Lying Slayings Unfold In Police Plot And Confessions
A New York case centers on 19 year old William Flack held in the Marino murder. An 18 year old Italian girl Maria Vogulusio confessed to shooting Marino in self defense, while Flack later repudiated his police statements saying he was forced to confess. The tale includes staged disguises and a complex sequence of arrests and denials as investigators seek the true sequence of events at 654 East 1th Street and related rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Flack
Giuseppe Marino
East 1Th St
Marin Magalusio
Tolie
Marinos
Flack
Breckenridge
Marin
Merino
Maria Vogulusio
Mexican Situation Traps Mediation as Border Fear Grows
Early 20th century edition notes mediators still working amid border terror as Mexican bandits threaten communities. other items mention daring air flight, a girl’s key to murder mystery, and a range of local notices, society notes, and weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex
Niles
T. KR
Vresh Air Fund
Mixa McGill
Butte
Wanamaker
Sera
John Wanamaker
Union Poreng
Faropean Threate
Moyti
Porte
Court Caladura
Velice
Army and Navy
Marke
Titanic Survivor Drowns While Bathing in Lake Besek
Middletown Conn June 23 Adam passenger on the lifeboat after escaping the Titanic disaster was drowned this afternoon while bathing in Besek Lake. He could not swim and stepped into a hole going down before aid could reach him. Segmart was a Pennsylvania contr and was visiting relatives. He leaves a wife.
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Middletown
Conn
Adam
Cin A
Besek Lake
Hole
Segmart
Pennsylvania
Baby falls to death watching father at window
A two year old, Leonard Marklin, slipped from a chair while perched at an open fifth floor window on West 18th Street and fell to the sidewalk as his silk weaver father, Edward Marklin, waited across the street for signals. The mother started downstairs unaware of the danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Marklin
Edward Marklin
Workman Finds Multimillion Dollar German Inheritance
South Norwalk, Conn. June 23 Bert Brunstrup of East Norwalk, who has painted for 25 years, learned by cable he is chief heir to a $17,000,000 German estate. He threw his paint into a pond and rushed home, having lost track of wealthy relatives after a lengthy court search uncovered the line of inheritance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Norwalk
Conn
Bert Brunstrup
East Norwalk
Germany
Brunstrup
Fires Shots in Crowd Investigator Uses Gun in Escape
At 11 30 last night crowds on 9th street saw a man flee toward Broadway with another in pursuit. A pursuer fired twice, striking none as plainclothes officers halted and disarmed him. The pursued vanished. The arrestee, Sigmund Simons, a Department of Charities investigator with a weapon permit, was dismissed. Simons had helped seize a narcotics raid near 39th Street west of Seventh Avenue. the prisoner fled from Simons.
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9Th St
Broadway
West 30Th St
Sigmund Simons
Department of Charities
Mcadoo
39Th
Seventh
Judge and Waterhouse
Simons
Ten teen boy tows carp then falls overboard on Passaic
A Newark area boy Edwin Ramwin Mooney of Orange New Jersey while fishing under Swinefield Bridge Roseland on the Passaic River was dragged a half mile by a thirty pound carp. He fell overboard but was saved from drowning by Addison Peters.
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Ramwin Mooney
Orange
N. J
Brazil
Passaic
Fuwin
Tie
Swinefield Bridge
Roselat
Edwin
Bean
Ind
Addison Peters
Deserted village sees farms short of harvest hands
A delegation of farmers arrives asking for help as harvest labor from the East quits due to heat. In town, businessmen prepare for action while barbers post Saturday signs. courthouse doors shut and officials dress informally. Merchants assign duties to women clerks and the editor’s wife manages the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Town
Mann
Mogie
Almout
Merch
Lawge
Ships Held Up By Fog Delays Hit Atlantic Traffic
Fogbound ships block passage in Lower Hay and the Atlantic. Ocean liners including Hamburg‑American Ham lig, Sigismund, Red Star Zeeland, and other vessels with passengers aboard are delayed. Cunard Lusitania, bound for Liverpool, could not depart and anchored off Staten Island for the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Sigismund
Colon
Red Star
Zeeland
Antwerp
Dover
Cunard Line
Lusitania
Liverpool
New
Staten
Three Die as Train Hits Automobile in Greenville
A car carrying four women and a boy was struck by a Pere Marquette train near Greenville Michigan. Three people, Mrs Roy Beardslee, her two year old son, and Mrs C Cy Merritt, were killed. a fourth occupant was injured, possibly fatally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Mich
Pere Marquette’ Cen
Here
Roy Beardslee
Mes. C. Cy Merritt
Niles Dares Death Flying Above City
Charles F. Niles flew a Mulsant monoplane above Manhattan in a dramatic display that had thousands watching from rooftops and streets. He looped, backflopped, and dived near the Battery as the crowd watched in fear and awe. After repeated near disasters he landed coolly, admitting the plane often loses control for a few seconds. Aerospace officials advocate action and possible temporary loss of his license.
