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69th YEAR. -NO. 69
HONESDALE, WAYNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1011.
PRIO i CENTS
THREE BOYS ARE ISOLD LIQUOR (EVENING WEDDING IRAIN TOO LATE
FID $5 EACH! WITHOUT LICENSE? AT CARLEY BROOK: TO HELP CROPS
ANOTHER FLORIDA
KILLS HIMSELF
BY 25-FOOT JUMP
B. K. Bortree, 89 Years
Old, Leaps from Barn
Window
LAND
SCHEM
E
Had Annoyed Telephone
Operator at Night
Monday was Mayor Kuhbach's
busy day, he having held two hear
ings In the city hall, one at 4 o'clock
and the second at 8 o'clock p. m.
The last mentioned was of a
serious and dangerous nature, and
the three young men arrested who
escaped with but a light fine of $5
each ought to congratuate them
selves that they did not meet with
something more severe.
It appears that for sometime, ac
cording to a sworn statement made
by the manager of the Consolidated
Telephone company of Honesdale,
Monday night, that there Is difficulty
In keeping a night operator, owing
to the misconduct of a number of
young men who have Indulged In a
series of night escapades, which the
telephone company says Is now at
an end.
The night operator, at 1:30 Sun
day morning, called Officer Degroat
and he notified Chief J. J. Canlvan
that some boys were annoying her
over the telephone from the public
pay station outside.
Owing to the humiliation that It
would bring upon the boys impli
cated, also upon their parents and
guardians, this paper will call the
boys A, B and C. By holding back
their names It is hoped that the les
son taught will in no way be less Im
pressive upon others and that A, B.
f,v h ,U u .lend,i?lr ,WaS a"dItnotlunder $500 bonds and he being un
ityi nmSellable t0 a pen,ten-,nble to secure anyone to go his bail
tlal Offense again. Ilinnrtq ho w-ia hrmifht tr. Hnnnl
Chief Canlvan stated that when
he and Officer Degroat reached the
telephone office that the boys were
in the Amity c,lub, two of them be
ing members, and were able to es
cape by having keys to the club
rooms. The chief stated that they
resisted him when he called but they
would not open the door, so that it
was necessary to go out and get an
other member In an effort to open
the door. The lock, he-stated, was
doctored someway and the member
had to climb through the transom
over the door to get in the room. B
was found under a sofa, while A
went over the cable from the build
ing to the telephone pole and down
same to the' street where he was
captured by one of the officers. C
was lost. All remained quiet for a
time and then a" scrambling noise
was heard overhead. C had gained
entrance to the attic of the building.
Chief Canlvan procured a lantern
and went after him. "When the
chief got to where ho had crawled,
it being at the extreme corner of the
building, C refused to move. Fin
ally the chief told Officer Degroat to
take B to Sheriff Braman and he
would wait until he returned. Vlth
that C said, "I'll come." Offlcer De
groat corroborated Chief Canivan's
story, adding that he saw the three
young men uptown and advised
them to go home and scarcely ten
minutes afterwards was called to
the telephone office by the night
operator.
The manager of the Consolidated
Telephone company stated that the
district superintendent of the com
pany would withdraw all charges
and would drop the case entirely If
the young men would agree to stay
away.
Mayor Kuhbach told the. young
men the seriousness of their actions
and if they did not settle by paying
a fine of $5. each and sign an agree
ment not to molest the telephone
company again In any way, shape or
manner, mat it would land them in
a serious position as the telephone
company would hring the matter to
court for trial and they would not
escape as easily then as If they paid
their fines and be discharged. A. B
and C coughed up $5 each with the
understanding that they would sign
an agreement, counter-signed by
tneir parents and guardians. The
boys ages were 18, 20 and 21 years
and as was stated by Mayor Kuh-
bacn, "old enough to know better,
READY FOR LABOR
DAY CELEBRATION
The Committee of Arrangements
announces that everything Is In read'
iness for the big Labor Day celebra-
tlon to be held In Honesdale, Mon
day, September 4.
