Angel of Death May Cheat Gallows of Female Victim
Stockton California December reports Mrs Emma Le Doux the California murder convict, in failing health from consumption, and unlikely to stand trial again as her second trial may be postponed. The 1906 McVicar murder involved a trunk discovery at the Southern Pacific depot and a complex chain of suspects and alibis.
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Angel of Death
Stockton
Cal
Emma le Doux
California
le Doux
Sierras
Charles Barret
William Williams
Arizona
Williams
Albert McVicar
MeVicar
Eugene le Doux
McVicar
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Antioch
Joe Miller
Miller
Joe Healey
Persistent doubt clings to woman in lethal trunk case
The article portrays a convicted murderess who bought a trunk to conceal a body shipped to a mining district with many shafts. She remained silent under prolonged imprisonment, defying confession efforts, and maintained hope of escape, though her health deteriorates. If her condition worsens she may avoid a second trial.
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E Wen
W. B. Nutet
Edmontons Fort Saskatchewan to hang wife murderer
Tomorrow is set for the execution of Henrika Zibihley in Fort Saskatchewan barracks. He was convicted of killing his wife by battering her with an axe at his son's Mundare home on September 12.
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Edmonton
Alta
Henrika Zibihley
Fort Saskatchewan
Zibihley
Mundare
Society Woman Leads Shirtwaist Strike Relief Fund
Mrs Phillip Lydig a New York society woman wore a black satin Louis Quatorze coat and skirt with a large picture hat at the Colony Club meeting. She passed the hat and raised 1300 for aid to the shirtwaist girls on strike. Anne Morgan remarked on the surprising total.
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Phillip Lydig
New York
Colony Club
Anne Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Watson's Dray Service Promises Best City Support
Watson's dray service offers ample teams and men for all jobs with phone contact at 72 for prompt calls in the city.
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Watson
Horseflesh Served by Mistake at Kimberley Camp Dinner
Officers at Kimberley mounted camp were served horseflesh by error while the beef ration was unavailable. Weakman announced the mix up and offered the horse as an option, but no one chose it. after dinner Peukman declared the joint misidentified and joked the meat mix up was a dodge to start them on horseflesh.
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Kimberley
Ness
Weakman
Nan
Peukman
Jove
Pentienen
Jrust
Clary
Oliver Ashe
Home for Aged Women Funded by Knoxville Benefactor
By the will of George Gary Jones of Knoxville Tennessee 259000 is left to the city for the erection and maintenance of a home for aged women. The bequest directs use for charitable housing and ongoing support.
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Gre
Gary J. Jones
Knoxville
Ivory trade and elephant tusk differences across continents
The text contrasts African elephants with ancient tusks and refutes the Indian elephant as a tusk bearing creature. It notes Africa as the main ivory source and describes elephants as mammoth-like and varied in shape. It implies preservation of ancestral forms and questions Indian elephants' tusk quality.
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Africa
India
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