Mysterious juror Penn flees city as contempt case looms
The trial of Thomas H. Melone versus Mattie Adams faced a crisis when juror T. Z. Penn disappeared amid allegations of attempted juror tampering. Judge Lumpkin issued an attachment, later postponed proceedings as detectives and attorneys argued over contempt power and new evidence. Witnesses, including Lowry Arnold and R. J. Jordan, described meetings with Detective Looney and Bradley about winnings in the case, while Penn’s whereabouts remained unknown and the court prepared a mistrial if not brought before the bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen
Penn
Covington
Atlanta
Lumpkin
Bradley
Looney
Loone
Jordan
Lowry Arnold
Dave Looney
Arnolds
Dave
Bob Jordan
Bradleys
Supreme Court
T. 2
Emmet Street
John R. Webb
T H. Kitchens
D H. Ham
S Baxter
W. H. Roper
George 8
Dosle
Solicitor Hill
W A Bradley
D H Ham
Clifford Anderson
Rosser
Whitehall Street
Anderson
Luppkin
Justce
R. J. Jordan
Mate Adams
Tinney Rucker
Mr. Jordan
Arnold
Robe Arnold
Lowry
Cooney
Gould Building
Mr. Arnold
Arnold & Arnold
Reuben Arnold
Timney Rucker
Mr Jordan
Rucker
R. Simmons
Col Kelly
The
Constitution
Tenn
Broad and
Marietta Streets
Cure with Dr Pierce Remedies Promises Free Consultation
An appeal urges readers to write to Dr R V Pierce of Buffalo for free symptom-based prescriptions. The ad touts Golden Medical Discovery, Favorite Prescription, and Pleasant Pellets as cures for throat, lung, blood, nerves, stomach and female diseases, claiming dramatic relief and testimonials from Miss Hmima Lee of Arkansas.
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Pierce
Hmima Lee
Williford, Sharp Co. Ark
Winter Campaign Now Seems Succeeding in South Africa
London reports Britons reluctantly concede Lord Roberts faces a lengthy winter campaign. Remounts and winter clothing awaited. Bloemfontein defense prepared. Kitchener guards railways. 8th division en route to Kimberley. Boers use mines, trenches, and feints as British engineers uncover dynamite.
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London
Lord Roberts
Kimberly
Bloemfontein
Barrett Leaves Looney and Forms Barrett Detective Agency
Private detective Thomas A. Barrett, linked with the Looney Barrett agency, filed a petition with the police board to dissolve their partnership by mutual consent and establish the Barrett detective agency. Detective Looney’s name ties to a jury tampering inquiry in a will case, with both men having been city officers in the past. Barrett’s leave of absence was granted pending agency plans, and his permit to operate was approved as his resignation from the old partnership proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Barrett
Looney- Barrett Detective Agency
Police Board
Dave Looney
Barrett Detective Agency
Barrett
Looney
Wilkinson says advance ready when preparations complete
London April 10 Spencer Wilkinson in The Morning Post notes the unchanged situation favors a Boer defense and that an advance by Lord Roberts can begin this fall once everything is prepared for uninterrupted movement in coordination with General Buller. He warns the Basutoland issue could draw in powers to clarify that Boers provoked natives. Lieutenant General Ste Henry Rundie heads to Kimberley on special duty. Fifty two prisoners arrive at Kimberley from Boshof. Only three are Dutch. others are Germans Russians and Namibians. Gatacre and staff were fired on from enclosures as the British column at Reddersburg faced attacks while attempting to prevent a surprise movement.
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Bloemfontein
Lord Kitchener
Lord Roberts
Bravant
Gatacre
Cape Town
Kimberley
Sarah Wilson
Mafeking
Pretoria
Cape
M. Steyns
Free State Raad
Kroomstad
Fischer-Wolmarans
Duke of Westminster
Duke of Marlbrough
Henry Cavendish Bentinck
Donkerspoort
Pfardeberg
Times
Wepener
de Wesdorp
The
London
Spencer Wilkinson
Morning Post
General Buller
Tiguly
Basutoland
Twenty Thousand School Children Sympathize with Boers in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia rally at the Academy of Music drew 22,000 school pupils backing a message to President Kruger. Messenger boy J F Smith, aided by three high schoolers, will deliver the message in Pretoria after travel via New York and a voyage on the St Louis.
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Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Kruger
William N. Ashman
Orphans' Court
Webster Davis
W. Bourke Cochran
George H. Graham
P. Louter Wessels
Bloemfontein
Thomas J. Meek
J. F. Smith
Pretoria
New York
Waldorf Asteria
Decision Against Carter in Writ of Error Case
Washington April 9 Solicitor General Richards moved to dismiss the writ of error from the Second Circuit in ex Captain Oberlin M Carter. The motion argues the circuit court of appeals finalizes the case. A J Rose opposed, saying a constitutional question was raised below and review by the Supreme Court was not waived on appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Solicitor General
Richards
Circuit Court of Appeals
Second Circuit
Oberlin M. Carter
Carter
A.J. Rose
United States Supreme Court
Reenforcement Needed Says Adjutant General In Washington
Adjutant General Corbin said that re enforcing troops are requested for Generals Young and Bell under Otis in Manila. He stated the forces under Otis are excessive and unlikely to need more, while Young and Bell require immediate support to engage insurgents and restore peace in Luzon. He noted no official notice reached him, but direct sources confirm the request.
