Hill Jury Near Verdict In Hill Murder Trial
In Ottawa Alabama February 15 a juror reports a verdict near as deliberations exhaust seven weeks of court battles. Harry Hill, charged with murdering his mother Mrs Eliza A Hill and concealing the body in the basement faces a verdict after ten hours of prior deliberation with the state relying on circumstantial evidence and forged notes while the defense argues alibi and character witnesses.
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Ottawa
AU R
Minos
Harry Hill
Young Hill
Eliza A. Hill
Hill
Alice Earnes
Four fugitives tied to Indiana deputy case held in Ohio
In Taylorville Illinois on February 15 three locals identified John Burns and Samuel Baxter, last seen with Indiana deputy sheriffs en route to the Pendleton reform school after a kidnapping case. Authorities in Belmont County Ohio arrested Albert Jennings suspected of fraud, believed to be Burns, with Baxter presumed as companion.
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Taylorville
John Burns
Samuel Baxter
Indiana
Decatur
St. Louis
Floyd Hunt
Baxter
Burns
Hunt
Roy Agns
Joe Connerly
Pana
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Lafayette
Ind
Wallace McClure
Albert Jennings
Frank Fornes
Pendleton
C. C. Hardesty
Belmont County
Hardesty
Burn
Tip- Pecanoe County
St. Clairaville
Death of England’s wartime PM Lord Oxford Asquith
Sutton Court ney Eng Feb 15 Lord Oxford Asquith died at 6:50 am after illness from pharyngitis He was 75 and had served as prime minister 1908 1916 His funeral plans include Westminster Abbey with a state ceremony His widow Margot and family were at his bedside including sons Herbert Arthur Cyril and Anthony The obituary notes his eloquent style and long political career in Britain’s Victorian liberal era.
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Sutton-Courtney
Eng
Earl of Oxford
Asquith
England
Westminster Abbey
Lord Oxford
Upper Thames
Oxford
Baldwin
Maurice
Violet Bonham-Carter
Bibesco
Herbert Asquith
Arthur Asquith
Cyril
Great Britain
Oxford University
House of Commons
Emma Margaret Tennant
Dav'd
Lloyd George
Independent
Liberal Party
Liberals
Illinois Weather Forecast Brief
Weather outlook for Mlinois shows mostly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday. Light precipitation expected in the southern portion with a risk of rain or snow. temperatures undergo only small changes.
High Court Rules Today In Primary Filings Case
A Springfield messenger with the Supreme Court Mandate ordering removal of the injunction on primary filings was due in Chicago to lift the ban. Illinois officials expect Judge Fisher to act, clearing the way for Emmerson to accept petitions for the April 10 primary.
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Chicago
Springfield
Supreme Court
Harry Fisher
Emmerson
Illinois
State Supreme Court
Fischer
Cook County
High Court
Springfeld
Thompson
Farmer and Dunn
Illinois Supreme Court
William Clausen
Fisher
Suit Filed for Denied Seat at Orpheum Theatre
Arthur Clay, a colored insurance dealer, sues the Orpheum theatre for 800 damages alleging racial discrimination after being denied a seat for a show in Springfield Illinois. The complaint cites an Illinois statute prohibiting race or color discrimination and states a hearing in Police Magistrate Bierman’s court is set for February 21.
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Springfield
Orpheum Theatre
Arthur Clay
Police
CIC
Bierman
Attack and Trial Loom In Hickman Murder Case
In Los Angeles a tentative jury of six men and six women was examined in the Hickman Hunt trial for Ivy Thoms murder as Hickman faced the death penalty in the Parker killing. Defense seeks relief on alleged insanity statute questions with appeals planned to postpone execution. The civil rights appeal would target due process in the Parker case and could push back the April 28 execution for a year or more.
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Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Wesby Hunt
Ivy Thoms
Hickman
Marian Parker
A. Gray Gilmer
Hunt
Cal
U.P
California
Supreme Court
Little Marion Parker
Jerome Walsh
Richard Cantillon
Parker
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Walsh and
Cantillon
Hickman-Hunt
Thoms
San Quentin Penitentiary
U.R
Wes Hunt
Rose Hill
Maine Anniversary Quietly Marked in Havana Harbor
In Havana on February 15. 1898 the battleship Maine exploded near Morro Castle, triggering war with Spain. A memorial service will honor the Maine with Cuban and American veterans among those attending, as the monument has been restored after hurricane damage. President Coolidge previously visited Havana. the Maine memorial bears two rusted guns and anchor chains from the ship.
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Havana
Maine
Morro Castle
Hawaii
Spain
Cuba
Mavhano
Henry P. Fletcher
United States
American Legion Post
America
Coolidge
Texas
Gulf Stream
Haish Will Contest May Be Decided This Term
Jacob Haish estate faces a will contest to decide if the late manufacturer's terms will hold. Judge McEwen and attorneys for complainants expect a February term trial, with jury selection possibly starting March 5. Delays have occurred. officials warn against further postponement.
