Richard Sharp, aged 23 years, an air brake inspector of the P & R Co. at Palo Alto, was overcome by the heat and was rendered unconscious for several hours. He was taken to his home in a serious condition.
Constable Beck arrested Winfield Ray, about 24 years old, at his home, below St. Mary's, Chester county. A warrant issued by Alderman Kirschman and sworn out by L.H. Focht, contractor, charges Ray with robbery. It is alleged that he was implicated with Chester Arthur Dampman in the burglarizing at the Cook and Possum Club house near Birdsboro, and that Ray was with Dampman when the latter was caught last Sunday evening by Constable Beck and an assistant, but made his escape. The accused denied the charge and claimed he was not with Dampman last Sunday night. He was committed.
Samuel H. Fritz, aged 43 years of Cedar Top, Cumru, was arrested by Constable Fegley on Alderman Miller's warrant on the charge of beatings and threatening his wife. Fritz was held for a hearing.
A woman was given a hearing before Alderman Stout, on the charge of taking flowers from graves in Aulenbach's cemetery, and was held for court in $300 bail. The charges were brought by Peter Texter, president at the instance of the Board of Directors, Assistant Supt. Frank Schmeck, of the cemetery testified that he caught the woman in the act of taking flowers from graves. Several women testified that they had seen her commit similar offences. The defendant declared that she merely took the flowers from the graves of relatives as mementos.
Carroll C. Keim, of this city, a son of Mrs. J.E. Garner, 1046 North 6th was appointed quartermaster of the steamer Perry. The vessel left Seattle for Alaska and Siberia ports on July 2. He will be gone 5 months. He is a son of the late Isaac W. Keim and has traveled extensively, crossing the Atlantic a number of times, and on Aug. 18, 1901, was one of the crew of the big sailing vessel Arthur Sewell that sailed to Japan, where he spent several months and returned to the U.S. by way of the Pacific. In a letter to his mother, young Keim says he is in excellent health and that he expects to visit Reading on returning from the present cruise.
Submitted by Nancy.
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