Chapman Reveals Grim Humor As Trial Nears
The article portrays Gerald Chapman in Connecticut awaiting murder trial. It details security measures possible armored transport and manacles, his isolation, and the public’s view of him as a legendary criminal. It notes his reading habits, reticence, and belief the trial will be unfair. It recounts the crime story linking Skelly’s death and the upcoming testimony from witnesses including Walter Shean.
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Connecticut
Atlanta
Muncie
Ind
James Skelly
New Britain
Conn
Walter E. Shean
Springfield
Mass
Chapman
Skelly
Chapman case secrecy fuels long trial and witness glare
Details emerge of John Boyd as Chapman confidant and planned escape tools, while officials maintain tight silence. The defense and prosecution prepare for a six day week trial with a large, regionally drawn jury, and witnesses from multiple states seek to prove or challenge Chapman's identity in the Skelly murder case.
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Chapman
Indianapolis
Muncie
Boyd
New Britain
Atlanta
Hugh Alcorn
Alcorn
Scott
Dewey
Beeswax
Providence
R. I
Shean
Frederick J. Groehl
Fred W. Puckett
Talesmen
Skelly
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Ohio
Indiana
Georgia
Illinois
New York City
Stuyvesant
Policeman Atwater
Atwater
Louisville Tennis Star Louis Kuhler Jr Dies at 28
Funeral services for 28 year old Louis E Kuhler Jr of 2714 Erie Ave Hyde Park will be held at St Marys Church Hyde Park at 10 this morning with requiem high mass. Kuhler Ohio State and Cincinnati tennis champion died Saturday after three weeks illness. Burial in Spring Grove Cemetery. Hyde Park Tennis Club and Southern Ohio Tennis Association members attend. Western and Ohio associations extend sympathy. Honorary pallbearers named by Fred Burns president Southern Ohio Association.
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Louis E. Kuhler
Erie Avenue
Hyde Park
St. Mary’s Church
Kuhler
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Spring Grove
Ohio
Southern, Ohio Association
Fred Burns
Southern Ohio Association
Western Tennis Association
Burns
Western Association
R. A. Holden, Jr
H. T. Emerson
Ralph Stacey
Howard Cordes
Charles O. Rose
Louis J. Tuke
Frank Sullivan
J. C. Grunkemeyer
Beltzhoover
George M
Plainfield Road
Bethesda Medical Hospital
Amelia L. Beltzhoover
Kammerling
Charles M
John D. Beltzhoover
W. D. Jacobs Company Funeral Home
Gilbert Avenue
Locust Street
Walnut Hills
Louis Edwin, Jr
Louis E
Mary Fromeyer Kuhler
Lundy
Charles Leo Lundy
Adelaide Neilen Lundy
Santa Barbara
Cal
John J. Gilligan & Son
West Ninth Street
Manning
Florence M
Nee Marks
Guy Manning
Hawkins Avenue
Cincinnati Crematory
Mobberley
J. William
East Epworth Avenue
Winton Place
Neuhaus
William
Theodore
Louis Neuhaus
C. P. Mullen
Walnut Hills Cemetery
Skillman
Charles Robert
Charles Theodore
Mar— Skillman
Delaware Avenue
Norwood
Weber—Adam
Louisa Weber
Countess de Lougier-Villars Dies at 73 in New York
Countess de Lougier-Villars prominent welfare worker died at her home in New York at age 73. Born Carola Livingston she was a daughter of a pioneer New York family and her marriage to a French nobleman was a notable social event of the era.
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Countess DE Villars
New York
Countess de Lougier-Villars
Carola Livingston
Mobberley Dies After Sudden Heart Trouble
William J. Mobberley 56 of 622 East Epworth avenue died suddenly at home of heart disease. Employed twelve years by Gibson Art Company he belonged to J O U A M. Survived by widow Katharine and four children Clifford Charles Willa Marie Sarah. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
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William J. Mobberley
East Epworth Avenue
Gibson Art Company
Katherine Mobberley
Clifford
Charles
Willa Marie
Sarah
Sleuths Arrest Quartet Suspected of Robberies
Four men linked to numerous robberies in the past six months were arrested by Night Chief Wetherly and detectives Karman Carney Tebbe and Kaiser. Suspects include George Allen 29 Frank Turner 34 Bergdoon Davis 22 and James Poole 40 all of West Eighth Street. Two loaded revolvers found in Allens home. he fled but was halted by gunfire.
