The Conshohocken Recorder, January 20, 1911

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4658 THE CONSHOHOCKEN RECORDER FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 31)11 $1 PER YEAR
JAILED FOR AT'TEMPT
AT TRAIN WRECKING
MISS LEHMAN RESIGNS
AS LIBRARIAN
OFFICER PHIPP8 ARRESTS TWO SHE HAS BEEN ELECTED LI
YOUTHS WHO CONFLSo TC
DRIVING A SPIKE BETWEEN A
SWITCH POINT AND A RAU ON
THE TRENTON CUT-OFF—RAIL-ROAD
MEN SAY IT WOULD HAVE
DITCHED A TRAIN.
On Tue.day lust. Officer Phipps, of
tii^ Fciut";ivania Railroad, arrested
w-.lk.in-. sicMullin, aged is years, and
Otto tteppllct aged is years, both of
DresherU in, neai Port Washington,
BRARIAN OF THE HAZLETON LI-BRARY,
A MUCH LARGER IN-STITUTION
THAN THE LOCAL.
ONE. WILL ASSUME HER NEW
DUTIES ON MARCH 1ST.—SUC-CESSOR
HAS NOT BEEN SELCCT-ED
BUT WILL BE A TRAINED
LIBRARIAN.
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Miss Reba Lehman, who has had
charge of the local library since .lime
1008, lias tendered her resignatl n to
charged with driving a spike between the Board of Trustees and it has been
a switch-joint and the north rail onjaccepted. Miss i.imian has been
the west-bound track at Dresbertown. elected librarian of the Hasleton
two stations beyond Port Washington. I public library, which is a mucn larg-
They were given a bearing before |er instltnUoii than the local one and
•Squire Khoads, of Fort Washington, it is a decided advance for her in the
or. Tuesday evening, and committed library field. At her new post she
in Jail in default of $000 bail for trial
at Court
The spike was noticed by the track
walker early Saturday morning, the
14th ins-t., and he immediately noti-fied
the raiiroad officials who detailed
Officer Pbippa on the case. He found
that the spike had been placed and
will have full charge of the library
and will have two assistants and
wnile the advance is a notable one
and one of which she is capable of
lulling, the trustees anil the hundreds
of patrons of the library regret her
leaving here.
Miss I-ehman studied library worn at
that a train had run over it, tightly 1)lexeI ;„Kutute, from which InStltU-trudging
*t between the switch point tion she grad,iated ,„ Ule , la88 of 08
.and the back and railroa.leis sav that I and fna iinlue(iiately elected librarian
bad another train run over it, it for ,he ,0(al llbrarv_ Sne )s thor-would
suieiy have oeen derailed and . (n,Klllv tra|ned i„ Hbrarj work and
thrown over the embankment at the ,,,,.i.-,- nw administration n.e lihrary
point Officer Phipps used his detec-|,nB greatlv increased Its circulation
Uve ability very cleverlj aid during .,„,, durlng ,ug( V(,.|r „1(, ril<.,T),.tir>11
the :.fte-:.0(,n placed McMrllln ami ,., ,.(,oks reachftd ,,„. grtai „,..,, „r
hjpplie uide.- arrtst. At thi ear- .,,,„,,, she has been lnstrumen'
arousing great interest among the
school children in the work of the li-and
the schools have found the
children have been greatly benedtd.
Then, cla: si* nave been formed
which further extend Hie usefn'nss
ot tlie library and has added Incn ised
interest to its woi".<.
During Miss Lehman's residence
I., re She has made many friends and
n her pleasing personallt <11-■ suo-ctss
of the library work in this town
must in a large measure be nttrlbi'ied.
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in.. Mc.MuV.in cmlesse.l Ilia he drove
thO spire assisted by Ile.iplie, but
•neither of the hoys .vould gi>e any rea>
son for their vicious act.
Neither i.f the boys could secure
bail and they were taken to jail to
aw ail trial at the March term of
Court
Y. M. A. A. SMOKER
Music, Boxing and Addresses Made
a Fine Program tor the Ent-rtain-ment
of the Association.
