Jury in Britton Gaol 1d Secured Testimony Begins
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune from Lexington Kentucky reports testimony opening in the Bill Britton case. Dr. A H Barkley described Cockrill’s bullet wounds at Good Samaritan Hospital while Judge J E Patrick and Attorney T P Cope testified they saw Britton behind Curt Jett near the courthouse door with an object in his hand. Prosecution presents Mose Feltner and Riley Coldiron among key witnesses. jurors seated as lists include Thomas Sheely and others. Britton pleads not guilty. John Smith arrives amid security concerns. Byrd outlines Cockrill’s 1902 assassination plot linked to Judge Hargis and others.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Bill Britton
A. H. Barkley
Cockrill
Good Samaritan Hospital
J. E. Patrick
T. P. Cope
Patrick
Cope
Britton
Curt Jett
Jett
Mose Feltner
Riley. Coldiron
Thomas Sheely
W. J. Smith
E. B. Hawkins
B. D. Wood
Charles Dolson
John M. Barry
Jasper Wilson
M. Clark
J. A. Stevens
Theodore Bailey
R. M. Redd
John Furlong
James Hargis
John Smith
B. D. Cox
Elbert Hargis
Ed Callahan
John Abner
Alberry Spicer
Govan Smith
Byrd
Commonwealth
Jackson
Breathitt County
Hargis
James Cockrill
J. B. Marcum
Tom Hargis
Callahan
Dayton Man Returns Home to Face Prosecution
George M. Smart, indicted on eighteen counts for embezzlement, arrives in Dayton from Tampa with his wife to face charges. Alleged shortage listed at 331,348.92 dollars. Smart denies misusing funds. Bonds posted for release. arraignment deferred 24 hours. Prosecutor cites political use of money as alleged context.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton, CO
George M. Smart
Dayton
Tampa
Fla
Smith
Smart
Smarts
Charles E. Underwood
John R. Fletcher
Martin
Nevin
Wisconsin bill targets wealthy wives of veterans
A bill introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature today would compel women of means to support invalid husbands. The measure targets rich wives of old soldiers living in veterans homes.
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Commercial Tribune
Madison
Wis
Double accusation shadows death of Mrs Blomeyer
In Cape Girardeau Missouri on April 13 prosecutors ignored a coroner verdict that Mrs Blomeyer died by her own hand. A guard was placed over Dr A D Blomeyer as the prosecutor seeks a lunacy commission. Witnesses say the doctor quarreled with his wife before she died after morphine injection.
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Commercial Tribune
Cape Girardeau, Mo
A. D. Blomeyer
Adler
Blomeyer
Jerome
Florence
Japanese Held On Avesdel In San Francisco
San Francisco reports 295 Japanese laborers aboard the Pacific Mail Korea detained while the Department of Immigration decides if they may proceed to British Columbia. Officials note loopholes let Japanese transit Honolulu and ship to the United States, with no bonds or photographs required for transit.
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Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Korea
Department of Immigration
Washington
British Columbia
Honolulu
North
J. S. Rodgers
Philadelphia
Harrison Nesbit
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Mexico
Hawaiian Islands
Sargent
Bureau of Immigration
Straus
Conferees to meet aboard American ship for Central America talks
Amapala harbor will host a conference between Nicaragua's Zelaya and Salvador's Figuera aboard a U S gunboat to settle the Nicaragua Honduras Salvador war. Honduras provisional leader Sierra to command at Amapala. Salvador troops may sail to La Union. US vessels will aid the meeting and a broader five republic peace conference may follow in Washington or Mexico City.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Navy Department
Doyle
United States
Chicago
Pacific
Central America
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Figuera
Salvador
State Department
Bacon
Corea
Philip Brown
United States Legation
Guatemala
Honduras
Amapala
la Union
Savador
Mr. Brown
President Zelaya
Central American
Boston
Princeton
San Francisco
Mexico City
Nicaragua Says Amapala Surrender Complete Without Conditions
Foreign Minister Gomez in Managua confirms the surrender of Amapala Honduras to Nicaragua. The act was unconditional, with guarantee for President Bonilla’s passage abroad. Salvadorean peace commissioners to Amapala are to be sent.
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Paris
Gomez
Managua
Amapala
Honduras
Bonilla
Yerkes resigns as Internal Revenue Commissioner
Washington reports the resignation of John W. Yerkes from the Internal Revenue post. Secretary Cortelyou said a successor is chosen and to be announced soon. Yerkes will join Hamilton & Colbert May 1, with expected substantial income from rail clients. Roosevelt sent a personal letter of regret and good wishes.
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Washington
Indiana
Comercial
Yerkes
Hamilton & Colbert
Panville
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio and Southern Railways
George Hamilton
Kentucky
Secretary of the Treasury
Ernst
White House
Mr. Yerkes
Theodore Roosevelt
John W. Yerkes
Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Cortelyou
Oil Trust Found Guilty in Illinois Rebates Case
The Standard Oil Company of Indiana was found guilty on 1,463 of 1,908 counts in a six week trial before Judge Landis in Chicago. The company faces a potential fine of 29 260 000 under the Elkins law for accepting reduced rates on interstate shipments. Some counts were dismissed for errors, and sentence is pending a motion for a new trial.
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Oil Trust
Chicago & Alton Road
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Landis
United States District Court
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Whitings Ind
Elkins
Johns. Miller
Chicago ‘Terminal Transfer
Chicago & Alton Railway
Whiting
Ind
East St. Louis
Chappell
Ill
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago & Alton Railway Company
Standard Oil Company
Elkins Law
Coroner Seeks Payment as County Delays Bills
Coroner Schumacher hires lawyer M. O. Burns to compel payment of his claims through mandamus after County Commissioners flagged the bills as excessive and illegal. A test case may result from the action taken in Hamilton Ohio.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, CO
Schumacher
M. O. Burns
Sitet
Nashville Surgeon Denied New Trial in Murder Case
Judge Hart refused a new trial for J Herman Feist a Nashville physician convicted of murdering Rosa Mangrum whose body was found in the Cairo Illinois river He was sentenced to be hanged on June 21 and will appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Commercial Tribune
Nashville
Tenn
Hart
Criminal Court
J. Herman Feist
Rosa Mangrum
Cairo
Felst
Supreme Court
Thaw Attorneys Seek Bail as Jerome Vows Firm Prosecution
New York April 13 Thaw case moves toward bail request by Delmas and Peabody while District Attorney Jerome pledges to press first degree murder charges. Thaw and family officials confer. Nesbit letter surfaces. jurors clash amid tense courtroom atmosphere.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
J. R. Peabody
Delphin M. Delmas
Harry Ky Thaw
Thaw
Jerome
Matteawan
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Ness
Ben Hargis
Tom Cockrill
Jim Cockrill
Anse White
Dr. Cox
Sawyer Vaughn
Jim
Matt Cockrill
Dayton Gas
MAN
Fage Prosecution
Wisconsin
Avesdel
PEAGE
Duras
Brown
Revenue
Butler County
Steele
Pfaff
Mr. Peabody
Peabody
Delmas
Harry K. Thaw
Harry Thaw
Howard Nesbit
Evelyn Thaw
White
Evelyn
Ager
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