Court resumes as insanity claim tested in Welch murder case
The case of J J Scareet over the January Welch murder of Earl Cook resumes with the defense presenting Mrs Huff and other character witnesses. Dr Wetherby testified Huff showed insanity signs after the shooting and Dr McKinsey affirmed insanity indicators. Huff testified his memory failed after hearing of the alleged assault on his daughter. Local interest grows as defense lawyers and the prosecutor's team outline the trial’s key facts and approach.
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J. J. Scareet
Earl Cook
Welch
Huff
Wetherby
Squire Hufford
A McKinsey
State Hospital
Huntington
Cook
J MacKinsey
Litt & Harman
Strother, Sale
Burd & Tucker
Strother, Taylor & Taylor
Counts
Sanders
Bluefield
Joseph M. Crockett
Local Notes Show Visits and Job Move In Town
Miss Mary Lewis Richmond of Toms Creek Virginia visits Mr and Mrs T A Johnston. Ernest Cook visits in Princeton Sunday. John Crawford of Bluefield accepts a position here. Miss Della Jones stays with Petersburg friends. Walter Field of Bluefield calls on friends yesterday. Miss Causbia Buchanan visits her parents at Fullens and leaves with grandmother Mrs J W for a stay. A plant to manufacture alcohol from molasses is under construction in Anaheim California.
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Mary Lewis Richmond
Toms Creek
T. A. Johnston
Ernest Cook
Princeton
John Crawford
Bluefield
Della Jones
Petersburg
Walter Field
Blufield
Causbia Buchanan
Fullens
J. W
Bankers Triumph in Amusing Preseason Baseball Showdown
The Welch park hosted a rain soaked game where bankers defeated doctors 26 to 16 in a humorous clash between medical men and banking professionals. Batter ies featured Henry and Johnson for the bankers and Belcher and Mitchell for the doctors with fielding largely settled by late afternoon.
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Welch
Henry
Johnson
Bankers
Belcher
Mitchell
Hall
Pleasant Surprise at School and Busy Week
Pleasant surprise as primary pupils enjoyed ball diamond games with relay wins by William Wood James Thornton Hedith Thomas and Roy Goodson. Peanut relay victors included Pearl Jacy Helen Subiett Fiona Burns and Margaret Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pp. Bailey
W. G. Cooper
William Wood
James Thornton
Hedith Thomas
Roy Goodson
Pearl Jacy
Helen Subiett
Fiona Burns
Margaret Green
Airship round the world planned by Blake and MacMillan
Major W. T. Blake and Captain Norman MacMillan plan a May 24 start from Croydon for a four-machine circumnavigation. The route covers Calcutta via Paris Rome Athens Crete Alexandria Bagdad Razra Karachi and Delhi then Rangoon Saigon China coast to Japan and Yukon to Vancouver. Transition to two other aircraft continues via Chicago New York Newfoundland Greenland Taeland and Faroe Islands ending at Aberdeen Scotland.
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Associated Press
London
W. T. Blake
Norman MacMillan
Crete
Alexandria
Bagdad
Razra
Karachi
Delhi
Blake
Calcutta
Rangoon
Saigon
Japan
Yokohama
Petropavlosk
Aleutian Islands
Alaskan
Vancouver
Canada
Chicago
New York
Newfoundland
Greenland
Taeland
Faroe Islands
Scotland
Aberdeen
Great Britain Produces Record Coal Output in Week
London reports Britain's coal output for the week ended April 29 reached 5 160 000 tons, the highest weekly total since the July end of the British coal strike. Prices ranged from thirty to sixty shillings per hundredweight, with two price cuts of two shillings six pence a ton in recent weeks.
