bis stay in this Jocality, {suid the men kad appeared Suddenly 1 ALTON SAMNEIA 00, Th. FRIDAY, TOLY WH The mystery sepounting, the mur- cer Sunday of the Humphries family on the state highway road between Carrolitown and Ebensburg, was clear. ed yesterday when George C. Tomp- kins, jr, broke down and confessed bis guilt. The confession was made in the jail at Ehensburg before the | prisoner's wife, his young son, his fa- ther and Jail Wartin E. HH. Knee Tompkine was in conversation with his relatived at the time. They were talking ‘about things not at all con | nected with the crime when suddenly | ns said “1 did it, and | don't know why I did it” He told that he had purchased the revolver at the Swank Hardware Company in Johns- town and other things concerning the awful tragedy but when pressed for his motive for the erime he would only say, “Well, | don't know why I djd ie Edmund I, Humphries, sr. his write, Mrs. Cattle’ year-old son, Edmund Humphries, Jr, t Mrs. Tompkins vroke down and wept bitterly when she heard the con- 'fession. The father of the confessed | murderer wan also greatly shocked | When he made the corfession Tomp kins ‘was himself a mental and nerv- ous wreck. His mind had been work. ed upon strongly during the past few (days and he was gradually becoming (more and more haggard antil finally he could stand the awful strain no longer. Word was received from Ehensbury lust evening to the effect that Tomn. kins had lost his mind completely. | ‘It was necessary to pusce him under heavy guard to keep him from Moing violence. Officinls at the jail Stated yesterday evening that it was appar. 3 ently not a case of pretended Insanity and that the man seemed to have on. | Siely lost his reason. 5 Wg Ah RAIN Bish TNE Ke WT Sih Hi | Guard, or some other brunch of the ewpkin = said the lant he had seen ‘und theif 15 | of Homphries the latter was running down through a field towards 8 woods, | were shot to desth along the state with n man In pursuit, firing at him. | Kighway between Ebstaburg and Carrolitown shortly before 9 o'clock | Sunday morning ss they were driving | iti an automobile on their way to nfiaduiphis, their fatmer hows. ec: Romana, Je. of nig} oC ANG Humphries, 8 Tes | t in tf Eduutd Hunt, mobile, is locked up Sb in. She cantity Sail St Ebetuburt, shared with the kill. Fy 8 » field, about three and one-half | Tompking decinres magked high- did the shooting. He drove the Humphries ear out 10 | (the place and showed the men where be had last sden Homphries. After! some search, thi dead body of Hum. | phries was found by a fence at the { foot of the cornfield, about 100 yards | from the state higmway. The fence | separnted the eirnfleld from a woods on the other sidy. ~ Humphries bad been shot twice | through the brain. fle was ulso shot \ The triple murder occurred at! in the chest and in the right arm. A struggle seemod to have taken place {at the desth-spyt. Humphries’ right ‘band was tightly clenched In his gripped fingers was a quantity of hair E Edmund Humphries, Sr. was i | from a man's head. It was grayish . Tompkins, Jr., is about 34 About two months ayo the elder Hum- Tompkina, John K. Newborn | ‘hair, resembling that of Tompkins. of 0. The dead man had not been robbed. The only thing reissing was his watch That was found in the cornfield, about half-way between the state highway | + land the woods. The witch and chain | ai sed » co ines beens otk covered with itond. This fact 3 Frid She name of the Newborn leads the officers to believe that Humphries, Sr., was shit through the breast before he was pursued through the cornfield, The dead mun was tale to the i establishment of Undertaker Stevens in Carrolitown und thy pose began a search for the three allege masked men. Tompkins took them out the of the company. Tompkins, during accom- with a to an osts field. He identified this | aide of of the oud & qumtity of oats. ‘had beet tramped down Tompkins from the oatsfeld and stepped | the road shout 70 feet in front me the ear. Two of the men had revol- vers. One weapon had a long, dark- i looking barrel. ‘The other had a nick. el-plated revolver. Tompkins was sure neither of the two guns was an ‘automatic, If the third man had » gon, Tompkins did not: see it. They were well-dressed, Tompkins said, and none of them over five feet five inches be Judged. Tompkins says | he believes the men were foreigners. ji it a bole made by a bullet Tob Up Sp he fh, imme- the. front seat. It was ‘the non-skid type. The of different design. Tracks Dt. at a ot cornfield next to the state highway. ‘where the car had been driven into the field st the very point where 17558 li! { Tompkins said he had last seen the (Continged on page #) i