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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1912
Page
8
Fragmented OCR recalls Archbold hearings and broader judicial conduct debates. It contrasts Archbold’s perceived honor with critiques of federal judiciary behavior, mentioning testimony before a judiciary committee and public scrutiny of the judge’s actions.
Fragmentary OCR notes list numerous names and birth references including Pearl Street and a series of individuals with years such as 1831 1900 1904. The text mentions arrivals and christenings in a late historic record, but specifics are unclear.
Fragmentary OCR notes report three entered in rapid prison early, with unclear names and details. The text is incomplete and cannot provide full facts beyond a brief mention of deaths and confinement.
Warden Kennedy heard a statement naming himself as the sole killer of Mrs. Hall while others Vincenzo Cona Angelo Giusti Filipe DeMarco Lorenzo Cali and Salvatore DeMarco faced possible new trials. Zansara claimed innocence for the others as Corella prayed before execution. Zansara sat nine minutes in the chair then Corella five minutes and William eight minutes.
Americans dominate the fifth Olympic renewal with strong showings in sprints and field events. Melvin Sheppard leads in the 400 meters relay while J E Meredith and Louis Tewanima push for medals as the US eyes multiple golds in a packed stadium.
Miss Winifred Louise Barnes of New York says she will marry Sangora Ono a wealthy Japanese merchant in a June 20 ceremony at the Little Church Around the Corner The bride who studied at Susie University and Boston Dramatic School met Ono in Syracuse last fall Their wedding plans include living in Ono's New York bungalow until fall and then moving to a honeymoon home as her mother prepares for the wedding reception next season
Kaiser urged Berlin and Hamburg racing clubs to end the feud that led to dueling challenges after Count Konigsmarck was ejected from a Hamburg Club box. Steward Kaemmerer resigned, signaling possible settlement as the Kaiser presses for a peaceful resolution to protect German racing.
After a year and a half long Cammorrist trial in Viterbo the Assize court judge Cava Here Bianchi finished jury instructions and the panel retired at ten o clock. Jurors must render fourteen separate findings on the many counts amid intense heat and fatigue.
The National Progressive Provisional Committee issued a formal call for a convention in Chicago on August 5 to renominate Theodore Roosevelt. Manager Joseph M. Dixon framed the declaration as uniting Americans against the power of crooked political bosses and past betrayals.
Justice Smith at the Eastern Police Station rules against arresting a youth over a reported eye injury from a fight. He sends a notice to the youth to show cause why a warrant should not issue, citing interference with a romance as unwarranted.
Richmond detectives, led by Detective Captain McMahon, seek clues in a case where a body found near Bon Air bears a torn ribbon a garter and a small pair of scissors. The victim’s race is undetermined due to decomposition and facial damage. Chesterfield officials consider funding further investigation.
The small scissors found with a dead woman have sparked theories of how the body was moved from Richmond to Bon Air via Forest Hill and River Road. Investigators believe the scissors could identify the victim and point to the killer, who may face the electric chair.
Fresh revolution rumors grip Northern Portugal as land and sea forces mobilize against rebels. President Manuel De Arriaga vows to stamp out the uprising while monarchist sympathizers cross into Spain. An armored ship sails to Oporto with 200 sailors. Deputies and senators who are military officers have departed to join their regiments. Authorities monitor conspirators believed to plan assassinations of Republican leaders.
William Isaacs at 86 Bowery reports a well lit store robbery between Saturday night and Monday morning. A large safe by the cashier’s desk was drilled and blown open with nitro glycerine, yielding 924 in cash and 500 in merchandise. Entry came through a second story rear window, with a fire escape exit believed used by the burglars.
Miss Morton, a pianist once in Tetrazzini and Paderewski circles, attempted suicide by wood alcohol at Mrs. C. N. Buerne’s home in San Francisco to avoid an arranged marriage to Sidney Hargraves of Los Angeles. She survived after emergency care, declaring her love and that marriage would ruin their lives and bring him happiness only after her death.
The Pacific mail steamship Panama is drifting helpless 250 miles south of San Francisco. Aids are being rushed from San Pedro as the sea remains calm and the vessel rides the tranquil ocean.
The mystery of the Salome model’s identity is solved by Mile. Renaudot daughter of Maria Latina. The Italian Sabine born in Tivoli in 1853 inspired Regnault’s painter and the model later died after a long Paris life. The story ties to science figure Mile. Bernaudot and a 1900 Christmas Eve death.
Milwaukee Wisconsin news reports large preparations for the Vanderbilt cup race this September. Three grandstands with seats for 50 000 will be erected along a quarter mile main grandstand divided into sixty sections. An extra stand will house newspaper and telegraph staff.
The British National Rifle Association meet at Bisley opened today in fine weather. Targets were set at 900 and 1 000 yards and the chief event on the opening day was the Waldegrave match.
Special report from Parochim Germany says Lieutenant Behnke of the Imperial aviation corps and another officer were severely injured in an aeroplane smashup near here today as their machine was demolished during a fight.
Special deputy William T. Jerome opposed Harry K. Thaw in a habeas corpus hearing at Mattewan and lost two legal encounters. Judge Keogh allowed an oral summary by Shearn while Jerome could submit his brief after testimony. Dr. MacDonald testified Thaw showed paranoid traits and excessive ego, with the alienist noting about $10,000 paid to him by the State.
Senator Gore of Oklahoma arrived at Sea Girt New Jersey and was greeted by Governor Wilson and delegation from New Jersey at a luncheon after alighting from his car. The governor welcomed the visitors as they gathered at the cottage for the Baltimore convention.
In Washington an emergency hospital team removed a seven inch live frog that had lived in Mrs. L. V. King’s stomach for eleven months. The frog, swallowed as a tadpole, caused repeated choking and fainting before finally being pumped out and dying ten minutes later.
More than 10 000 teachers from public and private schools flock to Chicago for the fiftieth annual National Education Association convention opening at 2 30 pm Monday. The day also saw a power struggle at the board of directors meeting with seventy eight members including rising female delegates challenging the traditional male dominated leadership.
A poorly dressed woman visits Barker's Hotel Port Jefferson with a photo claiming to be the wife of shipyard superintendent William E. Hunt. The widow confirms Hunt concealed a second marriage to a New York woman for sixteen years, with weekly visits home on weekends. The Port Jefferson wife is mother of four. Hunt had married thee Port Jefferson woman forty years earlier.
Within an hour on a Friday afternoon police found a 35 year old waitress Mary Gustavsen on Central Park steps and a deaf mute man about 65. Both were weak from malnutrition and sent to Bellevue Hospital for treatment while the woman refused to eat.
In New Brunswick 38,000 Johnson and Johnson operators returned to work after a strike at the local plant ended today. Police surrounded the factories but there was no trouble reported. At the New Brunswick Cigar Company plant 1,000 strikers gathered, but Superintendent Krieger said the plant was shut down.
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