n
Dane. Two others, whose names have
not been learned. At Millston-Mrs
Jasper Poff and infant At Wyeville-
Andrew Baumel. At Black River Falls
Two children of Joseph Buchner
At Neillsville-Lyman A Charles. NeaI
Neillsville-Mrs. August Boyer, son OF
August Boyer. At Grand Rapids-Five
persons, whose names have not been
reported.
The injured: Two children of Joseph
Poff; Mr., and Mrs. John Buchner
William Butterield, Oakdale, fatally;
telegraph operator and watchman a.
tunnel siding; Miss p. L. Larson. OF
Greenwood, Miss, probably fatally;
several children who were visiting at
the home of Lyman Charles, badly
hurt; family of August Boyer, all more
or less injured; Elsie Wenzel, music
teacher, badly injured; Mrs. A. H.
Maltby and Mrs. Harry Warren, Oak
dale, both seriously; Mr.. and Mrs
Prentiss, near Tomah, seriously: John
Hill, farm hand; daughter of Oscar
Frick, register of deeds OF Clark coun.
ty. visiting at Charles home; badly
injured; GustaWe Stucke, telegraph
operator; Otto Balgordl, watchman.
Miss Wenzel WAS driving horse
and buggy along the road when the
storm struck her. The vehicle and
horse were blown away and have not
been found. Miss Wenzel was blown
into the top of tree, from which
she was rescued in an unconscious con-
dition.
Many farm houses and outbuildings
in the neighborhood of Neillsville were
destroyed and much stock was killed.
Wires were prostrated in all directions,
and it has been difficult to learn de-
tails of the storm.
At the home of Lyman Charles, near
Neillsville, a social gathering was in
progress when the storm struck the
house. The host was caught beneath
the ruins of his house and fatally in.
jured, dying while being taken to a
hospital. One of the guests also was
probably. fatally injured, while several
were severely hurt.
The telegraph companies have been
working hard all day to restore COM
with the storm-striclIen dis
trict, but have only been partly sue
cessful. No communication has been
established with Grand Rapids, where
the storm victims are said to be nu-
merous. Oakdale, which is reported
as entirely demolished, was town Of
probably 200 inhabitants. 1t is said
that the only structure left standing
is the railroad station, l. which the
have taken refuge.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
AWFUL FALL
Down a Mine Shaft Proved Fatal Te
Three Workmen.

Spring Valley, Ill, July 5.-Three
men were hurled down the shaft of the
Lasalle County Carbon Coal Co., at
Ceder Point and instantly killed. The
shaft is 525 feet deep. Four men were
descending in a cage with load of
iron pipe when the chain broke. Willis
Smart, foreman, managed to save him
self by grasping the chain. Hogan
Benson and Charles Agnew were taken
out dead. A long iron pipe was driven
through the body Of Frank Bassala,
mailing the body to the, wall of the
mine, IS feet from the bottom.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
APOLOGY DEMANDED,
And When Aged Mother Refused, Tex
an Monster Shot Her to Death.

Temple, Tex, Jun Sat Kileen, %
miles west of here, Lee Roe, farmer,
aged 3S, shot and killed his aged moth
er because of her alleged utterances
concerning Roe's family, and for which
the mother refused to apologize. Roe
Is at large and the country is being
secured by posses Cf enraged citizens
who it is believed will take summary
measures of punishment.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
An Exposition Without LIQUOR

In rendering it's campus of 355 acres
for the purpose of the Pan-Pacifc ex-
position, to be held in Seattle, Wash,
during 1909, the University of Wash
ington included condition to the ef-
feet, that no liquors may be sold with
in two miles of these state university
grounds. The agreement has been
reached, and the grounds are leased
by the board under the condition
stated.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Whole Town Threatened.

Whitwell, Tenn, July 3.-Fire which
started in the store of the WhitwelI
Mercantile Co, is still raging, and the
entire town is threatened. The Bank
Of Whitwell has been destroyed and
the post Office and all the main bust,
ness houses are directly in the path oi
the flames. There is little chance tc
stop the fire, as the only means oi
fighting is with buckets.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11

A German girl who crossed the
ocean to marry a man with whom she
was acquainted only through CORE
spondence, was repudiated by him
when she arrived in New York the
other day because she did not look
like the photograph she had sent him.
What calaDlities would result if every
body was expected to live up to the
pictures of himself that the photog-
rapher has ,etouched until they really
look attractive?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Shot Miners President.

Chattanooga, Tenn, July Sin a
riot at Mont Lake, Is miles from this
city, Len Reynolds president of the
miners union, was fatally shot by w.
H. Bellows, labor agent, who had
taken three nonunion men to Mont
Lake to work for the Mont Lake min
ing Co. Excitement is intense in the
mining village and more trouble is
feared
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
One Bullet Killed Three Neoroes.

