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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1896
Page
3
In a tale of a governor era champagne party Meekins abstains at first then drinks heavily. A night of revelry ends with Meekins asleep and a hospital scare as his wife, devout and angered by alcohol, pushes family reform and church attendance while neighbors witness a public display of temperance zeal. The governor and adjutant general mingle with champagne and press praise before the incident turns serious.
In Orford New Hampshire Mrs Nettle Wright is accused of burglary arson and fraud to conceal a large theft from a wealthy neighbor Myra B Platt The Platt house burned March 24 with 30000 in securities missing Suspicions turn to Wright and her brother in law A E Gage as officers chase the missing bonds and delayed plans unfold amid church ties and local uproar
In Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin three young men Delos Richardson Harry Mellon and Joseph Harrington formed a living chain to rescue a girl from the third story of her burning house. Harrington reached the window ledge and with Richardson and Mellon lifted the girl to safety before the roof collapsed. The trio and rescuer left with the girl unharmed though the men suffered burns.
Frederick Merrick shot his wife Ida in their Brooklyn home and then killed himself before a mirror. The couple, wealthy, married six years and leaving a five year old, allegedly faced spousal suspicions with a detective watching. A child heard Mrs Merrick cry out before two more shots rang out and both bodies fell. In Iowa, Hamilton Cruzen, a wealthy farmer, was found dead by hanging in his coal shed after a burglary-like scene at home. A missing $50 and about $150 in the house noted. Cruzen was described as religiously unsettled, with evidence suggesting a possible insanity motive.
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