Prisoner Frank Ortoff Ends Escape Bid With Suicide
In Butte Montana, Frank Ortoff, jailed for stage robberies, hanged himself using a quarter inch silk rope tied to a cell lattice. A farewell letter to newspapers explains the failed escape plan with Lennox and others, and notes his wish to avoid irons. Coroner and jail staff investigated the death.
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Frank Ortoff
Silver Bow
Butte
Wyoming
John Harrington
Egan
Sherman & Reed
Accidental tragedy in Kansas City heiress case of Evans and wife
George B. Evans, manager of American Transfer, killed his wife Lillie Maude Evans in their Kansas City home, then shot himself. The couple had just filed divorce and property suits, with disputes over barn, race horses, and other assets. Eyewitness testimony from a hired girl described Evans dragging his wife by the hair and firing a fatal shot.
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Kansas City
George B. Evans
American Transfer Company
Lillie Maude Evans
Evans
Mt. St. Mary's
Signs of a Break Down as Zidmair Faces Hanging
Special Dispatch to the Standard Livingston Aug 15 Martin Zidmair condemned to die Sept 4 for murder on Trail Creek shows signs of breaking down. He has grown thin and nervous as execution nears though he answers questions poorly in English. A possible 60 day appeal window may delay the hanging. A drop weight scaffold weighing 300 pounds has arrived from Butte and will be set by an experienced operator.
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George Reider
Trail Creek
Fesh
Zidmair
Butte
Two Italians in Love Tragedy Ends in Shooting at Falls
At Great Falls, Angelo Terate or Terate was shot twice in the thigh by Pasquale Caputo after a long feud with Caputo’s family over Luela Caputo. Terate and his brother Joseph then beat Caputo, who was taken to Columbus hospital. Angelo Terate is jailed. Caputo survived.
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Epecia
Great Falls
Angelo Tert
Thalian
Pasquale Caputo
Teri
Joseph
Caputo
Capute
Angela Terate
Joseph Teri
Capoto
Columbus
Ale
Angelo Teri
Shuff Saves Neck at His Second Trial
Spokane report states Kalimer Shull was found guilty of murder in the second degree for the 1901 killing of Eugene Klein at Gem Idaho. The jury deliberated about half a day, the maximum penalty being life imprisonment, after his insanity defense and claim the lifekeeper’s motive involved dynamite.
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Spokane
Wash
Kalimer Shull
Eugene Klein
Wallace
Idaho
Shuff
Fluff
Gem
Klein
Assassins Granted Sixty Day Stay After Life Sentences
In Cynthiana Aug 15 judges overruled a new trial motion for Jett and White convicted of the Marcum assassination and sentenced to life with hard labor. The defense filed an appeal with exceptions and received a 60 day stay of execution while the court of appeals reviews the case. Jett and White were moved to Lexington and Covington jails.
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Cynthiana
Jett
White
Marcum
Court of Appeals
Osborne
Curtis Jett
Lexington
Thomas White
Covington
Abducts His Wife and Maltreats Her
Bloomington Wisconsin reports a mob formed last night to rescue the wife of Homer Manspile a farmer near Sydney. He forced his wife to leave her father's home at gunpoint and she was left barefooted and in minimal clothing.
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Manspile
Mra
Teri
Luela
Capute
Justice of the Peace
Bloomington
Homer Manspile
Sydney
Man jailed after drunken disturbance and interference
Bozeman dispatch reports Oscar Pisin found drunk at Central avenue and Main street unable to care for himself. Chief Hobingon attempted arrest, Frost interfered then was jailed for interfering with an officer. Pisin later taken into custody with a wagon.
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Bozeman
Aug
Oscar Pisin
Hobingon
Central Avenue
Main Street
L. Frost
Beugan
Frost
Pisin
Ule
Police say they have evidence to convict in railroad outrages
Helena Augi dispatch states Chief Travis and Officer O Brien returned from Livingston with evidence against Joseph Jarvis and William Stadtz, charged with the dynamite outrages on the Northern Pacific. A strong circumstantial case is being built and the pair may be moved to Bozeman for trial. An information charging them with attempting to wreck a train is expected to be filed in Bozeman.
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Helena
Augi
Travis
Gus O' Brien
Livingston
Joseph Jarvis
Willim Stadtz
Northern Pacific
Aald
Bozeman
Dan Burns Breaks Jail and Flees to the Hills
Special dispatch reports Dan Burns, jailed on disturbing the peace charges, tearing brick away to escape. He fled west of Bland and Kalispell, and authorities say he has remained at large. Burns is married to a woman recently taken to Great Falls for robbing a man of a diamond stud.
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Kalispell
Dan Burns
Great Falls
Reynolds
Lord Salisbury Sees Improvement After Illness
London August 1 report says Lord Salisbury had a comfortable night and is feeling stronger this morning after a period of illness.
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London
Lord Salisbury
Harlem town charter heirs claim vast New York land
Helena, Aug 15 Henry Brayman of 816 Fifth avenue, his son Albert, and daughter Mrs Carrie Stedman of 122 Broadway, are descended from original Harlem charter holders. They join 1,300 living heirs with stakes in Trinity Church property near Wall Street and Broadway, amid lawsuits and plans for a descendant meeting to claim title. Lawyers estimate 300 million dollars in land for the heirs, with formal notices and proxy representation planned before further action.
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The
Standard
Helena
Henry Brayman
Fifth Avenue
Albert Brayman
Carrie Stedman
Broadway
New York
Harlem
Gotham
Trinity Church
Wall Street
Old Town
New York City
King of England
Trinity Church Io
Dlivion
Brayman
Northwest
Albert LL Brayman
Montana
Stedman
Charles L. Stedman
Man survives fall from moving train at Big Timber
An unknown traveler riding westbound from Columbus to Big Timber narrowly escaped death when he fell from the platform as the train pulled away. Thrown onto the edge with only a six inch gap between platform and coach, he lay stunned until the train passed, sustaining only minor injuries.
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Standard
Big Timber
Columbus
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