Pursuing Another The Cause Is Over the Assault Upon Mrs Ogletree
Bainbridge Ga July 25 Posses have lynched three of eight assailants in the Wood Grass district. Two others were found dead on the railroad believed lynched. coroner’s jury calls death accidental for the two. Charles Mack organizer captured near Iron City. Kid Jim hidden near Pinchard guarded by hundreds. A mob surrounds Cardell to force disclosure. Mack allegedly confessed banded crimes of murder robbery and rape.
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Wood Grass
Gang of Eight
Pinchard
Ala
Bain‘bridge
Kid
Jim
Charles Mack
Iron City
Mack
Cardell
Cardel
Leader Lynched in Bainbridge Ga in Robbery and Rape Case
Charles Mack, leader of a gang accused of robbery and rape in the Bainbridge area, was lynched at Safford early today. His body was strung to a large oak near the Ogletree home, shot at, and cut into pieces then distributed among a mob of 200 to 300. He allegedly led Sammins into the Ogletree residence and attacked Mrs. Ogletree in her husband’s presence.
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Bainbridge
Charles Mack
Safford
Mack
Ogletree Home
Sammins
Ogletree
Mrs. Ogletree
Lynching and arrests headline from southern cities
ANOTHER NEGRO DEAD. Hattiesburg July 25 Henry Novels a negro who tried to assault Miss Rosaline Davis near Perkinston Miss on the Gulf and Ship Island railroad on Saturday evening was captured Monday near Bond Miss and brought back to the scene where he was identified by the young woman. A mob of over 400 escorted him to a tree and shot him several hundred times. Also Leesburg Ga July 25 a negro suspected in the Saffold ravishes was killed by citizens Monday night while resisting arrest. Springfield Ill July 24 Attorney General Akin sent lists of 2000 corporations that failed to file antitrust reports for 1899 and state attorneys were ordered to prosecute noncompliant firms. Fort Smith Ark July 25 young women acted as street car conductors in the city once more. The Central Methodist church, uprooted last year, adopted...
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Henry Novels
Rosaline Davis
Perkinston
Miss
Gulf and Ship Island
Bond
Macon
Leesburg
Springfield
Akin
Secretary of State
Fort Smith
Ark
Central Methodist Church
Heat Kills Horses and Damages Local Ice Company Livelihoods
Heat waves near Denton Texas on Sunday killed several horses in the area. The Crystal Ice Company reported losing a fine draught horse, with other local firms like Goode and Porter Bros. also affected within a few miles. Reports of additional losses exist but cannot be authenticated.
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Denton
Tex
Crystal Ice Company
Goode
Porter Bros
Messenger Boys Strike Flares in Cincinnati Turmoil
The Cincinnati messenger strike turns violent as two boys are stabbed and others hit by missiles. Roustabouts lead mobs around Western Union and Postal offices with about a thousand youths at each. Police disperse crowds, but disturbances resume. Union recognition is refused, and strikers vote to continue. Newsboys and tobacco strippers pledge to join.
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Cincinnati
Western Union
Postal
Newsboy and Messenger Strikes Roil Cincinnati
Cincinnati July 25 The messenger strike has escalated with hoodlums surrounding telegraph offices and intercepting messengers. Newsboys joined the protest, mobs torched and blocked papers, and several messengers were injured or stabbed as police guard drivers. The tailors in New York also strike spreading to Brooklyn with 100 shops affected and about 10 000 tailors out.
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Cincinnati
Messenger Boys
New York
Brooklyn
Boy Shot Down by Street Car Conductor in Cleveland
A 15 year old Cornswich was shot and killed by Broadway car conductor Ralph Q Hawley on Orange street after a remark during a ride. Hawley arrested by Patrolman Heilman as crowds clashed and threats of riot surfaced amid county court day crowds. Also note: Van derbilt party sails world tour from New York and the Bertha arrives with $1,000,000 in gold in San Francisco.
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Cleveland
Cornswich
Orange Street
Broadway
Ralph Q. Hawley
Perry Street
Hawley
Beveridge quarantined with Asiatic plague aboard ship
Letters from Nagasaki dated June 40 report Senator Albert J. Beveridge kept on board a ship under quarantine for Asiatic plague with Chinese victims from Hong Kong. A smuggled letter quotes the senator saying Mrs Beveridge is at Riot and no further cablegrams have arrived. In Bowling Green the anti Goebel meeting ended in disorder with several acts of personal violence before adjournment.
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Indianapolis
Albert J. Beveridge
Nagasaki
Japan
Hong Kong
Orient
Bowling Green
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