Thomas Case Affirmed In Murder Conviction Stay In Prison
The Supreme Court denied Thomas’ appeal in the Mabel Schofield murder case, affirming his life term. The defendants contended the statute allowing jury discretion on degrees violated the Fourteenth Amendment. After review, the court held the verdict and sentence valid, preserving the prison term for the accused.
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Mable Schofield
Washington, T.C
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Pat Charles Thamers
Aiden
Mabel Schofield
Eotry Weuins
Tie Disadssel
Ener
Ile Wither
Charlie Thomas
Fu Madison
Unites Rates Supreme Court
Atoneve Mulvanes & Mulvierey
Terinee
Dudge CO. Cole
Wren Us
Erie
Mulganers
Cole
Thomas
Mackown Is Not Guilty in Webster City Arson Trial
Jurors acquitted Hins of arson after a four year pursuit and a prior embezzlement verdict. Mackown, once a prominent booster, was seen as a free man amid cheers at the depot. Charges centered on the Webster City shoe factory blaze, with the state failing to prove motive beyond the embezzlement case.
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Mielsuown
Webster City
California
Prisner
Clitign
Weron
Mackown
Madown
Clarisy
Bakersfield
Cal
Sheriff Thompson
Utarion
Eliven
Mactown
Chivion
Cheweh
Hamilton
Fort Dodge
Vanillon County
Mackowy
Gay Hosiery Almost Fatal Cause House Collapse Trial
A damaged OCR fragment describes a commercial traveler injured by a hosiery related incident. The man required hospital care for a week as jaw of a near fatal event. Investigation cites rubbing heel and irrigation as contributing factors.
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Council Bhiffs
Wey Tooow
Rorskeris
A Life Time in Poor House Newton
A life spent in Jasper County poor house details an inmate named Kellwis who entered as a youth after a leg injury. His family’s poverty left him to endure hardship in the facility as he faced solitude and fading health until death.
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Newton
Lavine
Jasper County
Theaargets
Kellwiis
Slayer's Wife Divorced in Des Moines Amid Murder Ties
Anna M. Thomas, wife of Charms Thomas the Des Moines hack driver once convicted in the Mabel Scofield murder, was granted a divorce by the district court on grounds of his felony conviction. The couple faced public attention as the case drew controversy before the divorce, with Mrs. Thomas stating she seeks a quieter life in Onta while continuing to reside in Des Moines. She had supported herself in town while the divorce suit, filed last July, moved through various delays. The Scofield murder case remains a distant memory in court records, and Thomas’s wife indicated no regrets about her loyalty up to this point.
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Anna M. Thomas
Anua
MM. Thomas
Charms U
Thomas
Des Moines
Abs. Thomas
Mabel Scofield
Aas
How Tar and Feathers Fit in Sensational $200000 Damage Suit
Farmington Herald editor BE Rackrwell files a $200,000 damage suit against ten citizens for allegedly kidnapping him and tar and feathering him. Named defendants include B I Ketchum J C Schee Martin Marnagel Robert Merrick P K Ware P M Cahill Clark Ross J W Miller H Knott and W H Coulter. The group, a lodge faction offended by a mocking article, allegedly prompted libel charges dismissed for lack of evidence and conspired to tar and feather the editor.
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Farminson
BE. R. Rackrwell
Farmington Herald
B. I. Ketchum
J. C. Schee
Martin Marnagel
Robert Merrick
Davis Pleads Not Guilty in Murder Indictment
Davis shot his young wife and City Physician J E Miller and appeared in criminal court to plead not guilty to a first degree murder indictment. His lawyer, John T Sullivan, seeks release on bonds as Davis faces a $10,000 bail for assault to murder. The defense argues the grand jury evidence did not prove premeditation or lethal intent.
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Res Maines
Davis
J. E. Miller
John TB. Sullivan
Sullivan
Brand
McHenry
Miller
Indictments for Bank Officers from Green Mountain Bank
A grand jury indicts Pres Ident Dr Stuart MacDiarmid and Cashier Johnson of Omaha based on three fraud counts in constructing the Green Mountain Savings Bank. MacDiarmid jailed. Johnson free on bond seeking renewal as he faces perjury and unlawful deposit receipt charges amid insolvency concerns.
