Inquest Details Bolton Killing Links to 32-20 Gun
Coroner L W Sanders outlines findings from the Albany inquest into Lawrence Bolton's death. He says the fatal shot to the heart likely came from a 32 20 caliber gun held by Harry Dalton or Joe Jonas. Officers claim fired first from the car and that 14 bullets were fired at the vehicle with six striking Bolton.
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Lawrence Bolton
Harry Dalton
Joe Jonas
Sanders
Athena
Vale
Albany
Bolten
H. A. Lines
Jacob Cady
Ery
Gator
Frank Uae
Ki Bratton
Will Bolton
RAD
Harden claims season record with sixteen squirrels shot
Logan October 21 Special Wilby Harden reports a remarkable season record of sixteen squirrels shot with sixteen shots, claiming one shot produced two squirrels when a squirrel hiding in a tree hole dropped two after a single blast. Harden, an old time fiddler, performs with his brother at Buckeye Lake.
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Logan
Wilby Harden
Harden
Buckeye Lake
Officers Fire On Car After Halt Demanded In Vale’s Mill Incident
Authorities report officers ordered occupants of an automobile to stop as it rolled downhill toward Vale’s Mill center. Blind lights hindered vision, shots were fired from both sides, and a 82-20 caliber bullet struck Bolton’s shirt. Deputies’ and officers’ revolvers matched calibers cited, while Bratton’s affidavit links whisky to R D Hall. Prosecution investigates shooting and liquor charge tied to Hall.
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Albany High School
Bratton
Bolton
Howard Cline
Albany
R. W. Finsterwald
Pearl W. Helwig
R. D. Hall
Helwig
Hall
Jonas
Harry Dalton
Cady
Frank Barnes
L. W. Sanders
Jo M. Cudy
Harry Datton
Joe Jonas
Athens
P. H. McKinley
Elias Graham
Vale's Mill
Jerry Bolton
Ohio Hospital
Gallipolis
Man Wanted in Bond Swindle Arrested in Pittsburgh Area
Charles E. Knapp, arrested near Uniontown, Pa., in the $320,000 bond swindle of Brotherhood Savings and Trust, claimed bonds were hidden assets of John A. Bell. He said John Russe and his brother Frank aided the plot and that four men robbed him of the money in Riverview Park before fleeing to Hancock Maryland and a Fayette County fishing shack where they were captured.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Charles E. Knapp
Uniontown
Brotherhood Savings and Trust Company
John A. Bell
Carnegie Trust Company
John Russe
Chicago
Knapp
Russe
Frank Russe
Riverview Park
Hancock
Fayette County
Marines Guard U S Mails With Shoot to Kill Policy
President Coolidge orders 2,500 armed marines to guard railway and automobile mail shipments across major cities. Post inspectors plan a hard boiled guard under military discipline as gang robberies and a New Jersey incident spurred action. Rewards totaling about 44,000 are offered for three unsolved mail robberies.
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Washington
United States
Coolidge
Post Office
Elizabeth
N. J
Bush
Simmons
United Prea
Airplane Kills Man in Alabama as Pilot Flees
Frank W Browder a 84 year old wealthy retired cotton dealer was killed when a plane swung from the sky and its propeller struck him as he walked along the road. Police and Maxwell Field officials are trying to capture the reckless pilot who disappeared after the crash.
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Montgomery
Ala
U.P
Frank W.browder
Maxwell Field
Dr Charles L Minor Elevated Grand Master of Ohio Masons
Dr Charles L Minor of Springfield was elevated today to Grand Master of the Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio in Cincinnati. The ceremony united lodge leaders and announced Minor's leadership for the statewide organization.
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Cincinnati
Charles L. Minor
Springfield
The
Free and Accepted Masons of
Ohio
Reed and Ohio slush fund probe eyed by Reed
Senator James A. Reed said he was tired of chasing rainbows and dismissed any chance of a U S inquiry into slush funds reported in Ohio connected to Senator Frank B Willis. He told United Press in Chicago on October 21 that investigation was unlikely.
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Chicago
UPR
James A. Reed
United Press Today
Dye
Ohio
Frank B. Willis
Reed
Norway Circles Astonished by Prohibition Defeat
Oslo October 21. Prohibition's spread shows defeat astonishing circles. Premier Lykke says he is very satisfied. A bill to abolish prohibition will be brought before the Storting. All concessions must unite to fight the illegal liquor trade, he adds. This removes the prohibition question from other political problems.
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Oslo
U.R
Lykke
Storting
Bankers Proposal On Commerce Plan Rocks Campaign
Washington reports a bankers proposal to modify trade barriers sparks cross party debate ahead of the looming election. J P Morgan and associates call for tariff changes and debt cancellation remarks from Morgan head Thomas Lemont set off mixed reactions among Democrats Republicans and farm interests.
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Washington
URP
Capitol
J. P. Morgan
Thomas Lemont
Morgan ‘and Company
Coolidge
Wall Street
Negro Youth Granted New Stay of Death in Ohio
Columbus October 21. Emanuel Ross a Negro youth on death row at the state prison received a new stay of execution. The fifth stay was granted by Chief Justice Marshall and holds until November 26. Ross had been scheduled to die tomorrow for shooting a storekeeper during a holdup. His case is before the Supreme Court for review.