Assurances have been received by
the parade committee that there will
be at least three bands of music Jn
the parade, and that at least BOO
marchers will bo in line.
The parade Is to be held at 10
o'clock In the morning. The outing
win taKe place at Bellevue Park In
the afternoon.
There will be three divisions in
the parade. Gorgeous floats will
feature the affair which Is belnc held
under the auspices of the Honesdale
Central Labor Union. The Hones
dale Band, the Maple City Fife and
urum uorps and Wagner's Band will
do in tne line or march.
Honesdale will enjoy a genuine
holiday, Monday, when all the stores
will toe closed in honor of Latoor
Day. There will too two corking
games of ball at the Silk Mill
grounds, when the locals will try
conclusions with the Tayloritos.
There -will too dancing and refresh
ments at ueiievue FarK all day. and
In tho evening. With all tho stores
and business places closed, the Maple
City -will toe en fete on tho one day
in the year set apart to the1 Knights
01 LBDOr.
Lucisano Arrested by De
tective Spencer in
Ureher Township
HELD IN $500 lJAIIi FOR OCTO
IJEIt GRAND JURY.
Domineco Lucisano was arrested
on Tuesday In Dreher township,
near Gouldsboro, by Detective N. B.
Spencer for selling liquor without
a license and selling to minors.
At the last court the constable
from that township, In his returns,
stated that liquor was being sold
without a license by Domineco Lu
cisano. For a time the foreigner
conducted his hole-in-the-wall with
more or less precaution. He secur
ed a revenue stamp from the govern
ment and then formed a club,
thinking that he would be protect
ed. The people living In the neigh
borhood were afraid of the man and
he In turn threatened to do bodily
harm to any one who would inter
fere with his business.
Detective Spencer was In the
place a week and secured evidence
enough against Lucisano to convict
him of selling spiritous, malt and'
brewed liquors without a license
and came to 'Honesdale Monday. On
Tuesday he was accompanied by Dis
trict Attorney M. E. Simons when
the arrest was made and the prison
er was taken before Justice of the
Peace James It. Smith, South
Cfni.llni. ril V. t..i 1, 1 ,1 T HnlflnnA
and landed In the county jail.
Dlstriet Attorney Simons has a
good clear case against Lucisano
according to evidence secured toy
Detective Spencer, to whom a great
deal of credit Is due for bringing
a man of fhls character into the
hands of the law. Lucisano will be
held for the October grand jury.
War Lost ii
Patrick H. Sheridan, aged CG. a
veteran of the Civil war, residing in
Now Tork city, who, with his daugh
ter, Jiiss .Minnie, has been spending
tne summer at Lake Como, had the
unpleasant experience early this
week, of being lost for thirty hours
in tho forests of Wayne county.
Mr. Sheridan left the house at 9
o'clock Monday morning to go after
some wood to help get the breakfast.
Stove length wood was hard to find.
and going farther and farther from
home, he finally lost his way in the
heavy woods and dense underbrush.
When tho veteran tailed to return.
tho alarm was sounded, and the
farmers, for miles around, turned
out to hunt for him.
They searched for him all Monday
night, when the thunders rolled, and
tne lightnings fleshed, and the very
elements howled In derision at their
trultless efforts,
Drenched to the skin by tho heavy
downpour, the men returned home
for breakfast Tuesday morning. Af
ter a nasty cup or coffee, they again
started out in quest of the lost sold
ier, whom they finally found at 2:15
o'clock Tuesday afternoon In Spruce
Lake Swamp. Soldier Sheridan, ut
terly exhausted by hiB exposure to
the fury of the wind and rain, weak
ened by his long tramp through the
trackless woods, was quickly taken
to tho home of S. B. Woodmansee,
where restoratives were applied, and
tho unfortunate man's condition
made as comfortable as possible.
SLIGHT FIRE IN
BOARDING HOUSE
A gas stove In the kitchen of Mrs.
