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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1927
Page
10
The Benson murder case unfolds with Major Benson and District Attorney Markham weighing clues and a possible suspect. Vance challenges reliance on circumstantial evidence while arguing the killer may be someone unseen, provoking a tense exchange on justice and inference.
The city service department finished alleys on the west side of East State street from State to Franklin using old brick from last summer’s East State improvements. Paving from State to Maplewood Drive is expected soon. A 15-foot piling line on Franklin avenue south from Townsend street aims to curb a major landslide affecting about twenty residences. The city also completed piling on Grosvenor street and is grading Madison, Spring, and Grosvenor as fear of slides delays progress. A stone wall rebuild on South Congress street was completed by city workers, and several more projects are under council review for completion before bad weather.
In Chicago a three year old girl Bea Nelson awoke to her parents screams as bandits bound Mr. and Mrs. Z C Nelson and locked them in a clothes closet with the key left inside. The girl escaped the danger by finding help and the incident followed a raid where the attackers ransacked the room under threat of jewelry and cash totaling 1300 dollars.
A dense listing of radio programs across multiple stations including Capitol Theatre WEAF features Half Hour, News and Concerts on WEG. Details cover networks in Chicago Detroit Cleveland New York Atlanta and Cincinnati with various music talks and orchestras.
Representatives from seven western states meet in Ogden Utah to form a WolRInH Organization and back Governor Smith for the presidency. The conference approves tariff reforms and organizational rules while endorsing Smith amid limited dissent. Judge Greenroof and James Moyle object to Smith, Utah being dubbed the driest state.
Paris dispatch says tariff talks reveal the France United States friction now centers on market access rather than broad bilateral ties. Of 8.96 billion francs in American imports, about 394 to 409 million francs are affected by new French tariffs. Cotton, copper and automobiles largely escape, while goods taxed largely come from Germany. Escapes from Chief Gallipolia reports Arthur Persinger of Charleston West Virginia at large after escaping while en route to jail. Persinger had been arrested following a car theft incident in the city.
Columbus authorities requested Youngstown police arrest Ralph Ferguson on a warrant from Loretta Ferguson accusing him of deserting their baby in Mt. Vernon ten years ago. Ferguson was found after a girl, now a teenager, wrote to Toledo police asking them to locate "her father."
Rush activities started yesterday at 6 am on the Ohio University campus for fourteen social sororities. The period runs to Sunday evening October 2 followed by a day of silence with no bids. Formal bidding will occur through Dean Irma Voigt's office on Tuesday. It is unofficially reported there are over 500 freshmen this semester and upperclass entrants from other schools may be pledged after the rush opens.
In Ashland Kentucky a man a woman and a child were found dead in an overturned auto in a ditch along the highway. A crying baby led a passing motorist to the wreck and the baby was saved. the other occupants died yesterday afternoon. The wreck’s cause is unknown. In Indianapolis former mayor Lew Schenk was found dead in his home apparently from natural causes.
James T Johnson, 75, died at his home in Dayton Saturday. He lived in Bern township Athens county for years and worked as a railroad telegraph operator. He was married to Izoia Org, eldest daughter of Aaron Ore, of Vern township. One daughter, Inv Johnson, survived. burial scheduled Monday at 2 PM in Taston.
NCINYSATI Sept 24 URI Fanswes Cassidy a black man being returned from Omaha on indictments confessed to taking part July 23 in the holdup of contractor Joseph A Byrnes home. Detectives said four negro burglars, two masked, held the occupants and attacked a daughter Flora. In Cleveland four hold up men forced William Schaller and two customers into a cellar and fled with 2560 dollars.
Berlin Sept 24 The Lufthansa German Commercial Air Line company reported a third fatal accident in as many days. The incidents heighten concerns over air safety and press scrutiny.
Walter Johnson, veteran Senators pitching ace, earns the nickname Chief Heavybreast and a grand bon net title. Chief Earle Child leads Blackfeet from Montana to watch their first major league baseball game in the capital.
Washington New Hampshire police arrested W. B. Wray former Ashton West Virginia postmaster and found him with Mrs Buskirk of Ashton. The couple eloped weeks earlier, officers said, and were reconciled after the arrest.
Charles F. Richmond aged 72 a Madison county farmer was released from the state hospital after insanity was proved. Thirty witnesses testified at the insanity hearing and Wean Richmond son of the patient and prosecuting attorney opposed the release.
Dr Chauncey I Harber of Bansing Michigan told the American Association for Medical Physical Research in Chicago that cigarette smoking mothers endanger infants with nicotine poisoning. He warned that 60 percent of babies born to smoking mothers die before age two and some may die within two weeks of birth.
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