Mutiny of Convicts Threatens Tennessee Prison
Three convicts at the Tennessee State Prison attempted a nighttime mutiny led by George Myers A L Biles and Jim Thompson. Myers used a steel bit to open his cell door and trigger the main lever to release doors but a guard alerted authorities and Warden Memenaway moved quickly to suppress the plan.
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Herald
Nashville
Tennessee State Prison
George Myers
Syracuse
New York
A. L. Biles
Philadelphia
Jim Thompson
Indianapolis
Memphis
Myers
Memenaway
Carmack applauded as Senate adjourns to noon session
Special to the Het Nashville report notes the House adopting the conference fee report on committee size. Everett Aditi introduces a primary elections date bill, McFarlie bills a vacancy act, and Miller from Monros county proposes extending the four mile law. Senator Carmack’s Senate remarks on the Brownsville affair drew applause. The Senate opened at noon after no morning session.
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House
Everett Aditi
McFarlwie
Miller
Monros County
Theoure
Carmack
United States Senate
Brownsville
Senate
The Masquerader Chapter IV in London rooms
John Loder hosts a wary visitor, Chilcote, in his plain ground-floor rooms near Fleet Street. Loder recalls past schemes and a brutal shift from promise to ruin, describing his solitary life, moral resolve, and uneasy chat about intellect, education, and the law.
AWFUL ACCIDENT CRUSHES GILES COUNTY MAN TO DEATH
LYNNVILLE Tenn Aug 8 Walter Clifton 21 son of Newt Clifton was crushed to death under a boiler weighing 20000 to 30000 pounds on Brownlow's Creek west of here He was beneath a suspended boiler while preparing a place to sink it when the machine fell into the opening He breathed for several hours after but never regained consciousness.
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Lynnville
Tenn
Jag
Brownlow's Creek
Here
Walter Clifton
Newt Cliftoy
Loyalists Lose as Unionists Seek Church Property in Texas
A Nashville telegram reports Judge Pendergast ruled for the Unionists in Jefferson Texas restraining Loyalists from using the church. The case concerns which faction holds the property, with the majority decision pending. Also notices endorse Hall's Catarrh Cure and a testimonial from Toledo druggists.
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Cheney & CO
Tmedo
FJ. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Toldeo
Hans
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