Night Riders Case Advances in Rankin Murder Trial
Union City Tenn December 21 The state rests its case against eight alleged Night Riders in the Rankin murder inquiry as Frank Fehringer testifies detailing the killings and outrages. Mrs Emms Thurman Johnson recounts being whipped and pressured to drop a divorce suit amid threats by the band. Footnotes describe guards, weaponry, riders garb, and motives behind intimidation.
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Union City
Tenn
Quentin Rankin
Frank Fehringer
Rankin
Emms Thurman Johnson
Fehringer
Secon
Night Riders raid and Rankin murder trial details emerge
Testimony portrays a Night Riders gang planning to raid Tiptonville and kill Judge Harris. Garrett Johnson led the group to Rankin and Taylor at Walnut Log Hotel, with Fehringer calling the ride. Rankin was strangled as bullets and a rope were used, while witnesses dispute motives and timing amid tense courtroom cross examinations.
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Rankin
Tiptonville
Harris
Taylor
Walnut Log Hotel
Tid” Burton
Fehringer
Garrett Johnson
Johnson's
Ed” Powell
Vank
Slough
Johnson
Bob” Hoffman
Sam” Applewhite
Jess” Carter
Colonel Taylor
Tennessee
Kentucky
Roosevelt urges retention of Northrop at Minnesota University
Telegrafta reports President Roosevelt urged Judge Torrance that President Northrop must not resign and should continue leading the University of Minnesota. The President allegedly said Northrop’s services are essential for the university and education broadly, praising work begun 25 years ago.
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the Tribune
Minneapolis
Roosevelt
Northrop
University of Minnesota
Torrance
White House
Mrs Chadbourne Reclaims Art Goods Seized by Government
Mrs Emily Crane Chadbourne obtained possession of art treasures seized last summer by paying $82 411 into court plus $70 409 previously paid for duties and penalties. The items valued at 241 were to be shipped to Mrs Jack Gardner of Boston.
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Chicago
Emily Crane Chadbourne
Jack’’ Gardner
Boston
Gardner
Chadbourne
Landis
Paint Burns Prove Fatal in Creedmoor Blaze
Mrs. Mary Franklin died from burns sustained when varnish exploded on a kitchen stove at Creedmoor Long Island. Her husband Charles W. Franklin, two children, and sister Miss Agnes McDonald were present during the blast and fire.
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Mary Franklin
Creedmoor
Long Island
Charles W. Franklin
Agnes McDonald
City Finance Warned As Officials Urge Tax Reform
City Club held a special session to review municipal finances with speakers Ivins Levey Purdy and McAneny addressing near fiscal collapse. They urged voter education, a land court, and a city suggestion bureau to improve economies while warning that taxpayers bear the burden and that the next government faces tight revenue limits.
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William M. Ivins
Charter Revision Commission
Edward J. Levey
Lawson Purdy
Tax Board
Mets
McCarren
BE R L. Gould
Frederick A. Cleveland
Bureau of Municipal Research
Horace White
Ivins
McAneny
Club
Purdy
Levey
Greater New York
F. W. Hinrichs
Interborough
Staten Island
Richmond
Paris
Mr. Purdy
Tax Department
Delancey
City Officials Debate Subway Costs and Megaprojects
Controller Metz challenged speakers at a public meeting noting outside criticism matters more than official statements. He doubted subway costs and cited Fourth Avenue at 15 million dollars for five miles plus equipment. He accused City Club of backing fadist opinions and claimed the Rapid Transit Commission approved a costly bridge loop at 19 million dollars.
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Metz
Purdy
Fourth Avenue
City Club
Rapid Transit Commission
Jury Completes for Hargis murder Trial at Irvine
Lexington Kentucky December 21 Beach Hargis faces trial in Irvine for the murder of his father Judge James Hargis. All jurors are farmers. Defense plans to attack the judges life history and Breathitt County feuds to argue the father provoked his own death. Clerk James P Brophy testified that Beach shot his father five times with two later shots as they struggled on the floor. Ex State Senator Alexander Hargis arrived at Irvine to seek information for the prosecution.
