People’s Case Against Wolter Now Complete
The prosecution closed its case against Albert Wolter in the Court of General Sessions less than a month after Ruth Wheeler’s murder. Witnesses linked Wolter to the crime, including Ruth Wheeler’s mother, with the defense promising an alibi witness. Kathy Mueller testified about events surrounding the case, strengthening the prosecution’s circumstantial chain and signaling a possible verdict within days.
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Ruth Wheeler
Court of General Sessions
Albert W. Walter
Frank Mows
Kothen Mueller
Woelter
Eest Thth Street
Roth Wheeler
Eienographer
Emily Wheeler
Albert Walter
Wallace D Scott
Warren W. Foster
House of Detention
Greeling
Polie
Covener
Wolters
Walter
Mr. Mose
Kathen Mueller
L Bakery
Jennie Tischer
Jentie Plecher
Indicted Lawyer Doellinger Captured After Long Chase
Henry A. Doellinger, once a Park Row lawyer, is delivered to the Tombs after a three year pursuit across Europe and the United States. He faces a first degree forgery indictment from 1907. His wife and daughter faced consequences in a $6,000 mortgage swindle case. the daughter avoided prosecution.
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United States
Ravens
Whitman
Henry A. Doellinger
Tombs Prison
Court of General Sessions
Doellinger
New York
Park Row
Alice
Philadelphia
Dog to Judge Burglar in Nassau County Case
Sheriff Foster hunts a burglar using a dog owned by lawyer J. M. Finster in Floral Park. A break in at Finster’s home yielded an empty pocketbook while another nearby house netted $14. Footprints in soft mud trace possible suspect to F. D. Stevens’s home as the dog may judge guilt by scent and reception.
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Foster
Nassau County
J. M.finster
William Street
Manhattan
Floral Park
Long Island
Burelar
Mr. Finster
Tongs to Sign Treaty in Chinatown Consulate
A peace treaty between rival Chinatown tongs will be signed at the Chinese Consulate no. 31 Broad way at 11 30 this morning. Nine members of the On Leong Tong led by Tom Lee will join nine from the Lee Sing Tong led by Sam Lock, with Dr Ou Shou-thhun and Consul Yung Yu Yang witness to the historic agreement.
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Chinatown
No. 31
Broadway
On Leong Tong
Tom” Lee
Lee Sing Tong
Four Brothers Company
Sam” Lock
Canton Province
Ou Shou-thhun
Washington
Yung Yu Yang
Washington Wins Long Distance Cigar Smoking Championship
Harry McKelden, a telegraph operator in Washington, smoked a standard size mild cigar for 4 minutes 30 seconds without relighting to break the prior record by nine and a half minutes. The wagered challenge took place in a broker's office with five witnesses including a physician. A Phoenixville dispatch notes a veteran smoker once kept a cigar burning for 95 minutes.
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Washington
Harry McKelden
Cornell
McKelden
Real estate broker robbed after joy ride in police report
Hall Coolidge a broker at 939 Southern Boulevard and resident at 118 East 1634 Street testified in West Side court that two chauffeurs who identified as George Allen and Thomas McGrane robbed him of 325 dollars in valuables after a taxi ride. The pair, both jailed without bail, are set for further examination Monday.
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FE. Hall Coolidge
Southern Boulevard
East 1634 Street
West Side Court
George Allen
East Uith Street
Thomas McGrane
St. Andrew
Ted Street
Broadway
Butts
Coullage
Allen
McGrane
60Th Street
Weston Nearing Syracuse in Transcontinental Run
Edward Payson West reached Lyons after a 350 mile leg and rested briefly before continuing. He met Ells Ma, whose brother accompanied Weston from Portland to Chicago three years prior. In excellent condition, West arrived Port Byron tonight and aims to reach Syracuse by noon, then depart for USA before midnight.
