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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1903
Page
7
Police quelled a theater riot on Twenty ninth Street near Broadway as stage hands clashed after a quarrel. Officers used clubs and a pistol shot was fired but no serious injuries were reported. Men and women in evening dress fled the scene amid flying blows and swinging black jacks.
In Raleigh on October 7 Ernest Haywood stands trial for murder of Ludlow Skinner. Defense witnesses C B Hocutt and Mack Fuller dispute Skinner’s actions and timing of the shooting while noting Skinner’s conduct. Judge Peebles rebuked state cross examination as browbeating and protected witnesses.
In Burns Oregon on October seven an attempted arrest of escaped prisoner John Frost alias Harry Egbert by Special Deputy Sheriff and attorney John G Saxon and rancher Jack West led to a gun battle. Saxon and West were killed and Egbert fled after mounting a horse at a nearby ranch. A $500 reward remains for his capture.
W A Bissell ex postmaster general died at 10 15 last night in Buffalo New York after a period of illness at his home His family and physician Dr Dewitt Sherman were by his bedside at the end The death followed a day of weakness and sleep.
An old time advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a cure for colds and grip and claims it helps prevent pneumonia. It promotes the product as pleasant and safe and lists HL. R. Palmer & Son and W. J. Sasith & Br as sellers.
Miss Elise Oglesby of Elberton Georgia married Dr W A Pitt in Washington after a sudden request for her presence. She rushed to his bedside to aid his recovery but reports say his outlook is doubtful. The town of Elberton extends sympathy to the couple.
George Jones dies in the Oakland county jail at 93 after 18 years incarceration awaiting trial for Lorenzo Sutile murder. Convicted in 1888 and sentenced to hanging, he repeatedly gained new trials and suffered a stroke before dying in bed.
Unusual incident in New York claims Joseph Jenison died after laughter from a stage joke. He reportedly laughed himself to heart failure and died in the theater lobby, carried by ushers. The item reflects a dramatic, fragmented clipping with other brief notices following.
In a Chicago Record-Herald anecdote, Evarts, with Oliver Wendell Holmes and Robert C. Winthrop, visited the Senate gallery. Evarts offered them seats on the floor as his private secretaries, joking about their “green and ignorant” state while securing entry through a door to the chamber.
An old advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as the only genuine Witch Hazel Salve and claims it treats burns, cuts, rashes and piles. It also promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers as a gentle, effective liver and bowel remedy with a testimonial from Bob Moore of Lafayette Indiana.
An Atlanta patrolman, Draubach, was killed Saturday when a dagger struck him in full uniform after arresting a negro for a minor offense. Despite four or five arrests, police have not captured the assailant. The crime has shocked the city and spurred hopes the killer will be brought to justice soon.
Saturday night at 73 James street Will Harris, a negro, fatally stabbed Henry Few with a knife after seizing him by the head. Few died within two hours from loss of blood as Harris remained at large. A separate skirmish left J. W. Aiken and Milton Lewis injuring each other, while another shooting at Glenn and Ocmulgee streets resulted in arrests of Ed Pittman and James Rush for a family dispute.
In New York on October 6 a West Thirty-Seventh Street officer seized an electric car to chase a suspected killer across five blocks and arrested William Butler after a revolver duel. A mob of onlookers surged to attack the prisoner until the officer restrained them. Butler then killed himself after a dispute over the stake in a crap game led to gunfire.
Dr W J McGee plans a Patagonian expedition to attract the chief of the Indian tribe Mulato and family for the World’s Fair. The New York commission allocates 418000 for exhibits, including a fish exhibit from New York state. S T Whittaker signs on for Utah’s pavilion costing about 90000. Cuba reports favorable reception and patriotism amid govt changes. Massachusette navy ship damaged in harbor. several brief items follow.
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