Prisoner Pleads for Mercy After Unexpected Thaw Ruling
The judge declares the inmate unfit to be at large and orders transfer to the Institution for Criminal Insane. The decision surprises observers as the thawing case proceeds to formal commitment.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1908
Page
1
Thaw to Be Sent to Matteawan Asylum This Afternoon
Harry K. Thaw will be transported to the Matteawan asylum on the 4:40 oclock train this afternoon, following plans announced in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
Thaw Acquitted of Murder but Committed to Matteawan
Harry K Thaw was acquitted on insanity grounds in the Stanford White murder case and ordered confined to Matteawan asylum until the state lunacy commission can decide if he may be released. The judge postponed transfer to allow a possible habeas corpus challenge. Thaw and his wife expressed satisfaction with the verdict, while jurors remained tight lipped about deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
N. Y
Stanford White
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Dowling
Matteawan Asylum
Thaw
Jerome
Littleton
Matteawan
Dowling
Japan Prepares for Possible Pacific Contingencies
Tokio February 1 At a section committee meeting in the diet M Oshi asked who the Japanese military preparations targeted. War Minister Lerauchi said they were not aimed at a single nation but at eventualities along the Pacific coastline from Saghalien to Formosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Japan
Diet
M. Oshi
Lerauchi
Pacific
Saghalien
Formosa
Thaw Jury Deliberations Continue As Judge Waits
Justice Dowling delays verdict as the jury remains unsettled and Mrs. Evelyn Thaw visits her husband. Thaw frets over likely juror prejudice, noting a juror who has watched the trial closely and exchanged significant glances with prosecutors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Thaw
Thaw
Littleton
Pretty Girl Elopes to Farm Hand in Aged Match
Marshalltown Iowa February 1. Pretty Flossie Dunham twenty elopes with Fred Carrick fifty of Bloomington their father’s farm hand and marries at Oskaloosa on December 21 She has now confessed to her parents creating a great sensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Flossie Dunham
Fred Carrick
Bloomington
Oskaloosa
Pressmen win court fight over eight hour day pact
Cincinnati Judge Thompson refused to enjoin the International Pressmen's union from striking. The ruling upholds that the nine hour day agreement does not bind rank and file to nine hours unless they choose to work at all, complicating the Typothetae of America's bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
United States
Thompson
International Pressmen’s Union
United Typothetae of America
International Printing Pressmen’s Union
Cyclone Kills Dozens in Mississippi Region
The latest reports from Hazel Hurst Mississippi on February 1 indicate more than twenty people killed and about forty injured as a cyclone swept through the area. In Lucedale Mississippi a tornado struck at night destroying two houses with two deaths and six serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Hurst
Miss
Lucedale
Home Bank of Brooklyn Closes After Run
The Home Bank of Brooklyn, a small state institution, closed its doors after a run began yesterday. Officials say the shutdown does not affect the overall financial situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Bank of Brooklyn
New York
N. Y
Home Bank of
Brooklyn
Evidence Favors Mrs. McDonald in Murder Trial
Chicago February 1 strong testimony for Mrs Dora McDonald on the murder trial of Webster Guerin. Abraham Wolinski a neighboring tailor said he saw Mrs McDonald break a glass in Guerin office and later pick up the revolver from Guerin. He testified Guerin held a pistol and that McDonald exclaimed He has shot himself. The defense cites blackmail and argues long mental strain but insanity is not admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hil
Dora McDonald
Webster
Guerin
Abraham Wolinski
Chancellor Day Slams Roosevelt Message as Demagogic Rant
Syracuse University Chancellor James R. Day calls President Roosevelt’s address a ranting tirade. He says the message attacks “criminal wealth,” uses class prejudice, and presumes a corrupt corporate sector needing sweeping congressional action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
James R. Day
Syracuse University
Roosevelt
Congress
Miners Plan Next National Convention in St Louis
The United Mine Workers of America ratified the adjournment of national and district officers until February 27. They will reconvene to pursue a joint wage convention and reestablish the interstate wage agreement. The next national convention is set for St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
St. Louis
Telephone trust hit. Bell must return Kellogg stock
Chicago Feb 1 Judge Windes of the county circuit court ruled the American Telephone & Telegraph company must surrender 4,311 Kellogg Switch Board and Supply shares to the original owners. The court held Bell’s holding violated law by fostering a monopoly in the telephone industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Kellogg Company