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Marshalltown
Stuart &. MacDiarmid
Johnson
Omaha
Green Mountain Savings Bank
MacDiarmid
Savings “Bank
Mac Diarid
Collision at Sea Drowns Hundreds in Dense Fog Off Hakodate
A Mitsu Marin sunk after colliding with the Hideroshi Maru off Hakodate in heavy fog. The Matsu Maru carrying 224 passengers and crew perished. survivors were rescued by the Hideyoshi Maru. The Lloyd’s Register listing notes both ships with contrasting tonnages and origins. The disaster prompted rescue efforts as panicked passengers flooded lifeboats and sea waters.
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Tokyo
Mitsu Marinan Salon
Yusen Kaisha Line
Todolukke
Hakadate
Lloyd
Tedohakke
Hakodite
Hakodare
Rock Island Daily News Press Wrecked by Dynamite
A dynamite blast at the Rock Island Daily News plant damaged the press and the building. The paper, founded three years ago by John Looney, has pursued coverage of saloons and gambling. Looney, indicted last June on conspiracy and extortion charges, awaits trial on related counts.
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Rock Island
Rock Island Daily News
the News
John Looney
Chicago
Looney
Governor Guild’s Condition Deteriorates in Poison Fight
Boston report states Gov. Guild’s chance of recovery from arsenic poisoning has worsened over 24 hours and he may not survive the day. Attending physician Br. Winslow cautions against prediction, though no definite doom, while hope remains.
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Boston
Mar
Guild
Br. Winslow
Fire at Fort Dodge destroys Holprook Drug building
A blaze at Fort Dodge damaged the Holprook Drug company building, with losses estimated between 10,000 and 35,000 dollars. The cause of the fire is not yet known and the extent of the damage remains under investigation.
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Fort Dodge
Dodge—Flye
Holprook Drug Company
Lawyer Clapp Drops Dead in Street Blotches
Charles Clapp of Omusha, law partner of Judson LGdia, collapsed and died on the street in the business district. He had handled extensive legal business for the Union Ducilie Railway company.
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Clapp
Connell Bluffs
Charles 2
Omusha
Judson Lgdia
Fed
Ayroman
Diminete
Air Red
Unian Ducilie Railway Company
Advisor to Korea Shot in San Francisco Hotel Scene
Durhan White Stevens a prominent American diplomat and confidential advisor to Japanese authorities in Seoul was shot by a Korean at the Patterson hotel in San Francisco. He was struck twice and is reported in splendid health though wounded in the right wing and groin. A companion was hit by a bullet and a mob pursued the assailant, who was captured. Stevens, long a key figure in Japanese diplomatic circles, faces a possible recovery as doctors treat his injuries.
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Patrmont
W. Ching
Stevens
Kereian
Cnmmibus
Bean
Hill
Durham White Stevens
State Department
Count Okuma
Washington
Seoul
Korea
Japan
Middle Kingdom
Amendment Introduced To Ease Sherman Law Restrictions
Washington March 24 The National Civic Federation bill drafted after talks with the president capital and labor leaders to relax Sherman anti trust provisions was introduced in the house by Rep Hepburn Iowa chairman of the commerce committee. It was referred to the interstate and foreign commerce committee for consideration and a Roosevelt message to congress is expected. Party leaders said they have only a general grasp of the bill’s purpose and expect hearings before any prediction of success or failure.
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Mar
National Civic Federation
House
Hepburn
Iowa
Committee
Cannon
Roosevelt
Congress
Women’s Trade League aims to organize all U.S. working women
To Organize Women’s League New York March 24 the Women’s Trade league proposes uniting United States workers. Miss Leonora O’Reilly told Central Federated union members there are between five and six million working women nationwide and the league will continue until all are organized.
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New York
Working Women of the
United States
The
Women's Trade League
Leonora O'Reilly
Central Federated Union
League
Death in Grafton Fire Claims Janitor at 80
The charred body of Hamilton Kent, an 80 year old janitor, was found in the debris of the Valley hotel after a fire that also destroyed the Mastman business building and three residences. Charles Stafford, owner of one residence, suffered serious injuries when a timber fell.
