Thaw to reshuffle counsel as trial ends
New York April 15. Interest centers on changes Thaw will make to his legal staff after the trial. Delmas has reportedly severed ties and Daniel O'Reilly becomes counsel of record, aiming to secure bail.
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1907
Page
9
New York April 15. Interest centers on changes Thaw will make to his legal staff after the trial. Delmas has reportedly severed ties and Daniel O'Reilly becomes counsel of record, aiming to secure bail.
Mrs. Rachel Hazlett of Allen county celebrated her 94th birthday at her son John Hazlett’s home near New Haven. Born April 14 1814 near Petersburg Pennsylvania she moved to Allen county with husband Thomas Hazlett in 1834. Her two surviving children John and Mrs Mary FitzGerald attended along with many relatives. the event featured an old Irish song and a large portrait session.
Insanity proceedings have been filed in Justice Tancey’s court against James Williamson, who is cited in connection with alleged mental health issues. The report notes the case advances to formal hearings under local court procedures.
Howard Nesbit, brother of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, swears he did not write the sentence allegedly in a letter to Harry K. Thaw. He says the quoted line was added by another person and aims to clear his parents of instigating him as a witness. Daniel O'Reilly later denied Thaw would speak today on changes in his counsel and ordered exhibits withheld.
Augusta Ga April 15 The former populist presidential candidate Thomas Watson now Atlanta editor clashed with a railroad porter on a train from Atlanta to Augusta over delays and courtesy. Watson struck the porter in the face with his grip drawing a brief confrontation as the engine paused. The altercation prompted restraint and a delay of about twenty minutes while heads and feelings were tended. Watson offered no statement though he may pursue the matter with the railroad. The injuries to the porter were not detailed. Schools at Laketon have been closed due to unspecified causes.
Washington, April 15. H W Taft spent time with President Roosevelt and discussed Ohio campaign plans for his brother and Governor Hughes. Taft said the decision on visiting Ohio or Philippines remains unsettled and commented that public opinion supports Hughes policies and Roosevelt's outlook. Taft will attend Yale clubs meeting in Cincinnati on the 27th. no political significance claimed.
In LodzPoland April 145 more than a hundred workers have been killed or wounded in labor feuds over the past four weeks. The government is accused of failing to protect workers who turn to self help to expose what they call terroristic socialist agitators responsible for industrial ruin. Anticipation mounts of possible anti-Semitic backlash due to Jews comprising over 80 percent of the socialist faction.
Miss Mary Brown of the Kimball boarding house at 415 West Berry street fell after likely vertigo while leaving for church. She landed on her head and face on stone sidewalk, suffering a broken nose, severe head injuries, and brain concussion. She was unconscious much of Sunday and remained in serious condition.
Washington April 15 a special weather bureau report notes a distinct earthquake of great intensity recorded by the seismograph starting at 1 14 20 this morning. The eastwest movement peaked 1 26 to 1 41 a m the northsouth phase ended about 1 33 a m and the total duration exceeded two hours.
The seismograph at the state museum in Albany captured the strongest and longest quake since installation. It began at 1 14 a m and lasted over two hours, reportedly more powerful than the San Francisco event last year. Officials say the disturbance traveled about three thousand miles to the southwest and likely felt across U S seismological stations and in Hurone.
A Great Northern Oriental Limited coast train left St. Paul and burned after a wreck near Bartlett, North Dakota. Six deaths are confirmed with more bodies feared in the ruins. The disaster occurred four miles from Lakota, near where a similar wreck happened last fall.
Conrad Rodenbeck of 508 East Lewis street died from apoplexy shortly after finishing his dinner. A boilermaker with over forty years at the Pennsylvania company he had survived a prior attack on Haster Sunday. He was born in Germany and emigrated fifty years ago. He leaves six children, five grandchildren, a brother Ernest Rodenbeck in Perry township, and a sister in Germany. He belonged to St. Paul Lutheran church.
A broken wire cut power to street railway cars for about twenty minutes at the noon hour Sunday until repairs restored service.
Nearly a thousand delegates gather at Carnegie Hall for the national peace conference with Andrew Carnegie presiding. President Roosevelt's letter lauds justice and peace, urging arbitration, limits on armaments, and a stronger Hague court, as Secretary Root and Roosevelt outline US commitment to international humanity.
In Bunkie Louisiana white men seized a black suspect in a white woman’s assault and faced a counterattack from nearby black residents. Three whites were wounded with one likely to die as the mob fled with the prisoner. Later reports disputed a black gunfire claim, suggesting mutual shooting among whites.
The text advocates ending war as a method of settling disputes and supports peace initiatives led by interparliamentary and League concepts. It praises Theodore Roosevelt's peacemaking legacy, urges international cooperation, and places hope in a German-led invitation to form a union of nations for collective security.
Indianapolis April 15 Special Roosevelt plans a May 30 public speech in this city to mark the Lawton monument dedication. The address is expected to center almost entirely on railway issues, his first public statement on the matter since recent events drew attention to rail transport. A Porter circuit court jury in Valparaiso found engineer Gelnauer not guilty of involuntary manslaughter over the Woodville B&O wreck that killed 61 immigrants. Proceedings against Conductor Porter and engineers Burke and Moste were dismissed. Attorneys included Henry Coleck and W C Geake.
After five days of talks 35 000 express company workers in the Metropolitan district won higher pay shorter hours and union recognition. Employers had refused earlier and planned a May 1 strike. a conference produced the settlement with firms including United States American Adams Southern Wells Fargo Knickerbocker National Pacific Long Island and others.
Washington reports the sixteenth continental congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution opening with a week long convention. Officers to be elected. finances praised by President General Mrs Donald McLean. Hobson delivers peace message from New York peace congress. governors urged to form patriotic education commissions.
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