Sunday Lynchings in Arkansas and Alabama News
A mob hangs John Kelly in Prive River Arkansas after capturing him from Rison. Kelly is hanged forty feet in the air on a telegraph pole, shot by bullets as onlookers, including churchgoers, witness the execution. Accomplice Culbert Harris is also lynched, similarly hanged in view of the crowd. Local chaos follows at the courthouse.
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Prive River
Ark
John Kelly
J.T. McAdams
Rison
Marshal Harrison
Kelly
Main Street
Culbert Harris
Harris
Ty Camitete
Riot victim lynching in Alabama linked to Feb. assault
Riley Webb, a Black man accused of attacking Mrs. Crump in Montgomery on February 8, was captured, moved to Selma for safekeeping, and hanged from a tree at 1 AM Sunday with his body riddled by bullets.
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Biamivegam
Riley Webb
Crump
Montgomery
Selma
Four Had Men Captured by Police in Texas Holdup Plan
Four men were captured after a failed raid on Warden's Gun Store in Dallas Texas on a Sunday morning. Bill Burns of Honey Grove Fd Miller of Kansas City Charley Smith and Bill Barnum of Austin were seized after officers shot one suspect as they tried to surrender. The group admission suggested a plan to rob a westbound train near Eagle Ford and seize gold from a California bound express.
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Dallas
Earty
Jordan
Steele
Miller
Mape
Rollins
Warden
Bill Burns
Honey Grove
Fd Miller
Kansas City
Charley Smith
Bill Barnum
Austin
Hill Burns
Eagle Ford
Trinity
California
Murderer Coulter Sentenced Ten Years In Penitentiary
In Savnt Ste. Marie Michigan on February 16 William Coulter arraigned in circuit court for murdering his aged father and obtaining a confession from revivalist Eva Cusick. He prayed loudly in court until removed, then answered guilty. Judge Steere imposed a ten year term.
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Savnt Ste. Manin
Mich
William Coulter
Eva Cusick
Circuit Court
Ury
Steere
Coulter
Cooley Gang Resumes Raids Near Krxewoop West Virginia
Five masked men of the Cooley gang entered farmer James Yohe’s remote home ten miles from Krxewoop. They bound him and burned his feet with hot irons to force payment of nearly $100. Rewards of $1,000 each are offered for the gang’s capture, dead or alive.
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Cooley Gang
Krxewoop
W. Va
Cooley
Pennsylvania
James Yohe
Yohe
Cooleys
Moonshining charges test a Michigan family
In Graxparis Michigan on February 16 Charlie Fuller aged W years and his 16-year-old son were brought from Echo township Antrim county to answer moonshine charges. Witnesses said the elder Fuller kept a rude still near his home and sold raw liquor locally and in lumber camps. Officers showed corn mash and liquor as evidence. The father was bound to the grand jury and the son discharged.
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Llickt
Michigan
Charlie L. Fuller
Echo Township
Antrim County
Trenton Youth Dies By Own Action At Home
William Atkins, 18, is reported as having taken his own life at his Lambertos Street home while his mother prepared supper. The incident occurred Sunday evening and was discovered after the act.
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Trenton
N. J
William Aitkens
Lambertos Street
Sensational Testimony in Hudson Murder Trial
In Routa Missouri on February 16 sensational testimony emerged as Samuel Farris testified Hudson claimed Peter E Blow son of the late Henry T Blow paid money for the murder of Dr. Howard. The ledged details include a boy strangling himself with a scarf and rope tied to a nail after a supposed trapeze act, with parents thinking play.
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Routa
Hudson
Samuel Farris
Peter E. Blow
Henry T. Blow
Missouri
Howard
Catholic Priest Arrested In Pennsylvania Riot Charge
In Reading on February 16 Rev. Father James Kiewicz pastor of St. Marys Polish Catholic Church was arrested and posted bail to answer a charge of inciting a riot after calling a member a chicken thief from the altar and urging the congregation to attack him.
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Reading
James Kiewicz
St. Mary’s
British reaction to US copyright law in 1909 debate
London reports seven months after the United States copyright bill became law. British authors and publishers show keen interest and familiarity with the measure. Opinions vary by group with authors and publishers generally favorable, printers and book manufacturers opposed.
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London
United States
Modest Demands for Valparaiso Mob Injuries Filed
Lawyer F Allegyne Orr represents twenty four sailors and coal heavers wounded in Valparaiso. They seek about 1.4 million dollars in total and the largest amounts are 19 000 for John Hamilton and 19 000 for Jeremiah Anderson. Hamilton bears three serious wounds and a dagger fragment remains in one wound. Anderson suffers lung injuries and long term disability. Other claims range from 100 000 to 6 00.
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San Francisco
State Department
Baltimore
Valparaiso
F. Allegyne Orr
John Hamilton
Jeremiah Anderson
Hamilton
Anderson
Fight Between Indians and Cowboys Near Coolidge Station
Albuquerque dispatch says Navajo Indians opened fire on livestock near Coolidge Station along the Atlantic and Pacific railroad. Cowboys retaliated Sunday morning with better arms. four Indians reported killed and many cowboys and ranchmen wounded as the fight continued.
