The Conshohocken Recorder, July 9, 1912

              ®\)t ConsijoJjocHett flecor&er.
4513
CELEBRATION BILLS
PAID; A LITTLE LEFT
ALL THE COLLECTOS HAVE NOT
MADE THEIR RETURNS BUT E-NOUGH
MONEY WAS SUBSCRIB-ED
TO PAY ALL EXPENSES.
COMMITTEE GIVES VOTE OF
THANKS TO THOSE WHO AID-ED.—
Fl REWORKS SQUABBLE.
The general ttee in charge
ie Fourth of July eel bratlon held
a mwetlng, in the borough hall, ou
noon, in wind up the at-tain
of the celebration but could not
as all the collectors had no: yet made
their iinu" reports, However, enough
reported and turned In subscription!
thai were sufficient to pay all bills
and orders were granted for the same.
The cost of tlie celebration amounted
to $600.S."> divided as follows:
Fireworks 9276.00
Music 217.00
Athletic Committee 97.35
Special Police aad chairs .. 11.50
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
THE COXSIIOIIOCKEX RECORDER TUESDAY, JULY :>, 1912 $1 PER YEAH
$600.85
The committee tendered a vote of
thanks to the sjieakers, the choir of
the Methodist church, the P. O. S. of
A., Calvary Church. Washington Fire
Company, Conshohocken Fire Co., Xo.
2 and Joseph C. Jones & Sous for
the part they took nn.1 the aid th?y
gave in making the public meeting a
■ucoefe*.
The Finance Committee rei orted
th it the collectors turned over to the
tr asurer $204.16 but a number of the
collectors have not reported but will
do so this week, after which a list of
the contributors will b.' published in
the columns at this paper, together
With a detailed s .lienieut of ih • ex-penditures.
Alexander Young, chairman of the
Firework* commluee, reported that
the contractor, Alex. Vardaro. did not
live up to th» specifications of his
contract for furnishing of fireworks,
and recommended tnat the comimttei
not pay the bill In fml. ...'. Young
stuteo that the committee has been
< i mured lor its action in awarding the
fireworks contract. He explained
that three bids aud specifications had
been received aid th••:. ;>.t his own
expense, he submitted th. speouio-t-ious
to iueu in tue fireworks business
and they agreed that the specifica-tions
which was accepted, was the
best and the committee awarded the
contract accordingly. Mr. Young stat-ed
that while he did not know all
the pieces that were not given in the
display, he knew that one set piece,
"Niagara Falls" was omloted. There
were to be two displays of the Falls
but only one was given.
Thomas F. McCoy stated that the
fireworks contractor informed the
general committee that the display-would
last from one to three hours,
according to bow fast thi piec<-s were
shot off, and it was but fair to expect
the display would last ,1; least one
and a half hours instead of the thirty-five
minutes, which was the time con-sumed
by the display.
John Kehoe stated that he noticed
several omissions from the specifica-tions
and enumerated the following
pieces: "Conshohocken," "July -kill,"
and "Niagara Falls." He said Qu»
piece, "Good Night" could not be
read and the American Flag was set
off and while the si>ec(fications
called for sky rockets none Were set
off. He claimed that the committee
should not pay any more than |17.".
for the display. /
The contract with Vardaro was read
aud It contained a clause that If the
•display was not according to specifi-cations,
|26 is to be deducted. On
motion of Mr. Cleaver, $25 was de-ducted
from the bill and an order
was granted iu favor of Vardaro for
$275 and he gave a receipt In full for
his claim.
Another meeting will be held on
Sunday afternoon next, to wind up
ithe affairs of the celebration and it
is likely that the general committee
will be continued and meet early next
spring to prepare for the next cele-bration.
MAZIK HELD FOR
FIRST DEGREE MURDER
More Money for Court House
The County Commissioner are
seeking to have corrected the acous-tics
of the Court rooms of the Court
House. They admit that there are
"echoes, reverberations and confus-ion
of speech and other sounds."
Guaranteed
Moore's. ••
Auto repairing at
JAMES McSHANE
Mr. McShane is West Conshohock-ens"
lone police officer. It was he who
planned the capture of the three high-wayman
who held up and robbed Wil-liam
Paul on the River Road early
Saturday evening. The policvinau
will be the principal witness at the
Coroner' s Inquest this afternoon,
when he killing of one of the trio
will be investigated.
