Knights of Columbus Initiation Sparks Alliance Event
Alliance hosts a large Knights of Columbus initiation with about fifty candidates. First degree conferred by Alliance council, second by Ster uu, third by Chadron council. Daughters of Isabella serve banquet in Gadaby hall. Delegates from Nebraska expected.
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Knights of Columbus
Alliance
Alliance Council
Ster Uu
Chadron Council
Outakie
Daughters of Isabella
Gadaby Hall
Nebraska
Bankers Gather in Boston for American Banker Convention
The American Bankers Association opens its 39th annual convention at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston with about 5,000 delegates. A main topic is approving amendments to the Owen-Glass program via a memorial petition to Congress, amid a rising insurgent bloc of smaller rural banks. Vice President Arthur Reynolds will preside. President Charles H. Luttig has died.
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Boston
American Banker Association
Copley Plaza
Ampertcan Bankers Association
Congress
Owen-Glass
Recnt Bankers
Chicago
Toto
Executive Council
Copley Plaza Hotel
Concord
Lexington
North Shore
Charles River
United States
Arthur Reynolds
Thee Moines National Bank
Charles H. Luttig
S. Louis
Three Men In Jail Refuse Work Over Dishonorable Conduct
Fred Conway was fined one dollar and costs in police court this morning for being drunk and disorderly. Three men are in jail and refuse to work on the streets, choosing bread and water diet instead of labor.
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Fred Conway
Man Bets Life Insurance At $20 000 Upon Return
A man declares on arriving home that he has insured his life for $20 000. His partner responds that this means she need not keep nagging him to be careful when he goes anywhere.
Search party seeks killer in Alliance negro quarter
Sheriff Cal Cox and police chief Jeffers led a deputized search party of eight men and two Herald reporters through Alliance’s colored quarter on Saturday night. The group, armed and rain-soaked, surrounded and searched house after house in pursuit of the murderer who would face capture or death if found attempting escape.
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Cal Cox
Jeffers
Curtis
Allance
Herald
Eiter
Sheriff Cox Pursues Lincoln Murder Suspect
Sheriff Cal Cox left Alliance for Lincoln after a long distance tip from Sheriff Hyres. Edwards shot policeman Burne in Lincoln, and Lincoln officers plan to send him back for murder trial, while Cox, Chief Jef fers, and assistants receive praise for days of hunting since Wednesday night.
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Cal Cox
Lincoln
Hyres
Edwards
Burne
Cox
Raising Defense Fund For Murders Supporters
Reported Sunday evening that several colored friends of the murderers are raising a defense fund of 400 dollars to aid in efforts to stave off a death sentence.
Thornton Freed After Questioning In Lincoln Case
Jim Thornton a thirty year old Black man employed at the Drake hotel was arrested at the door Sunday after making remarks about the murderer Ed wards. Officials said Thornton claimed Alliance officers were slow and hinted he knew where Brdwards was. He gave no explanation and was placed in a dark cell before release Sunday evening following word from Lincoln.
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Jim Thornton
Drake Hotel
Edwards
Kt Ia
Thornton
Alliance
Lincoln
Jordan Still in Hospital After Alleged Murder Plot
Ben Jordan, a special colored officer, remains in St. Josephs hospital slowly recovering from wounds. He expresses joy at Edwards capture and says he will attend the trial, noting Edwards killed his wife and attempted to kill him.
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Ben Jordan
St. Josephs Hoartal
Edwards
Herald
Edwards Blamed by Coroner's Jury for Mrs Edwards Death
Coroner's jury returns verdict fixing responsibility for Mrs Edwards' death on Mr Edwards after due deliberation and presentation of evidence.
Delayed Sheriff Message Describes Lincoln House Fight
A noon Sunday message by Sheriff Cox was delayed in delivery until after the Lincoln confrontation. The paper notes Edwards was fully described, and officers entering the Lincoln house faced desperate criminals they did not know they were confronting.
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Cox
Edwards
Lincoln
Zurn Has Heart Attack En Route to Court
Gregory Zurn police magistrate suffered a severe heart attack while headed to the police court to issue a murder warrant at nine o clock Sunday evening. He was taken home for care.
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Gregory Zurn
Edwards Confesses to Shooting Jordan in Alliance
In a Lincoln city jail cell Ed ward e admits a hushed confession claiming he heard his wife scream in Alliance and fired three shots after seeing a black man seize her wrist. He says he did not know he hit Jordan or his wife and expresses remorse.
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Lincoln
Edwarde
Alliance
Jordan
Antioch
Noted Murderer Arthur Edwards Captured After Gunbattle
Arthur Edwards who killed his wife in Alliance and shot Officer Ben Jordan was captured in Lincoln Nebraska at three PM Sunday following a fierce gun battle in which a policeman was shot and Edwards had a negro companion wounded.
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Arthur Edwards
Alliance
Ben Jordan
Lincoln
Nebraska
Edwards
Lincoln Pursuit Of Edwards Leads To Local Residence
Sheriff Hyrea of Lancaster and Lincoln Chief Malone shadow Edwards after a Sunday arrival in Lincoln on a freight. They trailed a companion named Curtis from Alliance possible with him. The pair were tracked to a negro quarter finding a man named Herman McGurley in his house.
