The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-02-23
Ohio Happenings

liam Millikan, died at her home here,
aged SO. Fred Bostwick of Columbus
is son and w. w. Millikan of the
Daily Herald, this city, is stepson.
Fremont.-G George w. Hess, So, Ere
mont's chief of police. is dead. He was
a member of the Elks and Maccabees
and previous to his appointment as
chief eight years ago was superintend-
ent of the Sandusky county infirmary.
Marion-Robert P. Crist, II, fresh
man and fraternity man of Ohio Wes-
leyan university, will devote his fu-
ture life to the ministry and to keep
ing erring boys in the straight and
narrow path. The young man, who
was caught here in attempting to rob
a jewelry store of tray of diamonds,
changed his plea of not guilty to one
OF guilty, and was given an indefinite
sentence in Mansfield reformatory.
! lie will endeavor to secure a parole
so he can prepare for the ministry.
Toledo-After lying in wait for
his young wife in the shadow of
the central police station for nearly
three hours, James W. Burke, 81,
slashed her across the face with a
butcher knife. The keen blade cut a
face, penetrating to the jaw bone
and laying the cheek wide open. The
crime was committed while the streets
were thrOnged with people. Just be-
fore he was placed in a cell, Burke
asked if he had killed his wife and
| expressed regret when informed that
the woman was not dead. 81 tried my
best to cut her throat and am sorry
that | failed. | suppose that / missed
her throat by being in too great a
hurry to get her out of the way"
Cleveland-Fire drove $50 guests
out of the west wing of the
Hotel Euclid here at nine o'clock at
night and five women were seriously
burned. The prompt action of Hettie
May, the telephone operator in the
hotel, saved the lives of all the guests
in that part of the hotel. The flames
could not be controlled and destroyed
the entire section of the hostelry with
a loss estimated at $4,000. The
women who were seriously burned are
Ruth Kent of Cambridge, O.; Miss
Gertrude Wright and Miss Francis
Fairfield, Salem, O.. Miss Julia Franz,
Toledo, o., and Mrs. Margaret Kuhnz.
Sandusky,--State examiners work
ing in Erie county have reported
that ]. f. Hertlein, former county
clerk, should repay the county $1,000;
another former county clerk, Jerome
Stohl, 800; and other officials $4,000
more. Confusion resulting from the
fee system is partly blamed.
Byesville-Mrs. NJ. C.-Krast who
was alone in her home, was knocked
unconscious and all hair was cut
off by an unknown tramp. She re-
fused him a meal in the morning and
he returned and found her combing
her hair in her bedroom. He escaped.
ubenville-Twenty minutes after
she was married to Tim Kelly
at Warrenton in Difference TO her
parents wishes, Minnie Benco, 19,
a pretty Slayish girl, told her brother
that it was the last time he would see
her alive. The young bride went to
the Ohio river, waded in and was
drowned She wanted to marry Joseph
Smith of Glens Run, but her parents
opposed because he was musician.
A note pinned to the girls coat, found
on the ferry boat, forgives her parents
for trying to force her to marry a
man she did not love.
Van Wert-Controlling interest in
The Daily Times and Semi-Weekly
Times-DemOcrat was sold to Dan G..
Gasson of Delphos and County Sur
veyor J. !. Miller Mr.. Gasson was
part owner of the Delphos Herald
from 1895 until last May, when he
sold his interest to stock company.
Mr. Miller will become editor, with B.
L. Smith assistant.
Youngstown.-The police of this
city were called to quell a riot in
South avenue caused by the arrest
of Rev. T. T. Wilk, pastor of st. Stan
islaus Slavish church, on a SANDER
charge sworn to by Anna Kryzan. A
party of men affiliated with a Polish
society organized against the priests
wishes was attacked by gang of men
who sympathize with the priest. Shots
were fired, but no one was wounded.
The attacked men ran to the home
of Anna Kryzam, who fired two shots
at their pursuers. The police ar
rested a number of the participants
ringfield-GeoPge Flarida, aged
So was murdered at his home,
two miles north of the city, by thieves
They were trying to get into his
smoke house. When he heard the
noise he started out to investigate
AS he approached the door one of
the three men began firing a gun at
him. The others joined in and as s
result his body was riddled with bul
lets. Flarida only lived a short time
The shooting occurred just before
daylight. Flarida had only been up
a few minutes when he heard a noise
at the smoke house. Fearing that
somebody was trying to steal his sup
ply of ham and side meat, Flarida
picked up shotgun and went toward
the house.
Toledo.-The four-party telephone
of the Toledo Home Telephone
Company, now owned by ].
Morgan, has been ordered eliminated
This was the cheapest phone service
offered to Toledo people by the com
pany, it selling at the rate of 81!
, per year. The four party lines grad
ually are being removed from resi-
dences. The next service offered b!
the home company is the two-party
which costs $24 per year. Officials
. of the company deny that the acquisi