Accused of Murder in Unclear Case Connection
A murky report outlines charges by John Windsor against a suspect in three murders. The document mentions Nixon Farm and a firm linked to the case, with limited, unclear details of dates or proceedings.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1926
Page
1
A murky report outlines charges by John Windsor against a suspect in three murders. The document mentions Nixon Farm and a firm linked to the case, with limited, unclear details of dates or proceedings.
A partial and garbled forecast notes a total eclipse of the midnight sun expected in northern Sweden. The event is dated for a night in June and mentions Arctic regions, but the source text is severely damaged and unreadable in places.
Fragmentary report indicates warming in the northwest tonight and Friday with rain in portions of Kansas. Mentions patchy fog or mist and unsettled conditions, with rough weather expected in some areas.
A Kansas City man won the Talley Scholarship after a concert fundraiser. The event featured thirty one singers and the proceeds supported a fund aiding young singers as the Talley scholarship began recently.
Delegates at the Grand Lodge of the Bansai Ch convention in Wichita chose the city as the 1927 meeting place. The slate for the coming year includes Talley, Wel sarin, Fort Stott, Mrs Gallé, and Maude Hughes. Attendance at the closing session was approximately 4,000.
Kiwanis weekly luncheon in Wiedemann's featured talks about a Haskell trip for University athletes replacing the usual speaking program. Prof Raynhold Wheeter was inducted into Kiwanis, and Scott announced plans for a Wednesday event with locals invited to attend.
At the convention here the Kans Farmers Union nominated nearly all state officers with one late officer present. John Tromble of Salina is slated as president, C. E. Hui as vice president, C. F. Brasted of Salina secretary, J. C. Feltz of Lebeton conductor, and 37 Gates Logan, toorkeener, US 8, Alexander Winnell, Grant Bliss of Woodston among treasurer nominees.
A New York report from October notes the death of a missionary connected to the foreign mission board. Born in Belleville Kansas, he was educated at Monmouth and had served as a manager of the press in Elat. The obituary details his death early in October and his ashes have been returned.
Kansas youth from Manhattan held in St Louis on charge of obtaining money under false pretenses by cashing a worthless check at a drug store. Police say he and a woman admitted eloping and cashing several bad checks to St Louis.
Bulletin dateline Indianapolis October 14 reports confidants of D C Stephenson missing as authorities seek testimony before a grand jury on Indiana political corruption. Meade and Klenck, plus an assistant prosecutor, cannot be found. Senator Reed travels to Janlin for engagement, unclear if he will convene the special investigating committee. Marion county jury aims to complete testimony within three days. The Illinois investigation proceedings continue with a renewed focus on diaries and corruption links, witnesses list expanding as hearings prep for Monday. Five subpoenas issued to Dr George Safford James Simpson Clem ents Studebaker Mrs Morrison and Elmer G Oasis among others.
Danglas county commissioners scheduled November 3 at 10 am to hear all complaints against the hardsurfacing project. The three miles of road south of No 6 school house on U S 78 were targeted. the petition was filed recently and over 40 percent of land and 30 percent of owners signed. Bandits armed with sawed-off shotguns robbed a mail truck in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and killed one person while wounding two others during a police escort in the business district.
In Los Angeles the McPherson trial in municipal court erupted when attorney blows were exchanged after an objection to statements about Mrs Wiseman Sielaff. Judge Blake urged restraint as further upheaval followed and documents tied to the case vanished, deepening the sensational cross examination.
AP report details proposed flood control for Neasho Verdigris and Caney basins. estimated up to 5.35 million dollars for measures, with reservoirs and diversion points on Cottonwood and Walnut rivers to prevent floods, plus discharge data for past floods into Oklahoma. Kansas officials emphasize regional benefits and costs.
The Romanian queen and family chose buckwheat cakes with Vermont maple syrup and sausages for their second breakfast aboard the Leviathan, with Marie tasting cornflakes for the first time. Chief steward Pilly Lynn wore a kitchen apron and prepared the meal, replacing export chefs at Marie's request for a day of strictly American fare. Luncheon featured chicken Maryland with corn and biscuits, served in the main dining room to guests including Mrs Woodrow Wilson and Dr Richard Bolling.
Dan Brest of St. Joseph pleaded guilty to liquor violations after arrest by the county sheriff two months ago. He was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to sixty days in jail, with bond posted and trial set for the November term. Brest appeared before a justice of the peace yesterday.
Officers elected at a Coun try Club board meeting last night include Hugh Means as president J M Child as vice president A B Vener and George Wetzel as secretaries At a nearby stockholders meeting held last week Dr fl T Jones Freil Armstrong and E J Treece were chosen directors replacing retiring members A W McGlanahan Irving Hill and George Shaad This brief note records leadership changes at the club and its stockholders meeting.
