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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1925
Page
5
Waukegan notes Arthur Holt 55 and his daughter in Chicago charged with murdering Mrs. Arthur Holt at their Fox Lake summer home. Albert Harey, son-in-law, under arrest. Mrs. Holt shot to death Sunday, per warrants issued today.
Manila Sept 21 A brutal typhoon described by officers on the destroyers Ford and Pilsbury swept three sailors overboard near Tsingtao China. Two of the men, B. T. Steward and M. C. O'Sullivan from South Carolina, drowned despite rescue efforts. A third sailor, a negro, survived after a 45 minute swim.
The body of Mrs. Herbert Richardson Jr. was found in her Richmond apartment after her husband, who had a self inflicted bullet wound, told hospital attendants of his wife's death. Richardson's first wife was Mrs. Thelma Hamm Richardson, whose murder led to Thomas Pollard being tried and acquitted two years ago.
A burglar assaulted Catherine Pat, ten, with a pistol butt at her parents’ home in Raleigh on September 21, stunning her. Police faced a citywide burglary wave as new raids sparked alarms and calls across many neighborhoods. The intruder seized cash and jewelry, with one house yielding only fifteen cents.
Frei C. Nickol president of Nickel Manufacturing pleaded guilty in Dayton to robbing the North Dayton branch of Dayton Saving and Trust of $28,000 when arraigned today.
An Americus resident offered another $1,500 to hire a killer, but the plan unraveled when the hitman asked for only $500, citing the oppressive heat as a motive. The piece contrasts this with broader hardship in the state where crops burn and hunger looms, while a weather forecast promises relief by Tuesday night.
Spokane report says Lieutenant Schuyler Priestley, a forest patrol flier, and private John N. Avey of the Washington National Guard were killed instantly when their aircraft went into a tail spin at 500 feet during an air circus Sunday. Both men resided in Spokane.
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