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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1930
Page
8
Wane July 30 forest fire near the Kinzua viaduct is reported under control after threatening the structure for two days. About 75 to 100 acres burned in the Kinzua area and 100 more on Mt Aiton as 40 fire wardens monitor to prevent flare ups under the steel span of the Erie Railroad bridge.
Deputy McElroy tracked Krogh from a Sherman trail to the Corry area near Clymer. Krogh claimed section men stopped him and denied theft from railroad lunch pails. He said he walked with the help of the P R R section crew until police took him to Mayville. Christie Hudson and others planned a motor trip to Washington DC and nearby towns.
Elizabet Jones, 19, colored, stabbed just above the heart in her rooming house at 250 West 12th street. Zake Lofton, 43, colored, alleged to have slashed her with a pocket knife and surrendered minutes later at police headquarters after the assault during a card game with Sadie Posie present. The victim was rushed to Hamot hospital.
Raymond Kroah, 22, escaped from Titusville Police Chief Connell in Mayville and was captured by a section gang near Clymer while traveling toward Cory. He described the escape, the gunfire he faced, and the long chase through swamp land before hiding and being recaptured.
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