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Deven
Albuquerque
N. M
Coolidge Station
Atlantic and Pacific
Lndians
Faith cure death follows family dispute in Louisiana
Sunday evening in Louisiana a widow died after faith cure treatment replaced medical care. Her brother refused doctor visits and forced the patient to rely on faith healing, driving the physician from the house as she allegedly deteriorated. Strong local resentment targets the deceased’s brother amid the tragedy.
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la. O
Wild dogs kill stockman and child near Leonard Kansas
A stockman named Pratt and his young daughter were killed near Leonard in Sherman County Kansas after being chased by wild dogs from Colorado. The corpses were found with severe injuries and the pursuit left marks on the road where Pratt fought to defend his party before the animals overtook them.
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Kan
Pratt
Leonard
Sherman County
Colorado
Explosion at island wood-cutting shed kills man
At 1 PM Saturday a boiler explosion on an island three miles above Kansas City killed Denison and wounded two workers. The threshing machine shed and equipment were wrecked, and a tree eighteen inches in diameter was split in two by the blast.
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Kansas City
Denison
Miss Haggin to Wed a Count in February
New York reports the marriage of Miss Ella Haggin to Count Pesitities announced for February. The bride is the daughter of Louis Haggin and granddaughter of J. B. Haggin, a noted California turf patron. The Count is from a distinguished Austrian noble family.
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Miss Haggin
New York
Count Pesitities
Ella Haggin
Louis Haggin
J. B
California
Fire kills woman in New York dwelling blaze
A February fire at the residence of James Whalen in Youens New York consumed the home. Whalen’s sister perished in the flames while other occupants escaped in their nightclothes. The cause remains unknown.
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Youens
N. Y
James Whalen
Fire destroys a block of frame buildings in Allerton
Sunday night a fire in Allerton six miles southeast of here destroyed a block of frame buildings in the business district. Most occupants were firemen who carried no life insurance. Loss is about 25,000 dollars.
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Cornypos
Allerton
National Capital Bills Move Through Senate and House
The Senate advances several measures including def iciency funding for this fiscal year and a plan to continue coinage. a dry dock at Algiers La is funded and a Mississippi navigation improvement bill gains footing. In the House the Springer free wool bill passes committee favorably and Geary’s bill to ban Chinese entry is reported favorably.
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Gibson
Mississippi River
Senate
House
Behring
Wasumetox
Treasury
United States Circuit
Department of Justice
Committee On Appropriations
Algiers
Columbia River
Committee On Commerce
Cairo
Illinois River
Wise
Virginia
Ogdensburg
Hatch
Missouri
Committee On Agriculture
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Geary
United States
Arbitrators Named By Italy Sweden And France For Behring Sea Row
February 16 Wasnootes report that England and the United States agree on arbitrator selection for the Behring Sea dispute. The three arbitrators will be chosen by the kings of Italy and Sweden and the French Republic. The move signals potential future European dispute settlement and reflects improving Italy United States relations. Count Frederick Solophis, former Italian Senate president, led the Alabama arbitration and remains highly regarded in the United States.
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Union
Frederick Solophis
Alabama
United States
Postmaster Nominations Sent to Senate
Washtinerer Feb 16 The president sent to the senate the nominations of postmasters for several states. In Pennsylvania W T Lewis Austin and L B Landmesser Wilkes-Barre are named. In Wisconsin FE D Coe Whitewater and M E K F H Pearson Pontiac. In Ohio S F Fouta Weaverville and A F Cole Pella J H Reynolds Jan.
Canadian Cabinet Delegates End Talks With Blaine
Washisneros Feb 16 The conference between Canadian cabinet ministers and United States authorities ended with Secretary of State Blaine meeting. The Canadian delegates have departed for Ottawa after the interview on Monday.
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Washisneros
United States
Blaine
Ottawa
Murdered by His Cousin in Sanderville
Five year old Guy Madison, son of Guy G. Madison a Sanderville leader, was killed when his cousin allegedly struck a decisive blow nearly severing the head. Glover is jailed.
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Barts, N
Guy Madison
Guy G. Madison
Sanderville
Potter
Glover
Disappearance of Sarah Althea Terry Stuns San Francisco
Sarah Althea Terry widow of Judge Terry and figure in the Sharon divorce case has vanished from her boarding house. Police report no trace and sensational theories circulate as authorities search for her after a violent departure on a recent weekend.
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Sarah Althea Terry
San Francisco
Judge Terry
Sharon
Land League Leader Macauly Released From Prison
Dupax Feb 16 The Land League leader Macauly who was convicted in 1884 of complicity in the Cross Moilina murder conspiracy was released Monday. He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment with Thomas Daly and four others.
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Dupax
Land League
Macauly
Thomas Daly
Japan Votes Funding for World's Fair Representation
A Tokyo dispatch reports the Japanese parliament approved funding of ninety thousand dollars for imperial representation at the Chicago World’s Fair, marking government support for the exhibit.
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Lexpos
Tokio
Chicago
New York Lake Erie and Western Trims Locomotive Shops
SusQUEHANNA Feb 16 The extensive locomotive shops of the New York Lake Erie and Western railroad has been placed on eight hours time.
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Susquehanna
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
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