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HOMER STftNTZAri by mibesval!ofBelieved That the Wound no Will Prove Fatal. W°COUPLE IS WELL KNOWOERE.MenotWa1 inf cal ulsLived in Tuscarawas Township Until Last Summer, When They Beat William Scott, of Campcreek, Out of SI,700] and Suddenly Disappeared— Stentz Wanted on a Charge of Blackmail.Cannon, Feb. 16.—A telegram from Pomona, Cal., brings the news that Homer Stantz, proprietor of the Pacific hotel at that place, was shot in the neck by his wife Wednesday night and that the wound will probably cause his death. The telegram says that Stantz formerly resided in Canton. A search of the city -directories did not; reveal his name, but relatives of the J man were found in Canton. In speak- ‘Wing of the matter one of them saidthat Homer Stantz was never in real- ji*y a resident of Canton, but he waahere occasionally some months agp,^He is a son of Joshua Stantz, residing Q.near Massillon, and has -a brother liv- ^ing at Navarre. When the matter was a.referred to Chfef of Police McCloud pand Lieutenant Joseph Wieland theythrew additional light on the eub;ect.I They declare that Homer Stantz and ^| the woman who claims to be his wife ^'had an escapade in Stark and Tuscara-| was counties some months ago. The ^woman, according to the officers, is g'none other than the notorious Kitty _nDavenport. aAt the time mentioned a man namedWilliam bcott, living a few miles south of Massillon, was fleeced out of $1, TOO by them in a clever manner and B then they suddenly left for the West | and this is the first heard of them I ' since. The Davenport woman, it is * alleged, enticed Scott, who had a wife and two daughters at hi3 home, to run k L away with her and by an arrangement'1 between the woman and her husband, *■* the latter suddenly made the discov- * r ery that they had been occupying the1 same room at a New Philadelphia s o- ( tel. The husband complained that Seotfc had alienated the affections of 3 his wife and demanded a cash settle- 1* ment, asking for $3,500, knowing that Seott possessed the money. It was ! finally agreed to settle the matter fora $1,700, and after getting the money ' r Stantz and his wife suddenly left. Then the Canton officers took a hand in* the case and placed Scott under arrest m at Midvale, and brought him to Canton.■ He still had in his possession $15,410..; This money was in cash and while la Scott was being held as a prisoner his* wife and hia daughters appeared in 1 * Canton. He gave them all of themoney, his wife giving him backj enough to take him to his relatives in 1 3~ Tuscarawas county. Just a few weeks :a ago Mrs. Seott wa3 granted a divorce 31 from her husband on account of this 1 * escapade. A number of efforts have since been made to locate Stantz, who ie «,a« wnntpd on a charge of blackmail..
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Massillon Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Mon, Feb 19, 1906
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