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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1909
Page
14
Helen Brown of 271 Third Avenue Detroit was found dead in Whitman’s truck stable yard at 19 Jones Street. Her face and head were cut and battered, footprints in the snow show a struggle. Police hold a neighbor as a suspect, who claims alibi though previously linked to a past attack.
Grandmother Mrs James Davis 73 collapsed and died after her grandson Leon Eldridge 19 was shot in the right side during a rabbit hunt near the Davis farm in Carson City. Eldridge and Forest Davis were in underbrush when the shotgun discharged as Leon climbed through brush. Davis and others carried him to the house for help.
William Crandall convicted of first degree murder for killing his wife in Battle Creek last August. Jury deliberated about one and a half hours before finding him guilty. Crandall testified that his wife had tried to kill him and then took her own life.
John Spiker, driven near lunacy by hunger, burst into Grand Rapids city hall and pleaded with Superintendent DePagter. After hours of conversation, officials learned he had been displaced from a shabby grocery rear quarters and wandered over thirty six hours without food. He will be fed and cared for by the city. Spiker was formerly a wealthy Buffalo resident.
Nina Harrigan, a Kalamazoo telephone operator, stayed at her desk amid dense smoke to ensure guests escaped during the Burdick Hotel fire. News of her actions sparked offers from hotels nationwide and a campaign to award her a Carnegie Medal.
County clerk learns DeWilliams Cook of Freeland died years ago leaving a widow and several children. A Washington attorney sought his heir and a considerable fortune awaits claimants. Clerk Humphrey notified his brother James H. Cook in Freeland to confirm the heirs and their location.
Kalamazoo officers investigate a series of celery thefts from marsh beds. For first time, large quantities are taken during the night, with losses expected to total hundreds of dollars this year.
The winter passed military law increases armory rental from 400 to 500 dollars per company with potential to rise to 600 by the military board. The old extra 100 for light and heat is not included in the new law, so companies will receive 500 dollars annually until the board can fund a higher amount. Military board members say the change was not confirmed until recently.
After six hours the Hastings jury acquitted Fred Lamphere of Grand Rapids formerly of Port Huron of false pretenses. Lamphere was arrested three years ago, left Hastings, and was jailed six weeks ago on a bench warrant in Grand Rapids.
General W W Dudley of Indiana former Pension Commissioner died in Washington after weeks of illness Brights disease named as cause He was famed for the blocks of five incident in the 1888 Harrison campaign He served as US marshal in Indiana and helped expand pension laws He practiced law in Washington since 1889 He was twice married and survived by four children and his widow
Mrs. Arthur Arnold, alone at home, fired at a wildcat emerging from the woods. Her first shot missed, a second round struck the intruder between the eyes, killing the animal. Known as an expert rifle shot, she prevented an attack.
In railroad circles it is said the G R I seeks control of the white line or Boyne City Gaylord Alpena route. G R I would use the line to challenge the Michigan Central in moving large lumber and timber shipments in the northern part of the state.
A death in Charlotte follows injuries from a runaway. The Frank Hecker steamer collided near Russell Island in fog. Grand Rapids health officials closed Sigsbee school sending 600 pupils home due to scarlet fever. Detroit streetcar fare is 3.4 cents per passenger. A Kalamazoo plasterer attacked his wife after a breakup, halted by a bystander. A leprosy case linked to Dr. Warthin report concerns Stanislaus Squpa from Alaska. Mrs Thompson Johnson vanishes, found in Michigan City. asylum proceedings planned. Arthur Hill, regent of the University of Michigan, dies at 61 amid party politics. A Lansing road project accident forces workers to rescue chickens from boiling asphalt.
Train No 7 west bound on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad derailed two miles east of Bayard Iowa early on a recent morning. Thirteen passengers were injured as the tender trucks left the track first, suggesting a broken wheel. The Sioux City and Des Moines local out of Chicago carried passengers for those cities. The Overland Limited following was delayed less than an hour. The track was cleared and the Sioux City train proceeded.
The count of men lost on the Great Lakes nears the season total with 63 dead by navigation's end, adding 58 more to 121. The wrecks of the Clarion, Marquette, and Bessemer No 2 push the toll near four times last year's 33, as cold, icy seas claimed more lives.
