Ewen Owned Jackson Hotel Burned Amid Martial Law
The three story Jackson Kentucky City hotel owned by Captain E J Ewen burned early Sunday. Fifteen guests escaped with no injuries and no insurance. Incendiary origin suspected. militia aided guests and containment. Ewen testified to seeing Curtis and Jett fire the shot that killed Lawyer J B Marcum.
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Louisville
City
Jackson
E. J. Ewen
Jett
White
J. B. Marcum
Ewen
Double Quick
Owen
Curtis
Marcum
Intimidation Fire Tied to Marcum Case in Jackson Ky
In Jackson Kentucky on June 15 the burning of Ewen's hotel is viewed as incendiary and linked to intimidation around the murder trial of attorney J. B. Marcum’s supporters. Witness deputy sheriff Ewen faced bribery threats after testifying he saw Jett fire the fatal shot. the arson is seen as a coercive measure amid ongoing trials of Jett and White.
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Jackson
Ewen
J. B. Marcum
Breathitt
Commonwealth
B. J. Ewen
Curtis Jett
Tom White
Jett
Marcum
Court House
Callahan
Hargis
Hines
Militon Citizen W P Johnson Shot in Ambush
News from Milton reports prominent citizen W P Johnson shot by unknown assailants as he returned home at night. Four buckshot hit the abdomen and he was thought dead at one point. he remains alive but in precarious condition.
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Pensacola
Fla
Milton
W. P. Johnson
Johnson
Heppner Flood Reports Sweep Oregon Towns
Telegraph and telephone reports from Heppner Oregon say a great flood struck between 6 and 7 PM Sunday after a cloudburst. Estimates put drowned victims between 350 and 500 with 105 bodies recovered, as wires failed and relief trains move toward Lexington and Heppner.
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Arlington
Ore
Heppner
Ione
Saye
Morrow County
Oregon
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Willow Creek
Lexington
Two Murders in Illinois Trigger Hunt for Mink
In Pittsfield Illinois Fred Mink twenty one shot and killed Newton Harris a farmer and then killed his stepmother. He had courted Harris daughter Beulah but was refused. Mink hid in a desolated house firing on pursuers before being captured.
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Chicago
The
Tribune
Pittsfield
Ill
Fred Mink
Newton W. Harris
Harris
Mink
Washington
West
Beulah
Officials Head North Texas Mission from Austin
Railroad Commissioner Colquitt Auditor Askew and Engineer Thompson departed Austin for north Texas and refused to reveal destinations. State Treasurer Robbins returns from Abilene reporting the epileptic asylum is ready though no opening date has been set.
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North Texas
Austin
Colquitt
Askew
Thompson
Robbins
Abilene
Clowry Not to Resign Denial Issued
New York June 15 The Associated Press denies reports that President Clowry of the Western Union Telegraph company plans to resign, stating the rumor has no foundation.
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Clowry
New York
Associated Press
Western Union Telegraph Company
Blow Proved Fatal in Waco Death
Ed Britain died after a head injury from a spade attack in Waco. The assailant, a negro, was not captured and remains at large.
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Waco
Ed Britain
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Nunpally
Express
Call
Texas
Tyler Haswell
Bryan Steam Laundry
Ggene
the City National Bank
Bryan
City Hotel
Macrum
Act
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Bryan, Texas
Teager
John B. Mike
Stevenson Machine & Repair Works
James & Castles
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