14 May 1903
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
1
A Chicago broker lured a woman to a hotel and she jumped from a window to escape. She held him off until he drew a pistol, but she survived and alert authorities were notified.
Warrants were issued for Logan Ingles Willard Eads and Charles Eads in Kokomo Indiana for the murder of Louis Yeager near his sweetheart Myrtle Finley home at Hemlock. A fourth man is unnamed. Police say suspects fled after dark and no witnesses exist. Prosecutor seeks conviction though evidence remains uncertain.
Logan Ingles and the Eads brothers were arrested in Hemlock Ind for murder and conspiracy in the Sutton Yeager double tragedy. They submitted to arrest at home, are jailed without bond, and face a sweatbox trial the next day with top local counsel defending them. Ages range from 19 to 23.
A Pole, reportedly Leo Auleski, an Eastern Tube Company employee, is jailed in Zanesville Ohio on charges of throwing his own child on a red hot stove while intoxicated. Neighbors heard cries as the man allegedly harmed the child twice after returning home, with the family quarrel preceding the incident. The condition and fate of the child remain uncertain.
In Rostoff on the Don on May 13 the Social Democrats urge public cooperation for demonstrations on Labor Day. Agitators are alleged to have arms and dynamite boxes. Authorities posted placards warning of strict measures to preserve order.
The Telegraph prints a St. Petersburg despatch describing mass casualty events in Kichinev against Jews. Graphic acts include dismemberment and infants harmed, with chilling accounts of gouged eyes, ripped bodies, and brutal street killings amid censorship easing.
May 13 At Put in Bay Ohio a party at Miradel Bass Island spread a story on Grover Cleveland. He will not speak before the convention and may endorse Judge Harmon of Cincinnati once he exits the race. Harmon declined to comment.
Miss Agatha Reichlin’s body will be exhumed to pursue “sweat-box” examinations led by Coroner French and Prosecutor Stroup. Witnesses including Cassimir Reichlin and barkeeper Spradling testified as detectives pursue a possible choking brutality and earlier assault reports mix with the murder narrative.
Scattered reports describe chaos as families flee famine conditions and hunger intensifies. Witnesses note people crying for aid while authorities struggle to supply basic relief amid mounting suffering.
A Denver man’s father, from a hospital in Kishinev, Russia, describes the Kishinev massacre. He fears his mother, sister, and brother may be dead as mobs slaughtered Jews amid bloodshed and burning homes. He recalls horrific scenes and a death toll exceeding 600.
Rome reports Cardinal Satolli asked the Pope to honor Philadelphia benefactor Martin Malony with a marquisate for funding churches and promoting Catholicism, including a parish church in Trenton New Jersey. The Pope approved after reviews by Philadelphia Archbishop and Trenton Bishop.
Santiago May 13 rioting continued as dock workers strike in Valparaiso. Martial law remains. 20 killed and 300 injured as fires destroy offices and esplanade. Troops of 3 000 deployed. Brazilian Barroso cruiser arrives en route to Valparaiso.
Five Adams Express Co workers at Front and Butler streets drank from a broken bottle of whisky containing poison. J. B. Ficker died, William Stevens, William Daley, Louis Burbank, and George Wherle were ill, with Daley and Burbank near death. Ficker acted to warn companions before dying. Mrs. Kate Nobbe accuses Lucy McCormick in Memphis of sending the bottle.
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