Not Guilty of Germ Murder in McClintock Plot
A Chicago jury acquitted Shepherd of killing Billy McClintock with typhoid germs amid a year long plot to gain the McClintock millions. The will favored Shepherd. a separate murder charge involving Mrs Emma Nelson McClintock remains unresolved. Judge Olson criticized the prosecutor for withholding admissible evidence.
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Chicago
Billy McClintock
Shepherd
McClintock
Young McClintock
Emma Nelson McClintock
Billy
Harry Olson
Crowe
Heir of Millionaire Freed From Cook Jail
The article reports the release of an heir of a wealthy individual from Cook County Jail. Details on charges are unclear but indicate the man walked free after time served or bail. Police records and court dates are referenced but specifics are not fully legible.
Wil Darling Shepherd Freed After Murder Verdict
Chicago June 26 Wil Darling Shepherd was acquitted of the murder of his son William Nelson McClintock. Jurors deliberated five hours and forty minutes and refused to disclose ballots. Shepherd walked from Cook County Jail a free man, facing another murder charge tied to Billy McClintock and Mrs Emma Nelson McClintock. coroner urged holding him, but trial prospects unclear.
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Associated Preas
Chicago
Wil Darling Shephert
William Nelson McClint
Cooks Jail
Thomas J. Lyne
Billy McClintock
Emma Nelson McClintock
Billy
Shepherd
Mead Urges Efficient Reclamation Basis at Great Falls
Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work told irrigation interests in Great Falls today that the federal reclamation act has bred disappointment and bitterness. He urged reform to stop farmers leaving the land for city day labor and praised agricultural colleges as vital. Elwood Mead, reclamation commissioner, supported the conference with his own remarks.
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Associated Press
Great Falls
Secretary of the Interior
Hubert Work
Work
Elwood Mead
Interior Department
One Body Recovered in Gillis Theater Ruin Blast
Kansas City June 26 Firemen and laborers recovered one badly burned body from the Gillis theater wreckage after an explosion and fire. The death brings the toll to two, with John Hogan, a fireman, dying from injuries after a fire truck overturned en route to the scene. Fire Chief Alex Henderson said few if any more victims remain unaccounted for.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Gillis Theater
John Hogan
Alex Henderson
Unknown Woman Returns Stolen Child to Mother
Milliard Allie Boyce, seven, son of Mrs Charlotte Boyce Anderson, was delivered to Jack Centers in Hamilton by an unidentified woman who had warned Deputy Wolfe of the boy’s arrival. Attorney E C Kurtz had been arrested on kidnapping charges. he refused further involvement. The boy’s story remained fragmentary.
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Standard
Hamilton
J. B. Taylor
Missoula
Kurtz
San Francisco
Spokane Ties and Breaks June Heat Record
Spokane reports a new heat record as a 44 year old June mark fell at 100.2 degrees after the official weather bureau thermometer reached 100.2 at 4:36 p.m. breaking the prior June high and making today the hottest in local records.
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The
Associated Press
Spokane
Tod
Weather Bureau
Creditors Choose Herman Blank As Trustee In Lauzier Case
At a brief creditors meeting in Judge Carroll's courtroom Butte officials chose Herman Blank, a city council member and retired businessman, as trustee for Lauzier Wolcott & Co. The committee suggested he be confirmed at the July 1 hearing before Federal Referee Frank W. Haskins.
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Herman Blank
Lauzier-Wolcott Co
Heilbronner
Butte
Lauzier, Wolcott & Co
Blank
Roy
Aligy
Wiliam E. Carroll
T. E. Downey
Mr. Blank
Bona Fide Creditore
Frank W. Haskins
Alley
Fred Furman
T. J. Walker
Garfield C. Perier
Tragedy as 4-Year-Old Fatally Struck by Car
Esther Frances Curnow, 4, daughter of Frederick and Mrs Curnow, died after darting into the path of a slowly moving car driven by Hugh Heron on Granite Street near Clark. Witnesses say the vehicle was at a crawl and Heron attempted to curb, but the child ran into the wheels. Heron is jailed for investigation.
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Granite and
Clark Streets
Esther Frances Curnow
Frederick J. Curnow
West Quartz Street
Hugh Heron
North
Arizona Street
John
St. James Hospital
Heron
Murphy
West Side
Claude Heron
L. T. Elliot
Granite Street
Montana Rancher Loses 11000 in Railway Confidence Game
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Sam A. Groveta of Chinook Montana who headed to Europe was lured by Old Joe Davis and Edward Russell into a confidence game in Chicago. They toured the Art Institute and Field Museum and bet penny stakes for cigars before Groveta lost repeatedly and dropped $11 000.
