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Democratic Watchman, February 27, 1925
Leon D. Quick Sent to Jail on Adultery Charge
"At a special session of court on Saturday morning Leon D. Quick, of Milesburg and Lock Haven, who was caught in a room in the Brant house, Bellefonte, at an early hour on Sunday, Feb. 8th, with a women not his wife, plead guilty to the charge of adultery and was sentenced by Judge Dale to pay a fine of five hundred dollars and imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six months nor more than a year.
Quick took the stand in his own defense and in reply to questions propounded by district attorney Ivan Walker and the court stated that for some time past he had been working as a special investigator ferreting out infractions of the Volstead law.
He had no credentials with him but stated that his original appointment was made by the sheriff of Clinton county, but it had expired on January first and since that time he had been working under W. C. Howell, of Huntingdon, and had a card of credentials at home. He stated that he was paid out of a fund raised by the W. C. T. U. and Law and Order League of Clinton county. He further stated that as a result of his investigations about forty arrests have been made and one conviction secured.
When asked to explain the circumstance of his being caught with a woman In the Brent house he stated that the woman, who registered as "Miss Anna Miller of Williamsport," but who in reality is an entirely different woman and whose home is in Tyrone, was also a special investigator and that he had met her in connection with some investigations they were going to make in Centre county. Quick admitted that he has a wife and three small children living at Milesburg and had not contributed to their support for some months past, as he had been living in Lock Haven."
Democratic Watchman, March 13, 1925
Man Who Refused to Leave Jail Sent Away on Monday
"Ordinarily men shun the county jail as they would a pest house, and it is only the natural instinct against restraint and being locked up, but sheriff Taylor has had the unique experience of having a prisoner in his charge whom he had a hard time getting rid of. In fact it was necessary to buy him a railroad ticket, put him on the train and send him out of town in order to get him off his boarding list."
It will be remembered that on February 7th the sheriff made a trip over to Penns Valley and took into custody a Swedish tramp by the name of Christian Hanson on suspicion of being the man who had been implicated in a number of barn fires. He was brought to Centre County jail and ten days later given a hearing before Judge Dale. As there was no evidence to connect him with the burning of the barns the judge ordered his discharge. Said discharge was given the sheriff of February 27th and that ended the county's liability for the prisoner's keep.
But when the sheriff told Hanson he could go he refused to do so. In fact he would hide in un-occupied cells whenever he saw the sheriff approach, fearful lest he was to be turned out. As the weather was bad at that time the sheriff didn't have the heart to turn the man out, so he allowed him to remain. But finally on Monday, with the sun shining nice and warm, the sheriff decided to get rid of his prisoner and taking him to the railroad station bought him a ticket to Williamsport, gave him a little money and put him on the train, hoping that he has seen the last of Hanson."
Democratic Watchman, September 18, 1925
Brook Trout Again Find Home in the Big Spring
"It has been years since the last one of the trout that attracted so much attention in the Big Spring disappeared from the source of the town's water supply. Some of them were sneaked out by fishermen, some were removed because they had become diseased and others just disappeared. Almost continuously, since, the question has come up: Why are there no trout kept in the Spring.
So insistent has it been since the trout in Spring Creek have become the object of such general interest that Mr. Cunningham, chairman of the Water Committee of council, set about to procure a few trout for the spring. It was thought that the native brook trout should be the only variety there, so with the co-operation of William Hass, superintendent of the Pleasant Gap hatchery, Fish Commissioner Butler was interested to the extent of presenting eight beauties to the borough of Bellefonte. As there are no large brook trout at the Gap hatchery it became necessary to bring them all the way from Cory. This Mr. Haas did last Saturday, bringing eight, ranging in length from 10 to 14 inches. Two were carried in a can. They arrived here in fine condition and are having the time of their lives jumping at the flies that skim over the surface of the Spring."
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