This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMurray99 Surnames: Cook, Buterbaugh Carney Callahan Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.indiana/6452/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 24 Oct 1929 - Indiana Weekly Messenger - AGED WOMAN TORTURED Miss Matilda Buterbaugh, aged 77 years familliarly known as "Aunt Tillie" is under the care of a physician at her home near Cookport as the result of shock and injuries inflicted upon her by three men, who forced their way into the Buterbaugh home shortly after midnight on Monday. With her feet blistered by burning matches and paper, her arms and limbs bruised by rough treatment and cords used to tie her in an effort to force the aged woman to reveal the hiding place of a sum supposed to be in the house, she Is in an extremely uncomfortable condition. Her nephew, William Buterbaugh, who resides with her, is battered and bruised from the beating he received from the would-be thieves when he refused to produce a key to a trunk in which Mrs. Buterbaugh was believed to have secreted a sum of money she was supposed to have lifted from an Indiana bank on Monday. The interior of the Buterbaugh house, both upstairs and down, was nearly wrecked by the intruders in their greedy search for cash. Drawers, cupboards and boxes were ransacked; mattresses and pillows were torn open and their contents scattered about the house during the two hours the aged woman and her nephew were mistreated by the attackers, who received but $5.00 in gold and less than $3.00 in change for their trouble. Shortly after midnight, Monday, William Buterbaugh was awakened by some one pounding on the front door. Asking who was there, he was given the name of a prominent resident of that section, who was said to need a light to aid him in getting his car out of a ditch nearby. Buterbaugh replied that he did not have a lantern and opened the door slightly to offer his aid. As he did so, three men pushed themselves into the room, attacked Buterbaugh, bound him and beat him severely when he refused to produce the key to a trunk said to be used as the family bank. Leaving Buterbaugh tied, the intruders went upstairs, wakened his aged aunt, pulled her out of bed, bound her and then started to torture her by burning her feet with lighted matches and pieces of paper when she insisted that she did not have a big sum of money in the house. It is said to have been the intention of Mrs. Buterbaugh - to come to Indiana on Monday and lift a sum of money from a local bank. Unable to secure satisfactory information from either the nephew or the aged woman, the attackers began to ransack the; house and finally found the trunk they had been searching for. One of them went to the cellar, secured an axe and broke open the trunk, but was disappointed with what he found there. A systematic search and wrecking of the Interior of the house followed. They finally gave up. the hunt,left with cash amounting to less than $8.00,and drove away in a car parked nearby... 7 Nov 1929 - Indiana Weekly Messenger - THREE SUSPECTS IN COOKPORT ROBBERY CASE ARE IN JAIL Clyde Carney, Jesse Cook and David Callahan Held for Torture of Miss Matilda Buterbaugh... Jesse Cook and Clyde Carney were sentenced to 7 - 14 years in prison. David Callahan, a minor, was given indeterminate sentence in the State Rerformatory. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

The final Chapter: JESSE FRANKLIN COOK of 452 Washington Street, Indiana, Pa., passedaway suddenly Friday, December 3, 1954 at 9:30 a.m. at his lateresidence. Born October 1876, in Cookport, Pa., a son of the late Andrew and Rachel McGuire Cook, he spent most of his linf in the vicinity of Cookport and the past 12 years in Indiana, Pa. Survived by one sister, Mrs. John (Mary) McAdoo of Marion CenterRD1,and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received after 1:00 p.m. Sunday at Robinson's, 36 N.7th street, Indiana, Pa., where services will be conducted Monday,December 6, at 1:00 p.m.

I can recall in my youth, way back when, Jesse coming to the back door of our house on South 7th Street. He came to the back door and was asking for food. Mom was not pleased that this person was there. As soon as Dad came from work he went after Jesse and told him not to set foot on our property again.. Oh, My Dad was named after him.. What an Irony.......Wendell Jesse Cook. 1920-1969

All families have them whether they like to see it or not...makes the research more interesting... Scottie   I can recall in my youth, way back when, Jesse coming to the back door of our house on South 7th Street.  He came to the back door and was asking for food.  Mom was not pleased that this person was there. As soon as Dad came from work he went after Jesse and told him not to set foot on our property again.. Oh, My Dad was named after him..  What an Irony.......Wendell Jesse Cook. 1920-1969 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAINDIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message