The Accomplice Prologue in a Murder Trial Tale
A courtroom drama unfolds in a serialized piece as jurors discuss the Emory case. Lambert and Gilbert clash over evidence including forged checks to Alice Emory while a twist of impostor Hunt and Corning deepens the mystery. The narrator ponders risking exposure but chooses restraint, joining a lively jury-room vignette with anecdotes from loyal lawyers.
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Emory
Lambert
Ferris Barstow
Alice Emory
Gregory Shaw
Denke Gilbert
Dudley
Madeleine Mapes
Betty Field
Barstow
Mr. Hunt
Gilbert
Barbara Frayne
Shaw
Pollicet
Miss Frayne
Miss Emory
Soen
Hunt
Corning
Carson
Oklahoma
Jove
Nes
Montann
Carsem
Otler
Montana
Congress
Lim
Toyself
Mr. Lambert
Abel Corning
Mr. Gilbert
Enone
Tost
Mr. Corning
Hant
Bayne
Sme Hitch
Rose
A Substitute City Nephew Study Quoted Exchange
A fragmentary exchange fragment suggests a discussion about study ahead of becoming a doctor. The wording hints at frustration with whether the doctor is able to oversee or perform the learning process for the speaker. No clear events or identities are given.
Current Topics and Events in Early 1900s America
A sampling of topics covers the currency comptroller John Skelton Williams, French wartime hospital relief for Masons, Cape Cod Canal defense importance, Philadelphia housing tied to tuberculosis, and a planned study of housing conditions, sanitation, and infant mortality in alley districts with focus on colored families and rental repairs.
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Ashington
America
Europe
John Skelton Williams
Cape Cod Canal
Boston
Cape Cod
Navy
Department
Tome Island Sound
Cape Cod Bey
Philadelphia
Bernard J. Newman
Philadelphia Housing Commission
Bureau of Health Records
Mr. Newman
Delaware
Camilies
Housing Commission
No Mercy For Jesse Pomeroy Locked In Policy
Boston voices oppose easing solitary confinement for Jesse Pomeroy, the child killer, after a brother of a victim testifies of his sister’s abduction and murder. The council votes unanimously against allowing mingling with other prisoners. Also notes public interest items on Forward to the Land movement and early war aircraft debates.
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Jesse Pomeroy
Boston
Pomeroy
Wouncil
Rewarded After Many Years Bequest for Thames Rescue
Monttifle Cone Jan 10 A bequest of 75000 is awarded to Henry A Bolles for saving a girl from drowning in the Thames twenty eight years ago The girl was the daughter of Mr Trowin bul of New York City who fell from her father's yacht Bolles then a boatman recalled the incident but heard little details from the father The executors of the estate informed Bolles of the reward after decades of waiting.
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Monttifle
Cone
Henry A. Bolles
Thames River
Truanbul
New York City
Bolles
Trowibult
President Poincare's Wife a Nurse Highlighted
Bordeaux report notes Mae Poincare, wife of the president, thanked by the local bar association for her daily work as an ordinary nurse at the hospital founded by lawyers. The piece includes brief war time remarks and other dispatches from London and Washington about maps and diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poincare
Bordeaux
Mocal Bar Association
Mae
Hospitals Overflowing In Petrograd War News
Russian dispatch from Petrograd reports crowded hospitals across cities with red cross emblems on banners and active care by staff. Shortages of medicines and surgical tools persist as Germany blocks supply. Denmark Sweden and the United States supply some medical goods. A separate note quotes a transatlantic liner official predicting a flood of American travelers to Europe once the war ends, with many tours planned to battlefield sites.
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Grand Lodge
Paris
France
French Republic
Mrge
Empress of Tsarphoo Selo
Obukhoff Municipal Hospital
Germany
Sweden
Denmark
Japan
United States
Haanden
Jan
Europe
Oitetal
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Harper Bros
Melton House
Dad
By Frederick Trevor Hill
Lincoln
Nomelody
Lucoln
Watt
Mercy
Lfe
Kith
Luquim d ‘Bayne
Ameer
Witter Braner
Burreney le Dineet
Ueno
Dow
Cee Ee Offiete
Federal Reverve Yann
Federal Reserve
Juke Sketton Williams
John Skelton Willams
P Rominent
Federal Reserve Bank System
New York
Dan
Washington
League
David Lubin
The
International Institute of Agriculture
Ser Yen
Signal Service
United States Army
Scriven
Seth
Grand Lodge of
Worl
Erfed
Grand Helge
London
Mma Penalinge
Americat
Asiaa
Africa
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
Wilson
Mr. Morgenthau
Ottoman Empire
American Press Association
Morgenthau
Petrograd
Moscow
Russia
Lazaret
Nicholas
Lagaret
Brizan Lal
Endey
American Prege Association
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