The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-07-25
STATE NEWS
IN BRIEF

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Lansing -Requisition papers have
been forwarded to Governor Rails
ton of Indiana by Governor Ferris
for the return of John Allison, who is
under arrest at South Bend, Ind. ALI
son was paroled from Jackson prison
the conditions Of his release and il
the Indiana authorities will give him
up he will be returned to Jackson to
complete his sentence.
Monroe.-Frank Keeney and Will
liam Goff, both twenty-one years
old, who were arrested at Adrian, al
legged to have burglarized the home of
John Whitman, farmer Of Summer
field township, this county, were
brought to the county jail bert by Sher-
iff Renner. 1t is said $12S was recov-
cred, $37 of which was found in corn
crib.
Adrian.-Chauncey Miller, seventy
three years old, respondent over
i'll health, drowned himself in
pool of water, which had formed in
ditch by the Lake Shore railroad
track, near his home in Deerfield. The
body was found in six inches of water.
Pontiac.-Rex Scutton and Kirk Ben
N CT nd n6 in a
fight over their abilities as lead
ing men in front of local theater and
were arrested and fined SIS each
Jackson. Thomas Hanlon, the ten
year-old boy who fell under the wheels
while catching on circus train here,
died in the city hospital. Both legs
were crushed.
Lansing-State Treasurer Haarer
has received a remittance of ST.
600 from the Marquette prison to
DE placed in the general fund, the
amount representing the first deposit
on state account resulting from the es-
Establishment of an overall factory in
the prison. Under the law requiring
the prison to abandon the contract
system and manufacture of state &C
count, the overall factory was estab-
lished and this, is the first amount
turned in since the system was estab-
lished. ~:
Whether the state or
the Stearns Salt and Lumber COM
pany of Ludington, will pay John Ken
ely Of Ludington. compensation as the
result of injuries he received while
fighting forest fire, will depend upon
the decision rendered by the Industrial
accident board. Kenelly was regular
ly employed by the Stearns company,
but was asked to assist the state de-
partment in extinguishing forest fire
and was badly burned.
Kalamazoo.-That former Deputy
Sheriff Patrick Burns, who sud-
denly disappeared two weeks ago. is
dead is the belief, of Kalamazoo off,
GERS who have conducted a search for
him. Absolutely no trace Of him can
be obtained and officers fear that he
has either met foul play in northern
Michigan or has been killed in the
woods. He was appointed deputy game
warden last spring.
Grand Rapids.-George Brown, TWEEN
ty years old, is dead from injuries re-
ceived when an automobile he was
cranking ran over him, dislocating his
neck and causing complete paralysis.
Pontiac.-Charles H. Teaney, for
merly well-known saloon man OF this
city, was arrested charged with wife
desertion. Teaney left his wife and
family here several months ago.
Flint-Five alleged pickpockets,
four of whom give their homes
as Detroit, are held in the county jail
here. They were following the wild
west show. The men are Shorty"
Brown, Charles Franklin and Eddie
Pitts, colored, and George Wilson,
white, of Detroit and Charles Leray,
who claims Kalamazoo as his home.
Northumberland Abel, fifty years
old, a Bauer farmer, was struck
by lightning while working In the
field When he failed to return
home after the storm search was
made, and he was found lying uncon-
scious in the cornfield. He lived only
few hours.
Caro.-P. c. McHeter was found
dead on his porch where he had
been sleeping during the warm
weather Traces of carbolic acid were
evident. Besides his widow, he leaves
three sons and daughter, Mrs. James
Mckay, a banker at Prescott.
Eugene Murphy, thirty
years old, secretary-treasurer of
the National Water Lift COM
pany, was drowned at Lake Geneva.
The victim was camping with his
brother, Irving Murphy, foreman of