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Wetherly
Karman
Carney
Tebbe
Kaiser
George Allen
West Eighth Street
Frank Turner
Bergdoon Davis
James Poole
Allen
Fractures Arm in Leap During Neighborhood Quarrel
William Jones, 30, of 3287 Beresford Avenue, fractured his left arm leaping from a second floor window while fleeing a quarrel with his wife Georgia Jones. Police arrested both for disorderly conduct as neighbors summoned help and Mrs. Jones and her husband were taken to hospital and detention.
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William Jones
Beresford Avenue
Georgia Jones
General Hospital
Notorious outlaw surrenders to spare fiancée amid gunfight
Bill La Trasse, Kansas outlaw, surrendered to a posse in the El Dorado oil fields to save Hazel Henderson and her baby. He turned back during a raid when bullets threatened them, while Claude Henderson died, and La Trasse faced fourteen years in the penitentiary. He spoke of plans to marry Hazel and open a shoe repair shop in El Paso. He has been tried eight times with little prison time.
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New York World News Service
Wichita
Kan
Bill la Trasse
Kansas
Southwest
el Dorado Oil Fields
Kansas Penitentiary
la Trosse
Hazel Henderson
Claude Henderson
Latonia Henderson
Omaha
E. J. D. Hodge
Kansas City
Claude
Virginia Henderson
la Trasse
Hazel
el Paso
Tex
Funeral arrangements announced for J. C. Goyette
Joseph C. Goyette president of the Goyette Electric Company will lie in state at 3539 Evanston Ave Evanston before an 8:30 a.m. service at his home and a 9 o'clock requiem mass at St Mark's Church. Burial follows at St Joseph's Cemetery. He died Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital after an appendicitis operation. Survived by widow Philomena and three daughters and two sons.
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Goyette Electric Company
Vine Street
Evanston Avenue
Evanston
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St. Joseph’s Cemetery
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Good Samaritan
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The
Electrical Club
Chamber of Commerce
Philomena Goyette
Injured Pair Found On Street Near 960 Martin Street
Police found two men semi conscious on the street in front of 960 Martin Street. One man Leroy Davis 20 a railroad switchman had a fractured skull and bruises and was unable to state his address. The other William Sparling 22 of 1734 Eastern Avenue had facial and head injuries and could not explain what happened. Doctors said both were intoxicated and suffering from acute alcoholism.
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Martin Street
General Hospital
Leroy Davis
William Sparling
Eastern Avenue
Davis
Sparling
Lodge Notice for Cincinnati Commandery No 38 Conclave
Special conclave Monday evening March 23 at 7 o clock for K T work Order of the Temple. Refreshments after. Edward C Jones E C and Auuss Alfred S Brown P C Recorder.
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Cincinnati Commandery No
K. T
Order of the Temple
Edward C. Jones
E. C
Multiple Cincinnati Area Death Notices March 1925
Obituaries list several local deaths with names including Beltzhoover Kuhler Lundy Manning Mobberley Neuhaus Skillman Weber and relatives. Notices give ages dates and funeral details across Walnut Hills Hyde Park Norwood and Spring Grove privacy noted for private services and later funeral announcements.
Free Chapel Cremation Offers No Charge Booklet
The Busse and Borgmann Co. Funeral Directors promote non sectarian cremation services at 1517 Freeman Avenue and 615 Union Central Building with a free booklet and modern sanitary options.
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Union Central
Busse & Borgmann Co
Freeman Avenue
Acquisition of Hobbies Suggested As Care for Ills Attributed to Unrest
University of Michigan philosopher Robert L. Wenley urged hobbies as relief for modern unrest in a Wise-Rockdale Center address. He argued rapid scientific progress and war have uprooted daily life, urging deliberate simple living and the pursuit of meaningful hobbies to restore balance.
