Desperadoes in Jail Plot Escape From Clermont
The Williamsburg criminals Fryman and Snider, jailed for housebreaking burglary and alleged murder, plotted an acid escape with letters to Waits. Janitor Carter uncovered the plan, seizing a letter and confiscating furniture as guards strengthened the jail amid warnings of further crime. James Waits, connected by marriage to Fryman, faced grand jury scrutiny over the scheme.
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Fryman
Snider
Williamsburg
Batavia
James Waits
Cincinnati
Grand Jury
William Carter
Waits
Carter
Mr. C
Dump
Fryman & Snider
Columbus
Sunday Signs Failin Dry Weather in Amelia
Aaron Cole, a respected Amelia farmer active in Batavia, visits John Robinson’s drug store on a Sunday and finds Main Street deserted. He notes his lifelong signs for many things, including weather and war, are out of order, and decides to return home, joking that even his horse knows it’s Sunday. An accompanying piece praises the Cincinnati Times Star as a premier six story Republican paper.
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Aaron Cole
Amelia
Batavia
Baptist Church
John Robinson
Robinson
Vinestreet
Cincinnati
Cole
Mr. Cole
Tomorry
Republican Times Star
Sixth and
Walnut
Star
The
Times Star
Christopher Clarke
Rachel O. Clarke
Hom
Midland City
Clinton County
Mr. Temple
Clarke
Temple
Jenkins Case Hidden by Grand Jury Costs and Confusion
The John Jenkins case for infanticide was ignored by the grand jury after hearing many witnesses. No father found, no foul play proven, and the state has no case. Costs run about $200.
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John Jenkins
Jenkins
Out of Church and Dance Cause Local Controversy
A New Richmond note details a church dispute over dancing by Mary Lewis and a pastor’s rebuke. The Veterans of the M E church era and a Lebanon Gazette excerpt highlight a railroad dispatcher John Gleason’s rise, with Helen Murphy credited for steering him toward telegraphy.
Shadows over a frail couple jailed for forgery
An elderly man and his aged wife, both with silvered hair, are jailed in the county facility on forgery and perjury charges. The case centers on alleged deceptive acts challenging the integrity of their financial affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
Shadow of the jail and dockets in Clinton County court
A lengthy Court House scene details grand jury findings and probate filings, with cases including murder and forgery in Batavia and Williamsburg. It covers civil dockets, jail and grand jury activity, commissioners and probate court orders, and a local sale advertisement.
Lang Arrested in Louisiana To Face Georgetown Trial
Pascal B. Lang, once targeted by Georgetown authorities for alleged criminal intimacy with his sister in law and suspected crooked money dealings, has been arrested in Louisiana and is en route to Georgetown for trial.
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Pascal B. Lang
Georgetown
Louisana
Leaks and stable floors for farmers use cement and brick
Farmers urged to replace plank stable floors with cement or brick to reduce rat burrows and manure loss. Advice emphasizes imported cement, rock bedding, vermin exclusion, and various bedding materials. Quoted authority A T Wilson advocates brick on edge floors for durability and lower long term cost.
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A. T. Wilson
Chicago
Loveland Thieves Arrested as Mayor Hearing Looms
Five Loveland youths were arrested by the marshal for persistent thefts from merchants. Leader Tid Rich, a Union Company newsboy, named seven accomplices who were later apprehended. In Hamilton County, commissioners altered a township line to improve voting access for one man. The Miami River’s bend shifted land and voting places between Colerain and Crosby townships, prompting a petition to return Mr. Andrews to his original precinct.
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Loveland
Tid Rich
Union Company
Hamilton County
Miami
Coleraine
Crosby
Tnb
Andrews
Miami Tp Farmers Institute to Meet in Mulberry
The Miami Tp Farmers Institute will hold its annual session in Mulberry on next Friday and Saturday the 12th and 18th. A rich and profitable program includes lectures by Gen Hurst Prof Chaimere Hon Abner Frazer and Mr Shiver plus papers by locals. Attendance invited. Edenton I Horse Thief Detectives recovered eight stolen horses from Clermont county and returned them to owners including John Ferris T T Scott Thomas Sabin G Seely J H Bunyan A Thompson with values listed.
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Mulberry
Gen, Hurst
Chaimere
Abner Frazer
Shiver
Ask
Edenton I
Warsaw
Clermont County
John Ferris
Edenton
T. T. Scott
Goshen
Thomas Sabin
Newltonsville
G Seely
J. H. Bunyan
Milford
A. Thompson
Branch Hill
Death of Captain John L Branson at Milford
Captain John L Branson aged 54 died at his Milford home after a long illness of consumption. He served from private to captain in the army and later worked as an accountant in Cincinnati firms, including during the Centennial. He was a popular, genial man and a member of the S RS West G A R post, with burial by Masons and Odd Fellows.
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John L. Branson
Milford
Branson
Cincinnati
S. RS. West G. A. R. Post
Masonic
Odd Fellows
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Fryman and
Lay
Clermont
Batten
Town Hall
Maggie Clarke
T. W. Jones
Sun Vapor Street Light Company
Canton
J. C. McMath
W.S. Rowe
Fort Worth
Texas
Warren County Fair Association
George W. Carey
West Union
Peebles
Western Union Company
Hamlton County
Macaig King
Adams
Brown County
Collins
California Fig Syrup Company
Richmond
New Richmond Independent
New Richmond
Independent News
J. E. H. Sentman
M. E. Church
Mary Lewis
His
Lebanon Gazette
John Gleason
Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia
Lebanon
Gleason
Warren County
J.B. Graham
Murphy
Helen Murphy
Laws
Stephen Long
Mintiff
Red Bank
Edward Jones
Gaia
Arthur Spencer
Ayer
Pate
Harry Pate
Maham
Teal
Louis Hess
Joseph Bay
Louis
Farmers Alliance
Charles Burkhardt
Kentucky
Burkhart
Richard
M. Eppert
Blair Sons’ Brick Co
Emma McKinney
Elizabeth Dixon
Mary S. Holmes Et al
David Aible
Franklin Adams
Benjamin B. Gardner
Anna B. Uhl
Baugham Daughurty
W. W. Perkins
Chas. Hoerner
Delilah Fox
Jacob M. Fox
Ella B. Davison
Howard Malott
Loth & Haus
Diodate Morgan
Frederick Burkhardt
Christopher
Clark
Christopher, Clarke
Rachel C. Clarke
Arther Spencer
Artemus Reeves
Edgar Nash
Oril Fryman
George Snider
Joseph Williams
Bantam
John Glenn
George Davis
Thomas Perkins
William White
George Thomas
Burkhardt
Lindsey
Woodville
Charles Franz
W. R. Pickelheimer
Franz
John P. Emery
Laura Erskine
Nathan E
Jacob M. Behymer
John Behymer
Fred Sears
Thomas Hare
Jane Cox
J.G. Armstrong
John Coldier
Sarah J. McAfee
E. B
Olivia E. Holmes
George M. Butler
Morgen Dickinson
James Stouder
Lydia Vaughn
Elmer Steward
Mary Turner
C.C. Graves
Nevada Reeder
Hiram Whiting
Anna Stouder
John H. Malott
Ela Montgomery
Charles A. Howard
Anna D. Bolender
Joseph. Pichel
Gilbert Avenue
Walnut Hills
Lang
Simmons
Miami TP
Farmers’ Institute
Tale Simmons Liver Regulator
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