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, 14 May 1909 Volume 43, Number 20 Local and Personal Robert Jones of High Street, East Ward, is critically ill. Miss Ethel Thomas spent Saturday and Sunday in Altoona. Thomas J. Seaman of Summerhill spent Sunday with friends in Ebensburg. Mrs. Edward Griffith has returned to this place after spending the winter in Ohio. Miss Mae Jones left Monday for Atlantic City where she will spend a few weeks. Ernest, son of George Davis of Julian Street, is confined to his home with pneumonia. Mrs. Joseph Brown spent Tuesday at Cresson as the guest of her daughter, Mrs. William Coyle. John E. Evans (tanner), of the East Ward, who has been ill for some time past, is not much improved. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cassidy of Spangler spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Cassidy of this place. Melanchthon Evans of Johnstown spent Sunday in Ebensburg with his mother, Mrs. E. E. Evans, who has been seriously ill for several weeks past. Mrs. Abner Griffith and her daughter, Miss Elizabeth Griffith, returned home Saturday morning of last week. Miss Griffith was a patient in the hospital for the past several months. Mrs. J. B. Denny of Johnstown and her infant son are spending a few weeks in Atlantic City. They left Monday and were accompanied as far as Philadelphia by Mr. Denny, who will remain a few days. Additional Personals W. F. Hains of Lilly was a visitor in the county seat Monday. Frank Brown, manager of the Patton Brewery, was an Ebensburg visitor Thursday. The Hon. James J. Thomas of Carroll Township was a visitor at THE FREEMAN office Friday morning. Mr. Thomas is a well known Democrat and a prominent farmer. He had not visited Ebensburg for three years and was pleased with the signs of progress in the county seat. The Misses Martha and Bird Kinkead of Johnstown were the guests this week of Mr. and Mrs. Fergus Lloyd of Ebensburg. Mrs. Cyrus Davis of Conemaugh, who had been spending a few days in Ebensburg, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Kittell and daughter are spending several days in Atlantic City. Sent to Almshouse Vinco, May 10 -- Tottering under the weight of 70 years, his mind unbalanced and covered with vermin, an aged man giving his name as Charles Graw of Bedford wandered into this place this morning and begging for food at several houses. He was sent to the almshouse this afternoon. Struck by Lightning The Bennett homestead on the Bradley Junction road, several miles from Ebensburg, was struck by lightning Sunday noon and quite badly damaged. The north of the county was visited at intervals Sunday by heavy thunderstorms. There was a decided change in the weather again Monday. Miss Shields Graduates Miss Anna J. Shields, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Shields of this place, graduated yesterday at the Presbyterian Training School in Philadelphia. She will take up her profession in the Quaker City. Still Interested in Cambria THE FREEMAN office is in receipt of a letter from the Hon. M. Fitzharris, formerly of Gallitzin, but now of Tarentum. Capt. Fitzharris is in good health and says that he is still interested in Cambria County. He expects to visit his old home and other points in the county before long. Walpole Goes Home George Walpole of Nashville, Tenn., who is slightly deranged and who has been in the Ebensburg jail for some weeks, was taken from the county seat Sunday afternoon by Constable James J. Jones of Johnstown, who will go with Walpole to Nashville. The man's mother, who conducts a small store in the Tennessee city, has forwarded funds to the county authorities for her boy's return home. Constable Jones arrived in Nashville at 8 o'clock Monday night. Before returning home he will see some of Nashville's sights. Are Said to Have Secured Big Sum from Murderer Justice of Peace and Constable Arrested at Instance of Leech on Unusual Charge Slayer Turned Loose Extortion is the charge that District Attorney Leech has brought against Justice of the Peace Harry Bostic and Constable James J. Henry of Bakerton and it is alleged in the information that they permitted a murderer to escape on the payment to them by the slayer of $144. According to the information brought at the instance of District Attorney Leech before Justice A. J. Waters of this place, May 28 of last year Andrew Kralley slew his brother, Luke Kralley at Bakerton. The murderer, according to the information, was arrested at the time and the following day Bostic and Henry allowed him to go after they had profited to the extent of $144 by so doing. The information relates that of the money turned over by the murderer, Henry received a bonus of $50 in addition to $9 costs in the case and that Bostic secured for his share $50 in the presence of Henry but after the latter's departure succeeded in getting $35 more from Kralley not counting $40 that he had also obtained from the alleged murderer in connection with the settlement. Thus, it is alleged Justice Bostic's consent to turn the murderer loose netting him something in the neighborhood of $120, including docket costs. It was stated here Tuesday evening that Bostic admits getting $40 mentioned and that Bostic claims he also divided this money with Henry. Attaches of the district attorney's office had been hunting for Kralley ever since the murder and the fugitive was captured about ten days ago. Constable Dick Evans of this place arrested the two defendants, one last Saturday and the other Monday, and both have furnished bail for their appearance at court. It is understood this evening that the docket of Justice Bostic does not contain any record of the arrest of Kralley following the murder of his brother a year ago. Died on Street Car Passengers on a Patton-bound street car Friday afternoon were startled when they heard a woman's voice shrieking: "My God! My baby is dying." A foreign woman going to Patton had her baby with her and discovered suddenly that the child was in convulsions. There were several women on the car and they assisted the mother with her baby. It was only a few minutes, however, before the baby was dead. When the car reached Patton, the mother and a couple of friends carried the dead baby away.