Murder on Cotton Belt Line Sparks Ouachita County Reward
A Malvern Ark special reports a melee near Camden and Reardon on the Cotton Belt line where unknown assailants killed five negro laborers. A white foreman suspects danger to informers, Ouachita sheriff pursues suspects, and the Cotton Belt offers 250 dollars for capture.
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Little Rock
Ark
Malvern
Camden
Rearden
Ouachita County
Cotton Belt Railroad Company
Belt Railroad
Outlawry in Hoosier State
A posse of about 100 citizens pursued a gang of fifteen thieves after a raid near Berne Indiana. In the ensuing gun battle Cathart Brown was fatally shot and left behind in the woods. he died in jail later. Wells County officers joined the chase as the hunt continued.
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Decatur
Ind
Berne
Cathart Brown
Wells County
Lynching Threat Fears Officials in Lexington
In Lexington Missouri on December 8 officials regret the town's exposure to mob violence after a lynching. Prosecuting Attorney Aull says he has evidence to convict many of the mob and seeks state help to prosecute conspirators. A prisoner was moved from Richmond for safety.
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Lexington
Winner
Nelson
Richmond
Green
Lon Jackey
Kansas City
Aull
Thugs Encounter Milwaukee Road Agent in High Drama
In Fairfax Iowa December 8 an agent of the Milwaukee road faced two armed robbers as he closed the lantern. One robber was killed and the other wounded when the agent fired in self defense. The agent was unharmed and police hunt the surviving assailant.
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Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee Road
Fairfax
Positive Proof of Arsenic in Milwaukee Bread Poisoning
Detectives confirmed that Baker Figlesthaler’s flour was doctored with arsenic, and an arrest is expected soon. No deaths occurred, but about 200 people were endangered after consuming bread from the bakery.
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Milwaukee
Figlesthaler
Inauguration Set for Governor Elect Tanner in Springfield
The local committee announces the inauguration will be held Monday January 11 in Springfield Illinois since Governor Altgeld's term ends January 10.
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Springfield
Hls
Tanner
Altgeld
Abbreviated telegrams puncture daily life and crime
A collection of brief items shows John Morris pleading guilty to passing two forged checks worth 100 dollars, Chicago crime notes on stolen surgical instruments, a nurse enlistment in Cuba, and a flood of counterfeit dollars. Other items report a Texas cowboys unit fighting near Maceo, Medico Legal society seeking witness secrecy, and a fatal teen suicide in Jerseyville. Reports from London discuss Cleveland’s message on Cuba and Venezuelan issues, plus a Collinwood murder case leading to a $3,000 damages verdict.
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John Morris
Chicago
Kentucky
George A. Hibbert
Anna 5. Coleman
Nobel Centre
Mich
Cuba
Maceo
Medico-Legal Society
Grace France
Edna Curry
Thomas Curry
Jerseyville
Dils
Jackson
Milford Harmon
Grover Cleveland
Jessie Pringle
Eugene Pringle
Washington
Great Lake Matters
Contested Will of Publisher William Ivison
In New York a large group of nephews and nieces contest the will of William Ivison who died last May leaving an estate near five million dollars. The bulk goes to nephew David B. Ivison as executor, while servant Mary Sheridan receives ten thousand dollars. Contestants argue mental incompetence at the time of the will.
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New York
William Ivison
David B. Ivison
Mary Sheridan
Ivison
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Blackwell
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Por Ross
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Enson
N. Goldsmith’s Sons
Stephenson Street
Freeport
Illinois
Ill
James A. Egleston
Warren D. Scott
West
Scott
Dr. Scott
Star Clothing Store
Stephenson St
Arkansas
Indiana
Hooster State
London
Cleveland
The
Times
Court of Common Pleas
Humphrey Johnson
Nellie
Collinwood
Here
Johnson
Madison Square Garden
Are
Reading
Pierce
Moore
Taylor
Ashinger
Rice
Elkes
Conklin
Schoch
Smith
Payne
Henry C. Payne
McKinley
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
James Fraser
Nf. M. Peck
Detroit
Miss With Cain
Clinton, Allephony Co
Dr. Pierce
OU TE AP
Tower, Dawson & Co
Dearborn Street
Tris
Dec. Ltd
Fred M. McHenry
Court House
Staver & Co
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