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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1891
Page
7
A grisly scene at William Rose's execution on October 16 ends with the trap failing twice. After a failed first drop at 4 56 a m the body is resecured and the rope adjusted for a second drop at 5 00 a m leading to a slow strangulation. The condemned man protests his innocence and accuses a man named Stover of the crime.
The will contest of Mrs Anna Cora Ross, who died in New York last January, opens with testimony before Surrogate Ransom. Her father Alexander White, a Chicago lawyer who died in 1872, left an estate of about 2 million dollars. Ross moved from Chicago to New York after disputes with her grandfather, and her husband Alexander Ross is named to inherit her entire estate by her will. The case alleges Mrs Ross lacked competency to make a will. Witnesses describe her as peculiar in her ways, with references to Beatriz and Alaska expedition notes. Other items report a train wreck near Mingo Junction, a depot fire in Georgia, and various condensed dispatches from across the country.
London report details a mill wall tenement fire in the dock district. An old woman aged 70, a young woman, and three children suffocated in the blaze after stairs burned away trapping them. Firemen battled flames but could not reach the upper floors as interior collapse worsened the danger.
The navy steamer Atlanta faced a fierce gale off the Delaware breakwater after leaving for Assateague. Decks were swept, a naptha pump caused ignition and fires, several crew were burned, and the vessel proceeded to weather the storm before reaching safety. Captain Phillips praised the ship’s performance and its seaworthiness. Additionally, the Women’s Missionary Society District Conference opened at the M B Church on Lee Street with large attendance and formal addresses praising the society’s work.
About 150 editors and owners from Wisconsin, led by President Heggi, travel by train to Atlanta for a long weekend outing. They left Chippewa at 8 20 this morning and arrived late in the afternoon, planning to stay until tomorrow night.
William Carden, an elderly former school teacher under death sentence for assaulting a preacher’s daughter, broke jail in Cleveland, Tennessee, using a brick piece and a broom handle. He previously escaped and was recaptured. the case moved through the state supreme court, which upheld the lower court’s decision.
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