Six Night Riders to Hang in Union City Murder Trials
In Union City Tennessee a jury finds Garrett Johnson Tid Turton Roy Ransom Fred Pinion Arthur Claar and Sam Apple guilty of first degree murder with mitigating circumstances. Ed Morris Nob Huffman are guilty of second degree murder. Sentencing for the six goes to the court with possible death or life imprisonment. new-trial motions will be overruled and sentence pronounced.
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Union City
Tenn
Garrett Johnson
Tid Turton
Roy Ransom
Fred Pinion
Arthur Claar
Sam Apple
Ed Morris
Nob Huffman
Negro Fiend Lynched Near Lexington North Of Town
Reports from Lexington County show an unknown Negro lynched about four miles north of Lexington city after an attempted assault on Mrs. Thomas Wingard 53 wife of a farmer who is under a physician care for shock. Another item notes a deadly gasoline fire near Greentown Indiana killing David Willeats injuring his mother and two brothers. Detroit banker Henry Potter Jr vice president of People’s State Savings Bank died by suicide at his home after prolonged nervous prostration.
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Lexington
D. C
Lexington County
Thomas Wingard
William Willleuts
Greentown
Ind
David Willeats
Morton
Harrison
Detroit
Henry
Potter, Jr
The
People's State Savings Bank
Mich
Potter
Desperate Cries for Aid as Sicilian Quake Slaves Demand Action
A press report from Reggio after the earthquake portrays starving survivors begging Deputy Lamaguna to remove them or shoot them to end suffering. The scene shows mobs amid ruins, bread and raw meat rationing, and soldiers sharing scarce food while chaotic struggles for morsels unfold.
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Lamaguna
al Reggio
China Deposes Yuan Shi Kai as Reform Move Sparks Tension
Yuan Shi Kai, premier reformer and grand councillor, is dismissed in Peking by imperial edict. Na Tung named grand councillor in his place. The action signals a Manchu counter move, provoking international protests and fears of further punitive steps against reformers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuan Shi-Kai
Peking
Na-Tung
Chim
Yuan Shi- Kai
England
Tang Shao Yi
United States
Hse Shin Chang
Manchuria
Yung Shi Sting
Ch Li
Chang-Jen Chun
Liang Kwang
Regnifons
China
Confesses Wife Death After Basment Fire at 5412 Cornell Ave
Elijah Starty, 24, a Black Chicago man, confessed to fatally harming his wife and burning her body in a basement furnace at 5412 Cornell Avenue. He claimed motive was his wife’s alleged friendship with a Black porter on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line and said an argument preceded the choking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleara
Elijah Starty
Cornell Avenue
Chicago
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
WIDE-RANGE NEWS DREARY DAYS FROM WORLD TO US EVENTS
Sunday reports span Yuan Shi Kai escaping from Pekin to Tientsin and Francis J. Heney accusing corruption. U S battleships aid Messina earthquake relief while a decoy mail theft is revealed. Stromboli erupts as lava streams threaten residents. Roosevelt and Garf ield news mix with court rulings on Standard Oil and Brownsville, plus Italy relief funding and typhoid fears.
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Yuan Shi Kai
China
Pekin
Tientsin
Francis J. Heney
San Francisco
Hardmat
Suez
Messina
Chicago
Stromboli
Department of the Interior
Garfield
Roosevelt
House
United States Supreme Court
Negro Galler
Brownsville
Landis
Standard Oil Company
Congress
Italy
Harvey Spencer
1800 Youth Vow to Emulate Christ in Two Week Test
Cleveland delegates from three church societies representing 11000 members pledge to live like Jesus for two weeks. Rev W B Wallace of East End Baptist leads the movement offering rules to follow and urging actions of kindness and faith.
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Cleveland
Jesus Christ
W. B. Wallace
East End
Jesus
Tony
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