Dramatic Deathbed Marriage and Acquittal in 1869 Trial
Daniel McFarland, Irish born assistant NY city assessor, shot Albert D. Richardson in The Tribune office on November 25 1869. He later married Richardson’s widow Abby Sage McFarland with Beecher and Greeley present. McFarland was acquitted after a three day trial, Richardson died, Abby Sage became a lecturer, and McFarland died years later as an alcoholic.
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Ameces Press
Daniel McFarland
New York
Massachusetts
Abby Sage
New England
McFarland
Lfe
New York Tribune
Nassau and
Spruce Streets
George M. King
Albert D. Richardson
King
The
Tribune
Spruce Street
Richardson
Nassau Street
Dr. Swain
Astor House
Westmoreland Hotel
Albert. D. Richardson
Grant
Vicksburg
Junius Henry Browne
Libby
Salisbury
N. C
Browne
Beecher
Greelay
Abby Sage McFarland
Niblo
Indiana
C. B. Froth‘dogham
Horace Greeley
Junina Henri. Browz
Charles Spencer
Elbridge T. Gerry
Gavin
Fellows
Nash Davis
New York Bar
Commonwealth
Amos J. Cummings
Lucia G. Calhoun
Whitelaw Reid
Carpenter
Samuel Sinclair
Oliver Johnson
Bohemia
Free Love Society
Abby Sage-Richardson
Alfred R. Calhoun
Miss Flagler Indicted for Manslaughter in Washington Case
Elizabeth M. Flagler, daughter of General D. W. Flagler, was indicted by a Washington jury for manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Ernest Green, a boy who tried to pick a pear outside her father’s home. She is believed to be in Baltimore for treatment, under 10,000 bail, and faces a likely January trial.
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Washington
Elizabeth M. Flagler
Ernest Green
Miss Flagler
D. W. Flagler
Ordnance Bureau
War Department
Baltimore
Rock Island
Hrs
Watertown
Mass
Dramatic Turin Play Shows Corpse in Realistic Scene
A sensational Turin drama titled The Corpse of the River Po features a staged corpse dragged from a river tank in act one and a morgue scene in act two. In a climactic fifth act a hearse overturns spilling twelve coffins and revealing the murdered woman at the killer’s feet.
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Turin
Italy
Siz
Slaba
Potter's Field
Beards Tax Sparks Italian Senate Riot
The piece recounts an Italian senate uproar over a proposed beard tax. Budget shortfalls and a failed loan push Crispi to seek ideas from senators, provoking heated debate and a riot as nostrils flare over levies on various items.
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M. Casale
Spiro
Italy
Crispi
Casale
Humbert
Senate
Laurenzano
Inventor Seeks Safer Police Club With Rubber Skin
Dr Abiel W Nelson of New London claims a humane police club built with a rubber envelope over a wooden core can subdue suspects without permanent harm. Tests on skulls in New York morgue showed no brain injury. calf tests produced dazed recovery, suggesting limited risk though no long term effects established.
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Abiel W. Nelson
New London
Nelson
New York
Mrs Jacob H Vanderbilt Seeks Separation and Support
In New York court Mrs. Jacob H. Vanderbilt sues Jacob Hand Vanderbilt for separation and support. She alleges years of estrangement begun after a 1888 settlement with his father Captain Vanderbilt. Alimony: $100 monthly plus $1,000 counsel fee. any future income rise may raise alimony.
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New York
Jacob H. Vanderbilt
Duke of Marlborough
Vanderbilt
Captain Vanderbilt
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Two Oakland evangelists forecast end of the world in 1897
Rev. F. F. Young and Rev. J. H. Allen attract followers in Oakland with calculations from Daniel and Revelation predicting a three and a half year reign of the beast beginning soon, followed by a millennium beginning in 1900 and ending with final judgment. The pair, dubbed Millerites era, differ in method yet share the same doom narrative.
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Oakland
Cal
Mr. Allen
Mr. Young
Dr. Young
Christ
Jesus Christ
J. H. Allen
F. F. Young
Allen
Henry Miller
Temple of
Jerusalem
Second Temple
A Boy's Life in Prison
A 15 year old Brooklyn manslaughter convict Pompei de Marco speaks in jail of killing Moreno after a money dispute. He describes his remorse, prison cell loneliness, prayer, and hope for house correction and early release, while detailing his dream of owning a wagon and wealth.
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Pompei de Marco
Brooklyn
Girono
Pompei
Moreno
Phen
House Correction
Cooper Shop
Robbers slain by Chehkiang villagers in mountain stream
Eleven gang members who plagued Chehkiang silk district were captured near a mountain town while bathing. The townspeople bound the robbers and cut them to pieces as revenge for earlier killings, then cast the fragments into their boat to drift away. Local mandarin officials avoided action fearing band retaliation.
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Silk
Chehkiang
China
Record Breaker Epileptic Patient Reported in Lancet
An epileptic young woman described in The Lancet allegedly set a record with 8208 distinct fits across 21 days, averaging 159 per day and peaking at 830 in a single day. She was treated with chloral hydrate and ide potassium and reportedly cured.
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A. D. Richardson
Henry Ward Beecher
Vanderbilts
Marlborough
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