Police find Schepps at Hot Springs in graft scandal
Sam Schepps, arrested as a go-between in the New York police graft scandal, was detained at Hot Springs Arkansas. He says he may disclose what he knows if authorities move him, while New York officials pursue him for testimony and possible confessions tied to the Herman Rosenthal murder case.
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Sam Schepps
New York
Herman Rosenthal
Sam Schep
Hot Springs
Ark
Jack Sullivan
District Attorney’s Office
Jack
Becker
Schepps
Tam
Dougherty
Catskills
Sullivan County
Rosen
Record Brightens Brunswick Street Tax Day
A brisk procession of street taxpayers visited City Hall as Treasurer Fain closed shop. Exactly 210 people paid two dollars each for the year’s street privilege, a possibly record daily total. At the police court eight to ten delinquents, long summoned, were compelled to pay double tax, with most payers being negroes and several whites among them.
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Fain
Brunswick
Col Walker in the City Talks Campaign
Col Randall Walker of Valdosta a congressional candidate in the Eleventh district arrived in Brunswick at 5 30 pm after a joint debate in Baxley. He planned to stay until 4 pm and proceed to Kingsland for tomorrow’s debate then to Glynn County to seek votes.
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Randall Walker
Valdosta
Eleventh
Brunswick
Baxley
Judge Parker
Colonel Walker
Blackshear
Pierce County
Bugg Named Succesor to Rowland at Atlanta Line
B L Bugg traffic manager of the Norfolk Southern railroad will arrive in Atlanta September 4 to take over the role from J R Rowland who resigns to join a coastwise steamship line. The traffic duties will be split between freight and passenger departments. Bugg comes from the same railroad as E T Lamb new A B A general manager. He succeeds Alex Bonnyman, now chief engineer, with other changes rumored but not yet made.
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Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
B. L. Bugg
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Atlanta
Bugg
J. R. Rowland
E. T. Lamb
Alex Bonnyman
Hot Springs Mayor Dispute Over Fugitive Schepps Case
The district attorney wired Acting Mayor Pettie arguing that Schepps should not be turned over to any New York officer without credentials from the local office. The suspect denied confessing, but acknowledged talking too much.
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Bernard H. Sandler
Schepps
Hot Springs
Whitman
J. R. Rubin
Robert Stewart
Jack Rose
Ark
New York
Pettie
City Council Holds Busy Session and Resignations
City council met in regular session disposing of routine matters. Professor Ralph Newton resigns from the board of health as he plans to move to Fort Valley. petitions on light, quitclaims, and refunds were referred to committees. Health reports favored ordinances on birth reporting and street drainage to improve public health.
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W. B. Fain
Ralph Newton
Board of Health
Newton
Fort Valley
W. H. Harris
Carpenter Street
F. W. Church
Public Works Department
Oay
Zachry
Committee On Cemeteries, Parks and Squares
W. L. Thompson
Russell
Fain
Owens
Mann
Health Department
Finance Committee
Seven Executed in Sing Sing Electric Chair
Seven murderers were electrocuted at Sing Sing in Ossining New York on August 12 marking the largest one day execution by electricity since the chair was adopted. The condemned, six Italians and one Negro, included John W. Collins Lorenzo L Cali Salvatore Demarco Filepo Demarco Angelo Giusto Vincenso Cona and Joseph Ferrone.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
John W. Collins
Lorenzo L. Cali
Salvatore Demarco
Filepo Demarco
Angelo Giusto
Vincenso Cona
Joseph Ferrone
Ferrone
Cona
Collins
Giusto
Dona
Cali
DeMarcos
Mary Hall
Griffin's Corner
Westchester County
Znaza
Band of Assassins
Dix
Hall
Michael Lynch
New York City
General Buckner Visits Louisville Veteran Leader Supports Wilson
General Simon Bolivar Buckner, aged 90, visiting his son at Fort Thomas, enjoys levee chatter in Louisville. He remains politically engaged, declares support for Wilson, and recalls past wars with humor while noting peace now binds Americans. He hints at war stories but voices hope for shared political ends.
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Louisville
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Kentucky
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Fort Thomas
Buckner
Wilson
Woman Shot by Howard After Confrontation at Dixville
Arthur Howard returned to his Dixville home Sunday night and fired a revolver at a man talking to Annie Higden. Two of five shots struck the woman in the leg, one seriously. Howard fled and remained at large.
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Arthur Howard T
Dixville
Annie Higden
Howard
Disappointed in Love Fatal Attempt by Cecil Floyd
Cecil Floyd, a grocer's helper, attempted suicide after a rejected marriage proposal from the girl he adored. He shot himself in the stomach at his Egmont street home. he sent a note to his mother indicating a second attempt if the first failed. He remained alive but in serious condition.
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Negio
Floyd
Egmont Street
Fair men no match for brunettes in tippling
Washington D C Aug 12 Army medical officers after two years study of Philippine scouts constabulary and Manila police find blondes weaker in staying power than brunettes in alcohol use though equal in climate endurance.
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Washington, D. C
Philippine Scouts
Philippine Constabulary
Manila
John Barleycorn
Escaping Prisoners Captured In Ohio Turmoil
Thirteen Ohio penitentiary inmates of the honor squad escaped from a prison camp and caused mayhem before ten were recaptured. Three were still at large as police scoured northern Ohio. They raided saloons, drank liquor and fought among themselves and with citizens. The recaptured men were mostly found sleeping off whiskey.
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Limo
Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio
Cobb Attacked and Stabbed En Route to Exhibition
Ty Cobb was attacked and stabbed in the back by three unnamed men in Detroit while heading to a train to Syracuse for an exhibition game. He escaped serious harm due to his agility with only slight injuries, and planned to return home to Rural, Kentucky tomorrow.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Ty Cobb
Detroit
Cobb
Louisville Courier
Rural
Budget system to be used by President Taft
Washington announces Taft will send next year’s estimates to Congress in budget form, with the cabinet preparing plans under both forms. The economy commission urges adoption to show income and outgo, and to provide a detailed, program based comparison with prior appropriations.
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Taft
Washington
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Economy Commission
Widow Shoots 10 Protect Her Self and Home
Nashville, Tenn Aug 12 Mrs Allen a widow 22 shot and killed William Shoffer 28 as he entered her hall She told officers she acted to protect herself and home Shoffer a former navy man staying with the family had threatened to kill her after a past assault The woman was released on 10000 bail.
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Nashville
Tenn
Allen
William Shoffer
Stoffer
Shaffer
Mrs. Allen
Lana
Detroit Management Silent On Ty Cobb Stabbing Report
Detroit officials said no information had reached the city aboutTy Cobb being attacked. Police at the railway station knew nothing of the reported incident and Syracuse headlines were the first indication.
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Detroit
Detroit Americans
Ty Cobb
Syracuse
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Monk Street
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