The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-02-17
NEWS IN COURT
HOUSE CIRCLES
Wills Filed

The will of Adam Kious, late of
Mt. Sterling, has been admitted to
probate and record, the entire estate
being left to the next Of kin. John
w. Junk has been named executor
without bond by Probate Judge H.
B. Edwards.
The will of Elizabeth E. Corkwell,
late of Pleasant township, has been
filed for probate and record.
The will of Alice Corder, late Of
Fairfield township, has been filed for
probate and record, the hearing to be
conducted on February "a
Inventory Filed
C. 3. Baughn, administrators of the
estate of C. G. Harrod, late of Stokes
township, has filed inventory showing
total estate of S32,559.60 Ap-
praisers, Guy Curry, Howard Correll,
Paul Butcher.
Real Estate Transfers
J. A. Maxwell, sheriff, to Kentucky
Joint Stock Land Bank, Louisville,
three tracts of land in Pike town
ship.
John W. Gilliland and Laura Gilli-
land to William and Rebecca j.
Gray, so acres in Pleasant township,
81.
Ruth and E. A. Swaney to Margery
Clemans, $50 acres in London, 81,
Officers Praised
Sheriff ]. A. Maxwell, of Madison
county, has received the following let
ter of commentator and suggestion
on the condition of the Madison coun-
ty Jail from the state department OF
welfare through s. c. Griffin, social
investigator:
Eve found the county Jail in good
order and sanitary condition.
Food and bedding are above the
average and there is improved classi-
fication of prisoners. F
'The four detention rooms outside
the cell blocks Tin the sheriff's resi-
dence proper are not sufficiently Sc
cure for the segregation Of male pris-
oners and can be used for segregation
only in case the prisoners can be trust
ed. Usually there are women or juv-
eniles in these quarters.
"We are of the opinion that the
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should be reduced to minimum if
more were released to parents, guard
ians or other responsible parties. Of
and when children are held in the Jail. }
I'm report of May 25, 1882, rep
resentative Of the federal bureau of
prisons, department Of justice, describ-
ed these quarters occupied by women
and juveniles as presenting definite
fire hazard due to abundance Of in
fiammable wood trim in floors and
woodwork surrounding the detention
rooms"
Win Verdict
The cases of nine residents of West
Jefferson against l.. L. Clymer, of
Bluffton, contractor in charge Of
building the National pike improve
ment through Madison county last
summer, seeking money alleged due
for labor, was heard by a jury in
court on Wednesday and the jury re-
turned a directed verdict in favor of
the men.
The verdict was directed by Judge
r. r. Emery and the amounts
awarded ranged from Sl00 to $3.50.
Seeks Relatives
Officers of Muskegon county, Mich
gan, have written to officers of Ohio
counties including Madison, seeking
information as to the whereabouts of
a man named James Soden, who left
Pullman, Illinois, in 1899 for Ohio with
his two motherless children, boy and
girl, and his married sister whose
name is unknown.
Another child, son, who is now "a
years old, was left in an orphanage in
Chicago, and is now making an effort
to locate his relatives.
Officers of Ohio counties have been
asked to make all efforts possible to
locate the Chicago mans father, BROTH
er or sister.
Appointment Made
0. f. Peters, London, has been APP
pointed by Probate Judge H. b. Ed
wards as administrator of the estate
of John f. Deck, late of Union town
ship.