Scott Insane Verdict Sends Slayer to State Asylum for Life
Russell Scott, twice linked to crime, was found insane by a jury after three hours of deliberation and committed to the state hospital for life. The case stemmed from a 1924 holdup and murder attempt, with Scott facing potential death prior to the insanity verdict.
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SCOTT
State Asylum For Life
Chicago
Russell Scott
Court of Superior
Joseph B. David
Ita
Chester Asylum
Mrn
Catherine Scott
Thomas Scott
Debt conference set for Monday in ongoing negotiations
The United States and Belgium will formally open debt negotiations Monday to restructure Belgiums 4 000 000 000 war debt. France plans a separate debt commission next month with talks expected to resume soon. The talks could fund about ten billion dollars of global unfunded debt, measured by Belgiums capacity to pay under a more liberal settlement than Britain previously received.
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Washington
Berman Commission
Beligium
Belgium
Thieves Gun Fight Ends in Woman’s Death in New York
A gun battle between police and a gang of truck thieves left Mrs Mary Comely, a mother of four, dead as she stepped from her home onto the street. The assailants used her as a human shield during the exchange. The incident occurred in New York on August 8.
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New York
Mary Comely
Wat Star
Police brace for 50 000 Klan march in Washington
Capital police plan the largest parade protection in history to guard against potential riots during the Ku Klux Klan demonstration. An emergency squad with riot guns and high powered cars will be ready. marines guard the Treasury. the Third Cavalry moves from Camp Meade to Fort Myer to deter any excesses.
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Washington
Universal Service
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Washington Monument
Charles Evans
Treasury Building
Third Cavalry
Camp Meade
Fort Myer
Potomac River
Evans
Dempsey Signs for Wills Title Fight
Los Angeles reports that heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey signed articles for a title bout with Harry Wills, the negro challenger, to be arranged for the 1926 season at a yet undecided Michigan City site. promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons said he would meet Paddy Mullins in New York to finalize terms once a contract bearing Dempsey’s signature is secured.
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Los Angeles
Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
Michigan City
Floyd Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Paddy Mullins
Wills
York
Mullins
Fitzaimmons
New York
Tomor
Raw
Indiana
Stolen World’s Only Diamond Ear Rings Reported
In London on August 6 an AP report states the diamond ear rings stolen from Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt aboard the oven express were the only ones of their kind in the world valued at 3000 dollars. The two blue diamonds were originally set in a mirage ring once worn by Marie Antoinette.
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London
Mra
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Ovent Express
Mario Antoinette
Warminer denies operators bound by concessions demand
Samuel D Warriner, chairman of the Anthracite Operators conference, replies to President John L. Lewis denying that the operators' committee is bound by concessions or by Scranton convention demands. He says negotiations broke off but hopes for a compromise to avoid coal production suspension. Continued on page two.
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Philadelphia
Samuel D Warminer
Anthracite Operators Conference
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers
Vancriner
Warriner
Lewis
Publisher killed in auto collision near Concord
Concord New Hampshire Aug 6 publisher Carrington well known as chairman of the board and former publisher of the Journal Courier New Haven Conn died in an auto crash near Concord. Robert B Butler of Guilford Conn cashier and assistant secretary of the Madison Trust Co also died. An Army truck sideswiped, colliding with an electric car on trolley tracks, killing Carrington instantly and Butler en route to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Autoton
New Haven Journal-Courier
Robert Butler
Guilford
Connecticut
Carrington
KEW
DT Carrington
I Madison Trust Company
Madison
Conn
Mason Robert B Butler
L M Butler
Butler
United Illuminating Company
Carrington Publishing Company
The
Journal Courier
New Haven
Farmington
Adrian Wadsworth
Child Dies Walking With Siblings In Trenton
Four year old Mary Tatterf? died today in Trenton New Jersey while walking with her brother Joseph nine and sister Helen three. Death believed caused by heart disease.
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Trenton N J
Mary Tatterfct
Lropp
Joseph
Helen
Reorganization Republicans Launch 1925 Campaign
At Machinists hall about 75 attended as Charles L. Dennis was elected permanent chairman. District reps, officers, and a pledge to organize women marked the session. The meeting rejected state machine influence and named a committee to recruit district organizers and delegate tickets.
