NEWS: Cambria Freeman; 1909; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, 26 Mar 1909 Volume 43, Number 13 Local and Personal The Misses Oline and Grace Denny of the First Ward, Johnstown, were in Ebensburg Monday. The Denny family will come to Ebensburg for the summer about June 1st. George McPike of Altoona was a visitor in Ebensburg Tuesday. He is a son of the veteran editor, Harry A. McPike of Washington D. C. Mrs. Howard Evans of Johnstown came to Ebensburg Saturday evening on account of the illness of her mother, Mrs. John L. Stough. Miss Ethel Thomas, the operator at Kaylor, was laid up at her home here with grip last week, but is able to be about again. Grocer Scott W. Jones of the East ward has been under the weather with rheumatism for some time. Mrs. W. I. Stineman of South Fork and son, Frank, were the guests of the Hon. and Mrs. Edmund James this week. Mrs. Thomas S. Davis of the West ward has been critically ill the past week. Metropolitan's New Clerk Clerk Addams who has been at the Metropolitan Hotel for the last four or five months left Wednesday for Altoona where he remained until Thursday and then with his wife went to Atlantic City where he will have charge of the branch store of a large firm of Japanese and Chinese importers. He has been succeeded at the Metropolitan by Mr. Demmer of Greensburg who was formerly at the Crystal in Johnstown. Barn near Patton Burned Patton, March 25 Fire Sunday burned to the ground the barn on the property of Alex Fox, dairyman, located just out of town. Some machinery and a number of chickens were burned. The fire was started, it is said, by boys who were smoking cigarettes in the barn. Schwab Coming Back Charles F. O'Donnell of Loretto said this week that Mr. and Mrs. John A. Schwab, parents of Charles M. Schwab, who have been wintering in Florida, are expected to return to Loretto April 1st. They will hereafter make Loretto their summer home and winter in the south, finding the North Cambria town too bleak and lonely during the cold months. Local Man in Nebraska Jesse E. Ferguson, formerly of Ebensburg, but who has been in the West for the past several years, has just arranged to go into farming on a big scale in the vicinity of Chambers, Neb. He has bought a 640- acre stock farm there and will move onto it this spring. For sometime, Mr. Ferguson has been in the mining business at Sioux City, Ia. New Telephone Manager C. A. Miller of Huntington has been appointed local manager of the Huntingdon and Clearfield Telephone company to succeed R. B. McClain. Mr. Miller is staying at the Metropolitan Hotel. Mr. McClain has returned to his home in Greensburg. Prisoners to Huntingdon Jail Warden Ed Knee Monday morning took six prisoners to the state reformatory at Huntingdon. They were Frank Tarbey, Charles Dekon, Frank Basic, Steve Ruby, Joseph Lewis and Joseph Matavay. Mr. Knee returned home on Tuesday. Pinched for Pointing Gun A. C. Lovelace, of Nant-y-Glo, was arrested Monday afternoon for pointing a gun in the direction of Gus Johnson, bartender at the Tavern. He was given a hearing before Judge Waters and held for court. The gun was loaded. Karaffa, Murderer, Swung into Eternity – Extracts Man Who Killed Andy Zagatta at Hastings 23 Months Ago Hanged Thursday in Jail Yard Only Small Crowd Saw Execution John Karaffa, the Austrian convicted of the murder of Andy Zagatta at Hastings almost two years ago, was hanged Thursday morning in the jail yard. There was no crowd at the execution. Only 21 men, other than the officials, witnessed it. Of these 21 men, 12 of them were jurymen. [snip] The body was cut down at 11:06 and turned over to Undertaker Dimond of South Fork, who at once started overland to South Fork with it. [snip] No pictures have ever been taken of Karaffa. He stubbornly refused to pose before the camera and the jail officials would not permit it without the consent of the prisoner. At the trial of Karaffa it was brought out that on the night of April 17, 1907, the accused man had gone from his boarding house at Castle Garden to Hastings where he proceeded to drink to excess. While Karaffa and a companion were seated in a bar room drinking, Andy and Mike Zagatta and a number of companions entered the place. Some words ensured between the Zagattas and Karaffa and about ten o'clock in the evening, the whole party broke up and started for home. On the road home, Andy Zagatta was killed. When Karaffa was found the next day he had a cut over one eye but said he did not remember anything of the occurrence of the night before as he was too drunk. [snip] Sale of Gouden Property Constable Dick Evans of Ebensburg who has been appointed by the court as a committee to take charge of the estate of Joseph Gouden, has announced that a sale will be held on the farm in Summerhill Township next Tuesday. Gouden, it will be remembered, was taken from this place sometime ago with his mother, after conditions beggaring description were discovered. The mother was taken to the county poor farm where she died soon afterward and Gouden has been locked in the jail. He has been adjudged mentally irresponsible. An effort will be made within a few days to place him where he can receive treatment. Constable Evans, Enoch Miller and Joe Davis have returned from the Gouden farm, where they tried to cleanup the premises. They have destroyed probably 3,000 pounds of old and filthy rags and rubbish of other kinds found in the house. Among the stuff thrown out and burned were hundreds of pairs of worn out and useless shoes. Conditions on the place are indescribable, according to Constable Evans.