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Associated Press
London
Great Rua
Great Britain
Board of Trade Journal
The Russian Craze in London Criticized by Visitors
French visitors in London mock the prevailing craze for all things Russian describing it as Russian art Russian craft Russian dancing and Russian everything in a sharp cultural jab against the trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Businessmen Challenge Bankers After Baseball Game
Welch Henritze reported a challenge from the city business men to meet the bankers in a follow up game within days preferably Saturday. The business men field a strong lineup for the proposed contest. In Old Lyme and Hamburg Conn residents are invited to roam farm property unless they are an artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankers-Doctors
Welch Henritze
Old Lyme
Hamburg
Conn
First National Bank Opens In Modern New Building
The city welcomes its modern First National Bank in a new six floor building with elevator service. Doors open Saturday at 9 am for banking and later tours as several firms move into floors six to second, including Leckie Collieries, Tug River Coal, Chamber of Commerce, Strother Sale Curd Tucker, and Guy Cooper mining engineer.
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First National Bank
United States
Leckie Collieries Company
Tug
Bank
Welch
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Cal
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W. A. Mille
Daily Telegraph
Welch Drug Company
Davy News
P. l. Boyd
Mike Keys
D. K. Blankenship
L. A. Booth
Morgan House
H. B. Pay
J. A. Burgess
R. J. Bilbie
W. A. Bailey
Marian Dunn
Twin Branch
F. E. Pratt
Dex-Car Pocahontas Coal Co
Altoona
J. A. McCoy
Washington, D. C
J. W. McCoy
H. A. McCoy
Dex-Car Pocahontas Coal Company
R. EB. Morgan
B. C. Gallimore
W. H. Lee
Blackstone
Ben Thomason
Harry Tooth
Premier Mountain
Sneider
W. Morgan
W. M. Thomas
A. B. Holland
Ofoalwood
C. &. Sharrett
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Welch, West VA
Moses Hyman
Welch and Saeger
West Virginia
Barlston Coal Co
Wm. Ritter Lhr. Co. Hard Coal Co
Bank of Davy
Via Realty Co
Keystone Bottling
Welch Insurance Agency
First Nat
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McDowell County Nat. Bank
Merchants & Miners Bank
Louisville Coal & Coke Co. First Nat. Bank of Kimball
Elkhorn Valley Grocery Co
Citizens’ Bank of War
Bankers’ Poca
Coal & Coke Co
Vera Pocs. Coal Co
Bank of Keystone
Bank of Northfork
Keystone Land Co
Bank of Stone
Poca Fuel Co
Bluefield Supply Company
Sterling Hardware Company
American Coal Company
Hill Motor Company
Bluefield Nations
Bank Atlantic Smokeless Coal Co
First National Bank of Jaeger
Pocahontas Fuel
Payne Building
Turkey Gap Coal Co
Flat Top Grocery Co
Bowles Company, Inc
Crystal Block Coal & Coke Co
Graham Grocery Co
Atlantic Smokeless Coal Co
Welch Steam Laundry
Wright Milling Company
Little War Creek Coal Co
Bank of Wyoming
Premier Coal Company
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C. H. Mead Company
Major Blake
Captain MacMillan
Switzerland
Greensboro
Morton
Welch Automobile Company
W. VA
Hanna
Eureka Hardware CO
Pocahontas Hardware CO
Poeshontas
Northfork Hardware CO
Northfork
Reynolds Hardware & Furniture CO
Keystone
Clark Hardware CO
Kimball
MOORE
Combination Stores
W., Va
First National
Ellwood Hotel
Edward W. Womack
Greeling
Welch, W, VA
Liberal
Coal Company
West VA
Welch Lumber Company
McDowell
Valaeger
Isaac T. Mann
James Elwoc
A. J. McBride
Asst
Mgr. Sales O
A Jones
Thomas F. Farrell
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Pocahontas Fuel Company
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Tidewater
Great Lakes
Pocahontas Fuel Company Incorporated
Hampton Roads
Mee
Iter
Pocahontas Coalfield
Pocahontas Fuel Company, Incorporated
Virginia
Atlantic
Lambert's Point
Sewell'’s Point
Norfolk
Newport News
Sandusky
Ohio
Toledo
Evans & Reid, Ltd
Leadenhall St
B. C
England
Italy
Henry Coe & Clerici
Piazza S. Manteo
Genova
Pocahontas Fuel Co
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N. Y
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Scott
Western Union
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