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McKean Democrat (Newspaper) - May 22, 1924, Smethport, PennsylvaniaMckean count is. Tvs Sayni Avau tote Mont a Imam kor the night 1 sworn circulation Ean volume 48. Dvo Cist i co. Inc. I . A Jitou Smethport pa., thursday May 22, 1924 r 1 j uni a cent Chi trim j on nil into More bom i in and a Nurul Milci in Bounty than rom had a Jar any d. Ii Ash c 1 i Yard ruin. Ruil Lilia pole Vaul and one ii Zeip run. Ross Coli Osterio. Of Hilton him badly crushing Iho Al not Aldo .1 suction worker on Hie i Oil nay Ivurnia i is head. 0 rail rail. This place was badly injury no when hit by Trio local freight on Trio Csc Rinotti Biancki at unable list morning. Coli Oslirio is , to throw a Swilli in response to i lie s in of Maui Beth of the trim Cro v the injured Man was rushed to tills plan co where. Or. Allie Dieci his injuries. It was found hint lie was ing from a fractal Iii of Hie Skull. Or. Chadwick sales hint the injured Man is resting As comfortably As can lie cup Cleil Ami unit barring us uni in awkwardly a 1-Foniiing the act l developments his chances for in the Way of the engine. The rec ovary be Coy Pilot learn of the Locombo he struck i is Rio is 40 years of age. Offer prizes for boys contest a i ii. In i a. Or. eral club ii ii boys in Ilia monday s try Iunker h. Overs. Vhf. D., f. Bishop of Lihe iia. Tuesday a. M. Write to Hon. Crispin tier gov i Violy communion celebrant it. Error of Tho Federal Reserve Board Hev. John c. Ward s. T. D., Bishop of Washington d. C., voicing objection to any order discontinuing the handling of non Cash items by Federal Reserve non Cash it appears Are notes drafts acceptances and other forms of Security having a future Date of Cash payment. Operated when a local As at present Bank which is it. Jewett Road detours posted traffic a member of the Federal Reserve sys tem sends a. Non Cash item for col Lection from another Bank a member of the1 system there is no charge for collections the Federal serve Bank acting As the intermediary in., the not a. Member Oil the then a. Difficulty arises. Often the Payee Bank wants to make a High collection charge and this the Federal Reserve Bank will not permit. The committee on the collection of non Cash items of the Federal Reserve Banks has recommended that the Board prohibit the Federal Reserve Banks handling non Cash items. They contend this work is costing the fed eral Reserve cents per item j Job. This Detour ran be Rea and that Only a of the member j turning to the right of. Kasson. Banks mostly in the Large cities Are making use of this facility. Or. Faircloth recently made vigor Ous protest against this re commend j ton. He Points out that if this ser session. Bishop Ward. A. P. A Book life of Christ by Rev. H. Lynds. J. At. Robinson Emporium. In tile the nov will Lake at the line time As lie pole vault and is Tor group a boys Only group to Hoys Tony compote . For girls meet 70 Yard dash base Ball throw running High jump. -20 Yard relay race. And is confide will lie secured. To Spur in Hii Inuko it wan viled tie club Curcis Maii i More to urn winners of boys signed for tin says i o tin contest Jato club i he two boys ire in contest tin Dull members Warren and Alfred fial Kiiji Nanri Hie each Start .1 Lucy with Worth of i sponsoring club members Wil b if. Ami a. S Udho Ime pee Lively. Seed potatoes res the Bay will from bin season s yield the canopus Honor Mih. M. of co Loville was a Kielh cirt visitor last thursday and was a caller a Tho Democrat . Mrs. Leete stated Whitt Tho Mesa dub pallies regarding the murder Hor son Raymond h. Stull in Richmond va., saturday. May i Scro incorrect in Many of the details they contained. Or. Skull was shot by his wife and died at a Kiclis Noel Hospital shortly Mic awards. Tie body of Tho former known local Man was bought id Jcj Mcville the. Funeral held from l lie of or. mrs. M. Leeto in , May 7. Mrs. that Tho la Dri cil Ili Clitnon. May to that mrs sigh bail been t Feerl try a Coro Ner s jury n the of kill Iii her husband were Slie said i hat tin is of her Ami has been in jail since Tiu trat o in Ami will to held for her Terr lilo crime. . Leote Hin Tiiu the from her own observation while a tilt her son s family to Texas a year Jive bushels of potatoes. Between Haziel Hurat and Jet Jewett was