Crowe to press insanity question in Leopold Loeb case
Chicago July 29 The state's evidence to prove Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb guilty in the Franks murder nears completion with Crowe promising to close the case. He warns alienist testimony on mental condition could force a jury to decide sanity and responsibility.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Robert E. Crowe
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
Crowe
Loeb
Supreme Curt
Supreme Court
William A. White
Washington, D. C
Ross kidnapping used as model for Leopold Franks case
Chicago detectives connected the 1874 Charley Ross kidnapping to the 1936 Robert Franks case, noting similarities in two kidnappers, use of a promise, a ransom demand to be tossed from a speeding train, and letters to parents signaling safety then danger.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charley Ross
Philadelphia
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Robert Franks
Young Loeb
Ross
Bobby Franks
Johnson
Albany
Jacob Franks
Franks
Drowning After River Swim Cramp Causes Tragic Death
James Stewart 18 of Hammond Indiana drowned while crossing the Little Miami River near Remington. Sister and cousin watched helpless as rescue attempts failed. He worked as a Ford plant inspector and funeral services set for Thursday.
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James Stewart
Trunan Avenue
Hammond
Ind
J. Shelley Stewart
Woodford Road
Kennedy Heights
Miami River
Remington Bridge
Remington
Kathleen
Priscilla Stewart
Toledo
Stewart
Thomas McGrath
Milford
A. C. Christopher
Christopher
Herbert Terman
Hickey
Ford
Cincinnati
Watkins Motor Company
Azuda
Monti
Actors On Hand At Stage Trial In Chicago
Chief of Police Svoboda of Cicero and three officers faced trial at Evanston Theater for allegedly beating Rosetta Duncan after her brother was arrested on a July Fourth traffic charge. Rosetta and sister Eva attended.Justice Williams and attorneys described the scene as a vaudeville show while jurists allowed the complaint to be revised.
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Chicago
Svoboda
Cicero
Rosetta Duncan
Topsy
Evanston Theater
Rosetta
Eva
Edward Williams
Max Borchardt
Williams
Clarence Nelson
Hawthorne
Associated Press
Vivian Duncan
Comediennes
Evanston
Justice’ of the Peace
Duncan Sisters
Duncan
Charles Widlock
Comedienne
Harold
Miss Duncan
La Follette cites sugar lobby delaying Tariff Commission report
Senator La Follette accuses sugar interests of delaying the Tariff Commission's report on sugar production costs and criticizes both major parties. He cites 1920 inflation, 1923 misleadings, and lobby ties to Senator Smoot and Cuban producers. He calls for a complete case record and warns the report will test the Fordney tariff provisions. No commission comment was issued.
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la Follette
Tariff Commission
Associated Press
Washington
United States Tariff Commission
Wisconsin
Palmer
Department of Commerce
Smoot
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Commission
Posse Armed with Riot Guns Seeks Bootleggers in NC
A Wilmington posse of fifty officers hunted for bootleggers after Deputy U.S. Marshal Lilly and City Prohibition Agent Leon George were found fatally shot in Brunswick County near Phoenix. George's police dog also died. Lilly had recently killed a suspected bootlegger in self defense.
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North Carolina
Associated Press
Wilmington
N. C
Phoenix
Brunswick County
United States
Lilly
Prohibition
Leon George
George
Jimmy Hill
Hylan Gubernatorial Ambitions Shake New York 1924 Politics
New York faces a pivotal 1924 campaign with Democrats hoping to renominate Governor Al Smith to boost the ticket. Hylan and Hearst threaten a split with potential Independent or Progressive bids, while Republicans consider Theodore Roosevelt Jr. as a possible governor candidate and seek a strong nomination for 1924.
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The
Commercial Tribune
New York
New York State
John W. Davis
Mississippi River
South
Commonwealths
Mr. Davis
al Smith
Davis
Maine
Liam Randolph Hearst
Hylan
New York City
Hearst
Hyl<e
Mr. Hearst
Smith
Theodore Roosevelt
Denby
Roosevelt
Coolidge
Cleveland
Brothers Held Without Bail In Parents Murder Case
Benjamin F. and Chester A. Dorsheimer, brothers from Atlantic City and Harrisburg, are charged with murdering their parents in Lancaster fourteen years ago by gas asphyxiation. Frank I. Dorsheimer, another brother, testified Chester admitted the killings and discussed statute of limitations. Habeas corpus proceedings for release are planned with a hearing possible Friday or Saturday.
