Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-11
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A SPECIAL GRAND
JURY OF WOMEN
First All WOmes Grand Jury In the
History of Fulton County En-
pannleled Tuesday August Ninth
1921-Return Indictment

Last Sunday evening Sheriff Ford
received call notifying him of bur-
glary committed at the home of F.
F.. Banister, Northeast of town. The
Sheriff responded at once and found
that Mr.. Banister's house had been
entered, about five dollars in cash
taken and the family silverware laid
out but none of it missing. Two
young men, giving their names as
Bert Carter and Peter Lorenson and
their residence as Chicago, who had
stopped at nelghboring farm house
had this story to tell the Sheriff:
They said they were walking from
New York City to Chicago, at some
place on the road this side of Toledo
a man driving Ford touring car
overlook them and asked them to
ride; they entered the car and sat to-
gether in the back seat, shortly after
entering the car they discovered a
cake in basket in the car and :hey
asked the driver what he was going
to do with the cake; he replied, ooh
| is there a cake there; well, we might
as we'll eat it." The stranger dividec
the cake among the three and told
the boys to throw the basket out of
the machine.
When they reached the F. F. Ban
lister place the party stopped to get
a drink, one of the boys got out but
could find nothing to carry water in
so all the party repaired to the well
and found no evidence of any one
being at home; returning to the ma
chine, the stranger said 81 don't be-
lieve there is any one home here
and urged the boys to go with him
into the house to see what they
could find; the boys refused and when
their driver started for the house
after having shown the boys a As
calibre revolver which he carried
with him they left the car and came
on to the house of a neighbor who
learned their story and notified Mr.
Banister upon his return home short
ly after. Mr.. Banister notified the
Sheriff as recited in the foregoing
The boys gave a very minute des.
cription of the car, its contents, in.
cluded in which were a white and d
red ladies coat and a ladies purse
Shreiff Ford Immediately phoned the
: description to Archbhold and depu
ties, Henry Nofziger and Chas
Waldvogle captured the man and the
car shortly after receiving the
: Sheriff's ORDERS, and brought theil
prisoner to Wauseon. The mar
gave his name as James Donahue Of
5 Battle Creek, Michigan. Arraignec
before Justice Deyo Monday morn
ing he at first pied mot guilty" t.
l the charges preferred against hin
!, but later changed his plea t,
D guilty" Sheriff Ford upon inves
' tigation discovered that the car haC
been stolen from Toledo and belong
e ed to a party in Adrian, Mich, tn.
= owner was notified and on Monda,
n afternoon came to claim his property
/ The white and red coats and tn
: purse which the boys, Carter an,
S Lorenson said were in the car wer
e missing, evidently having beer
e thrown from the car after the bow
r left. Any person finding the arti
: cles mentioned or learning of thei
0 whereabouts will confer a grea
: favor on the owners by notifyin,
Y Sheriff Ford at Wauseon.
n The story told by the boys wa
e fully corroborated by Donahue.
S Monday afternoon Judge VOL
Il ordered Special Grand Jury com
n posed entirely of women to be EN-
n pannelled and on Tuesday mornin,
s the first Grand Jury composed en-
f tirely of women in the history O
= Fulton County was convened ant
n charged with the duties they were t.
o perform by Judge Wolf: The follow
: ing ladies served on the jury:
: Mrs. C. C. Cummings, Miss Salli
Grubb, Mrs. Geo. Oakley, Mrs. F. R
3 Harper, Mrs. J. B. Hoy, Mrs. F. R
S Guilford, Mrs. E, F. Hanson, Mrs. W
e H. Sisson, Miss Florence Gingrich