27 Jul 1903
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1903
Page
1
More than a score of youths at Randall's Island tunnelled under a thirty feet high wall to escape the House of Refuge. Five succeeded, others were captured or drowned attempting to reach Manhattan shore, while keepers conducted a citywide manhunt overnight.
Danville Illinois endures a violent race riot with two dead and twenty two wounded. The police station is wrecked and the county jail damaged asState troops take control. Sheriff Whitlock says he fired only to defend his family. fear and unrest persist with patrols in the streets and guards at the jail.
A Liberty County mob, chasing a man named Claus for a Darien Junction assault, hanged an innocent black man near Eastman. New information says Claus was captured at Darien Junction and is alive, prompting fear of further mob violence. Hudson River Day Line trips advertised.
In Foster a mob tries to lynch detective John Peel after learning he gathered evidence linking many local families to railway yard thefts. Peel fires at the crowd but the gun misfires, then locks in a waiting room as officers race to his aid. A passenger train later carries Peel away after a tense, violent incident led by a town leader.
Montgomery July 26. Secretary Service Bureau faces criticism for releasing information on peonage trials. President Roosevelt backs local officials and Judge Jones, stating he had written support before bitterness grew and condemns overseas Secret Service leaks.
Reported Saturday night elopement ends with Dr. Frank R Morse officiating at a wedding believed to involve Eliza Proctor Otis’s husband W C Camp. Rumor names E H Hoff and Lucille Cheney as bridegroom and bride with stage connections in the city.
A 26 year old German woman was found dead in a Mount Vernon sewer pipe with a tightly tied shoestring around her neck. Coroner Weisendanger suspects strangulation and possible external assistance, noting a rope a hat and clothing details, with autopsy pending.
A man shot his companion to death and killed himself in a Morton House hotel room after a midnight supper. The couple registered as C Weiss and wife from Syracuse. Coroner and police traced clues to Schenectady and an Eli ks member. motives and exact identities remain unresolved as investigators search for friends and seals on papers found.
In New London Connecticut on July 25 a pleasure boat capsized crossing the Thames River north of the city. Drowned were Mrs. C. T. Thorpe Miss Annabel Rogers and Samuel Gobeil. Surviving occupants were Co. D. Edrick E. W. Dawson Walter Scott and Miss Bertha Windsor.
Panamanian panic follows a raid on El Lapiz by army officers. Gov. Mutis and allies faced arrests while Cobos and Huertas clash over military orders. Consuls seek access. canal-treaty implications cited amid central government cash disputes and suspicions of pending proclamations.
On July 26 Colon reports minimal details as General Cobos moves against Governor Matisac. General Luis Maria Gomez, province governor, rushed to Panama this afternoon, with further developments anticipated tonight or tomorrow.
London reports that near Sehalajifka in the Don district thirty three female field laborers were burned to death after they locked themselves in a barn to escape male workers who set the barn on fire and watched the victims burn without intervention.
Rome July 26 Thousands entered St Peter's to honor the late Pope Leo XIII at his sarcophagus. The will names nephew Ludovico Pecci as heir with most assets to the Holy See. the family estate around $120000 had been divided. Cardians convened for conclave plans as papal tensions and celebrations unfold.
Cardinal Gibbons arrives in Rome with Father Gavan and is greeted by Monsignor Kennedy and Father Hertzog. He attends Mass at the Sulpician House, rests after travel, then visits the Vatican to pay respects to Cardinal Oreglia. The Camerlengo relays Congregation decisions.
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