NEWS:   Cambria Freeman; 1909; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, PA
Friday, 20 Aug 1909
Volume 43, Number 34


Personal and Local Mention 

Among those who attended the funeral of the late Edward W. Humphreys 
Saturday were his sons, Thomas W., of South Dakota and William S. of 
Johnstown and his daughter, Mrs. Winfield Reese of Johnstown with her 
husband and family and Mrs. Joseph Reese, Mrs. Edward Reese and Aaron 
Davis of Johnstown and the Rev. Samuel W. Griffith of Cleveland, the 
latter taking part in the services.

A. L. Riggs, of Ebensburg, for some years past superintendent of the 
Ebensburg Light, Heat & Power Company, will remove on the 25th inst. to 
Macon, Ga., where he has associated himself with an agency of the White 
Automobile Company.

George B. DeLancey, an employee of THE FREEMAN office, Ebensburg, left 
Monday for his home in New Bloomfield.  He will also visit Harrisburg, 
Gettysburg and other points of interest during his three weeks 
vacation.

Mrs. Harry R. Fredericks of Ebensburg is confined to her bed suffering 
from tuberculosis.

Miss Emma Pruner has returned home after a five weeks vacation, camping 
with friends in Butler.

Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Rahm of Cresson spent Sunday in Ebensburg with the 
family of James McClune.

George Huntley, our retired hardware merchant, has gone to Bedford 
Springs to spend a couple of weeks.

Mrs. Catherine Myers of Ebensburg is in New York on a visit to her 
sister whom she has not seen for thirty years.

Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lehman left Monday afternoon for Johnstown to attend 
two family reunions in that vicinity this week.


Arm Broken in Runaway 

Paul, the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Makin of the East ward, 
sustained a fracture of his right arm between the shoulder and elbow 
and was badly bruised as the result of a runaway accident on Tuesday 
morning about 9 o'clock.  The lad was driving his father's horse along 
Center Street when it frightened at something and dashed down the 
street.  The lad had almost succeeded in stopping the animal about two 
squares from where it had scared, but the wagon collided with a 
telephone pole in front of Bloom's meat market, hurling the boy out and 
breaking the wagon shaft. The boy was taken to the office of Dr. F. C. 
Jones where he received medical attention.


Bradley Not Murdered 
Gallitzin, Aug. 18

A closer examination of the body of John Bradley, made last evening by 
Coroner McMillen and Deputy Coroner H. B. Mainhart, rather removes the 
suspicion that the man whose dead body was found early yesterday 
morning a mile above Lilly, along the PRR tracks, was murdered and 
robbed. It was at first reported that only one mark, a hole in the back 
of the skull, could be found and that $45 which he had received on 
Monday was missing.  The examination by Coroner McMillen and his 
assistant, however, puts an entirely different light on the probable 
cause of Bradley's death.  Most of the supposed missing money was also 
found. It is the general opinion now that Bradley was hit by a train.


Loss of His Money Hastened the End 
Cassandra Miner, Who Never Read Papers, Dies at the Memorial

The loss of his money on deposit in the broken Gardner-Morrow bank of 
Hollidaysburg is believed to have been largely responsible for the 
death in the Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, Monday morning of Michael 
Morrissey, an aged resident of Cassandra, this county, who because he 
did not read the newspaper had not learned of the bank's failure and 
did not present his claim for a share of the lands for distribution 
until too late.  The hospital records, however, show that Morrissey was 
admitted to that institution for treatment for a cancer on his leg.  
Morrissey was 69 years of age.

Some 18 or 20 years ago before the failure of the Hollidaysburg bank, 
Morrissey was a hard working miner and he had accumulated a sum in 
excess of $3,000 which he deposited in the Gardner-Morrow bank.  Not 
reading the newspaper, he never leaned of the bank's failure until less 
than a year ago when, following an accident in the mines, he needed 
money and went to Hollidaysburg to draw some out of the bank. Imagine 
his surprise when he failed to find the bank and when he was informed 
that the institution had gone to the wall.  He employed counsel to 
recover the money but the auditor in charge of the distribution 
contested the Morrissey claim on the ground that it had been outlawed 
and his stand was upheld by the court. Morrissey worried greatly over 
his loss and it is known that the worriment hastened the end.