Aged attorney ejected from jail after resisting release
Lewis W. Diemer, 84, refused to leave his cell after friend Nicholas Klein paid a $10 fine for a contempt charge. Jailers dragged him out as he vowed to return after a Monday hearing. The case stems from a land dispute in Mt Healthy between the Foley couple and the Ossages.
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Lewis W. Diemer
Nicholas Klein
Henry Peete
Peete
Jemer
Iemer
Albert Osge
Struble Road
Mt. Ealthy
Diemer
Besdes
Ossage
Leond
Stagnaro
Ald
Agnaro
V. Maxedon
LeBlondlso
James
Elizaeth Foley
Foley
Owever
LeBlond
Frank O. Wilkinson
Maxedon
Bergensfjord Fire Traps 450 Aboard In Christiania
The liner Bergensfjord caught fire after an explosion in the after engine soon after leaving port in Christiania Norway. The vessel anchored in a side arm of the fjord and landed all 450 passengers with considerable damage to the ship.
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Christiania
Norway
Bergensfjord
Chrismafjord
Anid
Explosion and Fire on Ocean Liner Ber nsfjord
London dispatch reports the explosion and ensuing fire on the liner somewherefjord with the blaze extinguished. Passenger evacuation occurred by boats after the vessel was abandoned. The extent of the damage and casualties remains unclear.
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London
Exchangeelegraph
Ergensfjord
Bernsfjord
Miners Hurt in Slate Fall at Lamont Mine
Fourteen men were injured at the Lamont mine of the H. C. Frick Coke Company near Uniontown Pennsylvania with seven serious cases. Three workers suffered broken backs and were listed in critical condition at Uniontown Hospital. The incident follows an explosion at nearby Gates mine killing ten miners, also owned by Frick.
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Associated Press
Uniontown
Lamont
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Here
Uniontown Hospital
Fayette County
Gates
Frick Company
Defense seeks mental insanity in Leopold Loeb case
Chicago July 26. Hope to save Leopold and Loeb from the gallows centers on demonstrating mental irresponsibility due to diseased minds. Clarence Darrow will argue the youths had diseased minds and were not responsible. Court hearings include Dr. Healy and Dr. Glueck attending as specialists.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Clarence Darrow
Robert Franks
William J. Healy
Boston
Benjamin Glueck
New York
John R. Caverly
Criminal Court of
Cook County
Gun Bandit Fritsch Dies After Failed Escape From Prison
Ralph Fritsch 22, Cincinnati convict, dies from severe electrical shocks after touching a high voltage wire while escaping Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus. His brief crime career followed a string of bank and gas station hold ups. he died hours after the fall from the 40 foot yard. He was paroled in 1922 then returned to crime, and died leaving a mother and two siblings.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ralph Fritsch
Cincinnati
Ohio State Penitentiary
Fritsch
Sharonville
Ohio Reformatory
Thomas
Mansfield Reformatory
Mansfield
Sharonville Bank
August Kloman
Anna Fritsch
East Liberty Street
Auto Kills Two and Is Wrecked in New Jersey
In South Orange New Jersey a man and his 13 year old son were struck and killed as they alighted from a trolley by an automobile. The car sped away and was wrecked five blocks later injuring two others. Five youths and two girls were in the car. three youths were arrested.
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Associated Press
South Orange
N. J
Margdith Tutunjian
Leo
Ethel Robinson
Foun
Mellon Prohibition Enforcement to Be Probed by Senate Panel
Washington July 26 The Senate committee will investigate Secretary Mellon s enforcement of prohibition coinciding with the national campaign. Senator Couzens was elected chairman after Senator Watson retired from the post following a two hour White House interview with President Coolidge. Democratic members King and Jones favor full immediate inquiry while the panel rejected Francis Heney as special counsel and set September 2 for hearings in Washington.
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Washington
Mellon
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Couzens
Michigan
Coolidge
White House
King
Utah
Jones
New Mexico
Francis J. Heney
California
Heney
Com
Detroit
Ernst
Kentucky
Denver
Fallon's Fall from Fame in Federal Court Drama
Once leading criminal attorney Bill Fallon, famed for NYC's top criminal practice and high seven-figure fees, sits in Federal Court flat broke fighting for honor. The profile traces his rise with clients like Nicky Arnstein and Betty Inch, his rapid ascent, and his costly downfall amid a change of fortune and disrepute.
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Court of Crime
New York
Chicago
Federal Court
Underworld
Bill Fallon
Fallon
Nicky Arnstein
Leavenworth
Wall Street
Betty Inch
Phil Kastel
Daisy
Fuller
Scorned Woman Drives Mourey to Guillotine Fate in Paris
Olga Boilat, once Mourey's lover and ally, aided San Francisco police in tracing the international crook Gabriel Mourey. Mourey, linked to the Shattuck New York burglary, was sentenced to die by guillotine in Paris amid clues the scorned woman sought vengeance.
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San Francisco
Paris
Gabriel Alphonse Mourey
New York
Mourey
Lone Wolf
Albert R. Shattuck
Sha
San Quentin
Olgas Dollat
Olga Bollat
Olga Boilat
South America
Europe
America
Boilat
Muigale Talk of Dig Fortunes Made in Wheat
An expert dismisses claims of a billion dollar wheat windfall as absurd. The department argues high crop prices only offer workers a chance to clear debts, not substantial profits or economic relief.
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the Commercial Tribune
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department Specia Ists
Kansas
Chicago
Agriculture Department
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Texas
Pennsylvania
Dakotas
Montana
Minneso
Idaho
Sunk Gratitude Excursion Steamer Off Norfolk Causes Large Rescue
The excursion steamer Gratitude carrying 288 Texas Oil Company employees and families sank after striking a submerged barge near Craney Island Norfolk harbor. No lives were confirmed lost though many were rescued. reports describe children and adults jumping overboard and mass confusion as crews and vessels pulled passengers to safety. The Pennsylvania and harbor crafts carried rescued to safety with no missing persons detected after all aboard were accounted for.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Gratitude
Texas Oil Company
Craney Island
Norfolk Harbor
Wytomite
Portsmouth Navy Yard
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk
Pennsylvania
Cape Charles
Wayne Wheeler targets Senator Stanley in Kentucky push
Special Dispatch reports Wayne B. Wheeler of the National Anti Saloon League travels to Kentucky with Sam W. Small to rally against Senator Augustus Stanley. Wheeler plans broadcasts from Louisville and says Stanley opposes prohibition. Kentucky Representatives largely support prohibition measures.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Augustus O. Stanley
Wayne B. Wheeler
National Anti- Saloon League
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Blue Grass
Wheeler
Louisville
Stanley
Sam W. Small
Congress
Prohibition Crusader Shapes Plan for Moslem World
William E Johnson known as Pussyfoot Johnson sailed aboard the Leviathan and outlined a multi year mission to win Egypt India and the broader Moslem world to abstinence from alcohol. He said Mohammedan peoples do not drink wine but are heavy whisky drinkers and would be aided by English prohibitionists in the campaign.
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Associated Press
New York
William E
Pussyfoot
Johnson
Egypt
India
Barrymore Granted Family Support by New York Surrogate
Ethel Barrymore, former wife of Russell G. Colt, was awarded an annual allowance of 2000 dollars for each of her three children and 10000 dollars for their care and education by Surrogate Foley. Funds come from 50000 dollar trust assets created for Samuel, aged 15, Ethel B., 12, and John Drew. The children live with their mother in Mamaroneck New York.
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New York
Ethel Barrymore
Russell G. Colt
Foley
Samuel P. Colt
Barrymore
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