Boy burglar Stockton held 250 armed men at bay in Colorado
Alman Stockton, a suspected boy burglar, barricaded a Greeley home and fired on a mob of 250 armed citizens. He surrendered after a rifle bullet pierced his wrist. Mrs. McCulley, 22, was arrested in Denver and linked to Stockton. Loot found in her room valued about 1000 dollars. Stockton had previously robbed Northern Colorado towns and served in Wyoming penitentiary.
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Denver
Colo
Greeley
Cols
Alman Stockton
McCully
Colorado
Stockton
Adwellffit
Three Mountain Lions Battle Ends With Hunter Fatal
In the San Bernardino mountains near the upper Santa Ana river Donald Swarthout, 18, shot during a fight among three mountain lions over a deer. One lion dead, another wounded, and a third escaped after the clash observed by Game Warden W. C. Malone. The scene included a seven foot lion and a dramatic confrontation as the hunter opened fire.
Bomb found in Chicago postoffice dead letter unit
Government workers in the dead letter division of the Chicago postoffice uncased an infernal machine hidden in a box for nearly a year. The device included an alarm clock sulfuric acid and a blotter with a note urging disintegration for pay. The package postmarked Albany New York November 1918.
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Chicago
Chicago Postoffice
Albany
N. Y
Jake
Railroad Schedules At High Point Passenger Trains
Schedule figures show arrival and departure times for trains to Washington Birmingham New Orleans Charlotte Richmond Danville and Norfolk and Western Washington and Richmond which are published for information and not guaranteed.
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High Point
Nurse fatally shoots rejected suitor in hospital courtyard
Miss Bessie Marold, 23, a former army nurse from Callicoon New York, was shot and killed in Denver Colorado by Isidore Victor 25, who was a patient at the hospital. Victor had proposed marriage which she had refused.
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Denver
Colo
Bessie Marold
Callicoon
N. Y
Camp Mills
Isidore Victor
Victor
Chinese girl held as an embezzler in San Francisco
Chan Soo Wing, a Chinese girl, was arrested on a charge of embezzling 800 dollars from Ling Ying of 629 Commercial street. Ling Ying says he gave the money to the girl to keep for him and she left for China after the act.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Chan Soo Wing
Ling Ying
Commercial Street
China
Canadian soldiers seek divorces over unfaithful wives
Winnipeg Manitoba August 26 More than 1000 divorcee cases will be heard by six judges when court opens September 15. Most of the applications were filed by returned soldiers whose wives were unfaithful.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Woman burglar flees with loot in San Francisco
Paul Schmidt woke in the early morning to find a woman in his room rummaging through pockets. He pursued but she eluded him and escaped with £60 in currency.
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San Francisco
Paul Schmidt
Shin plaster kind worth while arrest case in Baltimore
Baltimore August 26 Michael Crowdes accused of stealing 1000 dollars in Erie Pennsylvania was arrested in Baltimore. Police found 662 dollars in paper money tied to his right foot during a search at headquarters. Detective Bradley commented on the unusual stash.
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Baltimore
Erie
Michael Crowdes
Hospital bill dispute leads to arrest over corpse
In Los Angeles on August 26 M. E. Hammond a hospital bookkeeper was arrested after he refused to release the body of Mrs. Bessie Schwartz who died at the hospital until the bill for services was paid. The complaint was sworn by the deceased’s husband.
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Los Angeles
M. E. Hammond
Bessie Schwartz
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