Mob Attacks Jail Pulls Prisoners for Confession
A large mob broke into a jail at Blue Mound during a preliminary rape trial of Clements Pettis and Montgomery, abducted the prisoners, and hanged them from a tree before the crowd dispersed by fire near a barn. The assault on Miss Bond and ensuing events sparked outrage. authorities later resumed legal proceedings. In Taylorville, mobs pressured the jail, but the prisoners were eventually returned to cells after bonds and officials intervened. The incident sparked debate on evidence and legal process amid broader reports of unrest and maritime, political, and crime notes.
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Montgomery
Blue Mound
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Bond
Chicago
Taylorville
John Montgomery
Clementi
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Aettis
Durt
D. Bond
G. D. Goodrich
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J. G. Drennan
Lee Pettis
Emanuel Clementi
Mrs. Pettis
Vettis
Inter-Ocean
Taylorville Outrage Over Emma Bond at Raymond School
Miss Emma Bond a well educated country girl teaching at the Raymond school house fourteen miles from Taylorville faced warning notes on a blackboard and rumored ill will from local young men. Her June 30 exhibition approached as neighbors speculated on motives and potential conflict.
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Emma Bond
Raymond
Taylorville
Miss Bond
Dublin Garrison Reinforced
The Dublin garrison has been strongly reinforced as authorities bolster security and expand defense measures amid rising tensions and ongoing operations.
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Dublin
Ireland’s policing pay and Irish trial verdicts reported
Extra pay of £2445 to Limerick police is noted. In Kerry Fahy offences, Timothy Rourke and others receive penal servitude after guilty verdicts. Other sentences include 20 to 10 years for a savage assault at Mallow and life for firing on soldiers. Trials concern Arabi Pasha and Syria. British policy on Egypt and Suez outlined. House of Commons notes no move to buy telephone lines.
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Shamrock Club Wins World Lacrosse Championship Match
In Montreal on August 12 the Shamrock club defeated the Montreal club to claim the world championship. An air in St. Souvenir suburbs caused $60,000 in damage and two blocks burned.
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Quebec
Montreal
Shamrock Club
Montreal Club
Four Flesherton Farmers Sons Drowned in Lake
A Flesherton Ontario report states four young farmers sons Ed Nyles John Hughson and William I Wisdom drowned in Brewster's lake near Flesherton after a drowning incident. They were aged and connected with local farms. The tragedy occurred near Flesherton with authorities investigating the accident.
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Agust
Flesherton
Ont
J. Nyles
John Hughson
Wm. I. Wisdom
Farmers Sons
Brewster's Lake
Portland minister dies by drowning in Little River
Portland Maine August 12. Sav Joseph Bartlett a retired Congregational minister of Gorham committed death by his own action by drowning in Little River while temporarily insane. He was brother of S T Bartlett president of Dartmouth college.
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Portland
Maine
Joseph Bartlett
Gorham
Little River
S. T. Bartlett
Dartmouth College
Tragic Hunting Accident Ends in Parker's Death
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania on August 12 a hunting mishap during a pigeon shoot left Robert Parker dead after a discharge by Hiram Neiswinter. Parker was killed when a bird flew toward him and a shot struck his head tearing away the scalp and scattering brain tissue. The incident prompted a response from local authorities and an investigation into the accident.
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Chicago
Shenandoah
Robert Parker
Hiram Neiswinter
Parker
Neiswinter
Desperate mob attacks Campbell family in Caldwell County
Reports from Paducah dated August 11 say a mob assaulted the Campbell boys in a Caldwell County house. One mob member was killed, the house burned, and the Campbells emerged to be riddled with bullets.
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Paducah
Caldwell County
Fred
Not a Bad Storm in St. Paul August Weather Report
Heavy rains fell in St. Paul and vicinity Friday night raising fears for crops and harvest. Weather reports from railroad offices show rainfall was not widespread nor as heavy as feared in this locality.
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St. Paul
Northern Pacific bridge over Missouri nears completion
In Bismarck on August 12 the first four hundred feet of the Northern Pacific bridge over the Missouri river was finished. The structure will exceed 1,300 feet when completed in October, stand 75 feet above the river and rest on solid granite piers costing about one million dollars.
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Bismarck
Northern Pacific
Missouri River
Sherman Family Faces Sudden Calamity in Washington
Chicago dispatch reports General Sherman and family at Oakland Maryland for summer when illness struck Mrs Fitch's children. Dr Norris cared for the sick, the youngest died en route to Washington, Maria Ewing Fitch, grave at 817 Fifteenth Street, baby buried in St Louis later. Katie remains ill, family dispersed and shocked by loss.
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The
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Perry
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Fifteenth Street
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Katie
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