closed tuesday for the period while paving work is in Progress. Detour by the right hand Road at Marvindale which runs to it. Jewett he of Hoyer. This Road is in Good condition and will make it unnecessary to Detour by the Ormsby route. Work is started on the Kasson end of the my Jewett alterations to court House Sazzo alias Joe Murphy of Bradford who has been a prisoner at the Mckean county jail Smith port Xvi thu Blasius and Tony Spehar charged with the murder of Jas. My , aged Lewis run Hermit has been exonerated of participation in the brutal crime by the Spehar Broth ars. In a letter addressed to District attorney. E. Potter tile Spears confess that Sazzo knew nothing of the Modo Gail crime a fact that county detective Jack Allison who brought about tile arrest of the Spehar Broth ers Ami secured their confessions has maintained right along1. Following the new develop rent Bucktail committees plan for memorial Observance Aero is insane. Cha s. W. Ca Elln of port Allegany former member slate Legisla Ture will be orator of the Day at the Observance of memorial Day in this Borough on Friday of next week. Or. Catlin is a powerful speaker and his local appearance be awaited with interest. V the commit ties Inch arge of the Loca memorial Day Observance have plans veil progressed it was reported at a meeting of Bucktail Post american legion., which is c6nducting the de tails of the program in Honor of i Kean Post no. 347, o. A. R., held Mon Day the Observance will consist Otth usual Parade Al o clock toll wet by appropriate exercises at heat Tofu Rose Hill cemetery. Tho program appear in this paper next weekrv1 june criminal court will be unusually Large one with the trill of Vincenzo Mllzl-1 jurors Una been drawn to Ite prepared tin Mcdougall the the i vice be. Discontinued it will Cost member Banks located outside Federal Reserve cities and Branch Jluis cities at least to collect these court House to Hii Boron extensive repairs have been started it the county a. Items. This the Farmers ant others to the Small Banks would have to Entrance Are inner the left of Che s main to remover and the e . They have now become used to Jinner Wail the commissioners having their non Cash items handled of tit is u be extended in line without a collection charge and fair with if of the hallway cloth contends to make a now wll make space would create n great Deal of prejudice against the system. Exhausted Deer comes to farm last Friday n Large Deer waa cons of out of the Woods to the farm of cd fit. Near Smethport. By a Large Black h Ouirl. The doer circled the Irons residence four times ind or. Irons finally chased the pursuing doff away with a Shower of stones. The deep was in an exhausted Condi Tion and was cared for by or who notified county game protector Carl Rennon of v it feta put who promptly c me to Smethport and has been hunting1 for the stray dog. The Deer after recovering from exhaustion and fright again returned to the Notor Lien or led the local former. For Olliee use which is greatly needed. The work is n charge of the Unruh const rih Tion of Bradford. A crushed slag driveway is being across the at the rear of the court House with Provis Ion for parking cars. Claude slip fuck. Of Smith skirt Stuzzo c counsel instituted Hareas Corpus proceeding before Bouton yesterday afternoon at the court Luwise Here it of Hin client. The court released s Izzo from unil -. Bail which amount was will be of maily l if at the a of court. I v. 1.5 Imp Lii fed in do Gail by Cor. Of session of Tony Spehar. Talas Liu a and 1 Joiy Spehar in their Confes that individually y did not convicted of murder Uree. At his first trial. A. Officers elected at May meeting monday i i May meeting of it a. Daughters of american Revo Lution held a Tho Home of mrs. on monday afternoon at o clock. This was the annual meeting elec Ion of oth Ceri. The reports of the various committees Showe i Tho of the organization mrs. H. H. , of the reported tile distribution of i. Copy of Trio code to each House in lid Fugh these Are to lie prese veil for reference in Regii ii to propel of the dig. Mrs. Rim Renil that her committee ii no Trees for 10 be. In i excellent condition under j planting on Street Inri that the of ii client leadership of the Regent j Borough Council had very kindly mrs. . Jr., and her excellent taken charge of the mrs. K. Ile Ison was a cars. Pointed to take Chi rats of the Flowers As it j for 1 to and that corp of of ulcers. The report. Of the treasurer. M. , was interesting showed the gifts to various schools Jall who pm give for decorating and to Tho patriotic and enterprises in which tha chapter is in soldiers Gravos will Send Llu a to the Parish House not 1 i or ten o clock among these was for of memorial Day. One half scholarship in the Nancy the following ol1 ii inks Nepi rement of Lincoln memory recent. Mrs. K. H. K. , try in to 1. . p n Iris 1 n i u i r for Sale room h Mise on of r Lair whir.