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EXCEPTIONS
ARE FILED.
10 A Account N Probate
Filed BY James \. McElroy
Alleged He Failed To Charge
Himself With $500
which Came Into His Hands
Away Back In 1875
Interest On This New Amounts !
To Large Sun
othe Items Of Interest Ffon|
The Can't nouse


In the probate court of Knox county
exceptions have been fled to the first
and Anal account Of James r. .McEl.
roy, who was trustee Of q. A. McIcl.
roy. The exceptions to the account
are Aled by Sallie Sweet and others,
heirs Of 4. A. McElroy. 1t is claimed
In the exceptions that the trustee fail.
ed to charge himself with the sum Of
$500. which he received on November
15. 1876. and again 5000 which he re,
! celyea In 1879. The heirs now ask the
trustee to show why this sum was not
charged and asks for interest ON the
amounts It the rate OF 8 per cent from
1876. which will amount to quite a
sum. Nxceptions are also taken to all
the other items in the account, except.
ing two !. 1t Ia asked that q hearing be
had x an early date. Judge Frank o,
Lsysrins nled the exceptions In behalf
ofathe heifsss z 08R @ no;
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lndlstmswt Returned . 80
IN indictment FOR first degree muir.
dsf ~ returned ~ the Crawford
coenty grand jury against Edgar Par.
osl agsd II years, charged with the
kil1ine a orpngs Baker. the Richlana
comfy horse buyer.
4 was on Nov. s. 1912. that the body
Of Baker was found in buggy q few
miles north Of Crestline and within
forty feet Of the Richland county line.
baker and Parcel hired a livery rig
from the Hershner~ Livery Barns in
Gallon, early in the morning OF the
fatal day, and late In the afternoon
the dead body of. the horsebuyer was
found sitting upright in the buggy
near Crestline. Parcel himself was
the first to give out the news Bakers
death by notifying Rev. Keubler, who
lives near the place where the body
was found, that he had found dead
man on the road while he was walking
from Shelby to Marion. His story
was soon put to rout by the discovery
that he. with Baker, had rented the
horse and buggy In Gallon and that
tho two men had been driving through
the country all day, buying horses. 1t
was evident to the coroner that Bak'
er had met his death by a bullet
wound and that the shot had been
nred either in the buggy or near II
and that 1t conId not possibly have
heen q case OF suicide.
Parcel come from very good fam.
lily In Marion, although he himself Is a
degenerate and had been wanderine
around the country for some time
prior 10 the killing Of Baker 4
VIII Case Carried Up
The nnncupative will Of the late
soseph E. Wilson Of Hartford, which
rscsptly failed to be recorded is ap-
pealed to common pleas court.
} Papers In the matter were hled Fri.
day morning BY the Arm Of Kibier &
killer ana the question will be heard
in that court. 1t will be remembered
that the will Of the late Mr.. Wilson
was reduced to writing by Fsyetts
Staddsn, Geo. Davidson and Jno. Car
psatsr.
u the bearing of the case about q
week nso ~ prsSsts ~ will " remsm-
bessa mar tAe- msn! subscribins To the
VIII wegy N she hpne of the late Mr.,
wilson vhsa he uttered the words
which wses sousht TO- be construed
~ them as . noncupative VIII In fav'
or u Alice Dixon, Who had waited on
the deceased in his last illness. \
was niss shown ~ the defense thai
while Wilson, the deceased. had made
the statement, hs had not called tht
attention Of the WITNESSES specifically
eosxhe bsQuest ~ such and the point
wss raised by J. r. Ftzgibbon. ts
The court held that It was vital d.
Yect In such document and enterinl
II u record az the last will and testa
rheht- of Joseph 2. Wilson was Dc
nied - Newark American Tribune.
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