Billy Whitla Kidnapping Suspect Linked to Akron Cincinnati
Report from Sharon Pa says four persons involved in the Billy Whitla kidnapping include one woman and three men with multiple suspects scattered across Akron Cincinnati Indianapolis and Youngstown. A Cleveland junk dealer is under arrest on suspicion, while Whitla is safely home amid public cheers and thanks.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Sharon
Akron
Youngstown
Billy
Cleveland
Whitla
F. H. Bohl
W. W. McDowell
J. W. Wess
Schloss
Willie Whitla
Wess
Multiple March 23 Late News Bullets From Around the World
News briefs report a Boston murder arraignment for Mrs. Mary Kelher, Lakewood Senator Harrison's death, Duke of Sparta winning a Lincolnshire handicap, a Paris postal strike ending in workers' victory, a Russian identity suspected in a boarding house murder, Senator Lodge opposing an inheritance tax, James A. Trefelhan's death after murder trials, a foot and mouth quarantine relief for New York and parts of Pennsylvania, and Irish immigrant departures hitting a record low in 1908.
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Boston
Mary Kelher
Paris
Rome
Azef
St. Petersburg
Lodge
Board of Trade
James A. Trefelhan
Tena Davis
Maine
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
New York State
Pennsylvania
London
Ireland
Boy Appears at Big Hotel in Cleveland
A boy identified as Billy Whitla, kidnaped from Sharon Pennsylvania, reappears in Cleveland at a major hotel wearing stroked glasses and a large tan cap pulled over his ears as a disguise. He is reported among hotel guests and authorities begin verifying his identity and the circumstances of the abduction.
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Cleveland
Billy” Whitla
East Ward
Sharon
Dry goods dealer fined in pawnbrokers case tied to Baum fraud
Isaac Cohen a dry goods dealer at East and Washington streets was fined 560 and costs in police court for pawnbrokers law violations. Detectives tied a Louisville bankruptcy shipment to Cohen’s shop as part of Henry Baum’s theft scheme. Baum, wife and brother in law faced related charges while Baum allegedly used fake partnerships to move goods and loot bankrupt stores.
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Isaac Cohen
East
Washington Streets
Tudge Whallon
Cohen
Louisville
Henry Baum
Baum
Indianapolis
Walter Jones
Jacob Kurtz
Loveland
Kruger
Lancaster
Jones
Simon
Columbus
Ind
Illinois
Plea Change Sought in Marion County Murder Case
Attorney Orval E. Mehring filed a written motion before Judge Pritchard to set aside guilty pleas in the murder of Mrs. Mary Nichols and enter not guilty pleas for Harry Doty and Geo. Miller. He requests a postponement if successful and hints at a possible change of venue from Marion County.
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Orval E. Mehring
Pritchard
Criminal Court
Harry Doty
Geo. Miller
Mary Nichols
Marion County
Prison Sentences for Diggs Couple in Indiana Case
Leonard Diggs and his wife, both described as colored, face prison terms after a criminal court conviction on petite larceny and receiving stolen goods. Diggs received one to eight years in the state prison while his wife drew a comparable term in the Women’s prison.
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Leonard Diggs
Petitearceny
Diggs
Indiana
Burglars Strike Rug Factory in Quiet Monday Night
Thieves broke into Assam Brothers rug factory at 440 West Seventeenth Street Monday night and took five rugs packed for shipment. Valued at six dollars, the burglars left no clue behind.
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Assam Brothers
Seventeenth ‘Street
Theodore Roosevelt Sails for East Africa Hunt
Theodore Roosevelt departs Oyster Bay aboard the Hamburg for a year and a half big game hunt in East Africa. A festive sendoff draws hundreds including Elihu Root Robert Bacon Jusserand Loeb Jr Butt and Archibald Butt as tugs and escorts parade to Sandy Hook.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Hamburg
East Africa
Oyster Bay
Timmons
Sandy Hook
Africa
Elihu Root
Robert Bacon
Jusserand
William Loeb Jr
Clarkson
Archibald Butt
Taft
Two Pastors Clashed in Missouri. One Fatally Shot
In Lebanon Missouri on March 23 Rev M D Johnson shot and killed Rev Solomon Odell near Ross. Johnson, Free Will Baptist pastor and local businessman, surrendered to Sheriff Williams after a quarrel over business matters tied to Laclede County Telephone Company service complaints.
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Lebanon
M. D. Johnson
Solomon Odell
Ross
Here
Mr. Johnson
Free Will Baptist Church
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Johnson
Sheriff Williams
Laclede County Telephone
Nelle Conde Granted Divorce and Maiden-Name Return
Judge Leathers granted a divorce to Nelle Conde from Louis H. Conde on Tuesday morning. She may resume her maiden name Nelle Van Lanningham. They wed January 3, 1908. The petition cited cruel and inhuman treatment.
Repairs Declared Necessary at County Jail
County commission on inspection orders Sheriff Woessner to repair a sewer and fix the air shaft through which two prisoners recently escaped, after a visit to the county jail on Tuesday.
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Woessner
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E-Man
Billy Whitla
Cleveland, QC
Cleveland, CO
Perkins
Erie Station
Tective Ward
Saliva
Mr. Whitla
Bare
Boy
BIG Hotel
Nape
Col
Joaag Cohen
Hoqgevelt Beto
Pier
Hoboken
U. S
Pastor Plain
Nelle Conde
Jil
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