Rochester, Monroe, NY Democrat & Chronicle Sat Oct 19, 1918 DEATH TAKES JOHN LAVIN Veteran Employee of Department of Public Works Stricken John LAVIN, 65 years old, for 35 years an employee of the Department of Public Works, died at his home, No. 33 Fourth street, yesterday afternoon. He had been in failing health for the past year but persisted in the faithful discharge of his duties and was stricken while at work. He leaves a brother, Michael LAVIN; ten children, Michael, Thomas J., Private John S., Sister Mary M., religious Sacred Heart Convent, Albany; Sister M. Wilhelmina, Convent of Mercy, Corning; Elizabeth C., Anna M., Veronica, Lorretta, and Mrs. Francis MULHERON, and two grandchildren, Walter F. LAVIN and John P. MULHERON. * Mrs. Mary E. BEARDSLY died yesterday morning at the family home, No. 303 Monroe avenue, aged 70 years. She leaves two sons, Edward R. BEARDSLEY of Los Angeles, and Myron A. BEARDSLEY, now serving within the Engineering Corps in France; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret FITZPATRICK and Mrs. Anna KARSER? Both of this city, and one brother, Joseph CULLEN, of New York. * Grace BURBANK, wife of the late Edward R. STRONG, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. D. McKIBBON, No. 111 Magee avenue, yesterday, aged 48 years. She leaves a son, Norman B. BURBANK, the Fourth Field Artillery, Corpus Christi, Texas; a daughter, Ruth STRONG; her mother, Alice J. BURBANK; and two sisters, Alice H. BURBANK and Mrs. C. D. McKIBBON. * Patrick J. KEANE died yesterday at the family home, No. 115 Frank street. He leaves his wife, Theresa SHEEHAN KEANE; ten children, Mrs. F. G. STEINHAUSER; Catherine, Loretta, Francis, Elearon, Irene, Bernardine and Theresa KEANE, and John and Daniel KEANE, all of this city; a brother, Daniel KEANE, of this city, and two sisters, living in New York City. * Mrs. Laura LINN, died last evening at her home, No. 80 Norton street, aged 59 years. She leaves her mother; two daughters, Charlotte and Laura LINN; two sons, Edward and Andrew LINN; a sister, Mrs. William HARTUNG, and a brother, Raymond STEIN. The body has been removed to No. 609 Clinton avenue north. * Barbara EMMERICH ROESCH, widow of Herman ROESCH, died yesterday afternoon at the family home, No. 429 Clifford avenue, aged 57 years. She leaves four daughters, Mrs. Frank VORMENG, Mrs. J. SILSBE, Theresa and Florence ROESCH; three brothers and one sister. She was a member of Branch 104, L. C. B. A. * Amasa HARRINGTON died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. B. DOWN, No. 34 Clover street, aged 87 years. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Cora M. JONES, of Churchville and Mrs. Charles B. DOWN, of Brighton, and two sons, Earl HARRINGTON, of Churchville and Irving HARRINGTON, of Rochester. * Inez M. De FREEST died yesterday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred NOWELL (or NEWELL), No. 340 Hawley street, aged 20 years. Besides her parents, she leaves two brothers, Harold De FREEST, now with the American Forces in France, and Egbert De FREEST. * Mrs. Lillian COMPO, Miligan, died last evening at the Hahnemann, aged 20 years. She leaves her husband, Roy MILLIGAN, now in France also her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John COMPO, of Watertown, N. Y. The body was sent to Watertown. * James J. CROUCH died yesterday at the home of his son, Frank W. CROUCH, No. 14 Brenson avenue, aged 75 years. He leaves two sons, Frank and Jesse J. CROUCH, and one daughter. * Alma, infant daughter of John and Anna McMULLEN, died at the family home, No. 46 Ambrose street yesterday. **** "SISTER" ACCUSED BY BOGUS CAPTAIN Two Likely to Meet in City Court To-day Miss Ida SHREVES, alleged by the bogus "Captain" Asa SHREVES to be his sister and the real perpetrator of a robbery for which SHREVES was arrested, is scheduled to arrive in Rochester to-day from Toledo in the custody of Detective ANDREWS. The young woman, who also goes by the name of Ida HIRSCH, wife arrested by the Toledo police on a charge of grand larceny. SHREVES himself was in City Court yesterday morning to plead to charges of grand larceny, second degree, and petit larceny. He pleaded not guilty to both charges, charging his "sister" with the offense. Yesterday he was still attired in a uniform, but all officer's insignia had been removed from it. SHREVES alleges that he is the son of Toledo minister and came to Rochester to see his sister, having received word that she was rat??? wayward. The two were invited to dinner at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth ALLINGER, No. 285 South Goodman street, and after they had left jewelry and money to the value of $285 was missed from the house. The charge of petit larceny was made for the passing of a worthless check at the Hotel Seneca. SHREVES is in trouble not only with the Rochester authorities, but with the police of Syracuse, where he is wanted on charges of passing bad checks and with the military authorities at Fort Hancock, where he is wanted as a deserter. **** BIG FIRE GUTS OLEAN BLOCK Blaze Starts in Early Morning and Does $30,000 Damage Olean, Oct. 18 - Fire started in the kitchen of the Arion restaurant in North Union street, at 6:30 this morning, completely gutted the second and third floors of the Duke building, one of Olean's oldest business blocks. The building is of brick and the flames had made such headway by the time the firemen arrived that they could only be headed by cutting away a large portion of the roof. The fixtures of both the restaurant and the Grand Union. Ten Company store, which, adjoins were rendered worthless by fire and water and a large number of tenants having rooms and apartments on the second and third floors will be seeking new quarters. The loss is estimated at $5(?)0,000 and is practically all covered by insurance. **** WIFE SPILLED THE BEANS Police Raid Apartment and Arrest Eight for Gambling Canandaigua, Oct. 18 - Tipped off by the wife of one of the men, the police last night at a late hour raided an apartment at No. 87 South Main street, on the third floor, and gathered into the net eight men who are charged with gambling. They gave the names of Sam BARRON, Hyman LIBERMAN, Jack SHIPERIO, Charles SHERMAN, Louis STEINBERG, Max SEIGEL and Isaac ROSEHINE, each of whom were held in $25 bail to appear in City Court next Monday morning. Sam GOLDMAN, proprietor of a store in Manchester, is accused of being the man who conducted the place and he was held in $60 bail for a hearing. The raid was undertaken by Officers SHEEHAN, CONGEVAN and KINSELLA. **** LAW WAITS FOR CHIEF Geneva, Oct. 18 - As soon as Chief of Police KANE returned to his desk the work of enforcing the new state law controlling the headlight glare from automobiles will begin. Active enforcement of the new rules planned early in the week was interrupted when the chief was called to Chicago by the death pf his cousin, ex-Mayor John P. HOPKINS, of Chicago. **** -- Glenda Whitaker Subyak Monroe Co. & N. Y. State News Coordinator Find your Ancestors at: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/NY/Monroe/index.html Assistant Coordinator for Pike Co. ILGenWeb site http://PikeCoILGenWeb.org Please visit my Web Page & sign my Guestbook http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~glendasubyak