NEWS: Cambria Freeman Items; 20 Oct 1905; Cambria Cnty., PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, 20 Oct 1905 Volume 39, Number 41 Items Local and Personal W. L. Gray of this place paid Johnstown a business visit several days this week. A. Brice Alexander of Ebensburg was among the visitors in Johnstown Monday. Web Griffith was registered at the Keystone Hotel in Johnstown Wednesday. Messrs. Bob Lloyd and George Kinkead were in Johnstown Saturday to see a football game. Mrs. Fitzgerald of South Fork is visiting her parents, Postmaster and Mrs. Fes Lloyd in Centre ward. Mrs. George Porch of Ebensburg was visiting relatives at her former home in Johnstown the first of the week. Miss Katie Connery, one of Munster township's popular young ladies, was among the callers at this office last week. Mrs. F. H. Barker of the East ward who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Barker in Coopersdale has returned home. Squire Dunegan of St. Augustine who has been on the sick list for some time has considerably improved within the last few days. Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Lincoln and son, Sammy, of Churchtown, Pa., visited Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Roberts and other relatives here last week. Marshall Owens, an employee in the office of Register and Recorder Griffith at Ebensburg, was in Johnstown Sunday among relatives and friends. Misses Katherine and Nellie Stokes, the former of this place, will start home from England Oct. 25th, the day following the marriage of their brother. Mrs. Sarah Collins and Mrs. Thomas A. Shoemaker, both of Bellefonte, were here Wednesday morning attending the funeral of Mrs. John Fenlon, being the guests while in town of Mrs. Maud K. Collins. Mrs. Thomas W. Dick, of this place, who had been visiting Mrs. Mary M. Kopelin and daughter of Johnstown for the past week, left Thursday evening for Blairsville on a short stay with her daughter, Mrs. Bowman, before returning home. Mr. D. R. Powell of this place left Wednesday morning for Pittsburg where he will spend several days taking in the sights at the Expo. His wife and little daughter will accompany him home, they having been visiting in and about Pittsburg for several weeks. Among those from a distance who came here to attend the funeral of Mrs. Catherine Fenlon Wednesday were Miss Sarah Collins and Mrs. T. H. Shoemaker of Bellefonte, Pa., and George L. Bearer of Pittsburg. Mr. Bearer who was accompanied by his family, departed with them that afternoon for Johnstown, where they will visit Mrs. Bearer's mother, Mrs. Wilhelmina McCline, of the Ninth ward. Local Items Robert Wilson, the Conemaugh township farmer, who purchased from William Kimball and then refused to keep a black horse, paying $200 therefore, came to Ebensburg Thursday and settled the case, taking the nag home with him. He was accompanied by his attorney, C. C. Greer, Esq. and Henry Sell of East Taylor township. Stanley, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Edwards of Blacklick township, who has been at Dixmont, is improving. Mrs. Edwards returned home Thursday from a visit of several days with him. Father Fox, who has just returned from Ireland, has presented Dr. S. O. Thomas with a very fine black thorn cane which he had cut from one of the famous marshes of Green Old Isle. A 25-pound coon was captured Tuesday night by Hugh Brown, James Peach and Mr. Henry Abrams, who sent it away to have it mounted. A prize of $60 for one of the best kept divisions on the Pennsylvania railroad was awarded to Supervisor George Ehrenfeld of Gallitzin. J. B. Denny is putting in his pool room a new heating plant. News from Blandburg County Detective Ed Knee bounced George Vincent last week and landed him on the shelf in Ebensburg. Gus, the Swede, brought in 10 groundhogs and four coons last Sunday. While his dog was digging out the last woodchuck, the dog was bitten by a copperhead and died within two minutes. Valentine Krise, formerly of this county and late member of Company F Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, wounded at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863, and now of Oregon, wishes the name of some comrade who can testify in his pension case. A letter to this paper will receive attention. Postmaster George Bland has been away some days on a grand squirrel hunt. Too early as yet to report results. The new part or addition to the Harbison-Walker Fire Brick works in Blandburg has been shut down indefinitely which will put a large number of people out of employment. Calvin Troxell, who was seriously injured some weeks ago in the Fire Brick plant, is home from the Altoona hospital but has a badly used up arm which will give him trouble for a long time. Constable Woods, doing business in Reade township, landed one man for stealing tools in No. 5 mine and three peddlers – one Thursday of last week and two Saturday - for selling goods without license. Woods claims that the penalty is $50 and costs, from which it would seem the poor peddlers have no chance to make a living. Merchant J. W. Gill of Coalport was here Monday. He has nine brothers in this county and the ten of them aggregate in weight over 2,300 pounds. Silas McGough, of Bellwood, whose father, Charles McGough, a Cambrian, who died in Altoona, was out here on Monday looking for the man who stole his chickens some time ago. Ashville News