Bloody Money for Marriage
In Paducah Kentucky authorities report Tommy Stokes a white man from Irving near Little Cypress killed Jesse Satterfield an elderly man to obtain $200 for starting housekeeping with his new wife Minnie Tarwater Stokes was arrested and jailed in Benton after his marriage last Tuesday and the crime allegedly occurred two weeks earlier as part of a scheme to fund his house with his wife
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Paducah
Marshall County
Kentucky
Here
Tommy Stokes
Irving Alt Little Cypress
Stokes
Minnie Tarwater
Benton
Jesse Satterfield
Satterfield
Woman slain. husband arrested for murder in Mississippi
Special from Paulding Mississippi reports a brutal murder of a wife on F. P. Clayton plantation near Weiderberg. Her husband Will Edwards, a man of color, is jailed in Paulding charged with murder. Coroner’s jury cites throat marks, broken neck, and a fatal forehead blow.
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Daniel
Pauldini
Jasper County
Will Edwards
F. P. Clayton
Weiderberg
Edwards
Paulding
Jones County
Ellisville
James Whittington
Sam Hill
Perry Smith
Zee Wilson
Jasper Mosely
Two Years for Shooting Into Passenger Train
In Anniston Alabama a young white man, Svinxester Prince, was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for shooting into a passenger train several months ago. He cried as the sentence was announced. A derailment near Muscadine disrupted morning service for hours but caused no injuries.
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Anniston
Ala
Prince
Newienbary
Muscadine
Aulanta
Birmingham
Rome Ga
Fitz Wires To M Sweeney
Robert Fitzsimmons sent a telegram from Bath Beach asking Governor McSweeney if South Carolina could legally host a twenty round boxing match with James Jeffries. The governor replied that South Carolina bans such contests and would use all legal means to prevent the attempt.
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Columbia
S. C
Bath Beach
McSweener
South Carolna
James Jeffries
Robert Pfitzsimmons
McSweeney
Robert Fitzsimmons
Sweeney
Fatal poisoning by mistaken medicine in Florence
Mrs Johanna Reuter a 74 year old German woman died in East Florence after taking two tablespoonfuls of a bottle she mistook for medicine The bottles differed in size and shape and sat near mirbane on a shelf Her son cautioned against touching them but she hid her bottle and could not speak English The incident is ruled a mistaken ingestion rather than intent with neighbors noting her loneliness and wish to die.
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Florence
Johanna Reuter
Registration of voters grows in Madison County Alabama
Work progresses as Madison County registrars operate in Huntsville and country precincts. By mid April 2 654 white men and 47 negroes are registered with many colored Civil War veterans presenting life certificates. Local construction booms with numerous substantial houses planned or under way.
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Madison County
Alabama
Huntsville
Ala
Huntsvile
Charter Issued for Alabama and Mississippi Railroad
A charter was issued by the secretary of state for the Alabama and Mississippi Railroad Company to build a lumber road from Vinezar Bend on the Buigbee river through Washington county to Lekesburg on the Alabama and Mississippi Line. The Turners of Washington county and Mobile are incorporators with capital stock set at 5,000 dollars.
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Montgomery
Ala
Secretary of State
Alabama and Mississippi Railroad Company
Vinezar Bend
Buigbee River
Washington County
Lekesburg
Alabama and Mississipm
Turners
Mobile
Sharp Sheriff Contest in Colbert County Furor
Montgomery April 14. Sharp contest for sheriff of Colbert county follows the murder of Sheriff Gassaway at Tuscumbia by Reynolds. Candidates are Dr Bevill of Sheffield C C Price and A F McCluskey of Tuscumbia. Large delegations travel from Sheffield and Tuscumbia.
Three Relators Ask Lovejoy Impeachment Dismissal
Attorney J G B Martin filed a motion with the Alabama supreme court seeking dismissal of impeachment against Probate Judge Lovejoy of Etowah county. Relators W H Hood T Galloway and A H Mayes say their names were used without consent and asked to have them stricken. Affidavits were sent and returned. A hearing on May 9 will decide the motion and the original order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
J GB Martin
Gadsden
Supreme Court
E.dge Lovejoy
Etowah County
W. H Hood
T. Galloway
H Mayes
Lovejoy
Burwell Declared Insane in Alabama Case
Ex Birmingham merchant Tom O Burwell, under arrest in Montgomery for passing a bogus draft and sought for larger similar acts, was declared insane by Judge Thomas. Witnesses included his wife Mrs Burwell, who testified to his hallucinations including that he was a Nicaragua canal commissioner. He will be sent to the Tuscaloosa asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Montgomery
Ala
Tom O Burwell
B W Booker
Thomas
Burwell
Nicaragua Canal
Tuscaloosa
World’s Fair at St Louis: Francis denies postponement
President D R Francis of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company told the Associated Press that no formal action to postpone the 1903 world’s fair has been taken by the board or the executive committee. He supports holding the exposition in 1903 if feasible and notes postponement would be decided by local, national parties but not to 1995.
