The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-08-10
Over the State

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less the property owners comply with
the orders, the state will raze the
buildings at the owners expense.
anicsburg.-Thomas Morgan,
the Oldest Mason in Ohio, is dead.
Mr.. Morgan was born in Wales
81 years ago and had lived in Ohio
more than 20 years. His wife died
ten years ago. They celebrated their
golden wedding in 1897.
Painesville.-Hit by pitched
ball in baseball game at Leroy,
Fred White, IS, first baseman
of the Mohawks, finished the game,
dropped over unconscious and died
from inflammation of the brain It's
sues.
Norwalk.-William Russell was
convicted of second degree mur-
der for the killing of Detective
Harry ]. Noble, April "a, by shot
fired by Frank Crandall, his 17-year-
old companion. The two were jointly
indicted for second degree murder.
Crandall turned states evidence and
Russell was tried as an accomplice.
Russell did not produce single wit
ness in his own behalf. Throughout
the trial guards sat on ether side of
Russell and when he was brought into
court to hear the verdict, guards were
stationed at the doors and windows
of the court room. Since his incar-
ceration in the Jail Russell has five
times attempted to commit suicide.
Akron.-In attempting to reach
q railroad crossing ahead of a
swiftly moving switch engine at Bar
berton, H. M. SturteVant of Toledo
was probably fatally injured when his
machine was hit by the locomotive
and completely demolished Sturte-
want has slight chance of recovery.
Akron-With his alleged victim
lying almost dead, John Kelly,
charged with attacking Audra Martin,
two-year-old girl, at a preliminary
hearing before Justice A. A. Koplin,
entered a plea of guilty and was
bound over to the Summit common
pleas court under $4,000 bond.
Columbus.-Two negroes who were
arrested on suspicion of having been
the assailants of white woman are
held as suspects in the murder OF
Carl Sandborn here last spring. Mrs.
Maude Hopper, who was with Sand
born when he was killed, and told
story of having been mistreated,
will be brought back to Columbus
from Dayton, where she is now living,
and an attempt made to have her
identify the two men.
Cincinnati-Miss Florence Hess
daughter of Elmer ]. Hess, mil
lionaire head of the Hess Spring &
Axle Co. here, and Carl Warner, a
chemist, eloped from the brides resi-.
dence in Wyoming, suburb of this
city. The bride had just graduated
from an eastern college for young
ladies and consent of her parents to
the marriage was withheld on account
of her age. The marriage ceremony
occurred at st. Pauls Cathedral in
this city. The mother of the bride is
prostrated over the news.
Portsmouth. - Without regaining
consciousness, Otis Eyre, 27, a
school teacher at Seaman, Adams
county, is dead as result of
being hit behind his left ear
while playing ball. His skull was frac-
tured Eyre is the first ball player
who has been killed while playing the
game in this vicinity for many years.
1t was swiftly thrown ball that
struck him squarely behind the ear
and he was carried off the field un.
conscious. Members of the school
taught by Eyre were in the game at
the time.
Columbus.-A contest for 500 for a
design to be used on a poster which
will be issued advertising the Ohio
Columbus centennial to be held the
latter part of next summer, opened
this week. The contest closes August
30. The contest is open to all Ohio
men, women, boys and girls who are
living in the state. Oils, water colors,
colored ink or any permanent medf-
um may be used. The subject of the
design must be emblematic of Ohio
or Ohio's history in some way. The
drawing must be 10 inches by 26
inches, design to be reproduced to
be of that size. A simple design is ad-
vocated and that there be as an in
tegral and harmonious part of the de.
sign simple emblem which can be
used on the centennial commissions
stationery. Awards will be made 80
days after the contest closes. De-
signs should be addressed to the
Ohio Columbus centennial commission
at Columbus.
Caldwell.-Detectives caused the
arrest of David Jones and Henry
Fairhurst of Belle Valley, charg.
ed with having wrecked a spe.
eial Pennsylvania train carrying
Troop B, cavalry and the Eighth regi-
ment o. N. G. from Camp Marietta to
Columbus, for duty in the street car
strike in capital city, June 81, 1910.
The train was wrecked at Belle Val.
ley, mining village, three miles
north Of this place in which 18 men
were injured and number Of horses
were killed.
Medina.-Judge Albert Munson,
SO, is dead here. He nomina-
tetd William Mckinley for congress
three times at conventions, and was
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