Wife Kills Herself in Michigan Street Tragedy
Oscar Lee identifies his wife Mrs Ollie Lee found dying of carbolic acid in the White river bottom lands near Caldwell street. He says she had an admirer and that they lived happily, while detectives seek the unnamed man and investigate the couple’s turbulent personal life amid a mysterious scene and a nearby car exposure.
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Ollie Lee
Westend River Bottoms
White River
Michigan Street
Caldwell Street
Oscar Lee
S. West Street
Lee
Crosby Pratt
W. New York Street
William Arnold
Wilson
Golnisch
Metzger
Hyland
Albert Walton
John Bailey
Kinney
Morgan
Picture agent accused of swindling employers
George Reynolds, arrested at the Hotel English by Detective Larsh, will be taken to Crawfordsville for trial. Reynolds worked for the McIntire Picture Company of Chicago and is charged with taking bogus orders and collecting money as commission on them.
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Fordsville
Reynolds
The
McIntire Picture Company
Chiscago
President Roosevelts Visit Dedicates Jordanville Library
In Jordanville New York August 26 the oldest resident Dick Summers notes the village excitement as President Theodore Roosevelt with James Sherman and Elihu Root arrive after a yacht trip from Oyster Bay. The Robinson library is dedicated in the village center with a reception at Henderson house.
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Jordanville
N. Y
United States
Dick Summers
Village Improvement Society
South Columbia
Robinson
Roosevelt
Mr. Robinson
James S. Sherman
Elihu Root
Utica
Clinton
Ethel
Kermit
Oyster Bay
President
Hoboken
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Henderson House
New York
Robs Pawnshop With Glever Ruse In Ill-Gathered Cash
Walton Parker of Peoria Illinois a telegraph operator was jailed on a burglary charge after entering a Chicago pawnshop next to a loan office on Washington Street near Delaware Street He claimed he wanted to use a back door to hide his pawned items and entered the rear room stealing two bundles of clothing according to detectives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton Parker
Peoria
Ill
Parker
Chicago Loan Office
Washington Street
Delaware Street
Democratic Leaders Laud Thomas Taggart Host to Bryan
Democratic leaders praising Thomas Taggart of the Denison hotel hosted William J. Bryan and other national party figures in Indianapolis for Kern Notification events. Guests lauded his hospitality, saying no better entertainment had been provided, with arrangements deemed nearly perfect and every wish anticipated.
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The
Denison
Thomas Taggart
Deni
Kentucky Sheriff on the Way With Body of Suspected Bandit
New York reports attorney Frederick L. Norton says Mrs. Claudia L. Hains wife of Capt. Peter C. Hains will never reconcile with him. She threatens to reveal alleged army improprieties at Fort Hamilton and will not testify in the murder case or aid the accused. Custody of her children is said to be her priority in divorce proceedings.
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New York
Frederick L. Norton
Claudia L. Hains
Peter C. Hains
William E. Annis
Capt. Hains
Thornton
Hains
Chief Metzger Eyes Midnight ID of Kentucky Body
Chief Metzger said six or seven officers would gather at police headquarters at midnight to identify the body of Jesse Coe from Kentucky. Sheriff Bryant plans to arrive by midnight with the corpse. Coe and accomplice Williams killed Patrolman Russell and Petticord.
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Metzger
Kentucky
Bryant
Jesse Coe
Cee
Indianapolis
Coe
Charles J.russell
Tompkinsville
George Williams
Russell
Edward J. Petticord
Wiliams
Multiple News Briefs From August 26
Reports from cities include C L MeIver aged 27 killed after attempting to board a train at Laverne Major McIver’s son. The Etruria steamer collides with a mud scow in Liverpool with damage and scow sunk. Rain halts Readville races in Boston and Taft Bryan betting market opens strong. Bela Walder Austrian nobleman is arrested in Chicago after a worldwide forgery chase. Overbrook Carpet mill fire in Philadelphia causes heavy losses. Charlotte Forster of Portland leaps from Angelus hotel window in a temporary insanity incident with fatal injuries.
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Montgomery, Ala
C. L. MeIver
McIver
Luverne
Taft
Boston
Mass
Bryan
State Street
Chicago
Bela Walder
Austria-Hungary
Philadelphia
Overbrook
Los Angeles
Cal
Charlotte Forster
Portland
Angelus
Floods in Carolina Claim Forty Lives at Camden
A Camden message reports a bridge failure during flood watching near Columbia resulting in nineteen drownings, with overall toll estimated at forty deaths across the Carolinas yesterday and today.
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Columbia
S. C
Camden
Carolinas
Cigarette Baker Sends Postcards to Old Friends
Marion Ind August 26 C A Baker known as Cigarette Baker fled Indianapolis during the 1905 legislative session to escape arrest for bribery. He allegedly represents the toblo trust in the lobby and has been sending postcards from France and Italy to friends in Marion. He touring Europe in an automobile with his wife and two women from New York.
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Marion
Ind
Baker
Indianapolis
Toblo Trust
France
Italy
New York
Europe
Allen Winter wins American Trotting Derby at Readville
Mrs. M H Reardon, wife of horseman M H Reardon, learns Allen Winter a four year old wins the American Trotting Derby at Readville Mass from a field of 33. The $30,000 prize goes to Mr Reardon as Lon McDonald drives the filly to victory. Reardon is at Readville to oversee the horse while Mrs Reardon tends peach butter at Capitol avenue home.
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M. H.reardon
Capitol Avenue
M. H. Reardon
Allen Winter
Mr. Reardon
Middle West
Lon McDonald
Ofton
Indiana State
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George Reynolds
the Hotel
Detective Larsh
Robinson Library
Sherman
Root
Tectives
Glasgow
Louisville
Asked Bray
Liverpool
Readville
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