Eye witnesses tie murder case to Schleichter in Ohio river shooting
Steve Bartok testified he saw Mike Ollum on the river bank hours before the crime and that John Schleighter approached with a shotgun and fired. Other witnesses, including Joseph Gurilla and Patsy Sabatina, added similar testimonies. The state aims to close its case today with a verdict expected by Saturday.
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Mike! Qiu
Ohio River
Highland City
John Schleighter
Steve Bartok
Htate
Yartook
Mike Ollum
Schreighter
Ollum
Schleighter
Witners
Scleighter
Dices
Joseph Gurilla
Hig Yard
Gurilla
Patrick McGonigal
Patsy Sabatina
Dory
Bartok
Frank Chemnitz
John Blum
Charles Schucht
Harry Schucht
Mint
West Virginia
Ohio
Sehlelehit
United States
George Noble
W. Nurford
J. N. Hunter
T. H. Kirk
Homicide totals dip across the United States in 1920
United States homicide figures for 1920 total about 9 000, down 500 from 1915. Memphis leads with 63.4 per 100 000, Rochester the safest at 1.3. Southern states with large black populations show higher rates and blacks are killed at three and a half to seven times the rate of whites.
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New York
United States
Frederick L. Hoffman
Prudential Life Insurance Company of America
Memphis
Tenn
Rochester
N. Y
Sand Digger Biasco Trapped At Brown's Island
The Biasco of River Sand Co. was swept onto Brown's Island towhead by a flood, and after a night of hard work the crew could not free her. With the river falling, the steamer sits in a hazardous position and may split apart. efforts to block and stabilize it proceed as a new rise is awaited. The vessel is valued at $20,000.
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Biasco
River Sand Co
Brown's Island
New Trustees Named for Monument Association
Trustees for the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Association of Jefferson County were appointed after a petition showed all previous trustees were dead. Judge Carl H. Smith approved nine appointees including Frank Hawkins C G Swords Harry Stonebraker Dean Criswell and representatives of the Sons of Veterans and G A R. They will oversee care and maintenance of Union Cemetery property.
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Soldiers and Sailors Monumental Association
Jefferson County
Stanton Post
Carl H. Smith
Frank Hawkins
C. G. Swords
Harry Stonebraker
Dean Criswell
Sons of Veterans
D. G. Smith
John Farmer
Joseph Bowers
G A. R
Union’ Cemetery
Jefferson County Tax Levy Surpasses Two and a Half Million
The 1921 tax duplicate prepared by County Auditor Sherman Floyd shows total taxes levied for all purposes at 2,509,700.04 with a total duplicate of 210,564,720. Land and property values are itemized for real estate and personal property inside and outside cities. State, county, township, school, and municipal shares are listed, along with special assessments and delinquencies.
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Jefferson County
Sherman Floyd
Suit for 70000 Against Builders Won by Defendant
The Hancock County circuit court in New Cumberland, West Virginia, closed today with a verdict for the defense in the case of Weirton Steel Company versus Cattrell Brothers Company. The jury deliberated about four hours in the trial of a $70,000 claim for alleged failure to complete erection of 101 houses. Concurrently, Schiefehrer faced trial for a first-degree murder related to the shooting of B. Levy of Weirton, retrying as the old courthouse was replaced. The defense presented witnesses while prosecutors argued amid long cross examinations conducted through an interpreter. The case dragged into a week, though court pushed to finish today.
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Varuey Togar
Weirton Steel Company
Cattrell Bros
Dulldine
Weirton
Louise Conkle
Pearl Williame
New Cumberland
Union Actober
AtvIn Hancock County
Torney
Bar-Roises “ Weirton
Aller
Ajery
Repurt
Hancock County
W. Va
Weilson Steel Company
Cattell Brothers Company
New County Court House
New Cumperland
Cattrell Brothers
John/company
Inter- Schiefehrer
Tn Weirton
J. [Gree
B. Levy
Mike Ollum
Tiltonville
Expy
Wiles
Faulk
Stewart
Pittsburg
Thos
Hoffman
John P
Arbenz
Wheeling
Lin
Temerca al
Hiss
Sehleighter
Agoane
Ana Bhan Aneine
Dawn
Sehlisighter
Pearce
Gardner
Bigger
Verdict Delayed as Jury Deliberates Morning Court Session
After examination of witnesses there followed long legal arguments. The case was not given to the jury until 14 o'clock this morning. Verdict for the defendant was expected as the deliberations continued.
