Intimate details emerge in Sterry murder suicide case
In a New York office, George Sterry and his father were found dead with a pistol in the younger man’s hand. Witnesses describe two shots and a quiet upstairs murder scene. The elder Sterry faced a planned marriage to Rachel Blaikie, drawing family tension as detectives search for motive and a possible will.
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William de Witt Sterry
Roselle Park
N. J
Delmonico’s
Jim
Wilby
Sterry
George
Flarburger
Mr. Sterry
James .W. Sterry
West Seventy-fourth Street
Harburger
Barts
Manhattan Square Hotel
West Seventy-seventh Street
James W. Sterry
Brother George
St. Nichioias Avenue
Tillie
Imer T. Sterry
West 114Th Street
Custom House
David D. Kirby
White Plains
Mr. Kirby
Will
Pine
Pearl Street
John D. Sterry
Cincinnati
O'Hanlon
Smith & Wesson
Sterry—Blaikie
Englewood
Isus
Cameron Blaikie
D. Eddy
Rachel Biggs Blaikie
George Howard Sterry
Medicine killed druggist accused in tragic poisoning case
Eduardo Eraso, a wealthy Venezuelan coffee planter, died and his wife fell ill after a prescription was filled at Owl Drug Store. The label allegedly changed to atropine, with authorities charging Morris Schwarz with homicide after an autopsy found acute atropine poisoning. Schwarz surrendered after a daylong manhunt as investigators prepare an inquest and chemical analyses.
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Morris Schwarz
Owl
Sixth Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
Eduardo Eraso
Sefidra Eraso
Sefior Eraso
Schwarz
Eraso
Victoria Hotel
Sefiora Eraso
Caracas
Europe
Carlsbad
Victoria
Erasos
Carmelita Lopez de Ceballo
Gertrude Lopez de Ceballo
Senor Eraso
Marieno Palacios
Pedro Ma¢andozo
Carlos Leon
Venezuela
Riverside Drive
Grant
Sefior- Eraso
Owl Drug Company
Twentysixth Street
Sefior R. Palacios Rivas
Botte
Eee
the Victoria
Sethor Rivas
Sefor Eraso
F. Wesley Smith
Senhora Eraso
Mme. Eraso
Mme. de Rey
West Sixty-fifth Street
Venezueela
Acritelli
Campbell
West Twenty-third Street
J. Weston
du Vivier
Sixth Aven
Third Avenue
Charles L. Bernardo
THD Times
Schwartz
Slain Shepherds Buried at Brooklyn Church
Thousands gathered at the Church of St. John the Evangelist on Twenty first Street Brooklyn for the funeral of Mr and Mrs William Bauer Sheppard victims of Frank Zastera The Rev Father Thomas S Duhigg who married them led a solemn requiem mass at the church where they wed Two miles to the cemetery Mrs Tigan the bride’s mother fainted twice en route and was reported in alarming condition later
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St. John the Evangelist
Twenty-first Street
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
William Bauer Sheppard
Frank Zastera
Thomas S. Duhigg
Father of Zastera seeks counsel in murder case
Special to The New York Times from Freehold New Jersey May 19 Anton Zastera the father of Frank Zastera the slayer of the Sheppards and their servant visited Englishtown lawyer William T Hoffman ex Hudson County judge to hire him as counsel Frank Zastera was moved from county jail at 4 am by Assistant Prosecutor Jokes County 2 McDermott and Detective Cosgrove to the crime scene where blood on floors and walls failed to break his nerve in revealing the money hidden by the victims the motive remains unclear and an insanity claim appears to be growing
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New York Times
Freehold
N. J
Anton Zastera
Frank Zastera
Sheppards
William T. Hoffman
Englishtown
Hudson County
Jokes
McDermott
Cosgrove
Zastera
Heated Democratic Fight Over Delegates At Pennsylvania Convention
In Harrisburg on May 19, the Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention will shape a bitter clash over four at large delegates to the National Convention. Col James M Guffey argues the convention will not bind the delegates. Bryan supporters say a binding vote will carry. The conflict centers on the permanent chairman selection and control of the convention.
