Prize Bandits On Stand Today In Own Defense
In Hartford on April 2 Gerald Chapman, a noted desperado, testified in his murder trial defending that he was not in New Britain at the time of the shooting. Heavy guards surrounded the courthouse amid fears of a jail escape by Chapman’s underworld allies. Only a few entrants were allowed to watch as the proceedings opened with Chapman on the stand.
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Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
Uniternational News Service
San Francisco
Cal
Dorothy Ellingson
Joseph Ellingson
Dorothy
Gerald Chapman to Take Stand in Connecticut Murder Trial
Hartford April 2 Gerald Chapman plans to testify in his own defense claiming he was in Brooklyn N Y the day police officer James J Skelly was killed in New Britain His alibi rests on witnesses bank clerk Francis M Grew John A Martin and Lyle Christance who testified he was in Brooklyn hours before the crime Other defense witnesses include two policemen and a nurse who tied Skelly’s deathbed identification to Walter Shean of Springfield while Henry Johnson a New Britain hostler placed Chapman elsewhere The outcome remains unresolved with the death penalty looming over him.
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Lundted Press Dispatch
Hartford
Chapman
Brooklyn
Francis M. Grew
John A. Martin
Lyle Christance
Skelly
Walter Shean
Springfield
Shean
Henry Johnson
New Britain
Man Missing After Going For Medicine in South Bend
John B. Warneck is missing in South Bend after leaving home to visit a doctor for medicine. Police and frantic relatives continue to search, but no trace of him has been found.
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South Bend
Ind
John B. Warneck
Warneck
Police hunt for alleged murderess Mabel Champion
A Richmond police detail searches underworld haunts for Mabel Champion the alleged murderess who fled Marysville Ohio reform school. Informants say Mrs Champion seen at a lunch counter in Richmond last midnight after her Cleveland showman murder conviction.
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International News Service
Richmond
Ind
Mabel Champion
Marysville
Ohio
Chapman
Cleveland
French Students Strike Over Dean Suspension in Paris
French university students nationwide protested the suspension of Dean Berthelmy of the law faculty. The action triggered a Latin Quarter police crackdown, demonstrations, and a tumultuous session in the chamber of deputies.
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International News Service
Paris
France
Berthelmy
Law School
Chamber of Deputies
Final details near in Dodge deal transfer to Dillon Read
Detroit April 2 final details were being worked out for the transfer of management and property of the Dodge Brothers Motor Co to Dillon Read Co. The brokers refused to name the amount, but it is thought to be 145 million dollars. The statement denied any consultation with other companies and said Dodge Brothers would remain independent with no personnel changes.
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Prisss
Detroit
Mich
Dodge Brothers Motor Co
Dillon, Read & Co
A. C. Schwartz
New York
Henry Ford
Schwartz and Associates
Dodge
Dodge Brothers, Inc
Farrar Car Seizure Sparks U S Dry Debate
In Rutland Vermont on April 2 customs officers confiscated 24 bottles of liquor and 12 bottles of beer from Geraldine Farrars private car at Rouse Point New York. The prima donna was on a train en route to a concert in Rutland and liquor was hidden in various car areas including the piano. No prosecution was announced and Farrar had been to Montreal.
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Puintind Press Discatch
Rutland
Geraldine Farrar
Rouse Point
N. Y
Miss Farrar
Montreal
Miners' General Strike Opens in West Virginia Fields
A mass meeting led by William Green and a strike call directed by United Mine Workers begins a general strike of coal miners in northern West Virginia. John L. Lewis expected to arrive soon to address miners as union plans target organizing all mines in West Virginia. Green says federation seeks government and operator cooperation to study industry ills.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Wnners
William Green
American Federation of Labor
West Virginia
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers of America
McDowell
Logan County
John L. Lewis
Green
Prohibition Clash Sparks Senate Inquiry Over Seizures
Washington April 2. The Couzens committee reopens a probe into the clash between Justice and Treasury over prohibition enforcement. Evidence shows conflict over the bureau's seizure of eastern breweries despite the attorney general's advice.
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International Nsws Service
Washington
Lincoln Andrews
Prohibition Enforcement
Couzens Senatorial Committee
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
Prohibition Bureau
Attorney General
Escaped Woman Search Moves to Richmond Indiana
Richmond police shifted the search for Mrs. Mabel Champion to the city after a tip said she was seen in a local restaurant. Detectives traced her possible route from Springfield to Indianapolis and intensified a citywide hunt. Champion was serving a sentence for the killing of a carnival promoter in Cleveland.