CAMPER SAVES A LIFE
Island Heights Boy v.-as Saved From
Drowning by V. alter McGann, cf
this Borough.
The numbers of the Brotherhood
of St. Andrew, of Calvary Church,
,vho have L-t n camping at Island
Heights, returned home on Saturday
Aith on. oi the nutnl r bearing t.ie
honors _f a uero.
On lasv Friday, several of ihe camp
rs, among whom WfeJ Waller Mc-
Gann, were out boating. They lie-deed
a agnail bo;, hitting on tue
i Ol I pier, Billing. Sud-denly,
the boy fell into the water.
Without the least hesitancy, McGann
dove from the boat and swam to the
boy's assistance. He reached the boy
in time to grab him as he was disap-pearing
tor the third time. The two
were pulled to Che pier and the ex-hausted
boy revived. McGann was
warmly praised for his heroic act
TO PICNIC AT WILLOW GROVE
Episcopal Sunday Schools Will Hold
a Joint Picnic
To-morrow the Sunday Schools, of
Calvary church, of this boruug'.i. All
Saints and St. John's churches, of Nor-ristown
and Christ's church, Swede-land,
will combine in holding a grand
picnic at Willow Grove park. Calvary-
Sunday School will leave this bor-ough,
by trolley at nine o'clock. Spec-ial
cars will start from the switch at
Fourth avenue and Fayette street.
Tne union picnic should prove a great
success as the members of the various
parishes are well known to each oth-er,
which will add to the enjoyment of
the day.
HOT WATHER
The torrid spell that has continued
since the Fourth of July has car" '1
much discomfort especially to the
residents living in the closely built up
section. Some of tne foreign resi-dents
on Elm street have found the
heat of their homes intolerable and
have made their beds on the side-walk.
The weather man promises relief
from the torrid spell to-morrow, when
he says showers will cool things off
but the thermometer will continue
high. Yesterday, at noon, the ther-mometer
registered 100 degrees In- the
shade In many places about town.
To-day. there 1s no change in the lem-perature.
CORONER'S JURY HOLDS HIM RE-or'ONSIBLE
FOR THE DEATH OF
ANDY BABYAK, AT KING-OF-PRUSSIA.
WOMAN TE8TlKIfeD
THAT SHE SAW MAZIK DRAW
KNIFE, STRIKE THE BLOW AND
RUN AWAY.
Ice Cold Skim Milk, 2 qts. for 5 cts.
at Harvey's Ice Cream Co., 116 W. 8th
%venue. •* tfn
Carpet weaving in all Its branches
at Kehoes, Hector street, opp. school.
Klndregans for finest meats.
George Mlsak is ID the county Jail,
at Norristown, charged by a Cori
jury with being responsible lor the
death of Andy Babyak, of Kit
Prussia, on July 4th.
toner Neville held an Inquest this
morning, at the court nouse, and the
jury i.,.ard the testimony oi In. I. l!.
Mann, who performed the post mor-tem,
on the body of the murdered man
Dr. Ray Farker, of Charily hospital.
who testified as to thi cause of death
and Undertaker Charles Comfort,
who Identified the body. The prin-cipal
witness was Matilda Fengle, who
testified to seeing the man in th
road in front of the King-of-Prussia
Inn. She testified that she saw Mia-ak
approach Babyak and drawing a
knife from his pocket, plunged the
blade into Babyak's left breast and
th-n ran away. Other witnesses
heard were: Thomas Cutler, pioprieior
of the Inn; Harry S. Walker, Frank
Caswell, John Henry, John 1-oye, Me-tro
l«ooscoe, Andy Hordoot, Officer
John J. Corrigan and George Mazik.
The testimony of these witnesses was
to the effect that they did not see
the deed committed but after it was
done, they saw Mlzak running rway
and saw Babyak prostrated ant-bleeding,
and saw him removed to the
hospital ambulance.
District Attorney Sheive represent-ed
the Commonwealth at the inquest
and immediately upon the rendering
of the jury's verdict, Mazik was re-manded
to jail and will be tried at the
next term of court on the charge of
murder.
The verdict of the jury was as fol-lows:
"Andy Babyak came to his death
by reason of hemmorrhage and shock
due to a stab wound inflicted with a
weapon in the hands of George Mazik
in front of the King-of-Prussia Inn.