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Young and Hell
Washington
Corbin
Manila
Young and Bell
Otis
Ous
Young
Bell
Manilla
Luzon
Cleveland Delivers Lecture at Princeton on Executive Independence
Ex-President Grover Cleveland spoke in Alexander Hall Princeton on April and addressed a large audience on The Independence of the Executive. President Patton introduced him and the crowd greeted him with applause as he began and at the close the audience gave prolonged applause.
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Princeton
Grover Cleveland
Alexander Hall
Patton
Cleveland
Accidental pistol death verdict in Captain Osthheim case
Chicago April 9 a coroners jury ruled Captain Louis Osthheim of the First United States Artillery died from an accidental wound. Found dead in his Auditorium annex apartment after returning from the Philippines he had insomnia and ill health. The revolver seized by him for self defense had been bought Saturday. Friends say he awoke in a nightmare and fired unintentionally while awake.
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Osthheim
Chicago
Louis Osthhelm
First
United States Artillery
Auditorium Annex
Philippines
Ostbhelm
Kansas City Rushes Work on New Convention Hall
Kansas City Missouri April plans for a new convention hall are nearly finished. Debris removal proceeds actively as the hall directors possess 235000 dollars in hand for the project and expect a total cost near 90000. Delegations continue signing contracts for quarters at local hotels.
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Kansas City
Queen May Visit Belfast Rumors Stir Ireland
Dublin April 10 rumors run high over whether the queen will include Belfast in her travels. Fleet orders and Belfast officials press for the city’s inclusion while Lord Dembigh reportedly travels to Belfast to arrange details, but AP reports no foundation and no official change to her planned itinerary.
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England
Dublin
Belfast
Lord Denbigh
Associated Press
Carnegie and the Cramp Combine in Atlantic City Talks
Atlantic City hosts talks between Charles Schwab Henry Frick and William Samuel Cramp and sons to merge Carnegie steel interests with Cramp shipbuilding. If completed the deal would create one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups with vast wartime armor plate potential and bonds to raise funds.
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New York
New Carnegie Company
Cramp Ship Building
Atlantic City
Charles M Schwab
Henry C Frick
Hrighton
Traymore
William and
Samuel Cramp
thewWu- Ham Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company
Philadelphia
Carnegie
Carnegie Company
United States
Cramp Company
Cramps
New York Steel
Agricultural bill in House drifts to politics
Washington April 9 dull session as the agriculture appropriation bill was used for desultory political debate. Progress came after general talk, with twenty five of thirty seven pages covered and several minor amendments adopted. The Grip Cure That Does Cure. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tabirta removes the cause that produces La Grippe. EW Groves signature on each box.
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Washington
Transfer of Dry Tortugas to Navy Department
President signs order moving Dry Tortugas islands from the War Department to the Navy Department. The Fort Jefferson group near Florida serves as a coaling station with substantial Navy investments. The transfer ends Marine Hospital Service attempts to use part of the site for quarantine uses for travelers from Cuba and the West Indies.
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Navy Department
Washington
War Department
Boston cotton broker files bankruptcy petition
C H Brown cotton broker in Boston filed a bankruptcy petition showing liabilities of 238 205 and nominal assets of 128 768 The petition lists unsecured claims totaling 159 085 and notes due in March and April 1881 amounting to 114 116 The largest creditors are J Buxton of Nashville Tennessee and C E James of Chattanooga Tennessee.
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Boston
C H Brown
J . Buxton
Nashville
Tenn
C. E. James
Chattanooga
Plague Strikes Sydney Area With Forty-Second Deaths
Ninety three cases of the plague and twenty nine deaths reported in Sydney NW. Eight West Sydney Nth West April 9. A day of intercession and prayer for relief from the plague has been set for Thursday next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
The Greatest Medicine for Stomach Troubles Revealed
A claim that the medicine combines the best stomach and blood remedies known to the medical profession. It cites thousands of grateful letters attesting to cures and proclaims it the greatest remedy for stomach troubles ever discovered.
Sectarian School Amendment Fails in Indian Appropriation Bill
The Senate rejected the sectarian school amendment to the Indian appropriation bill 30 to 18, blocking state aid to sectarian schools. The session adjourned with debate over Alaskan code and Hawaiian government measures. a Philippine question address was announced for Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate
Jones
Arkansas
Qhay
Pennsylvania
Chandler
Hawaii
Culom
Berry
Hansbrough
United States
Alaska
Cape Nome
Stewart
Saplers
Daniel
Virginia
Mt Hansbrough
Teller
Heargate
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Hosser
Mke
HII
R V. Pierce
Buffalo
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Inrou
Kitchener
Roberts
Svulid
Bisort
Wilkinson
Reddersburg
Heugee
Pasu Olniment
Mall
Paris Medicine Co
St Louis, Mo
Queen
Hood
Tutt
Carrie
Tao
Budapest
Hungary
von Fodor
Hygienic Institute
Royal University
Buda Pesth
Patni
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