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Funlted Press
Richmond
Ind
Mabel Champion
Maryville
Ohio
Springfield
Indianapolis
Champion
Cleveland
Coal Strike Leaders Call for Living Wage and Investigation
Mr Green urged industry recognition and aid in an exhaustive investigation with coal operators and government to remedy evils. He framed the northern West Virginia dispute as a push for a decent wage and better living conditions, urging workers to stand firm until success.
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Green
West Virginia
Big File Factory at Hartford City Burns
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Inman tile mills five miles southeast of Hartford City Indiana causing an estimated property loss of 50 000. The firm carried no insurance and twenty five men were left unemployed.
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Hartford City
International News Service
Ind
Inman Tile Mills
Sanity Questioned in Duell Case as Bail Sets
Federal Judge Mack questioned Charles Duell's sanity and held him in $10,000 bail for perjury. He dismissed Duell's suit against film actress Lillian Gish to restrain her from acting under any management but his own and planned steps to bar Duell's brother from state and federal courts.
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International News Service
New York
Charles Duell
Mack
Duell
Lillian Gish
Ellingson Jazz Murder Trial Faces Abrupt End
Dorothy Ellingson 17, accused of murdering her mother, endured a tense sanity hearing marked by hysterics. Alienists conducted a secret re exam, raising prospects of commitment to an insane asylum and a possible trial abrupt end.
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United Press Dispatch
San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Dorothy
Karl
Millionaire Orphan Home Inmates Die In Gas Tragedy
Three inmates Adam Meuier Michael Heinrich and Julius Hengsler at the German Evangelical home for aged were killed by escaping gas after their room windows were closed authorities report a fatal accident occurring in New York on April 2 with the victims identified and the circumstances noted as a sealed room tragedy.
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International News Service
New York
Adam Meuier
Michael Heinrich
Julius Hengsler
German Evangelical Home For Aged
Wilson & Co Packers Plan Reorganization Aims Relief
Wilson and Co one of the big four packers will exit receivership within three months under a banker backed plan. The plan, approved by interests, contemplates selling to a new company under federal court decree and exchanging new securities for the old.
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Chicago
Wilson & Co
Frank O. Wettmore
First National Bank
Copany
Indianapolis Republicans bury hatchet for united mayoral bid
In Indianapolis on April 2 the Republican chiefs moved to unite behind a single mayoral candidate to be chosen in the May 5 primary. Ralph Lemeke said he would not contest George W. Coffin’s election as city chairman, amid a factional uproar. L. C. Hamilton, who quit the race, pledged support for Lemcke.
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Indianapolis
United
Ralph Lemeke
George W. Coffin
Lemecke
Coffin
St Paul Road Adds Fifty Em ployees in Terre Haute Shops
Terre Haute April 2 Eighty new employees were added to the CG M St P car shops as a sign of business revival in railroad shipping circles. John H Stewart chief clerk to Superintendent C H Buford announced the gain and noted expectations of higher demand from Indiana coal mines along St Paul lines. The department has not yet felt the effect but hopes for soon.
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United Press Dispatch
Terre Haute
John H. Stewart
C. H. Buford
West Virginia
Indiana
St. Paul
Stewart
Farmer Crushed Under Tractor Near Silver Lake
Cloris Sittler, 40, a farmer, suffered two broken arms and internal injuries when a tractor rolled back onto him in his field near Silver Lake. He was pinned for four hours before cries for help were heard.
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Luneted Press Dispatch
Warsaw
Ind
Cloris Sittler
Silver Lake
Sole Value of Surveys
A public survey is an elaborate way of making you believe what you al ready know.
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Atchison Globe
Bonds Fight as Shepherd Seeks Liberty in Murder Case
Attorneys press for bail for William D. Shepherd awaiting trial on murder charges in the death of William N. McClintock. Judge Hopkins to rule on reopening hearings. defense attacks key state witnesses with affidavits while the state counters. Immediate trial sought by both sides if bail is denied.
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International News Service
Uinternational News Service
Chicago
William D. Shepherd
William N. McClintock
United Press Dispatch
William ‘Scott Stewart
Billy McClintock
Jacob Hopkins
Bond
Stewart
Hopkins
Oscar McAdams
St. Louis
Charles C. Faiman
St. Paul
Faiman
Shepherd
George Fosberg
Earl Clark
Clemson Agriculture Building Destroyed by Fire
Clemson College in D C reported its agricultural building burned early today. The fire caused about 200000 dollars in damage and destroyed the agriculture department rooms and agriculture library.
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Clemson, D. C
International News Service
Clemson
Clemson College
Agriculture Department
Agriculture Library
Col Forbes Stricken By Paralysis In Throat Loss
Boston April 2 Colonel Charles Forbes former veterans bureau head is struck by paralysis doctors say he may never speak again as paralysis extends to his throat and threatens his life efforts.
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Boston
Mass
Charles Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
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