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Columbus
U.2
Emmanuel Ross
Cleveland
Marshall
Ross
State Prison
Supreme Court
McPherson Denies Miss X Identity at Preliminary Hearing
Aimee Semple McPherson opened her preliminary hearing in Los Angeles on fraud and conspiracy charges. She sought to counter claims she was the Carmel by the Sea bungalow resident known as Miss X, amid questions over her alleged disappearances and statements.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Miss X
Carmel By the Sea
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Aimee Semple McPherson
Bellaire Mines All Begin Work Resumption Spreads
Bel laire district operators announce fifty eight mines are at work and Lee Hall of the United Mine Workers says Cambridge district fully resumes mining. Five thousand Bellaire miners have returned since September 1 and 2000 more will return by Monday. Eastern Ohio Operators' association notes twenty mines opened since September 1.
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Bellaire
Lee Hall
United Mine Workers of Ohio
Cambridge
Mr. Halsard
Charles J. Albasin
Eastern
New Indictments Hinted In Yorkville Bank Crash
Steubenville reports new indictments may follow a special county grand jury session. Prosecutor Merryman issued the call after Thomas E. Jones, bank vice president, offered to testify as state’s evidence. Testimony from Belknap and France Jones could reveal causes of the bank failure impacting about $1,000,000 in deposits and coal merger finances in West Virginia.
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Steubenville
U.R
Yorkville
Roy N. Merryman
Thomas 8. Jones
West Virginia
Moon Passes Mars Tonight in Bright Celestial Show
The moon will run down Mars and pass the red planet just before dawn, giving observers the year’s brightest view of Mars as it closes the gap to Earth. Astronomers gain a prime chance to study relative positions in this celestial event dating back to ancient times.
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New York
U.2
Mars
Earth
Insect Death by New Cathode Ray Tube Demonstration
Philadelphia reports a GE led demonstration of a tube projecting cathode rays with beta ray output rivaling vast radium value. Insect exposure ended quickly, bacteria died instantly, and granite glowed colored for hours though remains cold. Scientists seek medical applications as with radium and X rays.
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Philadelphia
Franklin Institute
W. D. Coolidge
General Electric Company
Iceland
Only Week Left Before Election In Ohio Races
Columbus reports that a little more than a week remains until voters go to the polls on November 2 to decide state and national offices and a major constitutional amendment. Candidates express growing confidence as campaigns near their climax.
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Columbus
Ohio
Youth seeks 10511.50 in damages for injuries
Carl Stover, 19, sues Fred Hoskin for injuries after a Ford struck him July 29 near a filling station between Athens and The Plains. He claims Hoskin’s reckless driving and defective brakes caused amputation, hospital bills, and ongoing weakness. The petition, filed by John W. Stover, names Clarence Stover and Ed Barker’s road as witnesses to the accident.
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Carl Stover
Fred Hoskin
Ford Automobile
Hoskin
John W. Stover
Clarence Stover
Ed Barker
Athens
Plains
Stover
Former Cyclops Details Klan Power in Indiana Politics
Former South Bend cyclops Hugh Pat Emmons testified before the Senate committee on campaign funds, outlining Klan organization and an estimated seven million dollar annual national income from a five million member base. He claimed the Klan aimed to control all offices and described Stephenson era actions as removing all obstacles.
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Federal Building
Chicago
Indiana
Senate
Hugh Pat Emmons
South Bend
Emmons
Reed
United States
National Klan Organization
Klan
D. £. Stephenson
Leader Eugene V. Debs Dies at Elmhurst Home
Five time Socialist presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs dies last night at his Elmhurst home. His burial is planned for Terre Haute Indiana, his birthplace, with the body to be returned there for interment.
Debs Dies in Illinois Socialist Leader Dies at 70
Eugene V. Debs the socialist leader and five time presidential candidate died at 7 34 pm in Elmhurst Illinois He was to be buried in Terre Haute Indiana on November 6 his life included a ten year federal term for antiwar speech remains commuted Debs once led railroad unions and campaigned nationwide for socialism He won nearly a million votes in 1912 and 1920.
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Elmhurst
Itil
Eugene V. Debs
Terre, Haute
Ind
Debs
Canton
Ohio
Harding
Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Florida hit by tropical hurricane leaves few damages
Miami reports one death from an awning collapse as the storm skirts the city after a trek through the southeast, prompting trains and cars crowded with evacuees. Key West and West Coast Florida escape with property damage but no fatalities while Cuba reports heavier casualties and widespread destruction.
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Miami
Fila
United Press
Cuba
Weather Bureau
Florida
Hollywood
West Coast
Key West
West Palm Beach
Key Largo
Gulf Stream
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Women’s Relief Corps Convention Set for Red Men’s Hall
Logan October 21 The Women’s Relief Corps annual convention will be held in the local Red Men’s hall Friday. Dinner will be served in the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs Sam Jones is president of local corps.
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Logan
Women’s Relief Corps
Methodist Episcopal c
Sam Jones
Plane alighted near Folkestone aided by lifeboats
Tugs and lifeboat today assisted a plane that landed off Folkestone. It was reported the craft belonged to the Channel passenger fleet and carried passengers aboard.
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London
Unclear weather table notes barometer rise and temp shifts
A fragmented weather blurb reports a rising barometer and fluctuating temperatures around fifty to sixty degrees. A partial table lists Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning readings with scattered numbers, but many entries are garbled.
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