Mob Hangs Wildly Rampaging Negro Suspect After Assault
A mob of about fifty men from Maryland invaded Virginia to extract vengeance on William Lesa a colored man accused of assaulting Mrs. Gordon Barnes and her niece Frances Powell near Kingsville. Lesa was captured and moved to Eastville for safekeeping then transported to Norfolk as troops frantically assembled to intervene. Governor Swanson coordinated with Sheriff Jarvis and Captain Wright while the mob’s plans to seize the prisoner were feared. The incident ended with the suspect placed under guard en route to Maryland, after a daytime escape attempt and thefts in Rehoboth and Pocomoke City.
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Tribune
Mond
Virginie
William Lesa
Gordon Barnes
Frances Powell
Kingsem
Cape Charles
Maryland
Eastville
Charles
Swanson
T. J. Jarvis
T. Wright
Norfolk
Sherif
Commonwealth
Northampton County
Hastville
Churchening
Rehoboth
Prss
Les Briddell
Pocomoke City
Divorce filing shocks Steel King’s family in Reno
Mrs. Laura Cook Corey filed for absolute divorce from William Eilis Corey, head of United States Steel, in Nevada claiming desertion since May 1. The Nevada petition seeks custody of their minor son and notes attorney involvement. Sparks of reconciliation efforts are reported, with family members and staff cited.
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Reno, Nev
William Eilis Corey
United States Steel Corporation
2D District Court of
Nevada
Corey
Reno
Pittsburg
Sardis Summerfield
Mob Lynches Suspect After Fatal Assault in Maryland
In Poomoke City Maryland a mob seized Ned Watson from deputies and shot him dead citing a recent assault on two white women. Samuel S Barnes, struck with a tree during the incident, died after being taken to Peninsula Hospital Salisbury. Authorities had moved Watson toward Princess Anne but the mob overpowered them and killed the prisoner.
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Poomoke City
Ned Watson
Samuel S. Barnes
Kings Creek
Somerett County
Watson
Mr. Barnes
Barnes
Peninsula Hospital
Salisway
Wats
o'Glock
Sher
Princess Anne
Seven-year-old assaulted near rail line in Virginia
Telegraph from Petersborg Virginia reports that the seven year old daughter of Mrs Billy Branch of Southampton County was assaulted near the Southampton Railroad about nine miles from Wakefield. Bloodhounds from Suffolk tracked the suspect a man of unknown name. A large posse searched into the night, but the assailant had not been captured.
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the Tribune
Petersborg
Billy Branch
Southampton County
Dery
Southampton
Wakefield
Herricane Branch
Suffolk
Confessed Breathitt feud killings tie to local plot
A Kentucky feud confession links Curtis Jett and others to the Cockrill and Marcum killings. John Smith implicated Wyett and named Elbert Hargis and a Callahan led plot, with Jett saying he fired the fatal shots. James Cockrill and James Marcum's deaths are rekindled in testimony and court actions across Breathitt and surrounding counties.
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Py Telegraph
Tribune Lexigton
Curtis Jett
Breathitt County
James Cockrill
James Marcum
John Smith
Wyett
Jett
Hargis
Elbert Hargis
Callahan
Marters
K. N. Cox
Cockrill
Marcum
Bfutte
Strtssett
Winchester
Jackson
James Mirgis
Cynthiana
Matt Sloan
Edward Cale
John Supith
John Abner
Cockeill
Death of infant in carriage at Hall's Wharf incident
Mrs aleivin Hutchings and seven month old infant were at Hall's Wharf when a gust struck the hatter carriage causing it to overturn. The infant was rescued only after three hours with the body recovered.
