Holmes Exposé of Minnie Williams murder confession
A signed statement by H. H. Holmes from Moyamensing prison details his liaison with Minnie Williams, their schemes in Chicago and Texas, the murder of Minnie’s sister Nannie, disposal of the body in a trunk and Lake Michigan, and Holmes’s belief that Minnie is alive. The report also notes other crime briefs from Aug. 26 including a divorce attempt in Massachusetts and a fatal stabbing in Kentucky.
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New York
H. H. Holmes
Moyamensing
Philadelphia
Minnie Williams
Holmes
Minnie
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Sha
Texas
Miss Williams
Presbyterian Hospital
Williams
Boston
Somerville
Nannies
Minnis Williams
Nannie
Hong
Lakeside
Lake Michigan
Tunnel Plot at Detroit County Jail Foiled by Discovery
In Detroit a tunnel thirty feet long was found connecting a cell housing leader David Wixon to the outer jail wall, interrupted before a wholesale escape of prisoners confined on the ward. Wixon, awaiting trial for obtaining money under false pretenses, led the effort after weeks of digging.
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Detroit
David Wixon
Wixon
Durrants Defense Aims To Place Durrant On Market Street
San Francisco Aug 26 attorneys for Theodore Durrant plan to call two witnesses Marius Burnett and Edward McPherson to prove he was on Market Street at the time the prosecution says a fiendish murderer mutilated a body in Emanuel Church library.
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Durrant
San Francisco
Theodore Durrant
Marius Burnett
Edward McPherson
Market Street
Emanuel Church
Exclusion Talk Siezes Labor Reform In Senate
In San Francisco Senator White said Labor Commissioner Tita gerald asked him to push a bill like the Chinese exclusion act to bar Japanese. He will proceed if Fitzgerald provides data showing Japanese harm to American labor. World records fall at Denver track meet as Hughes Dalzell Collings Lawton set new marks. Rain at Raccorro floods Epworth Camp but Methodist crowd stays steady with lectures sermons and a mission address.
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Los Anarnos
Cal
United States
White
Titagerald
San Francisco
Congress
Fitzgerald
Denver
State League of American Wheelmen
A. B. Hughes
R. A. Dalzell
C. C. Collings
F. G. Lawton
Junior Order of American Mechanics Convention Nears
To Walcome Junior Mechanics Bloomington Aug 26 Bloomington hosts the state convention of the Junior Order of American Mechanics next Monday and Tuesday, anticipated as the largest in the order’s history. A Santa Fe receivership report notes that steps to remove the railroad from receivership will begin Tuesday in Topeka as Judge Caldwell weighs the petition.
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Walcome Junior Mechanics
Bloomington
Ill
Patriotic Societies of
Junior Order of American Mechanics
Order
Santa Fe
Curiaco
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Topeka
Kan
Caldwell
United States Circuit Court
Hawaiians Seek Kaiulani Amid Imperial Ties Dispatch
A Berlin report to The Standard via Honolulu says Hawaiians may seek England with U S backing to enthrone Princess Kaiulani if America declines Washington annexation. The note marks a possible shift in Hawaiian politics amid late August alerts.
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London
Standard
Berlin
Wossische Veitung
Honolulu
America
Washington
England
Kaiulani
Bull Ring Brutality in Colorado Arena
In Cripple Creek a bull died in a Gillett arena after a brutal bullfight in front of about 6,000 spectators. The first two animals refused to fight, but Chireta, famed in Mexico and Spain, repeatedly attacked the third until the bull collapsed and finally died from multiple gashes and blood loss amid boos and fainting spectators. Over 100 deputies stood by as management were arrested.
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Criprnm Creek
Colo
Gillett
Spain
Mexico
Chireta
Bull Ring
Keir Hardie Dined By New York Labor Group
Keir Hardie the British socialist and former MP was hosted at the Central Labor federation dinner at Labor Lyceum in New York. He expressed happiness at meeting American supporters of socialism and believed his visit would aid the socialist movement both in the United States and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keir Hardie
New York
Central Labor Federation
Labor Lyceum
Bloomers Just the Thing in Dress Reform Case
IrvrLse Rock August 26 Judge Wilson after reading dress reform literature ruled bloomers not indecent and dismissed the case against Mrs Noe. The defendant failed to appear and spectators were disappointed as he noted women will ride bicycles and deserve comfortable attire.
