Haywood Murder Case Defense To Open Tomorrow
William D. Haywood and co defendants face trial in Idaho with Clarence Darrow delivering an extensive defense outlining a conspiracy plot by mine owners and Orchard, Pettibone and Adams. The defense aims to prove Haywood’s innocence against charges related to the Steunenberg murder as court proceedings extend toward late July verdicts.
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Clarence Darrow
Haywood
Frank Steunenberg
Idaho
Western Federation of Miners
Orchard
Darrow
Pettibone
Adams
Steunenberg
Hercules
August Paulson
Wallace
Caldwell
Constable dies in pistol duel in Memphis
Memphis report says Constable J. H. Goad is dead after a pistol duel with Isom Reed. Reed, wounded, is believed fatally hurt. Goad went to effect an arrest at a negro woman's home when Reed opened fire. Goad returned fire before dying.
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Commercial Tribune
Memphis
J. H. Good
Isom Reed
Reed
Megro
Reign of Terror By Slashing at People
James Waldorf a 19 year old waiter in Toledo was arrested after slashing coats along Fifth and Vine streets about 11 PM. Patrolmen Sweeney and Huber responded to complaints of a youth slashing garments, crowd gathered blocking streetcars, Waldorf charged with drunkenness and assault and battery.
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James Waldorf
Toledo
Fifth and Vine Streets
Sweeney
Huber
Fifth and
Walnut
Vine
Mabley & Carew
Vine Street
Walnut Streets
Train wreck claims eight lives and injures many
Hartford June 23 Eight workmen die and thirty five are injured when a Highland division passenger train crashes into a rear work train returning from New Britain. Two of the injured may die. Priests administer last rites as rescue continues into darkness with torches.
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New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New Britain
Hartford Hospital
Human Lives Sacrificed Upon Altar of Industry
Special dispatch details Pittsburg coroner records from 1906 showing 2660 deaths in Allegheny County. About 919 were industrial accidents in mills mines and railroads. article notes 50 percent of deaths were violent and linked to the industrial era's grind and rush.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Commonwealth
Black Hand Threat Forces Boarding House Owner to Seek Police
Jacob Kothe, who runs a boarding house at Spring Grove avenue and Arlington street, received a ransom note demanding $25 and warning of destruction if not paid by June 22. Police guard his home while Sergeant Lockhardt notes the letter may be a joke, though Kothe plans to stay vigilant.
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Black Hand
Lothe
Sergeant Lockhardt
Tenth District
Leader of French Revolt Visits Clemenceau in Paris
Paris June 23 Marcelin Albert leader of the southern wine growers revolt visited Premier Clemenceau at the Interior Ministry. After a 15 minute talk Albert pledged to return to law and urged peace while Clemenceau urged surrender to the law. Troops and new regiments girded Narbonne Montpelier and surrounding districts amid arrests and hostilities.
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Paris
Marcelin Albert
France
Clemenceau
Ministry of the Interior
Albert
Greater Railway Safety Campaign Seeks Inspections
Kansas City June 23 President Roosevelt and several state governors were urged by J I Sheppard secretary of the National Union of Railway Trackmen to back a rail safety drive. The letter calls for government or state inspection of railway tracks and accountability for track maintenance and patrols.
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Roosevelt
Governors
National Union of Trackmen
Commercial Tribune
Kansas City
States
National Union of Railway
J. I. Sheppard
Ft. Scott, Kan
Man claims sleep-killed man on train in Kansas
John Bello says he killed a man and wounded two women on a train in Goodland after waking to find himself firing in a dream. He told the story through an interpreter, insisting the shooting occurred while he slept and was not intentional. Bello is jailed as authorities review the case.
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Commercial Tribune
Goodland
Kan
John Bello
Bello
Patsy Leganbraci
Genoa
Boston
Carl V. Topp
Wreck near Pittsford leaves multiple dead and injured
Four are known dead with three more believed dead and eight injured after a head on collision between Nob. 230 eastbound passenger train and a freight train about one mile east of Pittsford on the Auburn branch of the New York Central Railroad. Authorities report the collision occurred about 11 o'clock tonight.
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Commercial Tribune
Rochester
WN. Y
Pittsford
Auburn
New York Central Railroad
Funston Clarifies Unwhipped Mob Phrase
General Frederick L. Funston admitted using the term unwhipped mob in a letter to San Francisco's Fourth of July Committee but said it referred only to the uncontrollable element, not any group of men. He noted troops would depart for camp before the parade and should not march the day before to avoid jeering by such an mob. He added the letter is plain English and understandable.
