Death sentence looms for Dr James Snook in Columbus
In Columbus on August 15 1936 Dr James H Snook a former Ohio State University professor awaits a possible death sentence in commons pleas court for the murder of his coed mistress Theora Hix Trial Judge Henry L Scarlett set Monday for a hearing on a motion for a new trial If denied Snook would be sent to the state penitentiary within five days for execution by electric chair Attorneys plan to appeal if the motion fails Snook showed defiant calm in jail refusing to acknowledge the verdict though he ate and played solitaire earlier The verdict followed a single ballot with prosecutors and the defense offering contrasting views on deliberations and the fate awaiting Snook.
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Columbus
Ohio
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Commons
Theora Hix
Henry L. Scarlett
Snook
Murderers Row
John J. Chester
Perfect Husband But no Credit
CHICAGO, Aug. 15 P Twenty three years' experience has convinced Howard Damarin that being a perfect husband is an empty donor. He claims decades of uninterrupted work and household duties but cites cruelty and insults from his wife. He details incidents of torn clothes and a ruined Christmas as part of his divorce petition.
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Chicago
Howard Damarin
Damarin
Aged Hughes Co Man Tells Weird Treasure Tale
In Holdenville a 111 year old man LaFayette Harrington claims to have split rails with Abraham Lincoln in Kentucky and now seeks sheriff help to recover a buried treasure his dogs finally unearthed. He says Coleman Younger guides him to the prize and that the tale has attracted many hearsay witnesses.
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Harrington
Calvin
Kansas City
Col. Pitcher
Price
General Custer
Minnesota
Court House
Abe Lincoln
Kentucky
Abe
Big Head
Wilburton
Holdenville
Abraham Lincoln
LaFayette Harrington
Coleman Younger
Kidnaping Plot Claimed In Tulsa Case
Tulsa Tribune reports a ten day old alleged plot to poison Samuel C. Collins former Marland Oil vice president. F C Hyde Ponca City lawyer and Harry Buchimer Ponca City man joined Collins in his office to be served a soft drink laced with poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
F. C. Hyde
Samuel C. Collins
Marland Oil Company
Kay County
Hyde
Collins
Newkirk
Tulsa
Tulsa Tribune
E. W. Marland
Harry Buchimer
Ponca
the Tribune
Buchimer
Buchiemere
Long-Lost Charlie Ross Claim Reappears in Trunk Find
In Brunswick Georgia Coly McHale claims to be Charlie Ross the kidnapped Pennsylvania boy whose 1879 confession surfaced in an attic trunk. The Ross family disputes the assertion noting previous false claims as the famed case remains unsolved and years of searching continued.
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McHale
Charlie Ross
Ross
Walter Ross
Charlie
New York Stock Exchange
Georgia
NEA
Brunswick
Coly McHale
Germantown
Philadelphia
Cory McHale
Experts study cattle disease spread at farm congress
At Stillwater on August 15 the U S Department of Agriculture and Oklahoma A and M College announced plans to study anaplasmosis spread in cattle. Bacteriologist George W Stiles said flies and ticks may spread the disease and that hundreds of insect species require testing over months or years to identify culprits. Facts include 400 fly species and 23 tick species. exams for cattlemen and a cul l ing school are set for September 6.
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Stillwater
United States Department of Agriculture
George W. Stiles
Department
Oklahoma A
M. College
Farm Congress
Stiles
United States
Southwest
Fire Hits Fort Worth First Baptist Educational Building
Fire swept the educational building of the First Baptist church in downtown Fort Worth causing devastation. Pastor Dr. J Frank Norris, already linked to prior church fires and a high profile murder acquittal, faces renewed controversy amid investigators seeking the cause and noting earlier arson trials.
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First Baptist Church
Fort Worth
Texas
First Baptist Church of
J. Frank Norris
Norris
Dr. Morris
D. E. Chipps
Chipps
Dr. Norris
Worth
Arge
Miss Bessie Smith Dies In Local Hospital
Miss Bessie Smith died at 6 20 AM in a local hospital. Funeral services will be from the family home at 717 West Eighth Street Thursday at 4 PM with Rev. A N Averyt in charge. Interment will follow in Rosedale cemetery. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs A W Smith and had been a beloved figure in the community. Before her death she served as office assistant to Dr M M Webster.
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Bessie Smith
A. N. Averyt
Rosedale Cemetery
A. W. Smith
M. M. Webster
Mrs Sarah C Hathaway Dies at 79 in Columbus Home
Mrs. Sarah C Hathaway aged 79 died Thursday afternoon at 5 at her daughter’s home 331 West Fifteenth street. Funeral services were held at 3 30 this afternoon at the family home with Rev A N Averyt in charge and interment followed at Stonewall cemetery.
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Sarah C. H.thaway
Sarah C. Hathaway
Helms
West Fifteenth Street
A. N. Averyt
Stonewall Cemetery
Mrs. C. R. Reed Rites Held At Ada After Maud Death
Mrs. C. R. Reed died Thursday afternoon at Maud. The body will be brought to Ada for funeral services Saturday at 2 30 p m from Criswell's parlors conducted by Rev A N Averyt. Interment will be in Rosedale cemetery. The Reed family formerly lived near Ada before moving to Maud.
