Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-05-02
Buckeye Notes

Carmel hospital following an opera
ton for the removal of gall stones.
Portsmouth. Judge Thomas sen
fenced Jack Wooten, Wellston coal
miner, to life imprisonment for mur-
dering his wife, Myrtle Wooten and
her lover, Lot McCumber, here on
Feb. 10.
Steubenville. - Chief E. S. Mar
tin of the Steubenville fire de-
partment has asked the state fire mar
shall to send a man here to investi-
gate the Imperial hotel fire and the
destruction of the Yocum warehouse.
Among the $50 people in the hotel
were number of Pittsburgh bankers
and William d. Young, vice presi-
dent of the National City bank of
Cleveland. They all made their way
to safety down the fire escapes.
Lorain.-The annual state conven-
tion of the Daughters of Rebekah will
be held in this city May 1915. Over
500 delegates are expected.
Cleveland. = Operations of gang
Of alleged wire tappers, who made
their Cleveland headquarters at
downtown hotel and whose activities
extended to Toledo, o., came to light
when John Wilks, 2930 Cedar-av S. E.,
and John Stafford, 2S01 Cedar-av S. E.,
janitors at the Central Y. M. G. A.
building, swore out warrants charging
three men with swindling them of ST.
900 Police Prosecutor s. H. Gilbert,
after listening to the mems stories at
his home, issued affidavits charging
Jack Waddell and two men known
only as John Doe and Richard Roe,
with the swindle.
GAINESVILLE. = While repairing a
stairway at The old house OF
William Cannon of Crooksville, who
committed suicide year ago, John
Lehew found $1,405 secreted under
meath a step. Cannon was rated as
well to do when he killed himself.
Considerable money was unaccounted
for. The 1405 will be turned over
to the administrator, Guy Cannon of
Cleveland, a son.
Steubenville.-Pros James S.
Paisley has filed bills of exceptions in
all of the Jefferson county corrupt
practices act cases growing out of the
last election in which decision as to
the indictments were against the
state. He seeks to have the supreme
court review them. If the tribunal de-
cides the case favorably to the state
within a year from the time the in
dictments were returned the indicted
can be tried.
Massillon.-While playing mailman,
Willie and Peter Sovaks, and 6, re-
spectively, opened the door of a fire
alarm box and placed letter inside.
Firemen after dash to the spot also
played mailmen and collected the
mail.
Fremont. - Eleven-year-old Merlin
Smith was drowned in a sink hole of
a newly formed lake on the William
Smith farm, east of Fremont.
Dayton. - Seventy Chicago labor.
ers, mostly undesirables, were round
cd up by a sheriff's possee and
shipped out of town.
Steubenville. Morrison Jacobs,
so, fell into clay grinding machine
Mt the Stratton Fire Clay Co. plant
Canal Dover. - Elizabeth Gentsch,
sc, wife of DR.. D. c. Gentseh of New
Philadelphia, was burned to death at
her home in New Philadelphia. Her
clothes caught fire as she was burning
rubbish in the yard.
Sidney. - George Kraft, saloon.
keeper was instantly killed while
riding with friends, when his au.
tomobile struck a telephone pole
and when down 30-foot embank.
ment.
Columbus. = Former Chief of Pc.
lice John w. Walcutt of Colum.
bus filed with Governor Gov formal
complaint against Common Pleas
Judges e. B. Dillon, E. B. Kinkead and
Marcus G. Evans. He asks the gov.
ernor to suspend them. The principal
charge is that they have tried to read
into the law certain provisions the
general assembly had declined to pase
and that, as litigant, he was the
victim of judge.made lay. Walcutt is
a public contractor and in his petition
sets forth the trials and troubles that
fell to his lot in contracting with the
city of Columbus.
Portsmouth. On the closing
day of a three day session of the
fifth biennial convention Woodmen OF
the World. jurisdiction co." ]. H
Boggs, Cincinnati, was elected head
consul over George Galloway, Cleve
land, by vote of 1877 to 1870 on first
| ballot. Toledo was chosen for the
| 1915 convention.
Canal Dover.-The board of trade OF
this town has taken up the fight tC
procure new railroad station for the
B. & o. The old building has been in
a very dilapidated condition for some
years and the recent flood committed
further depredations. AS an induce
ment to the B. & o. to take this mat
ter under immediate consideration, the
city will promise to pave Factory
street as far as the depot and viii
urge the Northern Ohio Traction