Adventures of Charles Weems A Daring Escape Saga
A Tennessee man Charles Weems charged with assault evaded mobs across Tennessee Kentucky and Georgia. He was captured jailed and spirited away repeatedly despite lynch threats traveling over a thousand miles in five days with twenty five armed pursuers. Weems dodged mobs and jail breaks in a dramatic escape tale.
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New York
Morristown
Tenn
Charles Weems
Chattanooga
Weems
Nashville
Guthrie
Clarksville
Pillar
Tullahoma
Thomas Carpenter
Waupachie
Hooker
Lebanon
Athens
Cleveland
Robbers Bind and Gag Wisconsin Couple at Roth Farm
At about 1 a.m. two masked men jumped the window of Florian Roth and his wife near Milwaukee and tied them to the bed while gagging them. They ransacked the home and took $200 before fleeing. The 70-year-old Roth and his 60-year-old wife were held at gunpoint and threatened with the house being set on fire if they did not reveal hidden money.
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Wisconsin
Miwauken
Florian Roth
Roth
Mrs. Roth
Mr. Roth
Public Interest Nuggets From A Varied Week
Sailed from New York, deaths from a London fit, and a Chicago monument dedication mark a mix of late May events. A Iowa mine tragedy, Arizona border thefts, a Kansas disappearance, and Wisconsin dome romance headline a broad sweep of public interest items.
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T. Jefferson Coolidge
France
New York
Mayne
M. P
London
Cattlemen Fear Texas Fever After Texas Shipment
Rapid City South Dakota May 31 Dr M J Treacy veterinary surgeon reports on 12000 cattle unloaded at Brennan Station with 500 dying from exhaustion starvation and injuries. He finds no Texas fever in local cattle but urges governor to prohibit further shipments. locals threaten action if proclamation is not issued. Also reports Paul McArthur drowned in Mississippi river floodwaters.
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South Dakota
Rapid City
M.D
M. J. Treacy
Fort Meade
Pennington County Board of Health
Texas
Brennan Station
Mellette
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Real Roman Hippodrome
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Royal Aquarinum
Mammoth Museum of Marvels
Moscow
Kremlin
Tyra
Reed Sisters
Europe
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Vernon Bros
Mikado
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Normandy
Aimpe
Adit AL M
Lui
Prince
Shaye
Wis
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Oskaloosa
John Peck
George Hoagley
United States
Chicago
Garza
Nellie Drum
John Drum
Princeton
Kan
John N. Parnell
Limerick City
Parnellites
Francis A. O'Keefe
Albert Garvin
Stillwater
St. Paul
Adams Iron Foundry
Lower Main Street
Dubuque
Trenton
N. J
M. Guernsey
Centerville
John Barlow
Guernsey
Barlow
D.M. Carey
Paige, Carey & Co
Painesville
Moundsville
W. Va
Joseph Weil
Newark
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Royal Academy
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Missouri
Thomas Whittedge
Congress
Minneapolis
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J. H. Raney
W. Crawford
D. R. Watts
Port Townsend
Wash
Sconsin Romance
Madison
Mandison
Hattie Rosenstengel
W. H. Rosenstengel
Madison University
Grand Rapids
State Capitol
O. W. Neeves
Green Bay
Neeves
Dome
Capitol Patrol
Rosenstengels
Memphis
Ule
Oli
Paul McArthur
Occidental
Mississippi
John Havlatko
Koch Bros
al Apt
Uc Dar
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