25 Oct 1905
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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1905
Page
1
Judge Eason sends highwaymen to prison for seven year terms. The report covers salary ordinance talks between the mayor and council about funding for clerks and board expenses, with emphasis on fixing clerk hire limits for the boards and a note on potential party changes after the election.
The jury found Edward Prigley and George Haughran guilty of holding up and robbing Adolph N. Gahling after a fifteen minute deliberation. Judge Eason adjourned until 8 pm when a crowd of about 500 gathered for sentencing. Attorneys Voorhees spoke for the defendants.
The Age reports Judge Eason says the Dickerson murder case will not reach court before after the election. The Sprague versus Pennsylvania Railroad case will likely occupy much of this week and the Dickerson trial may not begin before Christmas due to jury summons and timing constraints.
A wagon hauling seats to the high school built through a sidewalk on North Eighth Street and dropped into an old well cavity. Fred Beutenmiller survived with only a broken single tree, and the team was removed with some difficulty.
Prosecutor Glenn urges eight year sentences, citing prior penitentiary terms for Privley and Haughran and noting their release last December followed by further crimes in January. Defense argues for mercy, highlighting rehabilitation hopes while countering claims of no reform.
Blydenberg, Iowa's notorious bluebeard, must serve life for the murder of his third wife. The Iowa Supreme Court today sustained his conviction and affirmed the sentence, with two judges dissents.
A Cleveland woman Mary Jane Caley aged 71 was found dead in her Aberdeen hotel room in New York with a revolver beside her. She had recently visited her mother in Akron and was tied to Ralph Pitzer of Youngstown through her will. Her brother disputes the report and investigators consider suicide.
Telegraph report notes Miss Eva Booth Salvation Army organizer spoke in Canton on Bridging the Gulf. She met Mrs. McKinley, received slippers and a photo of the late president and wife, and was allowed to enter the vault to place a wreath on McKinley’s bier. Separate item: Chicago police captured George Webster, accused of robbery, with a noted criminal history.
Hartford City ind Oct 25 Dev elopments in the glass situation took a sudden turn when John R Robinson of Hartford City president of the National Association of Windowglass Workers quoted price of windowglass at 90 and 26 off This move will force signers of the Amalgamated scale including plants that recently deserted the national association to revise their scale before they can return to work Brewers Close Dives Kansas City Mo Oct 25 Brewers ordered joint keepers in Kansas City Kan and suburbs of Argentine Armourdale and Rosedale to close Most of the 200 saloons in those places observed the order State and county officials have not done in years the brewers have accomplished in four hours Most joints are brewery owned and others cannot secure more beer with supply nearly exhausted
New York Oct 24 Emory McClintock actuary Mutual Life urged curtailing law for insurers and favoring public reports. Charles J Smith outlined $11 000 in vouchers for distributing favorable investigations to about 100 papers. Metropolitan Life president John R Hegeman discussed $876 060 paid to industrial policy holders last year and $8 000 000 over eight years, plus year end collateral loan shuffles to avoid call loan demand.
Edna Shunter sues the Troquoia theater company and the George A Fuller Construction Co for 25000 damages in U S circuit court. Judge Landis hears the case as jurors are drawn. Lawyers say the trial’s outcome will have broad implications for hundreds of pending suits and large damages.
A man claiming to be Isaac Copps from Decatur Indiana was found wounded and aloft four miles west of Bartford City. He was overpowered by residents and taken to the county infirmary, suspected in a Ridgeville National Bank robbery. he asked for no doctor and gave no explanation. In Louisville a federal grand jury charged Sebastian Zorn Company T G Williams and Jesse A Bushfield with nine counts of rebate violations in grain shipments. Bail set at $2000 per case following ICC investigation.
Chicago, Oct. 25. Patrick McGrath, a Chester ton Indiana farmer, bet he could wake the town in ten minutes. He climbed an engine on the Lake Shore line, pulled the throttle, dashed into freight cars where Italian workers ate their meals, and four cars were derailed. Several Italians were seriously injured. McGrath was jailed.
Mayor signs the salary ordinance following discussion of hiring for boards and a plan to fill the clerk position. Citizens Telephone ordered to move a pole near Bordenkircher to allow work. Health board authorized transferring funds. Will Sohlah O K'd to prepare for election. salary left in council hands. Walnut Street sewer bonds to be advertised. Seventh Street widening appears ready for court action. Solicitor Hahn involved in strong language during discussions about bores.
The mayor urged explicit salaries for pension board clerks and clearer reporting requirements for a minor, noting current statutes cover these points. Officials approved the ordinance as written to avoid delays before election. Also discussed were fire safety model ordinances and transferring $150 from the contingent fund to the sanitary for the board of health.
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