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Charles F. Niles
Wall St
Battery
Lower Manhattan
Governor's
Niles
Erie Basin
Brooklyn
Bay
Brooklyn Bridge
Municipal
Woolworth
Post Office
Broadway
Banker's Trust
Reachey
Fort Jay
Asies
Nilex
Alan R. Hawiey
Aero Club
Mr. Hawley
Governor's Island
Robert K. Evans
Actress Causes Black Eye in Stage Incident
An actress reportedly struck an audience member during a performance of The Modern Girl. The singer Miss Collins reportedly kicked the ball into an elderly spectator’s eye, then assisted by applying eye drops from a glass of lemonade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
We Bey
Jose Collins
Miss Calling
Misa Collins
Over Ocean Flyer Has First Test Flight In New York
America s first hydro aeroplane for Atlantic conquest was flown at lake Keuka with Lieutenant Porte and Hallett aboard the Curtiss craft. The machine lifted from the water after early tests, then gained height as Curtiss praised its strength and stability. Officials and crowds witnessed a sequence of runs and a successful light takeoff, signaling progress toward the Newfoundland to England voyage next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammondaport
N.Y
America
Atlantic
Lake Keuks
Glenn IH. Curties
John Cyril Porte
George E. A. Hallett
Newfoundland
England
Porte
Hallett
James Lamont
Curtiss
Steuben
Tron Field
Beavers
Wanamaker
Ocean Flyer
Mr. Curtiss
Denies Vera Cruz Shots Blanquet Refutes Sniping Report
In Mexico City General Blanquet, Minister of War, denies a cable claim of sniping near Vera Cruz and says he has no information on reported clashes between Orozco faction forces north of Zacatecas or Argumedo rebels south of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanquet
Tae Tritvane
Mexico City
Vera Crum
Orozco
Zacatecas
Argumedo
Judge frees 500 lizards in court mercy ruling
In New York a man tied about five hundred lizards to a board and displayed them for sale. Patrolman Xenodochius argued they suffered and the magistrate suspended sentencing if the pair released the lizards in Central Park. The defendants complied and the case ended without further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alexander Axiotius
West
Alexander
Edward Xenogochius
Old Slip
Alexander Axio
Xenodichius
Axiotius
Herbert
Temps
Central Park
Xenodochius
Axiotious
Beards
Radium restores sight of Mohnton mother after years
Reading, Penn. June 23. Mrs Emma Inter of Mohnton near Reading regained sight after radium treatment begun to help her read and see her children whom she had not seen for five years. Five weeks of therapy let her read a newspaper without glasses and distinguish faces and houses at distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Penn
Emma Inter
Mohnton
Aid Faces Sharp Needs for Shipwreck Crew at Clipperton
The cruiser Cleveland, stationed at Acapulco, relayed orders from Rear Admiral Howard to assist the wrecked Nokamis. A boat reached Clipperton Island today carrying the second mate and two others, while the captain, his wife, three children, and five crew members remain ashore with dwindling provisions. The Cleveland departed to deliver aid.
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Panornia
Siazatlan
Sa Diego
Cal
Cleveland
Acapulco
Howard
Pacifc
Nokamis
San Francisco
Clipperton Island
Liner Gothland Wreck Off Scilly Rocks Sinks After Rescue Effort
A Belgian liner Gothland of 7600 tons struck Gunner Rocks near Bishop's Rock in dense fog. Lifeboats and rescuers from Lyonesse and St Mary’s towed 150 passengers and 86 crew to Hugh Town, with several injured. The ship, badly damaged, is expected to become a total wreck.
