Murder Plot Is Bared In Elko Hearing
Elko June 7 Mrs Ella Connell confessed attempted poisoning of her husband Mike Connell in a preliminary hearing. She implicated Constable H A McMurtrey and said they planned to marry or gain his money. She testified of a will and a large stake, while Taber faces grand jury scrutiny. A Basque herder reports a deadly coyote attack near Buckhorn. A Virginia City hill climb auto incident ends with a brake failure and a near ditch plunge.
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Elko
Ella Connell
Mike Connell
Justice of the Peace
Clark
H. A. McMurtrey
McMurtrey
Connell
J. M. Taber
Taber
Sanders
Carl Gilberg
Virginia City
Joe Bishop
Elko editor cited in contempt in Connell poisoning case
Justice Clark cited George B. Russell editor of the Elko Independent in court for contempt over a newspaper account of J. M. Taber's preliminary hearing. Russell’s sentence was suspended and the fine remitted. McMurtrey case moved to district court with witnesses and possible tests to come within ten days. Also reported Elko wool clip sale at 29 cents per pound for 6000 pounds.
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Elko
Nevada
Connell
Justice Clark
George B. Russell
Elko Independent
Independent
J. M. Taber
Clark
Russell
H. A. McMartrey
Mike Connell
McMartrey
McMurtrey
Justice of the Peace
H. U. Castle
Taber
Elko Free Press
Joe Heenen
Big Shipment of Bees Arrives for Love Lock Honey Co
A large shipment arrives for the Love Lock Honey and Bee Company from the Sacramento valley. The consignment includes 265 beehives occupying an entire freight car.
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Sacramento Valley
Lovelock Honey and Bee Company
Government Surveyor Hoff man Dies by Suicide in Elko
W E Hoffman a Government surveyor ended his life in Elko by cutting his throat with a razor on Monday. Despondency and poor health are given as factors. Hoffman, about 35, was to lead a surveying party and was well known in the region. He leaves a wife in Sigourney Iowa. Remains were shipped to Sigourney.
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W. E. Hoffman
Elko
Hoffman
Sigourney
Iowa
Howe for Senate Announces Candidacy and Nevada Ties
Albert H. Howe, born 1872 in Brooklyn, is formally seeking the Republican nomination for United States Senate. A longtime business executive in Nevada, he served as private secretary to Senator Platt and later to Senator Nixon, helped develop the foreign department of a major transportation company, and became secretary, treasurer, and director of Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company. He and his family reside in Goldfield.
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Albert H. Howe
United States Senate
Brooklyn
New York
United States Express Company
Howe
Foreign Department
Europe
Senator Platt
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Senate
George S. Nixon
Nevada
Reno
Senator Nixon
Nevada Bankers’ Association
Goldfield
Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company
John S. Cook & Company Bank
Washington
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Grace Anperson
O. B
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Mapetine Fraser
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Diamond Rebekah Lodge
Beatife Lodge No. 7
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the Brown Hotel
Main
Eureka, Nevada
Station Touring Club of America
Daniel, Morrison
Henderson Banking Company
Elko, Nevada
Jonx Henpersox
Haypex Hexperson
L. 0. Humpersox
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Aset. Cashier
Schecline Banking & Trust Co
General Banking
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United States Federal Reserve Bank
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E. E. Exxor
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