Savannah police and angry residents hunted for a black man after a brutal triple murder in a downtown home. Victims include Eliza Gribble 70 and daughter Carrie Ohlander, both killed by an axe, and Maggie Hunter 32 who died at Savannah Hospital. A missing Black woman is sought. 150 suspects detained in Yamacraw as part of the manhunt.
A four story tenement at 327 and 329 East Third Street Cincinnati housed about fifty people. An upset kerosene lamp lit dry wood causing a fast fire trapping tenants who jumped from windows. Firefighters rescued several and recovered multiple bodies. many burned beyond identification.
The Comptroller of the Currency report details postal savings bank expansion across 34 countries. Depositors rose from 20.18 million to 40.32 million and deposits from 1.138 billion to 1.989 billion in a decade, with the average deposit per account slipping to 49.83. The United Kingdom leads in both depositors and deposits, while Canada shows a unique high average deposit. The document notes 25,000 banks and aggregate capital near 1.856 billion with extensive individual deposits surpassing 14 billion.
The steamer Clarion burned near Point Pelee in Lake Erie. Two men died, one froze, one drowned. The captain and twelve crew drifted in a lifeboat after abandoning ship. Six men from the lifeboat were rescued by the steamer L. C. Hanna en route to Buffalo. The fate of the 13 adrift is uncertain.
A military court of inquiry into the Brownsville incident reports that members of the Twenty-fifth Infantry were inside the fort during the town shootings and that bullet holes were found in three houses across the road. The investigation links the bullets to rifles fired from within the fort, prompting calls by Southern delegates for abolishing Negro troops and reviving Roosevelt era debate.
The Commodore Perry, Erie fisheries boat, recovered nine dead crewmen from the Bessemer and Marquette No 4 after the ferry No 2, with thirty two aboard, left Conneaut Ohio Tuesday and likely foundered in Lake Erie. Captain Gerry Driscoll led the search as half sunken yawl appeared and the bodies were identified by the lookouts.
License remained the top issue as fourteen Massachusetts cities cast ballots. Worcester shifted to wet by 3,720 votes after two years dry. The dry majority faded from 8,925 to 2,197 across fifteen municipalities. Salem returned to no license by 500 votes, unseating Mayor John F. Hurley who lost to Arthur Howard, a newspaper owner. Howard campaigned vigorously, even editing his paper from jail for a libel suit.
Two dynamite explosions struck writers in St. Louis. The residence of Harry B. Wandell city editor of the St. Louis Star was blown up at early hours with the front door and windows shattered. a man was seen fleeing. No injuries reported. Wandell refused comment. Earlier he was assaulted entering the Star building. A bomb wrecked the desk of George C. Dyer publisher of the Censor, a scandal weekly, destroying his offices.
In Mount Vernon Missouri a jury found Charles Heath guilty of first degree murder for killing Clarence Mosier a school teacher at Saratoga on February 3 1907 Heath was sentenced to life in the penitentiary for the act believed to have followed Mosier punishing Heaths daughter for a slap.
Five members of the Cormanie family drown after breaking through ice on the Cuyahoga river in Kent Ohio. Frank Cormanie 33 and his daughters Florence nine Helen seven Mabel four Russell two perish. mother and baby survive. A neighbor found a hole in the ice and a lone sled drifting in the water.
A fire in the fanhouse of a Shoemaker Mining Company shaft near Johnstown Pennsylvania cut air to twenty-four men underground. Smoke drawn by operating fans suffocated three workers while twenty-one others were overcome and rescued in a strenuous effort.
Four workers were trapped in a tar lake at the Mc Clintock Irvine roofing plant in Pittsburg. Three were burned to death while a fourth escaped, witnessing the horrific blaze as flames crept toward them.
Dr Cressy L Wilbur chief of the Census Bureau vital statistics division warns that 100000 to 200000 children under five die annually from preventable causes. He urges prompt birth registration and precise death cause reporting. cites Irving Fisher on preventable illnesses and calls for intensified sanitation to curb infant and child mortality.
Pal Margin earned over 25000 this season after landing the 5000 trot at Phoenix Arizona. The report notes owners and horses such as Alien Winter and Siliko raced in America next season. Also mentioned are plans for baseball and college sports changes, a fire at Upland farm, and potential Ed Spencer joining the New York Giants.
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