Gerald Chapman Sentenced to Hang for Murder of New Britain Officer
Hartford reports Gerald Chapman, famed mail bandit and jailbreaker, found guilty of first degree murder in the October 1 killing of New Britain Patrolman James Skelly. He faces execution by hanging June 25 in the state prison. The verdict spurred defense plans for an appeal as Chapman remained stoic in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
A. P
Gerald Chapman
Connecticut
New Britain
Chapman
Frederick J. Groeh
Groeht
Chipman
Court House
Greely
James Skelly
Davidson and Leventhal
Groehl
Jesse James
New York
Lower Broadway
Leonard Street
Gramercy Park
Feedral
Broadway
Woolworth
George R
Hotel Virginia Leased to J E Daley of Houston
A telegram reports Monroe Louisiana's Hotel Virginia leased to J E Daley of Houston. Daley, seasoned hotelier, will manage the Frost interests built property. Total lease amount withheld. Daley seeks to add two floors, aiming for seven stories with a roof garden, to meet oil field growth.
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Virginia
J. E. Daley
Houston
Texas
E. A. Frost
South
Louisiana
Daley
Monroe
Cotton
Brazos
Crosby
Beaumont
Palestine
Hot Springs
Ark
Robert FE. Lee
San Antonio
H. Reid
Texas-Louisiana Carbon Company
Mr. Daley
Frost
Virgin
la Salle
Frosts
Mann & Sterne
Little Rock
Urania No 6 discovery well suspended amid title disputes
Urania April 4 Urania Petroleum No 6 discovery well suspended at midnight on company orders. Pending title adjustments will delay opening. Leases totaling 600 acres sold for 300000 to New Orleans interests and 400 acres for 200000 to New York capitalists. Oil quality described as gulf coast grade A with 77 percent lubricating stock and 2.7 gravity. Litigation by small landowners connected with Monroe attorneys noted. Imperial Petroleum plans immediate drilling with Zeigin et al spudding today.
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J. B. King
Urania
la Salle Oil Fields
Urania Petroleum Company
No. 6
New Orleans
New York
Urania No. 6
Urania Petroleum, Company
Gulf Coast
Monroe
Imperial Petroleum Company
Zeigin
Ouachita Parish School Board opposes Bry avenue filling station
The Ouachita Parish School Board passed a unanimous resolution opposing a filling station at the corner of Bry avenue and South Grand street opposite Ouachita Parish High School. They cited noise and safety concerns and authorized actions to prevent the station's establishment near the school.
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Bry Avenue
South Grand Street
A. E. Perry
Ouachita Parish School Board
J. Trousdale
J. J. Herring
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish High School
Bucket Brigade Saves Indiana Town in Fire
Bucket brigade formed by hundreds of citizens in Meinard Indiana to fight a large town fire. The blaze, which threatened the entire town, was brought under control at about 4:30 this morning with damage estimated at 75,000 dollars.
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Bucket Brigade
Indiana Town
St, Meinard
Ind
Louisiana College Students Pledge Abstinence from Liquor
The faculty and student body of Louisiana College adopted a resolution to abstain from intoxicating liquor and to cooperate with officers in enforcing the eighteenth amendment. It calls for voluntary obedience and active support in enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Louisiana College
River Stage Readings Across Mississippi Basin
River stage figures show St Louis at 10.9 with a 0.2 fall, Memphis 22.7 down 1.1, Vicksburg 82.4 down 62, New Orleans 8.0 rising, Red River at Shreveport 7.7 up 0, Alexandria 5.5 up 0, Ouachita at Camden 4.8 unchanged, Monroe 11.3 up 0.2.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Pepper Martin Banned Indefinitely by NYSAC for Bite
Vincent Pepper Martin of Brooklyn, a featherweight, was indefinitely suspended by the New York State Athletic Commission after biting challenger Joey Chambers in their Tuesday bout.
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Martin
New York
Vincent “Pepper
Brooklyn
New York State Athletic Commission
Joey Chambers
Outline Plan for Railroad Control During Emergency
War Department file details a nationwide mobilization plan for all transportation systems in a national emergency. It envisions operating every railroad mile, car, and engine under War Department direction, drawing lessons from World War I and urging readiness for future mobilizations.
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Lloyd Leheras
I. N.S
Washington
United States
War Department
John W. Weeks
Army
War Weeks
Dwight F. Davis
John L. Hines
Herriot Stand Weakened with Treasury Move
ARIS April 4. Premier Herriot faces opposition as his capital levy plan loses support in both senate and chamber. Finance minister Clementel resigned, Anatole De Monzie named successor. Senatorial election in Seine memorial vacancy tightens political drama as Daubet calls for States Generale dissolution. Former President Miller favored by many, left parties contest closely.