The Library Trustees have OCCept-
Cn Tuesd u the Y. M. A. A. ed her resignation with regi
gav« a smoker in their rooms in the the hundreds of patrons of the library
A. O. II. 1 wilding and a very pleasant will sincerely regret her leaving
evening was spent by the members of here but are glad that she has receiv-the
association ami friends. A line i a worth} advancemenl In her
program had been prepared by the en- o: work.
tertainment committee and the smoker At a meeting of the trustees to be
was the best ever given bj the club, iheld in the near future, applications
Harrolii's orchestia played a number, which have been receivd from a niim-of
selections during the evening and ber of librarians will be eonsl'lered
addresses were made bj Rev. Hugh end II can be assui hat
Dale, assistant rector of SL Matthew's the successful applicant will l.
Church and Burgess Ri . Marco's trained librarian and one who is fitted
trio, of Norristown, sang several beau- ;o carry on the present work at It
tiiui selections and the Bed Rose So- has been done in tl i ad wl I b<
cial Quartette, of Manayunk, alto capable of giving good as.-i- |
sang several numbers. Mr. Harris, I advancing the worl-.
of Manayunk, and Mr. Marco, of Nor-rlstown,
sang solos which were great- BU8P|CI0U< CHARACTERS
ly enjoyed and brought forth much, ARRESTED
applause. They were compelled to
CHANGES TO BE MADE
IN TROLLEY SCHEDULE
SUPERINTENDENT HOEGER WILL
PLACE A NEW CAR ON THIS
LINE TO RUN FROM THE RAIL-ROAD
TO PLYMOUTH, FOR THE
NOON TRIP.-CHURCHGOER8 TO
HAVE BETTER SERVICE.—UN*
TO dE REBUILT.
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MRS. JOHN HARPER
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JAP ASSAILANT OF
MRS. HARPER CAUGH1
FORMER SUTLER ENTERS LOWER
MERION HOME SUPPOSEDLY TO
KILL A NURSE WHO REr'tLLED
HIS ADVANCES
EMPLOYER FOR
HIM
Massato Hiokl, variously known
del the v im< • ol Louis M.
i(i and ethers, former Jap butlei
the home ot rohn M. Harper, at \
i eld w Ithoul ball for i
i - > of i
or, at the Ardmore police Station
OF LOVE.-STABS , ,, , „„ . |;, |(, ,„,„.,. :;,eli
MN°I« of burglary, ass.:,:, and bs
and in' mi to hill. Hiokl bj His .
| (inn • tton ei ti ■ ed the resl lew
Mettiose Hyoki, the Japanei - butl the Harpers before daybreak on r
who slashed with a knife and seriously I i.ky crning, alter forcing a pi
wounded Mrs. John M. Harper .it her catch on a kitchen window.
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bj Which be had entered he dissapear-ed
in the shrubbery close by to the
house.
in the meantime 11 was found that
■ i: fallen un< onscloua
. .. n ounda In thi
BI '! i reaut, Her husband also had re-j
ceived cuts on the hand during the i
the intruder. He ran
io .■ tel,eph, one and, summoned..D.r. -II-. i tba( cha..n. ge,s. wou.ld be _m,
. . , away with these iiiromnii P. Branson, the family physician, who . * „ ...
Two Colored Men Are ,n Custody for
Acting Suspiciously Near Station
That Was Robbed.
responc to encores. "King" Kelly
recited '". TU'.V at the Bat" as only
the "King ' can do it and he uas com-pelled
tc recite 'Asleep at the
Switch" »s an encore. George it. H.
Chell, who is gifted with a fine voice Vesterdaj morning a) da; light. Of-a
solo and afterwards recited "1 ' ' f PhiPP*. ot tbii b rough ...
am the Solid Man." This piece mad*. WUlla Bhortridge, aged 20 yean and
smh a hit that he responded to an en- George Smith, aged is years, both col-core
win, »Marj Had a Ittle Lamb." wed. toi acting suspiciously about St.
