Dotson Executed for Second Murder in Deer Lodge
Joseph Clinton Dotson faced the gallows in Powell county jail yard at Deer Lodge for the murder of his father Captain Oliver Dotson. The execution occurred swiftly after the death warrant reading, with a 11:21 start and 11:29 completion of the hanging, followed by confirmation of death.
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Joseph Clinton Dotson
Oliver Dotson
Powell County
Deer Lodge
Montana
John McMahon
Dotson
Rhodes Will Creates Anglo American Scholarships Centered at Oxford
Cecil Rhodes wills establish colonial scholarships including two American scholarships per state and five for German–born students at Oxford. He directs land to Rhodesia schools and funds Groot Schuur for SA prime minister, while W T Stead notes the aim to unite English speaking peoples, with Oxford as the education hub for the scheme.
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London
Cecil Rhodes
United States
Rhodes
Bulawayo
Salisbury
Matabeleland
Rhodesia
Groot Schuur
Cape Town
South Africa
Educational Endowment Fund
British Empire
Oxford
Oriel College
Record of Crime and Retribution in 1899–1902
Chronology of violent offenses and punishments includes Eugene Cullinane murder on Aug 8 1899 Clinton Dotson life sentence Oct 13 1899 Captain Oliver Dotson murder Feb 15 1901 James Fleming death sentence July 15 1901 Clinton Dotson death sentence July 20 1901 James Fleming execution Sept 6 1901 Clinton Dotson execution Apr 4 1902.
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Eugene Cullinane
Clinton Dotson
Capt
Oliver Dotson
James Fleming
Murder tale of a boy forced into killing old man
Clyde Felt a 15 year old confessed to police that he cut the throat of Samuel Collins at the old man’s urging. Felt said Collins planned death by his own hand and asked to be tied and stabbed, then hid clothes and walled the cave entrance. Police doubt the sole account and pursue possible accomplices.
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Dotson
Frank Conley
Deer Lodge
Wyoming
John A. Robinson
Clintons
Conley
Richard Dee
Charles Aspling
Sisters of Mercy
Hilaria
Bettina
McMahon
Salt Lake City
Clyde Felt
Samuel Collins
Wasatka Mineral Springs
Warm Springs
Felt
Collins
Young Felt
Valise
Ensign Peak
Uttle Cave
Strikers’ Places Being Filled At Four Mines
Seventeen new hoisting engineers have been secured to replace the 27 who walked out at Anaconda Parrot Moonlight mines. New crews train on Diamond and Green Mountain engines while six strikers press for partial returns. No ore was hoisted yesterday as management screens applicants for competency.
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Anaconda
Parrot
Moonlight
Green Mountain
Kent
Anaconda Mine
Ryan
Sunday Standard to Feature Color Supplement in April
To Morrow's Standard announces a forthcoming Sunday Standard section in color for April. It will include Montana portraits and scenic images, North Dakota blockade train illustrations, a sermon by Rev. Jerry Rounder on politics, a new modern fable by George Ade, and the usual adventurous stories and sharp features.
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Sunday Standard
Montana
North Dakota
Jerry Rounder
George Ade
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J. H. Owings
E. I. Dodds
the Undertaker
Morris Bien & Sona
McArthur
Washington Gulch
Thomas H. Phelan
Father Phelan
Rev
A. B. Martin
Phelan
Martin
Mr. Martin
Ter
Ger
Oxford University
William T. Stead
W. T. Stead
Associated Press
Cave
Morrow
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