The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-11
State News

B. Van Thorne of Cleveland, travel
ing representative of the Garland
Manufacturing Co. Others hurt are:
Mrs. John B. Reno, Jr., H. F. Evans,
Canton; Harry Sorensen, Canton;
Christ Peterson, Canton, Philip Kohn,
Canton; Mrs. Booth Charlesworth,
Canton; Mrs. E. Berg, Canton; Fred
Feller, conductor, Massillon, and S. E.
Stahl, motorman, Massillon.
Chillicothe.-The Ohio Police Chiefs
association in convention in this
city selected the following Of
ficers: Ed. M. Ertle, Massillon, pres
ident; E. L. Faulder, Bellefontaine,
first vice president; James Pender-
gast, Chillicothe, second vice presi-
dent; James H. Stamberger, East
Cleveland, secretary and treasurer; r.
q. Murphy, Cleveland, historian;
Sacob Mintz, Cleveland, board of gov
ernors for three years. The next
meeting will be held at Newark on
September 2, 8, 1911. The association
is advocating a universal pension
system for all officers, after Is years
service.
Cleveland. - Anthony Doyle, with
out money and too ill to ask for
help, crawled into a doorway of a
house, and while busy crowd of men
and women thronged by, struggled
between life and death. A policeman
shook the man but found him dead.
The body was taken to the morgue.
Two men, brothers of Doyle, called at
the morgue and identified the dead
man. The body was taken to an un-
dertaker's room. Mrs. Anna Doyle,
wife of the dead man, said that her
husband was not old, in spite of his
appearance-thath he was but 80 years
old.
New Philadelphia.-The local au-
thorities are seeking persons who
have threatened two prominent
"drys" for their activities in the law
enforcement campaign in Tuscarawas
county. One letter threatens ]. E.
Hurst, editor of the Times.
efontaine.-F'riends here have
received word of the deaths of
John Shickendance and his son,
Charles, who were shot by a police
man at Union City, Darke county, o.
Policeman jeff Conrad, who shot both
men, was taken to Jail at Greenville,
charged with the double murder. He
was later released on $4,000 bond.
The officer tried to arrest the elder
Shickendance on the charge of using
profane language. The son and two
sisters were returning from church
when they heard the scuffle and run
ming up, the son pulled the policeman
off his father. Policeman Conrad
fired four times, three bullets striking
the elder Shickendance and one of
them striking the young man, who
was 21, while his father was 45 years
old. Both of the victims of the Of
ficer's gun died later.
Fremont.-Joseph Jietro, 26 years
old, molder, was seriously burned
about the head and lost the sight of
both eyes as the result of an explo-
sion of metal in local factory.
Ashtabula.-Mr. and Mrs. James
M. Phelps, an aged Dorset cou-
pie, died almost simultaneously.
The wife expired from dropsy and the
husband succumbed to heart failure
as a result of shock from death of
wife.
Canton.-Alleging that her husband
took her money that she had
earned and bought tickets to ball
games, Minnie Green filed a divorce
petition against George W. Green.
Ironton.-Congressman A. R. John
son of the Tenth Ohio district, "a Re-
publican recently nominated, has just
announced that he would withdraw be-
cause professional duties required all
his time.
Cleveland.-The slipping of pipe
with which he was tightening a
brake wheel sent August Anderson
to his death over the brink of prec-
ipice 60 feet high at the Bluestone
quarries near South Euclid. Ander-
son is about As years old and lives in
South Euclid. He was employed by
the Murray Stone Co. at the Bluestone
quarries. He was riding a fiat car on
the spur track that parallels the brink
of the precipice and when nearing the
destination of the car attempted to
apply the brakes. To aid in putting
on the brakes he made use of a heavy
piece of pipe, inserting it between the
spokes of the brake wheel. While
exerting all his strength the pipe
slipped from the wheel and Anderson,
unable to save himself, plunged off
the car and over the precipice.
Chagrin Falls.-Dr. J. S. Rutlege
of Cleveland addressed a large
assembly at the opera house here,
speaking in the interest of those
who seek to bring one of the new
state normal schools to Chagrin Falls.
Newark.-Herbert Atherton, mayor
of this city at the time Of the
lynching of Carl Etherington, has
left for Los Angeles. The former
mayor and his wife will make the
California city their home.
Piqua. - Police officers fought a
running battle with negroes at
Bradford, fatally wounding Willis
Abbott and capturing his companions.
The pursuers and pursued shot at
each other from behind telegraph
poles and trees. Chief George Eb-
bits was investigating the negroes
camp when the men ordered him
away, displaying revolvers. He re-
turned with Lieutenant Reed and
Marshal Stolz. The negroes opened
fire and the officers responded. When
Abbott was shot through the abdo-
men the negroes surrendered and
were placed in Jail.
Lorain.-Union evangelistic serv-
Ices in big tent on Seneca
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