Million Dollar Mail Bandit Case Divides Ku Klux Klan Leaders
Atlanta Constitution reports on a Klan power struggle in Athens with cash missing funds and a court hearing. Two officers Furney and McKinnon face larceny charges around 107000 in Klan funds. Paul Etheridge represents Evans faction as he seeks modification of a restraint order. Continued on page 10.
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Lions Attacks Trainer in Forepaugh Menagerie Incident
Washington dispatches report Herr Warlons, keeper of Forepaughs lions, injured while transferring animals as a tiger or lion turbed. He was pulled from the cage, treated for head injuries. In New York, prisoner Nixon remains in a tormented state, as wife comforts him amid ongoing fear of execution. Liverpool steamer officers condemn crew from workhouses, many unfit for sea duty.
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Earl of Carnarvon Dies After Insect Bite and Illness
Lord Carnarvon, who headed the Tutankhamun tomb expedition, died in Cairo from blood poisoning following an insect bite and subsequent pneumonia. His wife flew to his side, and he is survived by a son and daughter. The expedition’s find, valued at over 100000 dollars, marked a landmark in Egyptology and drew mystic curse theories.
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London
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Auto strike injures Cascade boy near death
Eight year old Taylor Womack, son of Mr and Mrs J W Womack, hovers near death in Grady hospital after being struck by a car on Cascade avenue. Driver L R Scott of 45 Simpson street is held without bond on reckless driving charges. Surgeons report a probable skull fracture and a broken right leg above the knee. Colonel Earle D Arcy Pearce will become commandant of cadets at Georgia Tech Atlanta after Major A D Pendleton Jr leaves in three months. Pendleton praised as popular and efficient, Pearce viewed as well suited to take over. The article notes the Pearce family will be “coming home.”
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Cascade Art Apartments
Grady Hospital
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Earle D'Arcy Pearce
Georgia School of Technology
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Cadeta
A. D. Pendleton, Jr
Pendleton
Tech
Pearce
Georgia
Jenny Gray
James
Gompers Warns GOP on Open Shop Issue
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor warns the Republican Party against backing open shop policies in the 1924 campaign. He argues organized labor will oppose any such move and criticizes bankers and big business for pressuring policy while noting the wage reductions last summer checked unemployment.
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Ain't There Some More Women in Same Fix Husbands Answer Yes
Columbus April 4 Mrs William Montgomery of Logan Ohio was admitted to a Columbus sanitarium for diagnostic exams by specialists after talking spells began last Thursday. Doctors report opiates had no effect on her condition and say the influenza illness may have triggered the episodes.
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Logan
Macon Kidnapping and Whipping Shocks City
Eight masked men believed to be Ku Klux Klan members kidnapped Mrs. Fredericka Pace of New York and Lynwood L. Bright from a car in Macon Georgia. They beat Bright after dragging him to a remote spot and forced Mrs Pace to witness. Bright was given 24 hours to leave town under threat of death. The couple, who had been involved in divorce proceedings, were found later and brought to police headquarters.
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New York
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Pace
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Coloma
Another Prelate Faces Trial Soon at Russian Bar
Moscow April 4 United News reports Patriarch Tikhon of the Greek Orthodox church in Russia is to be tried next week by the Russian Supreme Court on charges of resisting government seizure of church property. A death sentence is unlikely. Budkevich’s treason conviction led to execution. If guilty, Tikhon faces years in prison. The story notes Orthodox dominance in pre revolutionary Russia and shifts under communism.
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Skipwith Supports Col Simmons in Atlanta Rally
Captain J. K. Skipwith and a Bastrop Louisiana Klansmen delegation arrived in Atlanta to back Colonel William J. Simmons amid a feud with Dr. Evans. Skipwith pledged full support and warned of a strong fight in Morehouse parish, tying past Klansmen activity to the Simmons-Evans controversy.
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Morehoane Parish
Kin King Klan
Atlanta
Willian J. Simmons
Simmons
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Parjeh Klan
Tornado Rips Pineville Area Killing Several Injured
A destructive storm struck Pineville and vicinity causing multiple deaths and extensive damage. At least seven killed in Pineville area with dozens injured, many homes demolished and utilities down. Rescue and aid efforts under way as personnel search the debris and clear streets. The storm also damaged areas in North Carolina and nearby locations.
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Uomer Boren
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Enoch Williamson
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Myre
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Ming Bell Jenkins
Ed Smith
Burnett
Breach Claim Denied Between Police Leaders
Harmony prevailed between Duliee Chief James L Beavers and Captain Thurmin Q Sturdivant head of the Plainclether squad after an alleged breach was reported. Sturdivant denied issuing orders to bin men to ignore chief directives, saying rumors are efforts by certain interests to promote dissension.
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James L. Beavers
Thurmin Q. Sturdivant
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Wounded convict uses two sheets to escape hospital
Gerald Chapman the so called million dollar mail robber escaped from Athens hospital by lowering a second story window using two sheets. He took clothing belonging to federal guard McCarty and fled as deputy warden Fletcher headed to Athens to lead the search with bloodhounds deployed. Federal agents mobilize as towns near Athens are alerted and searches continue.
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Georgia Weather Forecast Showers and Thunderstorms Likely
Showers and possibly thunderstorms expected Thursday followed by cooler conditions Thursday afternoon or night. Friday should be generally fair and cooler with lower temperatures. Mean and daily rainfall figures incomplete. data for past 24 hours and since month start not fully provided. Local forecast emphasizes cooler trend and intermittent rain.
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