Murder in Dixie Exie Persons Found Dead with Axe
The body of Exie Persons, a Black woman, was found Sunday morning in her home with head injuries from an axe. A white man spotted the missing person report and notified Captain Moon. Detectives are reviewing the case. neighbors say her husband left for Birmingham days ago and had not been seen since. The murder likely occurred Friday night with the body discovered near the chimney corner.
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Atlanta
Exie Persons
Birmingham
Coubtless
Tne
Boy Placed Bar on Track In Anti Train Wreck Attempt
In Clarksburg West Virginia on December 26 a twelve year old, Dorsey Stutler, was arrested by Baltimore and Ohio Railway police for placing an iron bar across the New York and St Louis Fast Express track at Central. The late running train was saved from possible wreck by a trackwalker who flagged it. The boy may be sent to the State Reform School, mirroring a cousin recently given six years for stoning trains.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Dorsey Stutler
New York and St. Louis
Central
Rmeany
State Reform School
Instituton
Negro Wounded in Athens Shooting
Walter McRas, a Black man, lies critically wounded at his Athens home. Police seek the unidentified shooter as a man named Joe Horton is jailed on suspicion, though no solid link has yet been proved.
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Athens
Walter McRas
Joe Horton
Centenarian Daughter of Revolutionary Soldier Dies in Northampton
Mrs. Coussilla Hall Johnson, daughter of Aaron Hall who was captured and taken to England, dies at 100 in Northampton Mass. Her health remained notably good until a few days before her death on December 26.
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Northampton
Mass
Coussilla Hall Johnson
Aaron Hall
England
Officer Wounds Broughton In Pineville Shootout
In Pineville Kentucky December 25 Antony Broughton was shot and perhaps fatally wounded by Assistant Chief Joe Smith who was aiding Chief Slasher to arrest him Smith fired twice one bullet hit Broughton in the stomach and the other hit Slasher in the hand Broughton killed Bradley Smith on the night of October 36 at the same spot Joel Smith surrendered to authorities
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Broughton
Pineville
Antony Broughton
Joe Smith
Smith
Bradley Smith
Joel Smith
Trains Wrecked by Collision at Linns Crossing
Two heavy freight trains on the Southern railway collided head on at Linn's crossing sixteen miles west of Birmingham due to an operator's error. Two engines and sixteen cars were wrecked and thrown down a steep embankment. An unknown tramp was fatally hurt and Engineer Andrew Hohen of the westbound train was dangerously injured.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern Railway
Linn's Crossing
Littleton
Andrew Hohen
Turner to be hanged for murder of Elizabeth Lynch
George H. Turner, convicted of the March murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Lynch in a San Antonio outskirts home, faces execution this afternoon. The case rested on circumstantial evidence. Turner maintains his innocence despite the verdict of first degree murder and a death sentence.
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San Antonio
Tex
George H. Turner
Elizabeth Lynch
Turner
Printers join strike across rail and factory workers
Rostoff reports December 28 in Russia with work halted on railroads and streetcars as printers and factory employers join the strike. December 25 in Orel notes a peasant killing two revolutionary emissaries, one beaten and one burned. Another December 25 report from Bylestock via Warsaw describes a strike on Vilna Baranovitchian and related railroads.
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Rostoff
Don
Russia
Bylestock
Warsaw
Vilna
Strikes and Martial Law Reported in European Provinces
In Piotrkow Russian Poland martial law is declared as disorders spread. Work at Standstill in Saratoff amid railway workshop stoppages. Kostroma Russia factories declare a general strike. In Washington the crew of the Nantucket lightship No. 58 is reassigned to duty on coast lightships.
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Piotrkow
Russian Poland
Saratoff
Russia
Biazarn Ura
Washington
Nantucket Shoals
Moses Feltner Acquitted in Feud Murder Case
Irvine Kentucky December telegram reports Moses Feltner the Leslie county feudist has been acquitted of murdering Jesse Fields a member of the Hargis feud clan in Owingsville Betill county.
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Owingsville
Irvine
Betill County
Moses Feltner
Leslie County
Jesse Fields
Dwarfs to Wed in Iowa Marriage Pair
Jean Bregant 65 pounds and Eugene Lewis 45 weigh about 40 inches tall plan marriage in Council Bluffs Iowa. Their romance began at Coney Island and drew attention for the unusual couple.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Jean Bregant
Eugene Lewis
Coney Island
Cumberland Presbyterians Protest Union Meeting in Nashville
About one hundred men and women from several states gathered in Nashville to protest the Union of the Cumberland Presbyterian and Presbyterian churches. The assembly plans to receive reports from committees appointed a year ago.
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Nashville
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Cumberland Presbyterian
The
Presbyterian Churches
Officer Fled to Mexico Extradition Effort Begun
Washington December 26. The war department will seek extradition through the state department to bring back Lieutenant Harry Freshwater of the 25th Infantry from Mexico. He fled Fort Bliss while facing charges of financial irregularities.
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Washington
War Department
State Department
Mexico
Harry Freshwater
25Th Infantry
Fort Bliss
Odessa Quiet Returns as Strikes Persist and Banks Close
Dec. 28 dispatch reports a mixed scene in Odessa with trains cut off to the frontiers, post and telegraph services uncertain, and strikes threatening. Military aims to end unrest while residents depart, and the exodus continues as banks face closure amid revolutionary activity.
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Odessa
Zimerinka
St Petersburg
Moscow
Post and Telegraph Department
Knerson
Revolutionary Party
Scituate Man Sues Town Council Over Voting Omission
Larry K. Hopkins of Scituate files in superior court a $10,000 damages suit against the Scituate town council after his name was erased from the voting list and he was prevented from voting in the last election.
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Providence, R. I
Larry K. Hopkins
Scituate
Elks Host Bryan Reception in Manila
Manila citizens attend a reception by the Elks to meet William Jennings Bryan on December 26. The event draws thousands and showcases the political visit in the Philippines capital.
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Manila
the Elks
William Jennings Bryan
Montreal Judge Orders Extradition in Georgia Embezzlement Case
Judge Lafontaine, extradition commissioner, commits J. N. Strohbar for extradition to Georgia on charges of stealing a large sum from the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
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Montreal
Lafontaine
J. N. Strohbar
Georgia
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Earthquake in Harpoot adds to Armenian suffering
A cable from Constantinople reports a severe earthquake in the Harpoot vilayet eastern Turkey destroying homes and displacing many, with a high death toll. Harpoot hosts Euphrates College and a large evangelical mission, amid historic Armenian turmoil.
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Harpoot Vilayet
Boston
American Board of Commissioners
Fase
Constantinople
Harpoot Villayet
Turkey
Nccedt
Asiatic Turkey
Harpeot
Euphrates
Unclear court session resumes in Shanghai
The report from Shanghai dated December 28 notes that British Asset and Twyman resumed proceedings in the sitting and mixed court. Attendees were present but there was no guard visible. The scene reflects a routine, orderly courtroom environment.
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Snangnal Sianghai
Twyman
Harvard President backs intercollegiate football for one year
President Fllett of Harvard declares support for intercollegiate football for one year to allow a reasonable game to be devised and demonstrated in practice. The message accompanies the twenty fifth anniversary of the Young People's Society of Candeavor on February 2, with widespread commemoration by thousands of societies and millions of members implied.
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Fllett
Harvard
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