Hyde’s Counsel Attacks State Case in Swope Murder Trial
Frank P. Walsh opens defense for Dr. B C Hyde with denials of all charges. He attacks expert testimony as biased and accuses chemists of doctored reports while noting Col Thomas Swope’s secret will and Mrs Logan C Swope’s influence may spark the case. Walsh says Hyde aided Hunton’s care but was not Hunton’s regular physician. Col Swope’s will secrecy and alleged drunkenness of Swope are addressed as key points.
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Kansas City
B. C. Hyde
Frank P. Walsh
Swope
Tudwig Hektoen
Walter S. Haines
Chicago
Victor C. Vaughn
Ann Arbor
Mich
Walsh
Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Chrissman Swope
Logan C. Swope
Dr. Hyde
Mr. Walsh
L. Q. Swope
Hunton
J. Moss Hunton
Col. Swope
G. T. Twyman
Twyman
Sylvester Spangler
J. T. Hull
Kirksville
Alma Vaughn
J. T. Vaughn
BR. C. Hyde
Col
Thomas Swope
Dr. Hull
Dr. Twyman
Jabez Jackson
Marietta College juniors expelled after chapel disruption
In Marietta Ohio on April 19 the Marietta College chapel service broke up when junior class members dressed in satire on seniors and forced President Perry from the room. The president suspended the entire junior class and had them escorted from the building after threatening to call police.
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Marietta
Ohio
Marietta College
Perry
Milwaukee elects Emil Seidel as mayor in city of reform
The Milwaukee city government shifts to the Social Democrats as Emil Seidel becomes mayor. The new council, with twenty one Seidel supporters and ten Democrats plus four Republicans in the minority, pledges home rule, municipal reform, sanitation, a municipal research bureau, and potential lighting plant. Seidel urges strict enforcement of labor protections, factory hygiene, and fair contracting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Democratic Party
Social Democrats
Emil Seidel
New Party
Seidel
Edmund T. Melms
Carl D. Thompson
Bureau of Municipal Research
Common Council
Lake Michigan
Fife
Senate Retirements Shock The Old Guard In Senate
Augusta Me April 10 Positive announcement of Eugene Hale's retirement from the United States Senate was made today Inferring he will withdraw from re election He would serve until March 4 1911 Aldrich also said he would not seek re election in a letter to Governor Pothier of Rhode Island The retirements surprise lawmakers and shift leadership away from veteran Republicans Hale Aldrich and leadership pass to others while Speaker Cannon comments on health not politics
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Augusta
Eugene Hale
United States Senate
Hale
Aldrich
Pothier
Rhode Island
Associated Press
Senator Hale
Senate
Maine
Jose
Dolliver
Smithsonian Institute
Iowa
White House
Cannon
House
Old Guard
Snow Storm Destroys Fort Wayne Shade and Fruit Trees
Fort Wayne suffered heavy tree damage after a Monday night snowstorm. Hundreds of shade and many fruit trees collapsed under the moisture laden weight, blocking doorways and scattering limbs across streets. Temperatures dropped to freezing with 1.03 inches of total precipitation by noon, and a frost forecast threatened further fruit damage.
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Fort Wayne
Mohler
Supreme Court Dismisses Carter Case in Harbor Fraud
The Supreme Court decreed against Captain Oberlin M. Carter in a harbor improvement fraud case. The government claimed Carter and contractors diverted over 2 million dollars, with Carter allegedly profiting about 373 thousand dollars. Relatives were charged with aiding concealment. The ruling upheld liability and monetary recoveries against Carter and associates.
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Washington
Savannah
Oberlin M. Carter
United States Supreme Court
Carter
United States Army
Greene and
Gayner
L. D. Carter
Oakland
Captain Carter
I. S. Carter
Chicago
Circuit Court
Robert I’. Westcott
New York
United States
New Jersey
Tlianis
Georgia
Circuit of Appeals
Circuit Court of Appeals
Tu. D. Carter
S. Carter
Carters
Supreme Court
Iron bridge planned over St Joe by Germania Park club
The Germania Park club, taking over the former Corner Rod and Gun property, has awarded a contract for an iron foot bridge across the St Joe river at the club grounds to replace the flood wrecked wooden structure. Adolph Roggen named manager. club capitalized at 10000 dollars. officers named with a six-member board of trustees. William Fuhrman to oversee clubhouse improvements and a bowling arbor.
