Lutes Jury Deliberations End With No Verdict Tonight
The Breck Lutes murder trial in North College Hill ends a long day of deliberations with jurors failing to reach a verdict. Prosecutors seek the death penalty in the first of four related cases, while defense asserts alibi and past record weaken the state's case. Jurors interviewed potential biases and lengthy questioning preceded a lengthy trial.
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Breck Lutes
Middletown
Peter Dumele
North College Hill
Utes
Marine Corps
Pelican Club
Nelson Schwab
Dudley M
Lutes
Robert Marx
Nicholas Hoban
Lilbrners
Dorothy
Laura
Marshall Dumele
Rodney Ford
West Eighth Street
John “Todd
Messner
Hamilton
Robert Zwick
Norwood
Zwick
Jack Parker
Ford
Dumele
Hamilton County
Darby
Sunset and The Path to Home
A reflective note on home longing tied to sunsets and paths of forefathers. It invites readers to consider buying a home and to explore Classified Columns of The Commercial Tribune for daily listings. The piece contrasts historic prairie journeys with modern home attainment and encourages exploring housing ads.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Emergency Legislation Sought Over Club Wedding
Connecticut lawmakers are urged to pass emergency legislation after Stanton Ashley and Elva McKirdy wed at Meadow Country Club in a room just outside Hartford city limits. The ceremony used a license issued in New Britain, highlighting strict rules on licenses used within issuing towns. Proponents call the situation an emergency as the couple faces legal questions.
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Hartford
Conn
Sntitle Meadow Country Club
Connecticut General Assembly
Stanton Ashley
Elva McKirdy
New Britain
Nanking Troops Rout Reels in Halt Bib Fight
Nanking forces crush Kwangsi troops in Hankow area as Wuhan units collapse and retreat. Panic in Hankow grows with civilians flooding toward the concessions while Chiang Kai Shek moves to secure the city and protect foreigners. Chinese civilians seek safety as naval powers bolster presence.
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Hankow
China
Wuhan
Kwangsi
Feng Yu-Shiang
Hupeh
Nanking
Concession
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hunan
Yangtse
Fairchild Arrests On Perjury Charge Linked To Aurora Shooting
Eugene Boyd Fairchild, sought for perjury tied to a search warrant affidavit about buying liquor at Mrs. Lillian De King’s Aurora home, was seized at his Odell residence and will be taken to Geneva County Jail. Sheriff L. L. Urch aided in the arrest after a tip.
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Pontiac
Eugene Boyd Fairchild
Lillian de King
Aurora
Odell
Fairchild
L. L. Urch
Geneva
Urch
de King
Mystery man Fairchild Arrested After Prohibition Raid
Eu gene Boyd Fairchild, tied to a dry investigation that triggered a raid on Joseph De King's home, returned to Odell Illinois and was arrested there. A coroner's jury ruled his affidavit to be false, spurring the warrant and raid that left Mrs. De King dead and her husband with a fractured skull. Deputy Roy Smith was wounded in the leg.
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Aurora
Eugene Boyd Fairchild
Odell
Ill
Kane County
Fairchild
George C. Carbury
Joseph de King
de King
Roy Smith
Sinking of I'm Alone fuels Canada U S protest debate
Ottawa reports Canada will formalize protest to the United States over the sinking of the Canadian schooner I'm Alone by U S Coast Guard vessels. Prime Minister King says the case centers on three points including treaty limits on pursuit and the gunboat action.
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Ottawa
United States Coast Guard
Government of
Canada
United States
King
House
Washington
Great Britain
State Department
Canadian Legation
Vincent Massey
I’m
Coast Guard
New Orleans
Investors sue over Boca Raton realty project scheme
Nine three investors sue in Florida Supreme Court to recover 1.45 million from Mizner Development Corp officers. Plaintiffs, including Maximilian Morganthau and Douglas Cairns, accuse T Coleman du Pont Jesse Livermore and others of inflating Boca Raton values. The bankruptcy left assets of 56 thousand after a 9 million sales net. The suit brands the plan for a hotel yacht canals aviation fields theaters and night clubs as a scheme to overprice lots.
