Diabolical Poison Plot Unmasked In Chicago Murder Case
Chicago judge Harry Olson recounts a long investigation into the Shepherd case. He says the alleged plot to kill for a fortune began seventeen years ago with Billy McClintock’s inheritance at stake and details his psychological method using reporters and family talks to trap physician William Shepherd.
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Edward C. Derropyright
United Press
Chicago
Harry Olson
United Press Today
William Shepherd
Billy McClintock
Milltone
Olson
Billy
Ctor Olson
Shep
Reks
Shepherd
Sanford
Shepherd's
Ork
Rail workers case returned to grand meeting in June
Cincinnati March 18 Officials of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks face a court reprise as Judge Darby restores Edward J. Fitzgerald to his post and continues the related investigation tied to an investment company. Testimony in the deal totaled 30,000 typewritten pages.
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Cincinnati
Brotherhood of Railay
D Lal
Governor Sidelined by Illness Keeps Office Silent
Columbus dispatch reports Governor Donahey remains at the executive mansion with lagrippe. Physicians say no alarm, but rest is needed. Officials express hope he will return to his desk by Thursday.
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Columbus
Donahey
Indictments in McClintock Murder Case in Chicago
Cook county grand jury returned true bills charging William Darl ing Shepherd and Dr Charles C Farman with murder in the death of William Nelson McClintock the McClintock heir. The indictments name Shepherd and Farman as principal and accessory in a sensational trial setup before Judge Jacob Hopkins.
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Chicago
Wm. D. Shepherd
Billy McClintock
Ward
Jacob Hopkins
Chas. C. Farman
National University of Science
Cook County
Grand Jury
William Darling Shepherd
Charles C. Farman
William Nelson McClintock
McClintock
Robert E. Crowe
Shepherd
Farman
Crowe
Anti Klansman Is Found Guilty
Peter Greco, among more than 100 indicted for Klan and anti-Klan rioting at Niles, was found guilty of carrying concealed deadly weapons after a 32 minute jury, 11 to 1. Sentencing awaits. possible 1 to 3 years and $500 fine. Louis Corro’s trial begins.
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Ohio
Louis Corro
Woman Dies After Church Social Meal in Newark
Mrs. Harry Diebold, 35, collapsed on a sidewalk in Newark shortly after a church social meal. Acute indigestion listed as the cause of death. Her husband accompanied her home before she collapsed.
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Newark, CO
Harry Diebold
Fire at Asylum Destroys Cottage in Newberry Michigan
Fire of undetermined origin at the state hospital for the insane in Newberry Michigan damaged one cottage and destroyed another early today. The blaze threatened the largest of the hospital’s 20 buildings before being contained.
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Newberry
Mich
State Hospital For the
Realty ad proves strong sales pull from Canton agency
The Canton Agency Co. posted a half inch for rent classified in the Sunday Daily News. By Monday noon the house was rented and three more calls came in. Two prospects evolved from listings as potential buyers, showing the agency’s ads work to generate additional opportunities. The Daily News Classifieds aim to fulfill their mission and seek new fields to conquer.
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Daily News
E. C. Roberts Agency Co
Canton Bk
Mondday
Roberts Agency
Canton Daily News
Medina Woman Under Watch In Poison Case
In Medina Ohio on March 18 the body of Mrs Lillian Gienke was exhumed for arsenic testing as investigators probe a poison plot tied to her husband Fred and five Gienke children. A middle aged woman remains under surveillance as coroner Crum and Prosecutor Seymour tighten the case through interrogations and possible arrests.
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Fred (. Gienke
Valley City
Joseph A. Seymour
Gienke
Gienkes
Adams
Medina
Lillian Glenke
Fred Glenke
Elyria
Joseph Seymour
Medina County
Fred Gienke
Former Federal Agents Held in Cincinnati Graft Case
Cincinnati March 18 Deputies arrested 18 present and former city agents tied to Hamilton County courts in a conspiracy to violate the federal prohibition act. Twelve face blanket warrants for accepting bribes from bootleggers including Harry Collins real estate dealer and moonshine king and William Millard cafe owner. This marks the second major disclosure in the probe into graft amid police and liquor court attaches following a prior arrest of police officials.