made for men who have enlisted in the dent in it Where a bullet struck. | Hn vis sce da 1,422 MEN T0 BE DRAFTED FROM CAMBRIA GOUNTY District No. 4 Which Includes Barnes- boro Will Furmish About 157 of This Number Cambria County will furnish ap- proximately I, 422 men in the Nation- al Army when the draft is made. Of this number District No. 4, in which Barnesbore is included, will furnish shout 157. Of the total the two Johnstown sub divisions will be called on to send 559 men into the ranks and the four county sub-divisions ¥63. The total each sub-division will probably be asked to furnish is: Johnstown, No. 1 .......... x3 Johnstown, No. 2 mm County Nao. 1 ; a County No. 2 .... vies YT County Na. 3 irked £31 County’ No. a 157 Total . Cie bee a] JASE Thess figures are maximum ones, and there may be some allowances Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Nitional military establishment. The right to make such allowances is vested in the Governor, amd experts are figuring in Harrisburg as to the actual allot. ments—if loenl credits are to be given. It is certain, even if Johnstown and the various districts of Cambria coun- ty are given credit for their enlist. ments, that the fall “exemption” will not be forthcoming, as many of those who left here in the early part of the wir enrdlied in Pittsburgh snd other citien—and if credits are given these towns will reap the benefits of Cam brian County's patriotism, Based on Tora Quota, Pennsylvanin’s qooia for the Na tional Army, ss fixed by the War De partment and after deductions fir the gross enlistments in this State and the enrollment in the Nationu! Cloard and the Naval Reserve wus poadle, is 60850, Governor Brumbaugh was furnished with these figures and vest. ed with the right to make the local levies. His notification to the various local boards as to the guotss they must prodoce is expected] within a few days. : The total registration in the State is B30.507. Cambria County's total registration is 10.420, of which the city has 7.606 and the county 31.784 On a percentage bass Cambria Coun | ty is called to send 022 plus per cent of the State's quota. There Ane Also Special Opportunitie For Medical Men The Quartermaster Corps of the United States Armies are in need of bakers to form companies, cooks and men desiring to learn these trades This is an exceptional opportunity for expert bakers to become commissionid and noncommissioned officers of the higher grade with splendid pay. 1st lientenants, Ind lieutenants, and ser: geants, first clues at $51 per month, serjreants at $344, corporals at $38, privates first class at $33, privates ut $30 and cooks at $38, in addition the government furnishes food, lodging, | clothing, medion] attendance, ote, Authority has sleo beet granted the recruiting officer to incrense the medli- enl corps of the U. 8 Army. There are splendid opportunities for young men wishing to pet in this corps. All the higher grades oF non-commissian. ed officers are open. The Army needs lots of ambulance drivevs whe are ehafleurs, motor car, truck and mo toreycie drivers. AA AUTO 'BUS LEFT ROAD AND TURNED TWO SOMERSAULTS Mrs. Michael Weakiand, of Chest Springs, Hurt When Thrown " From Car Mrs. Michael Weakinnd, aged 50 years, of Chest Springs, Cambria Courty, was seriously injured aboot 6:30 o'clock Monday evening when un | automobile “bus, occupied by eight passengers, left the road here and turned two somersaults. The aulo landed against a fence, which proba ly prevented it from rolling down a Mi-foot embankment Mrs. Wenkland was the only of supnnt of the ‘bus who was thrown oat. She was taken to the parish bows of the Slovanic Catholic church, where her injuries were tregted by Dr. P. J Kelly, Mrs. Weakinnd is 1 $ FoR ARMY i distress of those a The good people of Patton haw ldo feel thet any ; every reason to be proud of the re. and refases to aid the Red spomse to the gppenl for aid to the | at this particular time » Red Cross. About twenty-five or membered The word “sis thirty ladies of town made an indl. | not preperly convey the of vidan! house fanvass, sad a commit. | the community at lerge tee of business mes called on the | surily have covcerning any business hows of Patton, the gener. able to give and does not tive al result being very close to $6000.00, | community however, does not i which is decidedly creditable und about | out prominently as un $1,000 more than vay wepected. This fuel proud to say that but of course, includes the contributions ple of var town whe are of the Penna. Coal and Coke Co, Glens | have fused. We are Side Coml Co, Beaver Coal Co. aml town. Wi sre proud of ness men responded very liberally. june particularly proud of ¢ A complete list