Patterson pardons Colonel Cooper in Carmack case
In Nashville Governor Patterson pardoned Colonel Duncan B Cooper after the State Supreme Court upheld his twenty year sentence while ordering a retrial for Robin Cooper. The move sparked widespread condemnation and fears of political violence amid tense public unrest and private detective scrutiny.
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of Tennessee
Carmack
Nashville
Patterson
State Supreme Court
Duncan B. Cooper
Cooper
Hobin Cooper
Howe
Tenn
Duncan B.per
E. W. Carmack
Malcolm KR. Patterson
Colonel Cooper
Robin Cooper
D. B. Cooper
Criminal Court
Davidson
D. A
Supreme Court of
Supreme Court
Rob. Cooper
Kit
Coopers
Proserutan
Mob Burns Governor in Effigy After Indignation Meeting
In Germantown Tennessee on April 14 a mob set a torch to a effigy bearing the words Ham Patterson you must obey the Inn. The act followed an indignation meeting in the public square near the governor’s upbringing location, as the crowd vented anger.
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Germantown
Tenn
Ham Patterson
Trate Elti- Sens
Neure
Tennessee
Patterson
Senators Score Coopers Keel Couped Justice Criticized
In a Washington dispatch the Tennessee Supreme Court sustained the Coopers plea in the Carmack slaying case and the governors pardon drew Senate criticism. The 1908 Nashville shooting ended Carmack’s life after an exchange near his Polk Avenue home. Robin Cooper and his father were involved, with accounts differing on who fired first.
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Washington
D. C
Score Coopers
Ke Cuse
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Coopers
Carmack
Patterson
Senate
Edward W. Carmack
Robin J. Cooper
Nashville
Tenn
Polk
Senator Carmack
Tennessean
Colonel Cooper
Charlies Eastman
Young Cooper
Senator Car ™Mack
Robin Cooper
Nater Carmack
Hastman
Young man dies after ven the night of Feb
In a Feb night incident alleging a fight over a musicians' collection Nimmo one of the players struck Shelton Harm and Board at once Board then stabbed Nimmo in the chest with a knife severing an artery. Nimmo bled and died shortly after. Board's wife and infant child were with him. Board is defended by Judge N H Harrison R H Willis and A Woodrum. Commonwealth's Attorney Perkins prosecutes Board.
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Nimmo Bel
Shelton Harm
Board Alleoet
Board
L Board
N. H. Harrison
R. H. Willis
A. Woodrum
Commonwealth
Perkins
United Mine Workers Organize Push in Greensburg Area
United Mine Workers District No.5 launches a marching campaign to recruit Lewin and Greanaburee district miners for a strike. Leaders say over 10,000 men have joined, and warn a regional tie-up within a week unless owners recognize the union.
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Greensburg
Lewin
Greanaburee
United Mine Workers of America
Drain Plan Aims to Reclaim Dismal Swamp Lands
Norfolk special syndicate of capitalists from Chillicothe Ohio owns 25000 acres in the Dismal Swamp and has set a contract for reclaiming 12000 acres by drainage canals. The project would run about fifty miles long at a cost of 150000 dollars and would cultivate horseshoe corn and vegetables on the reclaimed area.
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Norfolk
Chillicothe
Congressman Lamb Files Minority Report on Cotton Options Bill
Virginia Democrat Representative Lamb, senior on the Agriculture Committee, filed a minority report opposing a bill banning dealing in cotton options. He labeled the measure unconstitutional, harmful to a key farm product, and selectively applied. He predicted the bill would fail in the House and likely fail in the Senate if it passed.
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Washington, D. C
Lamb
Virginia
Committee On Agriculture
House
Senate
Roosevelt Visits Venice in Strenuous City Tour
Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit arrived in Venice after a nonstop journey, greeted by American consuls and crowds. They toured the Grand Canal by motor boat, visited the rebuilt Campanile, met the Duke of the Abruzzi, and planned onward to Vienna with a large farewell procession.
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Venice
Theodore Roosevelt
The
Doges
Italy
Roosevelt
Porto Maurizio
Kermit
James V. Long
Bexzan
Africas
Tamoos
Brittania
Europe
Mr Roosevelt
Africa
America
Roosevelts
Vienna
Captain Lamb Says He Will Run for Congress Again
Captain John Lamb rejects rumors he will not seek re election. He states he will be a candidate and expects nomination.
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John Lamb
Congress
Washington, D. C
Richmond
Spirits Urged Him to Kill Briand in Saint Etienne
A man in Saint Etienne attempted to force his way to Premier Briand with two revolvers and a knife. He claimed spirits urged him to kill Briand and was arrested Wednesday.
