Y CVI. Two Murder Cases Disposed of COLLINS CONDEMNED TO DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR. Hick XK, Psy- {er at Rock- Sen- Murderer of Betty chiatrist’s Dau Penitentiary With Pinchot to view tence Execution. Fred Coll tha the electric chair for his of Elizabeth Hk ? of January 13, ns, , brutal murder morning Western Rockview. on the zs oc} KOK, last, on the Penitentiary A of brought farm at Centre county jury, in a session last Thursday. of ommened by The case opened in the morning; criminal court, in verdict first degrees, that death penalty a adding they re the as prescribed law. the 5:30 little jury took it der deliberation at o'clock and whed a verdict a ater, over two ! 9 The cou pom was filled to capac- about the of the ity and a laige crowd milled corridors and the outside on court house, Collins wag brought into the court room by Sheriff Boob, and was con the Heo procee surveillance of wed HH lings; stantly undeg ttle or fact, countenance for fe shou 'ders, State polica eo in est in th grin appeared on hig . y the greate f tha time a short powerful the resembled His neck HEATON FOUND GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. Judge Fleming to from 6 to 12 Years in Western Pe for Killing D nnl in rungen Th assed judgment on the guilt or innocence of Warren Heaton, charged with hobert Moore, found a manslaughter, to killing of conclusion verdict voluntary a satisfact the court, district and The deliberation Ol y th rendered attorney general public, verdict was e after due at hear on Saturday a night session set es eclally to the jury's verdict and was demanded. West- from give sentence, if such Heaton was sentenced to the ern Penitentiary for a period of He of the district six to twelve years was very grateful for the leniency his ited the cause of justice would attorney, who in address to the st stisfied with a verdict of first de- recommendation el wtrie $3) irder with a This gree mi of chair, Beafor Speak, mercy. eliminated the to promise examine were rejected because unced ideas about ged; several women declares wise change their The composed La $14 ju of following: ip lected, Forrest Gill, owns bricklayer, W H Co Robert Fy Country Miles Stein. H 8 the Philipsburg Bellefonte, Moore, retired Auman, Jellefonte, Albert Thompson chanie, Arthur laborer, Bennet® Boggs township, R estate, Lonn rea} William painter, Daugherty, State College, Reese, Rush township, Gilbert Noll, Pleasant Gap, painter. District Attorney John OG. the first W. R, Heaton, He recited how he found the compar atively Love. prosecutor, called to the witness stand, county coroner. nude body of Bettie Hickok on of the penitentiary grounds, bearing evi dence the bath room floor her home on of having been criminally as saulted and then murdered wi knife, the butcher with which th throat Commonwealth © ed cut girl's from oxhibits re the gir's pajamas and lippers ¢ instrument of death, all of were identified WwW. A. the Barret was witness No He Heaton He is prison doctor cCorrob arated Ww. J the testimony of Dr McFarlane, deputy at warden Rockview Penitentiary, was next called, and told how after he deed, Eo Collins, had committed his dastardly came to him, saying. “I to the electric chair” “Fred. what are you talking about?’ sald McFarlane, “I murdered Dr. Hickok's daughter.” sald Collins. “What did you do that for,” asked McFarlane "Well, 1 <ouldn't have her, and I didn't want Manyone else to have ling’ reply. A prison shirt which Colling wore, and bearing blood stains on the siseve, was presented as Exhibit No. 6. Counsel for the defendant eijeited from the witness Information widch proved that Collins bragged of his deed, feeling elated over its aoccom- plishment, Dr. Cornelius Whorley, of Pittsburg, want to her,” was Col: wanes, was called, and proved the star (Continued on next column) UNIONVILLE MAN IS FATALLY Murray died INJURED WwW George left became of he Centre County aide and He hos. Murray confused in the path the oar was taken to t where he to the loft was found have re of pital and by his MoeDon fracture He daughter, colved a leg chest survived Mrs injuries, is wife ald and one of Colevilla ———— ASN. ONE DAY SALE, Extra special eleven-inch ivory Weight of dollar value 49¢ The Millheim. value-—an nixing bowl, triple coated en amel on extra heavy steel bowl, 2% Iba: a : on sale Saturday only Hoster at man & Stover Co. (Continued from He told of his ability to read and write, previous column) witness, of Colling' apparent sanity, in severa] private families: his and of po v stockman in a § 10- cent store Pittsbu He regarded him ta sane understood the 1 offense, knew th fet that he did It deliberately quences and “ knowingly, He that a foe did Fred Collins, the accused, was called wilfully and stated normal person can as Colling over his ascot to the witness stand by his counsel! at 3:40 o'clock. He told of accident to his head in 1909, caused by bottle: of been knocked conscious several times; an a beer having un- that “spirits” bothered him constantly. In fact. “one of dem is saying to me now. ‘You're the dirtiest thing that ever got on the witness stand’'” He blamed the “splr its” for the crime for which he stood indicted, Dr. Whorley, in being recalled 0 the stand, stated that Colling spoke to him about the crime without having made any reference to “spirits” annuying him. Governor Pinchot will set the date for the electrocution of Collins at Rockview Penitentiary. He Is now in safe keeping In the Western Peniten: tary at Pittsburgh. 