Lawyers Battle Ends Today In Frank Murder Trial
On Wednesday morning Frank Hooper delivered the first State speech at the Nation al Pencil Factory case, branding Leo Frank and arguing how easy it is to convict on one side. Reuben Arnold branded Kim Conley a murderer, attacking the police for forced testimony. The defense focused on the horror of convicting on circumstantial evidence. If not postponed, the case could go to the jury tonight or Saturday morning with a verdict possible within hours or days.
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Frank Hooper
National Pencil Factory
Leo Frank
A. D Jekyl
Edwin Hyde
Attorney For Defense
Detective Department
Conley
Frank
Roan
State
Special Message on Mexican Muddle For Congress
President Wilson prepares a special message to be read to both houses next Monday. It outlines negotiations via Joby Lind with Provisional President Huerta and American suggestions in the notes. Officials expect the speech to present the U S viewpoint and may influence the Mexico situation while noting no drastic actions.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Joby Tind
Huerta
Mexico
Lind
Wilden Way
Menage
Iberta
Ita
Merbers
George Washington
White House
Texico
Sangrena
Wilnam
Senate
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Secretary Garrison
War Department
Garrison
Luertakes
United States
Democratic Party
Speer Prepares to Fight Charges in Georgia
Washington reports Federal Judge Emory Speer of Georgia faces official misconduct charges. He will attend hearings and asked Representative Hughes to arrange his appearance. A Georgia delegation meeting is set to decide on potential impeachment action, with a subcommittee to review the charges. Speer’s son in law, A B Heyward Jr., calls circulating reports maliciously false and defends Heyward’s integrity.
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Washington
Emory Speer
Georgia
House Committee On Judiciary
Hughes
Tfe-Long
Mughea
Clayton
Speer
House
Capitol
Roedenberg
Edwards
Righ
Clayton Wil
Judiciary Committee
Department of Justice
McReynolds
Lewis
United States
Husband Kills Wife as She Pleads for Life in Tampa
In Tampa Florida on August 21 Mrs Ethel Denson of Key West was shot dead by her husband Benny Denson on a street after she begged for life. Two witnesses watched as Denson stalked her from Key West to Franklin Street and shot twice as she ran homeward. He has not been captured.
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Tampa
Fla
Ethel Denson
Key West
Benny Denson
Tengen
Franklin Street
Cole Younger Joins Christian Church
Cole Younger former bandit becomes a member of the Christian church at a Lees Summit revival. At the invitation many in the audience came forward to join, and a thousand people remained after services to congratulate the ex James gang member on his conversion.
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Lees Summit
Cole Younger
Christian Church
Younger
James Gang
Thaw Scheming to Fix Deportation Point
Lawyers consider Vermont options to thwart New York authorities as Rumors of kidnapping unsettle Canadians. Thaw likely to miss court until next Wednesday as legal teams refine plans and prepare defense strategies.
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Thaw
Vermont
N. Y
NO RECONCILIATION WANTED BY EVELYN NESBIT THAW
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw rejects reconciliation with her husband and dismisses Sherbrooke reports of his desire for reconciliation. She fears Harry Thaw may return to kill her. In Sherbrooke, a habeas corpus hearing awaited Thaw with Canadian lawyers seeking deportation, while Thaw contended with a federal arrest near Coaticook and delays in arraignment. Rumors of kidnapping circulated as New York officials watched developments and debated next steps.
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Evelyn Neshit
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Kendall Thaw
Superiae
Coaticook
Thaw Hag
Barry, Sryse
Globensky
Chambara
Montreal
Cffcuit
Meanwhy
Con Ser
Dutchesa County
New York
Franklin Kennedy
Albany
Stanford White
Thaw
LaForce
Aylmer
Judge Glovenaky
Judge Glovensky
Consulta
Thaw Drama Opens With Escape From Matteawan Asylum
Harry K. Thaw, famed for his Stanford White murder, appears in a recent photo after his sensational escape from Matteawan asylum in New York. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, his wife, is shown on arrival in New York from Europe, guarded against potential threats. Mrs William Thaw, his mother, is depicted amid aiding sacrifice narratives surrounding the case.
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Harry K. Thaw
New York Asylum
Alayer
Stanford White
Matteawan Asylum
New York State
Shozyn
Hia
Mra
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
New York
Europe
William Thaw
Deva
Dynamite charge found near Mayor Gaynor's office
A 40 percent dynamite charge of three 10 inch sticks and two halves with fuse and detonator was discovered near Mayor Gaynor's window in New York City Hall. Police and experts halted a possible disaster as the device lay within 60 feet of the mayor's office, wrapped in blue cloth with red and white figures.
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Snough
New York City Hall
Gaynor
New York
Mayor Gaynor
City Hall
Bureau of Combustibles
City Hall Ark
Chronological table of Frank actions on murder date
A dated sequence lists Frank's movements from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the pencil factory and various locations. Notable entries include meetings with Holloway Alonzo Mann and Roy Irby, calls to Schiff, time stamps for leaving and returning to the factory, and sightings by multiple witnesses such as Miss Hall Mrs White Mary Phagan and Newt Lee. The detailed chain shows Frank at the office, factory, Whitehall and Alabama streets and Washington Street and Georgia Avenue, with late-evening retirement.
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Frank
Arnold
Minola McKnight
Holloway
Alonzo Mann
Roy Irby
Darley
Wade Campbell
Mr. Lime
Mattie Smith
Schiff
Halloway
Mann
Miss Hall
Mrs. White
Corinthia Hall
Emma Freeman
Hillander Oxell
May
Barrett
Misa Hall
Freeman
Washington Street
Cohen Loeb
Hiothey
Washington
Hunter Streets
Miss Carson
Whitehall
Alabama
Sea Denham and
White
E. Selig
Newt Lee
Goldstein
Marcua
Misa Isaac Strauss
Longing for tobacco drives inmate to murder in reformatory
Jeffersonville Ind August 21 Edward Morton an inmate at the state reformatory stabbed and killed Charles Bartle another inmate Morton said he bore Bartle no ill will and stabbed him to be sent to Michigan City state prison where tobacco is allowed Morton asked for tobacco claiming he had little time left Both men had been sentenced for petit larceny and worked in the shoe shop Morton used a shoe knife and stabbed Bartle in the back as they left the barber shop
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Edward Morton
Reformatory
Charles Bartle
Morton
Bartle
Indiana State
Michigan City
TD. C., Peyton
Convicts to be Put on Illinois Highways
Governor Dunne announced a plan to put prisoners to work on state roads with a ten day commute for each thirty days worked. The program uses an honor system, excludes convicts with terms over five years, and requires counties benefiting from the plan to pay 60 cents per day per convict.
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Springfeld
Til
Dunne
Colorado
Washington
Weather Prophecy Local Showers This Weekend
Local forecast predicts showers Friday and Saturday in Georgia with temperature ranges and rainfall data. Mean and normal temperatures noted, past 24 hours rainfall near zero, with monthly and year-to-date deficits mentioned.
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