Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testifies in Thaw trial witnesses scrutinized
In New York on February 7, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified about her life and the Stanford White incident. She described her youth, a Paris proposal, and White’s assault in a Twenty Fourth Street studio. The crowd packed the criminal court building as Thaw's counsel sought to admit related letters.
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Harry K. Thaw
Criminal Court
Justice Fitzgerald
Mr. Delmas
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Penny
Harry Z. Thaw
Harry Thaw
Mrs. Thawe
Evelyn Thaw
aiders-Astoria
White
Mrs. Thaw
Pittsburg
Mr. White
Twenty-fourth Street
Jerome
Stockyard Rate Bill Faces Fort Worth Delegation Opposition
Fort Worth and other Texas stockmen testified against Representative Wilmot's stockyard rate regulation bill before the house committee on state affairs. Capps Wortham Burnett Yoakum argued the measure would hinder operations and threaten Fort Worth as a livestock market. committees also killed a card gambling bill and slated further game law measures for Monday.
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Fort Worth
Pertons
St. Austin
House Committee On State Affairs
Wilmot
William Capps
Louis J. Wortham
Burt Burnett
C. H. Yoakum
Capps
House Committee On
Vote for Thaw remark sparks arrest on street
In New York on February 7 as the Thaw jury headed to court a man yelled vote for Thaw. Captain Lynch ordered the man arrested and brought before Justice Fitzgerald, calling the remark a smart aleck act. Lynch said no jurors heard it and treated it lightly.
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Lynch
New York
Fitzgerald
Sheriff Shoots Deputy in Fail to Prevent Suicide
Winona Mississippi February 7 Deputy Sheriff Campbell Binford was mortally wounded while trying to save his chief Sheriff T J Whitehead from suicide. Binford wrestled the deputy revolver from Whitehead and was shot below the heart as he fled with the weapon. Whitehead, whose mind was unbalanced by ill health, tried to cut his throat with a pocketknife but was overpowered.
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Winona
Miss
Campbell Binford
T. J. Whitehead
Whitehead
Oil mill accident leaves man severely injured in Palestine
John Weiss was badly hurt at the Palestine oil mill Thursday when his left arm was severed at the shoulder after his arm got caught in a press roler. He suffered head and body bruises and is reported in dangerous condition. The same mill had seen a deadly incident days earlier.
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Palestine
Tex
John Weiss
Dr J W Simpson Acquitted In Murder Trial
Riverhead New York February 7 The jury found Dr J W Simpson not guilty of murdering his father in law in a case that drew local attention and ended with a verdict of acquittal.
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Dr. Simpson
Riverhead, L. I
J. W. Simpson
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