Strange Woman Theory Sustained in Yeager Murder Mystery
Coroner's inquiry testimony supports the strange woman theory in Howard County case. Witnesses Fred Johnson Frank Burns Oscar and Evan Pickering place Yeager with a veiled wealthy woman and an unknown pair before a fatal shot near the Hemlock Tipton county line.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
Yeager
Fred Johnson
Frank Burns
Oscar
Evan Pickering
Hemlock
Howard
Tipton
Pickering House
House of the Ghost Reappears After Long Vacancy
The Springfield house west of the city once haunted by mysterious lights and noises has been rented after extended vacancy. Locals recall a legend of a murder linked to a white woman and prior tenants who fled screaming at night. The new renter investigated and found a willow tree’s limbs scraping the roof, which resolved the disturbances.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Carriage Works Damaged by Dynamite Near Ligonier
An attempted dynamite blast at the Ligonier car factory at 9 oclock last night shattered a wall and broke doors but failed to destroy the building. Police investigate as possible revenge motive and no injuries reported.
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Commercial Tribune
Ligonier
Ind
Ligonier Car
Girl with no feet or hands commits suicide at Salina home
Ollie Delaney, 28, deformed since birth, shot herself with a 22 revolver at her Salina Kansas home. Her crutch was used to press the trigger, a deed thought triggered by despondency. She crocheted, did fancy work, and kept township books for her father.
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Commercial Tribune
Salina
Kan
Ollie Delaney
Moonshine Poison Kills Three Men in Arkansas
In Hot Springs Arkansas a tainted batch of moonshine sickened and killed three men with six others injured or dying. The victims are Joe Adair Wash Turner and Dave Preddy with John Spivey Geo Fisher and F Lewis in critical condition. Authorities suspect a copper still and a corroded pan used to make the liquor and promise further details as the case unfolds.
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Joe Adair
Wash Turner
Dave Preddy
John Spivey
Geo. Fisher
F. Lewis
Montgomery County
Waverlyne
Adair
Turner
Preddy
Spivey
Fisher
Lewis
Old Cemetery
Falls
Murderer McCarty Cheats Execution By Poison In Kentucky
William McCarty condemned for murdering his wife took poison at Lexington jail before scheduled hanging. An autopsy and postmortem exam are ordered, with detectives gathering evidence on who supplied the drug. McCarty’s brother and other relatives testified while authorities pursue charges of accessory murder.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
William McCarty
McCarty
Alex. McKeever
McKeever
Robert Wallace
Huffman
Wallace
Jailer Wallace
Criterion Restaurant
Wilkerson
Milward
Dr. Healey
Kimball
Bullock
George McCarty
Bud’’ McCarty
Alexander McKeever
Healey
Lexington G
Kentucky State College
J. H. Kastle
George
Bud” McCarty
Kishineff Massacre Report Urges Western Action
Special Cable reports Kishineff slaughter on Russian Easter, detailing mob violence against Jews, police complicity, and arson. It cites 1000 dead, 500 wounded, 84 widows, 216 orphans, and mass destitution with half a million pounds in property damage.
Murder Charge in Moat House Mystery at Saffron
The Coroner's jury returns a wilful murder verdict against Dougal in the disappearance of Miss Campbelle Holland owner of Moat House. Dougal once posed as her husband and later divorced a woman thought to be his sister but truly his wife. He had been jailed for cashing a Miss Holland signed check when the body was exhumed on the Moat House grounds.
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Yeager
Fred Johnson
Harrison
Finley
Ingles
Eads Boys
Sharpsville
Yager
Francis Sutton
Hemlock
Oakford
McCarty
Lucy Hubbard
Prestonburg
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Lucy Goebel
Covington
Swigert
West Main Street
Commercial Tribune
London
Moat House
Saffron
Dougal
Campbelle Holland
Miss Dougal
Miss Holland
Ibsen Harsh Illness Worries Norwegian Dramatist
Copenhagen May 15 Henrik Ibsen the Norwegian dramatist remains seriously ill his friends are anxious about the outcome of his illness and await developments from his physicians in the capital.
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Copenhagen
Henrik Ibsen
Black Executes for Murder of Uncle Archie James
Louisville on May 15 reports the execution of John Black a colored man for killing his sixty five year old uncle Archie James. The case notes a fatal shooting and a death sentence carried out in the morning.
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Louisville
John Black
Archie James
Kishineff Massacres Reported With 300 Killers Amid Looting
A May 16 telegraph from Berlin to the Tageblatt describes Kishineff killings where murderers numbered about 300. Jewish residents faced organized violence as soldiers and police stood by while houses were looted and women harmed. An eyewitness notes crucifixes failed to shield victims and some guards protected looters.
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Commercial Tribune
Berlin
Tageblatt
St. Petersburg
Pepper Attack on Judge Lueders Shocks City
Ada Leland of Red Bank dashed red pepper into Judge William H. Lueders at his Walnut street law office in an attempted assault after a court ruling. The judge and bystanders struggled as pepper blinded him briefly. he was rushed to hospital and doctors expect to save his sight.
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Judge Lueders
Judge Lueder
Oscar Keidel
Keidel
Pepper
Lueders
J. H. Lueders
Bob’. Neal
Fifth Street
Thomas Neely
Fifth
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Neely
Henry Leuchtenberg
Theodore Foucar
Jackson and
Callahan
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