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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
2
Mrs. Emma Kaufmann, charged with killing Agnes Poireis, will testify in her own defense. Her anticipated testimony aims to counter Peter Erickson’s gruesome account and may shape the trial as cross examiner George W. Egan probes her demeanor.
Lyda B. Conley, a Wyandotte descendant and lawyer, filed suit in the U.S. circuit court to stop Secretary Garfield from disturbing graves at Huron cemetery Kansas City Kansas. The action aims to delay a property sale ordered by Congress and insists on treaty rights.
James J Hill arrives from St Paul, avoids public statements on crops, panics, and railway regulation. He criticizes press coverage as harmful to railroads and says he is focused on business to counter government plans. He departs for New York after switching to the Erie private car.
General offices at Franklin and Adams streets show a Democratic official wants to walk to the Polk street depot. Vice President Miller says he hasn t got time while another Miller orders the Erie superintendent to hold the train for Mr Hill to take his morning constitutional.
Boston reports a world first. Herman Unger, a Pittsburg traveling man, died by his own hand in a Boston hotel on May 30. His cremated ashes were mixed with cement to form a brick and will be buried in a Jewish cemetery if one accepts the brick. Jewish cemetery officials in Boston show reluctance. Unger reportedly believed burial would transform a man into a tree.
Viscount Aoki the Japanese ambassador visits the State Department to lodge a formal protest over broken glass panes in a Berkeley California greenhouse owned by a Japanese. He leaves upset while Secretary Root offers plain talking on Japan US tensions. The piece notes the president will not deploy battleships to the west coast and warns against dividing the fleet.
The Chicago & Alton rail line ends its 1904 alternate control pact with Harriman interests. The Rock Island now controls the road and will operate it, while stockholders will manage under a new plan. Rock Island votes hold a majority on the board, with Harriman factions down to about a quarter.
Boise dispatch details attorney E F Richardson revealing the Haywood defense theory that Orchard killed former Governor Steunenberg amid poverty and revenge. The plan cites prior crimes and alleged prompting from Haywood while Orchard admits facts but rejects inferences and cites instructions.
Boise June 14 The prosecution in the Haywood trial presented further corroboration of Orchard testimony. Evidence linked Pettibone's Denver store to Orchard in San Francisco during the Bradley furniture plot and suggested Haywood paid Steve Adams for similar work. Postal records show a August registered letter from Pettibone's Denver address to J Dempsey in San Francisco. Orchard testified he stayed at the Golden West hotel using the names Dempsey or Hogin.
Captain Naylor accuses Sherman Bell of selling out Colorado state government and betraying mine owners. A Denver crowd of Pinkerton detectives gathers as Naylor denounces Bell and recalls past clashes in Cripple Creek and Victor.
Attorney Richardson questioned Harry Orchard as McParland's status seemed ill. Orchard testified about a letter to Moyer, money from Simpkins via Haywood, and noted no direct reply. The cross examination touched on the Steunenberg assassination with few new crucial details.
W. W. Driskill says he will go back to the rateh near the first of July and stay all summer. He notes a recent snow storm in Moorcroft country described as the worst yet of the season, with sheepmen suffering heavy losses including one man losing 3,000 young lambs.
Rev. W R Jeffrey Jr leaves for Lake Geneva Wisconsin as a delegate from the Epworth Leagues of the Black Hills to the Young People's Missionary conference to be held June 24 to July 1. The Methodist Episcopal official board granted him leave of absence at the June 6 meeting to fulfill his duties at the conference.
Julio Garcia a four time murderer and Spaniard killed after betraying an American wife whose brother he slain Garcia tortured a youth by starvation tying him to a tree and making his sister dig and bury the boy in Calexico near the Texas border deputies Mobley and Meadows pursued the outlaw in a running gun battle.
Walter Wellman readies a second attempt to reach the North Pole by airship from Danes Island. He calculates 1800 miles at 15 mph with 5400 pounds of oil and a crew of four or five, aware of risks from motor failures winds and currents. He notes Commander Peary doubts success while aiming to prove the concept despite dangers and prior failures like Andree.
The jury, after one hour and thirty five minutes, convicted Mayor Schmitz of extortion in the Oliver grand jury indictments. Judge Dunne set the judgment for June 27, and Schmitz agreed to seek bail pending appeal. Rudolph Spreckels watched the verdict as supporters cried out “Good.”
Charles C. King, former president of the First National Bank of Scotland, faces a grand jury indictment listing ninety-five counts. The charges include embezzlement misappropriation of securities and funds and false entries. King requested time to plead. a government-paid copy of the indictment was ordered. National Bank Examiner James A. Cline reports possible additional misappropriations under review.
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