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Darrow
Steunen-berg
Haywood
Mine Owners’ Association
Western Federation of Miners
M. Albert
M.’Ferrout
Narbonne
Argelier
M. Clemenceau
M. Leullier
Argeliers
Senate
Montpelier
Bize
Chailley
Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
Frederick L. Funston
Funston
Macedonian man found murdered in Columbus field
The body of Warne Stepo, a Macedonian, with bullet wounds in the head was found in a Columbus field. Police think a feud likely caused the murder. Two of his sons live in Terre Haute, and $171 on the body suggests robbery was not the motive. Stepo had left Indiana, possibly due to recognizing an old enemy.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Warne Stepo
Macedonia
Stepo
Terre Haute
Ind
Ohio
Indiana
Emperor William leads divine services and race on Hoehenzollern
In Kiel Germany June 23 Emperor William conducted divine services on the imperial yacht Hoehenzollern at 9 am then sailed the Meteor to victory over the Hamburg in a half gale completing the 33 knot course in 3 22 53. The American built yawl beat the Comet by 22 minutes. The Emperor aboard the cruiser Munich observed submarine maneuvers and tea gatherings with visiting Americans and European royals including the Carnegie party and Japanese envoy.
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Kiel
Germany
William
Hoehenzollern
Hamburg
Emperor
Munich
Tower
Andrew Carnegie
Howard
Alison V. Armour
Prince
Princess Henry of
Prussia
Ambaser
Funeral for sixth riot victim held in Narbonne France
In Narbonne on June 23 the funeral for the sixth riot victim drew large crowds and calm as Deputy Aldy delivered a tribute. Dispatches cite Marcelin Alberts interview with Clemenceau read aloud as crowds cheered, while fresh troops arrive to quell potential centers of unrest.
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Narbonne
France
Aldy
Marcelin Albert
Clemenceau
M. Albert
Angelliers
Paris
Head 3 Cut Off in a Crap Game
In Columbus Ohio on June 23 Oliver Anderson a Black man was killed after a craps dispute at a Long street boarding house. A fight began when Anderson was allegedly cheated and he was struck with a beer bottle. One assailant Harry Lewis fled and returned with a razor slitting Andersons throat. Lewis and about six others were arrested including the boarding house proprietor for violating the Sunday law.
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Anderson
Harry Lewis
Lewis
Bordeaux wine growers protest spreads to Lesparre clash
In Bordeaux on June 23 a violent demonstration by about 4000 wine growers surged through Lesparre before troops arrived. The riot ended in an orderly civic strike as authorities contained the unrest and workers dispersed peacefully.
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Bordeaux
France
Lesparre
Johnson Governor Johnson emerges as Democratic presidential candidate
Frank A. Day, secretary to Minnesota Governor John J. Johnson, said in Omaha that Minnesota will push Governor Johnson as a formidable candidate for the Democratic nomination. He predicted Johnson’s growing strength will peak at the national convention. Day spoke while en route to St Paul from the Pacific Coast.
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Commercial Tribune
Omaha
Bryan
Minnesota
John J. Johnson
Frank A. Day
Johnson
St. Paul
Pacific Coast
Nicaragua Minister Denies Land Demand Rumor
A Mexican City dispatch reports Nicaragua's Minister Jose Dolores Gomez denying claims Nicaragua demanded any Honduran territory. He says Nicaragua is satisfied with Spain's former boundary ruling and has no plans to press Honduras. A Washington cable echoed the denial.
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Commercial Tribune
San Antonio
Tex
The
Express
Mexico City
Jose Dolores Gomez
Nicaragua
Honduras
Washington
Gomez
Spain
Governor Johnson denies Day candidacy in interview
In St. Paul on June 23 Governor John A. Johnson said the interview with his private secretary was a misunderstanding. He stated he is not now a candidate for the Democratic nomination and sees no likelihood of becoming a candidate.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Paul
John A. Johnson
Day
Kidnapped Boy Found Beheaded in New Orleans Swamp
In a New Orleans swamp near the city two miles inland the headless body of Walter Lamana, an Italian boy aged 7 or 8, was found after a ransom plot two weeks old. Police and deputies guard the Italian quarter as five Italians, two women, are jailed for murder accomplice roles following a confessed stabbing by Ignazio Campigliano.
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Walter Lamana
New Orleans
St. Rose
Ignazio Campigliano
Rose
Campigciano
Campigliano
Nicolina Gebia
Stefano Monfre
Tony Gendusa
Angelo Cacatari
Incanterra
Taft Heads to New Haven for Yale Corporation Meeting
Secretary of War Taft departed Washington for New Haven to attend a Yale Corporation meeting. After the session he will attend Yale commencement exercises and return to Washington next Thursday.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Taft
New Haven
Conn
Yale Corporation
University
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Boise
William D. Haywood
State of Idaho
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New York
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Ing Glass
St. Francis Hospital
Jacob Kothe
Tion
Black Hand Societies
Lafferde
Leullier
Valence
Niems
Europe
Roberts
AISER
Robert Goelet
Goelet
Nahma
Mrs. Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Hague
Holland
Oliver An
Derson
Lts
Uties
Elk Place
Orleans Parish
Frank Gendusa
Leonardo Gelovia
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