Converted convict returns to prison to serve sentence
Allan J. Lawrence, an escaped prisoner, sat with Indiana State Prison Warden Reid and described his journey from Kansas and Nebraska to a prairie revival that inspired him to preach. He returned to Michigan City to finish his sentence after confessing his guilt. His 1906 case stemmed from an assault on a girl in Laporte, Ind. He had fled after serving five months as a trusty.
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Indiana State
Michigan City
Ind
Allan J. Lawrence
Reid
Kansas
Nebraska
Lawrence
Laporte
James Williams
Balloonists Spoiled Tart Over Ried Chimney Incident
A residents complaint from Julia Schmidt of 14 Britzligasse Ried reports balloonists dropping ballast over the village of Ried last Thursday evening and ruining a fruit tart she was baking. The notice appears in a Hoechst Wiesbaden area newspaper advertisement.
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Hoechst
Wiesbaden
Germany
Ried
Julia Schmidt
Britzelgasse
Drunken Monkey Releases From Middlesex County Jail
A monkey named Petro Barbuza, jailed in Middlesex County New Jersey for disorderly conduct after tearing up a South River flower bed, was released on his owner's request. Bonds kept the peace and the sentence was suspended. The animal enjoyed the cook house and two escape chances were refused. If troublesome again, the monkey may return to serve out the term.
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Middlesex County
N. J
Little Petro Barbuza
South River
Petro
Auto chase ends in swamp for Glen Ridge chicken thieves
Glen Ridge New Jersey resident Hermann Hoppe spotted two men shoot and steal his chickens. The thieves fled in a car but were stopped by a bicycle patrolman and pursued into a swamp where their vehicle bogged down. the pair were captured on foot and released after paying for damages.
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Glen Ridge
N. J
Hermann Hoppe
Midland Avenue
Hoppe
Joseph Huddy
Huddy
Watsessing
Canary Bird Stew Allegation Shocks Astoria Court
Astoria men Charles Belicher Thomas Barry and John Vertell arraigned in Long Island City court charged with stealing forty-five canary birds and jewelry from an Astoria mansion. They allegedly admitted making a stew from the birds.
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Long Island
Charles Belicher
Thomas Barry
John Vertell
Astoria
Smith
Long Island City
Vandeventer
Sixth Avenues
Omen Owl Haunts Shawnee Fire Dept in Coffin Tale
A screech owl flown from an undertaker's coffin into Shawnee Oklahoma firemen quarters provokes fear and superstition. It scratched two foreheads before being trapped with a broom and chloroform. The owl is to be mounted in the sleeping room to ward off spirits. On another note a poodle near Eau Claire Wisconsin swallowed dynamite while two men blasted stumps. The blast killed the dog and launched a mule into the air. the mule survived.
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Shawnee
Okla
Liver Johnson
Eau Claire
Wis
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Drunken Monkey
Kaupman
ITM
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Scandinavian American Bank
Seattle
L. L. Maley
Telephone 1701
Aberdeen
Grand Theatre
E. B. Benn
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Music By
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