The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-12-17
BUCKEYE NOTES

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lage Is miles east OF here, was found
murdered. Her body was found buried
under a pile Of corn fodder on the
barn floor. A COW was standing In
stable not 20 feet away with partly
filed milk pail at her side. The wont-
an had been milking when she was at
tackled. Tracks on, the barn floor
showed her body had been dragged to
its hiding place.
The woman's son, Bloom Myers, who
lived on an adjoining farm, alarmed at
his mothers absence, organized a
searching party, which found the body.
The club with which the woman was
killed was found In the barnyard.
The police are searching for a for
eigner, employed recently as a farm
hand on a neighboring farm, who has
disappeared. He was ordered from the
Myers place recently and since had
been seen lurking about the farm. The
murdered woman's horse and buggy
are missing and are supposed to have
furnished a means of escape for the
murderer. The horse and buggy have
been traced towards Bellevue.
Police believe the motive, Of the
crime was robbery. Five hams and
clothing belonging to son of the mur.
dered woman were stolen from the
house, which was ransacked. The dis
covery that Mrs Myers recently made
large hay deal and that it was COM
monty believed about the countryside
that she had a large sum of money
concealed about the premises strength.
ems the robbery theory. A few officials
are working on the theory that the
missing foreigner was at the bottom
of the murder.
Akron. - Sheriff David Ferguson
and two deputies are searching
for two bandits who, masked, entered
the home of Mrs. Dustman Monroe
Mogadore, at night, gagged and bound
her and ransacked the house. The
men took $35 from an upstairs dresser
drawer and escaped. Neighbors re
leased Mrs Monroe. The men raped
at Mrs. Monroe's kitchen door. When
she answered the knock, they forced
their way into the house and overpow
cred her. She was alone at the time oi
! the attack
New Philadelphia.-At Bolivar, this
county, Frank Rose stabbed and in
stantly killed Andy Sevonar, 25 years
old, an Austrian, and also stabbed
Steve Habin, 35, Austrian, who is sale
to be fatally wounded. Rose attacked
the two men because, he says, they
were going to put him out of the Aus
trian boarding house. Rose was ar
rested.
Mt. Vernon. - Mt. Vernon voteC
dry under the Beal law by ma
jority of 63. The city, which has beef
dry six years, has a population o
nearly 10000. Clinton township. ad
joining Mt. Vernon, also voted dry. Tn
majority was 1877.
Richmond village, the smallest mt
nicipality of Lake county, voted dry b,
majority of 16. At the Rose law cleo
tion, when Lake county went dry
Richmond was the only wet spot il
Lake county. 1t gave a wet majorit
of two.
Sandusky. - Charged with mul
der in the first degree in conneC
ton with the killing of Fred Valentine
teamster of Cleveland, one of nine me-
held up on a train between this cit
and Port Clinton, Frank Davis, IS, O
Pittsburgh, and Ed Moore, "a, of Jel
sey City, N. j., arrested with Herber
Walker, 20, of Pittsburgh, at Lima
pleaded guilty when arraigned. Moor
and Davis exonerated Walker, declal
ing that a man under arrest at Napc
leon, O., on a charge of burglary an
larceny was the third member of tn
holdup trio.
Kenton. - After he heard some
one step on the front porch of hi
home here, w. L. Cranston, who wa
held up and robbed of his gold watc
and $50, found the watch in the ma
box on the porch. The thief has nes
lected to return the cash.
Toledo. - Clergymen and justice
who tie the matrimonial knc
are the latest sufferers from the n;
tional war tax, for to each marriag
certificate they hand out must be a
tached a 1O-cent revenue stamp.
Dayton. The two children, age
four and eight, of Robert FrienC
near Centerville, were burned to deaf
when a gasoline lamp exploded and sc
fire to their clothing. The accider
happened in the kitchen of the Frien
home.
Lima. = John Pierce, 26 years oil
pried loose some rusty bars in his Gel
then escaped by forcing a door in tn
corridor of the city prison. Fourtee
other prisoners in the jail we're give
opportunity to escape with Pierce, bt
none attempted to get away.
Alliance. - Electricity furnished b
the Alliance Gas & Power c,
will light the Fairmount Children
home. Oil lamps have been used an
recently caused fire costing a cottag
and the life of the matron.
East Liverpool. = The reins dra
ging on the street and his horse
slowly pulling the wagon, Elmer Dri
coll, 32, teamster, was found dead 81
ting in an upright position on h
wagon seat. Heart disease was til
cause of his death
Akron. - Miss Sophia Waltz,
: West Park, Cleveland, was the vi
tim of an attempted assault in
,, lonely part of the city at night. HI
. screams attracted neighbors. who o
ganized a posse and searched ii
neighborhood. Later Adolph Drur
-uo. 81 of Akron WAS nrrnctnd Ali,