The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-05-08
Buckeye Notes

down and then shot and killed hiua.
self.
Lancaster.-George Clendenin, sew
enty-two, was brought to this city by
Sheriff f. b. Allen of Logan, charged
with killing his cousin, Gid Julian.
aged 62. Clendenin lived with Julian
in this city and both went to Glen
denin's farm near Tarlton Tuesday to
build fence. They took along a
half gallon Of whisky. II is supposed
they got into a quarrel while drink
ing in the cabin and that Clendenin
stabbed Julian with a knife which,
when taken away from Clendenin by
Sheriff Allen, was covered with blood.
The prisoner denied the charge.
Middletown. Two men were
probably fatally injured and nine
other persons more or less seri-
ously hurt when Big Four passenger
train No. %, ran head on, into a
freight train a few miles north of this
city.
Cincinnati - The three day ses-
sion of the Ohio grand council of
the Royal Arcanum closed with the
election of officers and the selection
of Dayton for the meeting in April,
1914. w. H. Mills of Norwalk was
elected grand regent.
Alliance. - "Give me a drink,
said Joseph Demande, thirty, to
nurse in a hospital, early in the
morning, although both arms and
both legs had just been cut off and
he had been hurt about the chest.
Demande was a fagman on a railroad
crossing and was struck by a train.
Although so badly cut up he talked
with the nurse until he died
Port Clinton. - Carson Christen-
sen. forty-seven, Lake Shore railroad
employe, was found hanging in a
woodshed back of his home by his
little daughter. He had stood on a
box to slip the loop over his head.
His feet were touching the floor.
Columbus - The body of WON,
an, thought to be that of Mrs,
Theodore Taylor, Glenwood-av, was
dug from a bank of sand on farm
south Of the city Wednesday. 1t was
the ninety-second body to be recov-
cred since the flood, and leaves but
two known missing.
Hamilton. John Hines, four
teen, son of Mike Hines, leading So
cialist of this city, was accidentally
killed by Il companion, Clarence
Woestenholn, IA, while the boys were
shooting sparrows.
Lorain. Al A. King, former
mayor, has been appointed chief
of police by Mayor 7. w. Pape. He
will assume his duties May II. The
appointment is to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Norman Fl.
Williams, who was killed by Lake
Shore electric car April 5.
Akron. Employees of the Az.
ron street railways have accepted
the offer of the Northern Ohio Trac.
ton & Light Co. for 23-cent per
hour minimum wage scale, and de-
clared off the plains for a strike.
Lima. Dan Williams, cor.
nice worker of Kenton, fell five
stories from the Lima Tea Co.'S new
block. A surgical examination shows
two of his teeth were knocked out
and that he suffered slight cuts, but
otherwise was not injured.
Columbus. - Samuel H. Vankirk,
who was a captain in the I'm
ion army at the siege of Vicksburg
and was present when Gen. Lee sur
rendered, died at the age OF 73 at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles
M. Irwin, 9intonville, o.
Upper Sandusky. - Adah McNa.
mara, thirty-eight, whose two brothers
died in railway accidents, committed
suicide at his home in Kirby by shoot.
ing himself in the chin with shot,
gun. He blew part. of his head off.
Columbus.-While handling a re,
volver at his boarding house, Gustia
Krneta, an Austrian, "a years old ac-
cidentally discharged the weapon,
which lodged a 3S caliber bullet in
his right hip. The man was taken to
st. Francis hospital in patrol ambu-
lance.
Cleveland. - Warrancs charging
them with selling heroin. a habit
forming drug, to pupils of West Tech.
nical High school, were issued against
Walter Gross, John Conrad and Theo-
dnrn ponhV01on drI,o rInrlyc CfifV OnH
state officials, charge that scores of
pupils in West Technical and Central
High schools have contracted the he
roin habit. A crusade is ON to break
up sales of the drug.
GAINESVILLE. While repairing a
Itairway at the old house of
William Cannon of Crooksville, who
committed suicide year ago, John
Lehew found $1,4O5 secreted under
meath step. Cannon was rated as
well to do when he killed himself.
Considerable money was unaccounted
for. The $1,4O5 will be turned over
to the administrator, Guy Cannon of
Cleveland, son.
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. is.
Columbus. = The war department
has informed Adjutant General Wood,
just back from Washington, that
equipment will be furnished the
Ohio National Guard to replace equip
ment either lost or worn out during
the flood service Of the guard.
Fremont.-Cablegrams received in
Fremont announced the death of Lieu
tenant Charles Conry, Tenth infan-
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