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Aleivin Hutchings
Hall's Wharf
Abduction Alarm After Philadelphia Boy Taken From Classroom
In Philadelphia on June 12 seven year old Charles F Muth was taken by a messenger to a stranger who boarded a streetcar with him The man told the boy he would visit his sick mother in a hospital Police search the city and warn patrols ferries railroads and streetcar lines to watch for the child and the unknown man The boy daughter of jeweller Charles Muth of 1632 Columbia Avenue was last seen near the Math home with the stranger who is described as about forty five to fifty and unknown to the family
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Philadelphia
Charles F. Muth
Charles Muth
Columbia Avenue
Muth
China Faces Financial Straits Amid Army Pay Delays
Peking reports rising government expenses and stagnant revenues. Army pay is in arrears and desertions rise. The Empress Dowager issues an economy edict urging officials and people to endure taxation for the foreign indemnity and new government projects hindered by drought and Heaven's displeasure.
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Peking
China
Subway Brake Failure Leaves Women Fainting on Express
A six car subway express halted at 33d street when the rear airbrake failed. After repairs a second brake failed, a burst sounds occurred, passengers panicked and women fainted in all cars. Six cars were uncoupled at 34th street and pushed to 42nd street where after revival, most passengers left without medical aid.
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34Th Street
42D Street
Steam yacht Colonia damaged in Hoboken collision
The steam yacht Colonia owned by Frederick G. Bourne was towed into Fletcher docks in Hoboken for repairs after a collision with the steam yacht Viking owned by Jarvis B. Edson off West 74th Street. Both crews escaped unharmed and the Colonia sustained about $1 in damage.
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Colonia
Frederick G. Bourne
New York Yacht Club
Fletcher Docks
Hobken Yest Rdey
West S6th Street
Viking
Jarvis B. Edson
West 74Th Street
Mr. Gourne
Edsor
New Rochelle Graft Allegations Hit City Hall
Westchester prosecutors consider charges of bribery against five New Rochelle aldermen over a State Line Telephone franchise bid. Affidavits by State Line vice president Reynolds allege votes were for sale for sixteen thousand dollars. District Attorney Young received the affidavits from a citizen committee backing an independent company.
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Columbus O'Donnell Iselin
New Rochelle
Clarke
Westchester Grand Jury
State Line Telephone Company
Independent Company
Atlantic Telephone Company
Westchester County
New York Telephone Company
J. Addison Young
D. A. Reynolds
State Line Company
Young
Hermann Kallenberg
Charles W. Hilldring
Alfred Rade
C. H. Morgan
A. J. Rivers
Mr. Reynolds
Perley
Reynolds
Justice Day Grants Stay For Patrick Case
Canton Ohio June 12 Justice Day of the United States Supreme Court granted a writ of appeal and a stay of execution to ex Senator William Lindsay for Albert T Patrick of New York The case will be heard in October Patrick in Sing Sing prepared papers for a habeas corpus appeal if Day refused The warden Johnson said execution in the electric chair is set for next Monday Patrick said the petition may delay the order Patrick spoke with his wife who visited at the prison They believe a new trial is unlikely under local rules visits are restricted to once a week
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Canton
Ohio
Justice Day
United States Supreme Court
William Lindsay
Albert T. Patrick
New York
Supreme Court
Patrick
Sing Sing
United States Circuit Court
Warden Johnson
United States Court
William Marsh Rice
Goff
Shaw denies presidential bid plans in Chicago departure
Leslie M. Shaw Secretary of the Treasury told reporters in the Chicago Federal Building he was not a candidate for the Presidency and was leaving for Davenport Iowa to speak on private business. He denied involvement with a new Wall Street bank or any financial scandal after watching the Dowie case and meeting Judge Landis and lawyer Jacob Newman.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Davenport
Iowa
Wall Street
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury of the United States
Rockefeller Declares War on Snakes at Pocantico Hills Estate
John D. Rockefeller announces a 25 cent bounty for each snake killed on his Pocantico Hills estate and invites all to join a statewide extermination effort. The large estate between Buttermilk Hill hosts blacksnakes copperheads and garter snakes. Rockefeller also offers $2 for every dog killed on the property.
