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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, June 18, 1909
Volume 43, Number 25


Local and Personal

Mrs. B. J. Roberts of Narbeth, Pa., formerly of this place, sailed 
Thursday from New York for a trip to England and Wales.

Miss Mazie Lloyd, daughter of Postmaster and Mrs. J. G. Lloyd, has gone 
to Kane, Pa., where she will remain for several weeks.

Mrs. A. J. Mason and son, Morris Bannister, left Thursday evening for a 
stay of two months with Mrs. Mason's mother, in Hawesville, Ky.

J. G. Lloyd and George Kinkead of Ebensburg returned home Thursday from 
Harrisburg where they had been attending the state convention.

The Misses Lonie and Mildred Owens, daughters of Commissioner John 
Owens, left today for Johnstown where they will spend several weeks 
with relatives.
  

Bakerton Officers Charged with Crime [Court News] - Extracts

The case in which Constable James J. Henry and Justice Harry Bostick of 
Bakerton ware charged with extortion and permitting Andy Kralley, who 
was accused of murder, to escape came up for trial Thursday afternoon 
in Judge Frazer's court.  A number of witnesses were placed on the 
stand, among them Andy Kralley, who was convicted of manslaughter 
yesterday.  As in his own case, he proved a good witness and told a 
damaging story against the two defendants.  [Snip]

A particularly nasty case for the city of Johnstown occupied the 
attention of Judge O'Connor's court in the large room in the court 
house Monday.  Starting at 1 o'clock, almost all of the afternoon was 
taken up in hashing and rehashing the details of as obscene an action 
as has ever been brought to the attention of the court.

The defendants in this case were Andrew Gates, Grover Craig, Edward 
Kraft and Webster Craig.  The prosecutor was James K. Myers, on behalf 
of his 14-year-old daughter, Alma Myers.  All of the parities concerned 
live in Morrellville.  The jury found all four defendants guilty in 
manner and form as indicted.

It was alleged by the prosecution that the four young men named, April 
20 last, took the young girl to a secluded spot back of the Bheam 
street school house, compelled her to drink whisky until she became 
helpless and then assaulted her. The defense denied the allegations of 
rape and endeavored to show that the girl was of a bad character. A 
witness for the defense said that he had been told by the father of one 
of the defendants that he was "to go to Ebensburg and run down the 
girl's character."  [Snip]

In court Tuesday afternoon Nick Cravatta, convicted of murder in the 
second degree some months ago for killing Severia Divito at South Fork 
last fall, was sentenced to pay the costs of prosecution, a fine of $1 
and undergo imprisonment in the penitentiary for three years.


Senate Chaplain Hale Dead

Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, distinguished preacher, author, 
philanthropist, peace advocate and chaplain of the United States Senate 
died at his home in Boston a week ago Thursday, aged 87.


Mrs. J. D. Garber

Mrs. W. D. Port of this place left Wednesday for Center County to 
attend the funeral of her mother, Mrs. J. D. Garber, who died Tuesday 
morning at the home of her daughter near Bellefonte, at the advanced 
age of 89 years.  The funeral was held Thursday.