Thaw Trial Testimony Details Evelyn Thaw in Court
Evelyn Thaw described her husband Harry Thaw threatening to kill her if he is released, and discussed his mental state. Witnesses, including Dr Adolph Meyer and Anthony Combrook, testified about Thaw's sanity. Evelyn said she plans to work as a model to support herself after testifying, due to marriage debts and reduced allowance.
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Evelyn _ Thaw
Mr. Clarke
White
Bajo
Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
Stanford White
Adolph Meyer
New York State Lunacy Comitasion
Anthony Combrook
New York Society For the Suppression of Vice
Aawyer
Charles Morschauser
Jerome
Bryelyn
White Plains
New York
Harry
Harry Thaw
Wee
Two Drown in Gasoline Launch Fire at Night
Richmond July 15. Clarence Jay of Saluda and Miss Jeanette Dudley of West Point were drowned when a gasoline launch caught fire on the Rappahannock river at midnight. Thirty two other young people were aboard the craft.
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Richmond
Clarence Jay
Saluda
Jeanette Dudley
West Point
Rappahannock River
Shot Brother in Eye During Rabbit Hunt
In Washington Georgia on July 16 Marlon Smith accidentally discharged a gun while rabbit hunting, striking his younger brother Robert 8 Smith in the eye. The shot penetrated the eye membrane and doctors fear loss of sight. Robert was taken to Crawfordville by private conveyance and boarded a midnight train to Atlanta for examination and treatment. Martyn Smith could not explain the discharge, stating he was about 100 yards away when the accident happened.
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Washington, Ga
Hig
Robert
Smith
Marlon Smith
Grhen
Greece Earthquake Devastates Southern Regions
An earthquake struck southern Greece damaging several villages near Athens. Reports say twenty people are dead and about one hundred injured in one village, with three others hit hard. Losses are described as heavy as details unfold.
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Greece
Athens
Eile
Pyrxes
Vilagen
London
Seven Men Die as Building Collapses in Philadelphia
In July 15 Philadelphia a five story brick building at Market and 17th streets undergoing reconstruction for United Gas Improvement Company collapsed in a busy section. Thirty two people were buried or pinned. seven killed, one missing, one fatally injured and twenty four seriously hurt. Killed were Sax and Abbott workers. Lower floors were shored with timbers and girders. shifting a girder is suspected to have loosened the structure. Heroism noted as firemen aided wounded. one man with a broken leg urged attention for the more seriously injured.
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Philadelphia
jtMth
Market Streets
United Gas Improvement Company
Sax & Abbott
Lighthouse keeper kills himself after failed attack
In Charleston July 15, Ludwig Jacobsen, an assistant lighthouse keeper, attempted to chloroform two daughters of Captain Wicking at Morristown Island. He then shot himself after locking himself in his room as officers arrived to arrest him.
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Charleston
S.C
Wicking
Mortis Island
Ludwig Jacobsen
Youth confesses he killed father in Quitman
Ollie Whama, 20, is jailed in Quitman as Deputy Speed says he confessed to murdering his father Collin Williams, a wealthy county farmer. The killing occurred Tuesday night, shot from outside the house at supper. The written confession will be read at Monday preliminary hearing.
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Quitman
Miss
Ollie Wh- Uiame
Erputy
Speed
Collin Williams
Young Wilama
Gebbia to be hanged for Black Hand murder in New Orleans
Leonardo Gebbia an Italian condemned to die in gallows at Helenville for a crime in the name of the Black Hand. He was convicted of murdering Walter Lamana, a New Orleans undertaker, two years ago after kidnapping the boy whose head was severed. Several others await life terms for complicity in the same grisly case.
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New Orleans
Leonardo Gebbia
Poruass
Actress Mourns Lover Suicide After Cuban Pursuit
In New York on July 15 a 26 year old Cuban named Juan Balsinde shot himself in his hotel room after following an actress from Havana to New York. He left a letter to Louisa, pleaded money concerns, and cited a love obsession. Louisa Von Quaston, the actress, visited his body at the morgue and cried over the tragedy.
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New York
Juan Balsihde
Hast 'Pourtesnth Street
Theatere
Cuba
Pnes
Balsinde
Poughkeepsie
Hotel Americs
Louisa
Havana
Mms
Goodby
Juan
Hotel America
Balsinde Brothers
Loules von Quaston
Caban
Deaths and funerals from various Georgia towns
Multiple simple obituary notices. Miss Bertha M. Jones dies in East Atlanta and will be buried at Mervin church. Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Garner dies. body to Liburn for funeral. Mrs. C A McClelland dies at 133 Curran street. funeral at North Atlanta church with Mason’s yard interment. Other notices: Henry Kidd dies in Milledgeville from blood poisoning after nail injury. Mrs. Lizzia Hamilton Courtney dies in Richmond on visit. Pauline Allen Am dies in Americus after brief illness. Captain W. Sherard dies in Jefferson. A W Foster Jr dies in Newnan. W C Noggle dies in Mallorysville. Miss Elizabeth Wingfield dies in Washington. Joseph Hamilton dies at private sanitarium. funeral at Harry G Poole's chapel.