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IrvrLse Rock
Wilson
Noe
Waller Case Discussion in Paris on Espionage Law
Paris correspondent notes the Waller affair shows the danger of France’s revised espionage law. The Daily News reports America would defend a convicted spy with the same firmness as a white man. The law is deemed barbarous and France may be obliged to America for this demonstration of its evils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waller
London
Paris
The
Daily News
America
France
Duellist Rowern Neavily Sentenced in Duel Case
Judge de la Rose spent two hours delivering the charge as the jury found Romero guilty in the Vorastegni Romero duelling case. The sentence establishes a precedent that men who kill in duels must support the victim’s family or Tremwain in perpetual imprisonment. Mexico wants the great fight in Juarez across from El Paso if the Dallas bout is halted.
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Rowern
Mexico
el, Paso
Tex
Stuart
Florida Athletic Club
Famous Publisher H A Houghton Sr Dies Sudden
H A Houghton Sr head of Houghton Miflin & Co died suddenly from heart failure at his summer residence in North Anbovir Massachusetts Aug 26. Also Rocktown Il celebrates twenty seventh anniversary of Winnebago Presbyterian Church and Rev T A Rebingon's fifteenth year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Anbovir
Mass
H. A. Houghton, Sr
Houghton, Miflin & Co
Market Street
Boston
Rocktoun, Il
The
Winnebago Presbyterian Society
T. A. Rebingon
Died to Escape the Law Drives Hammond to Death
Louis Hammond and his wife of two weeks killed themselves with chloral in Boston after a business split and fear of prosecution. Irving Bittner, Hammond’s former partner, says Hammond drew funds from the firm before their dissolution. Mrs O'Donnell and her daughter recount Kathryn Hammond’s precarious life and reliance on Hammond as a refuge before she and her husband died. A second note reports a dry Sunday in New York with strict policing at saloons and liquor dealers urged to close. A third item mentions unverified Bannock Indian fighting rumors near Diamond Valley, Ontario, with tensions and leader Rye Smith cited as a suspect.
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Iowa
Tunaels
Sioux City
Max Noack
Marcus
Hazel Hammond
Noah
Ava Minton
Central City
Neb
Noack
Grand Island
Linecoln
Louis Hammond
New York
Boston
Hammond
Irving Bittner
John O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Kathryn Hammond
Wine and Liquor Dealers Association
Streator Elope Arrests Rock Up Behind Bars
Streator banker Louis Wetzel and Mrs Mary Miller have been arrested in Norman Oklahoma along with witnesses including Wetzel's wife and sister and Byron Masters in a case involving elopement and desertion. Also reported Nellie Grant's son engaged to a wealthy young society woman in New York.
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Streator
Norman
O. T
Louis Wetzel
Irs
Mary Miller
Neliie Grant
New York
The
Advertiser
Algernon Saratoris
General Grant
Nellie Grant Saratoris
Saratoris
Prisoners Escape Lyon County Jail After Bar Saws
Aug 26. Four inmates escaped Lyon county jail by sawing cell window bars. Fugitives are burglars William Walters and Frank Courtney and two held on criminal assault charges Bud Perkins and W L Saunders.
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Jalil
Euporta
Kay
Lyon County
William Walters
Frank Courtney
Bud Perkins
W. L. Saunders
Bank Officials Arrested in Newkirk Swindle Case
Bank of Commerce of Newkirk presidents Jamison Van Water and cashier Blanchard arrested on grand jury indictments charging cheating and swindling after the bank failed four months ago. London money rates rise with gold influx. gilt edge stocks advance while mining market holds firm.
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Parry, Okl
Jamison’ ‘van Water
Blanchard
Bank of Commerce of Newkirk
London
Quita
Eloping Actors Wanted in Peru Case
Detectives search for William Holt and Mabel Eaton at Peru authorities request Holt’s wife claims he deserted her and two children to elope with Eaton Mrs Holt alleges abandonment and elopement in Peru Laborer Inherits a Fortune in Indianapolis McGinnis learns he is heir to $750000 estate left by his brother Daniel who died in Toledo in 1890
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William Holt
Mabel Eaton
Peru
Holt
Indianavolis
Matthew McGinnis
Daniel McGinnis
Toledo
Admitted his guilt stings church at Wesley group
From Des Moines Aug 26 trustees of Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church hear pastor W W Donner admit guilt and resign his pastorate and from the church. Charges by a young female member allege improper advances not of criminal nature.
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Des Moines
Wesley Methodist Episopal Church
W. W. Donner
Donner
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