Owan seeks Chicago park as farm site broken up by detectives
Chicago March news notes farmer Thomas J Lakens from Carroll Iowa arrived with three cattle cars and eyed Sherman Park at Garfield boulevards and Center avenue as a potential farm. He was arranging purchase from Robert Raymond and John Howard Engelwood youths when detectives halted the deal. Lakens was advised to return home and stay at his apartment. In Des Moines district court, Earl W. Lindsay Prairie City manager convicted of criminal assault on Grace Hopkins Colfax girl faces life imprisonment with appeal bond set at six thousand six dollars.
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Chicago
Theice Department
Thomas J Lakens
Carroll
Sherman Park
Garfield Boulevards
Center Avenue
Tie
Robert Raymond
John Howard
Engelwood
Farmer Lakens
Des Moines
District Court of
Newton
Earl W. Lindsay
Prairie City
Prairie City Telephone Company
Grace Hopkins
Symnel Hopkins
Colfax
Lindsay
Trial of Barry Jones in Van Winkle murder case progresses
March 6 report from Muscatine Iowa states the Barry Jones murder trial advances with jury selection under guard as Fixtra deputies prevent prisoner removal amid intense local feeling.
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Barry Jones
van Winkle
Fixtra
Muscatine, Ta
Tama man killed after train accident in Marshalltown
George Hull of Tama was killed after being crushed between train wheels in Marshalltown yards yesterday. He boarded the train and lost both legs, dying a few hours later.
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George Hull
Tama
Tie
Marshalltown
Legislature action in Des Moines notes bills and opinion
In Des Moines the attorney general says the state executive council may refuse requisitions for Brindley. Bills passed include savings bank dissolution, street sprinkling funding, farmers institutes funding, and a guaranty deposit for surety firms. W C Barver drives Meredith prohibition, seeking special order next Tuesday and possible repeal of the mulct law.
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Des Moines
Byers
State Executive Council
Brindley
Agricultural College
Brigham
Senate
House
W. C. Barver
State
State House
Safer in College Than at Home
Judge Emilin McCain of Iowa’s supreme bench insists college life improves the educated man. He argues college associations enhance efficiency, extend influence for public welfare, and increase personal happiness and contentment.
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Emilin McCain
Iowa Supreme Bench
Sela
Love Wity
Farmer's wife gets Roosevelt letter in Iowa
Des Moines reports a farmer's wife near Council Bluffs, unnamed for privacy, received a letter from President Theodore Roosevelt commending her humble dinner prepared for a farm commission. Roosevelt notes the hardship of feeding a family of nine and praises her effort despite tough conditions.
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Des Moines
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Council Bluffs
Homeless Girl Known as Bertha Mason Dies by Own Hand
A homeless girl registered as Bertha Mason from Lincoln Nebraska died by suicide in Sibley Iowa. She arrived on a eastbound train about two hours earlier and left a note claiming she was without home and money and going insane. Identity seems uncertain as her real name was not confirmed.
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Windsor
Sibley
East
Bertha Mason
Lincoln
Neb
Vous
Junken Trial Opens in Early April
Ottumwa reports that John Junken the accused negro murderer of Miss Clara Rosen will face trial in the first week of the new Iowa term beginning April 6 despite his confession. He contends the confession was coerced and denies robbery claiming two white men killed the girl and took her belongings.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
John Junken
Clara Rosen
M. A. Roberts
Seneca Cornell
Junken
Des Moines
Inunken
Howells Appeals to Italian Friends at New York Club
William Dean Howells addressed an Italian club gathering in New York last night. He urged Italians to adopt American methods and avoid crime trends, noting concerns about violence and law respect among Italian communities, contrasting with issues seen in Southern Italy.
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New York
William Dean
Howells
Italy
Imowells
Rom
Johnnie Clark Awarded 16000 for Arm Injury in Brooklyn Court
In a Brooklyn supreme court proceeding the case of Johnnie Clark against a trolley company settled for 16000 dollars. The boy, now years old, was injured in New Brighton, Staten Island, two years ago when a trolley sprinkler struck him. The settlement will accrue interest until he is 14.