-. Try Democrat Job Prini Iner. A Lnu hrs Day on Sale in brio it. F Oiin to they s my total Fei Dinar in r lord Fin to Willir. Inf i mile of biome. Nii owe i tin 1 approx Irh i i lose of i tin i Ive mind j we Havn 1 morning is the ill Omster an v. A oct Eding Homes in hollow five of. I n before a a Fri Memoria week. Mrs s 701 St. Says via i in University and a gift of to a it. Mrs. Kiln. Smirh. The s urgent by whom the mrs. K. Ill scbo.1 a ship is being used j33 to the d m. If isted in Sliu e of arts at old con in . To the 7og. Sibol each to tile Mem a big. Orig in no preservation of he to hour wis in at five Ricks i i re by its wer s Lnji-4 to the Init Cirrin a Ortli on i for american this Rory Iorli school. Of inks from Rili hi.-. i links the of the Tel Lime of of like her fax Bellont work. Forir. In school june Scro elected i vice Secretary Hiir a. Mrs. Mrs. Rose her . A by bos further slated that her son had no intention of securing a divorce from has wife for the ii Poso of marrying again. X or. And mrs. Stull resided in hous ton Texas up until recently. The Hua and was employed by a contractors an operator of a grading machine in. Received a Good salary but his Vork. Took him away from Homo much. O c the Lime. Mrs. Leete says it was Ier son s steady custom to Send Hla Alto every week of which amount she was to make regular payments on a new Home they had purchased Houston. After. Sending Learned that Only a Smalt amount had been paid by his Wilfo on the Purchase Price of the Home. Mrs. Leete said that when her boy went Home to spend last Christmas taking ills wife numerous presents and a grift of she abused him for not giving her More Money. Regardless of this act he continued to Semi her the Al Lowance. Of every week and some inies More. Recently he completed his Job and accepted a year s contract t similar employment ill Richmond. Uler going to Tho Virginia City he continued to Send the regular allow am a to Bis wife. Tin saturday pre ceding tin murder or. Stull sent ills wife her allowance and on monday Slio followed him to Richmond. Police of that City have found out that following her arrival Inere she a 3s calibre revolver Antl proceeded to Iho where her Hus was on her arrival there she Wen to my. Stuk s room locked tiie Duoi. And removed Iho key. Tho inn Lidy did not hear any shots but some time thereafter in passing the r heard groin.-? issuing from Tojo room. She tried to gain Entrance could not. Securing another key she opened Tho door of find or. Stull lying on the door in a Semi conscious Condit ii. His wife holding his head in her Lap and bathing his face. The unfortunate Man was rushed to a hos Pital where he lived to make a state ment liar his wife had Ahot him. According to his statement i Vicli is sworn to by the attending surgeon he was in the act of removing his shirt when his wylfa shot him without warn the Bullet entering one Side of his body and passing out the other. Afro. states that her. Son in his letters Home told of the constant trouble with his wife and How she Coritina Illy hounded him for Money despite he Large sums hot was con stantly giving her. Mrs. Leete states that her son was willing to give his he possessed to Gam ills Freedom from Domestic strife. She s Lys. However that he had no infer tin ii of marrying again. Sli. S Tes his wife had fre. I or my threatened his life and had item sued on a former Occas Ion to put Ier into execution. Local Young lady will speak at lock Haven commencement a i is , .1 Sunol. Is to i ick Haven of Moose of Moose will hold i thursday. May n s o clock when n Large class will be c an rive vesled to be Al Iho i ill at

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