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Weston
Syracuse
Edward Payson
Lyons
Fay
Ells Ma «Handler
Portland
Chicago
Port Byron
Tome
Maidnight
Uusa
Ballinger Halts Entry of 13.5 Million Coal Lands in Montana
Secretary Ballinger withdraws about 13.5 million acres in southeastern Montana from entry pending coal value classification. The largest single withdrawal since 1900, it spans Valley, Dawson, Rosebud, and Custer counties east of the 107th meridian to the Wyoming line. The move aims to curb acquisition under agricultural laws while lawmakers consider surface mineral separations.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Ballinger
Montana
Geological Survey
Hitchcock
Alaska
Valley
Dawson
Rosebud
Custer
Wyoming Line
Wyoming
Congress
United States
New Mexico
Attack on Pinchot sparks ire over water power limits
Henry L. Doherty denounces Gifford Pinchot as a major barrier to water power development in an address to the League of Electrical Interests. He portrays Pinchot’s statements as untrue or misused, critiques public opinion tyranny, and argues reformers exaggerate corporate faults while high living costs persist amid competition and municipal ownership debates.
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St. Louis
League of Electrical Interests
Henry L. Doherty
New York
Denver
Philadelphia
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Doherty
Tree Named For Pinchot Receives National Park Honor
The Sierra Club in San Francisco won permission to name a giant Muir Woods tree after Gifford Pinchot, one of few living individuals honored by the department. Previously only one other living figure, Theodore Roosevelt, had a tree named in Yosemite Valley.
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Ballinger
Sierra Club of
San Francisco
Washington
Sierra Club
Gifford Pinchot
Muir Woods National Park
California
Department
Yosemite Valley
Theodore Roosevelt
Uproar in Commons over Parnell era pension fight
London April 21 turbulent Commons scene during T P O Connor motion to cut Civil Service estimates by 4500 tied to Sir Robert Anderson pension. Debate touched Pigott forgery and Parnellism while Irish Nationalists demanded inquiry. Churchill's motion for closure passed 164 to 94 as April recess announced through May 26 and election timing pushed to mid July at earliest.
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London
Parnell
House of Commons
T. P. O'Connor
Robert Anderson
Times
Pigott
Sir Robert
Scotland Yard
Balfour
Asquith
Churchill
James Henry Campbell
Dublin University
Phoenix Park
Campbell
Redmond
War Haldane
Dublin Castle
House of Lords
Lord Rosebery
Final Irish fund payment sent to Redmond from America
Boston on April 21 reports the final instalment of five thousand nine dollars toward the one hundred thousand dollar United Irish League of America fund for the Irish national movement was cabled today to John E. Redmond by treasurer T B Fitzpatrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United Irish League of America
Lunatic Stirs Lakewood Blazing a Trail of Fear
Charles P. Rossman once a broker and Blair & Co. cashier arrived in Lakewood, bought a pistol, and rode a horse carriage to Harmony seven miles away. He threatened a farmer’s wife, was disarmed by officers, and remanded to the county jail after a preliminary hearing. Earlier he sent Blair & Co. a demand note.
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The
Tribune
Harmony
Lakewood
Rossman
Blair & Co
A. M. Bradshaw
Freddie Gebhard Very Ill At Stratford House
Frederick Gebhard is gravely ill with pleurisy at Stratford House, No 11 East 2nd Street. He has been in poor health for six months and critically ill for three weeks. Mrs Gebhard is due to arrive from Washington. Once known as the best spender on Broadway, he rose from a modest income to yachts and a racing stable before two divorces and a later marriage to Miss Mart Wilson of the Ploredora group.
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Frederick Gebhard
Stratford House
East
Louie Hollingsworth Morris
Baltimore
Gebhard
Mart Wilson
SAFE TO LOOT TREASURY HOWLOOTING POSSIBLE
Washington reports Charles D Norton Assistant Secretary of the Treasury told the House Committee that no law on the statute books punishes a subordinate who loots public funds and that conspiracies are the only possible charge. Bonding systems were called obsolete and inadequate as the St Louis shortage case prompts a quick inquiry. The committee adjourned without deciding on an investigation. Norton outlined plans for vaults cages and security measures across treasuries.
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Washington
Charles D. Norton
the Treasury
House Committee On Expenditures
Treasury Department
United States
Treasury
Norton
Meelung
New York
Committee
Sommelsdyk Destroyed by Fire at Rotterdam Harbor
The Holland America freighter Sommelsdyk, formerly Rotterdam, weighing 6,216 tons gross and 410 feet long, was completely destroyed by fire while ready to sail for Boston. Built at Newcastle in 197, she carried cargo when the blaze struck today.