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R. L. Wenley
Michigan University
Wise-Rockdale Center
Robert L. Wenley
Department of Philosophy
University of Michigan
Prof. Wenley
America
Germany
Austria
Tornado relief moves forward as survivors rebuild
Relief efforts continue in southern Illinois and nearby states after the disaster. Officials report rising tent communities in Murphysboro and West Frankfort, with debris removal and repairs underway. Churches serve as shelters and morgues as surveys of families, homes, and property proceed.
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Murphysboro
West Frankfort
McKown
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mendelssohn
Illinois
Indiana
Griffin
Ind
Princeton
Owensville
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Casualty List Revisions From Tornado Toll
The casualty tally from Wednesday's tornado was updated in Chicago on March 22 showing five deaths and estimated incinerations of at least twenty in Murphysboro, with totals for Parrish area rechecked. Discrepancies included Logan Akin and Thompsonville in the Parrish dead count. many wounded remain at risk. Firemen later found eight year old Russell Berger missing from his home and returned him after shelter and care.
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Chicago
Murphysboro
Logan
Akin
Thompsonville
Tll
Parrish
Russel Berger
M. J. Berger
Race Street
Madison Road
William Bishop
Steamship Arrivals and Departures Reported
York World News Service lists arrivals on March 18 from Pastores Maracaibo Ponce Baracoa and more with ports including Port Limon La Guayra San Juan Savanillia and Liverpool and outgoing steamer La Bourdonnais bound for Bordeaux at 11 a.m.
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Santa Elisa
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Weather- Ohio and Tennessee fair and warmer with unsettled trends
Weather outlook shows Ohio and Kentucky fair and warmer Monday and Tuesday with unsettled periods and likely showers in the west. Tennessee fair Monday and Tuesday with possible showers in the west, little change in temps. West Virginia fair and warmer in the west, Tuesday unsettled and warmer. Indiana fair and warmer Monday with increasing clouds and unsettled by night. The latest table lists temperatures across cities such as Chicago 38, Boston 60, Denver 86, Nashville 68, and Louisville 58 with varying precipitation and wind.
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River traffic updates on the Ohio at Cincinnati harbor
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 34.8 feet at 6 o clock last night and was steady. The John W Hubbard left for Louisville at 9 this morning. The Greenwood is due from Charleston at 6 this evening and will depart for Pomeroy at 5 Tuesday. The Kentucky arrives from Louisville at 10 this morning and heads back at 5. Betsy Annis arrives from Pittsburgh at 9 tonight and returns at 4 Tuesday afternoon. Pittsburgh reports the river at 15 feet and falling, Wheeling at 17 feet and falling.
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Kentucky
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R—Rising
Floods Hamper Relief Efforts at Griffin Ind
Griffin Indiana faces renewed disaster as flood waters from the Wabash and Black rivers cut road access after a devastating tornado last Wednesday killed fifty eight and injured most of the remaining residents. The town, linked only by the Illinois Central Railroad, is largely isolated as waters cover highways into Griffin.
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Ind
Nature
Illinois Central Railroad
Clergy Leaders Return From Chicago Meeting
The Rev. Hubert F Brockman and the Rev. Daniel M O Connell of St no College are expected back today from Chicago after representing the college at an educators meeting. Edward Grive of 8561 Rosedale avenue reports burglars stole $50 from a dresser while the family was out driving. Kent Es Ohneon of Can O reports his billfold with 210 stolen in the lobby of the Ees Theater on East Sixth street. Joseph Garcia of El Paso Texas says he was beaten by a Negro in Lenal alley near John street yesterday. Garcia was taken to the general star and cannot explain the attack.
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Daniel M. O'Connell
St. No College
Chicago
Edward Grive
Rosedale Avenue
Hous Kent Es Ohneon
Can- O
Ees Theater
East Sixth Street
Joseph Garcia
el Paso
Tex
Lc.nal Alley
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Garcia
Neral Star
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