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Cincinnati
United States
Ciry
Hamilton
Harry Collins
William Millard
McKinley Monument Bus Co seeks three more freight tracks
More Service Columbus March 18 The Mc Kinley Monument Bus Co today petitioned the Ohio Public Utilities Commission for a certificate of public necessity and convenience to operate three additional tracks for freight service between Canton and Meyers Lake.
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Columbus
McKinley Monument Bus Co
Ted
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Canton
Meyers Lake
Fashion predicts ultra light summer wardrobe for women
Chicago reports a Fashion Art League of America briefing by Mrs. Carolyn T. Radnor-Lewis of a silk house. She outlines a two pound total summer ensemble dominated by sheer fabrics and light pieces. The breakdown includes step-in two ounces bra one ounce hose two ounces hat five ounces and shoes one pound.
Meet Mr Sargent New Attorney General
Washington March 18 John Garibaldi Sargent is described as a six foot two hundred fifty pound man with a strong mind who has been named the new United States attorney general by President Coolidge. A Tufts graduate nicknamed Jumbo in football days he is sixty five and comes from New England with a reputation for intellect and physical presence.
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John Garibaldi Sargent
United States
Coolidge
New England
Sargent
Amherst
Tufts
Rush
Calvin Coolidge
Mr Sargent
Murder confessed in Ohioan robberies at Miami chase
Miami police say John Naugle of Toledo and William Fox of Columbus confessed to a series of robberies and the murder of Motorcycle Patrolman L. L. Wever. They were found asleep in a Fulford shack with dynamite sticks and loot nearby. Fox admitted firing the fatal shots and described fleeing through the Everglades at speed.
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Miami
Fla
L. L. Wever
John Naugle
Toledo
William M. Fox
Columbus
Fulford
Fox
Wever
Everglades
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Near Receivership
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad faces receivership as creditors move to take control after defaulting on a 44.9 million dollar bonded debt due June 1. Directors cite canal competition, soft markets, and rising costs as factors behind the financial decline affecting 11 states and 10,000 miles of track. Receivership filings may begin in Wisconsin. H E Byram, Mark W Potter and E J Brundage named receivers in Chicago district court.
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Chicago, Milwaukee
8&J. Paul
Wisconsin
Panama Canal
Northwest
St. Paul
Chicago
H. E. Byram
Mark W. Potter
E. J. Brundage
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Soldiers Cannot Sell Their Bonus
Washington announces that it is illegal to sell federal soldiers' bonus certificates. The veterans bureau overruled a prior ruling and held that adjusted compensation rights cannot be sold. Reports of certificates offered for sale or redeemed by the bureau are thus unlawful.
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Washington
Veteran's Bureau
Bureau
Frank T. Hines
Repo
Veterans Bureau
No Motive of Partisanship in Senate Action
The March 18, 1925 Canton Daily News reports that the U S Senate confirmed John G. Sargent as attorney general by unanimous vote, signaling no partisan motive behind the Warren rejection over sugar trust ties. President Coolidge’s close personal friend appointment was accepted as customary. The Warren matter hinged on letters and testimony.
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Canton Daily News
Washington
United States Senate
John G. Sargent
Coolidge
Mr. Warren
Senate
Warren
Congressional
Sonny Willis Fails in Effort to Save Mother
Harold Sonny Willis, 15, admits he faked a confession to free his mother Mrs Harold Willis from prison. He testified he and not Mrs Willis killed Dr Benjamin Baldwin last April after a lengthy prosecutors grilling in Angeles.
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Angeles
Harold
Sonny” Willis
Harold Willis
Sonny
Defense Ready in Teapot Case Opens for Sinclair Interests
Cheyenne March 18 The defense in the government suit to annul the Teapot Dome lease to the Sinclair Interests will open today arguing the government failed to prove any conspiracy in the leasing of the reserve. Martin W Littleton New York led counsel will contend no evidence supports a conspiracy. No defense witnesses are to be called with depositions from J K Robinson and H H Foster Bain relied upon.
