End Their Lives in Death by Own Action Pact
In Los Angeles a 62 year old mother Lydia Garber and her 42 year old daughter Claudia Garber died in a shared suicide at their cottage on 195 Santee Street. A note on the floor named Regina as beneficiary and stated Claudia should not be blamed. Neighbors note Claudia had been ill and the daughter cared for by her mother. The coroner is investigating.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Lydia Garber
Claudia
Santee Street
B. S&s White
Croker Street
Pittsburg
Regina
Garber
Tillett
Alpine Avenue
North Side
Miss Garber
County Recorder's Office
Coroner's Office
Tragic Death From Prank Ends Child’s Play
In Utica a seven year old boy Lewis Burns died after being dragged by a cow during a family pasture ride. The rope slipped as he rode with his sisters eight and eleven nearby. The animal dashed off and dragged him around the field, fracturing his skull and breaking his right arm and jaw before he died.
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Utica
N. Y
Lewis Burns
Matthew Burns
Pulaski
Lewis
Drac
Beattie murder trial hinges on bloodhound evidence
Special court proceedings at Chesterfield weigh admissibility of bloodhound movements from the Beattie case. Judge Watson to rule whether trailing signs and dog behavior can be admitted, as Virginia courts have not yet addressed the issue.
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Chesterfield Courthouse
Special
Beattie
Littl
Watson
Virginia
Mr. Scherer
Scherer
Inhuman Son Confesses Killing Family in Booneville
William Lee, a confessed murderer, sits in an Indiana Reformatory cell after admitting to killing his mother, father, and brother. He claims fear drove the killings, recounting striking his mother and brother with an axe and then shooting the house to raise the alarm.
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Booneville
Ind
William Lee
Indiana Reformatory
William Hoal
New Albany
Lee
Frank Skinner World's Tallest Elk Dies in Augusta
Frank Skinner, billed as the world's tallest elk at seven feet four inches, died at his Augusta home after a months long illness. The former circus and European touring star had spent the last decade as a traveling salesman.
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Augusta
J. Frank Skinner
Skinner
Europe
Tall Georgia kin follows family height legend
The passage notes an ordinary man from a notably tall lineage. It recounts that his grandfather was reportedly the tallest man Georgia ever produced, and that the man himself stood nearly eight feet tall.
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Georgia
Painter Jacob Mehrman Recovers After Spine Surgery
Jacob Mehrman a painter from Hoboken fell from a scaffold in July. His spine fractured pressed on the spinal cord causing total paralysis. At Beth Israel Hospital surgeons Richard Lewisohn Leo Mayer and Adolph Jacoby operated to remove bone fragments. His legs began moving as he recovered from anesthesia and doctors expect full recovery and return to work.
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New York
Jacob Mehrman
Beth Israel Hospital
Mehrman
Hoboken
Richard Lewisohn
Leo. GB. Mayer
Adolph Jacoby
Support Fails for Soldiers in Alexandria County
A locally formed soldiers' company in Alexandria County disbands after failing to secure equipment and access to suitable drill space. Officials cited cost, training needs, and inability to obtain a government building at Fort Meyer, leading the Adjutant General to prefer refining existing militia for readiness over expanding numbers.
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Richmond
Alexandria County
Fort Meyer
Sam
Keyes Bezenah Draw in Louisville Boxing Bout
Bert Keyes of New York and Andy Bezenah of Cincinnati fought to a ten round draw for the Tri City Club in Louisville last night.
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Keyes-Bezenah
Louisville
Bert Keyes
New York
Andy Bezenah
Cincinnati
Tri-City
Buried Victims of Theater Fire in Canonsburg
Canonsburg mourns seventeen theater disaster victims as undertakers rush to provide funeral cars. Interments are set at Oak Spring St. Patrick's Speer Springs and AME cemeteries. A coroner’s inquest, moved from Washington to the local City Chamber, will be held Friday morning amid protests.
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Canonsburg
Oak Spring
St. Patrick's
Speer Springs
African Methodist Episcopal
Heffernan
Young Thieves Sent 10 Jail In Richmond Court
Willie Mason Clarence Ross George Burnett and Robert Brown four colored boys eight to twelve were charged in Police Court with burglary of a laundry and theft of clothes from proprietor's sons and laundry customers. Case continued to Saturday with custody in a separate room away from adults.