Hattiesburg, Miss, July S.-One rife
bullet killed three negroes, two of them
women, at a frClic near here. Jas. Can,
non, a deputy sheriff, sent there to pre-
serve order, welded the gun. The of.
ficer was exonerated. The three led a
mob of frenzied ne yroes that attacked
the deputy, who fired single bullet
down the line. The big leaden missile
pierced Robinsons heart and then
Drained the two women.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
The Psychological Moment.

The fact that Priam was closet
with the adjuster did not prevent G
sandra from dropping in to say u
she had told him just how it would
She was all l saved" murmlI
the burnt-out monarch, jerking
thumb at the retiring prophetess.% >
Say no more" rejoined the other
Well call the loss total, and if l could
make it any more than that, old man
I'd do it, under the circumstances"
This incident shows the value of q
word spoken at the right time.-Puck
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
J Flow of Artesian Well.

To calculate the rate of flow OF an
artesian we'll simple plan is to lower
a bottle Of aniline fluid to depth OF
say 500 feet and then electrically ex.
plode cap to burst the bottle. The
time required for the fluid to appear
at the surface gives an accurate gauge
as to the velocity of flow 1t is claimed
that this method gives results as ac-
curate as weir. The diameter Of
the pipe being known, the rate of flow
readily follows.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Naval Cadets obiect 10 Eood.

New London, CT, July 5.-A round
robin sent from the Massachusetts
state naval training ship and signed by
46 cadets told the officers that the sign.
ers would NOT return to the ship until
better food was guaranteed. At late
hour the cadets were still holding out.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Anglican Hymnal Condemned.

Six bishops of the Anglican church
including the archbishop, of Canter.
bury. have protested against the use
of the lately published Anglican
! Hymnal." 1t seems that the ritualista
captured the committee to whom it's
preparation was intrusted. and the re.
suit is book scarcely 6istinguishakte To-
from Roman mass book.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11

Now that the United States is send
ing great quantities of cornmeal to
Europe a Paris paper warns it's read.
ers that danger may attend its use.
1T is now acknowledged" it says,
that pellagra, disease often mortal,
RACES particularly, and perhaps solely,
in countries where the people use
maize for food A good deal of maize
is used in Indiana, remarks the In.
dianapolis Star, but who ever heard of
pellagra?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Y, M. c. A. for Miners.

A Young Mems Christian associa-
tion is about to be established at the
great gold camp at Cripple Creek,
Col, to which many of the companies
have contributed largely. The build
ing will never be closed. 1t will be
for the men who work constantly in
eight-hour shifts seven days in the
week. ''
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
1 ooomotive Struck Auto.

Keyport, N. j., July 8--Christopher
Horandt, wealthy silk manufacturer
of Paterson, was killed and other mem
bers of his family injured when a loco
motive struck and demolished an auto
mobile, in which the party was return
ing from Asbury park.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11

Pittsburg, July S.-Elizabeth Meds.
gar, ii, the daughter of prominent and
wealthy residents of West Newton, Pa,
near here, was assaulted by man for
whom the authorities and three parties
of citizens are now searching. One of
the posses, headed by relatives of the
girl, is heavily armed. A lynching is
threatened, if assailant is caught.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Father and Son Drowned.

Rochester, NY, July 6-Chas. Beck,
16, attempted to swim the canal with
his trousers on, but his strength desert
ed him in midstream and he called for
help. His father. l.. Beck, A, heard the
cries and succeeded in reaching him,
put both sank almost Immediately
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Weary Of. Saloon Domination.

Senator Carmack of Tennessee said
some time ago: II am weary of saloon
domination. l am weary of the sa-
looms open alliance with vice, its open
contempt of law. l am weary of a
condition of things where the man
whose business it is to make the laws
must hold his Office by consent of the
man whose business it is to break the
laws"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
So Common.

WAS no one injured in the railway
collision, count?'
mo, but nevertheless 1t was a most
painful situation. First. second, third
and fourth-class passengers all min
gled together! Simply unheard Of"
Translated for Transatlantic Tale5
from Fliegende Blatte-.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Thrown Into Canal and Drowned.

Utica, N. Y, July 5.-While celebrat-
ing the Fourth Of July a number Of
Poles began fighting, with the result
that two of them are dead. The fight
started in saloon and the men were
elected by the proprietor. Hostilities
were resumed later on the canal bank,
where two of the party were knocked
or thrown into the water and drowned.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
$4,000 Men stopped Work.