William F. Brlggs' fashionable board
ing house at 108 Tenth street, got
afire Wednesday morning at 8:45
o'clock but beyond giving the dining
room girl and the boarders a severe
scare, filling the room with smoke,
and burning a couple of towels, lit
tle or no damage was done.
" Did we get scared?" said Miss
Margaret Colo, East Honesdale, who
has charge of tho establishment In
the absence of Mrs. Brlggs, who is
at Carley Brook, to a Citizen man.
"Well, I rather guess. A big fright.
I sent in the alarm over the Citizen
'phono. A gentleman from a rig
came In and put out the fire. There
was no damage done. It just burned
a couple of towels.
"Walter Moore, one of tho board
ers, grabbed his clothes and wanted
to run away. The rest of the board
ers had flown.
"Yes, I think I'll get over it,"
she concluded not much the worse
for the early morning fright.
Tho'late risers along Irving Boute
vard wero just sipping their coffee,
when the ominous -whistle sounded
the alarm of flro. This was the con
solation they got over the 'phone,
when they inquired "whero tno tern-
tolo conflagration was?" "It was at
Mrs. Brlggs' Boarding House. It's
out now."
Several farmers, who have married
children living In Honesdale, wore
seen galloping madly up Main street
shortly arter a o'clock to una out
where tho fire was.
The 'Maple City has a crackajack
fire department, but the borough
W. T. Kimble Married to
Miss Nellie J. Tamblyn
OXE ItUMJItUl) GUESTS ATTEXJ)
CEREMOXY WHICH WAS PER
FORMED 1JY KEY. J. H.
BOYCE.
A pretty evening wedding occurred
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Tamblyn, Carley Brook, Wednesday
at S:30 when their daughter, Nellie
J., and Walter James Kimble were
married. The ceremony was per
formed by Ilev. J. H. Boyce, pastor
of the Methodist church at Carley
Brook, In the presence of the im
mediate families of the contracting
parties and about one hundred in
vited guests. At the appointed hour,
Miss Margaret Tamblyn, sister of the
bride, played Mendelsohn's wedding
march, and the bridal party proceed
ed to the sitting room and stood in
front of a bank of flowers, ferns and
hemlock boughs, where the knot was
tied. The color scheme was blue
and white. The room was lighted
with blue Japanese lanterns. The
procession was composed of Miss
Elizabeth Penwarden, cousin of the
bride, flower girl. She was dressed
In white and carried a bouquet of
white flowers. Following her were
the maid of honor, Miss Elsie Yea
kle, of Philadelphia, attired In a
gown of blue messaline and carrying
white carnations, and best man Rus
sell Burcher, Honesdale. Next were
the bride and bridegroom. She was
handsomely gowned in white satin,
the dress being trimmed with Baby
Irish lace and carried a bouquet of
bridal roses and wore a tulle veil.
" Hearts and Flowers " were played
during the ceremony.
Cpngratulations followed and af
ter a social hour a delicious wedding
dinner was deftly served by the
young friends of the bride. Mrs. W.
F. Brlggs of Honesdale, catered.
The bride was the recipient of a
beautiful array of presents, consist
ing of sparkling cut glass, silver
ware, linen, rugs, furniture and
numerous other handsome gifts.
At the bride's table were seated
the bridal party with the addition of
Harry Tamblyn, Jr., brother of the
bride, and Chester Ross. The best
man secured the ring in the bride's
cake.
The bride is one of Wayne coun
ty s fair young women, and Is very
popular, while the bridegroom is a,n
exemplary yduug school teacher and
is highly esteemed. The young
couple leave Saturday for their new
home in West Springfield, Mass.,
where the bridegroom has secured a
position as principal in a grammar
school. The following attended:
Carley Brook Rev. and Mrs. J. H.
Boyce, Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Pen
warden, Misses Elizabeth and Kath
ryn Penwarden, Mrs. William Pen
warden, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob IUefler,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Riefler, and Miss
Elsie Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. H. Tamb
lyn, daughter Margaret, and son
Harry.
Tanners Falls Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Riefler, son William, Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Tamblyn, son Whitford, and
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Douglass.
