Mystery of Ridley murders links three slayings
A 1931 murder of Herman Moench ties to the 1933 killings of Lee Weinstein and Edward Ridley in a basement office. Bullets from the same gun connected all deaths while a forged will and embezzlement scheme involving Weinstein and two accountants led to arrests and prison terms. A man claiming Ridley’s son by secret marriage was jailed for perjury.
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New York
Herman Moench
Lee Weinstein
Weinstein
Edward Ridley
Mr. Ridley
Moench
Ridley
Case Puzzles Police
New Jersey
Sing Sing
State Hospital
Reward Reaches Ten Thousand in Unsolved 1931 Murder Case
No arrest has been made in the Jan 3 1931 and May 10 1933 Villisca murders. Administrators of the estate posted a $10000 reward for information leading to a conviction, the largest in America today. Investigators cite the case as highly complex despite the bounty keeping interest alive.
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America
New York
Two Pioneering Journalists and a French Explorer
The piece recalls David Ross Locke born Sept 20 1833 a New Yorker who found success in Ohio as a newspaper man and author of Petroleum Vesuvius Nasby letters and later editor of the Toledo Blade. It notes Louis Joliet born Sept 21 1645 as Quebec born explorer who with Marquette mapped the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
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David Ross Locke
Ohio
Louis Joliet
Quebec
France
Marquette
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Two Million Dollar Gates Highlight Dempsey Tunney Fight
The 1927 bout in Chicago drew a record $2,658,600, surpassing the $1,895,733 gate from the 1926 Philadelphia showdown. The nine year old reminder contrasts the two prizefights between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney.
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Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Chicago
Philadelphia
Salem Witch Trial Victim Martha Corey Hanged in 1692
The article recounts Martha Corey's disbelief in witchcraft tales during Salem's 1692 hysteria. Neighbors branded her a witch and she was jailed before being hanged on September 23, 1692.
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Martha Corey
Salem
Black Fridays in American finance marked by panic
The text recalls two pivotal events named Black Friday. September 24, 1869 showed a Wall Street panic stemming from Fisk and Gould attempting to corner gold, while September 19, 1873 began a financial crash later dwarfed by the 1929 collapse.
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Wall Street
Fisk
Gould
Balboa Reaches Pacific and Claims Ocean for Spain
In 1513, Balboa in a voyage from Santo Domingo reaches a peak in Darién on September 25 and sights the Pacific Ocean, claiming all of it for the Spanish crown.
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Santo Domingo
Darien
Balboa
Pacific Ocean
Spain
Richard Mansfield’s rise in American stage history
Richard Mansfield made his first American appearance in 1878, launching a remarkable career that made him one of the era’s standout performers. He originated the Major General role in Pirates of Penzance and delivered patter songs by reading the lines, not memorizing them. The official Pirates premiere occurred in New York City, while the true first performance was a touring English production Mansfield joined to protect the copyright.
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Richard Mansfield
New York City
England
Mansfield
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