The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27
COUPLE CHARGED
WITH WHITE
SLAVERY
Man and Woman Held for
Federal Court under a
Very Heavy Bond.

UQIt OIIU "OllIQiI IINlO W.
Federal Court under a
Very Heavy Bond.
GRAFTON, Feb. 26.-Stephen Palm
isania and Mrs. Naziati Caramia, ar
rested at Cheat Haven, Pa, and
brought here for trial upon white
slave charge, we're held for the fed
eral court in Wheeling under heavy
bond. Palnisani is charged with hay-
ing taken Mrs Caramia from Century
to Point Pleasant and then to Cheat
Haven several months ago and they
we're arrested there only after some
difficulty.
The entire town of Pruntytown,
three miles from Grafton, where are
located the buildings of the West Viz
ginia Industrial School for Boys. was
threatened one night this week when
flames swept the homes Of Grant-Sin-
sci and Charles Tucker. The Sinsei
family escaped from the building only
in scant clothing and one member
Of the family was burned before she
could leave the building. The Grafton
fire department furnished aid.
W. P. Blackwood delivered an illus
trated lecture Friday at the court
house on the subject OF the construc-
ton and maintenance of good roads.
The efforts to educate the people 10
the value Of better roads is preliminary
to putting on bond issue here to
build good roads throughout the coun-
ty, but it will probably be n year or
two before the bond issue is"brought
up.
After several days work, the report
of the grand jury was received with
indictments against John 7. McGraw
and Charles R. Durbin in connection
with the Grafton Bank trouble but no
disposition has not been made OF the
case against McGraw, who Is charged
with being an accessory before the
fact in causing Durbin to violate the
banking laws in a specific instance,
and is not connected with the majority
OF the cases. After having several
dlatory pleas overruled by the court,
change of venue was asked Thursday
by Mr.. Durbin on the grounds that
he could not secure fair and impair
tial trial in this county. Judge Neil j..
Fortney granted the plea but has not
announced to what court the case will
be sent.
The meeting Of the Republican coun-
ty committee was held here Saturday
afternoon for the purpose Of appoint
ing the registrars for the coming cleo
ton. Marcellus Compton was recently
elected district committeeman to sue
coed Hugh Marques. deceased.
The badly decomposed body of a fe-
male child, found beside shallow
grave from which it had been dug by
wild animals near Simpson, this coun-
ty, has so far furnished an unsolvable
mystery for county authorities. A cord
was tied tightly round the ,child's
neck and 1t had evidently been
strangled to death.
Senator Sam B. Montgomery, Of
Kngwood, grand keeper of the records
and seal Of the knights of Pythias of
West Virginia, gave an address on
Pythian duty at the big banquet of
the Maryland Pythians at Cumberland
few nights ago.,
Mildred Irene, the thrce-year-old
daughter of Mrs. =. Kinney, OF Ona
street, was seriously burned when its
clothing caught from an open stove.
Thought the child will likely recover,
its condition is quite serious.
z. V. Miller, q fireman in the local
Yards OF the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, was injured this week when two
yard engines sideswiped while crossing
over switch. A limb was broken and
he was otherwise injured,
The appointment of road overseers
for the county was the biggest job be-
fore the county court at Its monthly
meeting here this week. Every over
seer of road in the county was
changed. this being the first shakeup
Of this sort in years. Much money will
10 spent upon the roads of the county
during the coming year.
Grafton has been made the terminal
for all Baltimore and Ohio trainmen
on the line between Grafton and
parkersburg. which will mean that a
large number Of families will be re-
ouired to move from Petersburg 10
Grafton in order to be able to keep
up with the new change in the term
inal points.
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