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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1921
Page
6
Police and secret Service agents probe blasts that damaged the archbishop's residence and the Juergens jewelry factory. Four men under arrest, with several others implicated, amid rising radical activity and planned demonstrations in Mexico City.
White Plains New York February reports say two autos with armed men and a woman kidnapped Miss Anna King from the Scarsdale home last midnight after a gunfight using pistols and a shotgun. Miss King was taken as her host family fought back with a shotgun and threats, one daughter grazed by a bullet, doors broken, wires cut, and a violent attempt to abduct the guest.
Manassas Virginia February 7 W C Hall former state prohibition agent was placed on trial here today for the third time charged with the murder of Lawrence Hudson alleged whisky runner at Fisher s Hill Shenandoah county on March 26 1919 Two previous trials resulted in deadlocked juries Hall who was defended by the state prohibition department at his two former trials today conducted his own defense the prohibition department having declined to expend the money necessary Eleven jurors were in the box when the first venue of 49 was exhausted
In Tuscumbia Alabama February 7 the Colbert county circuit court special term to try seventeen members of an alleged moonshiner ring in the murder of prohibition officer Don Stephenson recessed until February 14 Judge Aimon presiding. Four defendants were tried last week with four convictions and sentences from twenty years to life imprisonment.
Washington February The bill authorizing a $100,000,000 appropriation for road improvements in fiscal year 1922 passed the house 278 to 58. It would extend availability of federal funds allotted to states for road work for two more years. Passed under suspension of rules requiring a two thirds vote.
Washington February 7 Swift and Armour filed a new plan with the District of Columbia Supreme Court for selling their stock yards interests under a government consent decree. The plan proposes three trustees and sales agents with voting powers, prioritizing buyers among live stock producers, stockholders, carriers, locals, and syndicates, with prices set for each yard. Time for completion to be court fixed, with extensions possible if sales progress.
Houston February 7 H A Lane under arrest on robbery charges says he is an escaped Georgia State Prison inmate known as Dr J M Eliott. He claims to have been sentenced to hang three times for a LaGrange murder, with two reversals by the Court of Criminal Appeals and a governor’s telegram saving him at the last moment.
A fragmented sentence recalls a man tied to a long custody case. It mentions a thirteen year span, a conviction and ensnaring capture, and a later escape from Decatur County authorities, underscoring a history of repeated flight and pursuit.
Obituaries and death notices list Mrs Mary Baggett of 377 Grentwood Avenue and others across Atlanta and nearby towns. Included are survivors such as sisters Mrs W E K Rambo and Mrs B C Phillips, brother Q C Kudu, daughter Nellie Hearn, son Guy Hearn, and various spouses and grandparents. Other entries record the deaths of Mrs R S McKinney, Mrs M J Martin, John Henry Chase, and Paul H Lander with brief survivor details and residence clues across sections of the city.
Covington Ga February 1. Mrs Emma B Bowell 58 dies at home of daughter Mrs G R Dorman Conyers Street after seven years illness Survivor two daughters Mrs G R Dorman of Covington and Mrs T M Laneston of Greenville SC two sons E R and James M Sewell of Chattanooga Pa and other relatives Funeral at Conyers street home conducted by Rev Walker Combs assisted by Rev J B Ellis Interment at Fairburn Also Charles M Quillian Sr dies Blue Ridge Ga at 2 am Monday survived by wife and one son Charles M Quillian Jr of Camack
A Chicago area medical ad warns that persistent hacking signals bronchial trouble. It touts Lung-A-Fone as a safe, drug free preventer and urges purchase at Jacobs' Pharmacy Co stores in Atlanta.
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