will be published at an | | emde by those in charge of th early date. We regret however, to | particularly the ladies and the state, that there wre 5 fiw and we committee are pleased to state hovesier, vory | few, who do HOS. sem fo renbize that Las » big SACO. they owe something to the govern: wether was not as mont under which they are liwite. sivable, but the whose support they demand, ss well | from the street into by a8 sn obligation to homanity. Tn recently erected Goons 8 ing: koking over the Hist » few names will | yo und from 5 ontil 8 o'clock it was are men of means who have pros. in Red Cross costume the protection of thw jrovernssest un. | responded very liberally to thelr to contribute to this most worthy 'yeuule of the supper was enasn, positively refuse to give $1.00, Pire Compuny very kindly 3 offering trifling excuses which wars (he Indies to put op table iit the Fire only an evawiom, and Ba so doing avid Company Building during the Fire in dood if not in words: “I am an. Compmny dunce, which yielded s hand. xious to get every delier I can and yome return. Thanks sre dod to the give as little. | have no intevest in proprietors of the 5 & 10¢ Store for suffering humanity. 1 have to inter. he ae of the room. The oceasion wae ent in the effort Mpae to relieve thy Patton Bas and h ib ure benring the enlivened By the : biarden of tein great wr” We do net Fire Company Drill Corps, wish to be pemons’, ve do mot wish od very materially to the ter hort any one's Soslfouee. bat wv well ue, the Brule INTRRESTING LETTER PROM | FROM THR BOYS OF PATTON BASH, WEAKLAND TRAINING CAMPS | suffering from severe injuries about, both hips. He was removed to the | home of Mr. and Mrs. Kinkead. The | other occupants of the asutomobile ey. | capmi with slight bruises. The Sus in owned by the Diamond | Bos Company, of Altoona. | ME SE WS oh SONIA SLL SS PATTON ROLL OF HONOR Frank Short, Regulars, Fort Andrews. | Massachusetts, George Sager, Regulars, Fort And Johnstown, with 7836 ragistersd | men, will be asked to furnish 00919] per cent of the total State goota and the four County subdivisions’ total ix | L1418 per cent. A tabulation based on these porcent- age Lgures, which are, of course, con- tinkent upon the Governor, asking fo i | a fall allotment from this vicinity, and not. giving the city or county red | for enlistments is a; follows: Bd Bi Tog ng oy gn EE . “Pt Ws Distriet Hesisens Cade 4 iCute Johnstown Na. 1... 00484 35% Cambria No. 1... 2214 0082! 255 | Cambria No. 2... 2070 00357 217 Cambria No. 3... 2157 0088) 231 Cambria No. 4. ...2142 00258 157! The percentage of men called fron: | each district will vary as each regis | tration district has a different total of registered men. Each of them, how- ever, bears the same ratio to the con - piete State's quota, approximately 70 men per thousand of registrants, WELL-KNOWN PAT- TON MAN DIES Wm. Asberry, a well-known resi- dent of Patton, dropped dead oun the bridge spanning Chest Creek while day evening. Mr. Asberry wns born | in England fifty wight years ago, com- ing to this country m 1882. [In 3807 j Pugton and has made j since. » Tenet Ste OF MW of Aland of the Foresters of America. Beside his widow he Is survived by the following children: William of Millwaukee; George of Trenton, N. J.; Henry of Homestead: Harriet of Akron, Ohio; Helen of Pittsburgh: Mrs. Geo. McTaggart of Cairnbrooks, Pa.; James and Alice at home. Funeral services will be heli Satur- day afternoon in the Episcopal Church the Rev. Goldsmith of Barneshoro offi. ciating. “The Crab” at the Grind Siturday. on his way home from work Wednes- who have answered the President's rows, Muss rancis Broneayu, Const Artillery, Part Harsilton, N. Xr = ? x ! i Wayland Zwayer, Officers Reserve, not Co oated i Basil Weakland, Marire Core, Fort Rosati 8 C. j Tolbert Davis, Engineer Corps, nat located. Lleed Jokeaon, Arizoras, i Rott Mat «vy, Fospital Corps, Ak-| ron, Obin, Janes slorgan, Navy, Great Lakes Gust Gabr elion, Marine Corps, Port Royal, Thomas Fores. Marine Corps, Port | Boyal, 8 C Lagaiars, Yamu, o Johnstown No 2° Tes pes 27e Lloyd Cassidy, Marine Corps. Port) There is nothing here but moomisins, Royal, 8S. J. B. O'Harm. Officers Reserver, Fort) Nisgrs, N. Y | Gust Petersen, Army, El Paso, Teuan. CC. L. Kelly, Marines, Port Royal, Ss (. | John Christof. Hospital Corps, Phil adelphia, Pa. : | Martin soil, Army, Fort Columbia. | | Betran Duffy. Jokn Gibbons. William Johnson Julinn Massett, 11th Cal, E! Paso, | Texan | Myrtle Nagle, U. §. 