Witness Smiles and Weeps as Letters Read in Daugherty Inquiry
Washington dispatch details Senate hearing into Attorney General Daugherty with star witness Roxie Stinson describing money flows from Jess Smith. Telegrams from Washington Palm Beach and other locations reveal links to a $35 million stock deal and personal payments to Stinson. The inquiry faces further cross examination as executives rejoin.
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Senate
General Daugherty
Sinclair Oil
Roxie Stinson
Jess W. Smith
Mr. Daugherty
Palm Beach
Washington Court House
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Brookhart
Mannington
Miss Stinson
Daugherty
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Chamberlain
Wheeler
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Hughes
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Paris
United States
New York
White House
Justice Department
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Allens
M. S. Daugherty
Asheville N.C
M S. Daugherty
Kentucky Police Chief Accused of Theft Ring Found Dead
Lexington Ky March 2 Frank Hall Fayette County Police Chief linked to an automobile theft ring was found dead by a bullet on a road near the city. Police believe suicide. Warrants issued for Hall Albert Barry and four African American suspects after a Louisville confession claiming ten cars stolen and sold in Lexington for 50 dollars each. Barry and the suspects were arrested with two confessing implicating Hall.
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Frank Hall
Fayette County
Hall
Albert Barry
Louisville
Orville
Stevens
Bellevue
Barry
Neroes
Fiall
Lockhart, Last of Oklahoma Outlaws, Killed in Gun Battle
Ed Lockhart the last of the so called big three Oklahoma outlaws was killed near Sperry Oklahoma as he attempted to flee a farmhouse surrounded by a posse He had been a fugitive after a parole violation and his life of bank robberies spanned Oklahoma and Arkansas He died saying You have killed me and had served in the Thirty sixth Division during World War I.
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Associated Press
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Okla
Ed Lockhart
Oklahoma
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Lockhart
Henry Starr
People’s State Bank
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Ark
al Spencer
Osage Hills
Fred Walker
Sanford
Mont Grady
Muskogee
Grady
Jack Quast
Santoré
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Starr
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Walton
Sequoyah County
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Mundelein
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America
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Europe
Pope Honors American Cardinals Hayes Mundelein in Rome
In Rome Pope Pius XII draped Cardinals Hayes and Mundelein with mozettas and birettas in a Vatican ceremony. He delivered a 25 minute address praising America's charity and world role, citing the United States entry into World War as pivotal and foretelling charity’s future impact.
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Hermit Evicted Finds Shelter as Benefactor Provides Tent
Rufus Light, 65, who lived on part of the former Light estate near Covington, was evicted and slept under tar paper. A Covington volunteer provided a canvas tent and labor to set it up, allowing Light to stay by the road and watch the parade. Sheriff Thiel praised officers for their courtesy, noting the man refuses charitable help and insists he owes nothing.
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Devon Park
Amsterdam Pike
Covington
Covington Bank and Trust Company
Peter P. Thiel
Thiel
Plot to rob passenger train foiled by Pittsburgh police
A plot to steal a $400 000 payroll from a Pennsylvania passenger train was thwarted near Becks Run bridge Homestead by Pittsburgh and county detectives. Superintendent Brophy and five officers were injured in a crash while stopping a bandit car. one suspect was disarmed and cuffed. The money was taken at Clairton under guard.
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Associated Press
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Becks Run Bridge
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Edward J. Brophy
Pittsburgh Police
American Railway Express
Coke Region
Becks Run
Brophy
Clairton
West Virginia
Union Trust Company
Carnegie Steel Company
Plate Glass Window Stolen. Thief Takes $7
Newport police report a thief entered William Strobel's confectionery at Third and Monmouth streets. After removing a large plate glass window the thief carried it to the rear, then returned to steal $7 in change from the cash register.
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Newport
William Strobel
Third
Monmouth
Cafe owner kills himself after family quarrel
William Burger 36, owner of the Elm Street cafe, shot himself in his home above the cafe after domestic troubles. His wife Mayme Burger, already charged in municipal court with liquor possession, told police of the quarrel and Burger's final act before his death.
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William Burger
Elm Street
Mayme Burger
Burger
Common Pleas Court
Day Goodrich Accused McCray of Law Breaking
Indianapolis March 26 Joseph B Kealing Republican National Committeeman Indiana testified in Governor McCray embezzlement trial. He described a July conference where Goodrich accused McCray of violating every law on the statute books. Claims included borrowings from the Fair Board funds and notes tied to Kentland bank.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Joseph B. Kealing
Indiana
McCray
James P. Goodrich
Kealing
James E. Watson
Clyde Wald
Ewing Emison
Coolidge
Goodrich
State Board of Agriculture
Fair Board
Roy Rouch
Statehouse
Roy K. Smith
Fletcher American National Bank
State Bank of Kentland
Ind
Kentland Bank
Hearst Calls On Coolidge In Washington
William Randolph Hearst met with President Coolidge in Washington for about thirty minutes. The two discussed issues likely relating to national affairs and press influence.