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Boston
Rotterdam
Sommelsdyk
Newcastle
Independent distillers cut price to meet whiskey trust
In Cincinnati on April 21 a three cent per gallon cut was issued by independent distillers lowering the basic price for finished goods from 1.33 to 1.00 a gallon. The move mirrors a recent cut by the Whiskey Trust. Great Bear Spring Water advertises its purity and fame.
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Cincinnati
Independent
Dietillers
Whiskey Trust
Great Bear
Call from Kansas City endorses Roosevelt third term
Telegraph report notes the Kansas City Star editorial advocating a third term for Theodore Roosevelt. The piece argues there is no barrier to twice electing a citizen and portrays Roosevelt as a builder recalled to finish his unfinished work, not a dictator riding over republican principles.
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Telegraph
Tribune
Kansas City
The
Kansas City Star
W R. Nelson
W. H. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Republic
Craze Engineer Crashes Train in Wilmington
William C. Moore, an engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad, claimed a divine command to crash his train into a Philadelphia freight train at Edgemoor yards. The caboose and a freight car burned after an overturned stove caused a fire. No injuries. Moore overpowered yardmen, restrained, and institutionalized at Delaware Hospital in a suspected sudden insanity incident.
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Tribune
Wilmington
Del
William C. Moore
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Edgemoor Yards
Moore
Delaware Hospital
Salvage progress on Minnehaha yields silver ore valued at 100000
The Minnehaha salvage operations at May Save Mine, St. Marys, Scilly Islands report smooth progress with valuable cargo recovered including silver ore worth 100000. Weather remains favorable and salvagers hope to save the liner. The Minnehaha crew of about one hundred arrived in Penzance en route home.
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Hugh Town
St. Mary's
Scilly Islands
Penzance
England
Milkless May for Boston as farmers plan withdrawal
New England farmers forming a cooperative milk producers association say they will withdraw milk from the Boston market after April 30 when winter price agreements expire. Jonas Bemus of Charlton, secretary, warns Boston could face the greatest milk withholding in New England history with a dry May.
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Boston
Operative Milk Producers’ Association
New England
Jonas Bemus
Charlton
Cooperative Association
Born on Friday the 13th ends life in Berwick
Stan ley Hill nineteen year old son of Edward Hill of Berwick ended his life with a bullet yesterday after fearing a tragic death and believing he was hoodooed. He was born on a Friday that fell on the 13th of his birth month and had prior injuries from machinery and accidents.
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the Tribune
Berwick
Penn
Stanley Hill
Edward Hill
Ex Mayor Ferdi nand V Wolfe Dies In Church Service
Dover New Jersey April 21 ex mayor Ferdi nand V Wolfe died of heart disease in First Presbyterian Church just after he offered a prayer. The congregation prepared to sing as his granddaughter Elizabeth Gillen stood nearby. Wolfe, born in Peapack, 74, served as a Civil War lieutenant in the 27th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. He leaves a daughter Mrs Whitfeld B Gillen.
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Dover
N. J
Ferdinand V. Wolfe
First Presbyterian Church
Wolfe
Elizabeth Gillen
Mr. Wolfe
Peapack
27Th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
Whitfeld B. Gillen
Mark Twain dies at Redding home in New England
Samuel Langhorne Clemens known as Mark Twain dies at 6:50 PM at Stormfield Redding Conn after a long illness of angina pectoris His last words are reportedly Give me my glasses His death ends a life of fame and struggle with grief and bodily pain and follows days of anxious watchers at his bedside
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Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Connecticut
Pach
New York
Redding
Conn
Mr. Clemens
Bermuda
Clara
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Robert Halsey
Clemens
Albert Bigelow Paine
E. E. Loomis
Stormfield
Mrs. Gabrilewitsch
Halsey
Quintard
Bir
New England
Dr. Halsey
Israel Putnam
Putnam Park
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Kathhen Mueller
Katchen Mucher
Woller
Ruth “Erler
Pearl Wheeler
Ruth
Ewer
Kaichen
Merry Race
TONGS
Chinamen
Washington Man
Phoenixville
H. E. Doherty
Irish Fund
Lunatic
Freddie
Norton Amazes Committee
Star
Colonel Roosevelt
Lad
Dover, N. J
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