Soperton Women Held for Killing in Montgomery County
Dublin reports Mrs M C Dun and daughter Fanny May Dun are jailed in Montgomery County for the death of Fred Miller at their Soperton home. Miller was shot through a door with a shotgun after boisterous behavior. Fanny May Dun named responsible, Mrs Dun an accessory. Jim Crawford and Archie Howler held. released on bond. Also mentions F W Durham bankruptcy petition and Oakland Motor Company seeking a receiver. assets and debts listed.
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Dublin
M C Dun
Fanny May
Montgomery County
Fred Miller
Soperton
Mailer
Miller
Ateroner
Fanny May Dun
Wilier
Mrs Dun
Jim Crawford
Archie Howler
Wer
Elijah Miller
Dun
F W Durham
Atlanta
Fred Beers
Oakland Motor Company
Michigan
Fairburn Post Office Dynamited by Unknown Looters
Fairburn Georgia residents awoke to a blast when a safe was wrecked at the post office early yesterday. An accounting shows the robbers secured little to nothing, marking a second such attack within a year. Authorities pursued the fleeing gang as residents were roused by the explosion.
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Fairburn Ga
Sefamen
Fairborn
Central president travels to Savannah for directors meeting
Charles H Markham, president of the Central of Georgia railroad, spent Sunday and Monday in Atlanta en route to Savannah for the directors meeting. He arrived from New Orleans and praised the country’s prosperity along his line. In Atlanta he received local honors, being guest of a Capital City club dinner hosted by Captain James W English and John Murphy as business leaders met him.
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Charles H Markham
Central of Georgia Railroad
Atlanta
Savannah
Markham
New Orleans
Monda
James W English
John Murphy
Capital City Club
Officer Tried for Heroism Acquitted by Judge Chief Discusses Charge
Lieutenant Walter H Cheshire of the county Police was tried Monday for heroism after stopping a runaway horse on Piedmont road. The defense and Chief Mathieson debated the act, with Exhibit A recounting the incident and witnesses testifying to Cheshire’s actions. The jury acquitted the lieutenant, leaving the heroism question unresolved.
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Walter H Cheshire
County Police
Piedmont Road
Cheshire
Chef Mathieson
Mathieson
New Yorks
Nolicemen
Fulton County
Lee declares Negro murdered his uncle
Hawkinsville Ga April special The body of Paul Bonnell murdered in his bed Saturday night was taken to his former home at Live Oak Fla for burial with his brother Harry Lee the boy nephew arrested on a warrant by Acting Marshal Black still jailed He says a negro killed him and saw him at the back door John Hughs a Negro about 22 was arrested on suspicion Also the Bonnell brothers made a 200 mile auto dash from Live Oak to Hawkinsville in about 10 hours The city coroner has issued a $100 reward and Pulaski county will likely match it The governor may be asked for a state reward as investigators pursue the killer with every report checked continuously
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Hawkinsville
Paul Bonnell
Liva Oak Fla
Harry Lee
Marshal Black
Lee
John Hughs
Bonnell Brothers
Lave Oak
Hawkinaville
Funeral of Father Mrs Gregory Called Back By Husband Death
Mrs WwW J Gregory, returning from her father's funeral in Chicago, is summoned back to Atlanta by news of her husband W J Gregory dying suddenly in Birmingham. He led WwW Gregory & Co fire insurance. Survived by brother Charles Gregory and sister Mme Elsa Chailon. No funeral arrangements yet pending her arrival.
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Www J Gregory
Atlanta
W J Gregory
Birmingham
Gregory
Www
Gregory & Co. Fire Insurance
Chicago
Myr Gregory
Charles" Gregory
Mme Elsa Chailon
Navy liquor ban order stirs debates and support
Washington reports secretary Daniels orders a July 1 start banning alcohol on all navy ships and shore stations, abolishing the wine mess. Critics expect limited effect on drunkenness while supporters in prohibition camps hail a temperance victory. General Gorgas welcomed liquor prohibition in the army as a personal view. A New York Methodist conference endorsed Daniels action and urged more church funding for missions.
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Washington
Daniels
Navy
Naval
Navy Department
Bralsted
Wilson
Gergan
William C Gorgas
Army
George H Torney
White House
Inquirers
Hack Daniels
New York
Tossed From Street Car Man Sues for 10000 Damages
Roscoe C Irwin files in superior court alleging he was thrown from an East Point street car on November 22, 1913 after the conductor failed to stop at The Oaks. He claims a speeding auto then ran him over, seeking $10,000 in damages and naming Georgia Railway and Power as a co-defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Extra Time Dispute Ends in Killing at Morris Fertilizer Plant
A dispute over fifteen minutes of extra time led to the murder of George Coleman, a Black foreman at Morris Fertilizing works, by two Black laborers, Charles Lawrence and Charles Jenks, who claimed they were not paid. Coleman ordered them off the property on Saturday. they returned about twenty six hours later and cut him to pieces. Chief Mathieson of the county police is seeking the assailants with telegrams dispatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Coleman
Morris Fertilzing Works
Charles Lawrence
Charles Jenks
Coleman
Chief Mathieson
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Fairburn
Yeggnen
Blackstock, Hale & Morgan
Marietta Street
Excent
Leutenant Beng
Black
Muse
GEO. Muse Clothing CO
New
Copenhagen
Wistaria
Grass
Scotch
Tapestry Brussels
Body Brussels
Axminster
Wilton
Madras Cretonnes
White Mountain
Z J. M. High CO
Sunshine Biscuits
Ars Makes
Tetley
Mde
Free Country
Arbucki
J. M. High CO
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