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Coolidge
Washington
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President Coolidge
Odd Gift From Cincinnati Reaches Senator Willis
A strange wooden slab model crowned with a metal disk was mailed to Senator Willis from Cincinnati. The note calls it the Columbia lighthouse and ties it to a proposed 1926 national celebration of the Declaration of Independence. The sender, O Tafliaferry, claims the gift illustrates a lighthouse statue to symbolize Americas future peace.
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Commercial Tribune
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Willis
Cincinnati
Columbia Lighthouse
O. Taflinferry
May Street
Tafliaferry
Columbia
America
Chicago
Landslide at Seaport South of Naples Kills Fifty
Fifty persons perish as a landslide hits a seaport area south of Naples. A historic hotel in the vicinity may collapse amid the disaster. Rescue teams work through rubble while authorities assess the scope of losses and danger.
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Naples
Arkansas House Backs Robinson for Democratic Nomination
The Arkansas House adopted a resolution endorsing Senator Joe T. Robinson for the Democratic nomination for President, declaring his nomination not only possible but highly probable.
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Robinson
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas House Today
Joe T. Robinson
Cincinnati Street Railway Threatens Walkout Over Capitalization Demand
Cincinnati Street Railway Company says it will withdraw from negotiations unless the city drops its demand to reduce permanent capitalization from 24.5 million to about 20 million. The company proposes an 11 million dollar reduction from 39 million, with 7 cent fare and debt paydown, to ensure fare and service. representatives told Mayor and cabinet that only two smaller cities have capitalization lower than Cincinnati’s plan under the agreement.
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Street Railway Company
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Traction Company
Street Railway
Samuel Assur
Queenie the Lioness Refuses Food Amid Cub Crisis at Cincinnati Zoo
Queenie the Cincinnati Zoo lioness, newly birthing three cubs s, refuses to eat or move near their caretaker General Manager Sol Stephan. He fears forcing the mother could endanger cubs, choosing watchful waiting as he and his son monitor the cage while Nero the black mane sire is praised for quality offspring.
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Sol Stephan
Cincinnati Zoo
Mr. Stephan
Stephan
Queenie
Joseph Stephan
Landslide Kills Fifty in Amalfi Area. Hotel Cappuccini Threatened
A Amalfi landslide along the Bay of Salerno kills about fifty people with the historic Hotel Cappuccini Convento at risk of collapse. Casualties centered in Vettica and nearby villages Mulini Furore Praiano and Atrani amid storms undermining shore foundations. Authorities report many Americans have visited the hotel on Amalfi tours.
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Amalfi
Naples
Giornale d'Italia
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Furore
Praiano
Atrani
Bay of
Salerno
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Flood in Amalfi River Triggers Coastwide Disaster
Rome dispatch reports the Cannetto River overflow caused devastation in Amalfi with fifty villagers killed and many tourists feared dead. Vineyards and farmhouses destroyed while Vertica Nero lies buried in mud and rock. Landslides sever access to Sorrento and Salerno. relief boats from Naples evacuate stranded visitors.
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An_ Exchange
Rome
Amalfi
Cannetto
Vertica Nero
Sorrento
Salerno
Tornedo
Pravane
Concamarina
Naples
Poisoned milk targets Dry Raider in Mt Clemens
The Rev. L G Sykes pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Mt Clemens Michigan recovering from suspected milk poisoning linked to his anti bootlegger actions. His wife also ill and a chemist to analyze the milk as authorities were alerted by the doctor. warnings had been received to leave the city.
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Associated Press
MT. Clemens
Mich
L. G. Sykes
First Presbyterian Church
Joseph M. Croman
Croman
Sykes
Robbery of Nicaraguan envoy in New York
Salva tore Casprillo, a Nicaraguan envoy visiting for a White House conference, was robbed of clothing jewelry and baggage worth 1000 dollars after arrival in New York. Joseph Bendix 26 was arrested and the loot partly recovered. Police say keys to many hotels and stolen baggage were linked to the case.
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Salvatore Casprillo
Nicaragua
President Coolidge
Joseph Bendix
Bendix
Chicago
Senor Casprillo
Imperial
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