James Nutt Declared Sane and Freed from Custody
Young James Nutt was brought before Judge Stowe and physicians in Pittsburgh yesterday for sanity examination. Doctors testified he is perfectly sane, and the judge discharged him. He received an ovation en route to Major Brown's office, where family and friends awaited. a reception was planned on arrival home in Uniontown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Nutt
Judge Stowe
Dr. Beatty
Major Brown
Brown
James
Uniontown
Mystery of Amelia Olsen Brutal Murder Unfolds
Chicago police reveal new details in the death of Amelia Olsen, a young seamstress found on the prairie outside the city. Six more arrests added after initial suspect Thomas Sheehan, including a hackman, Italian restaurant keeper, a woman, and three others as accessories. A Wisconsin-sourced sailor, Martin Jacobson, linked as a rejected suitor, is also involved. Postmortem suggests repeated outrages and death by strangulation after being drugged and driven from the restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Olsen
Checago
Curiaco
Thomas Sheehan
Hackman
Wisconsin
Martin Jacobson
Amelia Olen
Bloody Affray in Wood County Pool Hall Tragedy
In a six oclock incident at Cotbys saloon near the depot in a small town south of the city Frank Fairbanks and Edward Manahan fought over a dispute during a pool game. Fairbanks fatally stabbed Manahan thirty three times with a large blade pocketknife, the heart area receiving a severe wound. Manahan, badly wounded, was taken home to Hulls Prairie in critical condition and later died. Fairbanks, held at Bowling Green jail, denies having a knife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torene
Asking
Fairbanks
Manahan
Manshan
Greenfiell
Hull’s Prairie
Edward Manahan
Lie
Bowling Green
Mississippi River Convention Aims to Push Navigation Plan
Washington Jan 28 reports that a large convention is being organized to persuade Congress to improve the Mississippi and tributaries. Delegates from states and cities will attend. a St. Louis representative at Ebbet House handles correspondence and arrangements. The effort seeks significant river navigation funding and wider awareness among lawmakers. The issue of railroad land forfeitures and other naval and pension matters also dominate discussions in Congress.
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MccCrary
St. Louis
Arthur
David Wagner
Missouri Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court
Jude McCrary
Washington
Bat
Kansas City
Mississippi
Wasuixctos
Congress
Ebbet
Afr
Cobb
Committee On Public Lands
Steam Vessel Board
Burnett
Fourth
Potter
New York
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Senate Finance Committee
House
Hunt
Buckner
Treasury
Pension Law
Dudley
Pension Bureau
House Committee On
Matson
Commissioner of Pensions
Anthony
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Political and crime notes from Jan 83 Senate and counties
Senate measures include a favorable report on Fitz John Potter and a call for riot investigation at Danville Virginia with removals at Logan. Congress honors Captain Eric Gabrielson and crew for City of Columbus wreck rescue. Wisconsin murder cases, arson, and other local crimes are reported along with Comstock’s vice suppression progress and a fatal boiler explosion in Illinois.
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Sherman
Cockerell
Inghiow
Horst
Mr. Long
Congress
Eric — Gabrielson
United Suites
Dexter
Gay Head
City of Columbus
Rhodes
Ay. Dockery
Committee On Accounts
Ellis
Committee On Appropriations
Crow Agency
Fort Belknap
Ft. Peck
Blackfeet
Montana
Garrison
Mayo
House Committee On Elections
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Telegraph
Deong
Herald
Jennnette
Gacerya
Knoxville
Tenn
Quintana
Laneno
Tex
Mexico
Pabloe Quintana
New Laredo
Mex
Monterey
Pennsylvania
Democratic Convention
Tarnissura
Democratic State Committee
Friends of
Pennsylvania Democrate
Carcaco
James H. Mellville
Mawes
Mellville
Western Union Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company
Allison
Des Moises
Willam B. Allison
Benton& J. Hall
D. M. Clark
Bells
Mr. Verxoy
Mary van Brocklin
Charles van Brocklin
Freman
Woon Haven
L. L
Adam Busch
Battooing
Louisvinth
Williams
Wackburn
Sweeny
Haskell
Lawrence, Ks
Greenback
Samuel A. Riggs
Eldorado
Dudley C. Maskell
Dartford
Wis
BeLlame
Fred Eubn
Mawarrowoc
Henry Banknecht
Bankneebt
Sheriffs Office
Riofer
Younastows
William Cluse
Blosser
Beaver Township
Thomas Kelly
Cluse
Ashcroft
Cuanpox
Dell Ashcroft
Ira Bidlake
Anthony Comstock
The
Society For the Suppression of Vice
North Carolina
Cranworth
N. C
Lancaster County
Armstrong Funderbank
Tradesvite
Gregory
Dilly Copeland
Taxabaw
Gregory Brothers
Hexxerry
St. Louis Ice Company
Deane
Charles Lyons
Pat Kearney
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Southern
King's Mountain Tunnel
Center Street
Palace Drug Store
Central Avenue
Lyon Brothers
J. A. Staper
COLT
W.C. Zimmermann, Jr
Hamburg
Gidley & Bloss
Dunkirk
Wirtner & Alling
Monroe
St. James
RED Cross
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