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' The Most Tboroiisjdlv Read Newsvaper m Southern Alleganv and Northern Potter Counties A llegany C ounty N ews V O U J 'l u * XX WhlTESVILLE, ALLEGANY COL'N ( /, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEHBER 31, 1914 W e NUMBER 3 ^ ReaderSj One and All, A Most H a p p y and Prosperous N ew Year! h . Acd now, Docerr.Uer 16th, 1914, this ' case cam e cn for hearing upon- tlie ' rule granted June 9tii, 1914, to show | cause why the sentence heretofore j in pcseti upon J. h. Jones anrl George' B. W ilcox should not be ixJitgoU.i i and reduced. I iW.i cct :^ . Je: a-j tii.n or the pf tdl! n rd'd iti: siu . t'n i aiti':A^It ol h,. J. Jclinscn and C r c r g c in Wl-cc::, I'r* a< . w i >/' G, i ■' v ; tor and the pro.-, ut'r.: / to,v .ey > | h *rin, th Goert );< d g | i t s , ; . W a r Ir, i r r n i ' i ’y : l ; .) ( . r ; ’' s t '■ | sent' j’vn iT- :V . i... ..s_r ; . - y ri h g {Let the hoi . ■ ; .. al e to i . r.. n ' h ; . W i I _ .1 X. trir; v/liiGi grc'.tiy p. v A'lGi.. cd II il G t:;. c. A ml G 1 a; 1' \ . . / ' tl e Of ic'.'A i t f /'.S' 'i ■ ' ' • J. U. J( n. - nave r. *-1 ; - A 'G a; s ‘ *eil t'n? -''‘y r -G.-v ( i f.. . , - s?>e i'''n’sli g C': i; yvry n Iln- ;■ < “ ery t f iu: J ;.f tl e ^ tG* ' ‘ h ■ . : ; b-dug c Un ;':' d ; y ; :..uj 1 ': v G - Con* aoi:vv-v:Gth Avd ; i G’jv ‘ WeiiM I-o done ■ c e ’.xn ■ ’ n t'' G ocntence iiirnncd in ILG; (\.se b< ■■■'.■ * rif d out; it n: v/ Ox'di-red, adjr-iyed r'l.t G c'-n^'r ^ ; , tliv sentence htovt -iore in d uyf.-.’ the deferfU.ni.- J. li. Jon. s and Genre-.'' ]r. IVilcox be ; r’'pciuk d ami set ash tj and ur-cn the |■nyli.tnt cd the enst.^ ^ > , tlv defer,;.a.i 1 A: y V.e di'.-cln: i,g( d , from tiieir rcr-r-i\G .'■ * ce. \V. iC r:in:n inns, J. P. j tth J u c h i i l D istrict I Kroi laGy P K c y - r g , Axt th'- coi^rt ir C.;ud'-r 'Vioit on ' W ednesday In c ll-'Gn. with Ju^gf | W . H. Gummirgx' < f gui ;juiy. Pi'., .prC'Sidire;, Urn verdi -t heretofere brought rya:n-t John D. Jtme-. ar.l George B. W'ih ox. co'nnci. t.ion with th.:- Genesee ’» nkin.r cs.-''':*, v . ' ^ s e t ■ aside, the ia:-y u;.-iri; sed cr-J th-r ! defend?:nt's din barged. . The Genesee Pankin.g Go’s erss hr =t .attracted much ritti-n h.ii and luvs_. been pend’ng for over three years, i Jones, W ilcox and W. L. N-orten wer | indicted for eorn-piracy, the cd’a.rge! being that they w e ie interested in ' open.ing the Genesee iujnh', securing la*rge deposits with the intent of de frauding the depositors. Jones a.Tid W ilcox both w ent to triei foUnw'rg feeh n g that had b.een worke-d up in Gen.esee over the hank failure, a ver- diict w a s secured wdthout the ovi- d*emce or facts to support it. A t the tim e of the trial no'defense w a s made it being urged by the d e fenderfs’ at torney, that no case had hee*n made and the defen.se rested w ithout offer ing any \ofutin.g testim o n y . The ver dict of the average jury, however, its 'Sometliing neve\ to be counted upon, Uind Jones *and W ilcox w ere feund guilty of conspiracy. Judge Ormerod later refused a rehearing in the case, although '^•’istimony of the m o s t .im portant ■'’■^aracter w a s produced. Lust June Judge John W. Bouton o McK'Can county, sittintg in special term at Coudersport, reuniewed the form er evidence and the new testi m ony, and granted a rule orderi g a review o*f the ease. The first oppor tunity for th is hearing came last w eek when! Hon. H. W. Cummings of Sunhury, was sitting in the special term to as sit Judge Heck, ow ing to cases in which Judge Heck w a s inter eated before his election to the bench. In open court on W ednesday mow - in g the m a tter w a s taken up and an «mder of tlie court w a s ma-de and en tered af\^er A ttorney W. K. Swetland imd addressed the court w ith a mas- teniy argum ent review ing the case in detail and presenting the petition nf J. B. Jones upon the rule granted by Judge Bouton on Ju^e 9th, whioh w a s to show cause w h y tlie sentence of the court heret-^fore m ade should not he m itigated and aet