Elwell Murder Case: Roy Harris Repeats Confession Details
Roy Harris, captured by Buffalo police, again describes the Elwell murder last June. He and companion William Duncan, hired by a woman named Mrs Fairchild, waited four hours for Elwell and Harris says Duncan fired the fatal shot. Harris cannot name the Mrs Fairchild from a published photo, and refuses to name her unless certain. District Attorney Moore notes Harris gave a coherent account, verified by an alienist as mentally normal.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Elwell
Roy Harris
Joseph B. Elwell
Harris
William Duncan
Fairchild
Duncan
Moore
Bridgeport
Conn
William Dunkin
Herald Square
Times Square
Mystery Confession in Elwell Slaying Baffles Police
New York officials reviewing Roy Harris and William Duncan confession say details fit the crime but many statements conflict with facts. Governor Whitman weighs whether to pursue the tale after Harris talks further. Mrs. Elwell and housekeeper Marie Larsen deny any awareness of a Mrs. Fairchild linked to the murder.
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New York
Roy Harris
Buffalo
William Duncan
Joseph B. Elwell
Harris
Charles S. Whitman
Whitman
Elwell
Fairchild
Index to Advertisements and Local Businesses
A listing of various merchants and services including banks, drug stores, coal suppliers, paint, furniture, clothing, shoes, phonographs, tobacco remedies, and office equipment. Notable names include Fifth Third National Bank Westheimer & Company Graul Phonographs McAlpin's Silk Shirts and Shillito's Serge Suits among others. The page serves as a directory of local vendors and advertisements.
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Aeolian Co
Wrale
Citizens National Bank
Churngold—Food
Ey Dow
Cde
East Hills Coal and Supply Co
Ehrlich Paint Company
Mnanaial
Breitenbach Linotype Company
Fifth-Third National Bank
Westheimer & Company
Gidding
Greater Shoe Co
Oxfords
Graul
Harry W. Smith—Clothing
John van Range Company
Kelly Spring Company
Sasdrdssese S Marmimie Sov 4Cecen
Stagosvorceeashocce
McAlpin's—Silk
Milner—Player Pianos
Nicotol Tobacco Remedy
Northcott-Smith. Company
People’s Bank & Savings Co
Pogue’s
Ssreensennes Potter’s—Educator Shoe Richman’s Clothes
DOD
Hic
Ecseteres
Drac
O'S
Esiecediesss
Wallingford Coffee
Hamilton Co
Fire Insurance Co
Ku-Klux Klothes Ee Ie Erro
Oskamp Jewelry Co
Provident Savings Bank and Trust Co
Shevlin’s
Oyster House
Woodstock
Two Dayton Policemen Accused in Whisky Deal
Dayton officers Walter Van Dyke and Oscar Gilmar were dismissed and jailed after a hearing on charges they demanded and received four cases of liquor to let a whisky train pass. They allegedly sold the liquor for 360 dollars.
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Dayton
Walter van Dyke
Oscar Gilmar
Myers
Queen City Steamer Returns Ahead Of Schedule
The Queen City docked at Main street wharf early yesterday after a 1530 mile trip from New Orleans to Cincinnati. On the first voyage in February the trip focused on passengers. the second tested freight business and faced a weak return market. Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Co officers cited reduced Southern demand and uncertain future service.
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Queen City
Main Street
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Gulf Port
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company
South
W. E. Roe
Newfrleans
Damages Sought After Hamilton Raid Killing
Mrs. Sarah Bolin and her brother Willie Bolin file federal suits in Southern Ohio seeking about 46 000 against Hamilton officials and bondsmen for unlawful arrest and imprisonment after a June raid that led to a police shooting. Named defendants include Sheriff Frank Pepper and Police Chief Charles Striker.
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Hamilton
Butler County
United States District Court of
Ohio
Sarah Cornett Bolin
Willie Bolin
Crescent Avenue
Covington
Bolin
Chas. H. Stricker
John Niederman
Ohio City
North B Street
Charles Stegemann
Frank K. Pepper
Charles H. Striker
Henry Grevy
Garrett Thompson
Butler
U S Seeks Allied Backing on Overseas Possessions Note
Washington reports say the United States maintains it has not surrendered rights in Germanys overseas possessions and will negotiate details if four powers accept the American view. Shantung and Yap are focal points amid ongoing diplomatic exchanges with Japan Britain France and Italy.
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Washington
Associated Press
Hughes
United States
Germany
League of Nations
Shantung
Harding
Senate
Pacific
Yap
Colby
Council of
League Council
Supreme Council
Council of Four
Paris
Japan
Mr. Hughes
Telegraph Defends British Oil Policy in Mesopotamia
The Daily Telegraph argues Americans misunderstand Britain’s oil policy in Mesopotamia and commends the London Washington notes exchange. It says Curzon’s cited facts should end further discord and bitterness between the two nations.
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London
Great Britain
Mesopotamia
Daily Telegraph
Washington
Lord Curzon
Labor Leader Brindell Starts Five-Year Sing Sing Term
OSSINNING N Y April 7 Robert P Brindell former President of the New Yorker Trades Council begins a five year sentence for extortion at Sing Sing Prison He is assigned to push a hand roller on the prison lawn as part of a rookies group He will not receive visitors or letters for two weeks and work hours run from eight to four with an hour for lunch He will draw a $30 000 annual salary from the Dock Builders Union while incarcerated.
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Ossinning
N. Y
Robert P. Brindell
New Yorker Trades Council
United States
Sing Sing Prison
Brindell
Dock Builders’ Union
Six Flint Businessmen Arrested Over Death of Trader
Six Flint businessmen including a coal merchant are held as police investigate the death of Hyman Potashnik a second hand goods dealer. A statement from the fifteen year old daughter of one suspect says she was mistreated by Potashnik in his room above his store in the business district.
