Witness to testify on 1905 King will in Chicago dispute
Florence Isabell testimony to surface this week in the King will case involving James King’s $3,000,000 estate left to Menton Trust Company of Chicago for a home for old men. She says she typed the two or three page will, on pencil, after King dictated it at his boarding house. She recalls receiving $20 for the job and notes the will’s death context and related family effects amid ongoing litigation and remarks of officials.
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Chicago
King
Menton Trust Company of Chicago
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Florence Isabitee
Thomas B. Felder
Wall Street
Reans
Gaston RB
District Aftor
John T. Dooling
Mr King
Mary C
Velvin
Mr. King
North
Caroline T
Miss Lee
Ace
Felder
Wider Reichman
Te Nerhern ‘Trust Company
Rudd Dudge Horner
Swann
Misse
Trial records reveal confiding adviser’s acquittal in homicide case
The article details Mrs. King’s confidant adviser Means facing trial for killing her but acquitted. He alleged his prosecution was financed by the Northern Trust Company. Means testified he would receive about 800000 from Mrs King if the second will were found. He now testifies for Mrs Melvin to validate the second will, which is described as a forgery and his tale as fabrication.
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Evernor
Means
Dentists Explore Teeth Treatment for Insanity in Missouri
Missouri Hospital researchers led by Dr. Ford and Dr. Walton E. Taylor test dental surgery on insanity patients. About 724 treated so far with no state funding or dental equipment provided. They cite Dr. Henry A. Cotton's theory linking dental and tonsil diseases to mental illness and note observed improvements.
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ST. Joseph
Modune
Missouri Hospital
de GE. Ford
Walton E. Taylor
St Joseph
Ford
Taylor
Henry A. Cotton
New Jersey State Hospital
Trenton
Cotton
Woman Arrested After Clash at Libbys Restaurant
In a heated dispute at Libbys on West 15th Street a woman identified as Mollie Sweetwood of 540 West 57th Street was arrested on a felonious assault charge after allegedly breaking a cup on Edward Friedman the restaurant manager and claiming he threw a knife at her. A companion declined to identify herself.
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West 1Th Street
Yeserday
Meyeronered
Edward Friedman
Mollie Sweetwood
S40
West Fifty-seventh Street
Friedman
Alleged Anarchist Agrees To Deportation Under Detention
Vein Mar ant, indicted for alleged criminal anarchy, is released on own recognizance and handed to Federal immigration authorities. Mariell, 28, of 805 East Trath Street, faced May 7 charges for publications on a fallin language paper titled Mr Befratturie. Assistant District Attorney Alexander M. Rorke moved for release.
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Maly
Thuy
Vein Marant
Atcorues
Elwell Murder Case Probes Telephone Clues and Locked Doors
Police pursue new lines in the Elwell murder case as investigators examine stray phone calls from 48d Columbus and the locked vestibule door at 248 West Seventieth Street. Statements from Miss Entler and Miss Larsen raise questions about who was in the Elwell home late at night and whether a key or fingerprint could expose the killer.
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Elwell
von Schlegell
Ritz
Dist.1
Columbus Central
Weet
This Central
Margaret Entler
Miss Entler
East Highlyfirst Street
Rutherford, Ne
Lewisohn
Amserdam Theater
Rockaway
Wiliam H. Pendleton
Cedarhurst
Pendleton
Mr. Pendleton
Charles 5
Torres
Vega
Larsen
Torrey
New Amsterdam
Swann
Bender
Carey
West Foor
Anna Witchugh
Mr Swann
Miss Anderson
Minneapolis
Bhaeh
Fife
Death Sentence for Spy Commuted by President
The death sentence for a but alias Pably Waberski, accused of spying for Germany, was commuted by President Wilson. He had faced court martial at Fort Sam Houston after being arrested near the Mexican border and returning to federal confinement. The case charged him with seeking to gather military numbers and operations to relay to the enemy.
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Washington
Witcken
Pably Waberski
Lanusty
Wilson
Leavenworth
War Department
Cas Witeke
New York
Fort Sam Mouton
Teas
Pariots Weir
United States
United State
Riots Hit Germany Amid Food Price Protests
In Rhine Province and across German cities crowds battled high food costs. Rioters stormed prisons and warehouses in Grefeld Osnabracen and Frankfort on Main. shops were looted and vendors forced to lower prices as police and Belgian troops restored order with gunfire casualties reported.
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Berlin
Dlaghor
Fanover
Grefeld
Frankfort
Moai
AL Osnabracen
Wardet
Mab
Murder Charge Ties Race Riot to Parade Deaths in Chicago
A coroner's jury has charged four individuals with murder after a Sunday riot following a parade and the burning of a flag. Police report says four men were shot dead amid clashes in Chicago. Oscar McGay and others are named in the investigation as part of the alleged riot participants.
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Chicago
Grover
Artesian Conner
Oscar McGay
Chauffeur Beaten and Robbed by Three Men in New York Trip
James A Holt, a Stamford chauffeur, reports three men hired him on Matida night to drive to a Lower West Side address in New York. After dropping them off they demanded he fetch their mother from Hoboken to Stamford. While waiting for the mother in Hoboken they beat him with revolvers, stole his money, and drove off with the car key. He could not start the machine after the assault.
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Tamford
Jane
Aing
Matida
New York
James A. Holt
Yesterda
Wewitist Hiew
Anilant Holt
Lower West Side
Hoboken
Stamford
Hooke
Holt
Chicago School Board Members Sentenced in Conspiracy Case
Chicago Judge Scanlan sentenced school board members and an attorney after a conspiracy and contempt verdict. Sentences ranged from one to five days in jail with fines up to 800 dollars for men and up to 750 dollars for women, amid Chicago’s ongoing Board turmoil stemming from Dr Charles Chadsey’s ouster and Mayor Thompson’s influence.
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Tribune Chicago
Chicago Board of Ducation
Kickham Scanlan
Superior Court
Chicago
Charles E. Chadsey
Thompson
Chadsey
Detroit
Albert A. Severinghaus
Hart, Hanson
F. E. Thornton
Sadie Ray Adair
George B. Kharbowski
Lulu Snodgrass
James Benny
James FE. Croarkn
George B
Loeb
Murderer Of Gabin Identified By Police
Detectives in the Gabin murder case say they know the killer of Manuel Gabin, owner of a restaurant on Washington Street. They expect an arrest soon, with the suspect believed to be the man Gabin left the nightclub with Sunday night. Services are planned at the Spanish Church and burial at Calvare Cemetery in Brooklyn.
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District Attorney’s Office
Dooling
Joyce
Mr. Swann
Carey
Walsh
District Attorney's Office
Joven
von Schippel
Chute
Carrion
Torrey
Manuel Gabin
Washington Street
King
Sp Colony
Shorty
Charley
Gabin
Wfe
Fourteenth Street
Calvare Cemetery
Brookly
Emilio Loner
Issate
Girl 7 Shot by Playmate With Revolver in Brooklyn
Gilda Lean seven years old was seriously wounded by playmate Antoinette Devio five while playing with a revolver at home on Hudson Avenue Brooklyn. The revolver discharged striking her right back. Gilda in critical condition at Brooklyn Hospital. Michael Devin father of Antoinette arrested for illegal possession and held in $300 bail.
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Antoinelts Devio
Tittle
Hudson Avenue
Brooklyn
Antoinette
Gilda
Michasl Devin
Anteinette
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