The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-22

Miss Bertha Steckel, aged eighteen
Of Easton, is in st. Lu,.e's Hospital,
South Bethlehem, in a critical cond
tion. Miss Steckel was main wit
ness In the case of Ray Donecker, OF
Easton, who was charged with shoot
Ing Miss Rachael Styer, of Easton, on
the night of March 81 last Miss
Steckel was with the Styer girl at the
time of the shooting. Donecker was
tried and sent to a reformatory.
Maggie Slowvitsky, ten years old,
was run down on the Reading tracks
at Shenandoah and both hands so bad.
ly crushed they probably will have TO
be amputated. The mother, Mrs.
Joseph Slowvitsky, ran to save her
child, and was also run down, one car
passing over her right arm, which had
to be amputated. Her condition Is
critical.
After Ave hours deliberation, jury
at Reading returned verdict Of
guilty with recommendation Of mercy
in the case of John A. Smith, OF
Seyferts Station, charged with invol-
untary manslaughter in causing the
death Of Mrs. Kate Gels, fifty-One years
old, of West Reading, by running her
down with his automobile. Toe wOm-
an was deaf.
A charter was approved by Governor
Brumbaugh for the McConnellsburg d
Fort Louden Railroad Company, which
when constructed will be the first
steam railroad in Fulton county, the
only county in Pennsylvania without
railroad. The company was originally
projected as trolley line, but the
character of the country is understood
TO have required change in plans.
One man was killed and two others
hurt when the wheel OF an automobile
collapsed at Allegheny Furnace. The
dead man is Samuel Stonerook, fifty,
blacksmith, of Woodbury.. The in
jured, Jesse Settle, fifty-hye, right arm
broken in two places, nose virtually
torn off and other face decorations;
Howard Pressel, forty-three, cuts and
bruises.
James NJ. Boyd, aged seventy, one Of
the best known Odd Fellows in the
State, was killed at Centerville when
Pennsylvania passenger train crash
ed into his carriage. he was mem-
Der of the Twelfth Pennsylvania Cav
airy during the Civil War and was
prominent in political>circles in Craw-
ford county for many years.
Just $3.50 per finger was demand
ed of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany by George Il. Fornwalt, former
employe, in an action for damages filed
at Harrisburg. Fornwalt says two of
his fingers were crushed at No,
Roundhouse while he was oiling drill
press on June II, 1914, and he wants
$500 damages.
The annual reunion of the Veteran
Employees Association of the Middle
Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad
brought railroad men to Harrisburg
from points between that city and Al
toona. Superintendent N. w. Smith
presided over the business session and
was toastmaster at banquet at night.
To prevent running down woman,
Charles Overly, OF Lafayette Hill, ran
his automobile into trolley car. The
machine was wrecked and the car
slightly damaged Overly and his son
escaped injury. Overly was en- route
to the hospital to see his wife who is
undergoing treatment,
John Doster, aged 29 years, former
turnkey of the Northampton county
Jail, committed suicide by shooting
himself m the head. Prior to the shoot
ing Doster appeared to be in the best
of health and joked with friends.
Edward Stutsman, of Reading, was
injured fatally, In IN elevator shaft at
the Bethlehem Steel plant. The ele-
vator operator ran past the first floor
underneath which Stutsman was work
Ing on ladder. Both his arms and
legs were shattered, and he was in
iured internally.
J. NJ. Boyd, aged sixty-nine years, or
Centervllle. rural delivery carrier,
was killed by Pennsylvania Railroad
passenger train. He drove in front OF
the train.
David c. Frederick, well-todo poul'
try fancier and former assessor oil
Douglas Township, killed himself with
a shotgun, operating the trigger with
stick. He had been in Ill health. His
wife also is i'll.
The Pennsylvania State Red Mems
convention closed at Maharoy CITY
with the selection OF Altoona over Ian
caster as the place Of meeting in 1911
John M. Coombe, of Mahanoy CITY
elevated to great sachem. was presents
ed with diamond ring by the Ma
hanoy City tribe.