The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-09
NEWS OF OHIO
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with it, shot himself in the stomach
twice. He will die.
Athens.-Howard Walker, IS, was
shot and instantly killed at Carbondale
by Allie Arnold, 16-year-old girl. A
supposedly unloaded revolver was re-
sponsible. The girl was not held
after investigation by the coroner.
Bellefontaine.-Carr Sturm, 81,
son of J. B. Sturm of this city, was
struck and instantly killed by Penn
sylvania passenger train while en-
deavoring to cross railway tracks at
Lena, Champaign county.
Toledo.-Mayor Whitlock, who was
operated on for appendicitis January
16, has returned to work feeling bet
ter, he says, than he has in several
weeks. During the last two weeks
he has taken daily walks of several
miles.
Lima.-David B. Davies, an Allen
county farmer, and his wife were
instantly killed near here when
their buggy was struck by Pennsyl.
vania railroad freight train.
Youngstown.-By the explosion of
natural gas in the bakery owned
by Emanuel Haralambie at 352
East Boardpan street, the three
story frame building was wrecked and
Mrs. Haralambie was probably fatally
injured and her two-year-old son,
Daniel, badly burned about the face
and hands.
Ironton.-Charles Howe, 36 years
old, an engineer, died suddenly OF
heart trouble. He weighed 450
pounds, and was six feet five inches
high, three feet across the chest
and two feet two inches across the
| hips.
Akron.--A tray of diamonds valued
at $4,000 was taken from the
show window of B. Wingerter's
| jewelry store on Main street by
man who entered the front door
while Wingerter was in the rear.
After snatching the tray he ran down
Main street and disappeared. Police
have been unable to find him.
Cincinnati.-George B. Cox took
| the first step in his fight against
the indictments charging him with
perjury when he filed in the court of
common pleas an affidavit charging
Judge Frank M. German with bias
and prejudice" Judge German has
| been directing the work of the grand
! jury which indicted Cox. Prosecuting
Attorney Henry T. Hunt announced
few days ago he expected to bring
the Cox charges to trial within fort
night. In that event the case would
have come before Judge German,
whose term as judge of the criminal
court expires April l. The object of
| the affidavit is to swear the Judge
off the bench" While recent Ohio
decisions make it mandatory upon the
| judge so sworn against to vacate,
Prosecutor Hunt declared he would
resist this effect of the Cox affidavit.
Findlay-The ashes of Mr.. and
Mrs. Aaron kten, residents of
Wyandot county, now in Los An
geles, will be consigned to graves in
the Pacific ocean, according to the
dying wish of Mr.. Aten. He died sew
eral days ago, and his body was Gre
mated, the ashes being given to the
widow. She is to keep them until
she dies, when her body is to be Gre
mated. Following this the ashes of
both are to be placed in an urn and
taken far out into the Pacific. The
urn is to be set on the bow of the
boat and the wind Is to gradually scat.
ter the ashes to the water.
Sandusky-In order that it may
further enlarge its grounds, 50
as to provide sites for a number
of new buildings, among them a sum-
mer hotel twice as large as the pres
ent 1,000-room Breakers, the Cedar
Point Pleasure Resort Co. will reclaim
hundreds of acres of marsh lands
skirting the shore of Sandusky bay
Cleveland.-Lying in it's crib at
the home of its parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Anton Sefcik, here, a nine
month-old baby was mortally slashed
with razor, its death ensuing before
it could be taken to hospital. The
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the head with hammer and she was
prostrated by the horror of the muir
der and by her own injuries. The
father of the baby, accused of the
murder and the assault upon his wife,
was taken to Charity hospital suffer
ing from self,inficted razor wounds,
which are not thought fatal.
Mansfield.-The Buckeye Press as
sociation closed it's three-day meet
ing in this city by electing the
following officers: President, Carl
A. Jettinger of Delphos Herald and
Courant; vice president, B. F. Gayman
of Conal Winchester Times; historian,
Mrs. C. c. Day of Seville Times; treas
urer, ]. w. Dunlap, Lodi Review; cor
responding secretary, E. Benjamin
Yale, Waynesfield Chronicle; record
ing secretary, w. ]. Mortal, Somerset
Press; committeeman National Edi-
torial association, c. E. Bryan, Lon
don Democrat; executive committee,
c. B. Unger of Eaton, S. Knesthardt
of Port Clinton, J. H. Simons of East
Liverpool, Carl A. Jettinger and E. B.
Yale, ex-officio.
Zanesville.-Mrs. Ethel Rice, %
years old, killed herself when she
drained bottle of potassium cyanide
in the street railway waiting room in
the presence of nearly 200 people who
were on their way home from work.
She died in five minutes. In her
pocketbook were found three letters,
one of which follows: ITO Whom 1t
May Concern: l am driven to this;
am not in my right mind and do not
care to live. Let other young girls