8. Jovett. David Hoskins, N.Y Infantry. | B. 0. Dufty, Co. C. 10th Reg. P. J. Gibbons, lth Co, Newport New. Snyder Yerger, 5th Co, Newport News. The above is the list of Patton boys | i } i call. This list will he added to from time to time as other boys go. Any information along this line will be appreciated by the “Courier” staff, Concord Grange held a supper’ Thursday evening, Jaly 19, for the, benefit of the Red Cross with a large number of Patton people in attend. ance. We understand that they in. tend to hold several suppers during the Sommer for this purpose. This supper was in charge of the ladies whe have organized a Red Crom Branch which will be a part of the Patton Branch. We trust our people! will patronize these suppers liberally, sn you will surely get a good meal us well as in so doing, help a worthy cause. (24 Wxars to go the 50 miley ins I learn it. I hope wou snd wyery Santingps, SanDominms Republic, The people of Putt Patton may well ba Jun 10, 1917, proud of having in their midst 8 Dear futher; | ‘aon who, although forced by I Save been traveling over som! stances to remain at home, is country within the pass oc. akcky ing his bit,” and in a nr cise] Land have been in sach a position thar WHY ei ‘hat on o sur elk I could not write, nor no chances of i¥ that of the action of our recetving mail. 1 left Charleston, 8, Postmaster W. BH. Denlinger who, up~ mm——— |C. on June Bih on beard the 1. 8, On receiving the customary fe MSs Watch it grow as ocousion require). | Ship, Prairie. | saw & nombar of Ger. | each for the enlistment of John i Jodgen, Machinist, U. 8. 8H. | man ships that were captured and pat in to the U. 8. Marine Corps, in the Charleston arbor. (On our vay. 0 put the sum to his Lage down the Atlantic Ucean we stop. Cloaking instead to turn the pid st the Ixand of San Salvador over th the reernit whose enlistient "the place where Cobimbus first landed! ‘was responsible for the fue, thurely [We went from thers to Guan Ganagsn Introducing s very pretty little ides Bay in the Islnd of Ciba, und stave] of patriotism that might well be there » couple of days From thers sdopimi generally throughout to Port a Plat in the Dominion Re. countrix The principle involved - nahlie I was seasick the first coupls pot that of individusl seif-genisd, but ‘srs I was on beard ship, but 1 sosn the attainment of that great aim of 00 fied up. From Port u Plat wi those who love their lellpgwmes, hal co shipped to Saetings, in the enn: of making snother happy. Our boys, tr of the nisms 1% abet 84 miles batch ll aE NEring the cal of he enlors, | tae bom coast. We had seme trip up rave Wet for the tme being all mM here onthe rallrond they had no pas. Dance of pecsocsl comfort and home | senor comohes, nothing but hex cars, Difloemee, in sume enses being without fand ois oa narrow posyge railrosd mal service and ent of from the en tire world in every respect Torr weeks Ladd one mountain is sivhty mile lone, At & time At such periods it Is very | the ngine had to take one couch ont taxy for a borsesick and lonely boy Lf the eight. at 8 time, it took i to feel that he bas been forgotten and isan are having a rebellion, thers rendered bus *2 restore this are two compunies oat fighting them: faith in mankind sod has helped ma- oe. So we ire Bale Lr were welap! rin ily n waking these boys hoch Banaras hee sell for about 35¢ 3 hem with the happy sssorance that dozen. You ean get all the fruit you the fils st home are with them in {vgant for almost nothing, wid yoa cue heart if not in the flesh. Postmaster buy all the little mules nround heey Denlinper's action is deeply sppreciat. you want from $1.00 to $5.00, the kind | of and we endorse it as being most. like you got in Johnstown, Evers. highly trmmended. thing is cheap. They unly pay 6c » Private Thovans J. Jones, day of labor. I havnt recwived any Private Gust Gabelerson, Jr, mail from home simce May (0th, and | ith Co., Marine Barracks, I don't suppose this will reach you Parris Island, 8. C. until the last of the month. 1 will write and tell vou my address an soon. bl me Basil. | A howse in Wessemar Tot in. North | Spangler was completely destroyed ote ia well Your son, REPORT OF RED CROSS SUPPER: by fire Wednesday evening. It in HELD SATURDAY, JULY 14 not definitely kvown what esosed | the binze, but it is believed that light- Gross receipts from all sources $397. ad i i Expenses for lee Cream, Ci- wars, Printing & Advertis- “The Cred” at the Grand Saturday. § -- ey Chapman Coni Co. Many of the basic | rosporie made to this appeal ” ws be comspicavas by their abwsmce. Semen very basy pisee. Taeladios deassad pered above the svermge wid enjoyed onsidurable attention and ‘the publ : der which they livh, and when asked peal to purchase their wares. The net ts lowe faith in his former friends. a ee LL Si Se ERE Coad A ian BR Lh Fi ' 3
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