Berghalz Lodge marks fifteenth anniversary celebration
Berghalz Lodge No. 752 Knights of Pythias celebrated its fifteenth anniversary with exercises in Berholm theatre attended by over 400 Kinings, with delegations from Steubenville and other towns. Grand Chancellor Truby of Dover and others spoke. music from the Do le band and vocal numbers complemented the event. A roast chicken dinner preceded the theatre program.
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Berghalz Lodge
Steubenville
New Somerset
aAmsterdam
Carrollton
East Springfield
Salineville
Berghola Lodge
Kinigins
Berxholm Theatre
Ohio
FP. A. Morrow
Knights
Nine to Twelve Dead in Philadelphia Train Wreck
A head on collision on the Newton Branch of the Philadelphia and Reading railway between Woodmont and Paper Mill stations near Philadelphia left nine to twelve dead and over twenty injured as wreckage caught fire. Snow cut wire communication. rescue and hospital care were organized from Abington and nearby towns. Causes point to the Philadelphia train overrunning its orders, with fire and entangled wreckage delaying full casualty accounting.
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Philadelphia
Newton
Philadelphia and Reading
Woodmont
Paper Mill
Philaadelphia
Abington
Newton Isranch
Huntingdon Valley
Forest Bellman
Southamptons Pa
Traction Co Gets Increased Fare
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized increases to intrastate fares on the Stou ibonville East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction lines in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Through traffic fares will align with interstate rates. the decision denies the company authority to raise fares within local municipalities. The ruling covers routes from the Ohio line to Vanport Pennsylvania and from the Pennsylvania line to Steubenville Ohio.
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Washington
Stou Ibonville
East Liverpool & Beaver Valley Traction Company
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio State Line
Van‘port
Peninsylalvania State Line
Steubenville
France May Seek Receivership for Germany Nation
Paris dispatch reports France likely to propose a receivership for a bankrupt Germany with an autonomous Rhineland to be exploited by the allies for reparations, as an alternative to any reparations moratorium. Officials say the Versailles treaty authorizes the allies to control Germany’s customs, taxes, fortifications, and coal output if she defaults.
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Paris
A. P
Germany
Rhineland
France
Great Britain
Turkish Debt Commission
Poincare
Briand
Reparatins Commission
Mre
Murderer captured at Weirton after deadly shooting
Robert Herndon, 34, arrested by Sergeant Ward Ice about 6:30 pm after Payne, 54, was shot near his home in Weirton Saturday night. He admitted the shooting, claimed accident, and waived preliminary hearing. Held without bond in Hancock County jail. Payne died Monday after surgery to remove the bullet.
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William Payne
Weirton
Robert Herndon
Nesto
Ward Ice
el Weirton
Hern
Don
Hollidays Cove
Payne
Dent
Ice
Herndon
Hancock County
New Cumberland
Jack Merleer
Womie
Sheme
Ghio Valley
Two Hurt When Auto Hits Crowd in Dillonvale
I W Cherry a Dillonvale civic figure sustained two broken words while Mrs C W Mercer wife of a local physician was scratched and bruised when struck by an automobile driven by Stanley Kagowleski near a sharp Dillonvale curve after a high school play crowd dispersed Olive Ash escaped harm when pushed aside by her escort The driver and another man were detained to await the injuries outcome.
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I. W. Cherry
Dillonvale
C. W. Mercer
Stanley Kagowleski
Dillonvale High School
Cherry
Last Toll Bridge In Ohio Must Go
Ohio to replace toll bridge on Buffalo-Chicago road at Conneaut with a free span. Plans for new bridges at Conneaut and Ashtabula cost about 1.25 million dollars, shared 50 50 by county and state with federal aid. Conneaut bridge likely first next summer as federal approval shown. both bridges ~1500 feet long, relocation to improve traffic flow through Ashtabula. Nearby notes include lobbying to retain state dairy inspector positions and probate actions for local estates.
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Columbus
Ohio
Buffalo-Chicago
Conneaut
Midway
Herrick
Ashtabula County
Ashtabula
Kaber's Slayer Caught in Italy and Extradition Plans
Vittoria Pisseili, accused in the Kaber murder, was captured in Ripalimosani Italy. Assistant County Prosecutor Walter I. Krowson heads to Washington to seek ambassadorial help. Italy has refused recent extraditions, potential trial there looms.
