Tragic double stabbing in Tidwell case shocks city
Ed Morgan, a Morris Street worker, stabbed William B Tidwell at Tidwell’s Peters Street home after a night of alcohol. The coroner will investigate as witnesses recount a chaotic scene with blood splatter, a knife wound to the heart, and claims from Annie Morgan and Alonzo Kimball amid police involvement.
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Tidwell
W. R. Hammond
Supreme Court
E. P. Howell
Wil P. Tidwell
EG Morgan
nesTo Georgia
Price Placed On Their Heads In Missouri Probe
Circuit Attorney Folk filed information charging former Delegates Hannagin Denny Albright and Berseh with perjury after grand jury testimony about a 75000 bribe paid by Suburban Street Railway to secure a franchise. Six men face surrender or flight. $300 reward offered for each capture as investigations wind down and trials approach.
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St. Louis
Circuit
Hannagin
Denny
Albright
Berseh
Grand Jury
Cused
Suburban Street Railway
Missouri
House of the
Gsundone
Oregon lynches alleged attacker in broad daylight
In Marshfield Oregon a mob of armed miners killed Alonzo Tucker, accused of assaulting Mrs Dennis, after a gunfight and pursuit. Tucker escaped custody, hid under a wharf, and was later found and hanged on a beam at the South Marshfield bridge, with no masked participants.
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Marshfield
Oreg
Alonzo Tucker
Dennis
Libbey
Tucker
South Marshfield Bridge
Made Em Walk at Pistol Point Pelham Manor
Pelham Manor New York September 18 Special W A Strachan a young cotton broker from New York was arrested by Chief Marks and held on $200 bail after an incident at Pelham Manor station. He allegedly accosted Patrolman Cogian and Harry Day at pistol point and marched them toward the New York Athletic Club after a chaotic chase from the station. The Day family, notably Rev John H Day former editor of The Evangelist, figures in the report as prominent locals. Strachan, said to be intoxicated, had attended the Indian handshake event with other club members prior to the disturbance.
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Pelham Manor
N. Y
W. A. Strachan
New York
Marks
Travers Island
She Slew Self for Husband in Arkansas Tragedy
Jonesboro Ark September 18 Special At an early hour this morning a tragic end to an unhappy life came to Mrs Virgie Bynum wife of Brock Bynum of this city while the circumstances surrounding her death were not all made clear the coroner s jury rendered a verdict that the deceased came to her death by a plate shot fired by herself Mrs Bynum formerly Miss Virgie Wicker was noted for her beauty and vivacity She married while young but her married life was an unhappy one and she separated from her first husband A year ago she became Bynum and in this union she seemed to be unhappy at times Last night she was at a neighbor s house for the night her husband being in Memphis He came home however and she wanted to go home but on account of a downpour of rain he refused to let her go out A quarrel ensued a pistol shot rang out and her body fell limp to the floor the shot striking in the center of the breast and coming out of her back 2 cal revolver was the weapon used.
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William B.tidwell
BR. E. Campbell
Peters Street
Ed Morgan
Morris Planing Unit
Morris Street
Tidwell
Hquor
Morgan
Annie Morgan
Alonzo Kimball
Kimball
Atte Mo’ Ee
Mercer
Chief Ball
Captain Thompson
WU Tidmell
Whitehall
Humphries
Mr. Tidwell
Howse
Mea
Fad
Buster
Ssd
Eliza Grimmett
Annie
Jonesboro
Ark
Virgie Bynum
Brock Bynum
Bynum
Virgie Wicker
Memphis
Lord Salisbury Stricken in Switzerland Health Crisis
London dispatch reports Lord Salisbury, visiting health resorts in Switzerland, ill and confined to bed. A Swiss doctor attends him while his London attendant remains in contact. He has been touring the south for weeks, riding bicycle, drawing little attention as his health declines and The Times note signals concern.
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London
Lord Salisbury
Swittzer
Switzerland
Kengelf
Duke Denies Soup Story On Russian Grand Duke
New York September 18 Special Grand Duke Boris returning on the Lorraine denies circulating rumors of betrothal to Miss Goelet and reports about Mrs Gambrill's dinner. He praises Roosevelt and Newport hospitality and says he will bring one hundred American golf sticks to St Petersburg to start a golf club. A separate note: Strachan is held for trial after being brought to Pelham Manor.
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New York
Grand Duke
Boris
Constitution
Gree
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Newport
Frussia
St. Petersburg
Three Tot Children Buried Alive Near Williams Station
Alamazoos Mich September 13 Three children while walking home from a Williams station school were buried by a sand bank collapse. John Rutherford aged, and his brother Harry aged 7 and Byron Moore aged years played in an excavation near the road. They loosened earth with boards to tunnel and tons of earth fell. Dinner baskets lay near the scene as search commenced. Bodies found about six o clock three feet under the surface. Rutherford brothers were sons of a prominent farmer. Byron Moore's mother is a widow.
