The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-12-25
Buckeye Notes

Portsmouth. AN automobile in
which were riding Mrs. s. A.
Bever. her son, o. A. Bever, and Mrs.
Richard Kern, all of this city,
swerved from the road and went over
q high embankment near here. Mrs.
Bever was perhaps fatally injured. the
others escaping with minor injuries.
Columbus. - James M. Williams, a
farmer residing near New Castle,
Coshocton county, confessed to
Deputy State Fire Marshal }. A. An
derson, 1t is alleged, after q rigid ex-
animation, that he burned his home
to obtain insurance on it amounting
to $3.50.
Cincinnati. "A jury verdict which
acquitted George Mundy, attorney,
on the charge of the murder of
his wife, was criticized by Judge
Cushing as a gross miscarriage of
Justice. Mundy killed his wife by
shooting her last June. The defense
set up a plea of emotional insanity,
which was upheld by the jurors.
Lima. Carrying heavy muffs,
the police say were laden with
stolen goods and protesting their inno-
cence, two women giving the names Of
Lydia Taylor and Catherine Cole and
their home as Mt. Sterling, KY, were
arrested in a depa ,tment store here.
While they were held at police head
quarters their room was searched and
a wagon load Of Christmas jewelry,
veils, silk stockings and other articles
obtained.
Much of the goods seized bore the
names of Cleveland and Cincinnati
firms, though Lima concerns have
identified at least $4OO worth. The
women are held on charge Of shop
lifting.
Cleveland. - In the midst Of his
trial for second degree murder be-
fore Judge Lieghley, Rudolph Necas,
20, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, ad-
hitting he was one of a gang of eight
that beat Patrolman Albert Miller,
Meade-av, to death Nov. 20. A few
minutes later Yaro Kulicek, 18, and
Rudolph Rubicek, 10, were led into
court by deputy sheriffs and also
pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Judge Lieghley sentenced all three
to the Mansfield reformatory, remark.
ing that only their youth and the fact
that they had admitted their crime
kept him from sentencing them to the
penitentiary.
Canton. - Miss Mabel Hart, eigh.
teen, lost a race for life when she
died within a few miles of her home
in Bowerstown while being taken
there from a Lorain hospital on q
Wheeling C Lake Erie passenger
train. She had been i'll of typhoid
pneumonia. Her mother, who was
with her when she died, was trying to
crafty the girls wish to be taken
home to die.
Cincinnati. - Detectives employed
personally by Mayor Hunt have
completed their investigation into
the bombardment of Warsaw
av street car from the 34-story Union
Central Life Insurance building dur
ing the street car strike last May. AS
a result warrants for the arrest Of 1G
men, charged with throwing barrels
of cement and other missiles from the
building to the car roof have just beer
issued. Union leaders and the street
car men on strike at the time were
absolved from any connection with the
matter.
Lima. The body Of a mar
stabbed to death was found in {
barn in South Lima, Sept. IL, 1912
and was embalmed at the Whitley
morgue here. 1t was not removed
from the morgue, but thousands whC
attempted to identify it saw it. The
body was practically petrified, and al
that was necessary to retain the orig
inal features was grease, paint anC
powder applied every few days. Thurs
day William P Zepp of Baltimore
Md, positively identified the body al
Marysvllle. While operating {
corn shredder on William Arnold
farm John Miller had his right arm
so badly crushed amputation near til,
shoulder was necessary.
Lorain. Frank Wanger fifty-four
farmer, committed suicide at hi
home in Avon, near here, by slashinl
his throat with a razor.
McComb. - James Dindere of Eos
| a.. t. l., L.
Charles Nicewander of Deshler, i
in a critical condition as the re
suit of being beaten over the heads b,
thugs who climbed on the back o
their buggy as they were riding to tn
Deshler B. & o. station.
Oberlin. - The Carnegie library
one of the finest in Ohio, wa
entered by students and badly dan
aged. The fact that the college author
tiles refused permission for the stu
dents to give a party and dance a
Rowland's hall here Friday night afte
the college vacation begins is declare
to be the cause of the trouble.
Toledo - Because Mrs. Anna Stei1
aged twenty-eight, had repulsed him
Storrs B. Erieg broke into the won
ans room on the second floor of Mr.
Frances Holbrook's boarding hous
and fired four shots at Mrs. Stein. VIII
was in bed. She is probably fatal
injured. Erieg then wounded himself
Mansfield. - William Gundrum ha
filed an affidavit in justice court her
against Jefferson Esterline, chargin