Danner 3 Partner 5 Freed by Jury
In Bozeman Montana a jury acquitted Louis Seagraves of grand larceny after trial in district court. The case involved Seagraves and Seth Danner accused of stealing harness saddles and chattels from ranchers Albert and Frank Stevens. Danner testified Seagraves moved the goods and hinted at settling debts. Mrs Danner later confessed to a historic murder by burying victims near Central Park.
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Bozeman
Mont
Sherman Louis Seagraves
Seth Orrin Danner
Danner
Seagraves
Albert
Frank Stevens
Three Forks
Stevens
Lou
B. B. Law
John Sprouse
Central Park
Yellowston Trail
Mystery surrounds killing of rancher in Montana
Associated Press report from Miles City Montana details the slaying of Henry Oster a 35 year old rancher nine miles west of Ismay near the Fallon Custer county line. Oster was shot while investigating a noise at his barn in night clothes and shoes carrying a lantern. His body was found after midnight and dragged to a creek. A rope fragment and horse tracks are among the few clues. Authorities plan to study the wound at Baker for bullet path and assailant position.
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Associated Press
Miles City
Mont
Henry
Oster
Ismay
Fallon-Custer County
Kelly
Baker
Farnum
Wasp Sting Causes Carpenter Death at Saanich
Victoria BC July 18 A wasp sting in the throat of R B Vickers a carpenter of Saanich near here killed him last night The insect entered during a drink of lemonade and caused the throat to swell and choke him before aid could arrive
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Associated Press
Victoria
British Columbia
Vickers
Saanich
Here
Woman seeks ex husband in 1917 Montana murder case
City detectives in Florida are probing an affidavit by Mrs. Cherry Moeller alleging her former husband Charles Koroblis or Krolopis and two unknown men killed I W W organizer Frank Little whose body was found Aug 1 1917 near a Butte Montana railroad trestle. She says the man is wanted in Butte and she was wounded in a clash with an Arizona peace officer serving court orders in a civil suit over land jointly claimed with her divorced husband.
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Associated Press
Paso
Texas
Cherry Moeller
Charles Koroblis
Charles Krolopis
Butte
Moeller
Arizona
el Paso
Koroblis
Jackson
Vega
Electric
Koro
Jerry Lynch
Little
Debated Lynching Case Implicates No Clear Suspect
County attorney officials dismiss Mrs Moellers affidavit as unreliable linking Koroblis to the Little lynching. They dispute the motive and timeline, noting no warrant issued and no corroboration for her statements. They question the tale’s accuracy and potential for state requisition.
Aunt Gets Child Loaned by Mother
Los Angeles July 18 Superior Judge Leslie Hewitt awarded custody of 65 year old June Shosted to her aunt and foster mother Mrs Elizie Shosted denying habeas corpus by which the child's mother Mrs Louis Pollan sought to recover the baby she loaned to her sister in Kansas five years ago Pollan now wife of Capt Clinton Pollan of the United States army testified the child was a war baby and its father was an American soldier killed in France She said she gave the child to her sister with the understanding she would have it back when able to care for it Shosted testified it was agreed she should keep the baby Her former husband now dead was said to be the father and both sisters confessed to her She spoke of pretending the child was born to her to save her sister from disgrace and protect her husband s good name
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Leslie Hewitt
June
Elizie Shosted
Louis Pollan
Kansas
Pollan
Clinton Pollan
United States Army
France
Gasoline Falls to 12 Cents at Independents in L A
Gasoline was sold at 12 cents a gallon at several independent stations in and around Los Angeles, down 1 cent from yesterday and 7 cents below major oil companies’ stations. Independents swap price cuts among themselves, with talk of possibly reaching 10 cents or lower in 48 hours. Rumors circulate that large firms may move to force independents out with higher prices.
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Los Angeles
Cal
St Louis Strikes Threaten City Services
In St Louis two public service strikes escalated as 192 electricians with United Railways and 120 garbage wagon drivers walked out. City crews filled gaps, but garbage collection stalled and health officials warned of growing health risks as streetcar lines into the county faced service suspensions.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Union
United Railways Company
Stret
Aged writer saved from poor house
Piqua Ohio July 18 Thomas C S Harbaugh 74 poet and author of more than 150 volumes of detective and Indian stories once worth 56000 has been saved from the poor house He was to be sent to the Miami county jail at Troy near here this week but a Middletown Maryland editor a friend of the author arranged for him to enter Middletown hospital due to poor health aggravated by a recent paralytic attack
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Associated Press
Piqua
Ohio
Thomas C S. Harbaugh
Middletown Hospital
Joliet Mining Lease Sets Royalty at Ten Cents Per Ton
The lease in Joliet fixes government royalties at 10 cents per ton for mined coal. The initial three years require a minimum $50,000 investment in mining operations and a minimum production of 20,000 tons annually starting in year four. The text notes only four gorillas are known to have reached this country alive, with many animals shown as gorillas actually being baboons.
Coal Lands For Lease In Carbon County Nearby Billings
The land office at Billings will offer 1 600 acres of public coal land for lease in Carbon county near the locality described, marking a government auction of mineral resources in that region.
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The
Standard
Washington
Billings
Carbon County
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