Desperate attempt to murder Judge Cutting in Chicago
Frank F. Ellerbrock shot at Judge Charles S. Cutting in the probate court hallway. The judge toppled the assailant with a throw and held him until deputies freed the weapon. Ellerbrock, claiming a dispute over his sister’s estate, was deemed insane and later indicted for assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder.
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Chicago
Charles S. Cutting
Probate Court
Frank F. Ellerbrock
California Avenue
Cutting
Criminal Court
Ellerbrock
Hss
Judge Cutting
Broderick
Wilson
Steiner
North
Chicago Avenue
Kohlsaat
T Ouly
Eljerbrock
Father and Son Separated in Michigan City Prison
Marion Indiana December 21 The state prison at Michigan City will not allow George Stillwell and his son Clifford Stillwell to speak or even see each other while imprisoned. George, age 41, was delivered to the institution yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Nelson. Clifford was previously sent for stealing clothes and the son for burglarizing a store. The deputy hoped they might meet but prison rules forbid any contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Michigan City
George Stillwell
Clifford Stillwell
Nelson
Crazy Man Captured Near Massillon Farm
Jonas Troyer escaped from Massillon state hospital in October and was captured Friday at McMahen farm west of Massillon by Deputy Sheriffs Hartel and Hughes. He cooperated and agreed to return to custody after being found near Monroeville and hired for farm work. Ohio authorities will be notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonas Troyer
State Hospital
Massilon
McMahen Farm
Hartel
Hughes
Ohio
Hiram Congalton
Monroeville
Young fiend who slew five is hanged
Joda Hamilton a 20 year old farmer boy was hanged at Houston Missouri for the murder of the Parsons family. On October 12 he killed Barney Parsons Mrs Parsons and their three children after a dispute over a debt. He confessed after arrest and today marked the first legal execution in this county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joda Hamilton
Parsons
Missouri
Houston
Barney Parsons
Hamilton
Iowa
Passive Resistance With Vengeance Reported in Vienna
A fragmented late note from December describes a passive resistance stance aimed at modern Regina as part of a broader political tension in Vienna. The source fragment hints at renewed resolve and possible retaliation, but details remain unclear.
Vatican protests after church state clash in France
Rome reports strong Vatican note to papal representatives condemning France for curtailing church rights under 1905 separation law. It denounces cultural associations, expulsion of Monsignor Montagnini, and urges government restraint to avoid worse evils while preserving ecclesiastical authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Vatican
Monsignor Montagnini
Paris
Holy See
M. Briand
France
Judge Skelton Orders Chief to Destroy Wheel of Fortune
In a Friday city court session Judge B W Skelton told Chief Ankenbruck to destroy a seized gambling wheel found near Kennedy and Harrison Streets. He cited that police must destroy gambling devices in custody. The device, from a nickel-in-the-slot dial, was worth only a few dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Skelton
Ankenbruck
Harrison
Columbia Streets
Man Hides Pecks of Coin as Wedding Gift in Indiana
Frankfort Indiana December 21 ex county commissioner Zimri Sheets revealed a lifelong stash given to his son Walter L Sheets and his bride as a wedding gift. The hoard totals a peck of US coins weighing over seventy five pounds and hidden since a storm uncovered the jars ten miles north of town. The coins were deposited in Clinton County Bank and await counting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Ind
Zimri Sheets
Owen Township
Walter L. Sheets
Sheets
Clinton County
Boy Kills Sheriff Who Sought to Prevent Fratricide
Mount Carmel New Jersey December 21 Sheriff Alexander Compton of Wabash County was shot and killed by 18 year old Albert Kellem in Keensburg. After a dispute over a child from David Kellem, Albert hid in an alley and fired as Compton returned with the child, declaring I told you I would get you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carmel
Alexander Compton
Wabash County
Albert Kellem
Keensburg
Compton
Kellem
David Kellem
David
Sheriff Compton
Albert
Kellem Homestead
William Kellem
Stabs Fatal Fight In Book Bindery In Center Street
In New York a deadly fight broke out between Abraham Loss and Louis Segal in a Center street bindery. Loss died from a severed jugular after a deep neck wound as about fifty terrified women looked on. Segal was arrested and Henry Lapidus, a 16 year old sweeper, testified the dispute began over dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Abraham Loss
Louis Segal