Upper Merion Township, Countv of
Montgomery and State of Pennslyvan-ia,
on July 4th, 1912."
The murder which Mazik will be
tried for was a cold blooded one. Both
he and Babyak were employed at the
Schiweyer marble quarries, near King-of-
Prussia, and It is said that on the
Sunday before the Fourth, the men had
words. On the afternoon of the
Fourth, Eabyak was walking along
the road and when in front of the
King-of-Prussia Inn, Mazik approach-ed
him and without the least warning
drew a knife and plunged it into his
left breast penetrating the lung. The
injured man was hurried to Cnarity
hospital but death ensued three min-utes
after his admittance. Mazik, af-ter
committing the deed, ran through
the fields to the railroad and return-ed
to his home, near the quarries and
was arrested early the same evening
by the Radnor police and taken to
Wayne. The next day, the Coroner
had the prisoner removed to the
County jail.
"INNWOOD" REOPENED
Newly Built Sanitarium Contains Ev-ery
Appliance and Convenience for
the Patients and Nurses.
Dr. S. Elizabeth Winter has taken
possession and has opened the new
"Innwood" sanitarium, in Ix>wer Mel-lon.
The new buildings have been
completed and furnished and the first
patients were received there yester-day.
The buildings are models for
completeness, containing every appli-ance
and convenience for the treat-ment
and comfort of patients.
A special oar attached to the 3.27
P. M. train over the P. R. R. arrived
from Asheville, N. C, bearing patients,
nurses and servants.
The new building is located on the
site of the old one, which was de-stroyed
by fire two years ago, on
high ground, surrounded by a pretty-cope
of woods. The buildings, sur-rounded
by the spacious grounds occu-py
one of the most beautiful sites in
the county.
If you have an item or news, so-cial,
personal or otherwise, send it
to the Recorder.
OFFICERS SHOOT AND
KILL HIGHWAYMAN
OFFICER McSHANE MAKES A
CLEVER CAPTURE OF Th.WbL
HIGHWAYMEN ON SATUHOM^
EVENING, FOLLOWING A
IING HOLD-UP.—ONE OF
TOOT-PADS SHOT-INQUEST IO
£.E HELD TO-DAY.
READ THE RECORDER, $1 a Year
■ man police force of V\ eat
ii u i,. comprising James Mc-
Shane together with Daniel .v.
nun, ot b wedi l.ind, a citizen, lepu
tized as an assistant officer, Wi
Paul, ol Swedeland, the victim of the
aesperate hold-up, aud Thomas . ...-■
terson, ot Mdchanicsvllle, who drove
the officers in his team in an exciting
Ohaw after the desperadoes are to-d
\ receiving the plaudits and pi
■ residents for a radius of man)
nille3 for the daring capture of a trio
of highwaymen late Saturday even
ing from which one of the culprits h
lead, the result of being shot In tlu
leg by McDermott and the other two
are in the county jail at Norrisftown
under $1000 bail for a further hear-ing.
About seven o'clock on Satuiday
evening and while it was yet -.lay-light
William Paul, employed on the
farm of R. Hecksher at SwedeUud
was walking down the River roaa
toward West Coashohocken. When
dlretr.ly opposite the O'Brien quarries
he was accosted by three men ot' the
Italian nationality. One of the trio
asked him for a match and before
he had time to take the match from
his pocket he was ordered to hand
over his money and In an Instant hi
was looking into the barrel of a .41
calibre revolver held In one hand
by another highwaymen, while in tlu
other hand he held a stiletto direct-ly
over Paul's heart. While one ol
the men covered Paul with the revol-ver
and stiletto the first to speak
went through his pockets and reliev-ed
him of money amounting to $1.26
and a silver watch. As soon as tlr.
men had secured the valuables they
released Paul and allowed him to pro
ceed on his journey without Injury
while they walked leisurely on tow-ards
Swedeland.
