Court Mob Fights at Georgia Courthouse Verdict Given
A mob clash at a Muscogee County courthouse followed a verdict of involuntary manslaughter with the defendant found guilty. A Black defendant was escorted from the room as men battled deputies, a sheriff dodged an attack, and a bystander body was later found in a ditch. Coroner’s jury returned a verdict of passing by unshot. Several witnesses and officers identified in the crowd as crowds dispersed after the incident.
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Gilbert
Krom
R. L. Wilts
J. T. Darby
McElIhenny
Willis
Darby
Gibson
Beard
Wrypton Switch
Sherif Beard
Sherif Geird
Muscogee
Broad Street
Cumberland Sanitarium advertises cure under special in Tennessee
Patients unable to visit the sanitarium can be treated privately at home. The ad promotes five venereal experiences and a record of bent oat cures for extreme nervousness and other ailments. It invites readers to write for a free booklet and provides the Cumberland Sanitarium address in Lebanon, Tennessee.
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Tennenses
Our City
Day Hank
Leban
Cumberland Sanitarium
F. J. Sanders
Mgr
Lebanon
Tenn
Annual Mountain Excursion by Southern Railway
The Southern Railway announces an annual mountain excursion on Saturday August 17 with round trips to Asheville Lake Toxaway Hendersonville Hot Springs Tate Springs and Bristol. Fare is six dollars from each location with a final limit of September 2 and three daily trains to Asheville at morning noon and night. Make reservations now.
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Asheville
N. GC
Lake Toxaway
N. C
Hendersonville
Hot Springs
Tate Springs
Tenn
Bristol
Grace’s Wound Clarified After Georgian Hospital Operation
Surgeons report Eugene H. Grace remains in guarded condition with paralysis from the initial bullet impact. The bullet rests in the ninth vertebra but did not press on the spinal canal. Recovery chances are slim and uncertain, though he is not in immediate danger of death.
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Eugene H. Grace
Georgian Hospital
B. 8. Moore
Moore
J. §. Clifford
Becker graft probe shows bank deposits total and assets
District Attorney Whitman expands graft inquiry into Lieutenant Becker. Bank deposits across Corn Exchange branches Empire Savings West Side Savings Lincoln Trust plus Becker’s securities total 23845. The DA seeks records from four other banks and notes undisclosed Stucks bonds and safes potentially inching toward 200000 in assets. Bankers pledge aid as investigators plan grand jury action on Becker and four police inspectors tied to gambling corruption.
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Corn Exchange Bank
Empire Savings Bank
West Side Savings Bank
Lincoln Trust Company
Becker
Clearing House Committee
Whitman
New York City
Clearing House
New York
Rosenthal
Jack Rose
Webber
Rose
Schepps
Gyp
Bridgie
Jack Sullivan
Sullivan
Another judge strikes trouble in West Virginia
Governor Glasscock faced a petition from Fayette County citizens urging an extra session of the legislature to impeach Circuit Judge W R Bennett. The 13-article petition alleges corruption immorality incompetency and acceptance of cash and presents.
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Charleston
W. Va
William E. Glasscock
West Virginia
W. R. Bennett
Circuit Court
Fayette County
R. T. Hubert, Jr
Charles W. Dillon
Fayetteville
George F. Price
William O. Dawnson
Hennett
Infernal Box Suspect Believed in City
Police in Atlanta search for Ed McIntyre linked to the infernal machine case in High Point North Carolina. A deadly pox was sent to a society girl and exploded in an express office injuring two men. McIntyre’s father once ran a meat market in Atlanta. Nashvile Court in Session reports the August term opening with a heavy docket due to late conditions.
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Ed McIntyre
Atlanta
High Point
N. 3
McIntyre
North Carolina
McIintyre
Nashvile
Nashville
Buie
Mathews Faces Ugly Charge In Macon Judge Race
In Macon Georgia an ad signed For the Sake of Decency accuses H A Mathews and Ike Bashinski of pressuring W T Amason to back Mathews for superior court judge. Mathews and Bashinski deny the charge calling it false. Bashinski paid ten thousand dollars for a local wholesale near beer business.
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Macon
Superior Court
H. A. Mathews
Wollestor General
Ike Hashinski
W. T. Amason
Bashinski
Mathews
Amason
Mr. Mathews
Hodges
Bashinskis
Friends
Judge Hodgen
Judge
Ike Bashinski
Jealous Wife Kills Rival in Tennessee Porch Ambush
Chattanooga on August 13. Mrs Sarah Echols shot and killed Mrs Georgia Smith on the back porch of her home at dawn. The attacker, hidden in bushes in the yard, used a breech loading shotgun. The motive cited as domestic troubles and jealousy. Typewriter Repairing Am Writing Machine Co.
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M. J. Ward
Waycross
Ch. Heavers
Thomasville
Chattanooga
Sarah Echols
Georgia Smith
Smith
Fire damages Deitch & Co. workshop. insured loss
Fire swept the rear of Deitch and Co. tailoring and pressing at 40 North Pryor yesterday afternoon around 6 30. Automatic overhead extinguishers flooded the area and the fire was out by the fire department’s arrival. Several inches of water flooded the flooring, with estimated smoke and water damage near 1500 dollars, covered entirely by insurance. Grocers Plan Picnic for Atlanta group in Orden Wheeler Alabama August 15. A special train departs Union Station at 7 30 am and returns at 4 pm. Activities include dancing swimming speeches with a barbecue and basket dinner in the afternoon. Speakers include A W Farlinger John Mullough W O Stampa and Robert A Broyles.
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Deitch & Co
North Pryor
John McCullough
W. O. Stampa
Robert A. Broyles
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Whitehall Street
Z. A. Barnes
Eufaula
Ufaula
Ala
Z A. Barnes
H.C. Threadgill
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Mr. Barnes
Americus
Independent Scouts
Thirty- Fourth
Georgia Infantry
Joe Wheeler
Tampa
Jacksonville
Fla
Pythias
The
Baptist Church
Jamie
Roy Barnes
Albany
Bern
Pansy
Clem Barnes
Sean
Bims
Quitman County
Georgia
Farmer
Georgetown
Union
Frederica Oakley
Monticello, A
Monticello
Oakley
Richmond
Miss Onnkley
Pilorida
Mrs
Mary Paschal
Mary Pasacnaiu
Waldo
Flo
W. V. Paschall
Augustus Willingham
Rome
Alabama
Texas
Beach Creek Church
James T. Gay
la Grange
Messrs
J. D
T. T. Gay
Minnie Tomlinson
Till View Cemetery
J. V. Smith
H. M. Patterson & Son
Washington, Ga
A. A. Moye
Carroll Street
Gainesville
James A. _Jennings
James A. Semminags
Jennings
T. A. Jennings
Pensacola
W. R. Jennings
Matilda Roberson
Matilda
J. L. Roberson
Flers Avenue
Decatur
J. G. Dodd
J.G. Dodd
Allen Dodd
Buford
Paoote
P. H. Smith
J. H. Smith
Georgia Avenue
Oakland
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Wilie Westoh
Manvers
Wwe
Southern Railway
Jury
Newsboy
Sam Schepps
United States
Ark
Fred Johnson
Johnson
Bernard Sandler
Sandler
Sandlers
Scheppe
Scheppa
Tae
Am, Writing Machine Co
City News
John F. Roche
Insurance Dept
Southern States Life Insurance Company
Pesn
Lacal
Southern States Life Insurance Co
W. S. McLeod
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