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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1906
Page
1
Margaret Lear, 15, was killed after a February assault near Shreveport. Charles Coleman, a Kansas City Southern worker, was arrested two hours later in a nearby cabin. A 1,000-strong mob gathered at the jail before midnight, but guard lines and a judge's appeal for order prevented violence.
The U S Supreme Court affirmed the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Rufus Martin v Texas. Martin a Black man on death row for 1993 Fort Worth murder argued his trial jury lacked African American members. Justice Harlan found no evidence of race discrimination.
Washington reports President nominated H. F. Butler for postmaster at Anson Texas and C. J. Lewis at Clarendon in a February 20 notice.
Washington reports Mayor W P Duvall has been nominated by the president for major general. The nomination reflects recognition of his service and potential to lead at a higher rank.
Reports from Indian Territory and Texas include deaths from accidents and violence. Mrs. T. K. Dixon dies suddenly at Mill Creek while a 30 006 club forms near West Sulphur. A Madill shooting ends in the death of Charles McCain. A Frisco switchman Charles A. Gardner dies after being crushed between cars. A drowning near Shreveport involves Mrs. F J Gusenberg. Governors and Cherokees refrain from Washington visit. local newspaper mergers create Times Democrat.
A New York fatal mystery unfolds with Gussie Hart found dead in West Thirty-eighth Street after a supposed fall from stairs. Police pursue two men and a cab, while Edward Murphy the dancing master claims he helped Hart after she collapsed, the scene smeared with blood.
Alberto Campo a well known New York tailor returning from the Metropolitan Opera House was found murdered beside a barn in Van Pelt Manor. He had his score for Die Meistersinger and an Italian libretto translation when attacked. Police tracked a trail from the body to Bay Nineteenth Street showing a violent struggle.
Battle Creek Michigan February 20 after a single night as a nervous patient Joseph W Carlisle of Jackson Mississippi killed himself his wife found him in the sanatorium room with his throat cut after she left him sleeping for breakfast authorities report this tragic act occurred in the sanatorium facility in Battle Creek Michigan
The Atlantic steamship lines of the Southern Pacific company shift headquarters from Houston and New Orleans to New York City. In the transfer, L. H. Nutting becomes general passenger agent and L. J. Spencer ascends to general freight agent in the operating and traffic departments.
Washington February 20 The report of Bourke Cockran's engagement to Mrs Jack Gardner of Boston is not discussed by the New York Representative who says he cannot discuss it and that an unauthorized use of a lady's name is involved.
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