Standifer’s Murder Trial Draws Packed Courtroom
Mrs Willie Standifer was remanded without bail on murder charges for shooting her sister Misa Chapelle Whisenant as court heard sensational testimony. The judge barred bail citing the law while audience chants and police vigilance framed a crowded police court scene.
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Willie Standifer
Misa Chapelle Whisenant
Bai
Froyles
Qfarion Standifer
Broyles
Recorder
Greg Standiter
Standifer
Fage Two
Ohio State Senate hears Cox bid to influence court
Investigating committee hears testimony from two circuit judges and a third witness that George B. Cox sought to influence the Land and Bondes case related to a 1890 city water works suit. Judge Jelke said Cox urged reversing the judgment and delaying due process while others noted Cox sought fair hearing and full consideration in the appeal. The proceedings describe concerns Cox used influence to protect the Land and Hadley Company, a large Cincinnati firm, amid potential bankruptcy if a compromise failed.
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Circuit Court
Drake Investigating Committee
State Senate Today
George B. Cox
Hamilton County
Cox
Ferdinand Jelke, Jr
Etrsuit Court
Roettinger
Land & Bodnes Company
American Bonding Company
Jelke
Liane & Hadley Company
Peter F. Swing
Pio
Letters Reveal Terrible Struggle Between Love and Duty
A cache of letters secured by city detectives portrays a tragic conflict of desire and morality. Written during February, the exchanges between Marion Standifer and Miss Chapell detail a forbidden romance with her sister’s husband, revealing hope, guilt, and a prayer for forgiveness amid looming tragedy.
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Miss Whisenaut
Standifer
Mr Sitton
Marion Standifer
Miss Chapell
White Women Forced 10 Live in Negro Dames
New York dispatch reports district attorney investigators raiding a West Thirtieth Street flat as part of a campaign against a suspected network involved in abducting and detaining white women in Tenderloin resorts run by African American men. Indictments cover abduction and assault connected to a white girl witness and a five year old. Authorities pledge swift action to expose and end the alleged syndicate and its practices.
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West Thirtieth Street
Herthe Claiche
Robert H. Spriges
Sprigna
Thirtieth Street
Sprises
Spriggs
Mia
Garven
Jerome
Howell Speech At Hazlehurst Draws Voter Cheers
Clark Howell spoke in Hazlehurst at a campaign stop, drawing enthusiastic approval from Jeff Davis county Democrats as he exposed a disfranchisement scheme and defended his record in the general assembly and as a citizen. The crowd cheered his responses and urged questions, with supporters largely silencing opposing views. Continued on Page Three.
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Hazlehurst
Jet Davis County
Clark Howell
Howell
General Assembly
Fight Over Mule Ends in Double Fatal Shooting
Millen Ga March 0 A quarrel over a mule sparked a gunfight at Scarborn seven miles below there at 3 PM resulting in the deaths of John Burke and Ed Aycock both white men prominent in the area. Burke leaves a wife and five children Aycock was unmarried.
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Millen
Scarborn
John Burke
Ed Aycock
Aycock
Hughes Declines to Appear Before Committee
Washington March 16 Charles E B Hughes who led the New York insurance inquiry refused to testify before the House committee on election of president vice president and representatives in congress regarding prevention of corporate political contributions He said he cannot add to the subject beyond the insurance hearing proceedings copies of which he sent to Chairman Gains.
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Washington
Charles EB. Hughes
New York
House
Congress
Hughes
Cleveland Arrives in St Augustine With Noted Escorts
Grover Cleveland arrives in St Augustine this evening accompanied by Dr. Josep D. Bryant of New York and Howard McLenahan of Princeton. The party lands at Ponce de Leon and proceeds to the city amid fanfare, continuing a notable visit.
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St. Augustine, Or
Acaren
Grover Cleveland
Josep D. Bryant
New Yorks
Howard McLenahan
Princeton
Ponce de Toon
Cleve
Fae Stierk
Furious race war near Mobile reported with killings
Telegram from Wilmer near Mobile reports a race clash with whites and blacks killed. Deputies and a special train are sent to Wilmer and Milner. Violent incidents include an unknown negro shooting at Pringle workers and gunfire around the town. A later dispatch notes armed groups in the area and a possible broader outbreak.
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Mobile
Ala
Forers
Wilmer
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City
Setcne
Register
Feport
A. V
Powers Hay
Wilt Jente
Milner
Paris Coal Mine Disaster Strikes Courriere Region
A massive fire damp explosion at seven this morning in northern France's Courriere area killed and trapped miners. About 1,804 to 1,900 workers were underground when the blast hit the Lens basin mines, with rescue efforts hampered by fire and smoke. total deaths reported by evening were 1,195, making it the worst mining disaster in continental history. President and ministers traveled to the scene as the nation mourned.
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Paris
Steat
France
Courrieres
Lille
Fullieres
Gautier
Interior Dubles
Batastr
Lens
Pas de Calais
Caurrlerey
Verdun
Weather forecast for Georgia and coastal interiors in D C
March forecast notes fair weather in Georgia and along the coast with rain inland. light variable winds become easterly. local data shows high and low temperatures, a normal reading, and 24 hour and month precipitation figures from multiple stations.
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Washington, D. C
Georgia
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