Jamestown Lifer Granted New Trial
Jamestown, Feb. 9. County Judge Lee J. Ollaway grants a new trial to William Naab, 27, who was sentenced January 6, 1928, to life imprisonment at Auburn State Prison as a fourth Baumes offender. Naab, convicted in County Court of second degree assault for a September 28, 1926, hold up at the Big Little Store, faced witnesses identifying him. he claimed alibi aboard the freighter Thomas J. Barlum. Witnesses included Anthony Sewares and Richard C. Grimsley of the Lake Carriers Association building a ship log.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Lee J. Ollaway
William ‘Nab
Auburn State Prison
Naah
Géorgé & Montague
Naab
Montague
Thomas J. Barlum
Great Lakes
Anthony Sewares
Thomas J Barlum
Chicago
Richard C. Grimsley
Lake Carriers’ Associiation
Card Party at Maccabee Hall Boosts W B A Treasury
W B A officers and hostesses held a successful card party at Maccabee Hall last evening with Mrs. W G Young in charge of arrangements. Five hundred tables were arranged for play, with awards to Mrs. Henry Bennett Harry Kiniiney Mrs Dan Brown and Mr Drake. Rolls coffee pickles and cake were served after the games. Proceeds added to the association treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B.A. Wae
Maccabee Hall
W. G. Young
Henry Bennett
Harry Kiniiney
Dan Brown
Drake
Association
Crowbar Pierces Foot in Bemus Point Incident
Earle Thomipson suffered a serious injury Thursday morning when a sharp crowbar driven by a gang of workers employed by A C Russ punctured his foot. Medical attention was promptly secured and the injured man received treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemus Point
Wulle
A.C. Russ
Earle Thomipson
Workman Removed After Incident at Site
Fellow workers report an incident at the worksite led to the removal of a laborer to his home where he will be confined for a period due to the injuries sustained. The event prompted a preliminary check by authorities and a brief investigation following the accident.
Death at New York Central crossing probes by inquest
Coroner George F. Blood of Fredonia announced he will confer with District Attorney Glenn W. Woodin to arrange an inquest into the deaths of Rollin W. Snow and his wife Elsie Wiggins Snow after a grade crossing collision with a westbound wildcat train near the New York Central crossing. Eye witnesses said the crossing watchman Louis Messers did not have gates down as Snow drove onto the tracks and the Hudson automobile was crushed, with Mrs Snow and Mr Snow fatally mangled and removed from the wreckage. An insane man detained by officers after wandering near Wildwood was slated for transfer to Warren after custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Blood
Fredonia
Glenn W. Woodin
Rrange
Rollin W. Snow
Elsie Wiggins Snow
New York Central
Louis Messers
Snow
Dunkirk Fishermen Rescued After Ice Breaks
Anthony Bradley and Edward Voss were pulled from Lake Erie after ice parted a mile from the breakwater. Joseph Pickard, Peter Reiser and Theodore Bung aided with a rowboat, bringing the men ashore safely after several hours on the water. A stray dog accompanying them went to the lake and perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkirk
Anthony Bradley
Edward Voss
Lake Exie
Joseph Pickard
Peter Reiser
Theodore Bung
Point Gratiot
Lord Rothermere Visits Isthmus Commenting on Navy
Lord Rothermere publisher of the London Daily Mail sails the Cunard liner Laconia at Balboa Canal Zone on a Panama cruise. He says the larger the United States Navy, the better chance for world peace, and declines to discuss the Kellogg treaty or the cruiser bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balboa
Pansina
Canal Zone
Lord Rothermere
London Daily Mail
Panama
Cunard
Laconia
United States Naval Station
United States Navy
United States Congress
Kane Youth Sentenced Face New Charges
James Quirk, 20, Kane, Pa, was sentenced to 25 days in Cattaraugus County jail when a Portville Township warrant charged forgery. He was arraigned in City Court for passing a worthless $15 check to C. B. Banfield, an automobile dealer, while attempting to cash another $15 check in another state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Quirk
Kane
Cattaraugus County
Portville
Dudge
James IE
Pans
C. B. Banfield
Binfield
Fishermen shift to Dunkirk as ice blocks retreat
Fishermen report better fishing from the breakwaters as ice thins in Dunkirk after earlier use of Chautauqua Lake. A suspect, once arrested, allegedly passed counterfeit checks for ten and fifteen dollars in Portville while using the alias John Burke.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jamestown Lifer
Amy Heath
Corry
Amy Mary Heath
Thomas McCray
North Center Street
Heath
Marion Heath
Frank Heath
Franistin Street
Hazel Knowlton
Los Angeles
George Cribbs
Oil City
Oil City Trust Company
Better Service Garage Church
WM. van Vleet
Gandy
Oneida Steel
List
Brown's
Pipe Tongs
E. Doane
R.R. Crossing
Snow—Gates
Watchman
Emporium Press
Sali
Betuls
Wildwood
Walsh
Smethport
Warren
Fioe
Dunnri
Heston S.carr
John Burke
Watts
J. A. Lanston
Comite
Steven Price
Tauchdoor
Willys-Overland, Inc
Toledo, Ohio
Milo
Fritz & Beck
N. Center ST
Corry, PA
Martin
Milo J. Martin
N. Main ST
Union City
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