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Saint Etienne
France
Briand
SAFE BLOWER LEAVES LETTER AFTER RICHMOND SAFE JOB
Richland area crime tale recounts a stranger visiting a store near Amelia Courthouse to sell a burglar proof safe. The merchant rejected upgrades, slept, and awoke to a robbed safe missing $900. A concealed letter left behind taunts the owner about needing a new safe, hinting at a Fay or Harris handwriting possibility.
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Richmond
Amelia Courthouse
Fay
Harris
Senator Daniel Condition Stable Overnight in Daytontia
Little change in the condition of Senator Daniel is reported in Daytontia Florida. Special-Press dispatch notes he had a fair night and slept well after 4 AM. While somewhat elevated last night, his pulse and temperature this morning remain near normal with little variation over the past three days.
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Daytontia
Fla
Pr. Chownive
Daniel
Death by own action in bushes spied by horsewoman
In Central Park a man shot himself behind the ear and died instantly after a horsewoman alerted police. Identified as Harry C. Harden, a Fidelity and Guaranty Company bookkeeper, he was an uncle of author Upton Sinclair. His sister, Mrs. Sinclair, lived nearby and could offer no reason for his suicide.
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New York
Central Park
West Drive
Ninety-fourth Street
Patrick
Arsenal Station
Harvey
Presbyterian Hospital
Arsenal
East Sixty-seventh Street
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Liberty Street
Harry C. Harden
West Ninety-fifth Street
A. P. Piradstreet
Tirad Street
Harden
Upton Sinclair
Boots Fall From Window Spark Policeman Fracas
Susie Ferris in a playful domestic farce faces a furniture clash when her boots drop from the window. Ernest Woods helps recover them as a to-do with a pursuing dog and a puzzled policeman unfolds. Susie defends him, declaring that all she owns belongs to him.
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Louise M. Breitenbach
Thad
Susie
Grandmother Burton
Ernest
Mr. Woods
Mi 2
Angora
Davenport
Peter Black Nose
Bank Robbery in Spring City Tennessee Leaves Over $10000 Stolen
Robbers blew the vault of the First National Bank of Spring City early Thursday using nitroglycerine. They shot at assistant cashier S. E. Paul as he fled. Paul was unharmed. Bloodhounds tracked the robbers, who remained at large.
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Spring City
Tenn
First National Bank
S. E. Paul
Paul
Syndicate Buys Norfolk Hotel in Virginia City
The Lorain Hotel at Granby and Tazewell Streets was sold late yesterday to 8 L. Nusbaum & Co. representing a syndicate. The purchase leads to dining room rearrangements and improvements to resemble an operatic style dining area.
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Norfolk
Lorrain Hotel
Granby and
Tazewell Streets
L. Nusbaum & Co
Oper
Seeing Halley's Comet Not By Night View
Chicago scientists advise against staying up for Halley's Comet sightings. Professor Frost of Yerkes Observatory recommends using cheese cloth and candle to simulate the view through a telescope. He says the comet’s tail remains invisible to the naked eye and the Earth will not suffer from the approach on May 18.
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Chicago
Ill
Edwin B. Frost
Prost
Yerkes Observatory
Williamsby
Professor Frost
Marries on receipt of divorce telegram
Captain Ashton Potter and Mrs Grace Depew wed Thursday in Colorado Springs then left for New York bound for Europe. Potter had just received a divorce decree from San Francisco, signed by a judge in a dentist chair after the court clerk hurried in on a fat fee, ending long delays.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Ashton Potter
Grace Depew
New York
Europe
Argument by Analogy Fronted by a Boy’s Foreswearing Wardrobe
A Lindshoro boy, dressed in his father’s cast-off clothes, was found crying behind the barn. He lamented that his father had shaved and, with red whiskers, now forces him to wear the old garb. The Wichita Star notes the humorous scene.
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Wichita
Kan
Jailhouse shootout ends with former sheriff dead
Meridian Mississippi special report says former Sheriff John Temple was killed by inmate Tom O Neal in Lauderdale County Jail. Ten other prisoners escaped, barricaded in the basement, as an angry mob surrounded the jail with threats to lynch the inmates if the raid succeeded.
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Meridian
Miss
John Temple
Lauderdale County
Tom O'Neal
Yneal
Temple
Actress Maxine Elliott In Auto Collision That Injured Man
Maxine Elliott, star, stopped at Huyler’s in New York City when her touring car backed sharply injuring real estate dealer Wyrekom Wyrekoff. Elliott, who claimed ownership of the car, was held on counts of assault and highway law violation. bail set at $100. The injured man was treated at Belleview for rib fractures and contusions.
