Jester trial intensifies as witnesses recount 1871 Illinois trace
In New London Missouri July 20, the Jester case draws national interest as state evidence tracks the defendant through Kansas Missouri and into Illinois. Testimonies include Senator Sylvester Allen of Naples Illinois and Henry Hofferkamp of Springfield Illinois detailing 1871 sightings and a bloodstained buffalo hide connection to Gilbert W Gates. Open notification plans in Indianapolis set Bryan Stevenson event amid large anticipated crowds. Other brief notices report McCulloch renominated in Wynne Arkansas, a fatal threshing engine blast near Guthrie Oklahoma, a child killed by coal oil fire in Sulphur Springs Texas, a physician found dead in Trinity Texas, counterfeiting charges in Guthrie, a deadly drag accident near Guthrie, and Dewey declining a third party nomination.
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Rockhill to China to probe Chinese trouble
Washington reports the cabinet authorized W. W. Rockhill to travel to China as special commissioner to determine the Chinese government's responsibility for disturbances and to gather evidence for a potential indemnity case. The move aligns with shaping U S reparations posture in the crisis.
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Suicide at Austin Citizen Fred Ochs
Austin July 20 Fred Ochs a well known citizen of Austin killed himself in the bathroom of his house by a pistol shot to the heart. He was about 40 and left a widow and one child.
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