Confessions Point to Grudge Motive in Swartz Grocer Attack
Grand jury reveals arrests in the Adolph Epsteine slaying at Swartz Grocer. Early March 26 body found after a night attack. fingerprints noted but lack of clues hindered the case. Private detectives traced leads from Oak Ridge to Irving Lake with no solid links before the trail cooled.
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Grand Jury
Adolph Epsteine
Swartz Grocer
Grant
Milton Coverdale
Bastrop
Frisai
Epsteine
St. Louis
New York
Burns Detective Agency
Ron
Swarts Ares
Crew Lake
Oak Ridge
Thia City
North County
Enegro
Irving Lake
Burns
Ioli
Swartz
Illinois Guard Leaves Herrin After Trouble
Illinois guardsmen withdrawn from Herrin after clashes between klan and anti klan factions led to several deaths. Sheriff fled, deputies vigil, arrests and bond hearings scheduled as authorities pursue murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Guard
Herrin
Ill
A. P
Biack
Springfield
Ilinois National Guard
Sand
H. M. Bigelow
George Galligan
Marion
J. H. Allison
S. G. Dunning
C. L. Woolard
E. N. Bowen
Auto race driver dies after crash at Kansas City speedway
Joe Boyer, who died from injuries after the Altoona car crash, twice narrowly escaped death at the Kansas City speedway July 4. In a practice spin his car struck the upper rail near the north turn, then bounced into the safety zone, later sliding down a wreck without further injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Joe Noyer
Altoona
Dust Explosion Triggers $500000 Fire at Krause Milling Plant
A dust explosion in the Charles A. Krause Milling Company elevator at Milwaukee's Krause Mill started a blaze shortly after 9 am. The fire endangered the entire plant with losses near 500000 dollars and one worker severely burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Charles A. Krause Milling Company
Move by Judge Affects Wheeler Case in Montana
The Wheeler trial in Great Falls faced a possible delay after Judge Bourquin disqualified himself from presiding as the federal court term opened on September 1. The case now hinges on who will take the bench and when.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Mont
B. K. Wheeler
Bourquin
Sheriff Coverdale Reports Quick Arrests in Two 1924 Murders
Milton Coverdale declares in Ouachita Parish that D A Schumaker was shot during religious services in Swartz August 14 1924 and Adolph Epsteine murdered March 25 1924. He thanks News-Star police and district attorney staff and notes secrecy in investigations while delivering evidence to Grand Jury.
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Ouachita Parish
D. A. Schumaker
Swartz
Louisiana
Schumaker
Adolph Epsteine
Fred M. Odom
News-Star
Faulk
Police Department
Thurman and
Mitchell
District Attorney's Office
Leon H. Peoser
Milton Coverdale
Cumberland Bell Telephone to Build $200000 Plant
The Cumberland Bell Telephone Company bought the southeast corner of Catalpa and Grammont streets for 15000 as a site for a new exchange and plant costing about 200000. Construction is tentatively planned to start October 1925 and finish by June 1926 with a modern facility to serve growth.
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Telephone Company
News- Star
Cumberland Bell Telephone Company
Catalpa and
Grammont Street
Hall of Records
News-Star
W. Warren
Mr. Warren
James G Trimble, Former Banker, Dies in Shreveport
James Guy Trimble, 61, local banker and former Union Bank and Trust Company president, died at his home in Shreveport from acute indigestion. He earlier edited and owned the Farmerville Gazette and helped organize several banks in Monroe and Shreveport. Survived by widow, daughter Dorothy, two sons Guy Hardy and Robert M. Trimble, sister Mrs. W. E. Dean, and brothers F. E. Trimble and W. L. Trimble. Funeral services were held.
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Shreveport
James Guy Trin
Monroe
Union Bank and Trust Company
Ouachita National Bank
Trimble
Union Bank
Dorothy Trimble
Guy Hardy
Robert Munger Trimble
W. E. Dean
Portland
Ark
F. E. Trimble
Fresno
Cal
W. L. Trimble
U S Ships Move Toward Shanghai Amid Chinese Tensions
Admiral Thomas Washington reports nine destroyers en route to Shanghai with six more boats sailing from Chefoo. The river patrol flagship Isabel is ordered from Kiukang to Shanghai as a precaution amid the civil war threats in China.