As soon aB Paul got from within
reach of the men he hurried to the
Merion hotel of Ja o Bradley wh.rt
he unraveled the story of the daring
hold-up. Immediately the telephone
was pressed into service in an attempt
to locate Police Officer McShane
The drug store of J. Rufus Barr was
the first place called and It wa*
learned that the officer had shortly
left on his round through the upper
end »f the town. Cripps' store wa
the next place called and it was as-cet
ialned there that Mr. McShane had
only a few minutes before, passed th
store on his return trip towards th_
lower end of the borough. On find
ing that the officer was headed down
the road, Mr. Paul, the victim, left
the hotel In search of him. At the
cornvr of Front and Ford streets the
officer was found and upon being ap-prised
of the facts of the case walked
out Front street with Mr. Paul. A
short distance beyond William stre.t
the two men met Thomas Masters' n
of Mechanlcsville ,who was in a sin
gle seated team. Mr. Masterson vol
nnteered to drive the two men in pur
suit of the desperadoes. They started
out Front street onto the River road,
and when going along the River road
the two citizens wanted to search tlu
quarry, but the Officer was of the oi>-
inlon that, the highwaymen had al-ready
sitarted on their way for the
Main Line and ordered the driver to
continue towards Swedeland.
On their way up the Road they m I
Jacob Hertzog, the supervisor of I'p-per
Merion township and Septimu-
Wood coming down to West Con.-In.
hocken to attend a session of the
Lodge of Odd Fellows. They inquired
if they had seen the men and when
told the story Of the hold-up, Mr. Hert-zog
volunteered to drive down the
River road and up the Balligomlngo
road to the Blrd-in-Hand while the
officer and, his escorts were to take
the road leading from Swedeland to
the Blrd-in-Hand. When passing
what Is known as the "corner lion I '
at the blacksmith shop of Georg W.
Berry, a short distance from Swede-land
on the road leading from S.vede-land
to Bird-in-Hand, Daniel McDer-mott
who last week purchased the
blacksmith shop from Mr. Berry- was
seated on thfl porch. The team was
brought to a stop and McDermott was
naked if '"■ had seen the men. He
told !
I
.
Id he told
In T!H wa i
mi n ; ita< d In
il and
in .i ninu
of the team, As
: I n sighted Officer
crouch'ed down i.i th
bin i the horse ao as tne mi n could
. i .- him. The driver u.i-td
to drive far enough paal the men
to allow the officer to dism.iu.it in
front of the trio. 11ia command
obeyed to the letter and when Mr.
Masterson atop . lie-
Shane lump d from the wagon, 01
ad his assistants to take care of them-selves
knowing that the Italians were
armed.
The place where the Highwaymen
were over taken Is located on the fif-teenth
mile hill directly in front of
the home of the late Patrick Farrell,
where his daughters still reside.
When the bandits saw the officer
in his uniform they made an effort to
run. Two of them started ahead and
the third one turned back. The offic-er
brought the two men to a halt as
he leveled his revolver and command-ed
them to hold up their hands just
as they were In the act to draw their
revolvers. They obeyed the com-mand
but the one who turned back
had his revolver out of his pocket and
was In the act of taking aim at the
officer when McDermott noticing the
fire-arm and realizing the result op-ened
fire with his shot gun. The full
charge was imbedded in the right leg
of the foreigner between the knee
ind thigh and he dropped in his tracks
his revolver dropping on the ground
by his side. The officer took the fire-arms
from the other two, ha.idcuiied
them together and then went to the
man who was shot.
The wound was bleeding profusely
and the legs of hjs trousers were
saturated with blood. A bandage was
tied around the wound and the ambu-lance
from Charity Hospital was sent
for. In the meantime an automobile
came along aud the man was placed In
it and rushed to the hospital.
The other two men were brought to
West Conshohocken and placed in the
lock-up until Sunday morning when
they were arraigned before Magis-tra
William Simons for a hearing.
The hearing W8S set for 9 o'clock
and when Officer McShane brought
the two prisoners to the magistrate's
office there was a large crowd pres-ent;
so large that all could not get
Into the court room.
The men were arraigned on two
charged preferred by William Paul,
the man who was held up. The firsi
charge was highway robbery and th;
second was carrying concealed deadly-weapons.
Mr. Paul related of how he was
accosted and robbed of his watch and
money and Officer McShane told of the
chase and capture of the men.
While the magistrate was writing
out the commitment one of the men,
who had his head swathed in bandag-es,
asked how much money he want-ed.
The Magistral-.■ wanted to know
if he meant ball whereupon the prls-one
r said yes. Mr. Simons
asked if he thought he could
net the amount and he answered in
the affirmative. The Magistrate then
fixed the amount at Jliiiin and said
he thought that was not too much for
the little fun the men had.
