New Evidence Claims Wallon Shot Rosenthal in 1906 Case
New York reports that Becker defense counsel will claim in a new trial appeal that informer Harry Wallon fired the fatal shots and that Bald Jack Rose’s testimony was a frame up. Sam Bhepps perjured himself, Wallon lied about riding in the murder car, and Valton allegedly killed Rosenthal. Shapiro to testify. Lillian Rosenberg released on bail.
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New York
Charlies Becker
Witceen
Rose
Walton
Dora Gilbert
Rosenthal
McIntyre
Whitman
Wallon
William Shapiro
Lillian Rosenberg
Lefty Louie
Hern
Txse
Despondent man dies by poison in Fort Wayne hotel
Despondent over inability to find work, George Murry of St Louis registered at the Rich hotel in Fort Wayne on October 26. Miss Louise Hamilton heard groans from his room next door, and Clerk M N Stafford helped break the door. He was found dead in his room from swallowing strychnine. Dr E J Mc Oscar arrived too late.
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Swallowe Polson
Fort Wayne
Ind
George Murry
Market Street
St. Louis
Rich
Louise Hamilton
E. J. Mc Oscar
Head of Chicago W Y C A Is Dead
Mrs. George V. DeForest, chairman of the Young Women's Christian Association in Chicago, died at her son F. S. DeForest's home. She had led the W W C A for six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
George V. DeForest
Young Women's Christian Association
F. 8. DeForest
Mistakes Logger for Deer Fires Fatal Michigan Hunt
In Houghton Michigan on October 29 Jerry Coffey a logging train man was shot while walking in the woods marking the first fatal hunting accident of the season in northern Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton, Mich
Michigan
Jerry Coffey
Embezzlement Charges Shuffle Through Cities
Across cities in October reports detail James Yancy facing embezzlement charges tied to a $1.5 million claim, Louis Guemire jailed for producing counterfeit notes, Kurt Von Knobelsdorf attempting self harm in a county jail, and Hugo Mar and F. G. Miller dying in a tank blast while attempting a rescue.
Greens Fork Burned Out Visited by Three Months Ago Fire
Richmond Ind Oct 23 The value of Greens Fork nine miles northwest of Richmond was burned out after a fire that visited the town months ago. Officials investigate the cause as residents assess the damage and seek recovery options.
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Gresne Fork
Richmond
Ind
Greens Fork
Adrianople Sleeted by Shot and Fire War Update
Advices report Scutari capitulated after bombardment by Montenegrins. Bulgarians capture Eski Baba and besiege Adrianople with most of fortresses razed. remaining Turkish forces under Abdullah Pasha brace for fall. Kirk-Kilisseh battle yields about 8000 Bulgarian casualties as forces push toward the city.
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Rome
Scutari
Sofia
Bulgaria
Eski-Baba
Adrianople
Constantinople
London
Demotika
Abdullah Pasha
Uskub
Servia
Turkey
Kirk-Kilisseh
Ivanoff
Adrainople
Tundja
Hayaras
Adramnople
Chattalja
Convict Slayer of Twenty Murderer Sentenced for Life
Clementine Barnabet, a Black woman in Lafayette Louisiana, was found guilty of murder for the killing of Mrs Norbert Randall last November and confessed to slaying more than twenty others. The jury sentenced her to life imprisonment. She appeared indifferent during the verdict.
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Negreas
Lafayette
Clementine Barnabet
Ilfe
Negress
Eald
Norbert Randall
Manistee banker confesses embezzlement scheme
Johno W. Ribben, assistant cashier at the First National Bank in Manistee, admits stealing 44300 over sixteen years to speculate in the Chicago wheat pit. He began with 189¢ to pay his ill son’s doctors’ bills. Bank directors promptly covered the shortage.
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Michigan
Mich
Johno W. Ribben
First National Bank
Manistee
Chicago
Sibben
Textiles mill in Champaign burns down
Champaign Illinois October 29 fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the Textile Seaterite Company building machinery and stock Sunday morning. Firefighters fought flames for hours but the blaze gutted the plant causing extensive losses to the local industry and workers. No injuries are reported as investigators begin examining the ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign (Ill
Champaign, II
Tthe Textile, Seeteerite Company
Becker Is Found Guilty in Murder Trial
New York police Lieut. Charles Becker was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of gambler Herman Rosenthal. The eight hour jury verdict was announced at 12 02 a m Friday. Becker’s wife Mrs Becker was barred from the courtroom and swooned upon hearing the verdict as friends carried her away.
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New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Lawyer Walter Drew Testifies on Hockin Warning
Indianapolis Oct 27. At a conspiracy trial four witnesses identified Herbert Hockin as having supplied information to the government against about forty five defendants. Walter Drew said Hockin warned him his life was in danger and named targets in California and Chicago. The 1905 Iron Workers strike and subsequent bombings were discussed with Hockin linked to dynamiting plots and accused of double crossing union officials.