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Cheyenne
Myc
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Sinclair
Caar
Martin W. Littleton
New York
J. K. Robinson
HH. Foster Bain
Ohio briefs mix crime and health notes from March
Painesville Mrs Anabel Godfrey jailed for pushing a chisel into her husband eye Lima hospital for the insane. Middleport relatives fear John Reuter wealthy operator vanished after West Virginia coal land deal. Magnetic Springs schools closed amid smallpox epidemic. Toledo The Cat s Meow a neckwear trend in Toledo shops black plush fur with elastic. Columbus The state utilities commission sets March 25 to hear protests to Van Sweringen railroad merger proposal.
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Painesville
Anabel Godfrey
Lima Hospital
Inr
Middleport
John Reuter
West Virginia
Columbus
Mar
State Public Utilities Commission
VanSweringen
Mine Explosion Traps 34 At No 41 Shaft Barrackville
At Bethlehem Mine and Steel Corp in Barrackville West Virginia 34 miners remained trapped after a devastating explosion at Mine No 41. By midmorning two bodies were recovered near the shaft while rescuers pressed on despite dwindling hope of saving the others.
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Barrackville
W.va
Mare
Bethlehem Mine and Steel Corporation
State forging evidence chain against Kirby in fraud case
Cleveland July 18 The state began building the case against Josiah Kirby wizard of high finance on charges of issuing a false financial status statement for the Cleveland Discount Co The accuse alleged $11 000 000 in fictitious assets within a total resources of 42 000 000 and 27 000 000 stockholders were cited as recipients of the circulars and folders printed July 20 1920 The prosecution opened with W W Tompkins Ohio Printing Co official who testified the document was printed and distributed to stockholders customers and prospects
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Cleveland
Josiah Kirby
High Finance
Cleveland Discount Co
Kirby
W. W Tomkins
Tompkins
Ohio Printing Co
Discount Company
St. L. Poland
Discount Concern
Thousand Homes Burned As Fires Sweep Tokio
Fire raged through northern Tokio on March 18 destroying about 1,000 houses. Troops ordered to tear down structures blocked the path of the flames while panicked residents fled with belongings through the streets.
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Tokio
Aigh
Bridge cost estimates for Beech Creek site near Alliance
Surveyor Atlee M Wise told county commissioners on Wednesday that replacing the washed out William Kelly bridge over Beech Creek near Alliance would cost 21883 dollars. He also estimated the Royal Snyder bridge on the Plain Nimishillen line at 2600 dollars.
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Atlee M. Wise
Beech Creek
Alliance
William Kelly
Royal Snyder
Plain-Nimishillen
Sentence Postponed In Koehler Case For Monday
Sentence of Earl Koehler in Magnolia was postponed until Monday due to Judge George H Clark’s fitness. Koehler had pled guilty earlier to a manslaughter charge for killing Charles Roof.
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Earl Koehler
Magnolia
George H Clark
Koehler
Charles Roof
Naval Firing Thing of Past Says Daniels Air Force Needed
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, in an interview at the Community Lecture Course, argues that the world has seen its last great naval battle. He stresses the need for a strong air force, noting cruisers and submarines are less decisive, and warns against neglecting aviation despite hopes for peace. He cites Europe’s aviation adoption and the potential reach of air fleets to cities like New York. He warns anti aircraft guns remain impractical and calls for expanded air power to defend the coast and deter invasion.
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America
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Wilson
First Christian Church
Daniels
Europe
London
Paris
Airerlaoe
New York
Thorugh
Weather Reports For Amundsen Polar Flight
Roald Amundsen prepares for polar flight with forecasts from a Danish wireless station under construction. Special reports will come from Alaska, Canada, and northern Siberia to form reliable aviation outlooks. The polar expedition’s final flight hinges on these forecasts.
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Canton Daily Newe
Oslo
Roald Amundesen
Alaska
Canada
Siberia
Polar
Pole
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MR. Sargent
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Robert T. Small
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