20 Jul 1903
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1903
Page
1
Prison guards report a deadly incident as a mob attacks a Wyoming jail. Inmates are killed in their cells during the disturbance, with authorities investigating the deaths and security failures.
A deputy sheriff was slain as a mob attacked Basin Wyoming jail seeking Gorman and Walters who had been captured earlier. Reports say Sheriff Fenton appeals for militia aid as gunfire and threats ripple Thermopolis and Big Horn County amid a wild feud with cattlemen.
Chicago men plan to settle emigrants on cutover timber land in Baldwin County Alabama after a deal with Southern States Lumber Company. Thomas Hamm and Frederick Brown acquired five acres of land from the lumber company, aiming to bring western farmers and stock traders to the area for settlement and logging operations.
Paris reports a Rome conversation with Marquis Sacchetti as Caminal Oreglia declares he will take over papal administration during the Interregnum. He says he will be the sole authority, demands clergy and military devotion, will use prisons, revive lying in state, and issue daily orders under Pontifical army guard.
Raleigh July letter shows the king of Portugal thanks North Carolina communities in the east for their kindness to passengers from the wrecked bark Vera Cruz VII. Many Portuguese migrants worked on farms near New Bern, after discouraging relocation elsewhere.
Two Good Government League members narrowly escaped mob violence after a Paducah Clarksville ball game. A committee including Rev W H Robinson and W H Kirkpatrick attempted to stop the game but was denied entry and ridiculed. Afterward Robinson and Kirkpatrick were assaulted. bystanders intervened, steering Robinson to a car. No arrests were made.
In Huntington West Virginia on July 19, William Vinson of Catlettsburg Kentucky was fatally stabbed by Gustave Epps a Black man. Epps fled pursued by a twelve man posse toward Pole River where he drowned while attempting to swim to shore.
July 19 St Louis reports a mob of African Americans broke into the Brook lyn jail near East St Louis to seize Willan Carter, accused of assaulting a woman. Village Marshal Speed escorted Carter to East St Louis for safety after the doors were torn open with a railroad tie. No other prisoners were present.
A spate of drownings swept the area with several lives lost. EB R Cohen a Philadelphia Country Club bookkeeper drowned when a trail craft overturned. John Bechtold of this city lost his wife helping a sick woman at Atlantic Beach. On Big Timber Creek near Jersey three men fell in. Frank Thompson of this city died. John Brown aged 22 drowned near Beverly New Jersey while swimming. Twenty one people were rescued by surf guards at Atlantic City today. Philadelphia July 19 there were
Marvin Winton whipped eight soldiers at Camp Lake Contrary near Joseph, Missouri, after a militiaman mocked his companion. A scuffle followed with constables stopping the brawl. Winton drew a knife and injured several soldiers before order was restored. He was later assaulted on a streetcar. A large mob formed and was dispersed with difficulty.
Governor Terrell weighs filling the supreme court vacancy after Justice Semé Laanphiny's death, with South Georgia candidates Judge Barrow of Savannah and Henry G. Turner of Brooks County favored. Barrow, Turner and other southern jurists are eyed as most suitable, though geography and district balance complicate choices.
A Montevideo dispatch reports Helen Olson of Watson was badly beaten by a Black man named Jackson on Saturday night. He was captured near Watson and confessed, then jailed in Glencoe after transport. doctors fear she will die, while no riot followed the arrest.
Rome July 19 20 reports detail the pope's rapidly failing condition as he endures coma and delirium With readings on respiration pulse and temperature noted physicians report a sinking strength and increasing frailty amid prayers from Vatican staff and attendants. crowds gather around St Peter's as the end appears near Logged bulletins describe exhaustion and fragile consciousness while cardinals and doctors monitor the pope's last hours.
Ten persons were badly hurt when a Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern excursion train backing out of the depot struck ten coaches filled with travelers at Cincinnati Union Station. An empty Queen and Crescent train collided with the rear cars, injuring passengers including Mrs Carrie Crawford and several with broken legs, crushed ankles, and internal injuries. Victims hailed from Washington Indiana and nearby towns, with specific names listed among the injured.
Four men and youths walking along the Pennsylvania railroad near Avondale station were killed when struck by an incoming train. Victims include Louis Mur 18 and William Mur 11, both sons of a widowed mother, plus two unidentified young men. The engineer stated he did not see them until nearly upon them.
St. Louis July 18 Preliminary trial of Seymour Barrington charged with the murder of James P. McCann, set for tomorrow in Juanes Campbell's court, likely postponed as Barrington remains ill in Chyton jail with a high fever. his condition has not improved.
A mixed Georgia forecast calls for occasional showers in the state and light southwest winds. Atlanta City Council meets briefly this afternoon. In state affairs the General Assembly weighs a felony convict disposition. Colquitt county sheep farmers sold wood clip for a $15,000 return. Prominent Forsyth woman Mattia Merritt found dead from heart failure. Funeral of Justice Samuel Lumpkin set for today in Oglethorpe County. First Georgia cavalry encampment begins in Savannah. Overseas notes report a marriage in Eufaula Alabama, feud concerns in Kentucky, and a Portugal-North Carolina acknowledgment. Major deaths and public events include the funeral of Chief Arthur in Cleveland, the Basins mob lynching two murderers, and comments on the Japan Russia Manchurian issue. Also ongoing royal tour plans and a camp meeting preacher Rev. B Osbourne’s death near Lexington Kentucky.
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