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London
Bishop's Rock
Land's End
Montreal
Rotterdam
Lisard
Ascanias
Scilly Islands
Lyonnesse
Gounand
St. Mary’s
Hugh Town
St. Mary's Taland
Gothland
Mary
Cleric to Watch Fight at Olympic Rings in London
The Everard Digby vicar of St. Agatha's Shoreditch will act as master of ceremonies at the boxing match at the Olympus on Tuesday next. Colin Bell faces Bom Wells for the heavyweight championship of the British Empire in a high profile bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Everard Digby
St. Agatha's
Shoreditch
Colin Bell
Bom! Wells
Premier Baron Forbes Ends 85 Years of Life
Horace Courtenay Forbes nineteenth Baron Forbes premier baron of Scotland and former Scottish Representative Peer died at eighty five by his own hand in a hotel he had lived in for three months He was unmarried and succeeded by his brother Atholl Forbes born 1841 The title dates to the fifteenth century and Forbes served as representative peer from 1874 to 1906 and as D L for Aberdeen officials note the circumstances of his death remain under inquiry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Cabinets Needed for Bankruptcy Petitions Surge
Twenty thousand petitions have been filed in the United States District Court since the bankruptcy act began August 1 1828. The clerk’s office is taxed to store papers, now scattered across three floors of the Federal building. Alexander Gilchrist jr, clerk, calls for steel cabinets to replace obsolete wooden ones as officials seek additional filing space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Alexander Gilchrist, Jr
Decision on rate increase July 3
Washington June 23 The Eastern railroads will not be granted a 5 per cent increase in freight rates but only a slight rise in first class rates. The decision with details will be announced July 3 around 3 30 p m to avoid stock market influence. It could boost railroad returns by about 50 million dollars overall with no raise on cartage and free siding services to be abolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eastern
Pittsburgh
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harlan
Death Race to See Wife in Philadelphia Run
Captain P H Ubberoth of the revenue cutter McCulloch, based at Unalaska Alaska, races two weeks to reach his wife near death in Philadelphia. The McCulloch arrived Saturday and Ubberoth will sail to Cordova then Seattle, catching trains toward Philadelphia to reach her bedside in about fourteen days.
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Washington
Dune
P. H. Ubberoth
McCullock
Unalaska
Alaska
Philadelphia
Revenue Cutter Service
Ubberoth
McCulloch
Deadly wine alleged in two dying cases and one dead
A Brooklyn grocer Michael Anost is jailed after a Turkish wine allegedly tainted with wood alcohol killed one man and left two others dying. The four Armenian and Turkish laborers had a Sunday celebration at a restaurant on East 25th Street drinking two quarts of the wine. Dr M M Mousetiam attended Houmanian and later found a death. Patzitian is seriously ill. Anest’s stock is seized while Coroner Feinberg investigates.
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Michael Anost
Turk
East Ath St
Hoomaman
Mielkon Soukis Lindenav
Brooklyn
Avedis Patzitian
East
Jersey City
East 25Th St
Sram Anest
M. M. Mousetiam
Lexington Ky
Trias
Soukitiam
Jerry City
Patzitian
Anest
Loroner Feinberg
Mines War Erupts in Butte Union Hall Clash
Violence flared in Butte as deputies fired on armed miners surrounding Miners Hall. Three men were killed, several injured, and attackers attempted to blow up the building while authorities tried to quell the siege amid long standing tensions within the Western Federation of Miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Butters Union
Hall
Stewart
Charles Tl. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Civl
Michigan
Onder
O Trial Workers of the World
Ee Noy
Jana Demurrage Bureau
J. H. Brune
Miners' Mall
Brune
Ch Kramer
Los Angeles
Bynta Hie
Attac
Driscoll
Moyer
Bac
Dyna
Anean
Tewart
Helena
Cers
Chaaing
Thy
Michael McDonald
Ept the Seeders
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Painter
Charles Niles
Evans
Nelow
Rodman Wanamaker
Vera Cruz
Vendor
Radium
U, 5
Scilly
Omelia
Harland & Wolf
Belfast
Jine
Bombardier Wells
Bell
Peer
Scotland
Capt. Ubberoth
Uni
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