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Harrisburg
Penn
William J. Bryan
Denver
James M. Guffey
Pittsburg
California Democrats Back Bryan and Ball Platform
The Democratic State Convention in Fresno adopts a platform urging California delegates for W. J. Bryan, endorses Theodore A. Ball for temporary National Convention Chairman, and calls for opposition to monopolies, railroad activity, and Asiatic labor. It supports Philippines independence, strengthening the State Railroad Commission, and municipal control of utilities.
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Fresno
Cal
California
W. J. Bryan
Theodore A. Ball
State Railroad Commission
Lane
Senator McEnery Succeeds Himself in Louisiana
United States Senator Samuel Douglas McEnery was elected to a new term in Baton Rouge. Both houses of the Louisiana Legislature cast a unanimous vote to reelect him.
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McEnery
Baton Rogue
United States
Samuel Douglas McEnery
Violent Street Car Strike Flares in Cleveland May Day
Violent clashes erupt as guards fire on mobs in Cleveland during a street car strike. Cars attacked, wires cut, and a burning vehicle follows dynamite finds. at least two shot, one child killed, many injured, police deploy guards and deputies amid ongoing arbitration talks.
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New York Times
Cleveland
State Board of Arbitration
Municipal Traction Company
Lakewood
Clifton Boulevard
Rocky River
Kohler
Lakewood Fire Department
Yetta Wolinski
Lttle
Woodland Avenue
Childs
Waite Park Avenue
Superior Avenue
McGorray
Bryan holds Alabama in primary returns
Reports from Birmingham and Philadelphia indicate William Jennings Bryan leads in Alabama by about three to one over Johnson with Bryan delegates elected in three of four districts. Johnson forces gain votes in South Alabama while Gov. Johnson reacts to the Alabama result with measured praise for Bryan.
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Birmingham
Ala
William J. Bryan
Johnson
Bryan
John W. Tomlinson
J. Thomas Heflin
H. D. Clayton
E. W. Booker
R. M. Cunningham
Ensley
South Alabama
Indictment of Brown & Taub for Forgery in City Fraud Case
Grand Jury indicts Brown and Taub of Brown & Taub, 850 Canal Street, on five counts of forgery in the third degree over false books and inflated inventories to obtain wholesale credit. They surrendered and were bailed. case links to padded invoices and swindling Charles Broadway Rouss, with Bear Mill and A G Hyde & Sons creditors active in prosecution.
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Grand Jury
Brown & Taub
Canal Street
Louis Brown
Morris Taub
William P. Bosler
Julius Henry Cohen
Bear Mill Manufacturing Company
A.G. Hyde & Sons
William P.myhan
Bear Mill Company
Thomas A. Maguire
A. G. Hyde & Sons
Alexander
Erward Zolty
Charles Broadway Rouss
Rouss
Zolty
Grand Jury Calls Brokers in Crop Report Probe
Special Government Attorney Beach led investigations into Edwin H. Holmes Jr. who faced accusations of conspiring to defraud the Government by sharing crop report data. Forty seven Cotton Exchange members were subpoenaed to appear before the Federal Grand Jury amid expectations of new evidence against Holmes, whose prior case ended without a conviction.
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Beach
Edwin H. Holmes, I Jr
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Cotton Exchange
Federal
Holmes
Wadsworth Postmaster Removed by President Roosevelt
Medina May report states Wadsworth postmaster R. Titus Coann of Albion was removed by President Roosevelt. Samuel Milby, allied with Gov. Hughes, appointed in his place amid charges that a substitute mail carrier was not employed per civil service rules and that Coann was involved in other business ventures.
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New York Times
Medina
N. Y
R. Titus Coann
Wadsworth
Albion
Roosevelt
Samuel Milby
Gov. Hughes
Hughes-Stevens-Porter
Coann
Rhode Island Liquor Licenses Cut Under Temperance Bill
The Rhode Island Senate passed the House Temperance bill reducing liquor licenses from 1127 to 872, about one per 500 residents. The measure also bars saloons within 500 feet of schoolhouses.
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Providence
R. I
Senate
Rhode Island
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Manhattan Square
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Amsterdam Avenue
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