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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1926
Page
2
A. D. Arnott of Reedsville was found guilty of shooting with intent to kill Glenard Boring after Arnott claimed self defense. The jury of 14 men and women deliberated about an hour. sentencing by Judge Miller is expected this week, with Arnott held in the county jail.
POMEROY Dec 29 Frank Fugate Sr owner of the Fugate grocery store is said to be in a serious condition at Mt Carmel hospital Columbus. He was an eye witness to the river tragedy that killed Mrs L H R Foulk Mrs John Meier Mrs Dora Hunnel and Mrs Coerce Sponagier and her infant daughter. Shock from the accident believed to cause his condition. An operation is necessary but will be some time before he can undergo it.
The widow of Hedricks announces plans to remarry and intends to move her children, aged 3 to 7, to Columbus to live with her after his execution. She previously cared for them at home and worked at a Columbus restaurant while he was imprisoned. Probate Judge Roberts was told of her plans to wed soon.
Hazel Bartells 21 of Pomeroy wed Alba Radford 24 of Zanesville in a December 18 ceremony in Wheeling West Virginia. They spent a week visiting in Pittsburgh and Youngstown, plan to live in Zanesville. Bartells is a Pomeroy High School class of 1923 alumna. Radford a Chester High School graduate.
Judge Cora Roberts issued five licenses in Meigs County on Monday afternoon. Recipients include Golden Bahr 22 of Tuppers Plains and Edith Bailey 22 of Tomercy for a Simpson M. E. church ceremony performed by Rev. F. C. Weed. Carl Fry 21 of Middleport and Leah Hood of Minersville were also licensed.
Carrie Shilers filed suit for divorce from Walter Silers in the common pleas court. They were married May 1915 in Greensboro North Carolina and have one child. She accuses extreme cruelty and seeks custody of the minor. She left in 1926 for another woman now with him in Pittsburgh. D H Peoples represents Carrie Silers. Mrs Sam Strauss to be brought from Holzer hospital if her condition improves. She gave birth to a daughter on Christmas Day.
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