Alienist Takes Stand as Thaw Trial Nears End
The first alienist testifies as the Thaw trial enters its final phase with ongoing preliminary dynamisation and related proceedings.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
13
The first alienist testifies as the Thaw trial enters its final phase with ongoing preliminary dynamisation and related proceedings.
Letters Thaw wrote to Comstock detailing Twenty four street house allegations were read in court. Dr. Wagner testified for the defense while Mrs Thaw described family sanity and early life as the case moves toward completion.
In a crowded restaurant, a woman fatally shoots Frank Brady as a act of revenge. The incident prompted police response and an ongoing investigation.
A 30 year old newspaper ad solicitor Frank Brady was shot and killed in Macy's eighth floor restaurant by Mary McLean Clark a former wardrobe worker and manicurist who then killed herself after firing five shots. The killer left a note and the motive cited was a threat to murder Brady in public if he did not renew attentions. The incident occurred in the gentlemen's cafe during lunch hour and prompted swift police investigation.
News from El Paso reports seven miners killed at La Estrella mine in the Vera Grande group Zacatecas Mexico after a cave-in. Within three hours two bodies Jose Salas and Pedro Roman were recovered badly crushed. five others remain unrecovered.
In a joint session the Mississippi legislature ratified John Sharp Williams as United States senator to succeed H. D. Money. The action was announced from Jackson on January 22.
The Washington district supreme court hears the Colton will case as Helen Bacher challenges the will leaving most of the estate to John B. Dahlgren. The key issue is Mrs. Colton's domicile after she left California in 1898 amid family disputes and lived in Washington most of the time, with only five weeks in Santa Cruz.
Albany, January 92 Alton B Parker democratic candidate for president in 1904 comments on William J Bryan speech to Kentucky legislators. He argues Bryan’s failure to name Parker in 1908 harmed the party and notes Bryan’s shift from supporting Parker to denunciation. He says Bryan would have prevented party troubles if he had declared Parker the man he did not want.
Senator Dixon proposed a 1200 dollar amendment to the military bill to fence and preserve a monument for the Big Hole battle. He also seeks 60000 dollars for urgent deficiency to continue appraisal and survey for opening Flathead reservation. Senate Public Lands committee favors Dixon homestead bill for Montana and similar western states.
The interior department temporarily withdraws 323 617 acres of unappropriated public lands in Southeastern California as a proposed addition to the Sierra National Forest.
Roosevelt transmitted to Congress copies of tariff regulations negotiated with Germany and a proposed amend ment to the customs act. Debate focused on executive overreach and the need for House-originated legislation, with calls for open session and committee referral to finance for a possible bill.
The annual gathering of state and county health boards and physicians convened in Helena at the state capitol with Dr. C T Pigot of Butte as permanent chairman. Dr. C C Wallace of White Sulphur Springs presented a paper as the session began and discussions followed. The meeting will continue tomorrow.
Salt Lake City hosts the second annual trans Mississip pi dry farming congress with delegates and visitors arriving. Governor Cutler and John Dern chair sessions as plans form to elect officers, consider a constitutional amendment, and select next year’s host and nominees.
Billings January 22 The long sought Billings passenger station is finally moving from dream to reality with work slated to begin in the next weeks. The structure will rise between Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth streets on the former Yellow Stone Valley mills site. Headquarters ordered adjacent buildings cleared within sixty days to widen the right of way. The new station is touted as the finest on the Northern Pacific between the Twin Cities and the coast.
Helena dispatch reports Attorney General Galen ruled teachers may not be paid for time spent attending the State Teachers' association meeting. He also said county school boards cannot award prizes to debate winners.
Washington reports the navy will dispatch the gunboat Paducah from New Orleans to Haytien waters amid revolutionary troubles, replacing the Des Moines which was the initial plan. The move reflects strategic reassignment in Caribbean patrols and stabilization efforts.
The Amsterdam of the Great Eastern Railway and the Axminster from New York collided near Nieuwe Waterweg in dense fog. The Amsterdam, beached at Maasluis with 56 passengers, transferred to the Axminster while one Amsterdam boat remains missing with reports of a dozen to twenty missing including several women.
In Clarksville Tennessee an attempted arson at the Hayes-Sory Rugis tobacco factory ended with two Black workers dead and another injured. Investigators found coal oil saturated doors and four sticks of explosive material, with traces on the victims indicating an intent to wreck the building.
Governor Wagner announced former Gov. John T. Rich accepted the appointment as state treasurer succeeding Frank P. Glazier who resigned. The announcement came from Lansing on January 22.
President Penna toured the American ships aboard the cruiser Benjamin Constant as the U S fleet, led by Admiral Evans on the Minnesota, left Rio de Janeiro for Punta Arenas. The Brazilian squadron and forts saluted with guns while the flotilla, amid cheers, moved toward Magellan strait. No special Magellan passage plans were announced.
The eleventh annual convention of the American National Livestock association adjourned after a day of talks on the Burkett bill for leasing public lands. Officers for the ensuing term will be elected tomorrow morning and the next meeting place chosen. The lease measure passed by an overwhelming vote.
St Paul January 2 John M Bradford appointed reliever for the Hamline bank and the Midway bank both small private institutions that suspended payment several days ago and faced financial difficulties.
New York January 22 The inquiry into the Barker building blaze that killed three firefighters heard startling testimony from Fire Commissioner Lantry who said hose had never been tested for fear it would burst He noted 41 lengths burst at the Parker building fire and that the city had only about three quarters the needed hose Tests were skipped to avoid damage to the hose Chief Croker claimed the hose was old and in poor condition.
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