Plot to Extort Sum From Widow Heard in Court
Mayville April 4 Charged with blackmail in an attempted plot to extort 9 000 from Mrs. Florence Selden wealthy widow of James M Selden Bemus Point and Pittsburg capitalist Anthony Barile sat in county court before Judge Lee Ottaway and a jury hearing witnesses identify threatening letters and testimony. The Jamestown youth arrested August 1 193% on the Falconer Isham road as he received a dummy package from Hosear Graham chauffeur for Mrs Selden denies knowledge of any plot claiming he was at his mother's farm. Four letters were addressed to Mrs Selden in late July and early August two demanding 4 500 each. one indicated a messenger would collect money. Police hid in the Selden limousine but no recipient for the money was found. The second letter stated the agent or representative would be marked on a stand road and this was when Furite was arrested. The contents of the remaining letters have not been revealed.
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Mayville
Plorence Seller
James M. Selden
Bemus Point
Anthony Barile
Lee B. Ottaway
Jamestown
Falconer-imhallsland
Hosear Graham
Seiden
Honest D. Leet
Uist
Myer
Palconer-Kimball Stand
Furite
Fourth Ward Shooting Remains Unsolved
Police investigate a suspected car backfire theory after residents report multiple gunshots heard in the Fourth Ward. A separate West End case involves a distressed man found wounded and later released from custody after questioning, with no further harm reported.
Second Pittsburgh Woman Beaten in East End District
Pittsburgh April 4 police investigated a second attack on a woman in the East End district following a fatal assault on Miss Hilda Lindberg. Mrs Agnes Simpson, 65, was taken to Pittsburgh Hospital with possible injuries after being found near Gurhald Diry. Police continued to probe the death of Miss Linthers found yesterday with a crushed head near the Peabody Fish Selied.
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Oon
Pittsburgh
Nvlay
Werd Cnvest
East Gnd
Hilda Lindberg
Agnes Simpson
Fittsbureh
Mise Linthers
Walker Compton Banns Published at Cannes
European reports place former New York Mayor James J. Walker and Betty Compton at Cannes with her mother Mrs Floyenes Compton as banns were published in the town hall. Compton denied immediate marriage plans saying she is not getting married this week or next and noted rumors started on April Mout’s day.
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Mary Knight
United Press
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Betty Compton
Town Hall
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Newports
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Riviera
Comptem
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Soul L
Brechaw
New York
Comp
Hold Driver After Fatality in Erie Motorcycle Death
In Erie a motorcyclist, Donald Archer aged 20, died Saturday after a collision with a vehicle at Sassafras and 28th streets. Driver facing involuntary manslaughter charges. Edward Archer, father of the deceased, reports the accident. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 12:30 PM at Edward Hanley chapel with interment at North Wast cemetery. The driver is free on $2,000 bail awaiting a preliminary hearing Friday before Alderman Thomas Conyagh.
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Apel
Alfrad Honard
Pronk Street
Faves & Urge
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18Th
Archer Dod
SL. Vincent's Hospital
Trac
Sloull
Hanley
Fumblyy
North Wast
Howard
Sassattas
Archer
Kyle
Hoyroyer
Bell
Beer Control Bill Passes State House
The state House swiftly passed a beer control measure proposed by emer Pinehols plan to tax beer and regulate off premise sales. It would raise an estimated 24 to 30 million dollars over two years, with immediate adoption urged by Pinehol. The session also considered the Snyder Armstrong act defining strength beer at 3.2 percent alcohol by weight and clarifying transport rights for brewers and permit holders under existing liquor laws.
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State Department of Revenue
Ners
Witka
Snyder Armstrong
Congress
William Schnader
Schusler
Syhélessler
Heer
Public Service Commission
Erie Mortgage Company Enters Receivership in Bru
Citizens Mortgage Co of Erie placed under temporary receivers Monday as Judge William B. Hitt names Wilmer D. Hurley and James Russell to manage assets at 1224 Bee Trask Bldg. Conditions include defaults on April 1 and potential adverse effects on stockholder claims while court sets future action after hearings.
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Pata
Shore Drive
Winter J. Knoll
West 6Th Street
Hwever
Jtas
Wurthermore
Citiens Mortrag Co
Slyck
Maine
Securits
Bank Holiay Robbery Ends In Shootout In Fairbury
Gunmen robbed the First National Bank of Fairbury Nebraska during a holiday inflicting injuries on clerk Faith Sexton who was shot five times while guarding the vault as the bandits fled. Police pursued the unidentified attackers.
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Ae Ihield
Wayne Township Taxes Show A Huge Increase
A Wayne township property owner reviewing 1917 tax notices notes steep rises in assessments over 15 years. Total township taxes grew from Bt mills in 1917 to 41 mills last year, with county levy and school tax contributing to the higher burden.
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Wayne Township
Bus Planned On Branch Line Between Franklin and Menaville
Reports say Evie Railroad may withdraw the gasoline car known as The Ponda Bug and replace it with a bus serving Franklin Oli City and Menaville. Officials lack definite word but have heard the rumor. timetable changes expected if permission is granted. Four daily trips each way possible pending state authorization. A bantam rooster hatched and kept in a cage is described in Leesburg.
Two in Jail and Two in Hospital After Boxcar Brawl
Salamanca April report says four men fought aboard an Erie Railroad boxcar injuring two in hospital and two jailed. Ralph Weeks aged 21 Bradford with facial cuts, Connell Motil 18 Bath with facial wounds, Henry Woods 19 Bradford with hand cuts, and Jacob Stein 18 New York City held as witnesses. Police stopped the brawl in Vie Terie yards. McGill allegedly had a dollar from Weeks while he slept.
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Erie Railroad
Ciba
Shlimanes
Jaik
Ralph Weeks
Oll
Bradfard
Connell Motil
Bath
Buiser
Henry
the Woods
Bradfort
Luiney
Voxers
Jatuh Stein
New York City
Asn
Wools
McGill
Mcs Gill
Hybensen
Vie Terie
Jwlen
Stein
Vie
Doctor Still Practices at 90 in Sash Eight Young
Fragmentary OCR notes a 90 year old physician in Sash Eight Young area, with references to Dr. Alfrush and others, a springers group, Tufty College, and East Columbus. Details are garbled but indicate long-standing medical practice and local names.
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