Palermo, July 3-A big strike has
begun here, and $4,000 men have
stopped work. The town is occupied by
troops. and there have been many con.
tlicts. The Carbineers had to charge
a crowd with drawn sabers. Many ar.
rests have been made.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
NenIect Church Attendance

Madison, N. j., Young Mems Chris.
tian association finds that only about
one-sixth CT the young men in the
city between the ages of Is and 45 at
tend church in this high-grade sub
urban town. 1t will cooperate with
the churches in getting these men out
to Sunday evening services:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
RnuaI LEVELS Stolen

Dublin, July S.-A portion of the
state regalia, valued at $250,O0O, has
been stolen from Dublin castle. The
safe in which the regalia was kept
was forced. The jewels were those
used in the ceremony of investiture
in the Order of St. Patrick.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Accounted Enr.

Among the many stories told of the
Scottish Judge, Lord Young, is one as
sociated with an election in Edin-
burgh, when 1t was announced that
Lord Wolmer had been returned by a
majority of three votes. Later cor,
rection made the majority 800, and
gave the names of two lords of ses.
sion who had voted for the successfur
candidate. Lord Young thereupon re-
marked: That accounts for the two
ciDhers"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11

Statistics recently published in Lon.
don show that during the last FIVE
years the number of debtors yearly
sent to prison has averaged something
over 10000. How much they owed
isn't stated-probably for fear of MAX
ing some of the people who are not
In debt envious.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Killed While combing Her Hair.

New York, July 5.-While combing
her hair at the window of her room,
Nympia Grizzanti, 19-year-old Italian
girl, was killed by bullet through the
head. Another shot buried itself il
the wall of the room.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11

Now that another doctor has discov.
cred that kissing is dangerous the
common people will enjoy it more than
ever. The doctor who wants to put a
stop to kissing should discover it is
healthful and very good for the par
Elephants.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Quake in Missouri.

st. Louis, Mo-, July 6.-Advices were
received from Bismarck, Mo-, rs miles
south Of here, that two distinct earth.
quake shocks were felt there. The vi
bration was sufficient to shake build
ings anil rattle windows and dishes. No
damage was done
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11

Natchez, Miss, July GA disastrous
fire swept the business district Of Lake
Village, Ark Several buildings were
blown up with dynamite to stop the
progress cf the FIRE. Brunkers store and
three other buildings were destroyed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
A British statesman'o Word.

A tavern throughout the centuries
has been the ante,chamber to the
workhouse, the chapel-of-ease to the
asylum, the recruiting station to the
hispital. the rendezvous of the gam
bier. the gathering ground for the Jail
Rt, Hon. J. Burns. NJ p.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11

St. Louis, Mo. July S.-CharleH e
Espenscheid, wealthy real estate
owner. was sentenced TO serve tive
years in the pen for an attempted Grim
inaJ assault upon his mlddle-ased ccob
d. seized har u the usouth Of an alley
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Biz Fine Assessed.

Rochester, N. Y, July 6.-The New
York Central Railroad Co. was fined
$4,000 by Judge Hazel in the federal
court for failu1e to file rates on a ship
ment of oil for the Standard Oh Co. A
verdict of guilty was recently rendered
against the company, and Judge Hazel
denied Attorney Hoyt's motion for a
new trial
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11

A New York man is alleged to have
fallen in fit when a woman thanked
him the other day after he had given
up to her his seat in a subway car.
They do take such things pretty seri.
ously in New York.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Sad Disapnointment,N =

A verdant-looking old fellow recent
ly entered the office of downtown
woman's exchange, and after a mo-
ments hesitation inquired Of the lady
in charge: rs this here the Woman'S
Exchange?"
1T is" replied the lady,
We'll" continued the countryman,
somewhat sheepishly, I'D like to swap
off my old woman for most anybody
you happen to have on hand."-Lip-
pincott's Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Mounded in DIeI.

Madrid, July "a duel with swords
was fought between Urtubay, brother
in-law of Duque de Aleiga, and Daron,
the. latter being seriously wounded in
Ehe head. Both cocn5stants are mem
bers Of parliament
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
ln a Race Row.

Washington, July S,-A race fight oc
CURED at Chesapeake Junction, a small
resort near this city. Two negroes
were seriously injured and several
other persons received slight injuries
The fight grew out Of a controversy
over woman.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Greenville Journal.
E. c. oTwELL, Ed. and Pub.

GREENvILLE. OHIO.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Four Hurt: One Eatallv.

Greenup, ILL.,, July 5.-Peter Parker
was fatally injured and three others
tmrt when pile of fireworks exploded.
Parker was struck by rockets. His
ribs were broken and he sustained in.
ternal injuries.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11
Strikers Enraued.

Rome, July 3.-The failure of ever!
attempt at conciliation between mas
ters and men has served further 20 ex
asperate the agricultural strikers in tho
province of Ferera. The strikers killed
farm agent who engaged number
OF strike-breakers at Argenta.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-11

Detroit. Mich, July 5.--As result Of
a strain in baseball game, which
broke his vermfrorrn appendix, F. B.
Beck, travelling passenger agent for the
Chicago & Alton railway. diei in Grace
hospital a hours after 40 Jperation.