White slave girl tells tale of captivity in Tombs prison
Bertha Claiche, 22, the “white slave” who killed her brutal master Emile Berdron, dictates her harrowing account from the Tombs. She recalls a life of poverty, coercion, and violence starting from childhood in Paris, her false promises of marriage, brutal beatings, and his exploitation. She describes fleeing to New York, the arrest, and her decision to kill to escape the abuse, expressing fear of punishment but yearning for a new life free of his control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nan Patterson
Great Tombs
New York
Bertha Claiche
Emile Berdron
Katherine Leckie
Emile Gerdron
Heralid
Emile
Emil
York
Three Boys Killed in West Ridge Road Collapse
A wooden structure on West Ridge collapsed Wednesday afternoon, killing three boys and injuring four others. Victims identified as Fernari Allen 12 Joseph Rovawski 1 and Harry Roeski 13. Police report a late 20s bystander and a 26-year-old survivor.
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Suripps-Aprae Press Assoliation Clucago
Tire
Fernari Allen
Joseph Rovawski
Harry Roeski
Hoosiers wed Lincoln girls on the pot ho
In Lincoln two young women Miss Mann and Miss Cook eloped with men from Crawford and Indiana after a chance acquaintance. The couples secured marriage licenses in Omaha and were married, then returned to Lincoln where a stormy reunion with the fathers occurred before the couples departed for Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Ser
Omapa
Misb OT Mann
Waupe Cook
Prg Sommers
Tarry Jennesus
Crawfords
Pledaire
Tee
Att Old
Aina
Main
Cook
Sommera
Omaha
Sothmera
Jennings
Indiana
Sammers
A Foolish Struggle
A young woman Elsie Cramer a 17 year old prominent resident of Knox committed suicide at Rowls Bend after leading a troubled life Mrs Cramer had been visiting South Bend for weeks and left a note implying she would be better off dead Relatives report the family hardship and suggest societal pressures contributed to the act
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Ind
Misa
Elsie Cramer
Rowls Bend
Fifty Years Since the St Marys Falls Canal Anniversary
A long historic account notes the fiftieth anniversary of the St Marys Falls canal around the falls of the St Marys river, celebrated with events in August. Prominent attendees include engineers, mine and ship owners, and officials. a bronze monument will be unveiled and a marine parade featured. Congress and Michigan funded the celebration. expected visitors reach about 10,000.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Lakes Superior
Throw
St. Marys
Mina
Chan.t.harvey
Visltors
Congress
Michigan
Hrim
Gandens
Guy Warner
Fairbanks
Burrows
Peter White
Mirchigan
Losacres
Weitzel
Lake Superior
Poe Lock
Poe
S&w
Extradition to France on Finger Print Clew
A French method by M. Alphonse Bertillon is credited with securing extradition of two suspects, Gaston Henri Thirlot and Jean Baptiste Sauzet, after fingerprint evidence on a wine bottle linked them to a Rue Houdon murder. British police authenticated the Bertillon process, with the court ordering their transfer.
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France
Bertillon
Mares
Rue Houdon
Bow ST. Court
SUN
London
M. Alphonse Bertilign
Bowst
Po- Hee
M. Bertion Himseif
Gaston Henri Thirlot
Jean Baptiste Sauxet
Pranners
M. Hamard
Paris
Rue Loro Paris
Boies, Lamont
M. Her
Middie Mager
Sanus
Paria
Casiney
Falen
Britton
Gad
Sauget
Thiriot
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Brasl
The
Boulevard Montpanasse
Marin
Eme
Izzy
Tim
America
Hesinnya
Jowax
Bayer
Hania
Chet
Iran
Malta
Vita
Fred Sommers
Harry Jennings
Crawfordsville
Inez Mann
Maude Cook
Indiana Girl
Ingeth
Benath
Jongh
Aanat Snd
Tras Heen
Foltars
Mate
Canal
St. Mars'a Tiver
Sault. Ste. Marie
M. Bertillon
Ell Bros
Lemeke
Indianapolis
Seleedot
Jorens & Hartman
Ohio Street
Board of Public Works
Dadisyapolis
Wavelork
A.M
Feanchiee
Npevifeatians
Pity of Indianapolis
Board of Buble Works
City of
M. A. Downing
Jacob Woessner
DaVin Wallace
Indianapolia
Marvel Whitney Sprey
Ian
Henry J. Bader
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