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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1911
Page
1
The post mortem findings show Shaw was dead at the time his body was cast into the river, disproving murder by others and confirming death by his own action occurred before the body was disposed of.
Police probe of Harold I Shaw death shifts from drowning to possible murder after an examination showed head wounds and the body’s river disposal. Detectives seek female witnesses from the underworld while officials vow no arrests yet, and funeral rites proceed with family uncertainty.
St. Petersburg reports three major developments in the Russo Chinese crisis. Russia notes China distrust deepening gaps in negotiations while a domestic dispute within the Chinese measures is hinted. Dispatches from the army of occupation reveal food shortages causing unease among soldiers and possible plans for northern Manchuria action.
Lexington Kentucky March 14 War den G Sale of the North Carolina state penitentiary left for Raleigh with T Whitson who was arrested here charged with being an escaped prisoner Whitson admitted escaping from the penitentiary sixteen years ago while serving a thirty year term for murder Since his escape Whitson has lived an upright life in Kentucky and amassed a comfortable fortune
Washington reports troops concentrating in San Antonio Texas and in San Diego California and Galveston Texas will stay nearby, with frequent reliefs planned. Navy gunboats on both coasts are simply exchanging posts while Chester and Tacoma operate jointly east coast and Princeton and Yorktown west coast.
Lieutenant Eisenhut and Stationmaster Degitz hunted two boys aged eighteen and younger for a foul assault on Peter Eckbloom’s five year old daughter at 3215 Dinnen street. A milk wagon owned by the state dairy farm carried the girl to the culprit, who lured her inside and abused her. The child’s mother notified police after her father learned of the incident. a physician found no severe injuries. Witnesses can identify the assailant.
Cat Charles Campbell, eastern waterways expert and local project representative, will spend six months compiling literature to promote the Toledo Fort Wayne and Chicago canal. He has opened an office at the Commercial Club with Secretary C L Biederworn aiding, aiming to press government action by turning public sentiment into organized support. Campbell likens his effort to successful New York state canal expansion and asserts broad public backing for the waterway project.
Missouri Pacific stockholders elect four Kuhn Loeb men as directors. George J. Gould will move from president to chairman. Other directors include Frederick T. Gates Cornelius Vanderbilt and Kingdon Gould. St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern votes also list Gould family names among selections.
Union painters and paper hangers in Lafayette Indiana walked off jobs after bosses refused wage demands of 34 cents an hour and an eight hour day. Bosses plan an open shop on April 1 by hiring non union workers as the national Painters Union headquarters works to mediate the dispute.
In Viterbo Italy 36 Neapolitan camorra suspects face jury selection as court imposes fines on no-shows and guards crowd the courthouse. The cage for accused men and the priestly figure of Ciro Vittozzi loom as police screen townsfolk summoned as potential jurors.
Mrs. W W Jones wife of the Rushville Banking Company's cashier died today in Rochester after hearing news of a bank robbery at Rushville. Report says $5000 in cash was stolen. the safe was blown open during the night and the robbers fled.
Mexican finance minister Hose Yves Limantour states that captured American allies of revolutionists would face no special mercy and could be tried and executed under martial law. He cites El Paso despatches about Americans aiding insurrection in northwestern Mexico and calls reports of broader American involvement particularly aggravating.
In El Paso on March 14 reporters awaited word on the fate of fifteen Americans captured after the Casas Grandes defeat. Some fear they were executed. others hope they remain jailed awaiting trial in Casas Grandes or are awaiting word via insurrecto couriers to President Francisca Madero.
Frank Maire a 41 year old New Haven area farmer attempted suicide with a 23 caliber rifle. He shot himself in the left breast, then returned to bed and hid the wound as his wife returned. Doctors initially predicted recovery, but his condition worsened.
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