As there was rto ball forthcoming
the men were taken ito Norristown
by Officer McShane lor a further hear-ing
when the injured man would be
able to appear.
The men gave their names as Jo-seph
l-ierose and Tony Felalrd.
When the men were searched the
officer found that they were fortifi-d
with an artillery that would have
been a credit to the State Constabu-lary.
He took from them one .42 cal-ible
and two .38 calibre revolvvrs
and enough cartridges to fill a cigar
box. Each one carried a barlow pocket
knife and one, the man who was shot
had on his IKTSOII an ordinary case
knife sharpened on both edg^s and
ground down to a point which was
used as a stiletto. A pawn ticket dait-
8d July ■">, showing whi re he had
pawned a silver watch was also tak-en
from the man who was shot. It
was from him that Mr. Paul's watch
and money was taken together with
about two dollaca In money. It was he
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CAMP SUTT0N
IS CLOSED
THE BOY SCOUTS OF GULF MILLS
RETURNED YESTERDAY FROM
CAMPING AT VALLEY FORGE.
ALL GAINED IN HEALTH AND
EXPERIENCE FROM CAMPING.—
IT IS HOPED THE OUTINQ WILL
BE ANNUAL EVENT.
.\s brown at a nui and with luppy
Btl >ns ■; in Ir week's sojourn
"Camp Button," Valley Forge, the
mi ml . rs ot the Goll MUh Troop of
Boy Scouts returned home on Mon-day.
It was the troops first expi rieuce
in camp life and the Scouts say tlr-y
enjoyed themselves immensely. If
their physleal appearance is any crit-erion,
they won't need a doctor for
some time. Sleeping outdoors was
as good as a tonic to them. They
kept the Commisary busy and made
him earn what he found in his en-velope
vest- iday.
•| never knew" a kid could eat ao
much at one time," he said the other
day.
The boys were given an exception-al
treat last Wednesday by Hender-son
Supplee, Sr., at his home "Ken-hurst"
in Port Kennedy. It was an
unexpected pleasure to the Scouts.
Mr. Supplee, like other well thinking
and liberal minded men has been
quick to appreciate the great work
the Scout movement has done and
is doing for the growing boy and be
has not only given the Gulf boys his
moral support but financial aid as
well. Mr. Supplee, in addition to hav-ing
the Troop as his special guest,
also had as guests Dr. D. A. Long,
President of A. C. College, of Mer-mon,
Indiana, Rev. Dr. McDermott, ot
Port Kennedy and Rev. M. W. Butler,
of the Gulf Mills Christian Church.
Presenting a sprightly appearance
in their uniforms the Troop under the
efficient direction of the Assistant
Scout Master in charge, Kaye Mun-show'er,
gave an exhibition drill In
Scout nianouvering.
Dr. I-ong, who already knew of the
results the Scout Movement has
achieved, addressed the Troop aud
congratulated the Scouts upon their
fine appearance and their work, la
conclusion he said a movement like
this is most commendable, as it not
only builds character and promote*
health, but enables the boy to see the
finer side of human life. Addresses-were
also made by Mr. Supplee and
oohers.
On Thursday the Troop received
many Fourth of July visitors to the
Forge, many coming from different,
parts of the country. Through the
kindness of Mrs. R. D. Klrby, of Had
liar, who is also interested in the-success
of the scouts, "Camp Sut'on"
was adorned by a set of large Amer-ican
flags. Mi's. Kirby give these
flags to the Troop a few months ago.
Her act was deeply appreciated by
every member of the Troop as well
sa its Board of Officers.
TO CALL A PASTOR
Lutheran Congregation Will Meet on
Sunday in Effort to Secure a Pas-tor.
At the conclusion of the morning
service, on Sunday next, the mem-bers
of St. Mark's Lutheran church,
will hold a congregational meeting
and it is likely that a call will be
issued to Rev. Mr. Fox, of Pittsburgh,
who has preached here and made a
wry favorable impression.
Sta'e of Ohio, City of Toledo, as.
l.ucas County.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of
F. J. Chvney & Co., doing business in
thi City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of One Hundred Dollars for
each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Hall's
Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me aad subscribed
in my presence this 0th day of De-cember,
A. D. 1886.
A. W. Gleasoa
(Seal) Notary Public
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Inter-nally,
and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces, of the system.
Sond for testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti-pation.
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