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Jacob Haish
Jige H. W. McEwen
William J. Fulton
T. J. Merrill, Peffers, & Wing
Aurora
T. Jordan
Frederick Mains
Chicago
Circuit Court
McEwen
Haish
Ten Sleepers Released At City Limits After Night At Station
Ten sleepers, including a repeat, were housed at the police station last night. In the morning they were sent to the city limits to count it as their journey. One man who stayed over night returned to DeKalb and caused a disturbance with strong drink. He was arrested later and fined for drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
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Ers
Coutit
DeKalb
Army Surgeon Killed in Airplane Crash at Wright Field
Dayton Ohio February 15 4U.R Captain Thomas H Miller post surgeon at Wilbur Wright field was killed when the training plane he was in with Captain Laughlin fell into a tailspin from 200 feet and crashed Laughlin suffered slight injuries and survived the crash
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Dayton
Ohio
Thomas H. Miller
Wilbur Wright Field
Laughlin
Capac Laughlin
Big Navy Plan Today Called Peace Menace
Washington February 15. Representatives of peace groups and churches told the House Naval Affairs Committee that the administration’s naval program would menace world peace. They warned the push for a large navy breeds distrust with Great Britain and Japan and could lead to war. Dr William P Hull Swarthmore College said Americans abroad would be shocked by anti English sentiment stirred by the proposition. Arthur J Rieti Presbyterian board of foreign missions urged caution amid fears of war with Japan.
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William P. Hull
Swarthmore College
Japan
Arthur J. Rieti
New York
Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Springfield races shape two Republican slates for April primary
Indications today point to two complete Republican candidate slates for state offices in the April primary. N. Custer of Galesburg files for state treasurer. Garret Kinney of Peoria seeks secretary of state with Gov Small’s ticket opposed. Deneen leans to a full slate with Lowden awaiting word. Stratton denies withdrawal or resignation. Essington and Smith contest for U.S. Senate shown as possible but undecided.
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Springfield
N. Custer
Galesburg
State Supreme Court
Louis L. Emmerson
Garret Kinney
Peoria
Len Small
Kinney
Chicago
Lowden
Deneen
Frank Q. Lowden
Stratton
William J. Stratton
Ingleside
Robert Genzel
Thompson Organization
Department of Conservation
Thompson
Fred Lundin
Oscar Carlstrom
Lowden-Deneen-Emmerson
John Dailey
Thurlow G. Essington
Sreator
Frank L. Smith
United States
Guatemalan Troops Move to the Frontier
Guatemala announces sending several hundred soldiers to the Honduran frontier to deter foreign companies. The action aims to stop operations by a banana company on territory claimed by Guatemala at a frontier point with unclear delimitation between the two nations.
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Guatemala
U.R
Cek Ocean del Racne
Ican Banana Company
Roads to be posted soon in Sycamore County
County Superintendent Fred Larson warned that dirt and gravel roads in Sycamore County will be posted within days if mild weather continues. Roads in Kingston and Paw Paw Townships are already soft, while gravel treated routes last year show less trouble. Posts last up to 45 days, with fines for drivers over 5,000 pounds.
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Fred Larson
Sycamore
Kingston
Paw Paw
Larson
Fageol bus overturns on Lincoln Highway near Criston
A Fageol bus used by Northern Tumnoll Service overturned while passing a truck on the Lincoln Highway near Criston yesterday morning. It was righted in the afternoon and brought to the city at five o'clock. The 27 passengers were unharmed and only the side of the bus sustained damage awaiting quick repairs.
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Fageol
Northern
Tumnoll Service Company
Dixon
Chicago
Lincoln Highway
Criston
Mail Plane Crashes Into Monongahela River Near Glenwood
An air mail plane on a York to Chicago route, piloted by Edgar W. Leedy, went down in the Monongahela River at Glenwood Station near Pittsburgh today after leaving Bettisfield McKeesport at 10 10 a m. Leedy was reported injured.
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East Falls
Pittsburgh
Ottawa lawyer Browne drowns after fall into river
Lee O Neill Browns nursing counsel in the Harry Hill matricide case fell from a bluff near his Ottawa home into the Illinois river. Chicago attorney Charles McNamara witnessed the fall from Browne s yard. Browne, 62, was believed to have struck his head on impact. police and rescuers failed to save him. The high bluff was about 50 feet.
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Ottawa
Lee O'Neill Browns
Harry Hill
Browne
Ilinois
Maile Street
Iki
Public Service Company of Ottawa
Charles McNamara
Chicago
McNamara
Biland
Jury verdict on Malta railroad death shocks town
Walter Lloyd, 60, of Malta died from injuries after his body was found near the tracks by postmaster CC Al Pease and railroad workers. A coroner's inquest heard testimony from James C. Connor, Alfred Crager, and H. J. Blake as officials questioned the accident near Malta depots and pump station.
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Walter Lloyd
Malta
Caue
AL Pease
H. J. Blake
Elmer Shockey
James C. Connor
Alfred Crager
Carl H. Wilkinson
Pease
Water Ieee
Blake
Bockey
Fox
Mary of the Trie
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Fox River
Bulletin Court Room
Davis
Tare
Tage T
the Earl of Oxford
Herbert H. Asquith
Rockefeller
FAVES
Senate Oil Committee
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Washington
Teapot Dome
Robert W. Stewart
Indiana Standard Oil
Party Lake
Walter’ Lloyd
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