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New York
Johnnie Clark
Rogers
Brooklyn
New Brighton
Staten Island
Patrick Clark
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Johnnie
Wife hid bigamy for ten years in divorce suit
Philadelphia March 4. John Mck Morice files for divorce in common pleas court alleging wife Delia Meck Morice concealed a second marriage since 1888. She fell into mental illness after learning of the bigamy and is confined in Norristown asylum. Guardianship and testimony will follow.
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Philadelphia
John Mck
Morice
Common Pleas
Delia Meck
Norristown Asylum
Toronto
Canada
Bouvier Street
Columbia Avenue
Maurice V. Daniels
Quarter Sessions Court
Daniels
Cut in Wages of the Steel Workers
New York March 4 A 10 percent wage reduction took effect at the Lackawanna Steel Company the largest independent concern This is the first wage cut by independents since the price wars with United States Steel began The cut affects all classes of employees and office staff.
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New York
Lackawanna Steel Company
Lackawanna
United States Steel Corporation
O Laughlin declines diplomatic post to Argentina
Johnn Callan O Laughlin, retiring March 4 as first assistant secretary of State, was offered the minister to Argentina. He declined the honor, noting he has other plans. Washington.
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Johnn Callan O' Laughlin
Argentina
Huntington Wilson
Knox
O’laughlin
Washington
Confession of Negro Murderer Claims Lone Killing
John Junken admits he killed Clara Rosen alone by fist and stone after robbing her. He says he hid purre and jewelry in Weaver's attic and claims no other assailant was involved.
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John Junken
Clara Rosen
Weaver
Des Moines Man Confesses Murder After Torture Claim
George W. Junken, a self confessed killer of Clara Rosen, says his Albia confession was coerced by brutal methods used by Chief Gallagher Pinkerton agents and the Albia sheriff. He claims injuries from third degree tactics and describes the crime as robbery with homicide in Des Moines area. He admits the killing, details the theft of a purse ring beads and a breast pin, and notes a lengthy penitentiary record with prior solitary confinement.
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Des Moines
George W. Junken
Clara Rosen
Griffin
Albia
Chief Gallagher
Pinkerton
Junken
Gallagher
Joseph Brown
Jefferson Street
Ducrow’s
Dora and
Garca
Uiken
J Diamond
Redman’s
John B. Junken
State Board of Control
Sanders
Robinson
Board of Control
Heiress Claim to Spanish Throne Alarms Des Moines
Miss Alma McMurrey of Mexico arrives with her disabled mother and declares she is the heir to the Spanish throne, awaiting 5 000 after age eighteen if she wed a Spaniard. She says two men abducted her a year ago and seek to take her back for ransom, prompting police intervention.
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Des Moines
Alma McMurrey
Mexico
Punishment Log for Junken After 1905 Service Start
Record lists punishments for robberies and misconduct from 1905 to 1908. Entries note solitary confinement durations from 6 to 10 hours, loss of lights for days, disobeying orders, calling guards vile names, leaving work without permission, and rough conduct in the cell house.
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Junken
Otumwa Murder Confession Links Junken to Clara Rosen Case
John Junken, a jailed Black man, confessed to killing Clara Rosen in Ottumwa three weeks earlier. He claimed no accomplices, described following Rosen to her sister’s home, striking with his fist and crushing her skull with a stone, and claimed the jewelry heist involved Weaver’s attic stash. Detectives linked stolen items to Frank Weaver. Junken was moved for safekeeping as investigations continued.
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Albia
John jJunken
Clara Rosen
Ottumway
Griffin
Junken
Miss Rosen
Fort Madison
Frank Weaver
Otumwa
Des Moines
Weaver
Ottumwa
Rosen
Rosen-Claridge
Sanford Carlson
Ironton
Wyo
Trousseau
Wife's Poetry Is Divorce Complaint
Des Moines March 3 John B. Morris sues his wife for divorce charging she writes poetry that grates on him and that she has published a book of verse costing him an enormous amount.
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Des Moines
John B. Morris
Man wrecks train to steal oranges in Mexico
Jose Flores, jailed at La Baraca, is charged with wrecking a train en route to Guadalajara on March 3. He allegedly loaded a car with oranges from a Salamaca plantation and forced Mexican Central to stop. when refused he switched the track causing No. 6 to collide, wrecking the engine and cars and injuring several passengers.