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Richmond
Willie Mason
Clarence Ross
George Burnett
Robert Brown
Gryant and
Kellam
John
Judge Sues Socialist Mayor of Milwaukee
Judge F. W. Eschweiler files a $50,000 slander suit against Milwaukee mayor Emil Seidel alleging defamatory statements during the last campaign intended to ruin his reputation.
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Milwaukee
Wis
F. W. Eschweiler
Emil Seidel
Eschweiler
Advertising Parade Brings Beer Truck Delights Richmond
A Main Street parade in Richmond showcases Budweiser advertising with two teams. A ornate wagon with Gleek-mule leaders, and a prairie schooner pulled by oxen carries rifles and camping gear. Har vey Burgess drives the mule team. Peter Yung heads the ox caravan. After Richmond, the display travels from Pittsburg to Norfolk.
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Richmond
Main Street
Plains
Paiis
Harvey Burgess
Pittsburg
Norfolk
Burgess
Peter Yung
Grief to awful tragedy in South Thomaston
In South Thomaston Maine Englishman Jed Edward Bennett murdered his three children Edward six Barbara four Nancy two with chloroform and cyanide then killed himself by cyanide at the water. The mother had died three weeks earlier and a housekeeper cared for the children. A note to Rev. Wood defended the act and explained the planned drownings at sea. Nancy lay beside her father’s bed while the other two lay in the adjoining room.
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South Thomaston
Jed Edward Bennett
Oxford University
England
Edward
Barbara
Nancy
Bennett
Thurlow
Russell Wood
Episcopal Church
Rockland
Bennett Yaw
Felows
Tod
Eddie
Secret Causes Loss of Fortune in New York Man and Wife
A New York case centers on Elsa Muchweck Torrea and Raul Torren. After a 1910 marriage they faced a shared fatal secret the husband insisted on sharing only through death. He died and she survived with serious wounds from a suicide attempt and a self injurious attack. The wife now administers the estate while letters to Maria Torren in Mexico City seek resolution.
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New York
Mexico City
J. Hood Wrieght
Sisters of the Dead Man
Elsa Muchweck Torrea
Raul Torrea
Naumberg
Germany
City Hall
Ite
Moe
West Eighty-third Street
Friends of
Torren
Blumenthal
Richard Torren
Raul
American Bar Association Opens 34th Convention in Boston
The American Bar Association opened its 34th annual convention in Boston with three days of sessions at Hunting Hall. Edgar H. Farrar of Louisiana delivered the opening address, promising comments on Congress and judiciary changes since the last gathering. Reports on new member nominations and the election of a new general counsel were also on the program.
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Boston
Mass
United States Supreme Court
Congress
American Bar Association
Hunting Hall
Edgar H. Farrar
Louisiana
Lucy Lee Swope Elopes In Pueblo Marriage
Lucy Lee Swope niece of Col. Thomas H. Swope eloped with W. B. Byrne traveling salesman. The couple traveled to Pueblo for the ceremony and returned to Colorado Springs.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Lucy Lee Swope
Thomas H. Swope
Kansas City
W. B. Byrne
Denver
Pueblo
May Stop All Western R R S
Threatened railroad strike could tie up lines from Chicago westward and involve all roads nationwide. Chicago and North Western employees joined malcontents, with Harriman systems and Illinois Central workers already demanding, as union officials and road heads confer to seek peace.
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Chicago
United States
Chicago and Northwestern
Harriman
Tlinois Central
Estate dispute over Torren death pact and Haul bequest
The text notes an estate valued at about $800 000 at death with roughly $210 000 to Haul. Mr Blumenthal says the sisters demanded reasons behind Torren's insistence on a death by own action agreement, and those demands have been met.
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Blumenthal
Torren
Three Lives Lost in Bradford Rain Storm
Three people perished in Bradford Pennsylvania during a heavy afternoon storm that reached cloudburst intensity. Hed mond Simnith and his sister drowned in Tuna Creek while Redmond Smith and his sister died trying to rescue him.