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Francis
St Louis
D R Francis
Associated Press
National Committee
Congress
Death of Mrs Jane L Patton, Ex Governor’s Widow
Florence Alabama April 4 Special Mrs Governor R M Patton died tonight at her home Sweetwater near Florence She was past 18 years of age but retained her mental faculties Her husband served as Alabama governor from 1865 to 1869 as a Democrat Their golden wedding was January 31 1884 Governor Patton died in February 14 1 4 at the age of 17 The Patton estate was once one of the princeliest in the old south and remains largely intact.
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Alabama
Florence
Ala
R M Patton
Sweetwater
Patton
Patton Place
Old South
Polk's Death a Mystery Yet Decatur Killing Still
Decatur Alabama April 14 Special The coroner's jury probes the mysterious killing of W J Polk the insurance man found with a crushed skull at the foot of C H Patton's stairs Witnesses Belle Stone Blanche Lightner and M L Wisher were detained last Saturday night Fifty witnesses testified Polk was last seen alive about 3 o'clock Saturday morning heading toward the street The three persons believed to withhold information remain jailed The grand jury convenes to continue the investigation in the morning
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Decatur Ala
Belle Stone
Blanche Lightner
M L Wisher
W J Polk
C H Patton
Polk
Pilk
Aeat
Sdthg
Spring Term of Ware Court Opens Amid Busy Docket
The Ware superior court spring term convened with civil cases first week and criminal cases in the second. A grand jury will hear car robbery probes tied to Plant system freight cars. Two county board of education members’ terms expire, and discussions favor public road improvements using county convicts, with options to bond for roads or expand convict labor.
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Wavyarcs
Ware Superior Court
E J Merry
Erand
Toth
County Board of Education
D. R Walker
S Sirmans
Ware
Governor Jelks Visits Coalburg Prison Amid Pardon Wave
Governor Jelks spent a day at Coalburg prison in Montgomery examining convicts in the mines. The death rate there is a longstanding scandal with aging inmates among five hundred versus seventeen hundred elsewhere. He pardoned eight convicts on the spot after deeming them hopelessly crippled.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jelks
Coalburg Prison
Man to Die At Log Dinner in Rutherford County
Rutherford County farmer Allen Cogsdell plans a June 10 log dinner at his home inviting all relatives to witness his self-inflicted death at noon using his old army revolver. Cogsdell, a Confederate veteran, is described as aged wealthy and eccentric and the event is to be a gala affair with the audience of his kin.
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Allen Cogsdell
Rutherford County
Raleigh
Cogsdell
Bottom of Boat Gives Way in River Tragedy Near Hartwell
Four Negro men from South Carolina were rescued after the boat sank in the Savannah River near Sadler's Ferry Hart County. Two others died. bodies not recovered. In Americus a call was issued for a Democratic primary in the third district on April 18 to nominate a candidate to run against Congressman Lewis, who is unopposed for a fourth term.
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Hartwell
South Carolina
Savannah River
Sadler's Ferry
Hart County
Wofford Evans
Lewis
Americus
Democratic Executive Committee
Third
Itag
Fraudulent check targets insane asylum chief in Tuscaloosa
A young man in Tuscaloosa presented a $40 check bearing Dr James T Searcy’s signature to the Mississippi Insane Hospital superintendent and claimed to be his son. The ruse failed, and no trace of the supposed son was found.
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Insane Asylum
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Mississippi Insane Hospital
James T Searcy
Alabama Insane Hospital
Searcy
McCannan
Artisl
Dr Searcy
Woolsey Finell
Mobile and West Alabama Railroad
Berry Station
Berry &Station
Fyinell
Mobile
Alleged Essay Theft Clouds Prize Contest in Bowdon
Carrollton Ga April 14 Special The Annie Wheeler chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy offers prizes for essays from county high schools seminaries and academies on tonics and reminiscences of the late war Three entries per institution allowed and prizes awarded From Bowdon college three contestants allegedly placed by professor J P Browse who is charged with suppressing them and with holding them from judges Bowdon district factions clash as J T Fullilove named Bowdon judge threatens possessory warrants against Browse The other item notes James S Clarkson of Iowa named surveyor of customs for the port of New York by the president
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Hse
Carrollton
Annie Wheeler
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Bowden College
J. P. W Browse
J T. Fullilove
Bowdon
Fulilove
Drowse
Fullilove
Browse
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