Murderer Pickard Held After 30 Years In Custody
Des Moines reports Governor Cummins issued a requisition for William Pickard of Conroe Texas on the murder of W S Teets in Louisa county July 8 1879. Teets was found beside a road between Letts and Grandview and Pickard vanished until his arrest in Texas. He will be brought back for trial in a sensational murder case.
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Des Moines
Cummins
William Pickard
Conroe
Texas
W.S. Teets
Louisa County
Teets
Letts
Grandview
Pickard
Iowa
Jean Valjean
Victor Hugo
William Teets
Lettsville
Saunders
Wapello
Lone Star
Journal
Oscar Hale
Wapello County
South
Dickerson
Teet
Louisa
Muscatine
Hale
Iown
Law and Justice
Ross Crow
Thaw Trial Witnesses Describe Childhood and Ailments
Mrs. Alice Fletcher testified Thaw was an unusual child prone to nervous fits and incoherent speech. Nurse Catherine Oneill spoke of Thaw’s early nervousness and scarlet fever after which Littleton called Evelyn Nesbit Thaw to the stand amid courtroom tension.
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New York
Alice Fletcher
Washington, D. C
Thaw
Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
Littleton
Evelyn Nesbit
Penny
Thomas F. Lynch
Tenderloin
Lynch
Barrett
William Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
Jerome
Willian Thaw
Paris
Harry
Death of Keokuk man Dr George W Jones found near Burlington
Dr George W. Jones missing since Christmas night was found dead in woods five miles north of Burlington. He had death by his own action, valuables on him and a penknife in his hand. Also reports from London and British Columbia describe suffragist protests at Downing Street and a clash over Japanese labor, with arrests and political tensions.
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Washington
Peter S. Grosscup
Federal Court
Chicago
United States Supreme Court
Henry W. Crawford
Charles H. Aldrich
West Chicago Railroad Company
Grosscup
Day
Justice Day
Burlington
Geo. W. Jones
Keokuk
London
Downing Storett
Premiem Campbell-Bannerman
Victoria
B. C
Dunsmuir Hawthorne Waite
Nanimo
Vancouver
Oscar Ross
Crow
Pickard
Teers
Grandview
Lettsville
Justice Follows Criminal Through Many Years
Governor Cummins issues requisition papers to identify a suspect held in a Texas town. Ex-Sheriff Saunders of Louisa County leads the search as the case stretches over years with hopes for success.
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Cummins
Saunders
Man once from Lettsville now respected life.
Reports from the south indicate a former Lettsville resident, once accused, has become a respected citizen and appears financially well off.
Iowa expected to renew effort to capture 1879 killer Pickard
Iowa authorities pursue a long-running case to identify and return William Pickard, the man accused of murdering William Teets in Lettsville in 1879. Ex-Sheriff Saunders travels to Texas to verify custody in Conroe, while county officials await word on a possible extradition and trial.
Pickard's Capture in Texas by Iowa Warrant
William Pickard was captured in Conroe Texas on January 17 by Sheriff M A Anderson and Deputy J W Golden on a warrant from Wapello Iowa. He is suspected of murdering William Teets on July 8 1879 and is held in Montgomery County jail awaiting extradition. He used the name Nicholas Pickard and had lived near the Wilburton oil field as a laborer farmer and truck peddler.
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Conroe
Texas
William Pickard
M. A. Anderson
J. W. Golden
Wapello
Iowa
Pickard
William Teets
Wilburton
Henry Bibbie
Farmers’ Union
Montgomery County
Nicholas Pickard
Victor Emmanuel Receives New American Gold Coins
In Rome on January 17 Victor Emmanuel greeted American Ambassador Griscom who delivered ten and twenty dollar gold coins from President Roosevelt. The king noted he would telegraph thanks to the President, adding to his vast collection of about 60,000 coins.
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Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Griscom
Roosevelt
Libel suit between Morrison and Miller withdrawn
The Morrison versus Miller libel case in Washington Iowa is mutually settled with both parties withdrawing. Former county Attorney Morrison had sued Editor Miller of the Democrat for 315000.
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Miller
Washington
Morrison
Washington, Ia
The
Democrat
Walsh trial jurors show no verdict by noon
Chicago Jan 17 jurors in the Walsh trial gave no indication of reaching a verdict at noon after about 20 hours of deliberation. The case remains in the jurors hands with no tally or agreement evident.
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Walsh
Chicago
Ill
Scranton
Imperial Underwear Factory
Masonic Temple Fire Ruins Baltimore Building and Archives
A Baltimore fire gutted the Masonic Temple, leaving the structure above the second floor as a hollow shell. Losses are estimated at a quarter million dollars though the grand lodge archives, kept in a cellar vault, are believed intact. The first floor housed stores damaged by water and the building was fully insured.
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Baltimore
Masonic Temple
Grand Lodge of Masons
Grand Lodge
American torpedo flotilla passes near Rio Janeiro
The American torpedo boat flotilla passed Cane Frio forty five miles northwest of Rio Janeiro this morning. The flotilla left Pernambuco on January thirteen.
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Rio
Rio Janeiro
Cane Frio
Pernambuco
Night grave digging for Rhoades disaster dead
In Boyertown Pennsylvania on January 17 Italian laborers dig graves by moonlight for the Rhoades opera house disaster dead. Borough workers keep nights manned as funeral toll rises to 173 with thirty unidentified bodies to be buried in a brick separated trench before memorial services.
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Boyertown
Rhoades Opera House
Wealthy Boston Woman Falls to Death at St Regis
Mrs Herbert M Sears wife of a Boston broker and frequent St Regis guest died by suicide today by leaping from a thirteenth story window. The Hartford telegram notes she had long visited the hotel with her maid and showed erratic behavior amid reports of melancholy.
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New York
Herbert M. Sears
Boston
Hotel St. Regis
Seam
The
St Regis
Alway
Sears
Boies Fully Recovers From Pneumonia in El Paso
Ex Governor Boies of Iowa has completely recovered from pneumonia after a two week illness in El Paso and left with his private secretary for Los Angeles to spend the winter.
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el Paso
Texas
Boies
Iowa
Los Angeles
Eightieth Birthday Celebration for Mrs Van Camp
Mrs Van Camp marks her eightieth birthday at her son J E Van Camps home 507 Woodlawn Avenue. Seven sons and a daughter gather for the occasion as locals extend congratulations to a well known county resident.
Y M C A Basketball Team Goes To Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Parlor City five host the Y M C A basketball team from this city tonight. The local team has played little this winter while Cedar Rapids remains undefeated, raising hopes that only top play will secure a victory for the visitors.
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Cedar Rapids
Parlor City Five
Examinations Close as First Semester Ends at High School
Examinations for the first semester have closed at the local high school. On Monday parents will receive by mail the grades of their children.
Beveridge Delivers Interesting Talk to Jefferson School Boys
Dr. T. F. Beveridge spoke to the upper grade boys yesterday afternoon at Jefferson School. The address was practical and engaging, drawing attention from attendees.
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T. F. Beveridge
Jefferson School
Weather Forecast for Iowa and Illinois
Iowa shows generally fair skies tonight and Saturday with colder conditions in the west tonight and the east and central areas Saturday. Illinois mirrors fair weather with warmer conditions in the south tonight and likely colder in the north Saturday. Sunrise at 7 15, sunset 4 46, moon rise at 6 42 a m.
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Iowa
Illinois
Mooniget
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