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New York
Boca Raton
Fla
Supreme Court
Mizner Development Corporation
Maximillian Morganthau
Turkey
Douglas Cairns
Miami
T. Coleman du Pont
Delaware
Jesse L. Livermore
Wall Street
Puts New Soles On Shoes for 9c
A simple product by C. H. Geppert of Des Moines Iowa makes new soles cost 9 cents per shoe. It reconditions old shoes, spreads on with a knife like butter and wears like leather. It is waterproof and can be applied instantly by anyone. Geppert seeks agents and offers a no cost sample.
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C. H. Geppert
Second
Walnut Streets
Des Moines
Geppert
Long’s $6000 for governors fete fuels impeachment probe
Louisiana House grills Gov Huey P. Long over a $6000 disbursed in twenty dollar bills for the National Governors Conference in New Orleans. Autol salesmen testified he bought a new car with funds, used bills paid a garage, and returned a used auto. Assembly members heard witnesses outline the alleged private use and lack of accounting.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
New Orleans
Louisiana House of Representatives
Gov. Long
W. H. Bennett
East Felinciana
The
Highway Commission
Bennett
Theodore Kaufman
Union Bank and Trust Company of
A. J. Grosjean
Executive Department
Whittaker
Leonard Sayes
Kidnapping Incidents Shock Textile Town in Elizabethton
In Elizabethton Tennessee on April 4 a flare up in textile labor unrest led to the alleged kidnapping of Alfred Hoffman and Edward McGrady both prominent labor leaders. Five local citizens were arrested and charged with kidnapping and felonious assault after a woman used a pistol to thwart the abduction of John B. Penix. Authorities reported Hoffman reached Asheville North Carolina and McGrady Bristol Virginia Tennessee before the incident. Adjutant General W C Boyd offered National Guard aid though Sheriff Moreland said not needed.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Alfred Hoffman
United Textile Workers of America
Edward McGrady
American Federation of Labor
Hoffman
Asheville
N. C
McGrady
Bristol
John B. Penix
C. D. Meadows
J. T. Trollinger
American Bemberg
A. A. Hale
Southern Furniture Manufacturing Company
Nat Perry
Roy B. Wilcox
W. C. Boyd
Tennessee National Guard
Nashville
J. M. Moreland
Nashville Dispatch
W. C. Birthwright
State Labor Department
Inman pressed for divorce to wed wife in 1919
Reno court hears Mrs. Inman recount a courtship begun in New York while she was married to Grant Clarke. She testifies Inman financed her divorce through her sister before marrying in Poughkeepsie in 1919 and notes his mother’s opposition to their union.
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Reno
Nev
Walker P. Inman
Inman
Clarke
Laer
Irving Schloss
New York
Poughkeepsie
N Y
James B. Duke
Charles Caldwell
Bill’’ Grant
Rebels Routed Near La Reforma In Bloodiest Battle
The Associated Press reports a major Mexican revolutionary battle near La Reforma Chihuahua left about 1,000 rebels dead and 2,000 captured while federal forces under Gen. Juan Almazan inflicted heavy losses. Insurgent leaders Escobar and Arbalejo escaped after a desperate stand amid destroyed railway bridges and a trainside firefight.
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la Reforma
Chihuahua
Juarez
Juan Andreu Almazan
Jimenez
Escalon
Associated Press
Almazan
Escobar
Arbalejo
Chihuahua City
Anacleto Lopez
Miners Strike Beer Vein Discovered in Detroit
Reporters describe a secret subterranean brewery found behind a garage on St. Aubin avenue. Officers, aided by prohibition agents, spent hours tracing two pipelines to a hidden brick chamber containing equipment for producing up to 500 barrels of beer daily.
