Sontag Robbery Tale Shapes Boston Visit to Youth
George Sontag once famed ex robber arrives in Boston to tell boys to avoid crime. He recalls the Sontag Evans gang with Chris Evans and brother John operating from Wisconsin to California, noting a Western Union holdup and a 120000 dollar missed payoff. He says the firm Mivans and Sontag began in 1889 after Illinois rail injuries.
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George Sontag
Mr. Sontag
California
Chris Evans
John
Wisconsin
Big Western Union Junction
Mivans & Sontag
Southern Pacific
Life of a Train Robber ends with author’s confession
A prison escapee recounts a long career of train robberies with partners Chris Evans and Brother John. He recalls a $9800 haul at Western Union Junction in 1891, a Kasota Junction flop, and a Fresno wreck. After multiple captures, he was jailed and later pardoned in 1906, then turned to lecturing on the evils of crime.
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Chris Evans
Chris
Brother John
Western Union Junction
Racine
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kasota Junction
Minnesota
Mr. Sontag
Collis
Cal
Fresno
Los Angeles
Folsom
Tim McGrath
Pacific Street
San Francisco
San Joaquin
San Bernardino
John
Sunday Show Contracts Voided by New York Judge
Justice Bischoff ruled Sunday performance contracts illegal under Sunday laws in New York. A German singer sued a vaudeville manager for 2600 dollars after a Sunday singing engagement was breached. Proponents of old blue laws defended the contract as Sabbath work.
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New York
Justice Bischoff
Supreme Court
Winchester Girl A Poobah In Town Hall
Winchester March 30 Miss Mabel W Stinson acted as assistant town clerk and filled multiple roles in Town Hall in the absence of Town Clerk George H Carter She serves as assistant town clerk deputy tax collector assistant to the town treasurer agent of the Board of Health overseers of the poor assistant auditor and more including cemetery commissioners tree warden and town engineer showing a rare multi post at the town government level.
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Winchester
Mabel W. Stinson
George H. Carter
Miss Stinson
Board of Health
Girl Dead on Tracks After Family Quarrel
Theresa Marsden a 16 year old girl was found on the Lehigh Valley tracks at Pittston and cut in two. Police suspect possible foul play after a quarrel with her parents led her to leave home last night. It is believed she wandered onto the tracks and was struck by a freight train.
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Wilkesbarre Penn
Theresa Marsden
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Pittston
Bloodhounds Point To Suspect In Oklahoma Murder
CURIOUS FEATURED by IN NEWS OF THE DAY Bloodhounds, brought to the scene after the murder of C. H. McDonald in Chickasha Oklahoma, led to Squire Goodwin a negro charged with the crime. He was found under a bed in the Grady county jail area crazed with fear and was found with a revolver matching that which killed McDonald. McDonald a Rock Island detective was shot through the heart in the railroad yards Sunday morning.
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Chickasha
Okla
Squire Goodwin
Grady County
C. H. McDonald
McDonald
Rock Island
Dreamed Robbery Ends with Bellboy Fine
H B Humphrey of Cleveland awoke to find bellboy Clarence Hughes allegedly stealing $10 from a pocketbook carrying $200 at the Monongahela House in Pittsburg. Detective Morgan arrested Hughes, who denied the charge. Magistrate Kirby fined him $10 or 30 days.
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Pittsburg
H. B. Humphrey
Cleveland, O
Monongahela House
Clarence Hughes
Humphrey
Morgan
Kirby
Brohe Man Finds Lost Aztec Mine in Argentun Canyon
Arthur Kunze, once partner of steel magnate Charles Schwab, after copper slump losses tracks the Lost Padre mine near Argentum. Guided by Father Sebastian of the Dominican Brotherhood, he locates a silver cache and believes the Aztec mine ranks among the richest ever found.
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Los Angeles
Arthur Kunze
Charles M. Schwab
Argentum
Est Padre
Kunze
Miami
Ariz
Indians losing keen eyesight in Kansas City
Government physician Dr. F W Wyman reports on the Sac and Fox Reservation that indigenous people may not have superior eyesight. He cites names like Magle Eye and Hawk Eye as examples of a ferocious appearance linked to local lore.
