Arguments Made Today in Goose Pond Shooting Case
Four defendants faced the jury as the State versus Burt Goodman et al moved through closing arguments in Greene county. Prosecutor George Humphreys asserted officers acted with malice during the September 17 shooting while defense counsel C Hendren urged scrutiny of witnesses and questioned the motives of the prosecution as the courtroom crowd grew larger.
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Goose Pond
Burt Goodman
George Humphreys
Dumphreys
Indiana
Kentucky
Humphreys
Linton
Toots’ Hudson
Hudson
Carl Hamilton
Seph Inman
Claude Robertson
Joe, Beasley
Otis Cooprider
Will Welch
E. C. Corts
J. O’brien
W. R. Huber
James Hageman
W. S. Nelson
James Hudson
Toots” Hudson
Jease Morgan
Morgan
James Goodman
S. J. Burris
William Jarrell
Jarrell
Goodman
Barr’ Goodman
Nee
Friendly US Offers Aid Amid Mexican Civil Strife
Reports from Mexico City say the US has offered its friendly offices for intervention in the civil conflict. Rebels threaten an attack on Tampico oil fields as federal troops retreat under Obregon orders. Battle rages at Apizaco with heavy troop movements and armored units deployed.
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ST. Louis
Guanjuato
San Luis
Potosi
Tamaulpias
Obregon
F. M. Alvarez
Adolfo de la Huerta
International News Service
Tampico
Mexico
Mexico City
George T. Summerline
United States
Apizaco
Revolt Gains Momentum as Mexican Ports Surrender
Reports from El Paso dated December 18 say Acapulco has fallen and Carlos Greene Pablo Rodriguez and other southern Mexican officers join the rebels. About 1500 revolutionists and railway workers in Yucatan align with the revolt. Dispatches from Vera Cruz confirm Pueblo and Cuautla in Morelos fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Texas
Acapulco
Carlos Greene
Pablo Rodriguez
Mexico
de la Huerta Junta
Yucatan
Pueblo
Cuautla
Morelos
Vera Cruz
Soviet bid for US recognition rejected in Moscow note
Soviet Russia’s new bid for recognition and resumption of cordial relations with the United States failed. Secretary Hughes told the American consul at Reval to inform Soviet authorities in Moscow that there is no reason for negotiations at this time.
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Linternational
Washington
Russia
United States
Hughes
Reval
Moscow
Bonus legislation blocked in Congress
Immediate action giving soldiers bonus priority over tax reduction legislation was blocked when Representative William R. Green called for a Ways and Means Committee meeting in Washington.
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International Nws Service
Washington
William R. Green
Iowa
House Ways and Means Committee
U.S. Crop Prices Higher Last Year In Final Report
The year saw larger acreage and better prices lifting total crop value by 872.9 million dollars to 8.3226 billion. Corn led with 2.222 billion, cotton 1.769 billion, hay 1.391 billion. acre yields rose for corn and several crops though spring wheat and cotton fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural output and prices shift across key crops this year
The report shows Winter wheat yields up 7-10 bushels per acre, total output down about 14 million bushels on 2.836 million acres fewer, with prices 9.7 cents lower. Spring wheat area and production drop sharply, cotton area rises by 4 million acres while lint production climbs 219,188 bales and value climbs near 400 million dollars, hay output falls by 6.8 million tons though value increases by about 50 million dollars.
Loss of Blood Causes Death of Wounded Boy
Vernon Stewart twelve died in Bedford Indiana from blood loss after a gunshot wound accidentally fired by his eleven year old cousin Neddy Eads. The boy aimed at him believing the gun unloaded and pulled the trigger. rushed to hospital haste worsened the bleeding according to physicians.
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Bedford
Ind
Vernon Stewart
Marshall Stewart
Guthrie
Neddy Eads
Eads
Stewart
Aid for Germany Proposed in Capital Speech
An appropriation of 27 million dollars in interest on German property held by the alien property custodian was proposed in the Senate by Senator James E. Watson. The funds would buy wheat and fats for starving Germans, with Watson arguing the money should be returned as food aid.
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International
Servich
Washington
Germany
Senate
James E. Watson
Indiana
Watson
United States
Man Named George McManus Arrested After Jail Break
George McManus, hailed as a Santa Claus in Bicknell Indiana, was arrested Thursday after midnight in a local garage. He carried two cases of whisky purporting to be in bond, 100 proof, and escaped from jail Sunday evening, shaking hands with fellow prisoners before breaking out through a jail window.
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Bicknell
Ind
George McManus
Bond
McManus
Miners Entombed by Gas in Japanese Coal Mine
Thirty miners were entombed in a coal mine at Kapuya in Fukuoka prefecture after a collapse. Advices received in Tokyo say gas trapped the workers and rescue efforts are underway with high urgency. It is feared efforts may be unavailing.
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Tokyo
Kapuya
Fukuoka Prefecture
Japan
Unclear fragmentary court notes on defendants and attorneys
Fragmentary OCR text mentions trial postponement and plea actions involving defendants and attorneys. References include names like Chan and Armstrong with court docket actions. Details are unclear due to garbled transcription.
Murder in Hutchinson Ward Report Confusing OCR
Fragmentary text places a murder in Hutchinson ward with a killed spouse. Local names or exact locations are unreadable, but the fragment indicates a domestic fatality and investigation in the area near Loganport.
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Hendren
C. Hendren
Charles B Sine
Will R. Weston
Heng
Horse Thief Detective Association
Barnett
Charles Barnett
Sheriff Ray
Ray
Oscar Ashcraft
Buck Keene
Keene
Ashcraft
Bert Ray
Milford
Toots) Hudson
Cahriel
Chuck) Barnett
Vernon Pike
Jim Shake
Robert Miller
Reed
Taylor
Newt Musser
I. J. Ecker
Ray Myers
Men
E. J. Ecker
Toots”? Hudson
Chuck” Barnett
Affairs
Mex
San Marcos
Chine
Congress
Ment
Jones
Armstrong
Chan
Eni
Charles Mzier
Attorne
Ee Has
Blankenbek
Logansport
Hutchinson
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