Mrs. O. F. Conrad of Dysart called on friends at this place on Sunday. Mrs. H. Sunshine of Johnstown was a business caller in town Tuesday. Miss Margaret and Agnes Eberly of Altoona spent Sunday with Ashville friends. Dr. Pack returned on Wednesday after spending a pleasant week in Philadelphia. R. Litzinger and M. McAllister left on an extended trip south. Miss Esther Foster of Mountaindale who has been visiting her friend, Miss Marie McCoy, returned home Thursday. Misses Mattie Doyle and Adelaide Stephenson drove to Patton Sunday. C. A. Rogers of Altoona was in town on business Tuesday. Mrs. M. E. McAlister and Miss F. Tulley spent Wednesday evening with Patton friends. John St. John made a business trip to Amsbry on Thursday. This Woman's a Drunken Sot Mother of 10 Children Brought from Home in South Fork and Lodged in Jail to Keep Her from Temptation Exhausted from a prolonged debauch of several weeks, every lineament plainly marked from the effects of the too frequent satiating her appetite for strong drink, Mrs. Isabella McDonald was brought from her home in South Fork last Wednesday by Constable McClarren of that place and lodged in the county jail as the last resort to keep her from temptation and to protect her family of 10 children from harm through her maudlin revelings. A sad story of the affair of the McDonald woman is told by the South Fork authorities. The husband, Henry McDonald, is a laborer in the mines of the big coal town. Until several years ago, he and his wife were living happily together with their steadily increasing family, several of whom are now grown up. McDonald is a hard working fellow, it is said, and always provided for his family. About a year or so ago, Mrs. McDonald became addicted to drink and then their troubles began. It is alleged by the authorities of South Fork that there are several women of that place and at Ehrenfeld who induced Mrs. McDonald to indulge in the flowing bowl, congregating together for periodical sprees at first, which gradually developed into prolonged drunks of the most disgusting nature. The unfortunate woman declined rapidly after her acquaintance with these women and her home was neglected. Whisky is said to have been the favorite poison of these women and when the stuff could be secured in no other way, Mrs. McDonald is alleged to have taken the account book of her husband – the book used at the local store where credit on groceries another household necessities was contained from one payday to the next – and to have made purchases of various kinds, including meat, sugar and other articles, which she traded for whisky at a wholesale liquor establishment in South Fork. Matters at length became so serious that the husband determined that something must be done and accordingly, after having been on a drunk beginning over two weeks ago, the woman was finally sent here to the county jail. District Attorney J. W. Leech has taken the matter up and is endeavoring to ascertain where the woman secured the liquor. Mr. Leech denounces the guilty parties in strong terms, saying that if he able to secure evidence enough against the parties in question it will not be well with them. Just what disposition will be made of the case has not yet been determined but it is likely that the woman will not be permitted to return to her home until some assurance is had that she will be able to secure no more liquor. Among the family of 10 children of which Mrs. McDonald is the mother are two or three grown up girls who are highly respected as is the remainder of the family in the vicinity in which they live. A Surprise Party Mr. and Mrs. William Nicholson of Cambria township gave a very pleasant surprise party last Saturday for their daughters, Miss Edith and Florence. Those who had the pleasure of being there were Misses Catherine Tibbott; Mable and Cora Thomas; Jennie and Rosetta Griffith; Martha Evans; Dora, Freda and Mary Owens; Nellie, Annie, Carlotta and Marion Griffith; Grace and Edna Crawford; Elsie Nicholson; Elizabeth and Margaret Rowland; Olie Davis; Clinton Evans; Norman Griffith. After a splendid dinner and good time they all returned home. Telephone Manager Resigns Myron Davis of this place, who for some time has been general manger of the Cambria & Clearfield Telephone company, has resigned his position to accept the superintendency of the Indiana Telephone company at Indiana. A man will come here from Columbia, Lancaster county, to succeed Mr. Davis. A. C. Caufield, general solicitor for the C. & C. Telephone company will accompany Mr. Davis to Indiana where he also will engage with the Indiana company. The two have been making their headquarters at the Mountain House while here. Bad Fire at Barnesboro Damage to Amount of $2,000 Done in Millinery Store Building Fire broke out shortly after 11 o'clock Tuesday night in the millinery store conducted by Mrs. E. R. Prosser on Philadelphia avenue in Barnesboro and before the blaze could be controlled damage to the extent of almost $2,000 was done, notwithstanding that the local fire laddies worked their hardest to extinguish the flames. The fire stated upstairs supposedly from a defective flue and had gained considerable headway before it was discovered. The Barnesboro Hose, Hook and Ladder Company promptly responded and it was only through their gallant efforts that the building was saved from total destruction and the entire block along this side