Gallipolis, July 25. -- In the village of Cheshire, twelve mile above here, resides George Ritz, with a family of nine chidren and a wife. The head of the family is addicted to drink and the abuse of his family. He leases two coal mines but is hard pushed to keep the wolf from the door. An affidavit was sworn against Ritz by his daughter, charging him with incest in its vilest form. Mary, the daughter is a fair, plump looking miss of 17. She says she was seduced at the age of nine years, and that intercourse has been kept up agaist her will up to the present time, her affidavit charging three separate offenses since the 3rd of July. A trial before a Justice resulted in Ritz giving bond for his appearance at court. On the same night some forty of his neighbors collected with the intention of administering mob law, but the constable was sent for and Ritz was run off to jail.
He was interviewed in the jail to-day. He denies the charges, but can give no reason for his daughter's conduct, other than she wished to live out as a servant and he opposed. He remembered some suspicious actions of her's in a berry patch in connection with a young man. Ritz bears a fair character for honesty and truth, and he has the candor to say his daughter is truthful also among his class. Ritz has some political influence.