The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-02-27
Buckeye Notes

o., narrowly escaped when, the trio
directed its fire at him. Other pass
engers had close calls. After the bel
ligerents had been subdued Conduc-
tor Thompson took charge of the
highwaymen and turned them over
to Marshall Leatherman of Harrod.
Cincinnati. The will of the
late Mrs. Caroline f. Addy, widow
Of Matthew Addy, founder of big
iron and steel foundry, was filed for
probate and divides an estate esti-
mated at more than 100000 With
the exception of number of small
donations, the estate is awarded
equally to two daughters, Mrs. Louise
Addy Kinney and Mrs. Ruth Addy
Neave.
Medina. - Lyman Oatman, one
of Medina's oldest merchants, died
at his residence here. Mr.. Oat-
man had been in the hardware
business over 40 years in one place
and was widely known among whole.
sale men all over the state.
st. Marys. - Announcement was
made of the engagement of Miss
Jessie Neely, Wellesley, graduate
and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
G. Neely of st. Marys, to Freeman T.
Eagleson of Cambridge, ex-speaker of
the Ohio general assembly.
Marion. - A jury acquitted four
teen-year-old Vito Beneditto, charged
with second degree murder in shoot
ing to death Antonio Stefano, his
mothers alleged paramour, Nov. 26.
The boy knelt before each juror and
kissed his hand.
Elyria. - A four-year search for
Earl Carpenter, twenty-seven, of Mt.
Morris, n. Y, ended here when Car
penter was arrested on a charge of
abandoning his wife and child. Car
penter, the police We're told, eloped
with Mrs. Mabel Washburn four years
ago and since that time has been
known as William Washburn. The
couple, with Mrs. Washburn's 12-year-
old son, came to Elyria from Cleve-
land several months ago,
Canton.-Morgan Garner of Charles.
ton, West Virginia, can thank his
football training for his escape from
hold-up here. Gardner, who was
star fullback when he was at
tending Marietta college, made a fly
ing tackle of the highwayman, when
the latter showed gun in his face.
When he had thrown the footpad
Gardner used his fists to good effect.
The highwayman fed.
Steubenville.-Two children found
along the river the body of an
unidentified man crushed into
barrel with such force that almost
every bone was broken. Around the
neck of the corpse was rope which
apparently had strangled the man and
broken his neck. There were a half
dozen stab wounds on the body and
the skull was crushed.
Mt. Gilead. - The grand jury of
Morrow county returned an in
dictment of first degree murder
against John Morrow. 1t is charged
Morrow smothered the two-year-oid
child of Frank Piatt and wife of Ma
rengo, believing that if the child was
dead the mother, With whom he was
said to be in love, would desert her
husband.
Steubenville.-Fire that started in
the Huffman opera house and hotel |
basement at Amsterdam, this county, |
destroyed the Huffman block and |
three other two-story frame buildings, |
entailing loss of $4,000. The build |
ings were occupied by Samuel Green
berg's saloon, Joseph Clarri's saloon
and Juskeys saloon. Several other
buildings were damaged, all in the
business part of the town. Fire equip
ment was sent from Alliance to fight
the flames.
Port Ciinton.-Charged with setting
fire to the saloon of Fred Rohloff at
TroWbridge Jan. 20, Rohloff and
George Cluckey, his bartender, were
bound over to the grand jury under
$4,000 bond.
Toledo. - Matt Mclaughlin, twen-
ty-seven, bartender of this city, shot
Earnest Sullivan, 35, and inflicted a
wound from which Sullivan died in q
hospital on the East Side. The shoot.
ing occurred at the farm house of
William Simon, near Curtice, o. Nc
Laughlin then walked to Toledo and
surrendered to the police. McLaugh-
lin says he and several companies
were invited to attend a dance at 81.
mons house. When they arrived
there they met Sullivan. Mclaughlin
says Sullivan assaulted him without
Akron. - Officials OF the B. r.
Goodrich Company, the largest rubber
'actory in Akron, have perfected plans
% withstand long siege by the
striking rubber workers, now led by
he Industrial Workers of the World.
High board stockades, surmounted by
oarbed wire, were built on an unpro-
ected side Of the factory buildings,
Ind long lines of fire hose were laid
or possible use against strike pickets.
Columbus. Clevent s. Baxter
4 Lima, deputy state examiner
Il banks under his brother, Frank
J. Baxter, pleaded not guilty when
Irraigned in criminal court here in
he charge of embezzling $3,140 from
he defunct Columbus Savings &
rust Co. while acting in his official
apacity as examiner.
Fostoria. = Fostoria's Liberal Meas.
re club, composed of non-church-
oers, marched to the Baptist
hurch, headed by drum corps,
here the pastor, Rev. F. A. Parkin.
on, was presented with more than $500