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Dennis
Movement
Machinists’ Hall
Charles L. Dennis
David Price
Ralph Beers
Republican Party
William E Primrose
J Henry Roroback
Bridgeport
W F D Kilpatrick
Price
Wilbert Sanford
Prict
Republican State Organization
Up State
Reorganization Republicans
Wiliam Clark
William J Ard
Benny Koehler
Charles Ross
Thomas Finn
Daniel Brennan
Wiliam Primrose
Charles Dennis
George Gydesen
Charles Wilson
Tonald Ward
Clarence E Winton
Nicholas ‘Teslay
George Seltaam
Ralph T Beers
Ard and
Koehler
Uncover Liquor Ring Near Meriden In Farm Raid
police raided a Southington farm seizing a 100 gallon still and 116 gallons of alcohol. Two New Haven men Louis Bonardelli and Tony Bonsedeli were arrested after a raid that halted a statewide bootlegging operation. Constable Murphy was forced to surrender his revolver to prevent escape as officers arrived.
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Meriden
Nonce
Southington
New Haven
Atlal
Connecticut
Thomas Murphy
Toley
G R Thompson
Louis Bonardelli
Tony Bonsedeli
Tammany Names Walker to Lead Fight on Hylan
New York Democrats break with Mayor Hylan naming State Senator James J Walker to spearhead the anti Hylan campaign in the primary. Brooklyn leader McCooey Connolly Bendt indicated they will back Hylan. Republicans plan city and county tickets with Governor Smith rumored to join Walker’s side.
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Tammany
Walker
Hylan
New York
Aug
Tammany Hall
Democratic County Committee
Bronx
James J Walker
John H McCooey
Brooklyn
Maurice E Connolly
Queens
David Bendt
Richmond
Mr. Hylan
Republican Party
Bay
Smith
William Randolph Hearst
Bridgeport News Totals of Local Incidents and Politics
A busy Bridgeport paper lists a high porch fall mystery and a fatality, a woman attempting suicide rescued, a widow disputing a court action, and a campaign for mayor with Charles Leen as chairman. Also mentions state compensation, labor issues, and regional notices across Fairfield County with arrests, missing merchants, and local civic actions.
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Bridgeport
M_Esult
Charles Leen
State
Fairfield County
Stamford
Dog Dalla
Europe
Camp Ground Commission
Israel Putnam Park
Redding
Bedford New York
Fairfield Court
Death sentence for dog sparks nationwide protest in Stamford
Stamford Mayor John F Keating faces a flood of letters over a dog condemned for chewing U S flags at Woodland Cemetery. A New York man posted a license fee, saved the dog, and it is now bound for Italy with a wealthy owner. The stay was not publicized, prompting more protest letters from Minnesota and elsewhere.
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Stamford
John F Keating
United States
Woodland Cemetery
New York
Italy
Minnesota
Head of Defunct Bank Suffered Major Losses
John A Bell former president of Carnegie Trust Co faced a hearing as creditors report losses totaling about 10.9 million dollars over five years. Assets shown as stocks bonds and notes include 42 interests with major hits from Carnegie Coal Co and dairy farming oil and Harmon y Creek coal. The state banking department filed fourteen charges for embezzling and misapplying 800 643 of bank funds and credits. Alderman Patrick Cawley to hear the case.
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PGI
Pittsburgh
John A Bell
Carnegie Trust Company
People’s Savings and Trust Company
Bell
Belle
Carnegie Coal Company
Task Com. Company
Harmony Creek Coal Company
Patrick Cawley
State Banking Department
Mayor Quigley Among 43 Indicted on Liquor Charges
Boston August 6 AP Mayor Lawrence T Quigley of Chelsea and 43 others were indicted by the Federal Grand Jury on conspiracy to violate Prohibition law. The probe centered on an altered rum trust in Chelsea with charges including illegal sale manufacture transportation and importing of intoxicating liquor.
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Boston
Lawrence T Quigley
Chelsea
Federal
Grand Jury
Thomas Quigley
John M. Bartley
Walter A Barden
Edward W Isbisler
The
Hoot
Woman saved from drowning at Bealey's pond near Lindley street
A woman named Mary Wendowsh threatened suicide by jumping into Bealey's pond with her daughter nearby. Three Lindley street residents Henry Bowleyski Oscar Syshra and Jerome Mitchell pulled her from the water and she was taken to Hillside home for observation. Her husband Zygmung Wendowski works at Burns and Baasick factory.