Mr. Chell acted the characters In his'Thomas' station, on the Trenton Cm-recitations
with fine dramatic effect. "T Railroad. This station hi.a been
Several members of the club were broken Into on the nlghl of Januaiy
the participants in the boxing bouts | Hth and since then oilier I'liii ps
and their work showed the dub is not h«8 been keeping a sharp loo
lacking in good athletic.,. The goes about there. When he saw the color-w,
rc fast and icientWc. |« ' men i irly In tho mornlns I
After the program had been render- about a, he quesl aed them
ed ti.- guesti wne serve,; with re- •"' •'•-• they could give no reason for
fieshmentr.
ORGAN RECITAL
their prehtnee there, lie placed them
under arrest and took the before
'Squire Rhoads, at Port Washington
who committed them to jail tor twontv
On Sunday, January 29, 1911, the days, on the charge '' ; '" '•''
following organ recital will be given railroad property, wi . tl 'lr r< irds
in the Baptist Church: ,n( being Investigated. Seen ridge
Organ—"March in G" ,.w. Richmond gave his residence as Norta C« na
"Pastorale'' P. Wachs ano Smith said his home is in New
Contralto—"I Heard the Voice of.York city. The officer has found that
Jesus Bay" F. Ralhbun Smith served a term of tnr^e mrnths
Organ—"Largo" O. ■'. Handel jn the Montgomery county Jail. In
onvi I >e ' .a A—G, .i elni ci nvii I d ol i arryln "ei.-
Deii.nick cealed deadly weapons, and that two
Organist.... Q : iert Walker, weeks ago he was relea i I fi« n the
Contralto 8 abel Rene Hewe al Newark, >. J., after serv:.ig a
l< rm i 'i the Bame offi m e.
home near West Con^hoh'
also cut Mi. Harp* r whi n he i
to the aid of his wife, was captured
Wi dnesday by Detectivi ■ Ulrlck ai d
Coogan- ai the Japarn
Thlrtyi-seventh and Loci il tftreete,
Philadelphia. The litl! Jap dl I nol
Bubmit quietly to arrest, but lout hi
the i"" d tlves, until ov< rpowi 11 d.
when the detectives arived the door
r/aa closed, and no respou?e beings
uadi in repeated ringing ot the bell,
they were obliged to lone the door.
Hyoki was t'ound in a bed and cue of
bis hands was BO badly cm that it was
said ii wcnld probably have to he ; n
piiiaied. Notwithstanding iMs he put
up ;i i ighi in lore he final] • consent • d
n accompany the officers to City Had
On the way to Central Station H was
discovered that the prison;- had not
eaten anything for at least two Ja/a,
but he said he did not care to ea1 any-thing
and the detectives save II aa
their opinion that he Intend ■' to Ptarve
to death.
Tut prisoner wa; taken before Cap
lain of detectives Soi d< r ai d
admitted he was the man want d. am
that he had done I le cut In (. 11 a d
Hi H lie had !■• en employed at th< id ;■■■ ■ i I nd.
pel ie.-iii nee near Wesi Con IM IOC' . , .- •:i» .iinrm me :,
en as a butler and bad become Infatu ,..,,,, •,!,,. ted and rushed toward
ate.i with a German maid. Mrs Har- ,\,Hiy 0l- [,er husbands room adjo •■ • i
per, he said, discovered this and be ,\t n,0 same instant the man sp- r- •
was discharged. He told Assi.-taui toward her and struck at her wltl
SuperintSPdant of Police O'leaiv and dagger. The blow was aimed at h*r
Captain Souder that the maid hai said heart the police Bay, but her p
aomethlng to Mrs. Harper about bira n„,nt (..1US(.(| n to miss iis mart
entere I ii:- I ■ i ehamb«
Mr. and ."is. ilarper and attacke
latter as she la\ ash ep. Intel
with a carving knife obtained Li
y io nun 'i.i
|.. ;•.. , le ,]! | ,,.' |e)
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li Is b< iii \ ed bj lie polii i t ha
Jap entered the house with the i
tion of Injuring a Geran nurs?
With w ho lie had lieen in lOVB
complaint l<> Mrs. Harper. Other B r
so -.. can ed the butl< r to ICI
!:is position.
