The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-02

the poison and shot himself in the
head, making death doubly sure. He
had brooded over family matters. He
held an auction and sold out. A
widow and two children survive.
acknowledgement Moger. con-
victed of burglary at the pres
ent term of the circuit court and re-
manded for sentence, made his escape
from the county Jail by saving two
steel bars and removing the same. Ar
thur Lindquist, charged with murder,
and occupying the same cell, could
not effect his escape, being unable to
get through the opening. Moger is
still at large and no tangible clue as
TO his whereabouts has been found.
Traverse City.-The bankers from
the counties Of CharlevoiX, An
trim, Kalkaska, Grand Traverse,
Leelanau, Benzie and the northern
parts of Wexford and Manistee coun-
ties gathered here and organized the
Northwestern Bankers club, the OBJ
ject being mutual benefit and to as
sist in developing the region. The
officers are: President. M. o. Robin
son, Traverse City; vice.president. A.
Buttars, Charlevoix; secretary, l.. F.
Titus, Traverse City.
Jackson.-That counterfeiters are
at work in Jackson is the belief
of the police, as several instances
in which counterfeit money has
been passed upon unsUspecting
merchants have been reported during
the last few days. The coins are of
the half dollar variety and are an ex-
cellent imitation. They bear the
dates of 1910 and 1911. 1t is reported
that a few bogus dollars have also
been passed.
Grand Rapids.-A motorman on
Cherry-Shawmut car lost con-
troll of his car and it crashed into
the Pearl street bridge over Grand
river. Two passengers were seriously
injured, and two large Orders snapped
off and the bridge put out of commits
sion.
Traverse City. Mrs. Laura A.
Dragoo, aged fifty-three, dropped
dead from an attack of cerebral hem
orrhage in the Odd Fellows hall just
as she was sitting down to supper fol-
lowing a meeting of the ladies' aux
iliary of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers.
Acknowledgements because of
i'll health, William Cole, colored,
aged sixty-three. committed suicide
by shooting himself through the
head. He died instantly. Cole was an
inmate of the Handy home, an insti
tuition for colored people, and it was
there that the shooting took place.
Jackson.-Clara f. Smith, wife
of James w. +. Smith, who is
serving sentence in Jackson prison
for murder in the second degree, was
granted a divorce in circuit court.
Smith is the man who murdered his
mother-in-law, Mrs. o. c. Flanagan,
and her daughter, Cora Flanagan, at
their home near Allegan last fall. The
divorce case was pending in the local
circuit court at the time of the MUIR
der. Smith is serving a sentence of
from 20 TO 40 years in Jackson prison.
Houghton.-An infant daughter of
John Kaiser of Rockland was
burned to death in a fire which
destroyed the home. A five-year-old
daughter was rescued, but was burned
so that death is expected. The two
children were alone in the house when
the fire started.
Observation-Disclosures A. Smith, sa-
loonkeeper, was arrested on COM
plaint of Clauson NJ. Davis at the
instigation of Prosecuting Attorney
George j. Burke, charging him with
keeping his saloon open Sunday Smith
demanded an examination which was
set for April Is. He gave bail in the
sum of 5000 for his appearance.
Cadillac.-Alfred and Irene Bry-
ant, colored convicted of larceny.
were sentenced for two and half to
FIVE years at Jackson and Detroit re-
spectively Ed. Platz was sent to
Jackson for the same period. Charles
wilkins went to Ionia for two to five
years. The latter two confessed to
burglary.
Grand Rapids.-A state concatena-
ton of the Hoo-Hoos was held here.
A class of Is was initiated. Speakers
were here from all over Michigan
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