Scranton Miss Frances Tamblyn,
Mr. and .Mrs. John Tamblyn, Mr. and
Mrs. E. R. Tamblyn, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Tamblyn, Mr. and Mrs. F.
Homan, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin, Mr.
ano Airs. u. w. Scambler, and
aaugnter .Pearl.
Milanville Air. and Mrs. Lorenzo
i-rice, and Leiand Reynolds.
Dyberry Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Miller.
wonesdaie Mr. nnrt Mra w t.
Burctoer, Russell Burcher, Miss Eliza-
uuui ivimoie, miss Jimllv n hurt. Afr
and Mrs. Ray Bayly, Walter Bayly,
uoujauiui "uyjy, Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Callaway, Mrs. H. E. Bassett. Mrs.
Yyman Kimble, Wyman W. Kimble,
Miss Nellie G. Kimble, John Riefler.
Misses Dorothy and 'Florence Riefler,
ur. ano Mrs. a. B. Transue, Earl
and Ralph Transue, Mrs. Emma
Taylor, Miss Lvdla RIn fir. Mra W
u. rowier, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Me
niere, miss uernice Mclntyre, Nor
man Mclntyro, Miss Carlotta Bayly,
u imooca ivura ano itena Keen.
Mr. and 'Mrs. Oscnr Minor n.
gon; Mr. and Mrs. John Westgate,
Mooslc: Chester Tfnsa Tvinr win.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kimble, parents
of tho groom, and grandson Clarence
uuuiiia, lorrey; Robert Mitchell. W,
uamascus; Mr. and Mrs. Corwin
vaienune, uamascus. Misses Marie
trances uates, Flushing. L. I.;
Miss Elsie Yeaklo nnil Mra em
Hale, Philadelphia; Miss Emma and
"j uvuiusb, jaiKins.
REAL ESTATE DEALS.
Lizzie Simons to Flossie Hocman,
both of Gouldsboro, lot In said town,
$1.
Lizzie Simons, Gouldsboro, to Nel-
uo uuuueii, Newark, N. J lot in
Gouldsboro. $400.
Emma Jane Tiffany, of Pleasant
Mount, to Oscar W. Baelav. Cnrhnn-
dale, 20 acres in Mt. Pleasant town-
snip, ji.auo.
uaniel H. Holland to Minnie G,
Decker and others of Doorpark, N,
two pieces of land In Sterling
luwnsnip, wayne county, $900.
miners iauea to provide for one
thing and that is for a signal, 'say
of one long or one short blast, to
miorm tne public -when a fire Is out,
And by the way It is said that
Honesdale is the only toorough In tho
umieu states that has neglected to
provide such a simple, means for re
assuring the excited putollc.
More Rain Since Last
Thursday than all
Last Summer
BUCKWHEAT IS DEAD; POTA
TOES SO SCARCE OXE-THIRD
OF FARMERS WILL HAYE
TO BUY.
More rain has fallen In Wayne
county since last Thursday than was
precipitated throughout the entire
Summer previous.
" The rain was a good thing,"
said a wealthy farmer to a Citizen
man. " It won't help the crops
though. They are all too far gone.
" It might help corn to ear a little
more, and fill up more. The sun has
killed tho buckwheat. It's been too
hot. Everything is cooked. That's
all there is for it to help. The frost
will cut late buckwheat before it will
get to maturity.
" Potatoes are going to be awfully
scarce. Nine out of ten farmers
haven't any more than they want.
One-third of the farmers will have to
buy this year.
" I expected thirty bushels from a
little quarter of an acre garden
patch, and I won't get ten, nor even
six bushels of good salable potatoes,
what you would want to buy If I
fetched them here.
" Where they turn out good I
won't get half a bushel out of a row.
I get one decent potato out of a hill,
out of some, two. It takes quite a
few hills to make a bushel. Its
been too hot. That's all there Is to
it.
"I've got a brother. He's got a
good piece. If all turns out right
he'll have 100 bushes to the acre.