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J. D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
St. Patrick
Pocantico Hills
Mr. Rockefeller
Buttermilk Hill
Rockefeller
Traces of Extinct Race Reported From Chinese Turkestan Cave
Professor Grumwedel reports from Kom tura near Kurtscha that excavations in the Cave of Temples reveal founders described as red haired blue eyed in Persian dress. Iron swords and Ming era manuscripts, Buddhist pantheon, frescoes, and rich ethnographic materials including potteries and embroideries are noted.
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Berlin
Pischel
Academy of Science Today
Grumwedel
Chinese Turkestan
Komtura
Kurtscha
Tremples
Grinwedel
de Leccq
Haverhill Schools Closed for Circus Parade
Boston report says the mayor ordered schools closed to allow children to view a circus parade. The school board sought an injunction to block the action amid ongoing dispute.
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the Tribune
Boston
Haverhill
Mass
Visit Out By Death at Hotel St James
Mrs. Margaret McDonald thirty five a hotel guest for five years drank carbolic acid in her apartment and died later at Roosevelt Hospital. Her parents from Pittsburg visited two weeks. She had recent nervous troubles tied to finances with E W Histed photographers. Detectives investigated and coroner notified.
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Margaret McDonald
St. James
Roosevelt Hospital
Jacob Wise
Pittsburg
J. M. de Bermingham
Mrs. McDonald
Mrs. Wise
West 47Th Street
Glennon
Troy
The Sard -ib Route Fastest Long-Distance Ride
The Twentieth Century Limited of the New York Central Lines markets a speedy service leaving New York at 3:00 P.M. and arriving Chicago at 8:30 A.M. the next day. It claims to be the fastest long-distance ride in the Sard -ib route with an advertised advantage.
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Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central Lines
America
New York
Chicago
Beatings Kill Servant In South Dakota Case
Mrs Moses Kaufmann wife of a wealthy brewer was arrested in Sioux Falls on manslaughter charges over the death of Agnes Poirers a servant in the Kaufmann home. Five physicians examined the body found cuts bruises and scorched look on limbs suggesting attempts to revive her after beatings in temper fits.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Moses Kaufmann
Agnes Poirers
Kaufmann
Parkston
Four Brewer seniors drown in pond sailing accident
A sailboat capsized at Hume's Pond nine miles from Brewer, drowning four members of Brewer High School's graduating class. The victims are Norman Herrick, Winfield Brown, Lamont Parker, and Lawrence Aiken. Thirteen pupils were aboard. graduation exercises set for next Friday night were postponed.
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the Tribune
Ranger
Hume’s Pond
Brewer
Brewer High School
Norman Herrick
S. S. Herrick
South Brewer
Winfield Brown
Edwin Brown
Lamont Parker
F. A. Burrill
Lawrence Aiken
George Aiken
North Brewer
Haunted to His Death Memory of San Francisco Shooting
In Los Angeles on June 12 William O'Connor, a militiaman, killed two men in the San Francisco disaster then shot himself. He lamented the killings as a duty error, feared relatives hunted him, lost his blacksmith shop, and was spurned by his fiancée after financial ruin.
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Los Angeles
Cal
San Francisco
William O’connor
O’connor
Greater Pittsburg votes on city consolidation effort
In Pittsburg and Allegheny, voters faced a decisive signal on consolidating the two cities into a greater Pittsburg. Early returns show Allegheny rejecting the measure by about six thousand, while Pittsburg appears to favor consolidation, leaving the overall outcome uncertain as polls closed.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
United States
Typhoid Follows Water Famine in Cincinnati
Telegraph reports Cincinnati faces a typhoid fever epidemic tied to a water shortage. Nearly 100 cases hospitalized in two days, 261 cases from June 1 to 12, up from 40 in the prior June. Officials blame low reservoir levels and river pumping.
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The
Tribune
Cincinnati
Syracuse University Chancellor Proposes Abolishing Fraternities
Chancellor James R. Day of Syracuse University may abolish all fraternities in the university due to poor scholarship among fraternity men. At the board of trustees annual meeting he advised such action.
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the Tribune
Syracuse
James R. Day
Syracuse University
Board of Trustees
Talgam
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