Councilmen in Klan Pact Shine in Moore Trial
Read aloud contract shows Bartholomew would appoint 85 percent of officers as Klansmen and obey Klan dictates, while Moore’s defense aims to prove absence of city travel on Aug 22 1927 as bribery case unfolds. Dorsett trial date reset to April 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis E. Bartholomew
Ku Klux Klan
Boynton J. Moore
William H. Remy
Bartholomew
Moore
Paul G. Davis
Remy
Walter R. Dorsett
Harry Yockey
Emsley W. Johnson
Ira M. Holmes
Henry H. Winkler
John J. Collins
John L. Duvall
Dorsett
Martin Frankfort
Herbert Fletcher
William Barrett
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
James Elder
Austin H. Todd
George Rahke
Holmes
O. Ray Albertson
Albertson
Ray Seibert
Nicagara Falls
Duvall
Claude F. Johnson
Springfield
Ohio
GUNS OF GANG ROAR AND LIFE OF BOSS ENDED
Chicago police suspect cabaret entertainer Vivian Long was kidnapped after a gangland raid on her mother’s South Side home. Max Pollock of Al Capone’s outfit is linked to her disappearance after forcing her to leave in a car Monday night.
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Ty United Press
Chicago
South Side
Vivian Long
Max Pollock
al Capone
Man nails dying wife in closet then flees
Arthur Battelle attacked his wife Minnie Battelle with a hatchet in Grove City Ohio. He nailed her in a closet and fled in an abandoned car as police hunted him nationwide. A peddler and physician freed her two hours later. she was badly crushed and beaten.
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United Press
Grove City
Ohio
Arthur Battelle
Minnie Battelle
Battelle
Suit to Oust Ku Klux Klan from Indiana Goes to Trial
Indiana Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliam will proceed to trial to dissolve the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana. Circuit Judge Harry O. Chamberlin overruled the Klan demurrer and set March 29 as the deadline to file an answer. The demurrer for Indiana Klan Dragon Joseph L. Huffington and joint defendants was sustained for lack of specific involvement. Evans was never served with process.
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Ku Klux Klan
Indiana
Arthur L. Gilliam
Harry O. Chamberlin
Demurrer
Joseph L. Huffington
Hiram W. Evans
Atlanta
Klan Corporation
Huffington
Gilliam
Evans
City Manager Corrects Candidate Label Error
David F. Smith of 642 Berkeley Rd. was mislisted as a Democratic candidate for state representative when filing for primaries. He is a Republican and says he supports progressive legislation and favors the city manager plan.
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David F. Smith
Berkeley Rd
Trial ends in acquittal sparks police chief stabbing
In Columbiana Alabama on March 22 a woman relative of a dead girl stabbed Police Chief H F Blake in the neck as a jury acquitted him of murder. The mother of the dead girl fired a revolver. neither fatal. Four state officers were ordered to Columbiana amid unrest.
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Py United Press
Columbiana
Ala
H. F. Blake
Calera
Blake
Cecil Tubbs
Louis Monteabaro
Maybelle Monteabaro
Miss Tubbs
C. J. Faulkner
Tubbs
Miss Monteabaro
Mrs. Monteabaro
Pn United Press
Montgomery
Bibb Graves
Louise Monteabaro
Charles C. McCall
Walb and Weaver Jury Trial Seeks 50 More Jurors
Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick orders drawing of fifty additional jurors for the Clyde A. Walb and Valentine D. Weaver trial in Ft. Wayne on April 23. The former Republican state chairman and former bank president face indictments tied to the LaGrange bank closing, with Judge Walter Lindley presiding in Illinois northern division.
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Thomas W. Slick
Clyde A. Walb
Valentine D. Weaver
First National Bank of Lagrange
Ft. Wayne
Walb
Weaver
Lagrange Bank
Walter Lindley
Northern
Illinois
Prince of Wales to race Windsor mayor on bicycle
The Prince of Wales may race 79 year old Sir William Carter mayor of Windsor in October through Windsor streets. The route would be downhill from the Queen Victoria statue near Windsor Castle to King Edward VII Hospital with an enclosure to raise funds for a local charity. Carter, mayor for thirteen years, rides daily on official business.
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United Press
Windsor
England
Prince of Wales
William Carter
William
Dudley
Carter
Windsor Castle
Royal Castles
King Edward VII Hospital
Diamond Joe Esposito Shot Dead in Chicago Ambush
Chicago officials report the murder of Italian faction leader Diamond Joe Esposito in front of his home. The slaying follows years of political influence and ties to bootleggers, with Esposito a candidate for Republican committeeman in the Twenty Fifth ward and a figure in Cook County politics.
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Esposito
Cook County
United States
Charles Deneen
Bett
Chicago
Diamond Joe
Twenty-Fifth
Twenty- Fifth
Italy
William Hale Thompson
Warmest Day of the Year Brightens Heat Record
The sun blazed as temperatures climbed from 47 at 7 am to 67 by noon, smashing the previous hottest mark of 65. Tomorrow's forecast calls for a dip to the mid thirties with similar Thursday and Friday readings, according to Weather Man J. H. Armington.
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United States Weather Bureau
J. H. Armington
Blaze Destroys Home On Dinwood Street
Fire started by an overheated stove destroyed the one story frame dwelling at 1832 Dinwood Street Ben Davis early today. Mr and Mrs Frank Simms fled to neighbors with a loss of six thousand dollars. The Pilgrim Bard Scott Cummins 82 died at Alva Oklahoma after a long life as author poet and frontier figure.