Loss
Segal
Henry Lapidus
Woman Clerk Mentioned In $3000 Bank Fraud Claims
Chicago report details the Lincoln bank of Morton park failure with notes totaling 30000 signed by a handwriting deemed childlike and linked to a stenographer known as Armstrong. Atkinson admits Armstrong is a woman and that the funds were charged to him. Judge Landis orders deputy supervision as investigators probe identity and missing records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lincoln Bank
Morton Park
Atkinson
Landis
United States District Court
L. Armstrong
Armstrong
Pittsburg
Bessemer
Addickson
New York Doctor Made Knight Commander of St Gregory
Dr Thomas Emmett of New York was by instruction of Pope Pius X and Archbishop Farley elevated to Knight Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great. The honor, earned for his professional and church work, carries the title of count and allows him to appear with the pope at public functions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pius X
Farley
Thomas A. Emmett
Emmett
University of Virginia
Patton Emmett
Indiana township trustees elect new officers and plan bills
Indiana trustees in executive session outlined proposed legislation for the next General Assembly. Key measures include boosting township trustee salaries in towns under 10 000 population to three dollars a day and allowing trustees to seek re election. Officers re elected: President C C Miller Sidney vice president Wm A Thornton Terre Haute secretary A F Dalton Bedford treasurer Charles E Potter Richmond. Standing and legislative committees named with Reichard Schaff Hammond Perry F Smith Lexington and O C Puterbaugh Elkhart on the former and C E Lambert Muncie P R McCarthy Vincennes J P Duffy Sullivan W B West Indianapolis H C Cushman Logansport on the latter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
General Assembly
State Association
C. C. Miller
Sidney
Wm. A. Thornton
Terre Haute
A. F. Dalton
Bedford
Charles E. Potter
Richmond
Miller
Reichard Schaff
Hammond
Perry F. Smith
Lexington
O. C. Puterbaugh
Elkhart
C. E. Lambert
Muncie
P. R. McCarthy
Vincennes
J. P. Duffy
Sullivan
W. B. West
H. C. Cushman
Logansport
Another Bank Projected for New Haven
A meeting of prominent citizens and C W Sperry of Fort Wayne discussed establishing a new bank in New Haven. The proposal outlined a plan to take the money without clear detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
C. “W. Sperry
Fort Wayne
Twoney
Jailors surrender without a fight lynching of Henry Davis
In Annapolis Maryland a mob of about sixty masked men captured Henry Davis alias Henry Chambers from Calvert Street Jail and lynched him after he confessed to raping Mrs. John Reid, a white woman from Brownsville. The crowd breached the jail, dragged Davis to Brickyard Hill and fired on him, killing him as the rope and bullets finished him. The coroner’s jury ruled death by unknown parties and authorities vowed to identify leaders.
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Annapolis
Henry Davis
Henry Chambers
John Reid
Brownsville
Calvert Street
Reuben J. Smallwood
Smallwood
Brickyard Hill
Annapolis, Baltimore and Washington
Reid
Davis
St. Johns College
Iglehart
Chambers
Green
Linthicum
Child seriously scalded after boil water accident
The three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl McCaughey five miles north of Huntington fell into a tub of boiling water Tuesday afternoon and is in critical condition at a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl McCaughey
Huntington
Conspiracy Claim Seeks Injunction Against Dividends
Sidney Mitchell, holder of 2000 United Box Board and Paper shares, files in circuit court for injunction to stop dividends and for an accounting. He alleges directors conspired to wreck the $14 million company formed in New Jersey in 1902 to absorb wood pulp and strawboard makers. Mitchell cites mergers, and past earnings and surplus from American Strawboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sidney Mitchell
United Box Board and Paper Company
Box Board Company
Mitchell
New Jersey
American Strawboard Company
Strawboard Company
Indictment Quash Motions Filed in Lima Bridge Trust
Lima Ohio December 21 motions to quash indictments against I Bh Hirahey W N Cleveland R W Haus and others allege defects and violation of the four teenth amendment and Ohio constitution. Trials not set as motions proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Ohio
I. Bh Hirahey
W. N. Cleveland
R. W. Haus
Ton
Bridge Trust
Grand “Jury
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Sheriff
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York Bindery
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Thomas Emmett
New Yorker
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White House
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