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Adalajara
Mexico
Jose Flores
la Baraca
Salamaca
Mexican Central
White House denies Ethel Roosevelt engagement report
The White House issued a strong denial on March 3 that Miss Ethel Roosevelt is engaged to marry William Phillips. Secretary Loeb stated the report is a pure invention with absolutely no truth.
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Washington
Ethel
William Phillips
White House
Loeb
Miss Roosevelt
Cook's Assault on Roosevelt Stands
A special House committee chaired by Mann of Illinois reported that Mr. Cook of Colorado did not violate debate privileges and does not require further action. The committee approved the report after examining Cook's recent speech attacking President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Mann
Illinois
Cook
Colorado
Roosevelt
House
Safe blowers target Davenport gambling house heist
A Davenport gambling house safe was blown open this morning and $856 stolen. Authorities suspect the operators are tied to a larger theft ring linked to a $46,000 shipment sent to Little Rock from a race track swindle.
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Davenport
Senate
Little Rock
Swindlers' Victims Named In Memoranda Evidence In Maybray Case
Davenport reports detail a raid that seized Maybray and associates in Little Rock. The stack of typewritten memoranda names victims and stake money from 88 cases, with "Mike" as the alleged victim, and includes photos of Maybray and crew ready for the bets. Packages totaling about $60 000 shipped from Little Rock arrived in Davenport and await court action.
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Swenson
Post Office
Maybray
Assea
Little Rock
Swengon
Mike
N. Whalen
James Servatz
Port Arthur
Conn
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Terre Haute
Ind
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Hardin
Mont
Thomas Cole
Fond du Lac
Wis
Edwin James
Blue Springs
Neb
George L. Brown
Norton
Kan
John Corbin
Congo
R. W. c. Shull
Minneapolis
W. H. Stine
Chicago
A. Harrington
Minn
Hayden City
Meyer
Bristol
John Hermelbrecht
Bancroft
Pierpont
Maryville
A. E. Pierce
Tipton
Frank Fosdick
Pueblo
Colo
George &. Beresford
Greeley
George F. Castle
Britt la
Alexander de Lain
Pembina
Ralph P. Mittingly
Nashville
Tenn
W. H. Bedford
Blackow
J. EB. Barrington
Hartzel
D. C. Harrington
Pipestone
Thomas Agera
Fergus Falls
John Kozlck
Samuel Suter
Cass Lake
Cramer
San Francisco
C Ww. Ballew
Princeton
Des Moines Man Fatally Burned in Gasoline Fire
Fred Hoopes a machinist was killed when he tossed gasoline on a fire thinking it coal oil. The resulting explosion caused fatal burns to his head and body in Des Moines on March 2.
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Des Moines
1.A
Fred Hoopes
Prairie City telephone manager found guilty of assault
Newton Iowa March 2 Earl Lindsay manager of the Prairie City Telephone company was found guilty of criminal assault on a 9 year old girl Grace Hopkins. Lindsay is married and the assault occurred while he was riding in an automobile.
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Newton
Earl Lindsay
Prairie City Telephone Company
Grace Hopkins
Lindsay
Officers Convicted in Meservy Conspiracy Case
Mayor Pisher city attorney Vandesal J Brown and Robert Goodell were found guilty of conspiracy aimed at defeating the ends of justice in Meservy.
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Mason City
Pisher
Vandesal
J. ©. Brown
Robert Goodell
Meservy
Drunken Miner Found Dead in Mud Hole Near Bolton Mines
James Watlets, an 85 year old married worker at the Bolton mines in Oskaloosa, was found dead this morning. He had been drinking and became entangled in a mud hole, leading to his freezing death.
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Oskaloosa
James Watlets
Bolton
Stork Brings No 27 To Altoona Family
Morris Connor, city bill poster, claims he deserves a medal from the Anti Race Sul stork visiting his home on Monday night. The entire family enjoyed good wealth.
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Stork
Altoona
Morris Connor
Bill Poster
Sulstork
Stone Stricken While Speaking at Public Meeting
Marshalltown Iowa March 2 Henry Stone prominent Iowa lawyer and former member of the Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth general assemblies from county was stricken during an Allison monument fund appeal before a public gathering. His condition is serious.
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Marshalltown
Allison Monument Fund
Henry Stone
Iowa
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