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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1902
Page
1
A man detained in Butte is identified as the head of a kidnapping ring aimed at abducting children of the wealthy and wealthy citizens themselves to demand large ransoms. Police acted after a tip led to the arrest and ongoing investigations.
Detectives say a plan to abduct wealthy citizens or their children for ransom was being organized in Butte. Samuel Cosentino, an Italian peddler, was arrested after informant Keller alerted authorities. Police believe Cosentino planned to kidnap a Symons child or a Clark family member and shade out to St. Paul and Chicago before being stopped.
Five men were killed and about five injured when the Nashville fast mail collided with the Jasper accommodation train on the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis line between Booker and Summit, twelve miles from Chattanooga. Dead are engineer George Rollins, fireman L A Rankin, fireman James Bernhard, Express Messenger Webb of the George Ray, and engineer of the fast mail. The injured include Joe Barker, Fred Thatch, R R Stover, and A W Clark, all serious or seriously hurt. passengers were shaken but uninjured beyond minor bruises.
News from Pretoria states more than eleven thousand Boers have surrendered with ages spanning youths to elders. Advices say surrendering burghers are increasingly friendly while bitterness centers on France and Germany for prolonged war. General Eliott and King Edward are cited praising efforts and wishing farms restoration.
Special dispatch from Tacoma reports Paul Underwood, accused child murderer, believed holed up near Tokeland. Sheriff Roney and posse monitor a wooded camp where a smoldering fire, opened cans, and torn shoes indicate his continued presence. A cordon surrounds the area as provisions dwindle and capture seems imminent.
A Mexican squad rode to the Green Consolidated Mining company camp and lined 14 Yaqui miners up at a designated spot two miles below their camp in Cananea. An official announced they were to be registered under a Mexican government order before they were shot, according to a special Star dispatch from Tucson.
In a short report, Wan and Movan are connected to a deed described as wan and movement with clubs and hormones. The wording is unclear but indicates a local incident or action involving the two individuals and a club setting.
Cody June 12 A brutal murder near Rasin was revealed when Tom Gorman found his wife and his brother in a liaison dead after a struggle. The couple killed Gorman with clubs and attempted to flee with household goods, then were captured near Cody and the body hidden and burned before Sheriff Hale uncovered it.
A school house near Washington Iowa was wrecked by a recent storm. Eight high school graduates seeking shelter were buried in the rubble. Injured Mildred McAlein is expected to die. Remaining hurt include Charles Chance Myrtle Steward Blanche Steward Myrtle Shields Jessie Klein true Reeves Mary Gerard. The group was returning from a graduation picnic in a wagon.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra with Princess Victoria conducted a quiet rehearsal of coronation ceremonies at Westminster Abbey. They were greeted by the Duke of Norfolk and the Earl Marshal who explained all procession details to prevent a coronation day hitch.
Mine workers officials urge strikers at Duryea and nearby areas to avoid violence. District President Nichols visits to calm demonstrations as Wyoming Valley remains unusually quiet. No new statements from strike leaders or mining superintendents. no West Virginia coal strike updates.
Tracy and Merrill, known as the Oregon Desperadoes, elude a posse of about two hundred armed men and remain at large after breaking through the surrounding forces. Authorities continue to search.
Portland reports Harry Tracy and David Merrill escaped the Oregon penitentiary after shooting guards and a fellow convict. A massive posse of nearly 200 men and bloodhounds hunted them across three counties with breakfast stops and a possible arm wound, as militia guards tightened the chase toward Deep Creek near Woodburn.
In Pawtucket Rhode Island on June 12 Governor Kimball ordered out the militia to suppress escalating rioting tied to a United Traction strike. A 12 year old boy Venner Peterson was fatally shot when a car was attacked by the mob. Deputy sheriffs and civilians were injured and the city was placed under military control with 150 soldiers and 60 officers on duty.
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