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New York
Specia
Maxine Elliott
Huyler’s Star
Broadway
Henry “Hatceh
Lust Seventy-fourth
Jacob Is
Wryekom
Heidi
Miss Elliott
Edward Elson
Wyrekoff
Tomp
Wyckof
Bellewur
Mies Fillett
Tighe
Hotech
Desault
Hetch
Herrman
Jefferson Market Court
Asault
No Trail Found of Dr Cook on Mount McKinley Ascent
Fairbanks Alaska special reports the Mount McKinley expedition led by Thomas Lloyd failed to follow Dr. Cook’s claimed route. They established four camps reaching 16 000 feet then pressed to the summit but found the ascent dangerous and impassable in places. The party of ten carried cameras and barometers, used snowshoes, and crossed crevasses on improvised bridges.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Mount McKinley
Cook
Thomas Lloyd
Lloyd
Order of Pioneers of Alaskas
Willows
Soak
Worm
Pioneers Report From Alaska Pass Trail
The explorers found a new peak 16 000 feet high in the range shortening the coast distance by 75 miles. The pass is framed by perpendicular cliffs in Las. Daniel Patterson W F R Taylor and Charles McGongle stayed at Kadiah na while Lloyd reached Fairbanks. The Pioneers committee plans to verify Lloyds notes before stamping them as true and may surrender the notes if needed. The nine day ascent was aided by an excellent trail created by the party.
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Daniel Patterson
W. F R. Taylor
Charles McGongle
Kadiahna
Lloyd
Fairbanks
Pioneers
Lloyd’s
Bent Shaft Leaves Anglian Liner in Tow to Sea
Seaworthy wireless dispatches report the liner Eeeee Wilson of Boston with a broken tail shaft being towed across the Atlantic by the steamer Dominion from Portland Maine. The Englishman bound from Portland takes the liner in tow as the towline rescue continues.
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Wilson
Anglian
Boston
Atlantic
Dominion
Portland
Englishman
Lynchburg Schools Prepare Census of Pupils
Superintendent E. C. Glass announces the Lynchburg public schools will begin a census of the city school population once books and materials arrive from the State Board. The five year ago tally counted 6700 youths aged seven to twenty one, with a likely rise in the coming census.
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Lynchburg
E. C. Glass
State Board of Education
Consolidation of Manchester and Richmond Is Finalized
The Corporation Court ruled the April 1 election valid, uniting Manchester with Richmond. A mammoth procession moved 250 strong to deliver Manchester’s key to Mayor Richardson, as officials from both cities prepared for a era of Greater Richmond prosperity.
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Richmond
Manchester
Frank P. Christian
Lynchburg
Corporation Court of
Old City
the James
Ernest H. Wells
Old Town
Puehmond
Richardson
Kricehmand
Free Bridge
Ninth Street
Capitol Street
Littl
Maurice
Eldorado
Guardian Angel of Prosperity
South
Christian
Cities
Corporation Court
Huastings Court No
Washington Ward
City
Hts
Hull Street
Tenth Street
Porter
Cowardin Avenue
Hull
Ninth
City Hall
Police of
Manchesters
Louis Werner
Lowell
R.acant
Henry Cohn
Cohn
White Wings
Second Richmond postal substation robbed in three weeks
A second theft at a Richmond postal substation occurred between Saturday and Monday, with $107.67 cash and money orders stolen and about $143 in stamps overlooked. The break in at Substation No. 9 on East Marshall Street followed a recent major Richmond post office burglary, suggesting a coordinated or related crime in the same area. Authorities report no clues yet as to the thief or methods, and the post office and police pursue leads while the store remains guarded.
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Richmond
Fay and Harris
Marshall Streets
Apothecary
Ling
Sis Helen
Post Office
Higgs
Fuller
Lower
Llogs
Hogg
McMahon
Wiley
Eddie Fay
Little Dick" Harris
E. A. Redwood
Hoge
Redwood
Served the Wrong Woman in Newark Contempt Case
New York report says Mrs. Thos J McLaughlin died in contempt proceedings after a weeklong marriage. On the eve of her wedding she was effectively confined at 265 Halsted Street as process servers waited outside. Her former Alderman husband helped secure a truce and appeared in court Tuesday amid a dispute over service of supplementary papers stemming from a Manhattan clothing house claim.
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New York
Thos
J. McLaughlin
Newark
Manhattan
Quute
J McLear
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Dantel
Susie Ferris
Jove
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Rob
Syndicate
Norfolk Hotel
F. A. Cook
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