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Bealey’s
Lindley Street
Mary Wendowsh
South Avenue
Henry Bowleyski
Oscar Syshra
Jerome Mitchell
Hillside
Zygmung
Wendowski
Burns and Baasick
Graves Clings to Life in Washington Home
John Temple Graves, the aged southern writer, clung to life at his Washington home on August 6 as doctors and family largely abandoned hope for recovery. He remained unconscious for most of the time.
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Washington
John Temple Graves
District Attorney Asked to Act in Girl Adoption Case
In New York Aug 6 a convoluted adoption case centers on Mary Louise Browning and her former suitor Emil Nesolek a 19 year old mechanic from Astoria. Nesolek testified of a promise to marry and an elopement proposal while Mary defended her age amid doubts raised by officials and family.
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Danbury
Jpalice
Milford
Law and Enforcement League
Walnut Beach
Coler
Browning
Mary
Scott
State Hospital
Massachusetts
Tammany
Walker
Hylan
Cinderella Girls
United States-Belgium
Pittsburgh
Washington
Bridgeport
Worcesters
New Haven
Hartford
Albany
Waterbury
Springfield
Hillies Senators
Browns
Athletics
Indiana
Yankees
White
Pirates
Dodgers
Reds
Giants
Braves
Philles
Riumph
Gene Tunney
Harry Wills
Dempsey
Battle Wills
Gertrude Ederle
New York
Mary Louisa Browning
Emil Nesolek
Mary Louise Sra
Edward Browning
Nesnisk
America
Astoria
Queen
J H Knight Company
Louise Spasther
Edward W. Browning
Miaire
Maggs
Bird S. Coler
Erbing
Bourne's Case Returns to Court Over Alimony and Arrest
In New York a court revisited Bourne Jr.'s divorce dispute with Beatrice W Bourne. motions sought contempt for nonpayment of $60 weekly alimony and to recall the arrest order. Bourne claimed he would move to California to pursue a divorce and argued he had earned nothing recently.
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Charles D. Donohue
Beatrice W. Wile
Arthur K. Bourne, Jr
Commodore Singer
Mons
Donchis
Robert F. Ner
Bourne
O'Malley
Samuel A Berger
Fee Mra
Calif
Berger
Bourne Ia
Ager
Leap From Porch Ends In Tragic Fall At Home
Antonio Pianatta aged fifty two died instantly from a fractured skull after leaping from the third story porch of his Lexington avenue home around 7 15 last night. Police say witness Mrs Mary Ramos saw him step to the railing and jump. He was not drunk and lived on the top floor with his wife and another family in a three family tenement.
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Antonio Pianatta
Lexington Avenue
Mra
Mary Ramos
Widow Replies 10 Me Court Action Over Parrott Property
Mrs Helen R Parrott of Golden Fir street was sued yesterday by trustees of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Bridgeport. She says there was a misunderstanding about tearing down or renting the Parrott house on the Golden Hill property and refused to discuss the suit. The trustees seek to enforce an option on June 1 for a site 200 feet deep on Golden Hill street, valued at $35 000.
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Helen R Parrott
Golden Fir Street
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Bridgeport
Golden Hill
Parrott House
Henry R Parrott
Parrott Varnish Company
Man May Lose Both Eyes For Helping Bird
Bristol Aug 6 Karlen Al Mng of Burlington avenue had an eye torn out attempting to release a strange bird caught in chicken wire. He underwent an operation at Hristel hospital to save his remaining eye, performed by Or M. F.
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Bristol
Karlen al
Burlington Avenue
Burlington
Hristel Hospital
Or M. F
Poles Ordered to Leave Germany Within 42 Hours
German government orders Polish residents who chose Polish citizenship in 1920 21 to abandon Germany within 42 hours under pass requirements. Stresemann announced the measure citing the Polish population in West Prussia and Upper Silesia.
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Berlin
Stresemann
Germany
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Claims Committee
Warringer
Journal-Courier
New Hampshire
Dog
Will Bell
Rum Trust
Cinderella
Lieve
Pirer Vee
Carter
Mr. Browning
Mr Browning
Cour
Wife
Germane
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