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Newspaper

Fort Wayne Evening Post

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1896

Page

3

Confession Tells of Buffalo Murder by Minnie Allen

Minnie Allen a 30 year old inmate in Wisconsin penitentiary confesses to the 1894 Buffalo murder of lawyer Montgomery Gibbs. She says Gibbs refused to marry her after promising union, and that she killed him with his own pistol on Delaware Avenue. She aims to clear Clarence Robinson and wife, now serving life for the crime.

Minnie Allen Wisconsin Montgomery Gibbs Buffalo Rockville Ind Wauvin Wis N. Y Niagara Falls Gibbs Bryant Delaware Avenue Clarence Robinson California Minnie Alien State Board of Control W. W. Spearson Robinson New Tift House New York Imperial Hotel Laporte Racine Robinsons Waupun

Trial testimony in Pearl Bryan case recounts possible misdirection

In Newport Kentucky on April 27 detectives and witnesses testified about Pearl Bryan, Alonzo Walling, and Beott Jackson. Patrick Kinney described Walling bringing a distressed woman to Central station and attempting to deter her from boarding a train to Indianapolis. The woman matched Pearl Bryan, and Kinney identified a photo of her. A second piece reports a found body near Oxcartor with revolver and suspected murder by tramps.

Alonze Newport Beott Jackson Jackson Walling Pearl Bryan Patrick J. Kinney Central Union Station Indianapolis Kinney Alonzo Walling Central Station Lila August Hackeman Staunton

Maceo crosses trocha to shock Spanish lines

The World reports from Havana that General Maceo sent Bermudez and Sainz with 1000 troops across the trocha, while Maceo himself has yet to attempt the eighteen mile barrier. Spanish officials say his position grows more critical as wounded troops suffer without care.

New York Havana Maceo Bermudez Sainz Trocha Cuba Moore Sierra Mountains

Weather notes for Indiana Illinois and Michigan

Local showers expected in Indiana this morning with cooler temperatures and easterly to southerly winds. Illinois may see local showers but fair weather for much of the day. Michigan region shows similar unsettled conditions with lingering winds.

Wasubraros Indiana

Wild streetcar crash at Meridian and Washington

Indianapolis report details a runaway electric trolley on Meridian Street that struck a brewer's wagon, broke a trolley pole, and dashed at 30 miles per hour before a collision. No serious injuries reported as passengers fled the scene amid chaos. The Marion County Republican convention followed with raucous Harrison enthusiasm and a long ticket list. Police later arrested ex-convict Al Lintner for the murder of Leo Hirth after a description from the victim’s wife.

Indianapoli Washington Street Meridian Street Pearl Street Harrison Marion County John S. Griffiths Reed Allison Benjamin Harrison McKinney Henry Clay Allen Charles Wiltsie John McGregor H. L. Harding W. H. Schmidt Thomas Shufelton A. W. Brayton John V. Coyner Lewis Aiken Hirth Lust al Lintner Leo Hirth

Coffee Flowing from Flue Halts Be ment & Rea Fry

A brick mason found coffee flooding the flue from Be ment & Rea's wholesale grocery, with two bricks loosened in the chimney and ten barrels of coffee affected. An employee suspected of opening 500 packages for coupons to win a bicycle was discharged. Elsewhere, soda water sales clash with a local saloon near a steel plant gate, and a sheriff blocks a scheduled Indianapolis game, moving it to Grand Rapids.

Tiare Highailure Tanglefoot Elwoop Alexandria Union Steel Indianapolis Indianapolia Grand Rapids

Saloonkeeper lawsuit result and death on ferryboat

In Shoals a jury awarded Mrs. Chandler 1500 dollars for the death of her husband after he fell from a ferryboat in November while drying clothes. She held Becker responsible for selling him the drink.

Tornado Levelled Farms in Kansas Killing Eight

A deadly cyclone swept Clay county Kansas on a Saturday night, killing at least eight people including the Frank Peterson family and Eli Balthazar kin, injuring seventeen, and destroying homes barns and fences. The storm path near Clifton Morganville left casualties in Anderson and Morris families, with a child’s body found half a mile away, and telegraph lines and tracks disrupted for hours.

Torrsa Kas Clay County Frank Peterson Eli Balthazar Julius Trembly Jesse Ham Halverson Frank Wilkinson John Morris Rock Island Clifton Morganville Peter Anderson Anderson Morris Topeka Palmer Washington County

Evening Post Letter List of Uncalled Advertisements

The record lists uncalled advertisements with initials and numbers such as B. TD.4, 1- Box-2, 5-Mrs. H. C. B., 3 Mr. H. L., $L. 2-Miss M.,2-Partner, 4-W. 4,3-H., 1-F. M. A., 4 W. B.,1- L., 1.

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Eight Injured in Bay City Street Car Head End Collision

Eight persons were badly injured in a head end crash between two electric street cars in Bay City Michigan. Both cars were crowded with passengers. Injured include Mrs Charles Driver of Essexville and Mrs Chris Ples TM Cooms among others.

Bay City Mich Ofc Charles Essexville Chrisples ™ Cooms Gata ‘ McCrickett Cy i

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