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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1928
Page
13
Houston police say the lynching of Robert Powell, a Black man who shot and killed a police officer, is fully cleared after a participant confessed. The mob dragged Powell from a hospital bed and hanged him at a nearby bridge, ending the case.
In the city's history on the eve of the Democratic national convention, seven men faced murder charges at an early hearing before a justice of the peace, stirring public interest.
Pittsburgh authorities slowed an informal gambling probe when saloon keeper Edward Meyer, whose arrest sparked the investigation, went missing. Mrs Della Schmoker had alleged her husband used funds for slot machines instead of baby food.
Paris June 22 France will send the cruiser Strassbourg and the gunboat Quentin Roosevelt to Spitzbergen to search for the missing French seaplane bearing Rene Guilband and Capt Roald Amundsen The Strassbourg heads to Cherbourg for supplies while Quentin Roosevelt now at Oslo will proceed to Bergen for coal then leave for Spitzbergen No definite word has been heard since the seaplane took off from Tromsoe Norway on Monday.
Optimism ran through Senator James Reed's Houston headquarters after Gov. Al Smith reiterated support for amending the prohibition law. Reed's aides said Smith's wet stance would eliminate him, clearing the way for Reed to secure the Democratic nomination and win the general election. Reed was expected to arrive on the battle scene that evening.
Philadelphia June 22 Ned Wilcox Swarthmore College football captain and Edward T Bartlett Jr former soccer captain chased a hit-and-run driver two miles through Lansdowne and halted the car John K Carson 37 was jailed in default of 2000 bail by Squire Pierce Richards The auto struck a machine and sped away injuring none Police Surgeon Robert Geichalares declared Carson intoxicated
A reflective column notes long waits for a verdict in a murder case and a school board meeting, then muses on stone walls versus prison life. It recounts bids for office furniture, comments on jail bars and a lad at the window, plus produce notes about cantaloupes and melons, with a playful note on pronunciation.
Rev Aston Engram of St Pauls Baptist Church will speak at Bethel AMEZ Green Street tonight under Christian Endeavor auspices. St Pauls choir will render songs. Welfare League meeting at St Luke AMEZ Elm Street Monday June 25 at 8 o'clock. President Rev W M Hodge to discuss league facts with benefit to all attendees. The BerI of Kinnouli plans marriage to daughter of a night club owner Kinowly is uncertain.
Members of the C. S. N. club gathered at Miss Jennie Angelo’s Croton avenue home for sewing and chat followed by a lunch. The Merry club met at Mrs. Norman Casino’s Huey street home for games and refreshments with Mrs. Guy Matricardi winning a prize. The B. A. W. club, hosted by Mrs. Albert Flick on Park avenue, played 500 at two tables with Mrs. Robert Hamilton taking high, plans for a Mill Creek park picnic were formed.
Personal mention notes H L Ritchie and children Buddy and Jean of Columbus Ohio visiting relatives in the city. Mrs A J Reamer Hemlock street improved after operation in New Castle hospital. A M Borland and J A Reinhart Wildinsburg back home after several days with Mr and Mrs L B Kelly Shew street. Mr and Mrs 0 D Mills and son and Mr and Mrs D B Woolcock depart for Cobleskill New York to visit relatives. Dr J Edward Canby of Great Barrington Massachusetts hosts a recent bride and groom and their mothers. Mrs L E Canby Ralph M Campbell East Grant street Mrs Jessie Hamilton Hamilton apartments Beulah Wilson Lawrence Wilson Miss Levina Market Wampum and Miss Frances Pisken Saegertown Pa return from motor trip to Buffalo Niagara Falls and Canada. Leroy K Donaldson University of Wisconsin senior returns home for summer with parents on Oak street. Regents of University of Wisconsin grant Donaldson a Legislative scholarship for scholastic work. Donaldson is a New Castle high school graduate and attended Westminster college two years.
Jury finds Frank Blisco guilty of manslaughter in the Elisco case after a long deliberation and overnight jury room confinement Judge Hildebrand notes courthouse needs for a new facility and warns against demonstrations during verdict reading Formal motion for a new trial to be filed this afternoon or tomorrow morning
Troop 17 will meet this evening at seven o clock, Scoutmaster B C Schmid says all members are urged to attend as the meeting is very important. I always pull out when a car honks to go by, and never think mean thoughts about the driver.
Detectives near the head of a diploma mill at the City College of New York after a campus investigation. The chief is a graduate familiar with registrar procedures. operatives allegedly forged records to enroll youths and credit undergraduates with passing courses they failed.
Hayes James, a 48 year old factory employee in New Boston, was electrocuted when he touched a live telegraph wire along the Ohio river bank near Plant. An arc of over 6500 volts passed through his body as he attempted to light a smoke, according to witnesses.
In New Philadelphia on June 22 an attorney faced a fine after a case involving possession of stills surfaced. The report notes the defendant, a former justice of the peace, and references English as part of the case details.
A tenant on the English farm was fined 500 dollars today by Judge J. H. Eamneck for possessing a still found on the property. The case arose from reports that the man, who pleaded guilty last Tuesday, claimed he acted under duress and later told his wife he had lost his memory.
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