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Alamazoo
Mich
Williama Station
John Rutherford
Harry
Byron Moore
Devia
Rutherford Boys
Street Car Crash Hits Twenty Injured at Marion
In Marion Indiana a Union Traction Company street car collided with a freight train at a switch near Soldiers Home. The collision wrecked both trains and injured twenty people. The car was moving about twenty miles per hour and the motorman reportedly lost control.
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Marion
Ind
Union. Traction Company
Wreck of Royal Blue Flyer at Leesburg Kills Two
The Royal Blue flyer on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern derailed at Leesburg Ohio when a switch was open. Engineer Philip Roe and fireman Charles Studer of Chillicothe were killed. The boiler exploded, many passengers hurt, and General Manager L G Rawn oversaw relief.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Royal Blue Flyer
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Leesburg
Philip Roe
Charles Studer
L. G. Rawn
Warner House
Cincinnati
Fifteen Men Entombed In North Dakota Post Office Collapse
Minot North Dakota September 18 a post office building collapsed trapping about fifteen people inside authorities say two officials County Treasurer John Lynch and attorney N Davis were seriously injured Postmaster Fugetse escaped unharmed and cleanup began. mail and offices of two weekly papers were destroyed. Senator Bard's condition in Los Angeles deteriorated overnight with restless sleep and weak irregular heart action.
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Minot
N. Dak
Postoffce
John Lynch
N. Davis
Fugetse
Senator Bard
Los Angeles
Cal
Taggart
SenatorBard
Nude bridegroom, wife's murder cast in canal
New York reports the nude body of Amie Pulitzer found in the Morris Canal between Newark and Jersey City. Joseph Pulitzer of Manhattan identified the corpse as his wife who had been missing since Tuesday. A gunny weight and strap implied an attempted drowning. a stab wound and skull fracture indicated foul play. Police launched a formal investigation with detectives dispatched to the Pulitzer boarding house.
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New York
Morris Canal
New Ark
Jersey City
Joseph Pulitzer
West Forty-sixth Street
Manhattan
Amnie
Meadows
Converse
Murphy
Pulitzer
Tra Elty
Titus
Jealous man stops wedding with shooting in Battle Creek
In Battle Creek Michigan on September 18 A E Whitcomb of Chicago shot W El Sampson and bride to be Mrs Elizabeth Notter at Sampson's home. Whitcomb then shot himself and tried to drink carbolic acid but spilled it. Notter to recover Sampson may die.
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Battle Crees
Mich
A. E. Whitcomb
Chicago
W. el. Sampson
Elizabeth Notter
Sampson
Mrs. Notter
Jouse
Bond for seven millions in administrating Rice estate
Administrators William M. Rice Jr John D Bartine and James A Baker Jr were granted letters of administration on the estate of William M Rice, dated September 18. They must post a bond around 37 million. Albert T Patrick, named residuary legatee in a controversial will from September 1900, is jailed awaiting appeal after a murder conviction tied to the Rice estate valued at about 8 million. Surrogate Fitzgerald admitted the J&G will to probate but ruled the Patrick will a forgery. The estate is centered in Houston Texas.
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Nice
New York
William M. Rice, Jr
John D. Bartine
James A. Baker, Jr
William M. Rice
Albert T.patrick
Agresiduary
Hice
Bing Sing
Rice
Fitzgerald
J&g
Patrick
Houpton
Tex
Liquor-Logged Crew Ground Schooner Dora Matthews
A New York bound schooner from Newburyport ran aground off Logwood Hill, Chatham. All seven sailors were rescued by breeches buoy. captain Bonsey stayed aboard seeking to save the ship while crew, all except the white captain, were intoxicated throughout the voyage.
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Chatham
Mass
Dora Matthews
New York
Newburyport
New York City
Logwood Hill Bar
Capain Bonsey
Bonsey
Hfe
Roosevelt Tour Plans Revealed For Northwest Trip
President Roosevelt will travel with Secretary Cortelyou and Assistant Secretary Loeb from Oyster Bay to the northwest September 10 to October 7. The route includes Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee St Paul Minneapolis Sioux City Omaha and Lincoln with public addresses, veterans events, and dinners at major stops. The schedule features visits to Fall Festival grounds Music Hall the St Nicholas hotel and several veterans' encampments and conventions.
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Oyster Bay
N. J
Cortelyou
Northwest
Loeb
Jersey City
Cincinnati
St. Nicholas Hotel
Music Hall
Muaie Hall
Detroit
Logansport
Kokomo
Tipton
Noblesville
Wanapolia
Luncie
Indianapolis
Columbia Club
Fort Wayne
Milwaukee
LaCrosse
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Employer and Eemployee
Exposition Building
National Civic and Improvement League
Weather Outlook With Storms Across East and Cool Northwest
Summary of forecast shows showers Friday in the east and fair weather in the west with cooler conditions in the northwest and light to fresh easterly winds along the coast. Saturday remains fair with the high set to reach 66 and the low around 1. Reports note past 24 hours’ precipitation and recent temperature ranges, plus local civic discussions, political notes, and regional economic happenings.
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