of the street from being swept away. Seeing the flames gain such head way people rushed into the burning building and assisted in carrying out all the goods within reach. Everything left in the store was totally destroyed by the fire and water combined. A restaurant next door in the same building was also badly damaged although the interior did not suffer as severely as the milliner's establishment. The structure was covered by insurance. Attacked on Road near Twin Rocks Joseph Louther, a timber inspector for the PRR, is at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Peter Toner of Minersville, nursing a broken jaw sustained when he was attacked by highwaymen at Twin Rocks on last Thursday. The robbers attacked Mr. Louther as he was walking along a public road east of [worded faded] Twin Rocks and in spite of his vigorous efforts to fight them off, finally felled him to the ground and rifled his pockets of $90. Says He was Twice Assaulted Nantyglo Foreman Alleges Discharged Workman Gave Him Two Bad Beatings John Stine of Nantyglo was brought to jail here Thursday by Constable Charles Stiffler to await trial at the next term of court on a charge of aggravated assault and battery preferred by Harry Rankin, employed as foreman by Contractor H. C. Stahl, who is doing some work at Nantyglo for the Cardiff Coat company. Rankin alleges that because he discharged Stine for misconduct the latter attacked him on Saturday evening and again on Sunday, administering a severe beating each time. Held for Shooting Man Living Near Bakerton Must Face Charge at Court – Joseph Benson Wounded Before Squire Brieff of Carrolltown a Mr. Nagle near Bakerton was given a hearing last week on a charge of having shot and seriously wounded Joseph Benson. The latter is in a critical condition it is said. With two companions Benson was hunting near Bakerton. They walked on land belonging to Nagle. He saw them and ordered them to leave the premises at once. The three men refused and Benson was shot in the neck by Nagle. He was attended by Dr. Arbel of Carrolltown. His home is in this place. The testimony of witnesses at the hearing before Squire Brieff was such that the justice could do nothing but hold Nagle for court. He gave bail. Peddlers Must Have License Three foreigners have been arrested within the past few days on charges of peddling without license. THE FREEMAN has already noted the bailing out of jail by an Altoonan of David Neuberg. Charles Waler and Jacob Strauss were the other two and they were bailed by Jacob Berman. District Attorney J. W. Leech directs attention to the fact that under the Act of June 14, 1901, all peddlers are required to take out a license. The penalty provided is a minimum fine of $100 and a maximum of $500 and of jail term, a minimum of three months and maximum of one year. In his discretion the judge can give both a fine and jail sentence. Black Hand Sensation Sprung at Barnesboro Joe Mardoni Threatened with Death because He Deserts Woman who is Not His Wife He Alleges Assault and Conspiracy Another Black Hand sensation has been sprung among the foreign residents of Barnesboro and the situation promises to grow interesting before the thing dies out. Monday three Italians - Frank Suspinzo, Nick Brozari and Mike Ponti – were arrested on charges of aggravated assault and battery and conspiracy taken before Justice Brown of this place, for a hearing and committed to the borough lockup over night. Tuesday morning they entered bail for their appearance at the next term of court. Joe Mardoni, an Italian who lives at Moss Creek, is the prosecutor. Joe has a wife but owing to something that did not exactly suit his particular fancy he some time ago discarded his better half and took up his residence with another woman. This woman is the sister of Frank Murillo, the Italian who was shot to death in the melee at Portage last March following which Joseph Myers was charged with murder and acquitted at the last term of Court. Mrs. Murillo appeared as a witness for the commonwealth during the murder trial. She gave her name as Nuncio Murillo. She had an infant in her arms while attending court at Ebensburg and stated that she was married to Frank Murillo some time last winter. Counsel for the defense in an effort to break the woman's testimony went so far as to show that no marriage had ever taken place with Murillo and her. Mardoni met this woman some time ago and not having any wife under his own roof at the time, took her in to live with him. It seems, though, that Mardoni soon began to realize that in selecting woman No. 2 he had not made any better bargain than when he chose No. 1. So he forthwith packed his grip one day and sauntered off. The Murillo woman, however, notified her friends of the affair and a delegation headed off Mardoni and drove him back to the domicile whence he came. Then it was that Black Hand missives threatening dire results if he did not immediately marry the Murillo woman were sent to Mardoni in great batches, the customary skull and cross bones and other significant hieroglyphics appearing at the head of each note. Finally Joe got mad and gave his adopted wife a licking and then skedaddled for a place of safety. Blood is thicker than water, however, as the saying goes, and it was only a matter of an hour or so before the Murillo woman's relatives knew all about Joe's taking leg-ball after thumping his wife and