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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1905
Page
3
A tragic incident in Notasulga ends with a bailiff shooting an ex bailiff on December 26. The shooting follows a struggle during an arrest as deputies rushed to the scene. details remain sparse.
In Mistonio Texas on December 26 a prisoner crowd gathered as a white man Geo om er hanged after a dispute over threats to denounce his enemy. A negro servant testified about murder threats and a plan to sing “G-b You Til We Meet Again.” Sheriff Tobin refused to break the neck to ease pain. About 250 witnesses attended, including 25 Texas sheriffs.
Judge Evans overruled a bid for a new trial in the Castor case and sentenced Castor to be electrocuted on April 6. Circuit Court review is expected. officers prepare for execution and transfers of funds tied to the case.
A Brooklyn cross-town streetcar ran wild after colliding with a wagon on Tillary Street. Motorman George Williams suffered a fractured skull and was taken to Brooklyn Hospital. Conductor James Gilchrist and several passengers were injured. women were trampled as the car sped toward Park Avenue before crashing into a park fence. Passengers were treated by ambulance surgeons.
A shed covering the Lee street sidewalk collapsed as a crowd gathered, burying people beneath timber and splinters. Julius Martin, a Black man, is expected to die from injuries, Stephen Foster is severely hurt, and about twenty others, mostly Black, were injured with several escaping serious harm. The incident caused a momentary uproar in the area.
St Louis receiver Essen of the People's United States bank sues EG Lewis president and the bank directors in St Louis county circuit court for 146375.62 on a note. Defendants admit making the note but claim it was given without consideration and had been released and discharged before Essen's appointment as receiver.
Vergil A. Smith, 36, was struck by a southbound freight train on the Seaboard Air Line. He is in a dying condition at the home of G. N. Arnold. His right arm was completely severed and his skull fractured. Smith is the son of T. P. Smith of Winter.
Joseph Hastings, linked with the late Cashier Clark of WeCeland Bank of Allequeny, made an assignment Monday likely totaling $500,000. Union Trust Company of Pittsburg became receiver. Hastings, former president of Ohio Valley Water Company, follows a career tied to large enterprises in Pennsylvania and beyond, including a vast Kentucky stock farm.
Deputy U S Marshal R H Wissey and a citizen posse conducted a raid between Scott and Russell counties capturing six men and their distillery. The operation was conducted from a cave near the county edge with a ladder entry and a light-shielding plank. The prisoners were jailed after capture.
Ambassador Walter named as U.S. representative to the Morocco conference. A proposal is before European governments to move the venue from Algeciras to Madrid. Mr White says no immediate state department action is needed, and no objections to the change in program are apparent.
Birmingham business men discuss building a cold storage plant with an estimated cost of about $100,000. The project responds to a long felt demand as merchants have endured losses for two years due to the absence of local cold storage, forcing reliance on distant cities like Chicago and New York.
Report from St. Petersburg dated December 27 asserts the government expects the Moscow uprising to be crushed within four days. Officials cite limited troops and redeployments to guard government buildings. Fresh troops have arrived and the end is said to be near.
A Central of Georgia train bound for Atlanta derailed three miles beyond Painesville when the tender front jumped the track. The engine was disabled and the track torn up by the trucks while the coaches escaped damage. The train was thirty minutes late at the time of the incident.
A New York Central locomotive with sixteen stone cars ran wild through Harlem after the engineer was knocked unconscious. It crashed into a Marlem division loco in Mott Haven yard, bringing the train to a standstill. In Nashville, T A Wright of Rockwood Tenn announced his run for governor on the Republican ticket.
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