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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1903
Page
1
A report centers on Sir-Shooter Bob Walsh and the Malta hold‑up case detailing the crime outcome and the broader relations involved. The article outlines his role and the sequence of events leading to the verdict. The piece hints at a fuller narrative about Walsh and associates.
Great Falls dispatch reports Walsh given life for killing Truax in a Hinsdale saloon after a disputed ranch feud. New claims link the shooting to the train hold-up by Kid Curry gang near Malta two years earlier and Walsh Truax roles in aiding bandits.
In Placerville California on August 16 three armed men, claiming two days without food, entered a camp at Philips Station and demanded food. Women fed them then they fled with provisions after declaring themselves escaped convicts. Theron identified Register Armstrong from a photo and asked to see the sheriff. They departed via the Glen Alpine trail.
Tacoma officials disbanded the Tacoma Baseball company Tigers and notified President Lucas in San Francisco that they quit the Pacific National league. President Carman cited no funds issue and objected to a wild goose chase for opponents, while Helena club also quit the league and Lucas floated ideas to schedule games in Vancouver or Victoria.
A buggy carrying four people was struck by a street car at Electric Park, fatally injuring Millie Berens and seriously injuring Ira Cross, George Underwood, and James Goodwin. The motorman and conductor were arrested but later released.
Naples Aug. 16 The eruption of Vesuvius increased somewhat today with lava streams dividing into two branches. The longer flow extends about 2,500 feet toward the village of Ottajano while the other runs about 2,400 feet toward Pompeii. No immediate danger is reported.
A summary of the murder of the Russian consul at Monastir and the undercurrent of revolt in Macedonia. The piece details heavy taxation on Macedonians, perpetual abuses by Turkish rulers, and humiliating conditions for Christians, fueling ongoing revolutionary sentiment.
Stevensville Aug 16 The most atrocious crime in Western Montana's history ties to the disappearance of 6 year old Alfonso Giles Buck. Walter Jackson is jailed in Hamilton after a coroner’s inquest found death by convulsions caused by an unnatural sexual assault. Vivian Warren and others testified seeing Jackson with the boy between 8 and 9 pm Thursday. The crowd eyes mob action as searches continue and officials seek justice.
Sofia reports a Bulgarian memorandum detailing three months of Ottoman brutality in European Turkey. It cites massacres, torture, arson, and detentions across Salonica Monastir Uskub and Adrianople vilayets, with hundreds of prisoners and widespread destruction.
A memorandum presented to the powers details alleged Turkish crimes in Macedonia. It cites murder torture incendiary acts pillage and general oppression by Ottoman soldiers and officials. It frames a grave category of abuses as a diplomatic indictment.
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