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C. ER. Reed
C. R. Reed
Maud
Ada
Criswell
A. N
Pauls Valley guard admitted to bail in murder case
Oklahoma City August 16 The criminal court of appeals ordered release of R E Davis former guard at the State Training School for Boys Pauls Valley on 260000 bond Davis is charged with the murder of Stanley Kelley 15 inmate of the school The court waited for Judge James S Davenport before ruling The panel found no premeditated design as Kelley died after being beaten Though the state cites sunstroke as the direct cause attorneys say the beating contributed to the death
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Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
R. E. Davis
Pauls Valley
Davis
Stanley Kelley
Bona
Garvin County
James S. Davenport
Thomas A. Edwards
Will H. Chappell
Edwards
Kelley
State Training School For
Stanly Kelly
Mac Q. Williamson
J. S. Garrish
Kelly
Homer Hurt
J. Berry King
Williamson
H. G. Jeter
Board of Affairs
Lindsey
W. N. Barry
Barry
Hurt
King
Eight Men Face Liquor Charges In Capital Raid
Washington Aug 16 Eight men arrested and four sought by prohibition agents and police in a major liquor ring crackdown in the capital. All charged with conspiracy to violate the prohibition act. Bonds on seven arrestees range from 2500 to 5000. Herbert Glassman owner of a rent a car service and two garages surrendered. garages alleged as depots for reception and distribution of intoxicants. Conspiracy alleged from April 1 1928 to August 14 1929 to bring whiskey and other beverages into the District of Columbia, using trucks and cars.
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Washington
Prohibition
Herbert Glassman
Glassman
District of Columbia
Davis in Asking Release Explains Tragedy Story
Oklahoma City August 15. The Court of Appeals weighs bail for R. E. Davis former guard at Pauls Valley state training school charged with murder in the death of 15 year old inmate Stanley Kelly. Davis describes his version of events admitting whipping but denying fatal blows.
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Davis
Infant bitten by rat prompts hydrophobia precaution
The 15 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs H A Rust near Ada was bitten by a rat while sleeping in her bed. Doctor I L Cummings ordered a light serum as a precaution. The Rust family member works for Americana Oil and Refining at the station north of the city.
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H. A. Rust
I. L. Cummings
Rust
Ada
Mr. Rust
Americana Oil and Refining Company
Cotton consumption and stocks in July and year totals
Washington reports July cotton consumption of 546,457 bales of lint and 79,297 linters, with June values nearby. The cotton year ending July 31 shows 7,098,946 bales lint and 870,906 linters consumed, while on hand and imports, exports, and spindle counts are detailed for July and the year to date.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Guthrie Poultryman Heads Organization
Dr. H. O. Cox of Guthrie was elected president of the Oklahoma Poultry Improvement Association during its annual meeting on the Oklahoma A and M campus as part of Farmers Week. H. G. Sharp of Cushing was named vice president and R. B. Thompson of Stillwater was re elected temporary secretary treasurer. New board members include H Ware Stillwater C C Ward Guthrie L C Freeman Elk City and W H Schlabach Oklahoma.
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Stillwater
H. O. Cox
Guthrie
Oklahoma Poultry Improvement Association
Oklahoma A. and M. College
H. G. Sharp
Cushing
R. B. Thompson
H. @. Ware
C. C. Ward
L. C. Freeman
Elk City
W. H. Schlabach
Okla
Deserters Held After Beating and Kidnapping Women
Two U S Army deserters Gordon Frost and Wayne Aldrich confessed to beating and robbing two women near Hoxie Kansas on Sunday night. They led police to a stolen car and suitcases, then fled toward Denver returning to Kansas for extradition.
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Denver
United States Army
Gordon Frost
East Pepperell
Mass
Wayne C. Aldrich
Chicago
Hoxie
Kan
Kansas
Fitzsimmons Hospital
Here
Leda Beauregard
Beatrice Walsh
Concordia
Miss Beauregard
Aldrich
Frost
Garfield County grand jury returns reports on county officials
Enid August 15 two accusations were returned against Garfield County Clerk Miss Leona B Lewis and County Commissioner Earl I Preston. The grand jury found no substantiated charges against most officials while reporting concerns at Enid city finances and Garber Covington school district misused funds.
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Enid
Leona B. Lewis
Garfield
Earl I. Preston
O. C. Wybrant
Miss Lewis
Preston
Dan Mitchell
A. L. Winser
Frank E. Wiles
Board of County Commissioners
Garber-Covington
Last Pony Express Rider Reynolds Dies at 81
Sacramento reports the death of Thomas J. Reynolds at 81, possibly the last surviving pony express rider. He helped carry news of Abraham Lincoln's election to the Pacific coast, with a route 69 years earlier between Benecia and Knight Landing in California's frontier towns.
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Sacramento
Cal
Thomas J. Reynolds
Pony Express
Reynolds
Abraham Lincoln
Pacific Coast
Benecia
Knight Landing
Norris Faces Challenge in April GOP Primary
Lincoln Neb Aug 20 United States Senator George W Norris will be opposed in the April Republican primary by Lieut Gov George A Williams of Fairmount who announced his candidacy today. Also on the pageMiss Hilda von Herrith of Kansas City and Maj Chalom of Constantinople married after a Riviera courtship and began their honeymoon with a swim in the surf.
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Lincoln, Neb
George W. Norris
Nebraska
United States
George A. Williams
Fairmount
Paris
Riviera
Hilda von Herrith
Kansas City
Maj Chalom
Constantinople
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Aged Hughes CO
Bruce Potter
Joe Cooper
New York City
Marland Company
Marland
New York
Charle Ross
Brunswick, Ga
Little Charlie Ross
Roma City
Alva Reid
Doxie
A. E. Horns
Medford
Association
FT. Worth
The
Masonic Temple Association
Aldridge Hotel
Orel Busby
Masonic Lodge
Maosa
Guard
Hutchinson
R. L. Bramlett
Athens
Russell Pegues
Clarksville
Ark
Pegues
Bramlett
Guthrie Poultryman Heads Organization
Garfield County
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