Seme time between 3 and i
Mrs. Il.ii ri i uas awakened h> a
noise in the corridcr near her room.
11 i ii lug il ' - ' aused bj i ae i
surants the thought nothing mo
the matter until she was *'artl« •■■
the sound of hei In 1 room door I
lag aad i losing.
t'e arlnc U mi > e the woman ii •
id i I surgeon of the liryn Mawr ,
pital.
Cblel Donaghy of the Main Line po-
: i. wai lmme<liately n I i at his i
a in Ardmore and, wiiii a n
mi n Btarted tor the • ouae. .
i Uy Hie .lap did no!
, ,. th< poli< •• traced him .
i • i i •■ than a mile by blood marks.
There tl trail was lost In a creek
' which runi through the farm ol Jo-
• •! i, (uiiii-ii, near West ( onshobock-i,.
;: general alarm was sounded
throughout the section.
The Transportation Committee <.f
the Business Men's Association held
a confarence with Superintended
Ceorge Hoegei, of the Reading I' ii-
MI Company, at hla office, In Norri*
town, on Wednesday evening, relative
tii i taking Boms changi a In I he new
rchedule tor the operation of the '>vl-
Itys In I his borough, that will affi.rd
greater convenience to the patrori if
11 e cars.
Mr Hoeger stated to the commit! «
that John A. Harrold, chairman of the
Railroad Committee of Town Cour."ii,
nad communicated with him on ti.c
subject of the schedule and th.i' le
had gone to see MrN Harrold. The
chairman asked that a car be run at
the noon hour for the benefit of the
b'isiness | eople. Mr. Hoeger re idii>
granted this icqueat and belfevel the
subject had been settled. He also
slated 'hat the new schedule had baca
under advisement for many mootlia
before he ing put into effect as it i'j
expectel to give better service r»wx
t.ie whol lins of the Reading Transit
Company. He stated that it is the ,
sire of the company to accommouve
tne peo'iie. Mr. Hoeger was askeI if
Mr. Harrold had requested any utb&f
• an •• .v,her lhan the car at noon
time. H' replied that he had nol
i'he committee then showed nr-v
many people who attend the churches
: re Inconvenienced by the change, 11-
ing compelled to take a car which ar-rives
at their desination 'wen!-, mte-forc
the tlrn 'for ervice, viie-i
under the old schedule they were not
subjected to this long wait, it SMS"
also showed Urn i" rsona using Use
7.69 and 8.07 l". It. R. trains and i .e
g and 1.07 A. M. Reading trans \ ire
i ed bj I he i hunge
as are the patn as of the mad wl
[gin their ray's work In the local miils
il T o'clock. Hi. ' Hoeger promised
made tc)
enlences if it
is at all possible.
The car which carries so man: :.c-sons
to the Chemical works and u>
Norristown, is now operating under
(he old schedule, leaving Hector alid
Walnut streets at 6.19 A. M.
On Monday next, the car now lim-ning
between Harmonville and riy-inouth
Meeting will make a trip
through the borough dally leaving
. R. K.. bridge at 12.06 P. M*
tor the acccmnii I nion «'. me im : ess
people. The cur will to Hy-moutb.
In a talk of the. general conditions
of tbe trolley road here, Mr. Hoeger
stated that as BOOU as the bo iugn
is ready to lay the pavement on Hec-tor
street and do the permanent
Inn iiiK the bOUra Of dawn an
day Tuesdaj the poll' i, nnd< i the
leadership ol Donaghy, Bcoured '■> iry
stretch of woods within fifteen miles
of the Harper home without result. W0I-ii on Bayette street, hl3 company
ii was lamed thai Vnki arrived at j w»i rebuild it'B line through here. He
Vllalnova station shortl] after mid- (,rtiier suited that the company is
night, when he was seen by John Cos- ,,..1(|j t0 go ahead with the work as
tello, driver of a grocery wagon. ' scion as the proper -iad.: are given
So thoroughly was the alarm and b) the Uorough but that the borough
description of the man circulate! that. t|!lcials reqUeBted bin io wait until
the police of even town and settle ,|l(, ,„.,,„;„„.„, ..,,,.,., WOrk is t> be
for several seconds vblle h« sta Ii- ""nl wlUun nn-v ",il,s "r Vlllaaova done in order that all the work be
movements of Hie intruder were plainly
aniiiiie. Thei' she reached tor .■ i-ton
to switch on the i lectric h ts,
o the man move '
md in I dl a llgl
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were on tue lookout tor Hie man done at one time and there will be
am! Q . i !.. . | II 0
in the paving.
