Cured to his doom in brutal Wheeling murder case
A Wheeling Island murder case centers on Lila Zane Cook and her husband Charles Cook. She allegedly lured 16 year old Charles Bennett to a riverbank walk where Bennett was overpowered murdered and his body dumped in the Ohio River. Cook and Joseph White face preliminary hearing. Mrs Cook pleads infancy.
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Marah
Sorey
Lila “Zane “Cook
Charles Cook
Charles Kennett
New Whensington
Joseph White
Cook
Justice of the Peace Hobbs
Criminal Court
John 8. Handtan
Bennett
White
Meadville College
R. QO. Gebrke
Misa Lila Zane
Wheeling Island
Thelf
Misa Zane
Ohio River
Pugband
Young Bennett
Southside
Pittsburg
Fourth Wheeling Flood Crest Strikes District Again
Wheeling West Virginia reports the fourth flood in five weeks cresting at 9 feet 6 inches then receding after three hours. Distress grows among the poor as relief measures run by the board of trade and city authorities proceed. Benwood reports flood gates functioning and lower areas drying. Volunteers of America fed over 500 displaced residents at their southside station.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Benwood
Volunteers of America
Southside
Shelr
Tariff commission bill aims to curb trade by suspending duties
Washington reports outline a La Follette plan for a nine member tariff commission with diverse expertise and a $10,000 salary each. The measure would let the commission and president suspend duties on items facing production and price control by trade combinations, while a separate ship subsidy bill set rates for various vessel speeds and routes.
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Washington
LaFollette
United States
Congress
Tee
Warrant for Gastie Temperance Reformer Charged With Conspiracy
Warrants charging conspiracy to cheat and defraud stockholders of the defunct Standard Title and Trust company of Philadelphia have been issued for Homer Ly Custie of Pittsburg and seven other officials. The targets include Colonel K. Ford of Chicago and Henry Cohen of New York among others. The company failed with about 326,000 claimed by receivers, and creditors are only stockholders and several business concerns.
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Standard Title and Trust Company
Homer Ly Custie
Pittsburg
Coungel
Illinois
New York
8K. Ford
Chicago
Henry Cohen
Charles Hunter
Arthur F.willans
P. M. Rollston
C.J. Massinger
Collingwood
N. J
Fe K F. Aspinwall
Freeport
L. W. Faunce
Aged Inmates Plotted After Bethesda Home Bankruptcy
Chicago reports a compact among about a dozen inmates of Bethesda Home for the Aged, tied to the home’s bankruptcy. John Koch died by his own hand after mocking a fellow inmate. a poison bottle allegedly passed within the group may trigger further cases. Matron Mary Mann and supervisor Emma Rausch warn of more crises as funds vanish and residents' futures loom uncertain.
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Chicago
Bethesda
John Koch
John Hazelbach
Mary M. Mann
Koch
Emma Rausch
Little Sisters of the Poor
Mob follows bank officials to county jail in Dowagiac
In Dowagiac Michigan on March 21 a mob of about one thousand jeered City Bank of Newagiac president Frank W. Lyle and vice president Tra B. Gage as they left town for Cassopolis jail. Lyle faces embezzlement charges totaling 1487 from his Elks lodge and a charge of taking deposits after insolvency. Gage faces the same deposits charge. Lyle is secured on 8500 dollars bond, Gage on 5000 dollars.
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Dorricks
Dowagiac
Mich
Frank W. Lyle
Tra B. Gage
Bank
Newagiac
Cassopolis
Lyle
Elks Lodge
Gage
Martin Geghard
Hve
Buil
Lyle Fo
Sold for Taxes Pennsylvania Railroad Property at Burlington
Pennsylvania railroad property in Burlington New Jersey sold for unpaid taxes McNeal buys for 607.43 becoming sole owner of stations roundhouses and equipment He may demand road vacate property and tear down the station Stoessel begins sentence in St Petersburg fortresse after court martial sentenced to death for cowardice and treason but commuted to ten years imprisonment
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Burlington
N. J
Andrew II. McNeal
Thomas
Mooney
McNeal
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Stoessel
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Nicholas
Sts. Peter and Paul
Appleby and Peterson Hardware and Meals Ad
Appleby and Peterson offer best price on hardware paints oils glass and more. Meals served at all hours open night and day. Meal tickets furnished to regular boarders.
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Appleby & Peterson
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