Rochester, Monroe, NY Democrat & Chronicle July 19, 1925 DEATHS WILLIAM J. TAYLOR New York. July 18 - William J. TAYLOR, president of the William J. TAYLOR Company, builders, of New York, died suddenly of hear disease in Lucerne, Switzerland, Wednesday, cable messages said to-day. Mr. TAYLOR, accompanied by his wife and two daughters, sailed for Europe June 27th, expecting to return in September. He was born in New York 55 years ago, and was the founder and head of one of the largest construction companies in the city. He had a summer home at Huntington, Long Island, and was president of the village of Huntington Bay. ** MRS. MAURICE BLOCH New York, July 18 - Mrs. Maurice BLOCH mother of State Assemblyman Maurice BLOCH, Democratic floor leader, died at her home in Manhattan last night. Mrs. BLOCH, who was seventy-four years old, was born in Germany and came to this country fifty years ago. Besides Assemblyman BLOCH, she is survived by another son and a daughter. ** JOHN E. WEIER New York, July 18 - John Edward WEIER former Queens Park commissioner and newspaper man, died to-day from paralysis in the Flushing Hospital. He was a former Washington correspondent of the New York Herald. He was a native of Beaver Falls, N. Y. ** ARTHUR M. BRIDGEMAN Boston, July 18 - Arthur Milnor BRIDGEMAN, the dean of the state house reporters corps, died in his sleep last night at the home of his sister, Miss Annie S. BRIDGEMAN, in Winchester. ** ANSON A. GARD Bowling Green, Ky., July 18 - Anson A. GARD, 75, of Buffalo, N. Y., field manager for the Beaver Petroleum Company, was found dead in the bathroom of the Y. M. C. A., here to-day. Heart trouble is believed to have caused his death. A widow and two daughters in Detroit, survive. GARD formerly resided in Canada and was the author of several books on the Dominion. ** DEATHS Service Conducted For Albert J. GROH Funeral services for Albert J. GROH, Sr., for thirty years a prominent Rochester jeweler, took place yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock from his home, No. 102 Averill avenue, and at 10 o'clock at St. Boniface's Church. Rev. F. BOTTEL celebrated solemn mass of requiem and Rev. John HOGAN, chaplain of St. Anne's Home, pronounced the final blessing at the grave in Holy Sepulchre cemetery. Delegations from the Rochester Lodge of Elks, the Chamber of Commerce and the Rochester Retail Jeweler's Association attended the services. The bearers were Frank RITZ, John MATER, William QUINLIN, Arthur P. STEIHLER, William EFFINGER and Otto SCHRAUM. ** MICHAEL DRURY BURIED Funeral services for Michael C. DRURY took place yesterday morning at 8:30 o'clock from his home, No. 22 Selye terrace, and at 9 o'clock at St. Bridget's Church. Rev. J. J. BRESNIHAN celebrated solemn mass of requiem and Rev. J. H. NELLIGAN was present in the sanctuary. Father BRESNIHAN, assisted by Rev. John HOGAN gave the final blessing at the grave in Holy Sepulchre cemetery. ** FRANK DE WITT died yesterday at his home, No. 501 Norton street, aged 61 years. He leaves his wife, Minnie DeWITT; two sons, Frank R. and Leland L. DeWITT; a daughter Mrs. Lillian M. JANSSON all of Rochester, and his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth DeWITT, and two brothers, Edward and Charles DeWITT, of Sparrowbush. He was a member of the Journeymen's Stonecutters' Association, Golden Septer Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Johnson City and Cahoonshee Tribe, I. O. R. A., of Sparrowbush. ** AUGUST MARKLINGER died yesterday, aged 81 years. He leaves a son, Arthur MARKLINGER of Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Mary MAUDER, of Chicago, and a brother Adam MARKLINGER, of Rochester. ** ALBERT B. BRONSON died Friday at his home in Sweden. He leaves his wife, Jennie CARPENTER BRONSON, and two sisters, Mary and Helen BRONSON, of Brockport. ** RUBY E. DENNITON, widow of James DENNITON, formerly of Rochester, died yesterday at Penn Yan. She leaves four sons, Adolph F., of Chicago, George H., of Phelps, J. Tiffany, of Albion, and Ray M., of Gaston, Ind. