Escaped convict Morrell threatens self harm over extradition
William McGarrity alias William Morrell, an escaped Georgia convict, warned he will kill himself if forced back to Georgia where he says guards beat him. He spoke after examination by a prison doctor and ahead of a court hearing and extradition papers. Governor Walker announced a thorough probe into Georgia prison treatment.
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Self
New York
Alorrell
Georgia
Smith
Morrell
Perry M. Litchenstein
Rabs Prson
Lichtenstein
Jasper County
New York City
North
Atlanta
Mare
Buffalo
Wiliam McGarrity
Walker Aod McGarrity
Williem Morreil
Pension sought for Patrick Healy on New Haven line
July 23. An application for a pension for Patrick John Healy, 53 years in railroad service, went to General Manager C. L. Bardo of the New Haven road. Healy, resident of Milford, began as water boy on the New York division in 1874, later became a drawbridge tender and a darkman, and served as a train burcease master. He ran for many years on the bankers express to New York.
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New Haven
Patrick John Healy
C. L. Bardo
Healy
Milford
New York
Bankers Express
Maloney Refuses Statement in Embezzlement Case
Leonard J. Maloney is released on bond of 35004 and claims for the Connecticut company he alleges embezzlement of 595 and forgery. He and his counsel will not issue a statement until trial, asserting confidence his innocence will be established in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard J. Maloney
Avenue
Connecticut Company
Hugh J. Lavery
Mrs Blanche Donner Wins Paris Divorce Pronouncement
In Paris on July 23, Mrs Blanche Suzanne Elliott Donner of Philadelphia was granted a divorce from Robert Newseh Donner, whom she wed in Philadelphia in 1914. Another Philadelphia woman, Mrs Margaret Brown Hostetter, gained a divorce from David Herbert Hostetter Jr. in a separate action begun in Kittery, Maine, with both wives cited abandonment as the grounds. A separate suit by Eaton Cromwell of Philadelphia against his wife Hope Traxter Cromwell was denied a decree due to insufficient domicile in France.
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Paris
Associated Press
Blanche Suzanne Elliot Donner
Philadelphia
Herrea Today
Robert Newseh Donner
Margaret Brown Hostetter
Pittsburgh
David Herbert Hostetter, Jr
Kittery
Ate
Eaton Cromwell
Hope Traxter Yeah Cromwell
France
Firemen to Get Back Pay Pending Appeal
Pending the appeal of a Superior court ruling, the city will resume back pay to firemen affected by an ordinance abolishing the Fire Prevention Bureau. Attorney bonds guarantee city protection if the higher court reverses. the city appeals the Superior court injunction.
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Superior Court
Cremen
Department
Supreme Court
Thomas M. Cujlinan
John A. Corner
William M.maltie
Superior
Vola
Commons
Two Retired Circus Clowns Die Aged Riders and Misco Pass Away
Death claims two famous circus figures. Charles Wright known as Charlie Whitehead, 72, a bareback rider with Barnum and Bailey, dies of a heart attack in Tupper Lake New York. Al Misco real name Alfred Frisble, 78, a pantomimist with Barnum and Bailey for years, dies in New York after a long show business career.
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Charles Wright
Charlie Whitehead
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Tupper Lake
Nwy
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey
Wright
al Misco
Circus Herowns
New York
Pigeon Sets Long-Distance Flight Record in 70 Hours
A blue checked pigeon owned by B Lucht flew from San Antonio to Minneapolis in exactly seventy hours, covering 1 174 miles and beating the next competitor by four hours and fourteen minutes. The report notes the crossing as a cross country pigeon race record at Minneape. ms.
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Minneapolis
Minn
B. Lucht
Minneapea
San Antonio
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Georgia Road Gang
Maloney
Blanche Donner
Ottawa
Monica Mosceau
Eudebord
Ry, Orange, Mass
Bridgeport, Conn
Howland
S & Young
Westinghouse R. C
Beacon
Norfolk
Tou
Dwight
Nainsook
Mill End
Nainlook
Madras
Hurd's Stationery
Omar
Blue Willow Nippon China
Howland Dry Goods
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