Obenchain Murder Trial Jury Faces Prolonged Deliberation
In Los Angeles the Obenchain murder trial enters a third night of deliberations as jurors split 7 to 5 before Judge Shenk. A later vote showed 8 to 4 or 9 to 3 with no verdict, and the judge discharged the panel after 97 hours without agreement. Prosecutors plan a third trial.
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Los Angeles
Madalynne Obenehain
J. Belton Kennedy
Shenk
County Hall of Justice
Inter
Obenchain
Madalynne Obenchain
John W. Shenk
M. O. Paddock
James Rhoades
Rhoades
Paddock
H. S. G. McCartney
Big Joke On Fellow Who Stopped Bullet
In Follansbee West Virginia on July 29 a pistol shot halted a local baseball game between Follansbee and Weirton. About four thousand spectators briefly forgot the danger as the incident paused play and the crowd reacted with startled amusement.
Tragic shooting ends in mistaken identity in town
John J. Kallapka, 42, died from a bullet to the heart after Louis Olivero, 45, fired and ran fifteen feet. Olivero cried he shot the wrong man, sat on a knoll awaiting police, and was arrested. He said he meant to kill Samuel Basil, brother-in-law of the deceased, following a prior quarrel. Basil resembled Kallapka.
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John J. Kallapka
Louis Olivero
Olivero
Samuel Basil
Kallapka
Basil
Teapot Dome Marines Move on Mutual Oil Drilling Site
Captain George Shuler and four Marines left Washington with orders to eject Mutual Oil Company personnel from the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve in Wyoming. Major General LeJeune issued the orders on Roosevelt’s instruction after interior officials reported trespass and drilling despite a warning to vacate. Denver company officials confirmed awareness of the government action.
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Washington
Mutual Oil Company
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Wyoming
George Shuler
Marine Corps
Casper
Shuler
LeJeune
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Interior Department
Naval Reserve
Denver
oil company land dispute sparks executive orders
Officials say they seek no trouble as Roosevelt orders sent an officer of discretion to LeJeune. Mutual Oil officials promise obedience under protest amid Casper dispatches linking the clash to a broader fight with Sinclair interests over Teapot Dome lease.
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Roosevelt
LeJeune
H. K. Keoughan
Mutual Oil Company
Casper
Mutual Company
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Klan Recall Bid Fails in Jackson County Oregon
In the bitterest Jackson county election, the recall of Sheriff Charles E. Terrill failed. Across 41 of 56 precincts including Medford and Ashland Terrill led the anti Klan forces by 378 votes with many rural precincts still to report.
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Medford
Oreg
Jackson County
Charles E. Terrill
Ashland
Terrill
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R. S. Weller
Bailey & Lamb
James H. Wick
Teapot Dome Mecca
U. S Marines
Big Timber
Gas Continental and Kero
J. J. Lacken
Parker House
Oregon
Matera
J. J. Gallaga
Parker Pen Co
Parker
Northern Pacific Railway Company
United States Railroad Labor Board
Northern Pacific
Olany
Round House
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