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Frank Simms
Dinwood St
Ben Davis
Simms
United Press
Alva, Okla
Scott Cummins
Oklahoma
Kansas
Beverley Hills
Cal
Charlotte Pickford
Mary Pickford
Mellon Says He Will Not Quit Cabinet Amid Oil Deal Scandal
Washington reports Secretary Mellon refused to resign amid Senate debate over Senator Couzens resolution demanding his retirement. Couzens accused Mellon of knowing about Teapot Dome era oil deals and a Sinclair funding scheme, citing Hays and Pratt files. He charged the Treasury bureau with favoritism and corruption.
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Mellon
Cabinet
Washington
Couzens
Senate
United Press
Rep
Michigan
Republican Party
Will Hays
Harry Sinclair
Sinclair
John T. Pratt
New York
Andy
William Boyce Thompson
Republican
Treasury Department
Thompson
Bureau
Delay Fox Hanging At San Quentin Postponed To April
William Edward Hickman death execution scheduled for April 27 is postponed due to a congested California Supreme Court calendar. Grant Taylor, clerk of the State Supreme Court in San Francisco, said the appeal from Hickman’s death sentence for the Marion Parker murder cannot be acted upon before April 27. In Portland Indiana a separate item reports Mrs. Leona Farris filing for divorce from Lewis B. Farris after 38 years of marriage, citing cruelty and an instance of confinement to bed for three weeks.
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Pine Press
N Quentin
Cal
Senalen
San Quentin
William Edward Hickman
Grant Taylor
State Supreme Court
San Francisco
Hickman
Marion Parker
Supreme Court
Taylor
Times
Portland
Ind
Leona Farris
Lewis B. Farris
Prince of Wales Takes Second in Belvoir Hunt
In Barrowby England on March 22 the Prince of Wales finished second in the Belvoir Hunt Point-to-Point race for the Duchess of Rutland cup despite a spill on Wednesday. He rode his bay mare Miss Muffet II. he remained undaunted and completed the course.
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Prince
United Press
Barrowby
England
Prince of Wales
Miss Muffet II
Escapes From Indiana Reformatory Key Figure Missing
Police recovered an automobile used by Superintendent A F Miles of the Indiana State Reformatory at Pendleton but did not locate Pete Williamson 29 a trusted chauffeur who escaped from the institution at 845 p m Wednesday.
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A. F. Miles
Indiana State Reformatory
Pendleton
Ind
New Jersey
Market Sts
Pete Williamson
Trusty
Miles
Williamson
Borah Urged to Return Contributions to Republican Fund
A telegram from Herman L. Ekern, manager for Senator Norris in Wisconsin, urges Senator Borah to repay every dollar collected to cover Harry F. Sin clair's gift to the Republican party. The message was telegraphed from Madison, Wisconsin, on March 22.
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United Press
Madison
Wis
William E. Borah
Harry F. Sinclair
Republican Party
Borah
Herman L. Ekern
Wisconsin
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Aerial rides with Lindbergh draw Congress crowd
Charles Lindbergh resumed giving Congress members and families free flights, with 150 to 200 applicants on his list. He spoke to two committees on an Army Air Corps promotion bill, received the congressional medal of honor, and faced mixed willingness from lawmakers as wives and daughters pressed for seats. Some members later declined the offer, citing spousal hesitance. An 18 year old reportedly slipped onto a flight not on the official list.
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Washington
Charles Lindbergh
Congress
Lindbergh
Army Air Corps
President Coolidge
Commerce MacCracken
Lindberg
Senate Probe Delays Fall Testimony On Oil Scandal
The Senate Teapot Dome Committee calls off a planned El Paso trip to hear former Interior Secretary Fall, who asks to delay testimony due to pending court action. Fall's trial is postponed beyond April 2 as his lawyers cite his health. He offers to testify fully and suggests deposition by co defendants' attorneys.
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el Paso
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Texas
Interior Fall
Nye
Walsh
Montana
Fall
el Paso Post
Jennings Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
W. E. Leahy
Bailey
Senate Teapot Dome
Owen Roberts
Government Oil
Harry Sinclair
Sinclair
Mysterio Continental Trading Company
Senator Walsh
Palm Beach
Alber
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Indianapolis
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Bass Lake
Knox
Joe
Big Lake
Mercury
Blaze
Hays
Teapot Dome
W. G. Warden
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Ware
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Kentucky
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Voorhis
Indiana Central College
Eloise Eviston
Anne Mae Wertz
Norma Schmidt
Terre Haute
Eviston
Virginia Cravens
Mrs. Pickford
Mary
United Areas
Whitney
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Ashley Robinson
Navy Department
William M Delezette
Windsor Mill Rd
Baltimore
George Edward Garrett
Ozark
Mercy
John Frederick Narr
Mt. Royal
N. J
Donald Leroy Burch
Independence
John J. Easterling
Streetman
Guillermo Dario
Cavite
P. I
Willard Edmondson Gannie
Roanoke
William Albert Gerdts
Paterson
Frank B. Halslander
Chelmsford
Mass
Edward Peter Michaelski
Baltimore, Md
Howard Franklin Boushuet
Island City
Ore
Marvin Warren Weaver
Johnstown
Escapes State School
Lok
LINDY
Herbert Little
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District Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
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M. T. Everhart
Three Rivers Ranch
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