Abductor's Wife Turns Against Him
The Emma Towns shooting and related arsons near Augusta Maine narrowed to a court case in Winthrop after Harry A Kirby was arrested in Newburyport Massachusetts. Kirby to be arraigned in the town where the crimes were committed as his wife was located last night.
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Alda Heyward
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Woman Testifies on Kirby and Strange Case at Nyack Hospital
In Saco New York a woman was questioned for over eight hours by FP E Sanborn head of the state highway department. She claimed Kirby had treated her and her baby well but said she now detested him and refused to see him again. She recalled meeting him while both attended the state hospital at Nyack and described a strange case tied to their marriage. She said thefts from purses in dormitories occurred soon after and that Kirby left Nyack then. Sanborn said the information was given voluntarily. Despite morning anger the crowd at the railroad station and jail grew by night, though Kirby might not be brought in until the next morning.
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Strawn to Go to Chinese Confab For Customs Talks
Chicago lawyer Silas Strawn confirmed he would join Minister John Van A. MacMurray as American commissioner to China for the nine power treaty conference on Chinese customs. He expects to depart in two to three months, possibly September. A Windsor England widow, Susannah Barlow, died at 101 after a lifelong heartbreak and 80 years of keeping a bridal wreath as her shroud. The German office furniture market weakens as currency stabilization reduces banking backkeeping needs.
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England
WV motorists urged tax shift in letter to Wheeling Register
George M. Ford argues in Wheeling Register letter that West Virginia car owners already bear the heaviest state tax burden. He says auto taxes should reflect usage, proposing higher taxes on gas, oil profits, and vehicle licensing while minimizing highway costs. He cautions against raising car licenses and warns it could lose revenue and drive business out of state.
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JAIL MATRON FOUND STRANGLED IN TORONTO
Toronto authorities report the murder of 55 year old jail matron Mrs Mick at Langstadt municipal farm. She was found strangled during the night as three young prisoners from Toronto, Tsabal Prouse 21 Bessia Carroll 16 and Jennie McMinn 19, fled and remain missing along with other inmates.
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Jennie “McMinn
Toronto
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