Kent Was Insane

Kent Was Insane

Verdict of the Circuit Court Jury Today.THE WHEATFIELD FRATRICIDEWill Probably Be Sent to the Asylum for Dangerous Insane—The McKenzie Case. MASON, January 15. — The jury in the case of Simeon Kent, the Wheatfield farmer who fired a double charge of bird shot into his brother, Seth Kent, last fall, were out all night. Upon coming…

Plea of Insanity.

Plea of Insanity.

Being Made in Defense of Simeon Kent, Who Shot His Brother. The arguments in the case of the People against Simeon Kent, charged with assault with intent to kill his brother Seth, are being made in the Circuit Court at Mason this afternoon, and the case may go to the jury tonight. Great interest is…

Shot His Brother

SAD RESULTS OF A QUARREL AT WILLIAMSTON Williamston, Mich., Sept. 30 – Simon and Seth Kent, brothers, who have farms south of the village, went to Mason yesterday, and while there quarreled over some business. After returning home the quarreling was renewed. Simon became enraged and seized a double-barreled gun and fired both barrels at…

A Woman Initiated

A Woman Initiated

A woman disguised herself as a man and clerked in a store for a year and then applied for membership in the Knights of Pythias and was initiated. During the work of the third rank her sex was discovered. It seems that in the third rank they have an india-rubber rat and celluloid snake, which…