Negro boy accused in nine murder plot with strychnine coffee
William Henry Clay aged 17, employed by the J. R. Colbert family of nine, allegedly added large quantities of strychnine to a morning coffee. One family member detected the bitter taste and suspected foul play, prompting an investigation and lab analysis at Mississippi A and M college confirming the poisoning. Colbert claimed he kept strychnine in the house and questioned Clay’s motive.
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West Point
Miss
J. R. Colbert
William Henry Clay
Clay
L. H. Miller
Mississippi A. and
M. College
Colbert
Taft Rallies For a Moment as Death Fears Linger
Taft, after a long illness doctors say could prove fatal soon, rallied enough to speak today. Medical reports indicate his condition is slightly improved though grave, with Taft under careful watch.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Death of 57 Year-Old Civil Sheriff Clerk in New Orleans
Associated Press reports George J. Marine aged 57 died of heart disease at the civil sheriff office in New Orleans where he had served as a clerk for 32 years. He collapsed in the office, prompting an immediate investigation into his sudden death.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
George J. Marine
Reporters Help Avert Likely Fatal House Fire At 211 Jefferson
Three Morning Post reporters smelled smoke and raised the alarm at the old frame dwelling 211 Jefferson. Assistant Chief H. F. Roberts woke occupants as flames charred a first floor room and a party’s cigarette may have started the blaze. One resident, John Winyard, escaped with help after being overcome by smoke. Owners Pauline Bernhardt and lessee J. L. Hightower are identified.
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Jefferson
Illinois Central
H. F. Roberts
John Winyard
Pauline Bernhardt
J. L. Hightower
Frenzied Defiance siege ends with blast and casualties
In Defiance Ohio a 60 year old plasterer Hubert Floehr killed his wife after a quarrel over his daughter. Police and guard units shelled his home using a field piece tear gas and small arms. Floehr died when a dynamite charge destroyed his house. Two others killed and three wounded including Newell Littlefield Chief Karl Walker.
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Defiance
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Petersburg
W. Va
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Newport
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William Chappel
Toledo
Karl Walker
Littlefield
Toledo State Hospital
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Chicago City Employes Assured of Payday Monday
The Associated Press reports Chicago city and school employees will receive long awaited pay on Monday as 4000 county workers start getting six weeks back pay. County Treasurer Harding released funds and Citizen's Relief head Strawn ordered 11.75 million in tax warrants to back the rescue cash.
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Chicago
George F. Harding
Silas H. Strawn
Citizen’s Relief Group
Snook Baptized by Dawn Burial at Greenlawn with Witnesses
Dr. James Howard Snook, electrocuted for the murder of Theora Hix, was secretly buried at Greenlawn at dawn after a private funeral at his West 10th Avenue home. The service was led by Rev. Isaac Miller with widow Helen Marple Snook present, and a prearranged plan kept the public from viewing.
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Columbus, CO
James Howard Snook
State Penitentiary
Theora Hix
Greenlawn
Nook
West 10Th Avenue
Ohio State University
Helen Marple Snook
Isaac Miller
Snook
Air mail pilot stirs prison scare over Auburn
Cy Bittner, an air mail pilot from Buffalo, flew low over Auburn prison at about 2000 feet on a clear night out of curiosity. His sighting prompted 60 troopers and national guardsmen to brace the walls and fire skyward before calm returned hours later.
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Associated Press
Auburn
N. Y
Auburn Prison
National
State Armory
Cy Bittner
Buffalo
Bittner
Mardi Gras in New Orleans draws crowds for gambling and revelry
New Orleans opens Mardi Gras with crowds at fairs and racing stands. Casinos in neighboring parishes report brisk business as visitors from across the country bet on dice and roulette. Hotels fill up and organizers aid travelers seeking rooms amid a city in festive uproar.
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New Orleans
United Press
America
Louisiana Board of Liquidation Meeting Today
The Louisiana board of liquidation awarded a 36 million dollar block of hard surfaced highway bonds to the City Savings Bank and Trust Company of Shreveport and Associates with a premium of 155 405 and five percent interest. The board opened bids on a new six million dollar block of bonds and approved seven road construction jobs in nine parishes funded by the bond issue. Contracts total 871 867 60 and include paving bridge work and earth embankment prior to paving.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
City Savings Bank and Trust Company of
Shreveport, and Associates
State Board of Liquidation
Louisiana
Fire at St. Charles Hotel locker room in New Orleans
A smoldering fire in the employed locker room of the St. Charles Hotel drew carnival crowds and caused excitement today though damage remained limited. Firefighters answered a general alarm and battled dense smoke for an hour before extinguishing the blaze. the hotel itself sustained no damage as the locker area is separate from the main building on Common Street.