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The
Standard
Chicago
Sam A. Groveta
Chinook
Mont
Spain
Joe Davis
Wyoming
Edward Russell
Lannon
Europe
Art Institute
Groveta
Davis
Field Museum
Odd Man
Secon
Montana
Butte Celebration Program Arranged by Committee
Butte prepares a comprehensive Fourth of July festival with a week of entertainments starting Tuesday night at 7 at the festival center. The plan promises constant amusements for all ages, culminating in a fireworks display, with rides and attractions throughout the day.
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Butte
Haan Neach Asdi Misti
Festival Center
Informal Reception Planned for Secretary Jardine in Butte
Secretary Jardine of the U S department of agriculture arrives in Butte at 9 30 Sunday night by No 42 North ern Pacific A reception will be held at the depot with city officials and chamber of commerce. the general public is invited. Governor Erickson is to attend a Wisdom picnic the next day honoring Jardine, with many Montanans en route to the Big Hole country.
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Jardine
Scretary Jardine
United States Department of Agriculture
Butte
Northern Pacific
Chamber of Commerce
J. K. Erickson
Wisdom
Beloved Whitehall Resident Lewis Pace Dies at 90
Lewis Clark Pace, Whitehall’s oldest resident and a well known civic figure, died at his home at age 90 after a long illness. He celebrated his ninetieth birthday two weeks earlier with the Old Men's Birthday club, where he helped organize the group over 15 years ago. He leaves a widow, two sons John W Pace and the B Pace, and a daughter Mrs Mark W Woods of Lincoln Nebraska. Burial will be in Lincoln after a simple funeral.
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Whitehala
Lewis Clark Pace
Whitehall
Old Men's Birthday Club
Mr. Pace
Pace
Colonel Pace
Jefferson County
John W. Pace
Mahan elected national commander at DeVFW meeting in Mah
John W. Mahan of Helena Montana was unanimously chosen national commander and Atlanta Georgia was selected as the 1926 convention city by the Disabled American Veterans of the World War at the close of their fifth annual meeting in Mah. Frank J. Irwin of New York City was replaced as commander. Texas delegates unsuccessfully sought to bar Veterans Bureau employees from holding office or attending conventions.
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Associated Press
Maha
John W. Mahan
Helena
Mont
Atlanta
Mahan
Frank J. Irwin
New York City
Ray J. Bergen
Chicago
Veterans’ Welfare Commission of
Montana
Thiacourt
France
Frank Irwin
Texas
United States Veterans’ Bureau
John W. Scott
Gary
Ind
Claude JL. Gray
Harry Wentworth
San Francisco
G. J. Brown
Scranton
Michael Aaronsohn
Cincinnati
Calliaux Finance Plan Adopted by Chamber of Deputies
Paris June 27 The chamber of deputies adopted Caillaux finance plan. Article two raised paper currency by six billion francs with a 328 to 119 vote. The bill overall passed 420 to 44 as many abstained. Article three approved a gold basis for national defense bonds by 373 to 36. Remaining articles were adopted by show of hands.
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Prene
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Caillaux
C M and St P to Aid Small Stockholders
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul receivership plan will be aided by reorganization managers and protective committees. They will arrange payments of 32 dollars per common share and 28 dollars per preferred share to help small holders meet assessments, countering opposition from a Washington group.
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Associated Preas
New York
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Preferred
Washington
Emall
Witnesses Called Again in Wheeler Campbell Case
Grand jury in Spokane opens June 29 to hear witnesses tied to permits in the Campbell Wheeler trials. Names include McGowan, Lincoln, O Haire and the Lewis permit owner. Wheeler was acquitted in Great Falls. Campbell sentenced to Leavenworth two and a half years and a $1000 fine, with an appeal.
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Gordon Campbell
Kevin Sunburst
United States
B. K. Wheeler
Campbell
Wheeler
Spokane
Wash
John and
James McGowan
L. E. Lincoln
W. F. O’haire
Senator Wheeler
Great Falls
Leavenworth
Don F. Kiger
Mont
Associated Press
Kizer
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Rth
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Olson Flays
Miles
Julie Shepherd
Jane Shepherd
Little Rock, Ark
Robert Stoll
Mead
M. Boyce
Heilbronner Company
George Bourquin
Department of the Court
W. Grante Hoage
OF Automobile
Frances Curnow
Machine
Montanan
Gol. Pace
Jefferson Valley
John W. Maran
Omara Convention
Treasure State
Veterans’ Bureau
Calliaux
U.S
Wheeler-Campbell
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