Tomorrow pupils at the junior high will vote by ballot to choose a student council president. Candidates include Elizabeth Shawnee and Richard Anderson. Voting hours are during the home town period. Best Radio Service Douglas.
Dickinson announces the Varsity theater will open October 25 showing One Minute to Play with Norma Shearer. He hopes to begin a midnight show Friday if the project completes. Jimmie Mitchell's KU orchestra will perform, prices posted, seating about 1,200.
The Los Angeles left Lakehurst at 11:05 AM for a three day flight to Detroit. The trip, postponed by poor weather, carries 44 men under Lieutenant Commander Rotendahl, plus Admiral Moffatt, three other officers, rated passengers and one photographer, with an expected return Sunday night.
Pred Ellsworth secretary of the alumni association at the university reports fireworks have arrived for the big rally the night before the football game. The rally committee has planned crucial stunts aimed at making it the largest KU event. Nebraska office male quartet will perform in Lawrence Friday night October 2 at Robinson Gymnasium.
The Little Symphony orchestra will give a musical appreciation concert Monday at 3 15 p m in Liberty Memorial High School auditorium Kansas City area grade school children will be excused from classes to attend the event Parents and friends may also attend The program is annual and self supporting The concert opens a series of fine arts events marking the year long schedule in the area and university program connections
Missouri highway chief engineer B Teipmeier told the sixth annual Kansas Association of Real Estate Boards convention that paving roads for tourists generated million dollar sums last year. He urged a unified state system and projected six to seven years to complete work. He noted Kansas treats roads as a county issue with license funds aiding counties. More than 200 delegates registered with 100 expected.
Prof to Ebright travels to Stull for the Douglas County Council of Religious Education convention. A young Indian woman from Tindin and Baker University talent will share native music and a speech. Postponed gifts and a Wichita capitalist's estate plan also surface in unrelated notices from Emporia and the Presbyterian synod.
Oct 11 reports Lanmson resigns his leadership of the Liberal party after a controversy with former Premier David Lloyd George over policy. The rift within the Liberal ranks had eased recently but now divisions persist between Lanmson and Lloyd George, with the party’s direction in question.
United Press reports lemons may not flow into Moscow this winter unless market conditions change. A lost lemon assumed bought for about fifty cents now cannot be obtained. The shortage is linked to state control of foreign trade prioritizing cotton and machinery over lemons. Chevrolet ad follows.
Kansas football fans not travelling to Manhattan may gather at the Journal-World building Saturday at 2 PM to hear a play by play of the Wildcats versus Jayhawks game. A direct wire from the Ahearn Field press box will relay the action, with the second story window providing the account. weather updates will be posted in the newsroom if conditions are poor.
Two more commissions of Kansas City Kansas joined in suits brought by the state attorney general seeking ouster in the supreme court. The defendants denied charges of dishonesty and lack of good faith and asked for clearer specifications of the allegations.
Atlantic City dispatch reports Western Parsons of the American Age Record predicting a soft coal strike will occur next spring starting April 4 1827. He notes organizers will try to break the strike before it disrupts consumers but warns unions may solidify power. Observers doubt predictability.
A neighbor found Mrs Schiedel with a crushed skull in her Salina home at 215 this morning. Adam Schiedel, over 80, stood nearby with a table leg in his hand, muttering. Physicians say she died at the hospital soon after. Schiedel is in custody, confined to a hospital under guard as deputies investigate.
In Chanute Kansas on October 14 AP reports Southeast Kansas Inc organized the first viva series of tav e lay meetings amid discussions of practical farm problems. State agricultural college experts spoke before a forenoon general meeting and later addressed drainage irrigation and reclamation issues with speakers including Sen. Papper J C Mohler and Caldwell Davis Dreske. Avery of the Oklahoma highway commission led an evening session with Kansas Highway Commission officials present and John Gardner scheduled to introduce Avery.
Preparations near completion for the eighth annual high school editors conference at the university under the journalism department. Indications point to attendance from across the state with committees busy. The Presseli banquet opens Friday at 6 o clock in the Commons with entertainment and talks. Classes in the journalism department will be suspended tomorrow as visitors are registered early Friday to begin the conference. Most events occur on the first day with some sessions on Saturday.
At Old Settle Reunion in Baldwin yesterday speakers included A Deel and Al Andrews of Baldwin. Rex Bailey delivered the address, contrasting early Mrs Pren days with present conditions. About 150 to 200 people attended, with Laurence and White among the attendees.
Coach Levert Higgins preps twenty players for a chartered bus trip to Manhattan tomorrow. The red and black squad held scrimmages with passing and shifting drills, linebackers breaking through, and punt and kick plans. Hartley, McCall, Pontius, Stith and others listed for the trek as Manhattan awaits.
In Tokyo a man confessed in court today to plotting to blow up certain residences to provoke unrest and aid foreign powers. The alleged plan linked to communists and an intended revolt against the government during the Korean crisis, with one reference to Beating to kill the imperial family.
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