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Bradford
Hedmond Simnith
Tuna Creek
Redmond Smith
Richest Indian Prince Almulk of Hyderabad Dies
London dispatch reports Prince Almulk Nizam of Hyderabad dies after years of mental weakness. He ruled the wealthiest Indian principality and owned the famed White Diamond valued at about 1.5 million dollars.
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India
London
Prince Almulk
Nizam of
Hyderabad
Beattie Case Expected to Turn on Own Testimony
The Chesterfield court场 heard the Commonwealth may rest its case and Henry Clay Beattie Jr. is expected to take the stand in his own defense. The fate of Beulah Binford as a witness remains uncertain as observers note the defense and prosecution both fear her testimony.
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Chesterfield C. H
Court Green
Commonwealth
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Paul Beattie
Hr. M. Smith
Beattie
Mr. Smith
Beulah
Beulah Binford
Chesterfeld
Chesterfield
Robert L. Allport
L. A. Scherer
Henry
Henrico County
Paul
Harry Smith
Lsederer
Louis Wendenburg
Beaulah
Grinford
Paw
Beulsh
Henry Beattie
Luther L. Scherer
E. J. Houenens
Hair Pin Found Near Murder Blood Spot
Richmond Virginia. Special Detective Wiltshire testified about findings at the scene of a homicide. Alexander Robertson said he found Mrs Beattie s yellow hairpin near the blood spot, a few feet from the auto and toward two stumps on the road. He also noted another blood spot two miles away and drippings near it.
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Richmond
Jack Wiltshire
W. D. Kidd
Wiltshire
Thomas E.owen
Alexander Robertson
Forest Hill
Robertson
Owen
Boy Alexander Robertson Tests Pin Location Near Scene
Alexander Robertson sixteen of Forest Hill testified he found Mrs Beattley's yellow hairpin near the murder scene. He said the pin was picked up Thursday morning and located a few feet from a blood spot along a path toward two...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesterfield
C. H
Alexander Robertson
Forest Hill
Blood spots puzzle detectives in Richmond inquiry
A witness describes a second blood spot two miles down the turnpike and mentions a cousin who also saw it. Cross examination details a gun informant in Richmond and a drug clerk testifying about Beattie's claimed illness and domestic remarks.
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Broadnax Robertson
Stanley Robertson
Woodland Heights
St. Paul
E. J. Houchens
Paul Beattie
Mr. Wendenburg
Ek. W. Farley
Polk Miller Drug Company
Mr Khaan
Protests Over Henry Beattie’s Removal to Jail
Chesterfield residents voice anger at moving Henry C. Beattie to the Richmond jail for trial. They say the county prison is adequate though not ideal and insist Beattie should not receive special treatment. The jail doctor reports no inmate complaints and keeps the facility sanitary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesterfield
Henry C. Beatie
Richmond
Ragalnd
Beattie
Trial disruption at Chesterfield court prompts female audience warning
Judge Watson halts proceedings and warns that the courtroom must remain serious as a disturbance over a sensitive witness prompts most women in court to retire. Mrs Binford, described as tall blond about forty, remains briefly with reporters noting two others lingered.
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Chesterfield Co. E
Watson
Chesterfield
Ja. Binford
Burned Clothes in Dead Woman Case Hinted in Chesterfield
Detective Wiltshire testified after W D Kidd finished noting the gun was found twenty feet from the turnpike. City Sergeant Saunders, linked to Huntings Court No 2, testified as a defense witness and described the gun’s appearance as shown by Mr. Pettigrew.
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Chesterfield
C. H
Jack Wiltshire
Richmond
W. D. Kidd
Wiltshire
J. G. Saunders
Huntings Court
No. 2
Wendenbure
Blood, clothing, and gloves in Beattie murder trial
Testimony details include blood on a gun and stock barrel, a burned Louise Beat tie clothing, a bloody glove under Beattie’s car, and questions on whether Beattie ordered the clothes burned. Beulah Binford may testify as a rebuttal witness after Henry Beattie testifies. Paul Beattie remains in custody with possible further questioning.