He's tho only man that I know of
that's got any.
"A man that raises 200 bushels to
the acre gets a pretty good crop.
Quite a number of years ago I'd get
s and 3U potatoes from a hill, G to
Inches long, and as big as my
wrist. That was digging potatoes.
"I've never seen them grow that
way before or since. That was 12
to 15 years ago. A man could go
out and dig 25 or 30 bushels of po
tatoes In three hours, and give the
rest of the day to doing chores and
putting them in the cellar."
res
en Returns
Breathing veugeance against her
employer for being discharged as
cook at the Hotel National, because
of drunkenness, Mrs. Jennie Hart-
man, It is alleged, set fire to the mat
tress In her room, last Tuesday
morning.
The dining-room girl smelled
smoke and gave the alarm of fire.
Mr. McArdle rushed Into the cook's
room, which is just off from the
kitchen, and found the flames blaz
ing merrily right In the centre of her
bed.
Quickly seizing the burning mat
tress, he carried it out doors, severe
ly burning his right hand and wrist
through the operation, but thankful
that the damage was no worse.
Mrs. Jennie 'Hartman, who, it is
said, has a husband living In Scran
ton, came here about six weeks ago
from the 'Electric City. Mr. 'McArdle
secured ner services through a Scran
ton employment agency.
Jennie attended to her duties
faithfully tho first month. But lately
her fondness for liquid refreshment
got the better of her. , She got in a
stew, Monday again. Disgusted with
her performances, Mr. McArdle gave
her until the next morning to pack
up and get out.
Sho packed her belongings, remoV'
ed them to the laundry and asked
for her pay, the following morning.
Sho was informed that sho would
have to clean her room before she
left or she wouldn't get her pay.
Jennie snuffed around, got mad,
and went down stairs, ostensibly to
clean her room. Before she had been
there many minutes, the presence of
smoke In tho houso was detected toy
one of the employees, tho proprietor
notified and the incipient blaze
promptly extinguished.
Thoroughly disgusted by her ac
tlons, Mr. McArdle told the cook at
10:30 a. m., "that her train left
about 12:25," and advised her to
leave at once, which she did, unwept,
unhonored and unsung.
Mr. McArdle's bright twelve-year-
old boy capped the climax by telling
his rather:
"Papat the cook cleaned her room,
an right, didn't snev'
She certainly did.
Death of Mrs. Horace Davis.
Mrs. Ida (Wllmarth), wlfo of
Horace Davis, died Sunday morning
rrom urlKht's disease, aged about d&
years, at her home in Clifton
Heights, Delaware county, Pa. Her
husband used to llvo in Honesdale
a number of years ago where he was
engaged In the shoe business.
Surviving relatives are her nono'
genarlan mother, Mrs. Martha WIl
martin her husband: one , son,
Tracy, and two daughters, Edna and
Mattle, all of Clifton Heights. Fun
eral services were held Tuesday at
ternoon.
$7.50 a Month Buys 5
Acre Lot in Urbandale
SWEPT BY OCEAX BREEZES IX
LOVELY TROPICAL CLIMATE
IX THE EVERGLADES.
Of the making of land schemes!
there Is no end. New Jersey is not
alone In her Utopian colony, even the
descendants of Henry George must
share their single tax glory, with the
Florida land boomers, whose fantas
tic projects throw all previous at
tempts, to restore primitive condi
tions, into the shade.
Within the past year, Wayne coun
ty in general, and Honesdale In par
ticular, has lived through three sep
arate and distinct attacks of Florida
fever. The third and last visitation
of this tropical malady whose bacil
lus has Infected, Is still infecting,
and promises to infect still more of
the residents of the peaceful shire,
is the most Interesting of all.
' The scheme was hatched In Battle
Creek, Michigan, father of "Grape
Nuts," mother of breakfast foods,
home of sanitariums, source of much
that is new and novel In the edible
line. The fertile plan was created
In the brain of Frank Houghtallng,
advertising agent. Here is the boom
er's story as he told It to a Citizen
man. Read It and form your own
conclusions:
"I've organized a colony with a
couple of hundred families," he said.