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Hyrea
Lancaster County
Malone
Lincoln
Edwards
Burlington
Curtis
Alliance
Officers in pursuit at McGurley residence incident
Officer Burns led four officers to the McGurley home as residents dined. Burns opened the door and Edwards fired a revolver from a hip pocket, wounding Burns in the groin while shouting that the law approached.
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Burns
McGurley
Edwards
Burne
Shootout as Deputies Battled Suspects in House
Several Black women in the house opened fire on deputies and officers. Burns dropped to the floor while Edwards jumped through a rear window breaking the sash. he was fired upon by policeman Erickson.
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Bgan
Burns
Edwards
Erickson
Robber Surrenders After Heated Standoff With Police
Edwards fired at officers while retreating with a window sash at his shoulders. Four policemen closed in and charged him as he raised his hands to surrender. Officers noted his revolver was a hot 38 calibre wooden-handled double-action pistol.
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Edwards
Women Escape Through Fence After Breakout
Women fled through a rear door and climbed a high board fence to escape. Police have their descriptions and expect to capture them on Monday.
Suspected confrontation leads to shooting and arrest
McGurley, a resident of Edwards' district, was shot during the fracas and jailed with Edwards. He denies knowing Edwards until moments before the shooting, saying they met with Curtis on the street. He recalls Edwards claiming starvation and asking for food, and he had invited Edwards to dine. He may have known Edwards from Lincoln.
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McGurley
Edwards
Curtis
Lincoln
Curtis Shot in Both Legs After Lincoln Battle
Curtis, a man described as negro companion of Edwards in the Lincoln battle, was shot in both legs between the knee and hip. He has not been positively identified and says he is innocent of the affair.
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Curtis
Edwards
Lincoln
Sheriff and Deputies Assist in Lincoln Capture
Sheriff Hyera and his team aided in the pursuit and capture of men at Lincoln. The report notes police involvement and ongoing efforts to secure those apprehended.
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Hyera
Lincoln
Sheriff Cal Cox Responds to Lincoln Call
Sheriff Hyere phoned Sheriff Cal Cox from Lincoln on a Sunday evening asking him to come respond to the incident. Cox travels to Lincoln to assist, as the two lawmen coordinate support and share information from a distance.
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Hyere
Cal Cox
Cox
Lincoln
Edwards' Confession Tied to Lincoln Lindon and Alliance
Edwards testified he once lived in Lincoln and bought the gun used in the shooting in Lindon before reaching Alliance. He purchased the weapon in a pawn shop for $2.50 and refused food without a cigarette, displaying behavior described as extreme drug dependency.
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Edwards
Lincoln
Lindon
Alliance
Tragic revolver duel kills Mrs Archie Edwards in city nook
Mrs Archie Edwards, about 30, was shot and killed by her husband in a revolver duel with Ben Jordan, a colored policeman, on Niobrara avenue near the city hall and Herald office. The body lay by the curb. weapon and coat damage noted. coroner summoned within minutes.
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Edwards
Jordan
County Lawyers Push Fast Trial for Edwards
County attorney Burton and deputy Joe Westover plan an expedited trial for Edwards after his Lincoln return. Preliminary hearing delayed until Jordan leaves hospital, with possible November briefing. a first degree murder charge was filed and an electric chair may be used for capital punishment, replacing hanging.
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Burton
Joe Westover
Edwardes Ao
Lincoln
Edwards
Jordan
Supreme Court
Edwarde
Edwards Dressed in Same Clothes in Double Shooting Case
A man named Edwards wore the same blue overalls he had on in Alliance when he carried opium and cocaine and used the same revolver in a Lin shooting that he had used to kill Jordan and his wife in Alliance.
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Edwards
Alliance
Lin
Jordan
Alliance Man Seeks Relatives of Slain Woman
J H Julius writes to Lincoln for relatives to prevent sending the murdered woman to a medical college. Chief Malone replies at 8 o clock Sunday naming Virge Holmes and Biff Gentry of St. Louis as sister and brother, and notes a trunk with check No 36285 from Broken Bow stored in Alliance depot with an incomplete number. it has been there since September 8.
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J. H. Julius
Alliance
Edwarde
Lincoln
Maloné
Virge Holmes
St. Louis
Biff Gentry
C.f
Alliance Depot
Broken Bow
Autopsy Details in Woman’s Death Revealed
The coroner Slagle and Dr Hershman conducted an autopsy at 9:30 p.m. Sunday on the murdered woman. The bullet entered two inches above the right breast nipple, traveled to the heart striking the right ventricle, exited the heart through the left auricle, and escaped via the left lower lung and left rib. Two tattooed initials D B and J G appeared on the left arm and D B on the breast.
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Slagle
Hershman
Daily Herald reports Ed wards murder with extra edition
The Daily Herald prints a full report on the Ed wards murder in an extra edition issued at three o'clock Monday morning. The paper is distributed on trains and sent to Alliance subscribers to provide all the news promptly. Subscriptions are five dollars per year delivered statewide.
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Daily Herald
Nebraska
Alliance
Lincoln Authorities Wire Alliance on Edwards Murder Suspect
Lincoln police chief James Malone wired Alliance sheriff Cox describing Archie Edwards as a gin ger cake color raw boned smoky hair five feet eight inches and 134 to 140 pounds with two front teeth missing. Cox replied with the description and noted Edwards is the man wanted for the Alliance shooting in which one officer was killed and Edwards’s partner was shot in both legs.
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James Malone
Lincoln
Cox
Alliance
Edwards
Archie Edwards
Cal Cox
Malone
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