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. F. G. HOUGHTON, of Penn Yan Methodist Church will officiate. ** MARTHA MANCE, died yesterday at No. 112 Losier street. She leaves two daughters, Laura and Marie MANCE; two sons, Leon J., and Frank W. MANCE; a brother, John REINAGLE, of Three Mile Bay, and three sisters, Mary REINAGLE, of Greece, Mrs. G. STUMPF, of Watertown and Mrs. Antoine GOSIER, of Three Mile Bay. ** MINNIE NEWERT died yesterday at her home in West Webster, aged 50 years. She leaves her husband, Jacob NEWERT; a daughter, Mrs. Glen SPINK, of Penfield; three sons, John and Raymond, of West Webster, and Fred, of Rochester; a sister, Mrs. George FERGE, of West Webster; two brothers, Charles BUHLMAN, of Fairport, and Fred BUHLMAN, of Brighton, and two grandchildren. ** JACOB STALLMAN died yesterday at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Richard ZIMMERMAN, No. 84 Mount Hope avenue. He leaves his wife, Ella STALMAN, and five brothers, Fred, William, John, George and Charles STALLMAN. ** MARY IRENE NOLAN, wife of Charles H. SHARPE, died at the Highland Hospital on July 14th. She leaves besides her husband, a son, Willard C. RODEN; two brothers, William J. and Peter J. NOLAN; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth BURKE and several nieces and nephews. ** HIKING PASTOR CONFIRMS GOOD SAMARITAN TALE Penniless Christian Finds Little Change in Man's Inhumanity to Man Newark, N. J., July 18 - Harry W. BUTZ, draftsman and itinerant evangelist, who walked from Newark to Cincinnati and return to determine what a penniless Christian wayfarer might expect from his fellow man, in announcing his findings to-day, assured that man's inhumanity to man had not changed much from the days of the Good Samaritan. On his trip, which was concluded last night, he said he was given a lift by one of every thirty automobiles accosted. He was held up once in every 118 miles, but one-third of the holdup men gave up their own funds to him when they learned his mission. Clergymen, church officers, business and professional men and social agencies refused assistance twenty times to the one time that such help was accorded and he was offered six drinks of whisky to one of coffee. Five times, as an experiment, he said, he lay down by the road as if injured. In all 232 automobiles passed him without stopping and on an average of fifty passed before a car slowed down to offer assistance. ** DENIES HE ATTACKED NEIGHBOR IN QUARREL Indicted for assault, second degree, for an attack on Frederick JUTSUM, a neighbor over a line fence, on April 13th, Frederick NOTHNAGLE, of No. 640 Clay avenue, pleaded not guilty when arraigned yesterday before County Judge Willis K. GILLETTE. He posted a bail bond for $1,000 and was released pending trial. Sentence will be imposed Monday on George S. SPRAUL, of No. 334 Andrews street, who pleaded guilty to a violation of the moral code. ** PRIEST KILLED WHEN AUTO HITS TREE ON NIAGARA BOULEVARD Niagara Falls, Ont., July 18 - Rev. Louis C. GALLIGAN, a member of the Carmelite order at the Carmelite monastery, Falls View, Ont., was instantly killed early this morning when an automobile in which he was riding with Rev. Father BECKER, pastor of the Our Lady of Peace Church at Falls View, skidded and struck a tree on the Canadian Niagara boulevard near Black Creek. Father GALLIGAN and Father BECKER were returning from a sick call at New Germany, Ont., when the accident occurred. Father BECKER was only slightly bruised and cut. Father GALLIGAN was pinned under the car and died from internal injuries. He had been in charge of the monastery for the past year. He was 33 years old. ** Find ALL of the News Abstracts for Monroe Co., NY at http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/NY/Monroe/index.html -- GjS