"I was in the advertising business for
several years, and usually you'll have
something on the side, a hobby. My
hobby was land. I was reading land
literature on the side while I was In
tho advertising business.
"I really wanted to get land. I
had children. The next generation
the aristocracy of the land will be
land owners, and I figured that un
less I got land and passed it on, my
children would be apt to be poor In
deed. "Doctor Reed brough my attention
to the reclamation of the Everglades.
He had formerly been a medical mis
sionary in the South Sea Islands, and
he told me he was desirous of set
tling in a Southern and tropical cli
mate with sea breezes to temper the
atmosphere. If he could find such a
location in the United States he was
going to get into it.
"After I satisfied myself I told my
friends about It. "If we could all go
together so we could have civiliza
tion we would start a town site,"
they said. I volunteered to go
South and look tho matter over. I
found the piece of land located as
per schedule. I went back. My
friends met In a house. I told them
what I had found. In GO days, 1,000
acres was taken. I was crowded In
to the colony proposition.
"Doctor Reed and I went down
South and in May I bought an exper
imental farm as a landing place.
This fixes it so my friends can get
interested before the natives pluck
them, which they certainly do when
they get a chance.
I am the organizer and business
agent of the Urbandale Colony In
Dado county In the heart of the fam
ous Little River farming section.
"Tho State Is dredging the Ever
glades. Canals 60 feet wide by iOO
feet deen aro being built. The State
has appropriated 8300,000 for sur
veylng purposes and they have sur
veyors working as fast as the water
Is being drained off.
We are 200 miles South from Or
lando, 50 miles from Key West and
306 from Jacksonville.
"A man couldn't afford to take
that northern land as a gift, if he
could get ours at $500 an acre. They
have to clear theirs of growth.
When cleared it is perfectly pure
white sand. Thirteen years ago tho
whole northern part was visited by
the big freeze and the big citron
fruits were all destroyed. Potatoes
froze clear down to the ground.
"The Everglades is a cake of
yeast in that bunch of dough. I can
buy any quantity of land In north'
ern Florida for $3.50 an acre. The
promoters bought It for from $3 to
S7, and nre selling It for S40 and $50
an acre. It costs more to clear their
land than to buy ours, and when
their's Is cleared they 'have only
sand."
Urbandale, Urbandale, Urbandale!
There is something mellifluous in the
very name. And to think that you
can get in on the ground floor, by
paying monthly Installments of only
$7.50 for five-acre plots, why it's
marvellous, simply marvellous!
What matter's It if Miami Is only
twenty miles away? What is the dif
ference If much of the land is still
under water? Who cares If he Is a
score of miles away from the sea
coast?
Why, would you believe It, there
are people In Honesdale paying $15
and $20 a month, and will keep right
on paying that sum for fifty months
to come In tho hope of some day win
tering in Florida, twenty miles from
Miami, twenty miles from tho sea
coast, twenty miles from .
Oh for a home in the Everglades!
Good morning!
REAL ESTATE HEALS.
Matthew F. Cemo to George Con
beer, tooth of Dyberry township, 200
acres of land, $5,000.
Hyman Latlnsky to Morris Burn
stein, tooth of Palmyra township,
several tracts of land in sttld town
ship, $1 and other valuable consid
eration. E. K. Curtis to May M. Curtis, Al
denvllle, lot in borough of Hawley,
$900.
HAS BEEX MEXTALLY UXSOUXI)
AX1) THOUGHT HIMSELF
WUOXGE1) ; PRE VIOUS
IUSTORY.
Monday morning about 9 o'clock
Benjamin K. Bortree, aged eighty-
nine years, committed suicide in Sa
lem township, where he made his
home with his daughter, Mrs. Sarah
Cobb, by jumping from the window
of a barn twenty-five feet to the
ground below. No bones were brok
en and Mr. Bortree died of shock. He
had made several previous attempts
at self-destruction, once with a knife
and once with firearms. He was not
of sound mentality, and imagined
that he was in the way and that he
was being wrongly treated.