Hnmc-kilied mettoi at Kindres.m's.
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♦ t-AOiES' AND QKNTS
• TAILORING
4 I West E<m Btroet
» Coo-^hoUoeken, P«-
Ri ulets cure constipation
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According to servants employed at „„ n^.^guv for the readjustme.it of
the Harper house. Y.ii.i enten d tbe
■v of Mr. and Mrs. Harper about
. ; eai i ago, a hen thi j w re In
i i g ni e thai tl wi i ed i I
the Lower Merlon house aa butler until
ago, and was well liked
tew weeks ago, and «as well li'
by the family.
Shortly before Christmas, thi po
lice say, Voki began to force his at-tentiona
on a pretty German girl who
had been empolyed by Mrs. Harpi r
SNEAK THIEVES BUSY
Steal a Purse From the Mantle of
Eim Street Home, in Daylight.
which caused his dlsmissaland thaMi"
then determined to have revenge. Be
lieving ih it Mr. and Mrs Harper were
not at home, he returned m the inns ■
eai Ij Tu idaj mdrning and Bald
in the dar'.ins hi attai I ed Mrs.
per in mistake tor the maid; "■
d Intended to
og, but he was unabli to < lin
r.he receivi d the blade In her arm
Mrs. Harper then grapple.', wil
Intruder, recognising him as the
char? id buth r,
As the -• und of the struggle ai
1 thi
the house, Mr. Harper and a numl
! to the room. Mr
per was the first to reach bis t
side, \^r pounced upon the Ja »,
Some time on Wednesday nioinin<
a sneak thief entered the home of
Patrick Mullen, at Elm and Ash
, hi',- li.eveal oil i<>„. The streets and stele a pockel bOOK C011-
n ; |e „.„ ,,„. th€ ,,,,„„,,. l0 Mr8 ,,,,, taintng |12. The pocket-book was h-per
who watched the actions ol the Ing on •. mantle in the middle room . I
butier and Dually, at the lequesl ol the first floor of the house. Mrs. \nu.
,„, „ ■ || chsi n ! him. '"' •'«" Ptaced Ihe porketbooh on tbe
A1 , . lervanl i ' mantle-piece In the n
viii.i! have n :
Harpei and th" girl.
Umbrenas covered and repaired at
Kehoc's, Hector street, oppo. school.
See Kindregsn's immense stocx ot
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he took tl ■ ' ";''' '; h '■'
Discovered In thi t antlly-clad B< rvanta. I avlm
ind tl ,•• m i-icn of wl i on.
rnlng, a i rough the
! i ', okl, a .i ipai i wier who hi d nr. Har]
been dismissed from the I ■ wrestling the knife from the i
I month ago, stabbed Mrs. Jebn M-. Bar- grasp, the frightened servants l
'per, of near West Conshohocken and irto ,n(1 r00ril an,| the .lap, v.ren^'
escaped after an encounter with her himself free, darted down •• Stall
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husband. Plunging headlo"c; through tho wil
"jap dc n't tall ," he Is repoi d
I ave aaid to i -■ r, ' bul ■■'. ■■■■■
be m d hi
■ th
., n m ar tbe bousi
was thought of the matter.
Mrs. Harper is said to 1
serious condition. Her husband, wl
conducts an importing business I i 18G
i Continued on Fifth l'age)
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noon win c -ei w ( Ul to ~c>l hi
ey, found li at II had b< i n
Durti de a trip
■ ■ and left ' ildrei)
in the kitchen '■ her
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ace the thief i atered tbi rronl
di i ind ' i dlr •<•' to the middle
room. The theft was reported to tl
police who are investigating,
Heavy IT,11k Veal st Kindregan's.
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