Cold Blooded Murder at Kensinger's Saloon
John Nalen shot George Lee at Kensinger's Swpire bar on South Fifth street Saturday. Lee died hours later at Gill Hospital. Nalen confessed he acted while drunk saying Lee tried to take his money. The mayor and board of safety held a dramatic hearing with Kensinger as witness.
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Kensinger
Swpire
South Fifth Street
Palace of Sin
White
Ictim
Geo
John Nalen
South Sixth Street
Alen
Lee
Nalen
Fifth Street
Market
Tankalley
Matthews
Snodgrass
Lee Nalen
Pra
Kerr
McCoy
Alban
Des. Kerr
Campbell
Royal Hotel
Ave Mae
To Mill
Flushing
Ohio
Stone Gang
Panhlandle
Police Board of Safety
PK RyRy Yonecny Ag
Mrt
Nalen Looked Surprised and Said, “I Do Not.” Mr. Alban
Board of Safety
Charley Kensinger
Sinclair
Fishinger
Deane Caniff
Caniff
John
Scott
Bethesda
Walter McConnaughy
Playing Cards with Kovovic Ties to Ferguson Murder
Wheeling sources dispute Kovovic confession and claim he played cards with Kovovic in Steubenville on the murder day. A security trust official says he bet $200 and $2, and procured funds for a trip to Croton. Witnesses say the electric battery theory was raised after the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milovar Kovovic
Steubenville
Ferguson
Washington Coutty
West Middletown
Kovovic
I.djocich
Wheeling
Gharoevic
Steupenbille
Korovic
Kovevie
Crotin
Patrovic
Korevic
Dles
Alla Trank
Wii Ferguson
Ayers
Patrovie
Direct Legislation Measure Backed at Wintersville Grange
Mr King of Toledo outlined Direct Legislation at Wintersville Grange Tuesday night, urging support for initiative and referendum. The plan would require referendums on laws passed by the legislature and allow 80 000 voter petitions to trigger legislative action. Grange members agreed to circulate petitions urging Representative Jones to back the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wintersville Range
King
Toledo
Ohio Direst Legislative League
J. G. Crabb
Grance
By Grange
Mr. King
United States
Jones
Smithfield Fair Horse Racing Faces Weather and Train Crash
At Smithfield Fair Thursday racing continued in chilly weather with crowds. Results include 3:00 trot purse 150 with Prince Chimes and 2:35 trot purse 200 led by Mamet. 2:30 trot purse 250 won by Mer ville. The Wabash train bringing fairgoers derailed after a siding incident near Mingo, no injuries reported.
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Smithfield Fair
Birduk Ee
Claw Awan Esas
Prince Chimes
Strange Boy
Trott
William Stratt
Texas Qwgr
Otto Koiscsi
Cacrenas
Hal B
Wagstaff
Madge W
Alberta
Merville
William Strutt
Baker Boy
Birduk
Xantippe
Hit
Harry G
Smithfield
Mingo
Slate Mine Accident Injures Dillonvale Miner
In Dillonvale a slate fall at about eleven o clock Thursday morning trapped Andy Nodge of the M. A. Hanna Coal Mining Company. He suffered severe injuries with both arms crushed and was rushed to a Wheeling hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Nodge
Dillonvale
Wheeling
M. A. Hanna Coal Mining Company
Nodge
Wreck at Smithfield Race Track Hurts John Crawford Seriously
A Friday pace race at Smithfield Fair left John Crawford of Flushing with a broken arm and several broken ribs after a third heat crash. Horses Trochia Fanny Osborne Wagstaff Alney caused a pile up. Crawford was trampled and crushed but his condition improved after a night of concern. Other drivers and riders sustained bruises but continued racing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithfield Fair
Seve Crawford
Flushing
Ois
Trochia
Fanny Osborne
Wagstaff
Alney
Billy Humble
Carrie"m
McMillan
Traynor
Liggett
Melvin Gregg
Mr. Crawford
Ten Injured In Traction Collision On Fourth Street Line
A head on crash between two traction cars on the Steubenville and Toronto line near Stanton Boulevard about 8 50 am injured ten people and left cars 21 and 33 wrecked. Motormen Noah Adams and John Doerr led the injured list with various fractures and bruises. passengers including J M Elliott Charles Marker Violet Anderson and Mrs Devlin suffered head limb and body injuries. Officials suspect fog and a late signal contributed as crews investigated and doctors treated the wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Toronto
Stanton Boulevard
Noah Adams
Sherman Avenue
John Doerr
J. M. Elliott
Knoxville
Grand Jury
Charles Allison
Ross Devlin
Mat Edwards
Thomas Shannon
Ander
Ewdard Richards
la Belle View
Violet Anderson
Canton
John M’cullough
Charles Marker
Adams
George Flannigan
Doerr
J. W. Martin
Elliott
Walker
Montgomery
Devlin
Martin
Rich ard Howell Reported Killed at Mansfield Reformatory
Word reached Rich ard Howell's parents in New Cumberland that he had been killed at Mansfield reformatory where he had been returned last week. Officials said no such death had occurred and that Howell was still being held at the reformatory after being moved from Wheeling to East Liverpool and then to Mansfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Howell
New Cumberland
Howell
Mansfield Reformatory
Ber
Wheeling
East Liverpool
Mansfield
Ohio
West Virginia
Reformatory