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Lexington
Beach Hargis
Irvine
James Hargis
Breathitt
Hargis
James P. Brophy
Judge Hargis
Alexander Hargis
Two Fortune Tellers Arrested After Thefts
Two wandering fortune tellers, a Russian gypsy aged eighteen and a Brazilian, were arrested on petty larceny charges. Lena Olney, held on $1,000 bail in Harlem, faced General Sessions after allegedly trying to flee with money during a palm reading. Rose Elijah, at a Hamilton Building venue, was accused of taking $10 from a client after prompting him to hold his cash.
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Lena Olney
Magistrate House
Harlem Court
Edwin T. Ogle
Park Avenue
Joseph Leitner
Dawson Street
Rose Elijah
Hamilton Building
Third Avenue
125Th Street
Leitner
Silk hat man escapes hotel by rope in Brooklyn
Gustave Mayer climbed the Commercial Hotel wall fifty feet above Fulton and Clinton streets, using a rope and carrying a heavy suitcase. A nearby policeman watched as he lowered himself to the square. He told Magistrate Voorhees in Brooklyn’s Adams street police court he was from Montgomery Alabama and claimed Christian Scientist beings threatened him. He said his room rent was paid and was allowed to go free.
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Commercial Hotel
Fulton
Clinton Streets
Brooklyn
Gustave Mayer
Commerce Street
Montgomery
Ala
Voorhees
Adams Street
Bloomingdale Barn Destroyed by Fire at Asylum
A large three story barn at Bloomingdale Asylum burned down last night amid high winds. Nearby private patient housing faced danger but was saved as volunteers from White Palms and Harrison Westchester County fought the blaze and contained it.
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Bloomingdale Asylum
Asylum
White Palms
Harrison
Westchester County
Oyster beds found clean after health dept inspections
Dr Thomas Darlington of the Health Department reported inspections at Sayville Lynnhaven Cape Cod found oyster beds in good condition and pollution of oysters impossible. He noted a hotel typhoid case involved two diners who had not eaten oysters and had been away two weeks, suggesting the illness may not have come from oysters.
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Thomas Darlington
Health Department
Sayville
Long Island
Lynnhaven
Cape Cod
Mass
Preachers commend Emperor for abstaining from liquor
At a Methodist meeting in Book Rooms at 150 Fifth Avenue a resolution praised the German Emperor for his vow to abstain from intoxicating drinks and urged future co operation in fighting the liquor traffic. The resolution expressed prayers for the Emperor and the German people and will be sent to the German Ambassador in Washington.
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Methodist Preachers
Methodist Book Rooms
Fifth Avenue
Washington
Body found in Delaware River near Lambertville
A burlap bag containing a leather coat and a badly decomposed body was found today in the Delaware River near Lambertville New Jersey. The sex could not be determined and the body was weighted with about forty pounds of railroad spikes.
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Lambertville
N. J
Delaware River
Two Children Burned to Death in Ogdensburg Fire
In Ogdensburg New York on December 21 two Johnston children aged two and four died in their beds when their Plum Brook home burned. Their great grandmother Mrs Rowson and an aunt were rescued unconscious from downstairs as William Johnston and his wife were away.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
William Johnston
Plum Brook
Notice of a Used Piano Christmas Sale at New Building
A piano sale advertises 301 pianos reduced for a Christmas sale starting Tuesday on the 12th floor of the New Building. Two elevators on Ninth Street and Eighth Street will access the sale, with marked cards guiding customers to the sale. Items include Spies Upright Pianos at 155 each, a Chase Melodian, an Estey Organ, and a Mason & Hamlin piano listed with their sale prices.
