The Yale expositor., 1911-04-20
STATEN NEWS

York city on the charge of pass
ing several worthless checks, a man
representing himself TO be r.. e.
Platter of the Maple Platter Grocery
company Of Fort Worth, Tex, was
quietly arrested by Chief W. II. Far
rington at the office OF the Postum
Cereal company He is believed to
be one Of the smoothest crooks who
has ever touched this city. Advised
by the Maple Platter company that
man claiming TO be Mr.. Platter was
an imposter and had passed several
bogus checks, the Postum Cereal COM
pany was on the lookout for him.
One OF the firms he is charged with
fiimfiamming is Runhle Bros. OF New
York. The prisoner was willing to
return to New York for trial without
reQulsition papers and has gone.
Adrian.-Mrs. Ethel Murphy OF
13 Mason street was greatly sur
prised when In a coughing spell,
pin was thrown out of her mouth.
While a schoolgirl she was holding
the pin in her mouth when it was ac
cidentally drawn into her throat,
lodging in the lining. 1t had remained
there ever since and 1t was feared
that tumor was forming. The point
was rusted and worn away, but the
upper portion remained as shiny as
new.
Traverse City.-A mystery sur
rounds the death Of Close West,
who WAS found battered and uncon.
scious in barn and who died wiLnout
regaining consciousness. William
Stewart who was held on suspicion,
was released. One theory OF the mans
death Is that he climbed through the
window Of the barn and injured him
self in falling, but as the distance
was only five feet and as his face and
head were badly battered. causing con-
! cussiol Of the brain, the theory seems
untenable.
Jackson oseph Fitzgerald and
William Gillespie OF Detroit ar
rested for connection with the pris-
on dynamite plot. were discharged on
the complaint charging them With
smuggling firearms and explosives in
to the state prison, and Immediately
rearrested on warrants charging them
with entering into conspiracy to
blow up the prison. The charge was
made in order that certain evidence
may be introduced in the conspiracy
case that could not be under the other
charge.
Marshall.-Even # the vets
finally win out and take Cal
houn county from the dry column,
the four villages of the county-Ath-
ems, Burlington, Homer and Tekonsha
will remain dry. Burlington, Ho-
mer and Tekonsha adopted ordinances
shutting out saloons before the coun-
ty voted for local option, and Athens,
which is handy to st. Joseph and
Branch counties, passed an ordinance
making that town dry" II the "wets"
win the county.
| Owosso.--Leigh Christian, son OF
leading Owosso merchant, will
have hearing next weeE on a
charge OF assault and battery pre-
ferred by James Dingwall, young
newspaper man of this city. Ding
wall alleges that because he refused
TO leave ID. NJ. Christians depart
ment store at the defendants order,
the latter struck him twice in the face.
Traverse City-Close West, who
was found unconscious badly bat
tered up, did not recover con-
sciousness and died. Evidence
showed that West had been assault
ed and robbed, and 1t is believed the
body was thrown through window
OF the barn. The police are holding
William Stewart on suspicion.
Pontiac. AT the request Of
Prosecutor Pelton Judge Smith has
named commission OF physicians to
examine James Stevenson, held at the
county jail on charge of breaking
into a schoolhouse in Orion township
| The prosecutor believes the man de-
mented. 1t is claimed he broke into
| the building and built fire out of the
childrens school books.
Traverse City.-The supervisors in
creased the appropriation for coun-
| ty house building to be erected on the
poor farm from $4,000 to $4,000.
Saginaw.--Peter Knittle Of Beaver
ton was arrested there and brought
to Saginaw, charged with desertion
OF his wife, who was found dying Of
tuberculosis on the Saginaw streets.
He entered plea of not guilty.
Port Huron.--When the city asses
sors turned the assessment rolls over
to the board of review, 3S new houses
north of Black river that had been
built during the last year had been
left off the rolls The fact was ascer-
tanned by the board of review on an
automobile trip around the city few
days ago.
Monroe Frank +. Loranger. sixty
two years old. for many years en-
ployed by the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern in various capacities In
train and car service. and later car
inspector for the Pere Marquette
railroad at Monroe and Flint, died at
the home of his mother on Franklin