Last Fall 'Mr. Bortree came to.
Honesdale filled 'with imaginary
grievances and was In the jail for a
few days, but the judge pitied tho
old man and told him to go home
with his daughter, who was doing all
she could for him. He went faome,
but there are none who can minister
to a mind diseased, and after a few
more months of struggling against
imaginary evils the poor old man on
Monday morning took a leap In the
dark and ended all his earthly
troubles and sorrows.
It was In 1880 that all Wayne
county was startled with the news
that Henry Sh'ouse, of the firm of
Shouse Bros., had been shot to death
in the law office of Hon. W. H. Dim
mick, in Honesdale. Mr. Shouse was
the brother-in-law of Mr. Bortree,
tho latter having married a sister of
the lumbermen.
Mr. Bortree was a man of quiet
disposition, having a farm one rnlle
out from the little tannery village of
Ledgedale. His house was tho cen
ter of hospitality and friendliness,
and his family was all specially gift
ed, teaching in the common schools
of tho county.
But a feud existed between tho
Shouse brothers. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Bortree thought that the Shouses had
wronged their sister in the division
of some inherited property. All Mrs.
Bortree received was a Wayne county
farm of inconsiderable value, while
they were worth, some sald, $100,-"
000.
On the day of the tragedy the Arm
of Collingwood & Co., represented by
one of the Collingwoods, and the
Shouso brothers represented by
Henry Shouse, met at the law office
of Hon. W. H. Dlmmick to compute a
balance due on a mortgage from Col
lingwood & Co. in favor of the
Shouses. In making the computa
tion there was a discrepancy of $300
in the acount as figured by W. H.
Dlmmick, who represented the Col
lingwoods, and George S. Purdy, who
represented the Shouses. All par
ties agreed ;to go over the matter to
discover where the error was and to
meet In Mr. Dlmmlck's office at 7
o'clock in the evening.
During the Interval Mr. Dlmmick
discovered where $200 had been paid
but not credited on account. He took
the receipt and went up Into Mr.
Purdy's office, over the postofllce, to
talk over tho matter, leaving in his
office Henry Shouse and James B. El
dred. As Mr. Dlmmick and Mr.
Purdy were coming down the stairs
and Purdy was saying, "I'll be right
over in a few minutes," they heard a
pistol shot.
Mr. Bortree had walked Into tho
office and pointed his pistol at Mr.
Shouse and shot him dead. Mr. Eld
red seized Bortree, disarmed him and
with the assistance of those who
came on the scene removed the one
who did the shooting to the county
Jail.
The trial came on in December,
Hon. C. P. Waller was the presiding
judge and P. P. Smith, Scranton, was
the district attorney. Tho prosecu
tion of Bortree was conducted by Mr.
Dlmmick. The trial attracted much
attention and dragged its length
along for several days. The defense
set up a plea of Insanity, which later
events prove was not unreasonable.
Expert witnesses were there in
abundance and both sides contested
the case with great vigor.
Mr. Bortree was sent to the peni
tentiary for a term of years, but has
been at liberty for a long time, as he
won a shortening of his term by ex
emplary conduct.
And now, almost with tho clock of
time measuring tho stroke of ninety
years, he passes out of the world to
appear before another judge who
judges righteous Judgment, and
whose word is always right.
BASE BALL BRIEFS.
White Mills plays the County
Seaters on the silk mill grounds
next Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The last game that White Mills
played here was the most exciting
game of the season and the fans can
look for some surprises and excite
ment in Saturday's game.
Labor 'Day, two big games will be
played In Honesdale between the
locals and the Tayloritos. The
games will be called at 10:15 a. m.
and 2:45 p. m. Taylor has three
times this season defeated Leon
Ross' little boys, and is probably tho
best amateur team in the valley. The
locals expect to win both of these
games. The management is under
heavy expense In getting this team
on a holiday, as they usually play at
home. Your liberality will be appreciated.