Tigers Fall in Meaderville Stampede Police Standoff Ends
A tense incident in Meaderville ends with police successfully subduing a group described as Tigers during a chaotic scene. No injuries reported, officers secure the area as onlookers observe.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1912
Page
8
A tense incident in Meaderville ends with police successfully subduing a group described as Tigers during a chaotic scene. No injuries reported, officers secure the area as onlookers observe.
Jerry Murphy with 10 plain clothes officers led a night raid on Meaderville as warrants issued by County Attorney Donavan were served. Fourteen men were arrested for running games including Donati Quilici Markovich and Fat Markovich. Several thousand dollars seized. bonds set at 1000 dollars.
Special dispatch from Bozeman reports at Three Forks a railroad worker Fred Carlson was shot by 8S Miyao, owner of the Milwaukee hotel. Carlson was wounded in the cheek and neck and is in a dangerous condition at a Three Forks hospital after Sheriff Allen Sales arrested Miyao.
In Roundup district court Judge Pierson refused to order a recount of the last election. M. M. Klein sued to contest Olaf Jensvold’s county commissioner win by four votes, ruling the suit showed insufficient illegal ballots to alter the outcome. The impact on other contests remains unclear.
Governor Woodrow Wilson, newly elected U S president, pledges to back progressive forces in New Jersey and across the nation. He plans to stump against Smith Nugent allies, says the party must choose progress or else. He resumes office after Bermuda leave amid speaker contests and Essex county influence.
Helena December 17. Mrs. Flowerree seeks $1,500 monthly from her husband D A G Flowerree estate, with court reducing to $850 and denying special administratrix. will of Flowerree names Mrs. Flowerree and two others as admins, probate set for next Saturday, heirs expected to report agreement to avoid litigation. List includes yardman 40, cook 40, chauffeur 100, groceries 135, meals 40, fuel 40, laundry 25, dress 200, traveling 95, and other items totaling the allowance.
In St Marles Idaho an unidentified man and woman were shot dead in a lodging house room early today. Neighbors heard shots, found the room, and the man died after about 20 minutes without giving details. A weapon was not found.
A second unsigned threat letter to President elect Woodrow Wilson was mailed in New York on December 12 and intercepted by Joseph Tumulty in Trenton. At a Wharton mountaineers hearing, Jacob Dunn faced charges for the November threat to Wilson and Davenport and Warren Dunn were dismissed. Tumulty testified the letter did not reach Wilson. Authorities pursue the letter's author as Secret Service and detectives investigate.
Mrs. Rockhill wife of the American ambassador at Constantinople reports to Miss Mabel E. Boardman of the American Red Cross about thousands of dying and destitute men near a San Stephano building during the Balkan war. She notes many corpses remain buried and that American aid has begun a 30 bed field hospital in tents with British Red Cross cooperation to tend the dying and dead.
Indianapolis December 17 John T Butler Buffalo vice president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers was jailed after his bond rose from 10000 to 15000 as he was found to have committed perjury in his own defence in the dynamite conspiracy case. Judge Anderson condemned the witnesses and the conduct of the last two weeks, and Butler faced questions about a 1000 dollar monthly union payment to McNamara while denying knowledge of the fund. Dowd was discharged leaving 40 defendants to go to the jury.
C N Johnson of Rockford Illinois testified for the government detailing how his life savings and home were lost investing in stocks promoted by A L Wisner Co. He recounted visiting their San Francisco offices and handing over 3400 in cash and his home to gain more shares.
Fragments of a hydro aeroplane and clothing washed ashore confirm Aviator Horace Kearney and reporter Chester Lawrence died after a flight toward San Francisco. The wreckage near Redondo Beach and statements by Charlies Day and Glenn Martin support a defective engine and a forced water landing in gale and kelp beds. Their bodies likely lie in the nearby sea, with the full cause remaining a sea secret.
Kansas City police chief issues a 10 day paid leave policy for patrolmen who bring in dead or alive any highwayman caught in purse snatching or robberies. The city has faced a crime wave in two months with about 200 holdups 100 robberies and several murders reported.
The aged pastor Dr Albert Kettridge, emeritus of Madison Avenue Reformed Church and member of the San Elion Synod, has died in New York after over 35 years of service. He was aged 74.
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