CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1876

Abstracts 6130 - 6134

TRIVIA (Cont'd)

the mercury had reached five degrees below zero. The cold created unusual suffering and unfortunately several severe cases were reported.

About seven o'clock Saturday morning a middle aged woman named Mrs. McCauley was found dead in her bed at 204 Canal st. by one of her neighbors. It was alleged she was frozen to death.

Thomas Teare was found in an insensible condition on Ontario st. near the market house and was taken to central station where, after some effort, he was revived. He was nearly frozen to death. It is said that he had been on a drunk for about a week, and was intoxicated Friday night.

Thomas Dolan, a tramp from Buffalo, was found on the railroad track badly frozen.

On Saturday evening officers received word that an old man was in a shanty on Hillman st. nearly frozen to death. His name was Thomas Stringer, and he was about 50 years old. He was taken to the third precinct station house and kept during the night. The officers feel sure that had he stayed in the shanty till Sunday (Dec. 10) he would have been frozen to death, as he had no fire.

6130 L Dec. 12:8/1 Saturday afternoon, (Oct. 9) Mr. J. F. Brown,
a well known cigar maker, residing at 13 Aaron st. fell down the rear
stairway, from the first floor to the basement, in the corner store of
Paine block, and fractured the skull, from which injury he died Sunday
morning (Oct. 10). He leaves a family of five children in straightened
Funeral services on Wednesday (Oct. 13).

circumstances.

6131 L Dec. 13:7/4 In a letter to the editor, the thanks of Messrs. Sanford and Buttles are tendered to the firemen for their gallant efforts during the fire on Saturday night.

6132 L Dec. 14:8/3 The case of the state vs. S. H. Lamam, for the produring of an abortion on one Alice Clark, is on trial in the police court. The complaining witness has already been heard and told her story substantially as published in the newspapers of the city. The hearings will be continued today and tomorrow.

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6133 L Dec. 15:8/1 A very pleasant company gathered at the residence of Mr. A. A. Jewett, 1005 Broadway, last evening, to witness the marriage of Mr. Jewett's daughter Clara to Mr. C. H. Burgess, the handsome and enterprising county surveyor, a gentleman who is all ways worthy of the youth and beauty he has won. The event passed off in splendid style, and the young couple were launched on the matrimonial sea in a manner which is a pretty good guarantee of a safe and harmonious voyage. The good wishes of scores of friends go with them.

6134 L Dec. 15:8/1 "We announce with extreme regret the death of Mr. Henry Winslow, eldest son of N. C. Winslow, Esq., of Buffalo. The deceased was well known to many of the people of this city, he having

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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1876

Abstracts 6135 - 6140

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resided her for a number of years while a boy. His death was the result of exposure to scarlet fever, aggravated in some degree by constitutional weakness. Mr. Winslow was a genial, companionable gentleman, and his death will be sincerely regretted by a large circle of friends in this city."

6135 L Dec. 15:8/1 A very pleasant surprise party was given the Rev. Dr. Brooke, pastor of the First Methodists church, Wednesday night, (Dec. 13) by a number of his friends. Substantial evidence of their friendship and respect were brought along.

6136 L Dec. 15:8/3 Judge Young held court in the Lamam case yesterday forenoon, at the residence of the lady witness, and heard her testimony which seemed to corroborate the story of Alice Clark upon whom the alleged abortion is charged to have been performed. Physicians representing both the plaintiff and the defendant testified. When the court meets again this morning, the testimony of other physicians will be heard.

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6137 L Dec. 16:8/1 "Two tramps were arrested, Thursday (Dec. 14) for deserting from the ranks of those at work."

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6138 L Dec. 16:8/1 "About one o'clock this morning one of the
fiercest gales of wind that ever visited Cleveland swept over the city
from the north. It was accompanied with a blinding snow, so dense that
it was almost impossible for a person to make his way along the
streets. The scene outside was dismal enough. Signs creaked and
blew down, glass flew in all directions, chimneys failed to stand the
test, and pedestrians who were so unfortunate to be out, were almost
lifted off their feet and carried along by its fury. At the hour of
going to press no damage of a serious character has been reported, but
its severity was such that there must have been some, especially in
that part of the city most exposed to such fierce winds."

