Strange story of Sophie Beck the woman with money to burn
Philadelphia April 14 Sophie Beck known as queen of confidence women is linked to the Storey Cotton company fraud which netted about 8.6 million in four years. The tale traces her rise from farm kin to Chicago clerks then to New Orleans and Philadelphia as she and partners devised the Security Savings society and related schemes. Roles change with aliases Estelle Collins Mrs Richard Graham Mrs Michael Kanam and more as the gang’s reach spreads through Latimer and beyond, with arrests and escapes and a tangled web of associates in a deadly get rich scheme.
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Latimer Case Sparks Public Sympathy for Francis’s Wife
The public shows sympathy for Francis’s wife, believed innocent despite her husband's affairs, and she is described as crushed and wrecked by the crash.
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Denver Banker George Wilder Dies by Jumping Overboard
Special to New York reports George Wilder of Denver a wealthy real estate owner and banker committed suicide by leaping from the Mallory steamer Concho in the Gulf Stream last week. His daughters, at sea nearby, failed to reach him by wireless as he left his family behind.
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Woman Traps Burglar In Butte House Incident
Mrs Harrington, owner of the St Anarles rooming house, surprised a burglar in her residence. She struck him in the stomach with a directed blow, he fled into an adjoining apartment, she blocked exits and held him until police arrived. The intruder was jailed on robbery charges.
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FOR DOLLS AND TOYS SPECIAL TO THE BUN WASHINGTON
United Alutes spent 4 million on toys mostly dolls from Sonneberg Germany. Sonneberg shipped 13 million worth last year. Great Britain earlier bought most, but this pat year the United States took England's share. Ten mags earn 10 hours a day, 4 to 9 cents a day, women earn GnaveTube 47 cents. Thousands of boys and girls employed earn about 3 cents a day. Charles Wion, mass Miller, jailed here for robbing a post office in Ohio. Transfer to Ohio district Thursday, taken to Cleveland by Deputy Marshal T. K. Martin.
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Secretary Wilson Eyes U S Silk Industry Revival
Washington April 14 Secretary of Agriculture Wilson predicts the United States can replace imports with a domestic silk industry. He urges farmers to raise silkworms and instructs women in cocoon treatment and reel production. Experiments show promising American silk already matching French imports. Eggs will be shipped to southern planters with mulberry groves to start sericulture nationwide.
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Carrie Naxton and others fined for liquor smash case
In Wichita Kansas on April 14 Carrie Naxton was sentenced to four months in jail and fined 250 dollars, Mrs McHenry two months and 150 dollars, and Mrs Lucy Wilbert three days and 100 dollars. Sentences were suspended on good behavior. Judge Wilson warned the crusaders to refrain from joint smashing.
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Uquor Howe
Woman to hang in West Virginia for murder
Mrs. Sarah Ann Legg, the first woman sentenced to death in West Virginia, received the death sentence from Judge Burdette in Clay. She murdered her husband about a year ago and stood with her child in arms as the judge overruled the motion for a new trial. Awaiting appeal or commutation, she faces the gallows at Moundsville.
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