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Kansas City
F. W. Wyman
Sac and Fox Nation
Oklahoma City
Wyman
Magle
Eye Disease In Indians Spurs Government Action
Dr. Wyman notes five eye specialists work among Indians and tra choma, found about four years ago by government experts, now affects about 65 percent of Indians including children. It impairs sight and often causes blindness with most elders blind. On the Sao and Fox reservation 260 of 450 Indians have had eye operations.
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Wyman
Sao and Fox Reservation
Will of Paterson Mutton Pie Baker Valued at 30000
New York reports the probate of Christina B. Schroeder who ran a mutton pie bakery from basement rooms at 828 Grand Street Paterson for 69 years. Her estate totals 30000 all from pie baking and is left to her two daughters with 1000 to a grandson.
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New York
Christina B. Schroeder
Grand Street
Paterson
Cannon’s Son-in-Law Skips for Europe
Danville Illinois March 80 H X Leseuer son in law of ex Speaker Cannon sails today from New York for an extended European trip. Leseuer who made a fortune from the street railway and is now president of the Danville National Bank skipped when he learned the vote probe grand jury meant business. His perjury indictment looms as a key matter before the grand jury resuming April 17.
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Danville
Ill
H. X. Leseuer
Cannon
New York
Leseuer
Danville National Bank
Vermilion County
C. V. MacClenathan
Leseuer Bank
William L. Cundiff
Joe
Martin W. Thomson
Jury to Continue County Ring Probe at East Cambridge
Middlesex grand jury will continue its inquiry into the county ring today with further examination of Chairman Levi Gould of the county commissioners. Gould was the last witness called yesterday. Other witnesses included Fred G. Coker superintendent of buildings, Lillian B. McLean from the county treasurer’s office, and Alvah G. Baker superintendent of the Concord Reformatory.
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Middlesex Grand Jury
East Cambridge
Levi Gould
Gould
Fred G. Coker
Lillian B. McLean
Alvah G. Baker
Concord Reformatory
House OKs Wiman Bill for Popular Senator Election
The Ohio House approved by 89 to 13 a measure to elect U S Senators by popular vote using the Oregon plan.
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Columbus
House Today
Wiman
United States
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
One dose ends indigestion dyspepsia or stomach gas with fast relief. The ad claims digestion improves in minutes, eructations and belching stop, and appetite returns as the stomach rests and heals. Priced at 50 cents for a large case, available at druggists.
Maniac Kills Three With Rifle in Washington
A rancher William Weegin of South Prairie became violent and shot dead three passersby John Banks William Ranke and John Ware all of Darington on a county road in the Cascade foothills. He fled on horseback but was captured later by Mt Vernon Sheriff Stevens.
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Burlington
Wash
William Weegin
South Prairie
John Banks
William Ranke
John Ware
Darington
Cascade Mountains
Weegin
Stevens
Mt. Vernon
Husband Shoots Wife Then Kills Himself in NY Home
In Mechanicsville New York on March 30, Mrs. John C Fuller lies mortally wounded beside her dead husband who shot her and then himself. The couple were found in a pool of blood. Fuller, 60, president of the John C Fuller Crushed Stone Company, faced business troubles and despondency as likely causes of the act.
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Mechanicsville
N. Y
John C. Fuller
Stillwater
Tornado wrecks Ganesville Alabama
A tornado swept through Monroe county destroying Ganesville mounting heavy damage. The storm cut a 20 foot wide path of destruction through the settlement causing numerous injuries from flying debris. No casualties reported there though. The area is remote with limited railroad and telegraph links.
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Mobile
Ala
Ganesville
Monroe County
Boston Elevated Cars Reach New Barn at Cambridge
Cars of the Boston Elevated Railway Company with a terminus at Harvard Square entered the new car barn for the first time yesterday. The Brattle Street tracks between Harvard and Brattle squares, out of service for two years, were relaid and the first cars ran over the route yesterday.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Harvard Square
Cambridge
Brattle Street
Harvard
Brattle Squares
Will leaves $1000 to aged home in Roxbury
Harriet Paine Lamkin of Newton died with a Feb 22 1911 dated will filed in East Cambridge Probate Court naming A Dudley Dowd of Newton as executor. The Home for Aged Couples on Walnut Avenue, Roxbury receives $1000. Total property valued at $30,000.
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Newton
Walnut Avenue
Roxbury
Harriet Paine Lamkin
East Cambridge
A. Dudley Dowd
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