The Accomplice Prologue in the Emory Court Case
Dramatic courtroom scene unfolds as foreman Lambert, a literary man, presides over the Emory murder trial. Ferris Barstow prosecutes while Alice Emory, once Greg Shaw’s secretary, faces forged checks and forged will questions. Barbara Frayne, Hunt in disguise, and Madeleine Mapes offer pivotal testimony amid twists as Lambert saves Mapes from danger and the blue skirt mystery deepens.
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Emory
Lambert
W Tose
Ferris Barstow
Alice Emory
Gregory Shaw
Deake Gilbert
Barbara Frayne
Barbara
Miss Emory
Madeleine Mapes
Betty Field
Barstow
Mr. Hunt
Shaw
Gilbert
Miss Frayne
Hunt
Corning
Bayne
MacLean
Brutal cross examination ends with housekeeper collapsed
In a heated courtroom scene Barstow hammers the housekeeper with harsh questions about love, deceit, and a skirt torn from the morning of Nov 3. Miss Emory reacts with fury as the witness wavers, then collapses, prompting a dramatic pause before the chapter resumes.
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Jatow
Miss Mapes
Gilbert
Cas
Gregory Shaw
Barstow
Miss Emory
Mr. Shaw
Emory
Dudley
Mr. Barstow
Sriaw
Bar
Shaw
Umate
New South Dakota Senator Ed Johnson Takes Seat
Washington reports Ed Johnson, Democrat, will succeed Crawford as South Dakota’s U S senator. Johnson, a Yankton resident, is known as Ed and is described as a plain spoken, hard working Democrat. The piece notes the political shift and Johnson’s desire for straightforward recognition.
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Johnson
Crawford
Ed Johnson
South Dakota
United States Senate
Yankton
Ancient Monte Cassino Monastery Damaged by Earthquake
Naples reports severe damage to the Monte Cassino monastery near Naples after a recent quake. The right wing threatens collapse, with a 200 foot fissure, endangering medieval artifacts including a priceless codex and the library. The site houses 300 ecclesiastical students and has had news suppressed to avoid alarm.
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Naples
Monte Cassino
Benedict
Canada Plans Boundary Guard Plan For Border Defense
Ottawa March 16 Major Tait and Colonel Gregory of the Canadian reserve say they will present to Major General Hughes a plan to guard the boundary with reserve force troops. The proposal aims to keep out hostile citizens of wartime nations and prevent reservists from those countries in Canada from entering the United States with U S officials to be consulted.
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Tait
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Hughes
United States
Great Britain
Italian navy to hire American flying boat instructor
William Elwood Buffalo a tying boat pilot has arrived to become instructor for Italian navy flyers. An American firm sold three flying boats to Italy, duplicates of the Rodman Wanamaker transatlantic flyer America. Doherty will train Italian aviators who lack experience handling large flying boats of this type. He participated in experiments with the America last year and was once linked as a potential companion of Lt. John Cyril Forte on the transatlantic voyage.
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Aly’s Fliers
William Elwood Buffalo
America
Mr. Doherty
John Cyril Forte
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