aside. A fter review ing the evidence sub m itted and th e affidavits of E. J. Johnson, the form er cashier, and G. e . W ilcox, and further considering tlie evidence, which, because it could not be produced at the tim e of the tr.ial, had greatly prejudiced the case o f the defendants, and also with con sen t of Prosecuting Attorney N elson ®nd the prosecutor C. A. R eynolds of Genesee, tlie order was- granted. T h is w a s an adm ission by the Common w ealth that an injustice, would be dene if th e senten*ce imposed in this oase should be carried out. D istrict Attorney H. W. N elson ad m itted that the >. -'diet w a s unjust in th e face of th e new testim o n y and i th e prosecutor, C. A. Reynolds of j Genes''e, adm itted tliat the evidence j w a s faulty and contradictory an-d al- i so consented that the sentence be j m itigated. | The docum ents in the case are *oo ; volum inous to be published at this tim e, but a s they are court records, they can b e found on file in th e ar ch ives of Pottercounty hy any one in terested. • Jt is a source of m u ch gratification to the m any acquaintances of th e de fendants to know th a t the Court on final review found tliem innocent of an y wrong doing. It h a s been stated openly, and w ith much apparent de- Xight by som e persons, that if Jones and N o rton of OMahoma. w e r e b rought back it would be easy to find wkeifO th e m o n ey went. A careful exam ina tion, of th e records and evidence on flifi w ith th e court proves beyond the (Continued on page 5) Urii lir? QHIT i: : ---------- Potter County Jury Fails to Gee W h ere Coudersport Editor Psr:aged th Reputation of Former County Judge Ormerod. — Attorneyo DuBois and Swetla.ad Represented Ormerod and Attorney Seibe.-'t De-f-nded Stekss. — Judge Cummings Rrp-^i ied. Th-? ca.-e of cx-Jcrlg-v John O r m e r - , d enX d th r i he b -i , ihrerdm -^d od vs. T h e E n to r o r ijc PuIGG.-G. r ? (Gn ' attempted to uUn his 1 usi- cf C eniurrerrt. «•»« Irit-rt t l r-caO if j GG<'-i'.*l®wtort. Ex-oupenoi C o u rt Ju.-itlce Morri.-on Q» r •> I + 1 I V . . V4. .# . 1_ .* jp i (Copyright, by W. G. Chapman.) CN.- To Our Readers They say that troubles never come singly. This has been more than true in The Ne^vs office during the past week. De siring to put our office in shape to start the New Year right, we issued no paper last week, but in trying to get this week’s issue to press we very nearly met our Waterloo. ’Twixt the Linotype which, has been balkier than an army mule, and the gas-engine, which had some sort of an rheumatic ailment, we were unable to accomplish much up until Wednesday. But Wednesday! — well, while we were plugging up a leaky mouthpiece in the Lin otype, the engine kicked itself into the last stages of cognizance, at the same time serving notice on us that for 12 years it had worked faithfully for The News and it wanted to pass on to its Great Reward. We solemnly and sorrowfully said “good-bye” to it, and the editor put on his nat and coat and went to look up an engine to put in for temporary use. After several hours we had a big powerful brute set up in the press room ready to do business. Thursday mornin.g we started to finish up the paper, and lo! — the Linotype said to us that it would work no longer ' until it had a new mouthpiece. The new part is on its way from New York City, and a new engine is being rushed to this place as rapidly as possible. Meuriwhile, we ask our readers to accept this apologetic looking papeis which has very little news in it and what news is in it is well filled with mistakes. We will try to start the New Year right vvith a good issue nexfw^eek port, Potti-r cGiixty, . ;: g I g -' . |o i Sm ttl'p ort, then li.i the lb. i^ecrviif s the Entr TT-r .- e v m iuli creciilt for the d . ’’pf-t c; Ah’. ' O rm erod for re-election to the h related the r.un'.hi r of |y * a r s during w h ich ho had kimw-n , . ^ , , . , plaintiff r.a:d th^ f e h e.