The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-07

wesley Dm1tn, DOJn COtOfeQ, returned
verdict of murder in the first de.
gree, with a recommendation for
mercy, which means life in the peni.
tentiary.
Bellefontaine.-Byf forming bucket
brigades and fighting the flames for
two hours, citizens of West Mansfield,
this county, saved the town from de-
struction when the Big Seven Lum
Der Company's plant was destroyed
by fire. A high wind was blowing and
sparks and burning pieces Of lumber
were whirled over into the residence
section bordering on the lumber yard
Men and women formed bucket brig
ades and extinguished the flames as
fast as they started on the roofs OF
their homes. The fire was communi.
Gated to the West Mansfield Planning
Mill, which was badly damaged. For
a time the whole southern section OF
the town was threatened, but the good
work of the bucket brigades held the
flames in check.
Fostoria.-John D. Jones, aged r.
a roll tender at the Harter Mills Com
pany, was instantly killed when struck
by Baltimore and Ohio flyer here.
Neutrality-suspicious. Roberts, re
Gently discharged from the peniten
tiary, was killed at the home Of Rob
ert Davis, few miles south of here,
a revolver bullet passing through his
head. Davis went to a neighbor's and
gave the alarm, claiming it case
of suicide. Circumstances, however,
did not seem to bear out the state
ment, and Davis was brought to jail,
where charges of murder will be
placed against him.
Kenton.-Led by Mrs. D. G. Hall
and Mrs. E. c. Braumbarugh, a raid
was made upon a place at Forest,
where it was charged Intoxicating
liquors were being sold. Mrs. Hall,
who is the wife of the Methodist min.
lister at Forest, swore out the war.
rant. The place was kept by w,
Chaplin and Harvey Angler, who
pleaded not guilty. Several bottles
of what is said to be whisky were
found. Both Chaplin and Angler have
been arrested before on the same
charge. Once they were found guilty,
Mt. Vernon.-Deputy sheriffs and
police have been searching for the
five men who blew three safes in this
city and got away with over $500. An
entrance was gained into the Smoots
grocery store, the Office of the ]. S,
Mcconnell Co. and the office of the
Mt. Vernon Hay G Grain Co. At the
Mcconnell company the burglars over.
powered the night watchman and
while one man covered the watchman
with a gun four blew the safe.
Cincinnati. - William Holseapfel,
former superintendent of the railway
mail service, with headquarters in
Cincinnati, who was returned from
Toledo to answer charges of obtain.
ing money under false pretenses, was
dismissed after paying the costs in
police court The cases were not
prosecuted.
Findlay.-Efforts are being made to
have the paths of the two historic
generals, Hull and Harrison, marked
by suitable monuments in time for the
Fort Findlay centerary in October,
1912. The Hull trail extends from
Dayton through Urbana, Bellefon.
taine, Kenton and Findlay to Mau.
NEE. Daughters of the War of 1919
are back of the movement.
Xenia.-George Copeland, a farmer,
was shot in the left hip by the acci.
dental discharge of a shotgun in the
hands of Mont Manor, while hunting.
The wound is dangerous.
Cleveland. - Robert Knox, black.
smith, fell dead while shoeing a horse
here. Apoplexy was the cause. He
caves wife and child in Ravenna.
Sandusky.-The Sandusky Business
Mems Association through it's secre'
tary, John G. Hauser has signifed its
intention of doing all in its power tc
assist the committee of business men
appointed by Mayor Lehrer to act az
Perry Centennial Exposition com.
mittee. The business Mems Associa
ton will appoint committee of five
to act with the larger committee.
observation-disclosures Walsh, Jr., vice
bank of Pittsburg, died suddenly al
hotel in this city to which he was
taken from train at the Grand Cen.
trail depot.
Cincinnati.--The body of the young
boy killed by being struck by a street
car was identified by his father, Louis
Arego, as his son, Louis, Jr., aged T
The youth was crossing the street or
his way to a nearby grocery, anc
stepped from behind a southbounC
car directly in front of the other car
which crushed his body into G
1angled mass.
Cleveland children were
burned to death in a Are at the homo
of Julius Van Terka, East Sixty
eighth street. Mrs. Van Terka was
seriously burned.
Lima.-"A Hauenstein for Justice
if the peace" is the way the ballots
voted at the recent election in Rich
land Township, this county, read
Albert Hauenstein and Alfred Hauen
stein both reside in the township
Voters didn't know whom they were
voting for. Neither wants the ONCE
So the township trustees are adver