7’ F. R. R. STATION AT OAK HALL IS WITHOUT AGENT Hall agent The tion station at Oak Sta has Monday raflroad an or of no longer either a clerk. On the services Frank shler, whi or a number duced dispen Hall ftonmas Hall, history of Oak Hall During od den early per and Lir ations there Hal business Wig a srofitable from both pol: I mostly nipments, AT BANK SPRING MILLS “tinkering” YOUTH “TINKERS DOOR AT A youth was discovered at the door of the rst National ink at He by, week, was disturbed by parties and ran to the of He hiding walking rear the bullding soon came from his again worked nt done to he endeav ———— MILLIONS URGED FOR ROAD cmer——————— N'S LEAGUE PAYS CERTIFICATES DAIRY ME £1.343.000 OF Dadirymen's League Cooperat in will m its Series og Aan- treasures of the AA Cer outstanding $1.343.000, to Mr The issue o for $2,480,000, 1 the Dalr amount Series in Ag Young fe he ut mine en's League has ae saw EL iL. 0010 A ———— A] JEALOUSY MURDER INDICTMENT FOUND Martin Snyder, 26, of McClure town: wl Snyder o indicted! on ip, ¥ yunty, was a charge of voluntary manslaughter, the He Wagner, by Snyder county grand jury. ju of killing Harry A retired MeClure merchant, accused 56. after accusing him of being intimate with his 13-year-old wife, Mae Snyder District Henry J. had asked degree murder In dictment booked for Attorney Sommer a The first trial was thia weal HII A TAA. The sale but it to the season Is on, iz too early say much about of ia prevail ng prices cows, cattie, horses and predicted that since new machinery has not fallen second-hand machinery continue to A LL LRP ‘olline murder trial, besk ts tragic and sordid sides, amusing side as well The prosecuting attorney, John OG Love, furnished that. ot of in objections to instead of, “Have you any conscientious scruples against capital punishment?” A little later, in his plea to the jury, he made reference to Collins’ remark on the wit ness stand that “four spirits” “men” were persecuting him. The pros. ecuting attorney in alluding to these remarked, “Now gentlemen of the jury, theses four horsemen,'-—and then re covered and went on. A second time he sald, “these four horsemen” Again there were smiles by those who could hear. We feared the learned gentle man, if he started speaking for the third time of the “four spirits (men)" would bring the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” right into the court room, First, he caused a ripple when, in his examination he “Have you laughter a juror, mixed up his question saying, any conscientious scruples?” or A STOCKMAN AND FARMER IS J. FRED SLACK of J. Fred wil] convince A Slack, to barn Fort, visit the farm of Old Mr, Slack cunt stockman is both a The one that and a farmer irty of more than ti head registered Holstein cattle proof and Is regist tested for {rea thom free been production, are tubercul aud ar carry showing Another Important fact is this, that Slack three years sold a herd head of the same of which is f ago thirty-one cattle, and now is stables number, all except one wore bred COW and reared on h arm from. his own stock, will in same head of his present herd Friday the be offered sale on CON JUn« stock of John 8 farm, be- tween Millheln {NO CHANGE IN P. R. R. SCHEDULE ON L. & MIFFLINBURG GF lil m— COMPANY TS BIG CONTRACT indred City were He Fifteen hundred were purchased The MfMinin REiper —-— “: eT #4 ® v Mifflinburg, was awards for $35300 wg Body mn ” apacity trucks at $114 each, The General Detroit i {80 LEAVE PENN STATE BUT 9 MORE ENROLL Ninety five students were dropped itomatically from the Pennsylvania inte df the first College he of th fi for fal standards Wm at tt end semester to maintain the by the Hoffman an ure scholastic required Registrar Rr college, nounces. Ninety advanced and grad. uate students enrolled for the second semester, offsetting this loss in res enrollment. of the were dent Fifteen five who by the ninety were dropped reinstated faculty action upon review of cases, the registrar said. Students are automatically dropped after making unsatisfactory records in half of their circum- the faculty subjects. Any extenuating stances are considered by reviewng the action. A a tl MSA AAI. 2 in George Benner contemplates his He gooda op ening a hardware store in store room at the railroad station also wil] carry other lines of W. 6G. WILLIAMS, SENTENCED PRISON WALL. Loss after he and half to years in the Western Penitentiary for than five hours was sentenced to seven fifteen robbery and a violation of the firearms law in connection with the robbery of the Citizens’ Building and Loan Asso: ciation at Philipsburg, last December, W. GQ. Williams, 34 years old, of Frank lin, escaped from the Centre county Jail, Saturday evening, and his dis