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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1925
Page
10
Authorities disclosed a planned jail escape at the Kanawha county lockup after a hole through a cell ceiling and attic floor was found during a routine inspection. Caspar Price led the scheme with Alta Hoke Jess Claxton and Isaac Fury as alleged assistants. the effort collapsed as prisoners hesitated and plans leaked out.
London reports Covent Garden theatre the Royal Opera house will host nightly dances under a new organization at popular prices. This marks its first use as a dance venue though it hosted dances previously. The theatre, known since 1858, is to host an international opera season later, after a varied past including opera drama circus ballet and films.
Deputies long searched for George Brown who drowned at Diamond Cabin Creek district. As barges were moved for towing to Cincinnati the body surfaced about 200 feet downstream and was found by Alexander Woodrum and Henry Spencer in a rowboat. Shelton Brown identified the body as his brother. The body to be buried at Diamond today. sheriff’s men had used dynamite and dragging efforts for nearly two weeks without success.
Barge collision and swift currents led to an accident as the Browns and Thomas Grafton traveled to work at Ronda. The body was not recovered when search efforts were discontinued.
Mason, director of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and head of the Mason School of Music, will perform solo works for tenors at the next Charleston Symphony Society concert. The concert, set for Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Virginian Theatre, features Richmond Houston in a concerto for viola and violin with the orchestra, and Willem Schultz, Joseph Beckenstein, and Misa Vivien Reed in cellistina pieces. The program, arranged for children, closes the season.
In Cincinnati on March 19 a jury cleared a claim of arson against Samuel H. Williams after hearing that a garage fire may have started from railroad sparks. The panel awarded Miss Lucy Lane $490 from the American Liability Co for loss from the fire, and $471 to Southern Ohio Finance Corp on a tied mortgage. Lane had been charged with theft and was later convicted, receiving a federal sentence in New Jersey.
Fifty Gazette newsboys visited the Capitol theatre hosted by manager 5 J Needham. The film Air Hawk starring Al Wilfong was shown to the delighted newsies, providing a relaxing afternoon. Weather and migratory bird policy notes appear in the same item.
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