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Associated Press
Gap
Benjamin F
Chester A. Dorsheimer
Atlantic City
N. J
Harrisburg
Justice of the Peace
C. A. Diller
Peter E. Dorsheimer
Lancaster
Frank I. Dorsheimer
Thorndale
Frank Dorsheimer
Chester
Mother
Dramatic Trial Opens Over Cicero Officer Beating
In Evanston a theater hosts a public trial where Rosetta and Vivian Duncan testify against a Cicero police officer accused of beating Rosetta after a Fourth of July arrest of her brother. The audience cheers, gifts arrive, and the judge allows a filing change as the case moves to tomorrow.
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Rosetta Duncan
London
Germany
France
Dawes Commission
James A. Logan
Logan
Great Britain
Britain
Colonel Logan
Philip Snowden
Snowden
Reparation Commission
Dawes
Mr. Logan
Ambassador Kellogg
Child Trussed Up Over temper in Omaha home
Police found 3 1/2 year old Mary Wisner tied to a wall in Roy Hill house with hands above her head and a plate of grapes before her. Hill confessed tying her while denying accusations of further abuse on her and Dorothy as the father who placed the child in Hill’s care is divorced.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Mary Wisner
Roy Hill
Hill
Dorothy
Earthquake Shakes Area Southeast of St. Louis
Seismograph at St Louis University recorded slight tremors about 100 to 150 miles southeast of St Louis for six seconds starting at 4 04 this afternoon.
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ST. Louis
Associated Press
St. Louis University
Paris divorce tale drags on as Peggy Joyce faces Count Morner
New York July 29. Peggy Hopkins Joyce once known as Peggy Joyce faces a suit for annulment from Count Morner after a June marriage. She counters with a $10,000 claim for expenses and separation, amid rumors of marital strife surrounding their Atlantic City and Broadway appearances.
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Count
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Associated Press
New York
Countess Morner
Peggy Hopking Joyce
Peggy Joyce
Count Morner
Broadway
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Earl Carroll
Fallon
Bank Robbers Hit Highland Bank for Up to 20000
Three unidentified bandits robbed the First National Bank of Highland and fled with between 15000 and 20000 after forcing staff including an assistant cashier and two bookkeepers to lie on the floor. They also forced vault access yielding about 15000. In Cleveland, a lone robber with two guns held up Harold Horton at the East Cleveland branch of City Savings and Loan, escaping with about 900.
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Highland, Ill
First National Bank of Highland
Earl Malan
Malan
Cleveland
Harold Horton
East
City Savings and Loan Company
Horton
Flynn Confesses to 1922 Steubenville Murder
Charles Flynn a 30 year old railroad clerk from West Bridgewater Pa confessed to the murder of Marie Richards in Steubenville Ohio on March 14 1922. He told police he struck her after she insulted him and threw her body into the Ohio River. He is detained awaiting Steubenville authorities.
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New York
Charles Flynn
West Bridgewater
Brooklyn
Marie Richards
Steubenville
John J. Sullivan
Sullivan
Flynn
Columbus
Ft. Steubenville
Ohio River
Maine Cook Book Drives Politics Into Kitchens
Wisccset Me July 29 women leaders of the Democratic party in Maine have contributed prized food formulas for the state cook book to sell to housewives. Funds will swell the party campaign, announced Jane A. Tucker chair of the State Campaign Committee.
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Associated Press
Wiscesset
Maine
Democratic Party
State of Maine
Jane A. Tucker
Magnus Johnson Denies Being a Radical
Dayton July 29. Minnesota farmer senator Magnus Johnson told the Miami Valley Chautauqua that he seeks co operation from farm to government and denies being a radical. He urged farmer influence in government, called for square dealing for common people, and supported women in politics. He avoided reporters as his only trousers were being pressed.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Minnesota
United States
Magnus Johnson
Miami Valley
Johnson
Sinclair
Daugherty
Fall
Lodge Convalescing After Operation
Cambridge Mass July 29 report says Senator Henry Cabot Lodge on the second day after bladder operation is brighter and eating well at a hospital. Pulse and respiration normal all day. Dr Cunningham declares the condition very satisfactory.
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Cambridge
Mass
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senator Lodge
John H. Cunningham
Bandit Raid Hits Carpio Plundering Three Stores
In Carpio, a village about thirty miles northwest of Minot, a gang of five or six bandits looted three businesses including the post office last night, netting roughly $1,700. Local authorities investigate the raid and search for suspects.
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Minot
N. D
Carpio
Bank Bandits Siege Dover Minn Bank
Bank robbers held Dover Minnesota’s 300 residents in siege for over an hour as they exploded six nitroglycerin charges and wrecked the First State Bank interior in an failed vault entry. Ten thousand dollars was in the vault. the blast jarred safety deposit boxes and a heavy vault door was blown into the street. Interior damage estimated at 4000 dollars.
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Dover
Minn
First State Bank of
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