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Walter Drew
Indianapolis
Ind
Herbert
Hockin
John J. McNamara
Iron Workers’ Union
New York
National Erectors’ Association
Mr. Drew
Pacific Coast
Olaf Treitmoe
Ed Nockels
John Stevens
Chicago
Erectors’ Association
Ortie E. Mec- Manigal
McManigal
James B. McNamara
Pastor to Die for Crime in South Carolina Case
Greenville South Carolina Oct 29 Reverend Thurston A Vaughn former superintendent of the South Carolina Odd Fellows home pleaded guilty to abusing five girl inmates. The jury convicted without recommendation and Judge Purdy sentenced him to death by electric chair to be carried out December 20 at the state prison. Vaughn asked leniency citing his family as reasons. court officials and spectators were moved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Greenville
8. C
Odd Fellows’ Home
Thurston A. Vaughn
Purdy
Vaughn
Lfe
First Baptist Church
Patten Corner Case Before U S Supreme Court
Washington Oct 26 Solicitor General Bullitt closed the Patten cotton corner appeal in the Supreme Court arguing government use of Sherman anti trust law to curb corners in wheat cotton and other staples and to forbid future delivery contracts. In Laporte Ind Oct 29 William Boling Marshall county killed himself after warning his family.
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U. 6
Supreme Court
Washington
Bullitt
Patten
Bocusetts
Laporte
Ind
William Boling
Marshall County
Republican Campaign Fund Report Brief
Washington October 29 reports contributions totaling 501022 and expenditures of 558311 in the Republican campaign fund, with financial activity listed as part of the party’s fundraising and spending update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Campaign Fund
Washington
Eay
Riots May Bring U S Intervention In Cuba
Washington reports anxiety over Cuba's stability after a Havana rally clash left forty wounded as Liberals and Conservatives fought with cavalry and police. Officials fear post election unrest. a provisional plan to deploy about 16 000 troops to Cuba is ready if needed to fulfill treaty obligations. President Taft expected to focus on Cuba upon return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Havana
Central Park
Alfredo Zayas
Cuba
United States
Istand Republic
Reland
Gomez
Palma
Taft
Clover Leaf Train Wreck Details Kill Passenger and Injure Crew
A special Clover Leaf railroad train carrying officials from a stockholders meeting wrecked near Frankfort Indiana. A negro porter was killed and three crew members injured after the forward coach jumped the tracks and fell 26 feet into a ravine. Officials aboard included W L Ross T H Hubbard J E Mackie F H Davis and C B Hinkle. The train was traveling toward St Louis at 35 miles an hour.
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Billmore
Clver Leaf Railroad
W. L. Ross
Thomas H. Hubbard
J. E. Mackie
F. H. Davis
C. 8. Hinkle
Frankfort
Ind
Bt. Louis
General Hubbard
Hinkle
Roosevelt Sues for Libel and Damages
Col Theodore Roosevelt files $5,000 libel suit in Marquette circuit court against George A Newell publisher of the Weekly Iron Ore Ishpeming Mich over an October 12 article The Roosevelt Way alleging he curses drinks and is intemperate. Attorney James H Pond of Detroit represents Roosevelt.
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Marquette
Mich
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
George A. Newell
Iron Ore
Ishpeming
Jesue
Roosevelt
James H. Pond
Datroit
Manufacturer admits abduction in Wisconsin record sentence
Milwaukee report states Albert H. Bitter, 42, a piano merchant, received a 15 year penitentiary term at Waupun, the harshest penalty in Wisconsin for abduction. Bitter pleaded guilty to eloping in July 1811 with his 17-year-old stenographer Frieda Norman, a Milwaukee area case noted in late October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Waupun
Wisconsin
Albert H. Bitter
Frieda Norman
Wood Inspecta Coast Troops
Maj. Yen Wood arrived in San Diego on a tour of inspection and was the guest at a banquet given by the chamber of commerce.
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Wood
San Diego
Cal
Yen. ‘Wood
Chamber of Commerce
Young Russ Prince Going Well
St Petersburg October 29 The care witch who was injured when she fell from a chair while reaching into a cupboard passed a good night. She remains restless at times though showing gradual improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Crare Witch
Morgan Leads New Industry Firm In New York
Morgan in New Industry, New York, is reported to be the head of a prominent commission in the city. Details are sparse but indicate a major leadership role taken by F. P. Morgan as of Sunday.
Mexican court martial sentences top officers after revolt
In Vera Cruz a military tribunal condemned Gen. Felix Dias Major Zerate Col. Antonio Migonul and Lt Lima to death for taking part in a revolt. Lt Camacho and Capt. Hermilio Martinez got ten years each. Gabriel Ramos and Hernan Arostegui received two years. Others freed. Proceedings lasted 25 hours. General Beltran suspended executions, others held pending district court action.