6139 L Dec. 16:8/2 - The Lamam case was called in the police court
yesterday morning, but as the medical witnesses failed to be present,
it was continued to the afternoon. Dr. Perrier, of Charity hospital,
and Dr. J. W. Scott testified that the alleged abortion might have been
performed although there was no direct proof. Several other witnesses
were heard, after which the case was continued.

6140 L Dec. 18:7/1 The hearing of testimony in the Lamam case was concluded Dec. 16, and Judge Young decided to reserve his decision until to-day. Dr. Bennett testified as an expert, and Dr. D. B. Smith was recalled to make some points of his previous testimony more clear. The prosecuting witness, Alice Clark, was also reheard.

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Lamam, the defendant, was placed on the stand by Mr. Carr his attorHe swore positively that he had never had criminal intercourse with the girl, and had neither promised nor attempted to procure an abortion. (2)

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1876

Abstracts 6141 - 6145

TRIVIA (Cont'd)

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6141 L Dec. 18:8/2 Rev. E. C. Colman of Boston, delivered a very interesting sermon last night in the United Presbyterian church. subject was "Where was Protestantism before Luther?"

"The sermon was listened to with the closest attention throughout. It was replete in telling points, and covered a long series of perse. cutions, and events related in history, that would be hard to refute."

6142 L Dec. 18:8/3,4 On the night of Dec. 16 a portion of the police force of the first precinct, under charge of Lieutenant Morse, entered Fred Gardner's gambling rooms in the Arlington block on Euclid ave., and Captain Washington's gambling rooms in the Richardson block on the south side of the Square. They succeeded in capturing several persons and a lot of gambling tools. The first call was made at Gardner's rooms which were entered by the police without trouble. Nine well-known citizens were arrested and escorted to the station, where, of course, each one gave a fictitious name to be placed on the docket. In the Arlington block a fine lot of rosewood furniture used by gamblers ten packs of cards, and 327 ivory poker chips was taken.

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At the second place visited, in the Richardson block, six rather prominent citizens were placed under arrest. The officers also gathered up the gambling tools, which numbered 1,401 ivory chips, three packs of cards, a faro lay-out, and a quantity of rosewood and mahogony furniture. Those arrested were taken to the central station where they gave fictitious names as did those from Gardner's rooms. Requisite bail being furnished, they were then set at liberty.

6143 L Dec. 18:8/4 A daughter of Mr. Roth, who resides at 47 Ocean st., was so severely burned Friday (Dec. 15) as to cause her death Saturday morning. The child, who was but five years old, was playing with the fire, when her clothes caught, burning her so badly that she died in less than twenty-four hours after the accident. (verbatim)

6144 L Dec. 20:7/3 Charles Meeker arrived in the city yesterday afternoon in an insane condition of mind. As he left the train at the Union depot it was noticed by many that he was not right in his head. Detectives Schroeder and Van Husen took him into custody and escorted him to the Central, where it was learned that Monday (Dec. 18) he was released from prison in Allegheny City, and that his father is a resident of Cleveland. To his home Meeker was taken late yesterday afternoon. (verbatim)

6145 L Dec. 20:8/3 Judge Young yesterday bound S. H. Lamam over to
the court of Common Pleas, under bonds of $1,000, on the charge of hav-
ing obtained an abortion on Alice Clark. In deciding the case the Court
said that the testimony was such as to compel him to that decision."
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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1876

Abstracts 6146 - 6151

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6146 L Dec. 21:7/1 - Missing James Kent, 1260 Axtell st., left home Monday, (Dec. 18) saying that he was going to attend the funeral of a deceased friend, after which he thought he should go to the county treasurer's office to pay his taxes. As he had considerable money on his person, and has not yet returned, his family are much concerned about him, and fears are entertained that he may have been foully dealt with.

6147 L Dec. 21:7/1 - A Frozen Tramp. Late Tuesday (Dec. 20) night, a tramp, giving the name of Jacob Mamert, was found in the 15th ward, nearly frozen to death. The officer who thus discovered him took him to the station house, where his name was placed on the record, and the word "vagrancy" written after the same. Mamert will probably get accommodations at the workhouse during the rest of the winter.