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Flint, Mich
Flint
Hyman Potashnik
Potashnik
Senate Adopts Governors God Then Recedes
Columbus April 7 After passing the administrative reorganization bill the Ohio Senate recessed to April 18 to resume with taxation measures and the biennial appropriation bill. Several major bills remain pending including Griswold debt limit Taft taxation McCoy motion picture and Schrimper minimum wage. Senate leaders said the recess allows committees to study the measures and a resolution providing expenses for members during the committee period was adopted.
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Columbus
State Senate
Senate
House
Thevernor
Eeate
Lloyd George to seat miners and owners in conference on pumping
Britain faced a tense crisis as Prime Minister Lloyd George proposed an owners and miners conference to discuss pumping before wages. Informal talks continued with Asquith Henderson and Clynes urging both sides to relent, while rail and transport unions prepared for possible action.
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London
Associated Press
House of Commons
Mr. Asquith
Lord Robert Cecil
Arthur Henderson
John Robert Clynes
Lloyd George
Thomas
National Union of Railwaymen
Miners’ Federation
J. R. Clynes
Parliamentary
Labor Party
Labor
Gambler decries closure order in Juarez from Chihuahua governor
In Juarez owners of a gambling concession were ordered to close their places within thirty days. Governor Ignacio Enriquez of Chihuahua said he was transmitting the interior secretary's order from Mexico City. Concession owners left for Chihuahua City to discuss the order.
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EL Paso
Tex
Juarez
Ignacio Enriquez
Chihuahua
Mexico City
Chihuahua City
Cincinnatians Accused Of Stealing Automobile
Indianapolis April 7 authorities said affidavits charging automobile theft have been made out against more than twenty residents of Southern Indiana and Cincinnati Ohio following a purported confession by Rupert E. Potoroff.
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Indianapolis
Rupert E. Potoroff
Indiana
Cincinnati
Ancient Rip Rushes Season With Straw Hat
A strange, worn but sprightly figure called the Twentieth Century Rip strolled Fountain Square in a floppy Panama straw hat. Crowds on Fifth Street toward Main watched a bemused man as jazz flowed from a nearby dance hall. Observers likened him to Rip Van Winkle and a Beloved Vagabond, calling him a summer sensation and nominating him for the Hall of Fame.
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Fountain Square
Panama
Rip van Winkle
Fifth Street
Main
Rip
Jeff Davis
Hall of Fame
Mail truck held up. three bags of registered mail stolen
Post Office Inspector Thomas M. Diskin refused to estimate the loss. He noted the Detroit bound train carries limited mail and said figures are pending from Detroit. He criticized Chicago authorities for revealing a $75,000 robbery.
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U.S
Thomas M. Diskin
Post Office
Customs House
Detroit
Chicagéd
Joseph Arbino
West Findlay Street
Walter Hubley
Hartwell
Woodbine Avenue
Baymiller Street
Carlisle Avenue
Eath
Arbino
Hubley
Reduced Freight Rates Sought By President To Aid Nation
President Harding uses executive influence to seek freight rate reductions alongside wage cuts for rail workers. He mediates between labor leaders and railroad executives while weighing the Interstate Commerce Commission view that any rate cuts require lower operating costs. The national wage framework and future wage scales loom large in the negotiation.
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Harding
Washington
America
Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Interstate Commerce Commission
Walker Hines
Prices Decline 4.1 Percent in March
New York April 7 Com modity prices in March fell 4.1 percent Bradstreet reported. About half of all commodities were lower than in February with a total drop from February 1 peak of 45.4 percent. 78 percent of the pre war rise since August 1, 1914 had been erased.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
Cincinnati stores plan weekend vacations for July and August
Seven of Cincinnati's largest downtown stores will close Saturdays in July and August with employees taking weekend vacations from Friday night to Monday morning. The Retail Merchants' Association and Chamber of Commerce back a new summer schedule with all-day Saturday closings except July 2, and expect many Greater Cincinnati merchants to join.
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Cincinnati
Retail Merchants’ Association of the Chamber of Commerce
Greater
Robert Pogue
H. & S. Pogue Company
Pogue
Building Plan May Alter Way of Mill Creek
City officials weigh a plan to reroute Mill Creek at Ralston street bottom lands for a new building project. The change would bend the stream about 60 feet, freeing space for development while a city engineer studies feasibility.
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Mill Creek
South Cumminsville
Ralston Street
Galvin
Lewis R. Smith
Cincinnati
Millcreek Bottoms
Ralston Avenue
Frank Krug
Planning Commission
Gilbert Avenue
Peebles Corner
Locust Street
Melrose Avenue
McMillan Street
Edward Kellogg
California
Charles F. Hornberger
Liberty Street
Freeman
Western Avenues
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Buffalo Police
Underworld
Crauice Tostor
Packet Company
Allita
Tang
England
New Sing Sing
Wages
J. F. Burke
Elyria
Bender
Cuyahoga
Endley
Richland County
Burke
James. Reynolds
Davis
W. W. Bellew
Frank E. Whittemore
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Secretary of State
State Department of Health
Sundry Claims Board
Harmon
General Assembly
James A. Reynolds
Reynolds
Judson Harmon
Diskin
David Lawrence
Merchants’ Association
Cumminsville
Stone Street
Stone
Sixth
Linn
Wingate Alley
Patrol 4
Carl Leperie
Teddy Huber
ARG
West End Station
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