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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
3
A coroner jury in Freeport returns a verdict that Media Jane Pyle died from injuries causing unconsciousness and that she was pushed into the Pecatonica river by unknown parties. The finding implies murder by others tied to a death by own action plan.
Three 17 year old boys from Chicago John S Keith Gerald Shea and Urban Jeffers stole a car from Clark and Division streets took it on a country tour through Fort Sheridan Waukegan and Elgin before a breakdown near Woodstock. Sheriff John Egert arrested them as they towed the damaged auto to a repair shop.
Paris grand jury returns five indictments charging Walter W Juntgen with malicious destruction of property in the Edgar County National Bank dynamiting. Indictments cover bank building books and papers and adjoining structures. Bank officers report a $7,000 shortage after audit, and a shipment of about $12,000 to grain commission houses, up from an initial $3,000 figure.
Otis Botts a 21 year old man was executed at the Peoria county jail for the murder of his wife Jan 5 He spent his last night laughing joking inviting a funeral the crowd saw bravado fade to tears before he spoke of remorse and sought mercy He strangled his wife by tying a hair ribbon around her neck during the crime
Thomas J. Snyder aged 93 of Murphysboro was killed in an old carpenter shop on Henry Amhoff’s farm by Allen Dukes a young farm hand. Dukes claims self defense. authorities doubt the claim due to the victim’s feebleness. Two boys witnessed the killing. Dukes was arrested and is said to be talking freely. officials suspect insanity. he previously served a three year term for passing counterfeit money.
Andrew Jackson Barr a prominent Bloomington man and Elizabeth Herbert Polo a Bloomington stenographer were struck by a Prairie State Express train while crossing the Chicago and Alton tracks two miles north of Bloomington. Barr died instantly with a broken neck and Polo died moments after from severe injuries. Barr had owned the car two months and was en route to Lexington to take depositions. Polo 22 from Polo Illinois had moved to Bloomington a year ago with parents grain dealer father.
Illinois Coal Operator Association announces that mining will cease in the state on July 1. They say the shot fivers' law cancels all agreements with the union, and no work will resume until a new contract is reached with the United Mine Workers of America. Operators vow to obey the law in spirit and letter.
Brakeman Blomgren on a sidetracked Burlington line at Kewanee spotted a man dragging heavy railroad ties onto the main track near midnight. He captured the criminal before the first east bound mail train at eighty miles per hour would have been wrecked. Police arrived as the culprit escaped into the dark.
Two prisoners M. W. Sullivan and Barney Frisco made a desperate attempt to murder Sheriff William Powers in the Jersey county jail at Jerseyville, leaving him for dead before escaping. A posse led by Mayor H. S. Daniels and David McReynolds captured them about half an hour later. Both men are held on burglary and larceny charges.
Leonard Smith of Chicago, the engineer, died after leaping from his locomotive to avoid a collision with a freight engine on a side track near Gilbert's Station. The east bound Freeport express on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad was wrecked, with many others injured.
The dead body of Lafayette C. Lamtaster, a Mount Sterling merchant, was found in his store behind a back room. Unseen for days, friends alerted authorities, and a coroner's jury ruled death by apoplexy.
Two unknown men drowned while rowing at Priestess Park Lake in Belleville in front of hundreds of pleasure seekers. They fell from a rowboat and could not be recovered after hours of fruitless effort. authorities drained the large lake by cutting a sluice to search for the bodies.
Justices Cartwright Wilkin and beys named commissioners to oversee erection of the new Supreme Court building in Spriggy field. Isaac N. Phillips of Bent reappointed Supreme Court repor for six year term.
The Forty fourth General Assembly enacts many new offices and boards to take effect July 1, including a Chicago municipal court with 28 judges, a city charter referendum, probation officers, forest preserve districts with six commissioners each, and a three member State civil service commission. Town and county appointments cover dental inspectors, highway commission, fish and game wardens, and a State department of justice with a Springfield site. The measures create licenses, salaries, and expenses, with details on terms, duties, and funding, plus antitoxin distribution under the State board of health.
The Norwegian Storthing replies to King Oscar in a conciliatory address while standing firm on dissolving the union with Sweden. It urges negotiations for a final settlement and Norway’s sovereign status as Swedish forces reportedly mobilize in conservative papers. Also, the Modern Woodmen of America convenes in Milwaukee with calls to prohibit Sunday picnics.
The Federal Census Bureau will deploy a large field force across the states to collect and analyze marriage and divorce data. Initiated by Congress on President Roosevelt’s suggestion, the effort aims to obtain complete statistics since 1889, reveal grounds for divorces, and assess state laws amid calls for reform or constitutional power to regulate this area.
Sherborne England marked the twelve hundredth anniversary of its founding with a commemorative event. Residents and local figures gathered to honor the long history of the town, reflecting on its course through the centuries.
A passenger in a toppled railway car recounts a near fatal moment when she avoided the live third rail by clinging to her desk’s recipe for coins. The tale blends danger, quick thinking, and a warning that the odd bit of luck can restore strength in a crisis. The incident follows a separate Bos ton & Maine line anecdote about a conductor and a chatty traveler at Haverhill station.
A tense exchange unfolds as a young man asks if the woman would scream if he kissed her and she replies she would, noting her father is far away. A moment later something happened, reflecting a lesson about men seizing opportunity by the neck to gain success.
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