Thaw Trial Hearings Move Ahead With Insanity Claim
In New York on March 5 the Thaw trial advanced as District Attorney Jerome announced the cross examination of defense alienist Dr. Britton Evans had concluded and Dr. Charles Wagner testified. Wagner sparked court debate by labeling Thaw as suffering from melancholic dementia praecox and mental impairment linked to Evelyn Nesbit’s Paris tale in 1902.
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Harry K. Thaw
Jereme
Britton D. Evans
Evans
Charles G. Wagner
Binghamton
N. Y
Thaw
Justice Fitzgerald
Jerome
Allan McLane Hamilton
Hamilton
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit
Twenty-fourth Street
Kowshak
Howard Nesbit
Wes
Wagner
Paris
Jerome AR
Rebel
Warner
Murder case near end as Strother brothers face jury
Culpepper Va March 5 after a day of argument the Strother brothers James and Philip stand on the verge of a jury verdict for the murder of William F P Gywaters their brother in law The prosecution and defense argued over forty five instructions while Edward Gaines admitted discrepancies in his prior testimony and suggested the window in Viola Bywaters room may have been opened by Mrs Bywaters when he left the room The testimony of Judge Grimsley Mrs Bessie Triplett and James Clark was challenged and sustained by the defense
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Strother
Culpepper
James
Philip Strother
William FP
Gywaters
Edward L. Gaines
Gaines
Viola Bywaters
Hywaters
Bywaters
Tie
Judge Grimsley
Bessie Triplett
James Clark
Jury Fails to Agree in Cramer Murder Case
Faree N D March jurors deliberated nearly forty hours in the Cramer murder case and were discharged with an 8 to 4 vote for convicting Mrs. Cramer. Arthur Cramer, 16, was acquitted. Mrs. Cramer to be tried again for murder next term and held without bail.
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Faree
N. D
March
Cramer
Peace negotiators fail as strike mood tightens
In Portsmouth on March 5, discouragement grew over failed peace talks and unclear outcomes of the carmen's strike. Trade officials press for settlement as strikers demand a ten hour shift within thirty days and refuse union compromise. Reports from other cities cover local events, market quotes, and dairy and grain prices amid widespread labor and economic tensions.
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Portsmouth
Carmen
Board of Trade Directors
Two Iowa Men Die in Agar Packing Plant Accident
In Des Moines at the Agar packing plant two men, foreman George Gregor and Jim Blanketer, died after a container button dropped and lard engulfed them. Gregor left a wife and four children, no insurance, while Blanketer died soon after being removed to a hospital. The cause of the accident is unknown.
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George Gregor
Jim Blanketer
Agar
Des Moines
Gregor
Blanketer
Iowa Senate Bills Verse on Rubber Stamp Hen
A quirky Iowa bill by Senator Gale proposes stamping a hen’s heel with the date of each egg laying. The humorous measure, likened to a “champion freak,” is paired with Buckingham for irony. The bill aims to label hens for market by stamping and dating performances.
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Iowa
Senator Gale
Mason City
Buckingham
IRS
Geeston
Gale
Seach
Perpetual Franchise Decree In Des Moines Case
Judge Smith McPherson in federal court at Des Moines issues a decree in the Des Moines Street Railway case. The court holds the company has a perpetual franchise granted in 1885 and that later city actions recognizing extensions and improvements sustain the franchise against the city’s ousting suit.
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Smith McPherson
Des Moines
Des Moines Street Railway
Infant found dead in vacant jar. coroner rules exposure
Coroner's jury concludes the infant died of exposure after an autopsy showed freezing. Child was wrapped in a pillow case. marks on it may aid investigators in identifying the perpetrator.
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Unhhuqne
Eighty-Year-Old Henry Woolerine Ends Life at Tama
Henry Woolerine, eighty, wealthy, died by self-inflicted gunshot at his Tama residence. He fired a revolver at his head while sitting in a chair, the bullet passing through his head and lodging in a wall eight feet away. Authorities suspect self-inflicted death.
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Henry Woolerine
Tama
Woolethis
Arad
Teeter Trick Fatal in Plank Accident at Gritmell
A deadly youth accident occurred when a heavy plank toppled during a teeter totter play at Gritmell. Dowie Lavis Seven died instantly as the plank struck her chin and snapped her neck. Nearby spectators Help restrained the scene as the weight collapsed the device. Separately, a missing man from Wayland Ta found frozen to death in a grove miles from Burlington two weeks after his disappearance.
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Plasias
Gritmell
Dowie Lavis
Seed Seven
Joseph Hanes
Wayland
Burlington
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