Democratic messenger., 1910-03-05
cCaoCNsEo NEWS ITEMS.
Friday, February rs.

With anti toxin prepared by the
army medical laboratory at Washing.
ton. army surgeons In series OF tests
are inoculatlng officers and men
against typhoid fever at Fort wads-
worth. Staten Island.
Jacob Boliinger and wife. prominent
residents OF Campbelltown. Lebanon
county. Pa, died at their home within
four hours OF each other. The wife
died Of pneumonia and the husband
expired from shock They were sew.
enty years Of age.
Word was received by the Washing
ton police that John Ward Sturgis.
formerly bookkeeper In the National
Savings and Trust company. OF that
city. who is wanted on the charge of
forgery and grand larceny. has been
captured in New Orleans.
Saturday, February 26.
Deputy Sheriff W. II. Luck. In an
effort 10 arrest colored man. was
shot and instantly killed by the prls-
oner. who in turn was killed by two
other deputy sheriffs.
The largest American flag. 100 by so
feet. Is now used to cover the lilies
that are being raised In the Phipps
conservatory In Schenley park for the
Faster flower show at Pittsburg.
Wearing wig and blue goggles.
George Capron, thirtytwo years old.
who is charged with absconding with
$4,000 OF the funds Of the United States
Express company. for whom he was
cashier at the Englewood branch In
Chicago. was arrested In a hotel lobby
In that city.
Monday, February 20.
Antonio Mansano who killed his
wife and three children last December.
was sentenced ct Cleveland, o.. to be
electrocuted on July IL.
Accidentally turning on the gas In
room in which his mother had locked
him. ten.year-old Patrick Guinness. of
Providence. r. l.. was found asphyx.
lated.
Thomas J. Quinn. fifty years old.
prominent mining contractor and q
Leading member OF the Eagles. Elks
and A. o. H.. OF Shenandoah. Pa. was
killed at the Ellangowan colliery by
fall of coal.
Tuesday, March I.
Andrew W. Brakeman. seventy-four
years old. Civil War veteran. died at
Utica. ". Y. and three hours later his
wife. aged seventy-two years. died.
Charles Bowser. OF New York. col.
ored. was electrocuted In Sing Sing
prison. at Ossining. N. Y. for the mur.
der OF Eugene Hutchinson. also color.
ed. last April.
Attacked In her home at Cleveland.
o.. by a tramp who had forced his
way into the house. Ethel Bates. four.
teen years old. had her hair clipped
by her assailant. who escaped.
Fire destroyed one OF two large
storage warehouses of the Seaboard
Air line at Wilmington. ". c.. with
adjoining sheds containing n large
amount OF fertilizers. Loss. 100000.
Wednesday, March 2.
Davis Bell 105 years old. who was
friend Of Davy Crockett. died at the
home of his son at Tulsa. Okla. Bell
was a veteran of the Mexican and the
CiVll wars.
j. 4. La Toilette. former treasurer
Of Guernsey county. was sentenced AT
Cambridge, o.. TO five years at hard
labor and a fine OF $s400 for smbez.
zling county funds.
At Laurinsburg. n. C.. Walter II.
Neal. Jr twenty.four years old. son
of former Judge Walter II. Neal. OF
Wilmington. n. c.. was killed by the
accidental discharge of his gun.
+ In 1T OF jealousy. Samuel Cochran
shot and instantly killed his wife AZ
Toms Creek. w Va. On returning 10
Cochran in company with Thomas
Turner.
Thursday. March g.
William Williamson coloreSl. whn
attempted 10 assault Mrs. A. II. G.
Mann. white. and fatally stabbed her
husband was shot 10 death by citizens
at Petrose. Ga.
Following the looting OF the safe OF
the United States Express company NJ
Parkersburg. w. Va. OF $1,000. J. II.
Rector. a night clerk was arrested for
alleged completely In the theft.
With her body. face and hands torn
and her two children suffering with
innumerable scratches. Mrs. George
McNemery. OF Pittsburg. Pa. bears evi.
dences OF an encounter with cat that
went mad.
Gordon Davis. who was born a slave
to Jefferson Davis family and who
was JET rson Davis servant. died at
his home in South Boerne. Tex aged
sixty years During the Civil War he
was taken by Union soldiers and made