The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-16
Buckeye Notes

leClly Ndllu anu lHdI oil hCtuodllOho
brought against it cannot prevail
against it or turn its courst one inch.
Kenton.-'Tm so glad and hope
I'll never see him again" said
Oracle Strahm, the child wife of
John Jones, an ex-cOnVict, when the
Jury, 80 minutes after hearing Judge
Hendersons charge, returned a YER
dict of guilty against Jones, charged
with perjury for falsely swearing to
the girls age in securing a license.
When called to the witness stand the
child, wearing short skirts, stopped at
the judges bench and leaning against
it, burst into a fit of sobbing. Testi.
mOny showed that the girl was CO.
creed into the marriage by Jones and
her own mother.
Bellefontaine-David Reeb, 65 years
of age, who formerly resided here,
was killed by a Big Four train near
Sidney. James Daugherty, Lake Shore
railway yardmaster in Ashtabula, was
killed by train while on duty. John
Tegler was struck by an engine at
Big Four crossing at Gallon and
thrown on the opposite side of the
track in a heap. His right arm, right
ankle and left foot were crushed, a
number of smaller bones broken and
several ribs fractured, while he sus-
tanned numerous face and scalp
wounds. William O'Leary, So, was
literally chewed to pieces at Paines-
vile, by Lake Shore train.
Dayton.-The sum of 5000, in ten
500 bills, the collection representing
the savings of lifetime, went up in
smoke when John Schmidt, a scissors
grinder, threw a discarded piece of
underwear into pile of garbage and
set fire to all the heap.
Canton-For five weeks a watch
lay in the stomach Of one of the
women patients at the Massillon state
hospital. She swallowed it in a fit of
insanity, and the timepiece kept on
running II hours afterwards. When
the watch proved uncomfortable to
her physicians removed it.
Piqua.-James Ingle, 88, a cousin of
Abraham Lincoln, died here of old
age. His mother was a cousin of
Nancy Hanks, the mother of Lincoln.
Ingle had many of the physical char
acteristics of Lincoln. He was a man
of great strength, which he retained
to the last.
East verpool.-Thomas V. ThOmp-
son. Al, manager and secretary of the
Potters' Insurance Co., and formerly
chief of police, is dead after an illness
of two days.
Observation-Disclosures made merry
with Toledo's cash, according to
the report of three state examiners,
who have been at work nearly three
years They have just filed their re-
port. The total of findings for re,
covery by the prosecuting attorney is
$505, 5,50660, covering the period from
January / 1906, to November /, 1909.
Use of fictitious names on city pay
rolls, padding, oVerpayment of police
and firemen, paying for things over
and over again are part of the charges
made. Members of the former service
board, park commission, city auditor
solicitor and two clerks of council
are among those against whom find
ings were returned. There is nothing
against Mayor Brand Whitlock.
Cleveland.-Some people believe it's
only towards that commit sui
eide, but l tell you it takes nerve
to do it.-Daniel J. Ryan. Victim OF
temptation which led him to steal and
squander over $4,000 in jewelry and
money during the past few weeks
Daniel J.. Ryan, o. paroled prisoner OF
the Mansfield reformatory. committed
suicide by triple dose of acid, chic
roform and gas at the home of hi2
lifelong benefactor, Dr. C.. NJ. Simp
son. On the table lay, neatly folded
and addressed, three notes written by
Ryan during his last hour. One, tell
ing of his weakness in the face Of
temptation and asking forgiveness
was addressed to the doctor
Canton. - Talking from the For,
Pitt hotel in Pittsburg with {
telephone for a medium, Fernando
Q. LOutZenheiser of Canton put five
subjects under the influence of hyp
notism and made them go through
queer antics for two hours in Canton
Loutzenheiser says that his act il
hypnotiZing over telephone wire
with the subjects 100 miles away, i!
the first attempt of the kind evel
known to be made and that his eff
| forts were a success in every detail
Not once did he fail to accomplish hi!
purpose.
Norwalk.-Judge Vickery of Cleve
land granted the motion of ex-Con
gresham j. F. Laning and James G
Gibbs for a change of venue in thu
criminal cases in which they ar,
charged with misapplication of fund!
and illegally declaring a dividend il
the Ohio Savings, Loan & Investment
/ Co., which was succeeded by the OhiC
Trust Co., that failed in January, 1908
1t was contended that the defendants
who were officers in the two institu
!
tions, could not have a fair trial il
Huron county, and 15O atfidavits wer,
filed in support of the motion. Judg
Vickery assigned the case to Lorail
county without date.
Zanesville.-For cotton and live
stock, seized by federal troops durini
the Civil war, from her grandfather
plantation at Natchez, Miss, Mrs. j
]. Martin of this city, one of the sever
heirs, is in Natchez, where she pre-
sented through her attorney to tn
state legislature claims of $4,000
with interest, amounting to $259,00C
The heirs have formed an association
for the purpose of pushing thei
claims.
Upper Sandusky.-Mrs. D. D. Clay