Reprieve for Billek Delays Execution in Mary Vzral Case
Chicago June 13 Jerman Pillek the clairvoyant condemned to die was granted a reprieve as his neck was bared and guards were ready for the death march. Judge Landis ordered a stay of execution at 11 10 giving him time to pursue appeal to the U S Supreme Court. The Vzral family deaths occurred within two years and Mrs Rose Vzral died by action of her own hand after arrest.
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Chicago
Jerman Pillek
Kenesaw M. Landis
Standard
Ol! Company
Billek
Supreme Court of the United States
Hillek
O’callahan
Landis
Peters
Will T. Davies
Davies
Mary Vzral
Vzral
Rose Vzral
Thaw to Remain in Jail Pending Transfer Appeal
Harry K Thaw stays at Poughkeepsie jail as his counsel seeks a change of the order sending him to Matteawan State Hospital for the insane. Justice Morschauser will withhold execution of the committal until Justice Dowling rules on the transfer request, citing concerns Thaw may not recover and personal feelings toward the institution's head.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Poughkeep#le
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
State Hospital
Matteawan
Morschauser
Poughkeepsie
Jerome
Thaw
Shooting at a Montana saloon ends in double suicide
In Dillon on June 13 Thomas Lawler a saloon awamper after ejecting for abuse shot cook Charles Scheltzling through the back as he prepared Lawler's meal. Lawler then shot himself in the head and later blew out his brains. Scheltzling died soon after. Lawler is believed demented.
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Dillion
Mont
Charles Scheltzling
Thomas Lawler
Scheltzling
Lawler
Jealous Lodger Slays Three In Denver Rooming House
In Denver on June 13 Charles E. Beyers shot and killed landlady Mrs May E Koren along with lodger Edward Smith then killed himself. Beyers accused Mrs Boren and Smith and was ordered from the house before the fatal confrontation.
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Denver
Charles E. Beyers
May E. Koren
Edward Smith
Beyers
Smith
Boren
Platform Collapse Hurts Dozens at Lee Statue Unveiling
In Capitol Heights Montgomery more than a dozen people were injured lightly when the platform for the General Robert E. Lee statue unveiling collapsed near the end of the exercises. Governor Oats and Judge Jones helped calm the crowd and prevent a panic as the program finished.
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Montgomery
Ala
Capitol Heights
Robert E. Lee
W. C. Oats
Thomas G. Jones
Whaling Steamer Lost in Ice Pack Near Siberia
A Nome cable reports the whaling steamer William Baylis lost in Anadyr bay Siberia. Survivors are believed rescued by the whaler Bowhead and are aboard the steam whaler Jeannette.
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San Francisco
Nome
William Baylis
Anadyr Bay
Siberia
Bowhead
Black man hanged in Frederick for wife murder
Frederick Oklahoma June 13 Frank Ford a negro was hanged here for murdering his wife near Manitou on June 16 last.
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Frederick
Okla
Frank Ford
Manitou
Two Englishmen charged with smuggling diamonds
Pittsburg June 13 Albert J Walker and Ralph Wadman, arrested last Wednesday while offering diamonds and other stones for sale, have been formally charged with smuggling. Police say Walker claimed to be a traveling salesman for Abrahams Bros. of Birmingham and Wadman for J H Milke & Bros. of Kingston Jamaica. They confess eluding customs officials. items on their persons and at their hotel total about 15 000 dollars with a further 50 000 dollars in Jamaica under bond.
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Pittsburg
Albert J. Walker
Ralph Wadman
Thomas A. MacQuaide
Tomingham
Eneg
Walker
Abrahams Bros., Jewelers
Birmingham
Eng
Panama
Wadman Aed
J. H. Milke & Bros
Kingston
Jamaica
United States
Sensation at Hip Lung trial in Chicago
A sensational scene occurred at the Hip Lung murder trial as defense counsel Cantwell withdrew. Patrick O Donnell announced that two defense witnesses Stridiron and Morsland gave perjured testimony and that Stridiron claimed Hip Lung was not the killer. The state had traced Stridiron and prepared board of trade members to testify.
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Chicago
Hip Lung
Chin Wai
Robert E. Cantwell
Patrick H. O'Donnell
H. Striditon
John Morsland
Stridiron
Board of Trade
Train companion andCantwell withdrawal alter case testimony
Stridiron traveled with the party on a Chicago train nearly two hours before the shooting. The withdrawal of Cantwell from the case and Attorney O'Donnell's announcement made the board of trade men' testimony unnecessary.
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Stridiron
Chicago
Cantwell
O'Donnell
Board of Trade
A O U W Plans Unified State Insurance Oversight
In Des Moines on June 13 the A O U W supreme lodge debated unifying all state insurance matters by abolishing state agencies and routing funds through a single central lodge officer. A committee on law will draft an amendment for a two year hence vote. Frances Bull Olsen of Minnesota was elected superior chief of honor with a slate of officers. At Gravesend New York on June 18 nine people were arrested for alleged violations of a new antigambling law amid mild outbreaks threatening riot conditions.
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Des Moines
A. O. U. W. Supreme Lodge
Supreme Lodge
Committee On Law
Frances Bull Olsen
Minnesota
Daughters of Honor
Superior Lodge
Lady of Honor
Frank Kempsay
Montana
Mary I. Ford
Kansas
Superior
Elizabeth Allbury
Sioux City
Theresa Hemple
Nebraska
Mary A. Pratt
Michigan
Frances Lichtner
Illinois
New York
Gravesend Track
Dr Price Wheat Flake Celery Food
An advertisement touts Dr Price's Wheat Flake Celery Food as a perfect breakfast option. It claims the product is simple clean nourishing and appetizing and promises it will satisfy real hunger and support health and strength.
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Dr. Price
Mr. Price
Gunness Victim Suspected in Laporte Death
Letters to Mrs. Ole Remel from Norway support belief that her father Christen Hindkleve was slain by Mrs. Bella Gunness of Laporte Indiana. Hindkieve left two years ago with 2000 dollars from a farm sale and has not been heard from by investigators. Also reported is the drowning of Michael Osowski, twelve, at a Red River coulee while parents were away in Warsaw. a crab net carried to the scene, found in three feet of water.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Ole Remel
Norway
Christen Hindkleve
Bella Gunness
Laporte
Ind
Grand Forks
N. D
Michael
Theofer
Annie Osowski
Minto
Red River
Warsaw
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Thomas Rochford
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Standard Oil Trust
Matteawan Asylum
Stanford White
Saloon Swamper
Wisconsin
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Earl Furniture Co
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