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Washington
Shanghai
Navy Department
Thomas Washington
Chefoo
Isabel
River Patrol
Kiukang
Bank robbery interrupted by local residents injures three
Three residents of White Rock South Dakota were wounded when they interrupted five bandits robbing the Citizens State Bank early today. One victim was seriously injured in the confrontation with the bandits and the others sustained non fatal injuries as the suspects fled. Authorities search for the assailants and investigate the attempted theft.
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White Rock
S. D
Citizens State Bank
Burial service at Forest Park cemetery
Afternoon burial occurred at Forest Park cemetery with Rev. Douglas, assistant rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church, officiating at the former residence.
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Douglas
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Forest Park Cemetery
Slayings investigated by Ouachita parish grand jury
Sheriff Coverdale announced a special Ouachita parish grand jury would hear evidence in the Schumaker and Epsteine murders this afternoon in the federal building. Five suspects were jailed, with one man linked to both crimes. The inquiry aims to determine indictments as the sheriff presents testimonies and confessions gathered over two weeks of investigation.
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Fred M. Odom
Schumaker
D. A. Schumaker
Pentecostal Missionary Worker
Adolph Epsteine
Coverdale
D. L. Roper
Swartz Road
Shumaker
Epsteine
Maker
W. M. Washburn
Walter Glenn
S. W. Williams
S. T. Hawkins
Fred Berry
J. O. Grant
Frank Waichet
W. W. Mc Donald, Jr
Jake Humble
H. A. Mc Donald
W. W. Neal
Geo. W. Lester
David I. Garrett
S. M. Newton
Chase Long
Roper
St. Francis Sanitarium
Swarts
Schumker
Two Die After Ku Klux Klan Gun Battle in New York
Five men in Kensington involved in Sunday night shooting linked to Klansmen thefts. Edward Obentean and T H Austin are dead, G C Bryant wounded, C W Sturm injured, F H Victor escaped. Police split cars during the ambush on Durham Avenue. Austin and Obentean died from multiple wounds. Bryant hit in abdomen, Sturm injured, Victor unscathed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Kensington
Edward C. Obentean
T. H. Austin
G. C. Bryant
C. W. Sturm
F. H. Victor
Obertean
Austin
Bryant
Sturm
Durham Ave
Baseball Today Scores and Lineups From A/B Games
Summary lines show 14 inning style scores with teams Boston New York Detroit Chicago and players Ehmke ONeil Hoyt Mariaux Schang Hoffman Collins Bassler Thurston Schalk Ferguson Picinick Bush. Second game noted with abbreviated notations and missing details for several entries.
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Boston
New York
Ehmke
O'Neil
Hoyt
Mariaux Schang
Hoffman
Detroit
Chicago
Collins and Bassler
Thurston and Schalk
Ferguson
Picinick
Bush
Schang
National League Box Scores and Standings Note
National League results show Brooklyn Phila and New York Boston games with runs hits and errors. Postponed games include Pittsburgh Chicago due to wet grounds with incomplete box score details.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Widow and aged mother face ruin after murder at St Francis
Amelia Schumaker and her seventy year old mother endure poverty after the ambush killing of D A Schumaker. The widow repeats it is God’s will while churches plan a Pentecostal memorial at Swartz with a new church site deeded for a lasting tribute to the martyr.
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Schumaker
Amelia Schumaker
St. Francis Sanitarium
D. A. Schumaker
Scumaker
Ouachita Avenue
Swartz
Man Branded with K K K Found Near Illinois Town
A man believed to be Thomas Stolp of Cudahy Wisconsin was found branded with the letters K K K and left bound gagged and blindfolded in a deserted cottage at Winthrop Harbor near Waukegan Illinois. He is near death from starvation and thirst and is hospitalized at Lake County General Hospital.
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Waukegan
Thomas Stolp
Cudahy
Wisconsin
Winthrop Harbor, Jr
Lake County General Hospital
Two Killed as Plane Falls at Kelly Field
SAN ANTONIO Tex Sept 2 Lieutenant Thomas M Conroy and Private Hillarias Artez of Kelly Field were killed when their airplanes fell about 1500 feet today in a fatal air accident at the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Tex
Thomas M. Conroy
Hillarias Artez
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R. P. Waichet
Monroe Mews-Star
Epsteine-Schumaker
Monroe News-Star
Seventen
K. C. Speedway
Jas. G. Trimble
Union
U.S
China
N. Y. State
Baseball Today
Phila
Vance
Roberts
Wilson
Deberry
Hargrave
Carlson
Oeschger
Henline
Dean, Baldwin, Huntsinger and Snyder
Qooney and Gibson
McQuillan
Man
Town
Illinois
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