Poison Capsule Found Tied to Dead Students
Police search for a drug link after a fatal poisoning case at a college. Authorities say no blame attaches to college officials as they hunt for clues and test capsules.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1925
Page
1
Grandma McCurdy Acquitted in Arsenic Murder Case
Coshocton Ohio February 6. The trial of 67 year old Grandma Clara McCurdy for first degree murder ends with the court directing a verdict of acquittal after the State's case. The defendant was free as the jury returns a verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshocton
Clara McCurdy
James Glenn
Alive in Sand Cave Floyd Collins Announces He Is Alive
In Kentucky the bones of Sand Cave narrate a beacon of hope as Floyd Collins sends a radio message claiming life after seven days trapped by rock. Rescue workers install a makeshift phone and light circuit to amplify signals and sustain belief in a possible revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Collins
Cave
Sand Cave
Cave City
Collins
Jewel Estes
W. Riley
Newt Green
Morton Weldy
Grace Giow
Eag
Students claim teachers ordered their actions in college case
In Columbus Ohio police clarify the mystery of a bottle of about 300 grains of strychnine found in the Ohio State University College of Pharmacy lab. Professor William E Keyser says the bottle came from campus general stores a year ago and cannot explain its purpose. Investigators will question students and staff beyond the pharmacy college as a rear door at the dispensary was left unlocked at night raising concerns of an outsider distributing poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
College of Pharmacy Laboratory
Ohio State University
William E. Keyser
College of Pharmacy
Chester
General Chemical
Str sphinx poison mystery rocks Ohio State students
Columbus authorities renewed questions at Ohio State University about a strychnine poisoning linked to two student deaths and several illnesses. State inspectors probed drug stores in Columbus to trace the 200 grain bottle found at the university laboratory and to assess improper acquisition.
Enduring Relays and a Long City Mayor Challenge
Report highlights 650 miles by esquimau breed dogs in six plus days, led by Gunner Kasson braving a blizzard after a relay failure. It praises human endurance with a mention of an Irish mayoral candidate walking over 600 miles in six days in Union Square Garden, noting natural wonders and praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Gunner Kasson
Long d City
Indison Square Garden
Sect Readies for Heaven Ride on Cloud Pilgrimage
East Patchogue residents gather as Robert Reidt and about thirty followers prepare a foretold ascent to Heaven beginning at midnight. The group plans to ride a cloud to the Golden Stair via Hollywood and San Diego, while state troopers provide protection amid threats and disapproval from nearby believers. Reidt discusses a gradual end and promises a golden harp at Heaven, traveling with his followers as they await the ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Krebs
I. N
East Patchogue
N. Y
Long Island
Robert Reidt
Reidt
Margaret Rowan
Los Angeles
Cal
Earth
Golden Stair
Hollywood
San Diego
California
Jupiter
Willard Downs
Yaphank
Apostle of
Doom
Apostle
Heaven
Bootlegger Grimsley Arraigned In Columbus Case
Ralph Grimsley of Zanesville a former convict pleaded not guilty in Municipal court to illegally possessing and transporting liquor with secret mortgaged property. Case continued to Feb 18 as bond was not posted. Governor Donahey stated no state office or employee was involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, CO
Ralph Grimsley
Zanesville
Grimsley
State Welfare Department
Donahey
Frost Forecast from May Folklore in Athens
A local diary notes a February fog foreshadowing a frost in May as Athens wakes to a seven degree below freezing morning. The Hocking river fog banked up overnight, giving the city a foggy, Merrie London like dawn and signaling chilly weather ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Hocking
Pittsburgh
Merrie London
Cleveland Adventists Await The End In Quiet Homes
Police guard the 144000 Cleveland adherents awaiting a westward exodus to California for the last judgment scene. The final message proclaimed the end is come and readiness urged as the procession of faith ends with a Jubilee hymn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Cleveland
California
Ohio State student linked to strychnine purchase for stimulant
Columbus police traced a claim that a Pharmacy student bought strychnine in a downtown drug store. Nelson Rosenberg, son of Dr Emmanuel Rosenberg, admitted buying 12 tablets to treat a cold. He described seeing strychnine in a Freshman lab shelf, which lab officials deny storing or using.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Pharmacy College
Ohio State University
Coumbus
Nelson Rosenberg
Emmanuel Rosenberg
Wade Park
East
Cleveland
Carson
Rosenberg
Probers
Chester
Phil Mackoff
Refuse to Make the Probe Public in Xenia
