The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-25
SHERIFF jones
BRINGS BUNTING
BACK TO JAIL
Prisoner is Accused of Obtain
ing Money Falsely From
Lewisburg Merchant.

EATON, O., Sept. %. - Sheriff
George Jones was expected to return
some time today from Van Vert, O.,
bringing back with him Enoch Bunting
to face a charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses, held against him
by Charles HOerner, merchant, OF Lew
isburg.
Bunting is said to have succeeded
in getting a check for $25 cashed at
the Peoples Banking company, Lewis
burg, after Hoerner had identified him
to the satisfaction of the bank officials.
1t is said Bunting represented to the
bank and to Hoerner that he had
money on deposit in a bank at Hoops
ton, Ill, which, it is said, was found
to be untrue, after an investigation.
The accused is said to not be a resi-
dent of Preble county.
Transfers Funds.
Holding that the necessity existed
Judge A. c. Risinger, in common pleas
court, authorized the board Of educa-
ton Of Gratis village school district to
transfer the sum of $1,053 from the
tuition fund to the contingent fund.
Case Dismissed.
Martha Geeding and her husband,
Simon Geeding, compromised a suit
she instituted against him in common
piCdS SOuIL lO1 lIlIIlOIly Cilo OVPoi oNO
maintenance, and the case was dis
missed from court.
Divorce Is Granted.
Rowena Price and Emory Price. col
cred, were divorced Wednesday in
common pleas court, the decree being
awarded the wife by Judge Mannix, of
Greenville, presiding, upon grounds OF
cruelty and neglect. Their minor child
IS to remain in the care of Mollie
Roberts, until further order Of the
court.
Fiftieth Regiment Meets.
Members of the Fiftieth Regimental
association will hold their annual re-
union at New Paris, October and 8,
in G. A. r. hall A program for the
meetig is being prepared. G. w. Hill
debrand, Of New Paris, Is secretary
of the association and Mrs. Jennie
Kessler, Of New Paris, Is treasurer.
Slders Given Decree.
Edgar w. Siders, local rural mail
carrier, was divorced from Jessie
Edith Siders, by Judge A. G. Risinger,
in common pleas court, upon grounds
Of gross neglect, and she was directed
by the court to resume her former
name of Yingling. The marriage took
place June s, 1918, Richmond, Ind
kuss Asks Citizenship.
Nicholas Kuss, 81, stone mason, has
renowned his allegiance to Germany
by filing application for naturalization.
His declaration of intention to become
a citizen of the United States sets
forth that he was born in Fusgenheim,
Germany, in August, 1858, and came
TO this country in 1880.
Asks Restraining Order.
Share of a corn and tobacco crop
1T, To-
ed in common pleas court to Amy Fall
Richardson against Sarah Jane Weir
lv and Homer Swinhart plaintiff aver
ring she purchased a 14-acre farm of
Sarah Wehrly, in Twin township, to-
gether with the landlords half share
of a growing corn crop and a two
fifths share of growing tobacco crop,
the remainder Of the two crops be-
longing to Swinhart, tenant on the
farm. The restraining order prevents
Swinhart turning over to Sarah Weir
~ the present farm owners share of
corn and tobacco, which she averred
he would do If not restrained.
Asks Partition.
Partition Of lats S7S-79-S0, 1855 and
part OF lot 1854 in Eaton is sought in
a common pleas court action brought
by George w. Monebrake against Ma
tlda Tingle and others.
Are Made Citizens
Noah Frey, of Lewisburg, and Fred
erick Cordes. residing near Lewis
burg, We're issued final naturalization
papers here Wednesday in common
pleas court. following final examina-
ton conducted recently by govern
ment representative, who entrusted
with judge y. G. Risinger the final
disposition of the cases
Frey is native Of Russia. while
Cordes Is a native Of Germany, but
both have lived in this country and
in Preblo county number of years.
Schroeder Burial Held
Remains of Mrs. Acton Schroeder 50.
native of Eaton, We're brought here
from Cincinnati, where she died. and