Crime Plan Revealed as Detectives Close In
A criminal describes how he plotted the deed and tried to seal all paths to knowledge. The detective explains why those efforts failed and that murder will out as a lasting truth.
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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1912
Page
7
Strange Case Of Misaken Identity
The article discusses criminal conscience and presents Tom Lynch as a case of dual identity. It describes two New York criminals with matching Bertillon measurements but different faces, and notes fingerprint experts can tell them apart. The piece, by F L Nelson, explores the puzzling history prior to fingerprint identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Lynch
Metropolitan Police
City of
New York
Capt. Faurot
Robbery Plan and Escape by a Notorious Thief
The narrator describes a $100 drawer theft philosophy and a bold New York wholesale house heist. He details recruiting Sam Snyder and Billy the Bite, using a trucking ruse to move dummy freight, disguising as watchman, and staging a storage setup on Madison street to steal valuables with a five-truck operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
New York
Church Street
Sam Snyder
Sam
Billy the Bite
Thompson Street
Billy
Providence
Ed Kelly
Pete Hall
Billy Myer
Madison Street
Madison Street Place
Detective Carpenter Reveals Burglar Gang Case
Detective Carpenter chronicles a daring burglary at a wholesale house. A watchman was knocked out and a second man posed as him, enabling theft of boxed goods. The ruse unraveled after Carpenter traced a missing ship tattoo and uncovered gang members Ed Kelly Pete Hall Bill Myer Tom Lynch. Loot recovered. all arrested for 15 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoboken
Potter’s Field
Miss Snyder
Sam
Sam Snyder
Tom Lynch
Sar
Church Street
Tom
Ed Kelly
Pete Hall
Bill Myer
Philadelphia
Baby health and gentle laxatives for infants
An advice ad explains that a fussy baby may have digestive troubles and recommends a mild laxative without opiates. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as ideal for children, noting a bedtime dose relieves by morning with no griping. Interested readers can mail their name and address to Dr. W. B. Caldwell for a free trial bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay
Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Was Not Guilty in Poultry House Incident
A spoof from Puck recounts Colonel White waking at night to confront a supposed thief in his poultry house. The voice denies being the intruder, claiming to be cousin Ink Judson who resembles him and steals what he can. The reply insists Ink is asleep at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mordecai Judson
Colonel White
Ink Judson
Puck
Fable About Rope as Water Borrowing Pastime
An Arab asks to borrow a neighbor's rope to tie up five cubic feet of water. The neighbor refuses, fearing loss of the rope. The tale concludes with the neighbor noting that “A lah is great” allows strange deeds when lending is refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Evening Transcript
Nell Brown and Dolly Smith Engaged in Quiet News
Nell Brown and Dolly Smith announce their engagement in a restrained, intimate note. The couple’s close friends describe the match as a heartfelt union moving forward with discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell
Bob Brown
Dolly Smith
Resident Galvanized by Call Correcting Digits
A city resident irritatingly insists on saying naught for zero when dialing numbers. The phone operator corrects him by saying three double O. After a late call to central he heard hell-naught from a female operator and accepted the rebuke meekly, per the Springfield Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Springfield Republican
Contrary Causes, Why did Jinks break up housekeeping
Comic quip notes a domestic misfortune as a joke. It attributes the breakup of housekeeping to the wife breaking down, reflecting a light humorous remark from a historical column. The line emphasizes everyday troubles framed as a punchline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jinks
Cure Catarah and bachelorhood cures
An advertisement touts Cole's Carbolf salve as a cure for catarah and claims it is highly effective with 25 and 50 cent sizes. It also ridicules bachelorhood cures and promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with 25c bottle. An aside jokes about hurried marriages ending in divorce and dimples on a girl's arms predicting sunburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Belt
Virginia
North Carolina
Bull’ Durham
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Fenanship
Agriculture
Ar Genet Et
Bouthern
Minnesota Normal
Austin
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Hen
Nepin Ave
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Mercantile Co
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Westlake Co
Brooklyn
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Automobile School of
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Durham Smoking Tobacco
Putnam
Tree Boo
Monroe
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