Sylvus Garver, superintendent of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans home, was subpoenaed to testify before the Senate investigating committee at the local National Guard Armory. His wife Mrs Garver, chief matron, was also to be called as committee members refused to disclose evidence from the private probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia. O
Sylvus Garver
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home
Senate
National Guard
Garver
Daughter Testifies in Coshocton Estate Murder Trial
In Coshocton a 67 year old man, William Allison McCurdy, dies and his widow is charged with first degree murder. His daughter, Myrtle Haxton, testifies about missing funds and estate disputes while medical experts confirm poison caused the death. Prosecutors plan further motive evidence tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshocton
William Allison McCurdy
Myrtle Haxton
Clara
McCurdy
Papa
Haxton
Arguments On Judge Baker Case Move To Washington
The Wheeling dispatch says a congressional committee in Washington is hearing arguments on charges filed by U S District Attorney T A Brown against Federal Judge W E Baker. Briefs will be submitted as the hearing closes and the case goes to the House Judicial committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Congressional
Washington
United States
T. A. Brown
Parkersburg
W. E. Baker
Charleston
House Judicial Committee
House Fights Loom Over Bill Introduction Powers
Columbus February 6 A clash looms in the House as Majority Floor Leader Taft seeks broad reference committee powers to screen bill introductions. The rule would allow censorship of frivolous or duplicative measures and permit merging provisions into existing bills. Senate action next week includes confirmation votes for T J Duffy and other governor appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
House
Taft
Reference Committee
Rules Committee
Senate
T. J. Duffy
Donahey
State Industrial Commission
Former Trimble Man Dies in West Car Crash
Agel Sinclair Heald aged 33, a World War II veteran and former railway mail clerk, died after a December 9 motor accident near Trimble Ohio. Heald, son of H Clyde Heald and Miss Etta Johnson, was a real estate dealer at death. Bart, Vinnie, and Mrs Orpha Wolfe, his sister in Los Angeles, relayed the news. Two others died in the wreck and owner of the car aided injured men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trimble
Bart
Vinnie Johnson
Orpha J. Wolfe
Los Angeles
Calif
Agel Sinclair Heald
H. Clyde Heald
Ohio
Heald
Etta Johnson
A. B. Johnson
F. J. Beasley
Athens
Morgan Counties
W. A. Carpenter
Mitchell Starts Real Sensation In Air Service Fight
Brigadier General William Mitchell opened a wide public attack on the air services charging inefficiency in War and Navy departments and alleging the Navy deliberately hindered joint army navy bombing experiments off the Virginia Capes in 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Mitchell
Turkey Seizes Greek Bankers Property Reported at Border
Unofficial reports from the Greek government claim Turkey has seized the property of Greek bankers and plans to take over property of all Greeks absent from Turkey. The information is said to come from sources at the Turkish border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Turkey
Disabled Veterans Demand 6166 More Beds for Service Men
Frank K. Irwin presents a nationwide hospitalization plan to President Coolidge through the Disabled American Veterans. The proposal seeks 6,166 additional beds including 3,776 for mental cases and 1,550 for tuberculosis with regional allocations across New England New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware the Carolinas Florida Tennessee and other districts to cover insane tubercular and general care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Frank K. Irwin
Irwin
New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
Bronx
New York City
West Haven
Conn
Washington, D. C
Virginia
West Virginia
Gether
Maryland
Columbia
North
South Carolina
Florida
Tennessee
Oteen
N. C
Veterans Still Going Strong at Over a Hundred
Dayton Ohio February 6 108 year old Robert Brown a Arkansas native and war veteran residing at the Soldiers home declines autos or planes preferring old era conveyances. 104 year old William Bane visits paying respects with remarks on age and vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, O
Robert Brown
Robert
William Bane
William
Brown
Pomeroy Bend News Section Moves to Page 6
Pomeroy Bend news is delayed from its usual page 2 to page 6 for today due to makeup needs. The district reports reveal the Pomeroy Council minutes from last evening, marking an unusually good edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
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Liget
Carl W. Harris
University of College of Pharmacy
State Board of Pharmacy
University Pharmaceutical Laboratory
Arthur Brisbane
Star Company
Sect
FROST
C. F. Long
West
Sinclair Heald
Mitchell
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Veterans’ Organization
Gloria
Gloria Swanson
Marquis de Falaise
Frederic J
The
Athens Messenger
Py Poe
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