Alimony Judgment Satisfying Property Attachment Dissolved
Court orders dissolution of a property attachment tied to a $10,000 alimony judgment in the Charlotte B. Pearce versus John Morris Pearce case, noting Pearce’s Ohio residency and the Washington Street property left by his grandfather. Jessie Dalrymple to receive $8 monthly for six months, then $48 biannually. Josephine Mertz Russell sues Jacob Russell for divorce and dower denial, alleging extreme cruelty and neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte B. Pearce
John Morris Pearce
Richards
Washington Street
Pearce
J. G. Morris
Ohio
Jessie Dalrymple
George Dalrymple
Incorrigible Deputy Seizes Boy in Theft Plot
Deputy Sheriff Lucas took thirteen year old Fred Fields to Lancaster Industrial Home for incorrigible behavior. The boy and another youth plotted to chloroform a man at Smithfield with Paris Green to rob him, exposing a planned theft scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas
Fred Fields
Lancaster
Smithfield
Paris Green
Marriage Licenses Issued in Steubenville Area
A list of marriage licenses shows pairs from Adena Steubenville Mingo Junction Ragland and nearby towns. Names include James F Dorrance with Bertha May Ruch, David H Sanders with Florence B Leeman, William Constable with Lucy Crowe, C Henderson with Christianna Melching, James Johnston with Jessie Fray, James Stewart with Anna Ineler, William Amick with Amanda Mil ter, Massie Mead with Lizzie Linder, Harold Maxwell with Lydia Carpenter, Samuel Visnick with Sara Stipanovich, Charles Pastors with Bess Burkhead, Robert Willis with Sarah Carter, Andre Wakin with Jeanette Jack, Thomas Evans with Flora Elder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Dorrance
Bertha May Ruch
Adena
David H. Sanders
Florence B. Leeman
Steubenville
Wiliam B. Constable
Lucy B. Crowe
Mingo Junction
Lizzie Linder
Harold B. Maxwell
Lydia Carpenter
Samuel Visnick
Sara Stipanovich
Charles Pastors
Bess D. Burkhead
Ragland
Robert J. Willis
Sarah Carter
Andre Wakin
Jeanette Jack
Thomas Evans
Flora M. Elder
Bergholz
Sheriff Racketeering Raid Exposes Booze Camps and 14 Bookings
Sheriff Wilkin of Hancock county and deputies raided alleged booze camps, seizing liquor and arresting two men from Maxwell Nelson camp. Nelson tried to flee into the river, was knocked unconscious, then tied to a tree. Officers found 103 cases of empty beer bottles under an apple tree and 52 under a peach tree, plus 10 to 12 whiskey barrels. George Nelson's bail situation and bond refusals are noted as the case proceeds toward a November grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkin
Hancock County
New Cumberland
Nelson
Maxwell-Nelson
Squire Bradley
Bond
Squire
Robert Maxwell
West Virginia
Toronto
George Nelson
Township Republican Primary Election Notice in Wayne County
The Central Committee of the Republican Party for Wayne Township Jefferson County Ohio announces a primary election under Bronson law from 12 m to 6 p m at regular polling places. Offices include township trustees two, treasurer, clerk, two constables, two justices, two assessors, and Bloomfield village offices mayor marshal clerk treasurer street commissioner six councilmen with plurality results. Only precinct residents voting Republican in last general election or first time voters may vote. Penalties for fraudulent voting apply. officials have standard duties and powers. By order of Jefferson county Deputy State Supervisors of Elections JOHN L MEANS Clerk.
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Kovovic
Patrovic
Kate Haley
Lawrence Ault
Harry Stane
Thez
Harry
Ault
Columbus
Ohio Express
Healy
Stone
Bloch Brothers
West Middletown
Republican Party
Wayne
Jefferson County
Ohio
Bronson
Justice of the Peace
Bloomfield
Unionport
Municipal Corporation of
Bloomfield Village
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Gill Hospital
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Samuel Fer
Guson
Sensa
MR. Jones
Legislature
Wintersville
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Hanna
John Crawford
Crawford
Carrie M. Ise
Anny Osborne
Alvey
Alleason
Stonewood
Alverta Wilkes
Fovea Aies
Harry Hee
Ilroy
Fourth Street
Traction Company
Samuel W. Morrow
J. A. Badgley
A. W. McDonald
Veronica
Geary
Pleasant Heights
W. R Alban
Lizzie M. Patton
John D. Stonebraker
Steubenville Coal & Mining Co
Matthew Garasiuk
Maggie M. Craven
Wm. F. Crawford
Mary Raigis
Mike Rajis
Amsterdam
Michael Gararasiuk
Margaret M. Calhoun
Whitney Warner
Ohio Valley Building & Trust Co
Thos.o. Morgan
Fred W. Duvall
Eliza J. Glasgow
Chas. W. Strean
Joseph Johnston
Mike Bazak
John Orrisz
M. S. Miller
Jennie M. Vaughn
Wm. Freudenberger
Nancy J. Beltz
John Galbraith
Archie A. Neel
Anna Bell
George A. Miser
Annapolis
Gilmore Welday
John Featnee
Sterbenville
P. G.haynes
Peter Jaskievicz
James Nachman
Joseph Voiteck
Smithfield Township
Union Cemetery Association
George W. Ovington
Thos. McMillan
Logan Lodge
Mingy Junction
Mansfield, Ohio
Charlotte Pearce
Morris Pearce
Republican Pri
Mary
John L. Means
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