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The book’s history begins in 1896, with a pastoral photo of a group of farmers participating in “threshing day” along Mayfield Road. It proceeds to tell the story of the earliest settlers (and the two basket factories that operated in the then-village); the schools and churches that opened to handle the city’s growing population; local businesses; the building of Notre Dame College; city officials; the rebuilding of the Playground of Possibilities; and the everyday life of regular people.
Just over a year ago, the historical society, in a Sun Messenger article, put out the word that it was seeking photos for the book.
Ardell Quinn was the reputed madam of a brothel that operated on Donwell Drive. The supper club/brothel was raided by none other than Eliot Ness. Quinn was convicted in 1937 for transporting minors across state lines for immoral purposes. This photo was supplied by Karen Zoller, director of the Notre Dame College Library.

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Witness list in Jimmy Dimora corruption trial should provide some surprises: Mark Naymik
Published: Thursday, January 05, 2012, 5:40 AM
View full sizeMarvin Fong, The Plain DealerFormer Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora arrives Wednesday for the opening day of his trial at the federal courthouse in Akron.
Former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora’s public corruption trial just got a whole lot more interesting for me.
It has nothing to do with charges of bribery, prostitution, gambling trips or taped phone conversations, which illustrate how little Dimora and his buddies cared about the public’s interests.
What excites me is the witness list, revealed publicly for the first time Wednesday during jury selection.
The list includes many obvious players, such as former Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo and J. Kevin Kelley, the big weasel in all this who pleaded guilty early in the investigation to acting as a middleman in bribery schemes involving Dimora and Russo.

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From Ohio to Massachusetts, Democrats in trouble are somehow merely politicians without an identifiable party. On Monday’s Morning Edition, NPR aired a three-and-a-half-minute corruption story from Cleveland that never mentioned the party starting with D. Anchor Linda Wertheimer explained, “In Ohio today, a trial gets underway in the biggest public corruption case the state’s ever seen. Jimmy Dimora rose from sanitation worker to commissioner of Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland and its suburbs. He’s accused of being at the center of a number of bribery schemes that federal investigators uncovered in recent years.”
Reporter Kevin Niedermayer of local affiliate WKSU added, “Jimmy Dimora is charged with being a kingpin, running a Boss Tweed-style criminal enterprise out of the county’s administration building. Prosecutors say He accepted home improvements, trips, appliances, meals and even prostitutes in exchange for millions of dollars in county contracts.”

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Dimora, now clean-shaven and his hair noticeably grayer, entered the courthouse with his wife.
Jury selection is set to begin in the trial today and testimony will likely begin on Monday.
The charges against Dimora are found in a 37-count, 148-page federal indictment, but basically say that the long-time power  broker used his county commissioner’s office as the base to run a criminal enterprise.
The charges say that he not only defrauded the public, but sold his position  to enrich himself and his friends.
The indictment also says Dimora received bribes and kickbacks, trips, home improvements and appliances, meals, entertainment, jewelry, lodging and prostitutes. In exchange, the charges state, Dimora steered government contracts, grants and loans, jobs and pay raises. He’s also accused of fixing court cases and favoring his benefactors in dealings with the county.

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AKRON, Ohio — A 16-year-old boy who faces trial as an adult in a deadly Craigslist robbery scheme has been moved to an adult jail that can house juveniles in a separate unit.
Brogan Rafferty, who had been held at a juvenile detention center, is charged with killing one man and attempting to kill another who answered a Craigslist ad for a bogus job in southeast Ohio’s Noble County.
A second suspect, Richard Beasley, 52, a self-styled chaplain and mentor to the teen, is jailed on unrelated drug and prostitution charges. Summit Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh has pledged to seek the death penalty against Beasley.
Rafferty, a junior at suburban Stow-Munroe Falls High School, has been transferred to the Summit County Jail, where the administrator told the Akron Beacon Journal (http://bit.ly/ttjHbU ) that the jail meets requirements that Rafferty be kept separate from adult inmates, unlike the Noble County Jail.

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If charges are filed against Richard Beasley, 52, of Akron, in the Craigslist investigation of murder and attempted murder, Walsh said her office will prosecute the case. The prosecutor’s office said it plans to seek the death penalty against Beasley if charged.
The teen and Beasley are suspects for their alleged involvement with two deaths and injuring a man in southern Ohio and the death of a man in Summit County.
“In trying the case in Summit County, we will ensure the surviving victim and the families of the other victims do not suffer through multiple lengthy trials and will provide a more convenient location for at least some of the families and the surviving victim,” said Walsh.
Beasley is currently being held on $1 million bond for unrelated charges: aggravated trafficking of drugs and prostitution. He has a court date set for Dec. 22.

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The chief prosecutor in northeast Ohio’s Summit County, Sherri Bevan Walsh, said local officials in southeast Ohio and state and federal officials signed off on an agreement to let her office take the lead against Richard Beasley, 52.
Three deaths and the wounding of a fourth man are part of the investigation in the plot to lure victims with the promise of a farm job in southeast Ohio.
“In deciding where and how to try this case, our primary concern was doing what is in the best interest of the victims and their families,” said Walsh, who noted that most of the victims are from the Akron-Canton area.
Beasley, who has been jailed in Akron on unrelated prostitution and drug charges, has denied involvement in the Craigslist slayings. Email and phone messages seeking comment were left Monday for his attorney handling the drug case.

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Summit Co. Prosecutor Takes on ‘Craigslist Murders’
AKRON — The Summit County prosecutor will prosecute 52-year-old Richard Beasley for three murders and one attempted-murder tied to a deadly Craigslist job ad, ABC6/Fox28 News’ Dana Jay reported Monday.
That is, once Beasley is charged. He’s currently being held for 15 counts of promoting prostitution and one count of selling Oxycontin stemming from offenses in Texas.
Beasley will be charged with murder, Summit Co. Prosecuting Attorney Sherri Bevan Walsh confirmed Monday. She said he could even face the death penalty.
Beasley’s alleged accomplice — 16-year-old Brogan Rafferty — however, has been charged with murder and attempted murder connected to the phony Craigslist ad.
Authorities say the two conspired in posting the phony ad to lure people in. Why, though, remains a mystery. Some reports allege it concerned robbery or identity theft or, simply, a thrill-kill.

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Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh said local officials in southeast Ohio and state and federal officials signed off on an agreement to let her office take the lead against Richard Beasley, 52. Three deaths and the wounding of a fourth man are under investigation in a plot to lure victims with the promise of a farm job in southeast Ohio.
“In deciding where and how to try this case, our primary concern was doing what is in the best interest of the victims and their families,” said Walsh, who noted that most of the victims are from the Akron-Canton area of northeast Ohio.
Beasley, who has been jailed in Akron on unrelated prostitution and drug charges, has denied involvement in the Craigslist slayings. An email message seeking comment was sent Monday to his attorney handling the drug case.

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CLEVELAND—A prosecutor in Ohio says a self-styled chaplain suspected in the Craigslist slayings will be charged with murder and could face the death penalty.
The announcement came Monday in Akron from Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh. She says her office will press murder and attempted murder charges against 52-year-old Richard Beasley. He’s locked up in Akron on unrelated prostitution and drug charges.
Three deaths are under investigation in the alleged plot to lure victims with a phony Craigslist job ad.
Beasley has denied any involvement. A teen acquaintance of his from Akron has been charged with murder.
The prosecutor says local and federal officials signed off on the agreement to let her office take the lead.

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