The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-22
STATE NJ EWS.

Media.-Miss Amanda Carey.
woman well along in years, bled to
death at her home here. She was
working in the kitchen of her home
and apparently struck her leg against
the door of the stove. An artery was
broken, but she walked across the
room to a chair, where she sat down
and tried to stem the flow of blood,
A trail of blood was left from the
stove to the chair. She gave a call
and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Elwood
Carey, arose from bed and came
downstairs. Miss Carey tried to talk
to her, but her lips quivered and sha
could not speak DR.. Trimble Pratt
was summoned, but when he reached
the house Miss Carey was dead.
Ebensburg.-John r. Edwards, OF
Johnstown, who shot and killed his
wife last June, appeared in court
here and pleaded guilty Testimony
was taken so Judge O'Connor could
fix the degree of guilt which will be
either first or second degree murder,
The Courts decision will be made
hhONH JANUARY -. huNdIuS parted
from his wife in May. He went to
his home June 21 and killed her.
In an effort to induce the Court to
fix the crime at second degree mur-
der, Edwards attorneys pleaded that
he was under the influence of liquor
when he committed the act.
Pittsburg g.-Helen Boyle, who ia
serving a 25-year term in the West.
ern Penitentiary here for her connec-
tion with the kidnapping of Willie
Whitla, will ask the Pennsylvania
Pardon Board to release her from
further confinement. Mrs. Boyle was
convicted for a crime committed in
Ohio, she having taken care of the
stolen boy at her apartment in Cleve-
land while the search was on The
claim of her attorneys for pardon Is
based on this fact.
Doylestown.-Mrs Maggie Byers,
the aged woman who was convicted
in November, 1909, of setting fire to
the barn on the Robert Beatty farm
and sentenced to not less than two
and a half or more than ten years in
the Eastern Penitentiary, will be free
in few days, as the Superior Court
has ordered her discharge.
York.-Upon a plea of guilty to a
charge of embeZzlement, Harry Pier
pont, a young bank clerk and expert
accountant, was sentenced to the
Eactnrn Dnnitonfioru q q nf
not less than six months nor more
than two years. Pierpont, while
cashier of the Pullman Motor Car
Company, took $500.
ottsville.-Having declared that
she had premonition that she had
attended her last service, Miss Annie
Meyer, of Orwigsburg, aged 35 years,
a devout member of the Reformed
Church, dropped dead midway be-
tween the church and her home. She
had attended public preaching serv-
jce
Pittsburgh. w. McMaster and
F. H. SHIELDING, receivers of the
Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal Rail-
road, were granted permission in the
United States District Court to spend
$2,000,000 for gondolas to be used
in the lake coal carrying traffic. 1t
is said that bids will be asked at once
and the orders placed as soon as pos
sible. The money will buy 1000 cars.
Bristol.-By the discovery of an
extensive stratum of fine white sand
on the old Simons farm, the Penn
sylvania Railroad has saved itself one
dollar per yard in the construction OF
the new elevated line through here.
When the work began the steam
shovels unearthed the layer of sand
Reading Robert Forricey, aged
Sc, a puddler, plead guilty before
Judge Endich to setaling a satchel
containing $4,000 worth of bonds and
other valuables from a passenger
train on the Reading Road month
ago. The grip was later recovered
He was given a term of one year in
Jail.
Bristol.-BorOugh Council author
lied the borough solicitor to adver-
tise for bids for the erection of a
municipal water works and the con-
slruction of sewerage system. Thus,
after several years of legislation and
litigation, the borough is to own and
maintain these two important utili-
ties.
Beaver.-While standing on
bank watching companion digging
for a rabbit near his home, WILDER
Bevington, aged 16, slipped and fell.
The gun he carried was discharged
and the shot entered his neck. he
died almost instantly.
Ashland. Loper, car
penter, aged 4S years, fell down
stairway at new building here ana
received injuries from which he died
an hour later at the Miners Hospital
In the fall his head came in contact
with railing, crushing his skull.
Scranton. - Three Polanders,
miner and laborers in Cayuga mine
North Scranton, while eating theii
dinner were caught by fall of rooi
coal and killed Another was serl@