-'t- e , m 191J, m u (h lutcreot has bc,.n t ih-U rliich he U ccd as m the C.SN-. A _soe;G l c-U’ e r -1 plaintiff then r Hed ^ Lfc, r-Dit, a 'v I ' ' | the defense p’'ac d Gnmicn, gives the follcw h rg t or..V;'ra- 1 , inp- -flip, tjdal: ' dg-. T h e 111- ca.;.', and defen s e pia c d D. YGo up- j on th e stand to a.gain r.. ’cCo the cou- ! v e rsation in the 11 iirt i • durirg The ease ol Jchii O rm rred v . g case above r. iGr. o tc t. As j E n terp r is e FaUli.; rfr.g Co., w^ =! r ^keo ! S'^tated. Mr. V a riD e B e i's : ‘i ollec tGcu j up Wednss.Gny just hcG'ore C*ou:r a 1 - | of tih e px^ci r c-nver:-rj h u :*rd -hi journsd and the fU Icw ing n in ed jur-’ssod a i •. t ... ■, e iiim to i I ors rc-c-cted to try the ilhU cas ; juuge does r.. t to-,., u :tii th -i. I ton. E a rl, F r e d M.ltrheU, WiG.L L 'r o e k ,|if the lattor. :u. T. dtcGos tlu ,.. \A. O. Reed, D. C*. Ch.n-.e. E. M. Gr nX^ook the stonrl erM* d.-c.G ■■ ■ n f r a- 1 iey. John Ryr.n, Lee ChaoFi, lar F i s - j i ic o , revenge. i : i teleirg, a.*imo ity jhep, Charles W illiam s, E. E. Grant | or liatr.'u” towrds the Ju .ge. He a.l- i and Burt Bennett. | roitted that JiM m ..m-e of it:fr.rmQf!nV' ! w T-. i 1 TTT — J v v a s Van Dm I e, rUv,:. Iv'e 'an d ‘’G!'\' ’yW , j I two wo. ks inlervei:'.ng lo-l v. oi n hm I Mr. DuBoLs introduced lire court re | f ir s t re:;ojf of it aiul tlu* (lute cf ptih I o rds of the divorce caseef Button vs. | lisM n g th e article. I O. G. nazg?,.- cf Galetrn, ' /■ H e -.Ce ,.f,:r,.ers.atlon it l f G - l G G ' * * ® , “ ' b e t w e e n Ihe Jin lge an,! bin-e-bf t e d e w ,d e 7 d ‘ i- ‘ which hs teeti.fie,I that .'rm er- Lgiew the hbel suit. H e ai'-O' «all j.. ! ! M rs. Stokes, whG‘ cf th e ediior tv od did make threats towards Stokes to him kH-tzsTar; and :n.GI That h© would rui'E Stoks*s, and drive him out of town. T h is w.as cortimdicTei 1 by th e Judge. The defense Ih n clos ed. Attorney Seibert moved for a com.f'Ul'Sory nonsuit, upeu the grounds that the artiicle was privilege J iiizider the Constitution of the State a<nd E.iil of Righ'^s. th.at no damaga had been shown, a.n.d that no n -aJice had been shown by the puH-icction its'-lf. This moli*®n w a s overruked by tl.!» fcurt, and St*d>err then nddT.essed the jury. He < on.^^iini'd over an, hour ^.tances h the cont 4 4 .nc'^cf i l i r c l f G ’f ^ .-...w.,. W.!,w.h m atter cut of court. H© clv-bsed at f u e th i r ty a r d A ttorney Stokes, w ife j the stand and nhe sv/cre t]u;t am I paper w a s of general circulation. M- , T. Stnke.s idi.- o testified that he wa : : the editor cf the r;&.p*er and w.as re ' mcnsirDle for the aFcg: d li'helous ar 1‘icle. Ex-Judge C n v e rcd then toci: j tile stand and related the rum her c: j v .ars he had been an honorable an( I ;': s:;ected nieir-rer of the Potter Cour , '■y Ear, his elevation to the ber..cib ’ -'-nd the m any tiiires he had been call |Cutside cf hii& homt- county to pre ! -dde over th e courts of this state. He ! stated in round num b ers the ■crruc.'’ ■ 0.1 ce case ‘In which GR u D p .T v ..^ sp eared a« .nttoruey find itc converoQ. Con that ensued between the court and the attorney at the tim e the '■a*se wa.s argu-d. H e denied that he hia-d use.>d iiarsh or arrogant language to the young a torney and laid par ticular fitrebs upon the fact that his treatm ent o f hiim wa-s the siame a-s that of the court to any other attor ney appearing in hiisi court, allways courteo*u.s, consMerate and kind. There w a s .some discrepanicy betwee'n the testim o n y of the Jud'g and A t t o r ney Va.nDeBoe. The latter claimed he left the count chaigrined, hum ili ated and “spainked,” to use his terms after the divorce was continu'^d and Swetland thc*n asked the indulgence Of the court to grant him an adjourn m ent until Friday morning, \vhick Judge Cummings granted. Friday morning W. K. SweC-end ad dressed the jury a.bout an hour, with a w ell prepared argum ent that pre sented the real! issue before them and em p h asized the im p ortance to the public of having the orderly judi cial protection cf individuals agah st the abuse of a “free press.’ udge JCummings then undertook t® P\ sen t th e case to the jury as- gov erned by the lawoflible. With but a t Z Z y r Z ^ short period o f deliberotlcn the jury not gramteJ T h e Jud-go then spoke ; „t.,irn,-a a, vtr.liet of ■‘•no oahse of Of the <appearanice an th-o paper of i jetton ” thie article in, question, its effect up- | « on him and how it had appeared to ' A motion w a s made for a new triial lessen the respect of the commiiniity | and the ru le ’will be argued as soon tow a rds ,him, reflected upon b.is ju- ' a s the record can be tran s c rib e d . If diciial in t e g r it y and honor. Attorney j a new trial .is r&fu.-'-cd by Ju.'lgo CUIU- Seihert conducted the cre-sk emmina- i m.ings, the case will be appealed to tion. On croiS'S-examluation the Judge : a higher court. HOW WE GET THE NEWS of their marriage. Many pieces of silverw a re m evidence, .shew- Last w eek a perfectly nie© lady fr-iends did not forget. A <3aUed us up and w ith tears in her ’□nuntifu! stipper was serv’ea in Mr voice reproved us for not mention- Clark’s b :st style, and the guest.v t 'O- ing the fact that she had liad a ; ^ }ftime. friend vi-stlting her th e week before. ' Albert Briggs is- spending the holi- W e told her that she had uot let us'^^^yg hi.s i.kaughter.«, at Rocites- know anything about it and tliat con -1 ^nd Elmira. Mrs. Brigge and ‘sequently, w e did not know that she children spent Christmas day ,at had a visitor. Then she said, “W ell w e llsv ille with the fam ily of Morti- you should have known. I thought i .jjjgj. Lewis. j you were running a newspaper.” j Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Trask spent j Wouldn’t that rattle your slats? I Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs. La j Some people think that at editor durna Trask. . o u g h t to be a cross betw een Argus i Miss Theresa Herrington, of I and Anna Eva Fay. They seem to town, is spending the setiocl vacation j think that our five senses are a u g - , w ith her parents, ' Mr. ard Mrs. ^ m erted by a sixth that lets u s knov/ - John Herrington of th is place. ■ ev erything that ha.ppens, even if we 1 M iss M argarette McAndrew haa ] see, hear, fel, taste or sm ell it not. ’ moved from her btother, T. McAn- \ Dear lady, editors are only human j d rew ’s farm , to >the Ed Ward house i or at least, alm o st human. If you j in W ellsville. I h a v e a friend visiting you, if you I E. M. Fulm er and Miss. Fulm er and I a re going av/ay, or have returned Guy Fulm er spent Christmas day ^ from a v isit out of town, if Johnnie ' w ith Mr. and Mrs. G®>rg© H. Pul- falls and breaks h is arm, if your h u s : m er. ; band chops h is toe instead of a stick j A Christm as tree at the school I of wood, if anything happens th a t : h o u s e furnished plenty of fun and ' h a p p iness to the sch'Clar.s. Ths teach er, Mr. Robinson, is w e ll liked and is giving good satisfiaotion. T h is is Mr, Robinson’s first term a t teach- ing. T h e -daughter of WRliam Ghostly, M iss Treva, who underwent ano per- ation for appendicitis a t th e W ells- FULMBR VALLEY, Bee. 28.—The ville Hospital, is improving under the Christm as of 1914 has come and gone'care of special nurse W right and Br. hringing good cheer and happiness Eaton. M iss Treva is a bright little to m a n y and to som e sadness and i lady and much loved. Her ^ friends heart aches. It is th e in e v it a b le, a r e glad to know sh e is getting bet- w a y of the world. Some maylaugh ter. Yviiile oth.^rs xnsiy w-oep, y&t time-goes; Tlites littl-© diaUgiitsr of I m akes you glad, or sad, happy, j mad, csll us up. Tell ns) about it. I That’s the way to get it in the pa- i per. I -------------------------- I FULMER VALLEY X5n and Fulmer Valley ts still keeping step. Last week wa.s a busy one with the inhabitants here. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cl&tk enter tained their friesnds on Chidsfcmas night, .it beins the 25 th anniversa^. safely. George gimpkiutg is very iU with pneumonia. As Mr andi Mrs. Simp* kins are both trained nunses, the little girl will have the beat care pos- 4 tiMe and it is hoped wiE come tlmi A
