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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1910
Page
9
A Sheridan County conflict among GOP factions drives the political machine toward contemptible tactics as tensions rise over influence and control. Key figures move to align with rival camps, signaling a volatile local power struggle with lasting consequences.
Sheridan, Aug 1. Wyoming forest supervisor W E Jackson weighs resignation amid a dispute over support for Judge Carey versus Mullen in the Republican gubernatorial race. Reports say Mul len partisans pressuring to remove Jackson, who advised Carey and resists switching sides, prompting pensioned protests and plans to depose him.
Susie Hillhouse, a prominent Haten woman, faced over a hundred mob members in Georgia to prevent the lynching of Ingram a Black man accused of burglary. She stood with a pistol shielding him until authorities escorted him to safety and the mob dispersed.
In Cairo Illinois a mob dragged a black man from a hiding place after he entered the room of John Wade's daughter ten miles northeast of the town. He was tied to a tree with a rope and shot to death as a wagon bore away the body.
A Colorado and Southern ore train of 37 loaded cars bound Sunrise to Pueblo plunged seven into a pole creek bridge near Islay twenty miles north of Cheyenne when the structure failed after a cloudburst. The two engines and thirteen cars wrecked but the enginemen and trainmen escaped injury. North bound passenger and freight service was halted Sunday and resumed after repairs.
In San Diego California Bert Durham, a former fireman, killed his wife and child and then killed four others and wounded another before shooting himself. Police and volunteers hunted him after a false alarm lured his former comrades into a trap. He died after taking poison? in the city.
Denver witnesses arrive in Chicago to testify before the grand jury as the federal probe into the National Packing company focuses on alleged acquisition of three independent Denver meat firms.
An abbreviated chronology traces Crippen and his mistress Ethel Le Neve from Belle Elmore's supposed death to Crippen’s disappearance with Le Neve, the discovery of a mutilated body, and rapid police actions from London to France. Key figures include Dr. Crippen, Le Neve, Captain Kendall, Inspector Dew, and authorities aboard the Montrose and Laurentie.
Boston notes of Clarkhall Worcester president Stanley Hall claims flirting is inherent to all women and harmless in moderation. He lists six definitions of love and describes flirtation as natural among teen girls while warning about its consequences for marriage and family harmony.
In Pittsburgh a physician Dr Georg Murray Stewart was found dead in his apartments with a bullet wound. Edna Wallace, a broker at 222 Lamiert Street, lay beside him with a fatal bullet through her temple. Authorities say she killed the doctor and then herself in a disputed wedding-related tragedy.
Aug 1 Chicago man Fred Disos is held up by two garishly dressed Italians claiming a moving picture scene. They steal his gold watch and $12 then flee. Disos chases them and reports to the River Bank police desk, noting no actual film was produced.
After a formal city inspection by the Rocky Mountain Underwriters Association, Cheyenne adopts a new fire insurance schedule effective July 16. Buildings see an average 0.1 percent rate drop, business stocks 8.3 percent, city property 0.9, and dwellings 17.3 percent. Churches and contents fall 10 and 17 percent respectively, while apocalyptic hazards see 3 percent on buildings and 10 percent on contents.
In New Orleans on August 1, Madriz authorities and Estrada supporters clash over the gunboat Hornet bound for Central America. They accuse supplying arms to Estrada and block clearance papers at the docks under Consul Sussmen. Acoyapa evacuated. Estrada commander Meha moves toward Managua.
Quebec August 1 The Crippen case moves toward England as Dr Hawley Crippen and Ethel Clare Leneve are to be tried jointly for the murder of Belle Elmore Crippen's wife The pair were arraigned and remanded until August 8 Leneve ill and detained in custody while extradition details unfold aboard the Montrose in fogbound passage in Father Point K9
New York report details Dr. Seimeca and wife receiving a Black Hand ransom demand of four to five thousand dollars for 2 year old Michael Schlineca kidnapped June 21. The father has pawned jewels and exhausted savings while police were warned and a bomb was found near the Seimeca apartment.
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