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6148 L Dec. 22:8/1 - William Murphy alias Many, Frank Fosdick, and Myron Fosdick, all residents of Independence, were locked up at the Central police station, yesterday, on the charge of severely assaulting Frank Brown last Sunday (Dec. 17). The affray occurred in the 18th ward, and resulted in Brown, who is a colored man, receiving such injuries as to deprive him of the sight of one eye, and to make his recovery a little doubtful.

6149 L Dec. 22:8/1 "Gardner, the man who was arrested for keeping gambling rooms in the Arlington block, plead guilty in yesterday's police court. On account of his poverty he was fined only $25. The house was ordered suppressed."

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6150 L Dec. 23:7/3 In a letter to the editor, "W." says: way home last night about nine p.m., I became aware of a luminous appearance in the heavens. I saw a collection of balls of fire, about the size of my doubled fist. There were about ten or 12 in number. Their appearance was a bright red in color, and they were traveling from northwest to southeast. From each one of these streamed out a tail, also luminous, but not so bright as the head, about 50 or 60 feet in length. "Can any of your scientific readers give a satisfactory solution? They were not ordinary meteors, for there was no curvature in their course, but, on the contrary, their line of movement was straight."

6151 - L Dec. 25:7/1 In a letter to the editor, Chandler says: I noticed in this morning's LEADER an account of a large and brilliant meteor, passing from west to east, over Lawrence, Kansas, last evening. About the time the meteor was seen in Lawrence (allowing for difference in time between Cleveland and Lawrence), I observed a meteoric shower, consisting of 10 or 12 meteors traveling in an easterly direction, apparently a few hundred feet high. They were visible for perhaps one or two minutes, diminishing in size and leaving a stream of fire behind as they vanished. Will someone explain why it traveled in a hori zontal rather than perpendicular or diagonal line?

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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1876

Abstracts 6152 - 6157

TRIVIA (Cont'd)

6152 L Dec. 25:8/4

"Saturday a girl named Kitty Ames, who has lived for some time at Lou Squires' dive on Canal st., borrowed a small sum of money on Hill st. With this she went to a drug store, where she purchased a quantity of morphine, which she took to Fox's place, near the Central market. There she asked for a glass of water, into which she at once put the morphine and was about to swallow the same when prevented by some one present. The cause of the act is said to have been due to a refusal of marriage on the part of a man with whom the girl had been intimate for some time. It is said the girl left the city, Saturday, after her unsuccessful attempt."

6153 L Dec. 27:7/4 In a letter to the editor, I. L. Beardsley says:
The report of your correspondent concerning the observation of a singu-
lar collection of meteors induces me to relate my own observations.
At nine o'clock on Thursday evening while on Wood st. at the corner of
St. Clair, I heard a report, like the distant booming of a cannon, which
seemed to come out the sky directly over the lake. An instant after it
was followed by a similar discharge and further reports succeeded each
other irregularly and rapidly. I saw no light, but the sky was much
obscured over the lake, and a little snow was falling. When I reached
home my wife said that she had heard the sound and had been startled,
but imagined that it was the stamping of horses on the floor of some
neighboring barn. The meteors seen by other parties, I have no doubt,
explain the reports heard by me.

6154 L Dec. 27:8/1 "The inmates of Poverty Barn desire to thank the
ladies of the Central Place Friendly Inn for their Christmas dinner.
They send a long communication embodying the above, which is too long
for publication."

6155 L Dec. 27:8/2 About seven o'clock Tuesday morning, (Dec. 26)
Peter Fink, Charles Fink and John Doyle, hack drivers, got into a row
among themselves in front of Halle's Hall. Patrolman Marx saw the
disturbance when he endeavored to restore order, but as he did so,
the three turned on him, assaulting him quite severely. They were
subsequently arrested by officer Mollen, and lodged in the Central
station. They were charged with assaulting officer Marx.

6156 L Dec. 27:8/3 Saturday night, (Dec. 23) the residence of
D. A. Eddy, at 18 Lake st., was entered by a burglar who carried off
about $48 worth of clothing, belonging to Miss S. E. Butler, boarder
at the house and a public school teacher. Suspicions pointed to a
girl named Lillie Seinsoth, who had been employed at the house as a
servant. She was arrested Monday (Dec. 25) and confessed to having
committed the deed. The girl claims Tiffin as her home, but has been
known to the police for some time.

6157 L Dec. 27:8/3 For some days the doormen at the central police station have had suspicions that a part of the inmates of the prison

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