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Grafton
Hamilton Kent
Valley Hotel
Mastman
Charles Stafford
Explosion at Dalachari Naptha Works Kills Dozens
A violent blast at the naptha works workmen's quarters in Dalachari near Baku in Transcaucasia on March 24 has so far recovered 11 bodies from the wreckage. Authorities await divers and rescue teams to continue the search for more casualties.
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Naptha
Baku
Transenaucasia
Mar
Dalachari
Minister Injured by Mob in Lincoln Nebraska
Twenty men assaulted evangelist Rev. F. A. Miller of Lincoln on Monday as he walked toward the railroad station and seriously injured him. Local authorities investigated the mob incident and the assault prompted calls for order.
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Tillex
Nel
FA. Miller
Lincoln
Prince de Sagan Arrives in New York Under Alias
Prince Helie de Sagan, a suitor to Mme Gould, is believed to have reached New York with plans to pursue the American heiress. He registered as W H Thomson, dined with Mme Gould at the Morse home, and traveled on to Washington after crossing from Quebec aboard the Victorian, later compelled to reveal his identity to U S immigration.
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Prince Helle de Sagan
Mme. Gould
Prince Helie
W. H. Thomson
Tyler Morse
Prince
Prince de Sagan
Paris
Washington
Quebec
Que
Levis
Atlantic
Thomson
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Montreal
Prince Helia de Sagan
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Canada
Nab Alleged Assailant in Urmston Grange Case
Vigo Spain March 24 One of the Urmston Grange steamer passengers from Buenos Aires has been taken into custody charged with complicity in an attempt on the life of Dr Ascorti president of Argentina. Another man suspected to escape to Portugal.
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Vigo
Spain
Mar
Urmston Grange
Buenos Ayres
Ascorti
Argentina
Portugal
Posse Returns Empty Handed After Train Robbers
Helena Mont March 24 The sheriff’s posse returns from the hills after failing to capture jailbreakers McDonald and Hauser despite pursuit by a mounted group and local officers seeking the two train robbers.
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Helena
Mont
Mar
McDonald
Hauser
Sheriffs
Denver man Benjamin F. Woodward dies in Mexico
Benjamin F. Woodward, a prominent Denver figure allied with the city and state’s development for 45 years, has died in Mexico. Born in Newark, the exact date and circumstances remain sparse as a brief obituary note.
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Denver
Mar
Enjamin F. Woodward
Colorado
Mexico
Newark
Blast Fatal to Two in Mar. 24 Explosion
Mrs Florence Risser aged 40 and her son aged 15 were injured in a kerosene explosion at their Tayten home on Monday. The blast proved fatal to two.
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Tayten
Florence Risser
Confesses Brutal Murder in Anderson Case
Grover Blake and Orsel Reynolds of Anderson Ind were jailed in Fort Wayne on murder charges for killing Blake's mother in Anderson. Blake confessed implicating Reynolds after arrest saying they planned the crime for money. He described entering the home, striking the mother with a hammer, and taking $160 plus diamond rings before fleeing to Fort Wayne.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Grover Glake
Orsel Reynolds
Anderson
Hharke
Blake
Reynolds
Michigan
Slays Sweetheart and Self in Milwaukee Tragedy
Miss Nat tie Plaschek aged 17 daughter of Mrs Ida Plaschek of 764 Tenth Avenue died Monday from strychnine poisoning mixed with ice cream administered by her sweetheart Leo Wojcinski. On learning of her death he took a dose and died an hour later. The crime likely stemmed from parental opposition to the engagement.
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Milwaukee
Mar
Nattie Plaschek
Ida Plaschek
Tenth Avenue
Leo Wojcinski
Wojcinski
Cyclone Sweeps Louisiana Killing Reported
A cyclone swept Fast Feliciana Louisiana Monday with Norwood at Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Rail Road scene. A man named Rollins was killed and many injured as wind and rain damaged lines and cut communications. In Dayton Marion Michael died after a failed suicide bid. landlady injured but recovering.
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Baton Rouge
Feliciana
Louisiana
Norwood
Here
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Rollins
Prominent Business Man Dies in Kansas City
Norton Thayer of the Thayer Moore Tirekerage Company, a leading Kansas City businessman, died here of diphtheria at age 54 on March 24.
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Norton Thayer
Thayer Moore Tirekerage Company
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