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Mr. Smith
Mr. Beattie
Thomas Owen
Mr. Wendenburg
Louise Beattie
Louise
Beattie
Camp Re Union Pleasing Event in Chase City Virginia
The nineteenth annual Lo A Armistead Confederate Veterans reunion in Chase City Virginia drew a large attendance including Congressman John Lamb and Robert Turnbull and Colonels Farinholt Northern and Freeman and Richard Manson. Officers were elected and delegates named for upcoming Grand Camp meetings. Speakers included Colonel Freeman Captain Lamb Colonel Farinholt and Hon Robert Turnbull. A bountiful dinner followed and old soldiers shared memories of Staunton River Bridge with Colonel Farinholt’s battle description drawing particular interest.
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Chase City
Lo A Armistead
John Lamb
Robert Turnbull
Virginia
B. L. Farinholt
West Point
R. N. Northern
W. B. Freeman
Richmond
Richard Manson
Lunenburg
James T. Alexander
Lewis T. Wimbish
J. M. Butterworth
Clarkaville
Freeman
Thomas D. Jeffress
Farinholt
Staunton River Bridge
Poultry Trust Members Granted Certificate of Reasonable Doubt
Justice Bischof in New York Supreme Court grants a certificate of reasonable doubt requested by William Travers Jerome for thirteen Poultry Trust members held at the Tombs. They face a three months’ sentence and a $500 fine. they were released on $5,000 bail each furnished by United States Fidelity and Security Company of Baltimore pending appeal.
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Poultry Trust
New York
Justice Bischom
Supreme Court
William Travers Jerome
Bischof
United States Fidelity and Security Company
Baltimore
Six Die In Collision At Colaliston Of Flay And Caboose
Six men are dead after a collision between a caboose and a flat car on the Grand Trunk Pacific line near Colaliston of Flay and Caboose in Regina Saskatchewan. John R. Hopkinson and Samuel Meichen died at the scene, with L H Fortin of Lynn Massachusetts Michael Griffith of Preston England Albert Marrall of Montreal and James Christy of Glasgow dying hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Sask
Grand Trunk Pacific
Bath
John R. Hopkinson
Samuel Meichen
L. HH. Fortin
Lynn
Mass
Michael Griffith
Preston
Lancashire
England
Albert Marrall
Montreal
James Christy
Glasgow
Bombs Exploded in New York by Black Hand Agents
In congested areas of New York two bombs exploded by Black Hand agents targeting Pasquale Polazzo a Brooklyn baker at 454 Hicks Street and Allessandro Germana an oil importer at 421 East Thirteenth Street. The baker’s shop front was demolished and glass injuries were minor. Germana’s building was partly destroyed with no injuries reported.
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Black Hand
New York
Pasquale Polazzo
Hicks Street
Brooklyn
Allessandro Germana
East Thirteenth Street
Mexican Agilistor Jailed In El Paso Extradition Battle
L Guirrez de Lara former editor of a Socialist party in Los Angeles and later a captain in Madero's forces was raised in Torreon on charges of attacking President Taft King Alfonso and Emperor William. The complaint signed by consuls from three countries notes a Torreon speech deriding Taft as pro–cash and pro–rich. De Lara previously served as a judge in Diaz era Mexico and was arrested in Los Angeles where extradition was denied.
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EL Paso
Speciaj
L. Guirrez de Lara
Los Angeles
Francisco I. Madero
Torreon
Taft
Alfonso
Spain
William
Germany
Torreon de Lara
Diaz
de Lara
Mexico
Man and Boy Die In Mount Greyback Avalanche
A man identified as L. Brown and his thirteen year old son perished on Mount Greyback in the San Bernardino range after an avalanche swept down a steep slope while they attempted to scale the peak. The incident occurred on the steep mountainside high above Southern California.
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San Bernardino
Cal
L. Brown
Greyback
San Bernardino Range
Brown
California
Wedding Guests Cite Common Sense Over Rice
A humorous exchange recalls a wedding where rice was not thrown. Lighter banter contrasts tradition with restraint as common sense surfaces in the dialogue between two speakers.
What Te Amounts To Tom-Did Her Last Husband Die
The exchange implies a question about a person named Te and a last husband’s death. It contrasts with an assertion that a man named Jack did not die but resigned. The fragmentary dialogue hints at personal and political tensions without clear outcomes.
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Tom
Jack
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