appearance was not known until two hours later Sheriff John M. Boob and his dep uty, John Bower, were at a night ses gion of court in charge of Warren Heaton, being tried for murder, when Williams, In some way, secured a board jong enough to enable him to scale the twenty-foot wall and jump to the ground below. He left without hat or overcoat and the fact that It was raining hard and most people were at the courthouse, helped him escape detection by anyone and his GOODHART—-GILBERT, Migs Cleda O, Cilbert, Johns of evening of without notice to any thety or friends, on Friday united in marriage wn, of Centre He like High mnths graduated from the schoo] home city, Ses to le, F eral Hall Goodhart, he with mi Centre v ago Came to engage his in une conducting and ings, f W. house furnish ollowing E Miller, who fille ha we for several years Since the Junior been living here, spent much lon INTERESTING NEWS NOTES afternoon Hd of Mr child Friday High have Centre Hall C evening at school building a already enrolled milon and there is still room for more Please note the change in the date preparatory serve held on Thu.slay at 7:30; Communion March 10:30 ‘ommunion They will March 3, Sabbath, Twenty-eight the ne icon be evening, will be on é young folks entered Essay Contest which is being of A. have been sponsored by the local P. Six 0 BB. of these young folks selected by the judges to give their essays at an open meeting which will be held in the Presbyterian church on of March 10th. The first, second and this eccasion These are furnished by the Order of P. O. 8. of A RE ——— a — Kiinefelter the night three third receive taking the San places on wily gold coins coins A A Jenner will Ola occupy the farm, near Fort, from which, two years ago he mov od to the in upper Brush Valley SEYEN IN AND ONE-HALF PHILIPSBU NG, SCALES "break™ was not known for two hours Sheriff Boob William caped through assistance rendered from the outside, declares on Williams was formerly a filling sta tion operator at Franklin. William G. Williams and T M An. derson. both of Franklin, who figured in the holdup of G. Frank Dunkle and Miss Catherine Hal} at he office of the Citizens Building and Loan Asso cation, Philipsburg, on the evening of December 7th, as a climax to their trial In the Centre county court Sat urday afternoon, received their sen- tence at the hands of Judge Fleming. Williams was given from 7% to 15 years In the Western penitentiary and Anderson from ¢ to 12 years Will iams made a plea for mercy for An derson saying it any was in evidence, it shoud be granted him. Et NO. 9, es TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. So—————— t HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS obing are making themselves it that familiar im of moving® Here it reduction of 6 obtained #7 by 6 Grove The 0 the cars, driven TOT town. led quick- but 4-hour H P. seliofonte, 4t lecturers will meet 3 College on their second RR. Gordon, f the cole market, Hall, istumery rec ne of ladies and ly priced, » them, at her homé contracted of het sloness, adult persofy is gen* disease, here from disease sing one sons who same Devine =n afflicted what onsidered a children’s ord serving at thé by Mr. and Mrs, Paul Bradfrod. became vioe i indi summoned before re” morning the improved and since while Hotel conducted taurant ently i © Dr n Sunday from acute gostion Morrow was several times in succession found WAR Hof was Monday natie patient much has 1lly recovered Donelson, R. N., of arkleshurg to the home of her Mrs A. Spyker, here, on & visit, and finding Mrs. Spyker and seve eral sok her social visit into a professoinal one and gavé All have recovs ered, except Martha, who is {lj at this time Sarah Came sister, ol children turned all the best of care with mumps, The first of the home owners in Cen* tre Hali to bogin the improvement of their exterior 9 Fye, who is having his dwelle The work is be Coldron, a local acquiring the has made mater The to fill in a deep depression in the lot, and inter the interior of the house was fe* redecorated, of Mpring beginning of last week, attended the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Lykens Valley Fire Insurance company for which he is an agent and also a director. He was re-elected a director. ans, of course, continues the company's agent in this section. On his return home from Elisabethville, where the meeting was held, he was caught In a fered electrical and rain storm on reaching Liverpool Miss Genevelve Ruble, daughter of Mrs. Sallie Ruble, is back home after having completed a course in the Lee ary Private School of Shorthand, in Baltimore, covering a five months. pe riod. She has some prospects of ser ouring a position in the Baltimore dis trict where her sister, Miss Catherine Ruble, R. N., hay “een employed fof Severna] years J4 ewond sister, Mise Stella Ruble, win graduate from the shorthand institution named prior to properties on the Harry E repainted by JM Mr. Fye. since referred to, firet was arranged, repainted and E during 7 the ire Jamison, Mills, the middie of next month, i
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