Prisoner Surrenders in Texas Love Heiress Tale
In Huntaville Texas Charles L Tompkins a convict who escaped twenty five years ago surrenders to the Texas warden confessing to a forged check crime while also being J O McKibben aka Will Scott who served two US terms for counterfeit Previous escapes from Fort Leavenworth include a counterfeiting plant He claims love for heiress Miss Cathet Cartwright of Pecos County and promises reform while awaiting release.
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Huntaville
Texas
Charles L Tompkins
Charles L. Tompkins
Bastrop
Fort Leavenworth
Miss Cathet Cartwright
Pecos County
Prion
Miss Cartwright
Uncle Sam
J. O. McKibben
Will Scott
United States
Waco
United State
Paso
Havng
Welsh
McKibben
J. ©. McKibben
Aronght
Federal
Charles L. Tompkine
J. C. McKibben
Italian Suspect Barbuoto Identified in Local Murder Case
Middletown New York February 28 John Barbuoto the Italian arrested in New York was identified today by Mrs Madelina Gaetano wife of one victim as the man who murdered her husband and his companion She said Barbuoto picked him from among many prisoners after she had endured indignities at the time of the killings
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Middletown
N. Y
John Barbuoto
New York
Here
Madelina Gaetano
Besbuoto
Arrests in Seminole case prompt extra warrants
John Y. Garlington of Laurens was arrested in Chattanooga amid further actions in the Seminole Securities case. Governor Ausel issued two requisitions, one for Garlington and another for J S Young and M J Jeanes. Sheriff Coleman heads to Nashville with papers as charges of obtaining money under false pretenses and breaches of trust with intent to defraud loom, with other defendants likely to bond soon.
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Columbia
John Y. Garlington
Laurens
Chattanooga
Seminole Securities Company
Southern Life Insurance Company
Garlington
Jeanes
Young
Bond
Beaty & Beaty Paving Begin City Contract
Georgetown contractors Beaty and Beaty start 6000 feet of street paving on Monday morning. The first walk runs from Morris Fass store on Main Street to the Bennett Live Stock Company stables. Next work on Railroad Avenue toward L. C. Braddy and T. L. Bass. Vitrified brick or reinforced concrete crossings likely on major streets. Council will match funds with property owners until the business district is paved.
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Messrs Beaty & Beaty
The
Dillon Herald
Morris Fass’ Store
Main Street
Bennett Live Stock Company
Railroad Avenue
L. C. Braddy’s
T. L. Bass
Panama Libel Case Indictments Brought To New York
Certified copies of Washington indictments and bench warrants for Joseph Pulitzer and The New York World editors were brought to New York by Assistant District Attorney Mc Namara but no service is expected until Pulitzer returns from cruising the Southern waters. A conference with Pulitzer’s attorney occurred and proceedings for Delevan Smith and C R Williams of The Indianapolis News were postponed pending the World case hearing in New York.
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New York
Washington
Joseph Pulitzer
Caleb M. van Hamm
Robert H. Lyman
New York World
McNamara
Pulitzer
Ters
Delevan Smith
C. R. Williams
Indianapolis News
Panama Canal
Wireless terror weapon claims for Navy work
Carl Abrahamson of Los Angeles announces a wireless submerged torpedo system to propel and guide weapons against battleships. In San Diego he and witnesses including naval officers test the invention said to work for the U S Navy Department with experiments that cleared up doubts about its capabilities. Tests begin at 8 p m sharp.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Boyle
Carl Abrahamson
San Diego
United States Navy Department
Abrahamson
Washington
Nine Time Attempt Ends in Suicide in St. Louis
In St. Louis on February 28, Mrs. Elizabeth Lowery succeeded in her ninth attempt to end her life. Despondent over her circumstances, she drank carbolic acid today after repeated prior poisonings, razor use, and hanging attempts over the past three years.
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St. Louis
Elizabeth Lowery
Jacksonville Banker Dies by Own Action in City
W B Ford cashier of Sudden Campbell Smith Piano Company and prominent Jacksonville citizen died by his own act Saturday night. His body was found at 7 this morning at the foot of Market Street on the river front with a bullet wound in the head.
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Jacksonville
Fla
W. B. Ford
Campbell-Smith Piano Company
Market Street
River Front
For Sale Pool Room and Stock of Tables Fixtures
For sale a pool room with one thousand dollars worth of tables alleys and fixtures. Asking around 360 dollars. Apply to J A Westbury.
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J. A. Westbury
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Tate
Ladies Shoes
Visi
Southern Mercantile Co
Georgetown Contractors
Nashville, Tennessee
Panama
Opera House
Moving Picture Show
Hubby
Arthur L. King
Law Bank of Georgetown
Ceorcetown, S.c
Red Store
Hartnett & Day
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