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Detroit
Yukon
St. Aubin Avenue
Federal
Clayton Williams
Sergt. Williams
Caspara Taormini
Carpara Taormini
Eepetios
Doud Agreement Expected After City Civil Dispute
An amicable settlement between the city and former City Plumbing Inspector Jeremiah Doud is anticipated. Doud would resign and receive salary from dismissal in January 1928 to September 1929, when the ouster order was reversed by court action.
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Jeremiah Doud
Doud
John Ellis
James R. Clark
Col. Sherrill
Civil Service Commission
Cri S Bell
City Naw
Court of Appeals
Mrs Laura Williamson Dies of Heart Attack
Mrs Laura Williamson 68 wife of W C Williamson secretary of Williamson Heater Co died at 2142 Linton Ave yesterday after chronic heart disease. She belonged to Cincinnati Woman's Club and First Presbyterian Church Walnut Hills. Survived by husband and brother Clement L Postalwait Cincinnati. Funeral 2 PM Saturday at home Rev Frederick N McMillin officiating. Burial Fern Grove Cemetery.
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Laura Williamson
W. C. Williamson
Williamson Heater Company
Linton Avenue
Williamson
Cincinnati Woman's Club
Walnut Hills
Clement L. Postalwait
Cincinnati
Frederick N. McMillin
First Presbyterian Church
Fern Grove Cemetery
Tod Morgan Defends Junior Lightweight Title
Tod Morgan defeated Santiago Zorilla by decision after ten fast rounds in Los Angeles. No knockdowns occurred as the champion retained the world junior lightweight crown in the same arena where he won it years ago.
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Los Angeles
Todorgan
Santiago Zorilla
Panama Jungles
Fear of Borough Plan Creates Clash in Ohio House
In Columbus April 4 the Burton borough plan fight pits Cleveland against Cincinnati as Rep. John A. Hadden clashes with Rep. E. G. Schuessler. Aimed at forcing a floor vote, the move to bypass the Jitney Committee failed. Hamilton County Judges and Cincinnati Municipal Court bills remain unresolved amid party friction and regional fears.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Cincinnati
John A. Hadden
E. G. Schuessler
Hamilton County
Hadden
Burton
House
Senate
Cuyahoga County
Norwood
Schuessler
Bilff
Haddon
Arthur Hamilton
Cooper
General Assembly
Sullivan-Bostwick
Lawrence A. Kane
Gov
Kane
Hubert S. Marshall
John H. Bustard
Joseph G. Ehrlicix
Ehrlich
Nicky Arnstein Arrested in New York on Larceny Charge
Jules W. Arnstein known as Nicky and two others were nabbed in New York as fugitives from Massachusetts where they were accused of swindling a hotel owner in a theater merger plot involving 32000 dollars. They were arrested after detectives traced them from New Bedford to New York.
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New York
Jules W
Nicky” Arnstein
Taunton
Mass
Arnstein
Jules M. Arnold
James Thompson
Harry Fields
New Bedford
Thomas Kearn
Raynham Center
Kearn
Thompson
Miami
Fla
Broadway
Arnstein and Fields
Dooms Son Admits Killing Father After Job Fight
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on April 4 Joseph H. Dooms, 48, was shot to death at his home. His son Orville Dooms, 23, confessed to the shooting saying I just killed my father. Police found six bullet wounds in the body. The quarrel stemmed from the youth’s unemployment and chastisement of a younger son.
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Uniontown
Joseph H. Dooms
Orville Dooms
Dooms
Governor Revealed as Rural Favorite Climbs Bandwagon
Cincinnati representative Caegan, who pledged support for a reduction, emerges as rural favorite as he backs a farming coalition. The move signals growing favor for agriculture and soil tillers in state policy.
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Aion
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Callistas
Naco
Tod Morgan
S. Zorilla
Royal W. Ryan
Nicky Arnstein
N. Y
By Royal W. Ryan
Misseth
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