Demopolis murder tragedy ends as zealots kill suspect
Reports from Demopolis Alabama describe Vernon Tutt a prominent Marengo county planter killed by Richard Verge after an exchange at Hall's Creek. Sam Verge fled with a posse pursuing the two suspects while a violent manhunt left Tutt's killer at large and authorities scrambling for leads.
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Demopolis
Ala
San Verge
Richard Verge
Vernon Tutt
Marengo County
Hall's Creek
Tutt
Sam Verge
Sam
Vernon Tuttge
O. L. Gandy
Hall’s Creek
Mr. Tutt
Richard
Gandy
McDowell
Verge
C. W. Spidle
N. G. Bailey
Leslie Armstrong
Westhofen Mystery Shrouds German Death in Alabama
In Montgomery a German youth Pedro J Westhofen linked to local concerns and Brazilian ties dies after a shooting. Authorities report two arrests and a single suspect mechanic. Westhofen hinted at a larger story while confined. investigators hold I E Boyette as a person of interest in the death.
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Montgomery, Ala
Pedro J. Westhofen
Tion
Montgomery
Weensthoffen
South America
Brazil
South American Republic
New Orleans
Westhofen
Montgomery Cooperage Company
Westhoven
Gomery
Train with 800 Wounded Rebels Reaches Juarez
A train carrying eight hundred wounded rebel soldiers arrived in Juarez Mexico revealing the battle ongoing yesterday at Corraalitos near Casas Grandes. Rebels from the Casas Grandes garrison defended the railway against an unknown strength Federal force as the day-long engagement continued.
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Ing
Casas Grandes
Juarez
Corralitos
Salazar
Three Men Drown After Boat Is Struck By Freighter
Three Bristol men, Robert Heatherington 35, George Vandine 32, and John Schudder 2, drowned in the Delaware River near Burlington when a motor boat without lights crossed the path of the freighter John W. Garrett from Trenton to Philadelphia. The freighter crew said the motor boat failed to show lights and veered into the steamship’s course.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Burlington
N. J
Robert Heatherington
George Vandine
John Schudder
Bristol
John W. Garrett
Trenton
Weethofen dies after gunshot wound and lockjaw
From Jackjaw a man named Weethofen died after a pistol wound to the left arm and subsequent lockjaw. Isaac White testified that he saw Weethofen shoot himself though Westhofen hinted at undisclosed motives two weeks earlier. Westhofen recovered from the wound but soon died in delirium.
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Westhofen
Ceived
New Store for Rent in Dothan on North St Andrews
Contractors advertise A l Work Guaranteed with phone 462 and invite applications for a new store for rent on North St Andrews Street in Dothan Alabama now occupied by Sanders and Driggers. Possession given Sept. 1, 1912. Apply to J. T. Fowler Wetumpka Alabama tsepl.
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St. Andrews Street
Dothan
Ala
Sanders &* Driggers
J. T. Fowler
Wetumpka
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Belmont
Roy
Callego
Mexican Central Railway
Chihuahua
General Orozco
Orozco
Mont
Jsaae White
I. E. Boyette
Mei
Cox's Department Store
Headland Avenue
Third National Bank of Dothan
Isaac White
Weethofen
Ste Wa
Our Place
J. J. McCarty
Dothan, Ala
Barnes and Fears
Tsepl
Parkman-Hornsby Ice Cream Co
E. Adams St
Florida Distributing Company
Dept. H
Pensacola
Fla
W. J. BURDESHAW @ CO
South Foster St
Whatley
Southern University
Greensboro
Alabama
the College
National Association of State Universities
Southern Association of Schools and Colleges
Alabama Association of Colleges
the Fitting School
The
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