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Ninth Street
Eighth Street
Fourth Avenue
Chase
Estey Organ
Mason & Hamlin
Smith & Barnes
Colby & Duncan
Angelus Piano
Gilbert & Co
McEwen Ee
McEwen Ee Ceweererees $300 Model At $155 Playano $250 $75 Miller & Co
New England
Albrecht
Glenwood
Guild & Church
Anderson
Hallet & Davis
Wagner
Chickering Parlor
Fischer Steerer Wares
Weber
J. & C. Fischer
Sebastian Sommer
Steinway
Bradford
Krueger Eer
Chickering Baby
Lindermann
Peek & Sons
Knabe
James & Holstrom
Oso Lindermann
Stso
Siss Square
Henry F. Miller
Manhattan
Lynch & German
Chickering
Juelg
Arion Wreeeereeese Siekeeeseeeaeseees
Schultz & Bauer
Weser Bros Ee
Decker Bros
Gordon
Gordon Ee S30 Wm. Brown & Sons
Empire
Groden
Bradbury
Barnes
Menwere Erect
Schumacher
Packard
Behr Bros
Brantigam Ee
Ernest Gabler
Ro Weber
Everett
Mahon Bros Ee
Gabler Bross
Chickering i
Brainerd
Mathushek
Krakauer Ee
Steinway & Sons
Steinway Sons
Kelliher Hearing Stirs Court As Arson Case Proceeds
Boston reports a district court hearing in the arson case of Catherine Kelliher, daughter of Mrs Mary Kelliher, amid turbulence from defense objections. Authorities disclosed exhumation and life insurance links as Middlesex investigators probe possible ties to six family deaths. Bail set at 1200. remanded for grand jury review as tests proceed. Separately the Republican Club endorsed Secretary Root for U S Senator after a tense session and procedural objection.
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Boston
Harvard Medical School
Catherine Kelliher
Mary Kelliher
Kelliher
Middlesex County
East Cambridge
Dinner for Mr Koenig Tonight at Reisenweber's
Friends of Samuel S Koenig Secretary of State elect host a testimonial dinner at Reisenweber s Eighth Avenue and Columbus Circle tonight. Speakers include State Chairman Woodruff Representative Parsons Senator Depew Job E Hedges Judge Rosalsky and Justice Foster. Ex Assemblyman Hartman will preside. About three hundred guests attend.
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Koenig
Samuel S. Koenig
Reisenweber’s
Eighth Avenue
Columbus Circte
Woodruff
Representative Parsons
Senator Depew
Job E. Hedges
Rosalsky
Justice Foster
Hartman
Dismiss 20 Telegraph Operators in Western Union Case
Seattle reports the auditing department uncovered a conspiracy to rob telegraph tolls along Northern Pacific and Great Northern routes from the Pacific Coast to Minneapolis. An operator at Ritzville, Washington, was arrested after confessing. twenty operators were discharged and up to 45 percent of messages were not reported to the company.
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Western Union
Washington State
Seattle
Western Union Telegraph Company
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Pacific Coast
Minneapolis
Riteville
Wash
Western Union Company
Reed
Telegraph Company
Ritzville
Harriman Illness Rumors Sparked Fifth Avenue Talk
Rumors in the financial district swirled about E H Harriman at his Fifth avenue home. Office worded his condition as a bilious attack with likely quick recovery. He planned to rest at Arden country home after holidays. Market drop tied to those reports and to Andrew Carnegie’s testimony on steel protection.
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E H. Harriman
Fifth Avenue
Financial
Arden
Man
Andrew Carnegie
and Means Committee
Destructive fires hit Laurens County cotton ginneries
Destructive fires sweep Laurens County destroying multiple cotton gins and stores. Early Saturday morning the Waterloo ginnery and two stores burned, while Saturday night another ginnery at Cross Hill burned and earlier two Gray Court stores burned. Night Riders are held responsible in the losses.
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Laurens, & C
Laurens County
Waterloo
Rudum
Cross Hill
Gray Court
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