they went after Joe. They caught him down near Garmantown and administered to him sundry knocks, cuts and bruises calculated to keep any man from running away from a wife, whether lawfully wedded to her or otherwise. So Joe invoked the aid of the law in securing vengeance and will appear against the trio in court if the matter is not settled before that time. Round-Up of Fugitives Lands Two Men in Jail John Kondish, Who Escaped from County Jail Two Years Ago, Arrested at Uniontown - Sent to Penitentiary George Vincent Also Landed in Jail After a search begun over a year and a half ago County Detective E. H. Knee has at last been rewarded in finding George Vincent, wanted on several commonwealth charges preferred against him in this county. Last week Vincent was located in Defiance, Bedford county, by Mr. Knee who promptly placed him under arrest and took him to the Bedford jail where he spent the night. Wednesday morning he was brought to Ebensburg and placed in jail where he will likely remain until his trial comes up. A year and a half ago Vincent, who lived in Blandburg, was arrested on a charge of stealing a large amount of honey and several hives of bees from Herman Scott who lived in that locality. When given a hearing before a local justice of the peace enough evidence was produced to warrant the justice in holding the man for court. Vincent induced a man named Cronmire to go on his bond and then rewarded the bondsman for his kindness a day or two later by skipping the county. The day before he left, however, a store conducted by a Jew at Blandburg, was robbed of a lot of clothing and other valuables and suspicion was directed against Vincent. A warrant was issued for his arrest on several charges, but the chase after the fugitive was unsuccessful until Tuesday. Another creditable piece of work accomplished by Detective Knee within the past few days was the locating of John Kondish who in company with George Steckroth and George Shontz escaped from the county jail at this place during Sheriff Elmer Davis' term. Young Kondish who is now 22 years of age was serving a nine months' sentence on a charge of felonious cutting when the three connived to escape. The three were known as "trusties" – prisoners who are accorded more or less liberty about the jail, but prisoners, nevertheless. Steckroth and Shontz were captured and returned to the bastile whence they came but Kondish was not located until recently. Mr. Knee, several days ago, heard of the arrest of a young man at Uniontown for felonious cutting, and finding that the description tallied with that of Kondish, Monday Mr. Knee went to Uniontown to investigate the matter. His suspicions were confirmed. It was Kondish but he was already in the tolls of Fayette county justice and, having been sentenced to the Huntingdon reformatory where he is not likely to be discharged under two and one half years. District Attorney J. W. Leech Wednesday received a letter from Supt. T. H. Patton of the Industrial Reformatory at Huntingdon, Pa., stating that John Kondus (sic) had been transferred to the Western Penitentiary. Following information received stating that Kondus (sic) has been sent to the reformatory, Mr. Leech wrote the authorities at Huntingdon, giving young Kondus' record in this county and stating that he did not regard the reformatory as the proper place for the young man, under the circumstances. The letter received by Mr. Leech Wednesday reads in part as follows: "Our board of managers at their meeting Friday last decided that Kondus was not a fit subject for this institution and directed his transfer to the Western Penitentiary where he was taken yesterday. "Should your county wish to arrest him on his release therefrom, you should lodge a detainer with the warden of the Western penitentiary. He has only a maximums sentence of one year which will expire Sept. 29, 1906, or if he should be allowed commutation it would be at an earlier date. "Yours respectfully "T. B. Patton, General Superintendent." Diphtheria on Increase Two Deaths from Disease in Bakerton and Citizens are Taking Precautions The diphtheria situation at Bakerton is alarming many people of that town and vicinity. Dr. W. E. Matthews of Johnstown Monday received a telephone message from Dr. E. T. Williams stating that there had been two deaths from the disease since Saturday. Dr. Williams is the state representative of the board of health in that section and is taking all possible precautions against the spread of the disease. A child of John Yeaglin died Sunday of diphtheria. James, the 16- year-old son of John Miller, died Monday afternoon of scrofula and diphtheria. While there are only two cases of the disease at present, the citizens are somewhat alarmed. Although there have been 16 or more cases of diphtheria, Dr. Williams, who has charge of all the patients is strictly enforcing the quarantine regulations and insists that funerals of victims be private. At Carrolltown Sunday constables turned back a large funeral party from Bakerton. They allowed the hearse and priest to enter the graveyard but no one else. The people of Bakerton are very wroth at the quarantine placed upon them by Carrolltown and other places. Jacob Cox, Bellwood J. H. Lovell mentioned as having attended a funeral at Bellwood Sunday, remarked that Jacob Cox, the deceased, was aged 83 years and his death was the first that occurred in his family.