Chicago
Windes
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Bell Company
Kellogg Switch Board and Supply Company
Kellogg
Five Die in Wyandotte Street Rooming House Fire
A three story rooming house on Wyandotte Street in Kansas City burned early today after a basement natural gas explosion. Five employees died as flames and smoke trapped occupants on the third floor, while five others were injured but not to a dangerous extent. In a separate line, Mrs Eva Toms died from injuries in the opera house fire in Boyertown Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Wyandotte Street
Boyertown
Eva Toms
American battleship fleet anchors at Possession Bay
The American battleship fleet arrived at Possession Bay near Point Dungeness in the Strait of Magellan this evening and is expected to reach Punta Arenas by noon tomorrow. The report notes the fleet passed Joint Dungeness earlier today and will anchor for the night in the bay, a twenty mile westward approach from the point and near the first Narrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punta Arenas
Strait of Magellan
Dungeness
Possession Bay
Possessions Bay
Point Dungeness
First Narrows
Unlimited power decree to quell revolution in Portugal
Lisbon February 1 decree Gazetted today grants the cabinet sweeping authority to suppress revolutionary agitation in Portugal, enabling rapid action and enhanced control over dissenting activity across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Huge Federal Case Seeks Ban on Railroad Conspiracy
United States files equity suit in Salt Lake City circuit court against Union Pacific Oregon Short Line Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake Santa Fe Southern Pacific Northern Pacific Great Northern Farmers Loan and Trust Edward Harriman Jacob Schiff Otto Kahn James Stillman Henry Rogers Henry Frick William Clark alleging a 1901 onward conspiracy to monopolize rail and steamship networks and seeking a perpetual injunction against all further acts in restraint of trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Hiram E. Booth
United States Circuit Court
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Jacob F. Schiff
Otto H. Kahn
James Stillman
Henry H. Rogers
Henry C. Frick
William A. Clark
Harriman
Et al
Congress
Bryan Praises Roosevelt in New Statement
William Jennings Bryan praised President Roosevelt for moral courage in facing opposition. He said Wall Street financiers would find they could place no dependence on Roosevelt after the president's message yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
William Jennings Bryan
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Bryan
Storms Plague Midwest and Northeast Trains and Power
A sweeping blizzard and cold snap disrupt rail service from Iowa to Nebraska and Minnesota. Snow and sleet halt telegraph and telephone lines. trains are delayed as the region endures bitter winds and subzero temperatures. A four masted bark Puritan runs aground near Long Island, life savers struggle to reach the crew amid heavy seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Burlington
Nebraska
Northwest
St. Joseph
New York
N. Y
Long Island
Bell Port
Blue Point
Hughes Opens Campaign for Presidential Nomination
Governor Charles E. Hughes declares national positions at the New York Republican Club event in February. He opposes railroad government ownership, supports ICC authority, seeks Sherman anti trust law clarification, and prefers imprisoning corporate officials over fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Republican Club
City of
Hughes
Republican Party
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Double Death Brings Grief To West Branch Family
Iowa City reports a sorrowful incident as George Vetter of West Branch loses wife and newborn in the same hour. The double funeral drew the largest cortege in the town’s history, marking a poignant moment for the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
George Vetter
West Branch
Babe
Des Moines Banker William Stattler Dies at Home
Des Moines IA February 1 special William F Stattler president of the Bankers Accident Company died at his home from pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
William F. Stattler
The
Bankers’ Accident Company
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Illinois Through Sunday
Iowa fair tonight and Sunday with colder air in the east tonight and rising temperatures Sunday. Illinois generally fair tonight with temperatures trending higher Sunday afternoon. Sunrise 7 04 sunset 5 03 moon rise 6 43 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Illinois
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prisoner
White
Harry K. Thaw and
Martin W. Littleton
Judge Dowling
Papa
Day
Ural
Pori
U. S
Nebraskan
Citizens’ Railway and Light Company
City
Cleveland
Ohio
Indiana
South Bend
Ind
Michigan
Denver
La&ust
Colorado
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
New York Statesman
Paign
Tion
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