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Aris
A. P
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot
Senate
Chamber
M. Clementel
M. Clemente
Anatole de Monzie
M. Herriot
Leon Daubet
States Generale
Department of the Seine
Magny
Millerand
Two Killed As Gulf Coast Train Hits Car
De Quincy La April 4 Mr and Mrs Henry Ford were killed when a Gulf Coast Lines motor car crashed into their automobile. The couple had just visited their son F A Ford assistant superintendent of education at Calcasieu parish in Lake Charles.
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DE Quincy
Henry Ford
Gulf Coast Lines
Lake Charles
F. A. Ford
Calcasieu Parish
Legal fight looms over ship sale under merchant marine act
Pacific Mail Steamship petitions court to review a government decision to sell five ships in the California Orient line. Justice Hitz grants a temporary injunction blocking the sale as hearings set for April 13. Pacific Mail claims the action violates the act and labels the bid process an arbitrary refusal to consider its modified bid. If permanent, the board may cancel the company’s operating contract.
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Washington
Apr
Supreme Court United States
Merchant Marine Act
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Californa Orient Line
Pacific Mail
DoHar
Justice Hitz
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Mauing
Shipping Boards
O’conner
Kercheval Found Guilty of Fraud in Arkansas Oil
Texarkana Arkansas April 4 Robert D Kercheval oil operator was found guilty in federal court on five counts of using the mails to defraud He falsely claimed holdings and promised dividends for Poindexter Royalty syndicate and Smackover Jackpot both formed at Camden and El Dorado Arkansas After a prior plea of guilty and later withdrawal he entered a not guilty plea awaiting sentence in May 1924
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Texarkana
Ark
Robert D. Kercheval
Kercheval
Poindexter Royalty Syndicate
Smackover Jackpot
Camden
el Dorado
Sandman Found Guilty in Jamaica Ginger Case
Judge Sandel convicts I P Sandman, Monroe drug store owner, of possessing Jamaica Ginger for intoxicating use without a federal permit. verdict cites 74 cases of Jake ninety two percent alcohol, no federal permit, raid led to seizure. sentencing pending.
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Percy Sandel
State
Sandel
Jamaica
Jake
City of
Monroe
McClinton
Sandman
Sander
Sheriff's Department
Indian gets long term for murder in county jail beating
Cortez Colorado April 4 Mor mon Joe an aged Ute Indian medicine man pleaded guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to 20 to 25 years in the state penitentiary for beating to death a Mexican prisoner who was his cell mate in the county jail.
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Cortez
Colo
Joe
Lightning Shaft Destroys Oak in Court Square Park
Special to the News Star reports Rayville Louisiana April 4 thunderstorm lightning struck a large oak in the courthouse grove destroying it. The bolt spread bark for hundreds of feet tore the trunk into splinters yet left a portion standing. The tree was among several planted over five years ago in the park like grove.
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News-Star
Rayville
Court House
Oil firms form El Dorado plan to enforce conservation
At El Dorado Arkansas officials and oil men agreed on a joint action plan to enforce the conservation law. An oil operators panel will act as a jury on complaints and policy questions, with local oil men funding wells if needed to kill or plug injurious wells.
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el, Dorado
Ark
Arkansas Railroad Commission
Arkansas
ElDorado District
Arkansas Petroleum Club
Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
State Department
Order Herds Killed in Fight on Tuberculosis
Richmond Virginia April 4 Herds of dairy cattle in Henrico Hanover and Chesterfield counties have been ordered killed as a result of the discovery of the largest number of tubercular infected cattle for one locality in the history of Virginia Out of 2215 cattle given the test 1055 were reactors and will be slain.
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Richmond
Henrico
Hanover
Chesterfield Counties
Virginia
Justice of Peace Frazier Imprisoned for Liquor Violation
NATCHEZ Miss Apr 4 K F Frazier justice of the peace in Adams county was removed from office sentenced to sixty days in jail and fined 300 dollars after being found guilty in circuit court of unlawfully having liquor in his possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natchez, Miss
K. F. Frazier
Adams County
Organizer of Southern Baseball League Dies
W. G. Hirzig, president of the Hirzig Hart company of Nashville and longtime Nashville Baseball Club leader, died in Beaumont Texas today from apoplexy. He helped organize the Southern Baseball League.
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Southern Baseball League
Beaumont
Texas
W. G. Hirzig
Hirzig- Hart Company
Nashville
Tenn
Nashville Baseball Club
Jones Re-Elected Head of W S and P Railroad
Larz A. Jones was re-elected president and general manager of the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railroad company at the board's annual meeting in New Orleans. Officers elected included W. Brewer as secretary and J. Cambais as treasurer, with several assistants named to support the president.
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New Orleans
Consolation meet semifinals in interscholastic tourney
At Chicago on April 4 the first consolation semi saw St. George Utah beat Fort Smith Ark 26 to 13. Southeastern High Detroit defeated Franklin High Portland 43 to 24 in the second semi-final.
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Chicago
St. George
Utah
Fort Smith
Ark
Southeastern High
Detroit
Mich
Franklin High
Portland
Oregon
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