The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-05-18
Buckeye Notes

Carl Ether1ngton Iynching, changed
his plea to guilty of manslaughter
Judge Nicholas will sentence him on
Thursday. OF the six men tried only
one, Louis ]. Bolton, has been acQuit-
ted. Prosecutor Phil Smythe an
nounced that he would accept a sim
liar plea from the 16 other men in
Jail on the same charge.
Chardon.-Mrs. Nancy Eldredge, 70,
of North Munson, died of burns suf-
fered at noon. She was burning paper
in the garden when her clothing
caught fire.
Springfield. - Another mastadon
skeleton has been unearthed on
the farm Of William Yeazell, near
Brighton, IL miles east Of Spring
field. 1t has not all been taken out of
the ground as it is hoped to be able
to preserve the bones before the air
can orumble them. Five years ago
about 100 yards from this spot, an
other skeleton, almost complete, was
dug up.
CieveIand.-Julius w. Hopkins, pay
Ing teller of the First National
bank, was arrested on a federal
warrant after confessing to having de-
faulted to the extent of $114,85O. He
was placed in Jail in default of bail
after being held for a federal grand
jury. Bail was set at 100000. The
banks officers declare the bank will
not suffer, as the loss is fully COW
cred by a blanket guaranty policy Of
$250,000. According to the bank Off
GERS Hopkins took money from the
packages Of currency sent the bank
by the treasury department in Wash
lngton in return for mutilated bills.
Columbus.-A peremptory demand
has been made upon the Cincin-
natl Trust Co., the National Bank
of Ashtabula and Hough Savings &
Trust Co. of Cleveland by Attorney
General Hogan for an immediate ac-
counting with the state for public
funds deposited in these banks by
State Treasurers l. B. Cameron, w. s..
McKinnon and Charles C. Green, on
which, it is alleged, no interest was
paid to the state.
Chardon.-M. L. Maynard, vice
president Of the Ohio Typewriter
exchange of Cleveland died at
his home here. Mr.. Maynard has made
a remarkable record in his rs years of
life, having at the age of 1S mastered
arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigo-
nometry and calculus. He served in
the Civil war as musician, and when
peace was restored was elected sur
veyor of Geauga county, serving two
terms, following which, in 1872, he
was chosen county auditor. For the
past IL years he has been justice Of
the peace.
Wooster.-Got some money to
invest? A state horticulturist's
advice is: "Plant it in an aban-
doned Ohio orchard that can be
revived" Old orchards that have
failed to bear fruit worth picking for
several years are being resurrected
through methods shown their owners
by the Ohio state agricultural expert
ment station here, and are paying
big profits. The station has issued a
bulletin telling of work done by it's
experts in southeastern Ohio last
year. One orchard of IA acres that
they treated returned a profit of
$4,000; another, with $50 trees of
S3,1OO.
CinCinnati.-J. H. Sundmaker, di-
rector of public service, who was
on trial here on charge of
fraud in connection with paving con-
tracts, was acquitted after the Judge
had instructed the jury to return a
verdict of not guilty.
Steubenville-The disappearance
of John Kidd, 40, a local labor
leader and operative potter, was
cleared when he was found dead in a
farm hollow near here by a search
ing party. There was bullet hole in
his chest and one in his head. Friends
say he committed suicide because Of
i'll health.
Coiumbus.-Edward H. Moore OF
Youngstown, one of the best
known and strongest attorneys in the
state, has been appointed by Cover
nor Harmon to succeed Judge Charles
C. Lemert, as state insurance com.
missioner Mr. Moore was not an ap'
plicant and he takes the position at
the earnest solicitation of Governor
Harmon. The present salary of the
Office is $4,000, but this will be In
creased to $4,000 under a bill pend
ing in the legislaSdre.
Newark.-"We want your money"
demanded one Of three masked
men who entered Councilman Her.
man Elsners residence adjoining his
grocery Mr.. Elsner, thinking he rec
ognized the two men, believed prac'
tical joke was attempted, but Mrs.
Elsner, seeing revolver in the mans
hands, rushed to the telephone to call
the police. AS she lifted the receiver
from the hook one of the highwaymen
struck her wrist with his pistol. BY
this time Councilman Elsner, thor
oughly aroused, drove out the men
As the door slammed one robber shot
at Elsner, the bullet, burying itself in
the door The men fed emptyhanded
Youngstown.-The body of George
Gustin, 35, of Haselton, was found in
the Mahoning river near the Bridge
street viaduct at Struthers. The body
had evidently been in the water two
weeks.
Dayton.--A $4,000 damage suit
filed in common pleas court by Ben.
jamin C. Barnes, cash register sales,
man, is sequel to the arrest OF
Barnes for an alleged attack on Mrs.
Cecil Hill while passenger in a
Pullman. In a trial Of the case at
Anderson, Ind, Barnes was acquitted