Ohio Attorney Drops Dead While Addressing Moose
Washington December 3 A P Edmund E Tanner Columbus Ohio attorney died while addressing the Loyal Order of Moose forum in session. He had just finished his address as chief justice when he collapsed and died from acute dilation of the heart. Tanner 53 a Circleville Ohio native and fraternal figure. Estate notices follow including appointment of A C Fellows as administrator for George W Fulton of Cross Creek Township Jefferson County Ohio and Vernon P McKim as executor for Ruth Anne Major of Mt Pleasant Jefferson County Ohio.
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Washington
A. P
Edmund E. Tanner
Columbus
Ohio
Loyal Order of Moose
Tanner
Davis
Department of Labor
Lman
A. C. Ball
Alliance, O
Circlesville
George W. Fulton
A. C. Fellows
Georga
W. Fulton Aie
Cross Creek
Jefferson County
John G. Belknap
Said County
Roy R. Carpenter
Ruth Anne
Vernon P. McKim
Ruth Anne Major
Mt. Pleasant
Township
E. FE. Erskine & C. A. Vail Attorneys
Farms for sale near Steubenville and Carrall
Listing details two farms for sale in Pennsylvania with 113 acres on Steubenville and Bloomfield road featuring fertile land with sand vein coal beneath, a large eight room house with basement and furnace, barn, minerals included, priced at 11,569. Also a 61 acre farm near Carrall for 5,500. Also nursing training advert for young women at Warren State Hospital with $35 monthly during junior year.
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Steubenville
Bloomfield Road
sia@p
Pennsylvania St
Carrall
Jfon
Wallace
Car Raklen
D. G
W.S.H
Warren State Hospstal
Warren
Granted Licenses and Probate Appointments in Jefferson County
Notices announce marriage licenses for Charles Lester Long and Mary Estelle Porter. Also detailed are appointments and qualifications of executors and administrators for Daniel Boyle, Clara A Lanning, Margaret M. Elliott, and numerous estates. A probate court schedule lists final and first accounts and obligations with objections due by specified dates in Jefferson County Ohio.
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Mary J. Daan Sherman
Joseph Tritt
Lari Brit
John FP. Moran
Michael Popovich
Charles Lester Long
Newark
Mary Estelle Porter
Steubenville
Notich
Jefferson County
Mary A. Duffy
Henry B. Mellenberger
John W. MelMillan
Charlotte D. Worthington
Grace Watt
Thomas G. Pittinger
H. A. Pittinger
George Pale- Cracken
Mahala
Shultz
Anan Bieau
Joseph Bieau
Jonah Moore
Willian Moore
Amos Moore
James J. Hatcher
Mary A. Hatcher
James A. Thompson
Joseph M. Thompson
William H. Orr
David J. Orr
Edith Nnode
Walter A. Clemens
William C. Brown
Inez Justice
William Justice
Rhonda Arnold
George Fitzgerald
Freda Tlanche Fitzgerald
Norman W. Clark
Caroline V. Norman
Mary Pavlik
John Pavlik
George M. Crawford
Stanton C. Crawford
Mary C. Crawford
James G. Starr
Mary Starr
William HH. Sngamer
John J. Brannagan
Mary ©. Scott
David M. Beott
William O. Taggart
Theestate
Ella Taggart
William New Taggart
Jean Targurt
Nannie Beatfiy
John Beatty
Frank Beatty
Sarah E. ‘Gordon
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Ohio University
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Hopedale
Ida
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Yorkville
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Industrial Coal & Coke Company
Toproperly
Ralph Peterson
Sexton
Fred Hredley
Prank Stivae
Mayer McCain
New Alexandria
Earl N. Uverson
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Ohio State House
Don Parkjet
State Prohibition Commission
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H. A. Dykeman
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Freeport
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State Division of Dairy and Foods
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Kaber
Italy
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Vittoria Pisseili
Daniel ‘Kaber
Lakewood
Ripalimosani
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Walter I. Krowson
Pisselli
Kaberi
Salvattore Cala
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Misa Marian McaArdle
Emma Colavito
Mary Brickel
Waly
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Angelo Amato
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George K. Fanner
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Fred G. Flota
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