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Vera Crus
Mexico
Felix Dias
Zerate
Antonio Migonul
Lima
Camacho
Hermilio Martinez
Gabriel Ramos
Hernan Arostegui
Davila
Davilla
Diag
Beltran
Migoni
Overdrafts at lowest ebb in national banks
Washington October 29 The Comptroller of the Currency reports September 4 overdrafts in 7400 national banks totaled 20000 or 0.83 per cent of loans and discounts and 0.19 per cent of total resources, the smallest since records began. Banks increased 35 per cent since 1904 while overdrafts fell 63.6 per cent, attributed to efforts to curb overdrafts during crop movement season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Murray
Taft Returns for Winter at Washington Post Election
President Taft re entered the White House for the winter after an absence of over a month while Mrs Taft and Miss Helen Taft remained away until after the election. He will leave Wednesday for the launch of the New York at the Brooklyn navy yard and return Thursday. On November 2 he is to speak in Newark New Jersey at a monument unveiling to George Washington.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Helen Taft
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Newark
N. J
George Washington
Burial in U S flag upheld in New Haven case
The dispute over burying a Grand Army of the Republic member with the flag wrapped around his body was resolved by acting secretary of state Alvey A. Adee. In a letter to Admiral Foote post officers he declared the custom proper and not a desecration of the national emblem. Foote post members had threatened to abandon the practice if it lowered the flag’s dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
United States
Grand Army of the Republic
Alvey A. Adee
Admiral Foote
Foote
Jury Frees Editor Jordan Not Guilty of Obscene Mailings
Myron Jordan of Rock Island Illinois was acquitted in federal court on charges of sending obscene literature through the mails. The indictment followed an attack on Rock Island Mayor Schriever, which sparked mass meetings, parades and riots prompting state troops' deployment. Also, Dominican President Victoria said he would resign and retire to private life amid a revolt.
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Peoria
Myron Jordan
Rock Island
Jordan
Schriever
Domingo
Washington
Victoria
Dominican Republic
Anna Gould Wins Salt Fortunes in Germany Case
An attempt to obtain 106000 from Duchess Anna Gould was declared extortion by the Imperial supreme court in Leipsic Germany. US Ambassador Seming Ting Paris and Col. James Page are named in the tangled report dated October 28.
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Anna Gould
Leipsic
Germany
Duchess de Talleyrand
Imperial Supreme Court
U. S
Seming Tleme
Paris
Am Ador
Japan
Col
Hanes Page
Nnd
Bia Oon Ang
Drunkenness blamed for most divorces in sermon tale
The Chicago Record-Herald recounts a sermon by Rev. John Me Underwood claiming alcohol drives 90 to 100 percent of divorces. He cites a boy given a warm suit by a missionary whose father was a drunkard, and who still wears it nightly, illustrating lingering effects of alcoholism.
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John Me Underwood
Oes . Pitteburg
Ted
Mr. Underwood
Chicago
Record-Herald
Face Cleared After Cuticura Treatment, Atchison Woman Says
Miss Elsie Nielson of Atchison Kansas recounts years of severe facial eruption with pimples and a rash. She used Cuticura Ointment and Soap, applying for four months, and reports the pimples cleared with continued use of the soap. The ad notes Cuticura products are sold worldwide and offers free samples and a 82-page Skin Book.
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Atchison, Kan
Elsie Nielson
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Nice Distinction in Tariff Talk Referenced by Gronna
Senator Gronna comments on a tariff problem noting a subtle distinction. The speech includes a fictional exchange about Gobsa Golde and a diamond tiara in a conjugal quarrel. A quarrel scene shows a wife claiming she married for moneylessness, provoking dramatic lines.
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Gronna
Gobsa Golde
A Husband in Jeat
A solicitor questions a client about her husband status. She reveals he left on her wedding day and has not contacted her since, noting she heard rumors he might be dead but suspects it may be a joke.
Doctor Endorses Children's Remedy in New Berlin
Doctor D R Rothrock of New Berlin Pa praises Kopp's Baby's Friend for teething wind colic and diarrhoea with three sizes priced 10 25 and 50 cents. Available at druggists or by direct order from Kopp's Baby's Friend Co York Pa sample offered. Also mentions Castoria and Winslow's Syrup for teething and soothing gums.
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D. R. Rothrock
New Berlin
Kopp
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EAGLE
Warren C. Wells
Harry Wallon
Herman. Rosenthal
Jack” Rose
Becker
Los Angeles
James €. Yancy
Ofl
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Tron
J. W. Bell
Louis Guemire
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Kurt Garden von Knobelsdorf
Cohoss
Hugo Mar
F. G. Miller
Cincinnati
Mik Fee
Indiana
Valparaiso
Willam Melts
Crocker
Gotham
Gambier Rosenthal
Sleuth
Patten Corner
U.S
Gen. Diaz
Jury Frees
Chaness
Mia. Winslow
Childres
Burma
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