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St. Charles Hotel
New Orleans
St. Charles
Common Street
New Yorker Shot For Using Phone Booth Too Long
In New York March 1 a man waiting outside a subway booth fired at a user, injuring Donald Leshley 29, who was hit in the right side and hospitalized. The assailant fled the scene as police investigate the incident.
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NEW Yorker
New York
Donald Leshley
Merit badge display to feature 35 Scout troops
Thirty five Boy Scout troops from 20 cities in Ouachita Valley parishes will exhibit Merit Badge projects in a display March 27 to 29. Scout executive L R Simpson said most badge areas will be shown from dairying to radio and from pioneering to electricity and music.
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Ouachita Valley
L. R. Simpson
Bomb Explodes at Club Algiers Closes Chicago Nightspot
A bomb blast at Club Algiers on 657 St Clair street in Chicago ends the venue’s run. About 25 patrons were inside when the explosion damaged a post office sub station and nearby windows. Three people suffered minor injuries.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Algiers
Undertaker’s Barn
Allerton House
Club
Algiere
St. Clair Street
Pair Escape Prison Upon Forged Passes
Thomas Holden and Francis L. Keating, each serving 25 year terms for railroad train robbery, escaped Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary using forged outside passes with their photos pasted on the back. A new guard failed to detect them at the main gate. Warden White launched a rigid investigation into the fabrication of the passes and photos found nearby along the escape route.
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Leavenworth, Kas
Thomas Holden
Francis L. Keating
Evergreen Park
Federal
Holden
Keating
Fires in Rayville spark suspicions of incendiarism
Special to The News-Star reports two fires in Rayville on the same night as a prior blaze that destroyed eleven houses and four stores in the colored section. Investigators link waste kerosene under a house to the incident and similar timing near the Negro quarters raises suspicions of arson.
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News-Star
Rayville
W. N. Murphy
Mengel Lumber Company
Prohibition Agents Find Bar Room Hideout in New Orleans
Federal agents raid a St. Louis Street address and discover a second floor bar room in operation. The bartender notes the officers, leaps the counter, and escapes down a rope out the window.
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New Orleans
Mar
St. Louis
Cold Wave Forecast for Northern Louisiana Tonight
The United States Weather Bureau predicts freezing weather tonight in Northern Louisiana and Northern Mississippi. Fair and cold conditions expected Sunday with New Orleans near 46 to 48 degrees tomorrow.
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New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Mississippi
Four Men Escape From Parish Road Camp
Four parish prisoners ranging from two to six months in jail escaped early today from the road camp near Selman field. They were pursued by bloodhounds over more than a mile, then headed north along the railroad and were believed to have boarded a freight train or found a vehicle to outrun the hounds.
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Parish
Parish Road
Selman Field
Former Police Chief Found Dead in Chicago Heights Basement
Chicago Heights police found the body of Edward Cassidy, former chief of police, in a gas-filled basement room. Cassidy led a 1-year crackdown against vice and gambling before resigning. Police also searched for Police Magistrate James M. Feron of Oak Park as a separate missing person case.
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Chicago
Chicago Heights
James M. Feron
Oak Park
Edward Cassidy
John Brick
Cassidy
Bones of two found as hobo freight wreck aid readies
Newport Ark March 1 trainmen comb burned 30 car Missouri Pacific wreck 15 miles north for more bodies after four recovered badly charred. none identified. officials launch investigation into Alicia wreck. fourteen cars burned and four other hobo party members injured. remaining 12 to 15 men unknown. search hampered as cars still burned. traffic expected to resume today.
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Ark
Missouri Pacific
Here
Alicia
Hobo Party
Man sets fire to wife clothing and flees
Camden, March 1. Sheriff’s officers pursue W. P. Childers, railway worker, after he struck a match to his wife’s dress and ran. Mrs Childers, mother of eight, is not expected to survive. She says a several day quarrel prompted the attack. neighbors carried her to a hospital after she screamed for help.
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Camden
D. C
W. P. Childers
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