The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-04-18

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his obituary in it, was the novel
Of William Fult, who was
supposed to have been killed by a
train at Massillon. o.. over year ago.
Marysville.-Thos. Mitchell, %, was
jailed upon the order of Common Pleas
Judge ]. NJ. Broderick for refusal to
testify before the grand jury. Mitchell
claims he refused to give evidence
against his father.
Ashtabula-J. C. Johnson, presi-
dent of the Ohio Farmers Insurance
company, is dead. He was 81 years
old and had been president OF his
company AZ years. He served In tHs
state legislature, 1849-4S52, and for
one term was speaker.
acknowledging open the Oak
Hill Savings bank, at Oak Hill, O., IL
miles southwest of Portsmouth, rob
bers broke open the outer vault Of the
bank and escaped with 5000 in cur
rency. An inner vault containing
$4,000 in cash and bonds was left
intact.
Springfield.-Miss Jane H. Watt,
aged seventy-seven, was fatally
burned when her clothing caught fire
as she was burning rubbish in the
yard at her home. She was writhing
on the ground in great agony when
her screams brought assistance.
Cleveland.-Suit was instituted to
enjoin the city from issuing $1,0OO,O0O
in bonds for the erection of a munich
pal lighting plant was brought by w.
r. Drum, member of bond broker
age firm. The city proper is to build
plant to complete with the Cleveland
Electric Illuminating company.
Columbus. While the federal
census department found but 1851
people within the boundaries of Co
lumbus when noses were last counted,
the real population was 221,567, ac-
cording to the figures given out under
the policy of crediting to city those
who live in "the adjacent territory"
Ironton.-A young woman stopping
here, who was later identified as Miss
Bessie Secrest, aged thirty, of Oak
Hill, o., died in hospital here from
alcoholism. The woman, who Is said
to have been a member of prom
inent family in, Jackson county, was
brought to the hotel here by a man,
who has since disappeared.
Newark-John Athey, who is being
held as a suspect in connection with
a safe-blowing job here, will be dis
charged from custody following the
visit of Safety Director Collier to Co
lumbus. Mr.. Collier took piece of
glass bearing the finger prints Of
Athey and the glass from the skylight
at the burgIarized store. The finger
prints were compared and were found
to be in no way alike.
New MISUNDERSTANDING that
the defendants, County Auditor
Shott and County Treasurer Charles
Ley, acted legally under instruc-
tions from the Ohio tax commits
sion, Common Pleas Judge T. D. Heal
ca ruled against petition by Robert
Kinsey ct al, property owners Of
Union township, asking that Shott be
enjoined from certifying an 80 per
cent. increase on the plaintiffs tax
valuation to Ley for collection.
Cincinnati. & Spring housecleaning
activities here, claimed victim in
Mrs. Catherine Gohs, an aged widow,
who was crushed to death by a large
wardrobe. She tried to push it out
to clean the wallpaper behind it,, but
her strength gave out and the big box
swung back against her. Mrs. H. c.
Crowl of Canton was fatally burned in
endeavoring to extinguish fire which
had started from an explosion of
ignited mothball fumes in clothes
press. as she was cleaning house.
Columbus.-"Please take my poor
baby to Mrs. Joe Galloway of
Georgesville, o. His nam, is Ray
mond Ophrey. He was born Feb. %,
1912. His father is dead and mother
is not able to keep him. Whoever
finds him give him some milk, for
he will be hungry, and send him to
Mrs. Galloway. Mrs. Galloway: A
friend of mine told me about your
dead baby. Keep mine for the sake
of your own little one" This
message was found pinned to the
dress of a chunk of boy found
by Mrs. James F. Morgan of 25 Gift
street, in small building adjoining
the West Broad street Quaker
church about a mile west of the
city limits Mrs. Morgan heard the
cries of the child as she was driving
by and, stopping to investigate,
found the baby boy.
Seville. -Safe-blowers robbed the
postoff1ce here and escaped with
more than $1,000 in money and
postage stamps. The robbers stole
a horse and buggy one mile east
of this city, and soon abandoned
the animal and stole team of horses
from the farm of Charles Sayler,
with which they could make better
time in the direction of Cleveland. In
the last 10 weeks postofice robbers
have gathered about $55,0)0 in Or
angeville, Garfield, Wickliffe. Novelty,
Hudson, Berea, Newark and other
Ohio places.