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Bertha M. Jones
Betha May Jones
W. A. Jones
Atlanta
Mervin Church
J. F. Garner
Oakland Avenue
Liburn
C. A. McClelland
Curran Street
North Atlanta
Mason's Churchyard
Macon
Lizzia Hamilton Courtney
Richmond
Joseph Hamilton
Akers Urged to Run for Second Ward Councilman
Friends of F. M. Akers of the second ward urge him to enter the council race. If he runs, supporters believe he has a good chance of election. Akers is connected with the Southwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.
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F. M. Akers
Short Items of Interest from Atlanta News
Dan A Farrell returns from Maine and the Adirondacks. Calhuration the Decatur main Ine hosts an ice cream supper Friday to raise funds for a temporary church and school house. Rev John W Rowlett to speak on Old Words from the Old Book at 11 oclock Sunday. A man identified as John Hurt dies after a shooting in a domestic quarrel at 226 East Ellis Street. his wife Alice Hurt is held. T F Lyon dies of a sudden illness at the Atlanta Steel Hoop Company plant. his son C T Lyon nearby in attendance.
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Nazareth
Joseph
John W. Rowlett
Alice Hurt
John Hurt
Haat Eliis Street
Grady Hospital
T. F. Lyon
Atlanta Steel Hoop Company
Bond & Bloomfield
Lyon
C. T."lyon
Plans For Coming Labor Day In Atlanta
Plans were laid for Labor Day events in Atlanta with sermons by Rev H A Atkinson and platform talks by local labor leaders. Ex governor Hoke Smith will speak in the evening as committees organize demonstrations and invitations to the International Typographical Union convention in 1910.
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Atlanta Federation of Trades
H. A. Atkinson
Central Congregational Church
Atlanta
Hoke Smith
van Houten
Atlanta Federation-At-Large
International
Tried for murder in Roanoke on head injury case
Clauds Minor, a young white man, was tried here on the charge of murder for striking Harry Thompson of Montreal, Canada, with a rock three weeks earlier. The court heard the case today with the fate to be decided in a possible life term in the penitentiary.
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Roanoke
Clauds Minor
Atrack Harry Thompson
Montreal
Canada
30000 Men Out On Strike At Pressed Steel Car Plant
Pittsburg July 18 reports say 120 injured as Pennsylvania state constabulary and strikers clash at Pressed Steel Car Company McKees Rocks. Police fired over heads and six leaders were arrested. Over 200 deputies and state police on duty as 1,000 workers join nationwide steel strike across western Pennsylvania eastern Ohio and West Virginia.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania State Constabulary
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKeen Rocks
Pennsyvania
Ohio
West Virginia
McKees Hocks
United Mine Workers
Pittsburg Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
Pressed Steel Company
Pennsylvania
Tin Plate
Fertilizer Cost May Rise Over German Export Tax
Washington reports southern senators helped move the senate to retain free potash salt, a key fertilizer ingredient, while Germany considers a $20 per ton export tax. Savannah manufacturers protested to Representative Edwards of Georgia, Knox informed the American ambassador at Berlin, urging efforts to block the tax though final decision rests with Germany.
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Washington
Senate
South
Savannah
Edwards
Georgia
Knox
Aldrich
Berlin
Knoxle
Winship Qualifies for Consular Work In Washington
Lily Washington, listed among the candidates, qualifies for consular work as part of the ongoing selection process. The report notes the 7th position among the evaluative points considered.
End of Week Parasols Sale at Half Price
Thrifty shoppers learn of a two to three day sale of parasols in various silks and trims. Prices drop from 7.50 to 3.75, 6.00 to 3.25, 5.50 to 2.15, 3.00 to 1.35, 2.50 to 1.23, and 1.75 to 0.90, with every piece in the house included. multiple styles and colors are available.
Death by Own Action Comes Close on Murder's Heels
On the St Clair flats near Port Huron Michigan a Cleveland cigar maker Louis Rosenburg was murdered on an island. Frank Hiera alleged killer died by suicide after arrest. Sam Friable is jailed as an accomplice after confessing details of the killing. They met at Bedore's hotel during a vacation, with motive tied to a sum of money.
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Port Huron
Mich
Louis Rosenburg
Cleveland
Ohio
St. .Clair Flats
Joe Bedere
Frank Hiera
Alee
Sam ‘Friabte
Choked to death in New Orleans after watermelon meal
In New Orleans Mrs Salvator Lucia choked while eating watermelon at home late night. Next morning a man was found dead near a dance hall with head injuries and money missing. Investigators recovered a revolver and nearly $200 from a suitcase. the case involves a fatal assault and a robbery motive.
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New Orleans
Hia
Efbere
Himeff
Inc
Kabie
Elbsra
Rossnburg
Tha ‘Dwarmélsog
Ant
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Memphis Warehouse Company
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Olinole Central
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Henry Kidd
Milledgeville, Ga
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Courtney
Macon, Ga
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Sherard
Jefferson
W. &. Sherard
A. G. Foster, Jr
Newnan
W. Foster, Jr
First Baptist Church
J. F. Singleton
W. C. Noggle
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Elizabeth Wingfield
T. J. Wills
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LaCrosse
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