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Germania Park Club
Corner Rod and Gun Club
Robison Park
St. Joe River
Adolph Roggen
Henry Branning
William Fruechtenicht
Henry Braeuer
Adolph Sisaner
William Fuhrman
Serious hitch in elevation plans
A city council committee meeting will tackle track elevation and street openings tied to a pending grade separation project. The dispute centers on opening Harrison Webster and McClelland streets and Clinton inclusion, with the Pennsylvania Railroad’s potental new north track complicating tunneling and costs.
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Board of Public Works
Hosey
Harrison, Webster and McCelland
Clinton
Pennsylvania
Grand Street
Harrison
Webster Street
Pennsylvania Company
Harrison, Webster
McCelland
Baker Street
Chicago Street
Mcc Melland
Calhoun
Muin
Chicago Butter Dealers Seek Prosecution Over Elgin Price Fixing
Chicago butter dealers said an investigation into the Elgin butter board price fixing has begun to present evidence to the U S district attorney. At Elgin officials allegedly fixed a 32 cent weekly price by packing the meeting with clerks and employees. T B Purcell, a Chicago dealer, said the Elgin committee often sets prices without a sale, causing losses for others.
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Chicago
Elgin Butter Board
United States District Attorney
Elgin
Chicago Commission
Elgin Board
Hyde trial disruption as witness falls ill and delays
In Kansas City on April 16 the Hyde murder trial paused after Dr G T Twyman fell ill with acute diverticulitis and underwent surgery. Judge considered delays while jurors watched from courtroom windows as Dr Twyman’s condition was uncertain. Meanwhile Dr J T Hull and Dr Hyde exchanged greetings off the record.
Two Policemen Shot. One Killed in Indianapolis Gun Battle
Patrolman Joseph Krupp was killed and Patrolman Alfred C. Groves wounded in a dawn shootout with two suspects near the Belt railroad. Walter Whitelock and George Douglass, both of Pittsburg, were arrested later at Avon and charged with the shooting.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Joseph Krupp
Alfred C. Groves
Walter Whitelock
George Douglass
Pittsburg
Douglass
Whitelock
Avon
Krupp
Groves
Lafe Fractures Wrist Cranking Auto on Broadway
Lafe Gierhardt sustained a painful injury when the lever he used to crank his automobile kicked back on Broadway Sunday and fractured his right wrist. The fracture is described as unusually severe.
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Gierhardt
Lafe Gierhardt
Broadway
Gould Drexel wedding ties two great American fortunes
Miss Marjorie Gwynne Gould daughter of George J. Gould wed Anthony J. Drexel Jr of Philadelphia at St Bartholomew s church New York. The ceremony united two wealthy families with many out of town guests and a lavish pink themed celebration. Bishop Scarborough of New Jersey officiated with Dr Leighton Parks assisting.
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New York
St. Bartholomew’s Church
Marjorie Gwynne Gould
George J. Gould
Anthony J. Drexel, Jr
Philadelphia
Gould
Miss Gould
Anthony J. Drexel
Gould Mansion
Fifth Avenue
Vivian
Edyth Gould
Armstrong Drexel
Vivian Gould
Bishop Scarborough
New Jersey
Leighton Parks
St. Bartholomew's
Food Prices Likely to Drop, Say Experts
New York April 19 observers of food markets express belief in a swift era of lower food prices. Provision men cite grain abundance and predicted bountiful crops as drivers, with beef and pork expected to fall in retail cost.
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New York
Grand Forks Herald Official Visits His North Dakota Roots
H L Willson of Grand Forks North Dakota visits his parents in the city while en route to the east for an Associated Press meeting. The Grand Forks Daily Herald treasurer and manager praises Grand Forks population 12000 and its civic progress including street lighting, a $6000 club home, and $160000 for state fair grounds. He notes the city’s appetite to “get it” when desired.
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North Dakota
H. OL. Willson
Grand Forks
M. S. Willson
Associated Press
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Hnal Blow
ST. Joe
New Park Club
W.W. W. Wagoner
Terre Haute
E. J. Ehrman
Ehrman
Southside
Uncle Sam
Vaughn
Ous
Yegemen
Gan
Lafe
Cupid
Marjorie Gould
Anthony
Drexel, Jr
George Gould
H. L. Wiillson
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