Night Rider confession widens murder inquiry in Tennessee
Union City Tenn Oct 27 The Night Rider case heats up as Tid Burton in custody at Tiptonville Lake County jail makes a full confession naming about 40 members and leaders. Thirteen arrests made today. Burton denies being at Rankin murder. Will Watson arrested near Hornbeak. military camp holds many suspects. Censorship over dispatches enforced until telegraph wire to the camp is completed. Governor Patterson plans further prisoner sittings and grand jury appearances.
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the Tribune
Union City
Tenn
Night Rider
Tid Burton
Lake County
Jeft
Tiptonville
Night Riders
Burton
Captain Rankin
R. Z. Taylor
Iife
Rankin
Donaldson
Harris
Haines
J. F. Carpenter
Colonel Taylor
Tom
Garrett Johnson
Will" Watson
Squire George Wynne
Squire Wynne
Flack
Jacksonville
Hornbeak Thisng
C. A. Bellamy
Nashville
Waeteon
E. L
Hickman
Samburg
Patterson
Tatom
Colonel Tatom
Speeding Auto Driver Given Six Months In Prison
Boston, Oct. 27. Harry C. Orndorff of Providence received six months for reckless driving after his car wrecked into a tree. He appealed, posted $500 bail for Superior Court appearance, and claimed poisoned food and drink blamed the crash. He also paid a $100 fine for intoxication.
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Boston
Harry C. Orndorff
Providence
T. C. Orndorff
Orndorff
Orndorf
Worcester
Christy Mathewson to Speak at Democratic Meeting
Christy Mathewson the Giants pitcher is billed to speak at a 4 Democratic mass meeting in the Ge Assembly District with ex-Police Commissioner McAvoy as leader. Marathon winner Joan J Hayes will be on the platform as several American team athletes are named vice presidents of the meeting.
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Christy Mathewson
Giants
McAvoy
Joan J. Hayes
England
Rmueeting
Another Cleveland Traction Suit Filed
Cleveland October 27 A new creditor the Kuhl man Car Company sues Municipal Traction Company for 30000 claiming conversion of cars into the pay as you enter type This brings total traction related suits to 5841643 alongside Cleveland Railway rent claims of 220134 The traction company guards funds with a police squad at its banks and offices day and night.
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Cleveland
Municipal Traction Company
Kuhlman Car Company
Cleveland Railway
Gunness Coroner Becomes Minister in Ohio Toledo Call
Laporte Ind Oct 7 Dr C M Mack coroner of Laporte County and noted Gunness case figure resigns from medicine to enter the ministry He has accepted a call to pastor the Swedenborgian Church at Toledo Ontario and will leave medical practice
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Laporte
Ind
C. & Mack
Laporte County
Gunness
Gay
Mack
Acid kills druggist in new Westminster store
Philadelphia reports Harry G. Garrow, a druggist who had just bought a Westminster Avenue shop, died from hydrocyanic acid poisoning. Unclear if accidental or intentional. Earlier note says Garrow may have faced trouble as the store struggled. Separate dispatch from Washington notes Inspector General Garlington exonerating Chairman Goethals of has Isthmian Canal Commission over Gatun cableway contracts with Lidgerwood. no collusion found and contract to proceed, approved by the Secretary of War.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
Harry G. Garrow
Westminster Avenue
Garrow
Washington
Garlington
Army
Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
President Brothers
Jane Cable Company
New York
Gatun
Gereral Garlington
Lidgerwood Company
Secretary of
Wer
Fire on Red Taxicab as City Sees New Sabotage Method
A phosphorus based incendiary destroyed a New York Taxicab Company vehicle after a passenger hire near Hotel Albany. Chauffeur Albert Norris and police investigated, finding a candle shaped explosive near the engine. Another red cab at East 42d street burned after a recent order, with authorities probing a new method of arson by taxi saboteurs.
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New York
Albany
Broadway
No. 10
East 42d Street
Albert Norris
Norris
Fifth Avenue
Mason
New Aeroplane Flies from Darton Ohio
Frank J Heinfelt achieved a 1500 foot flight in Darton Ohio using a single plane aeroplane differing from the Wright design. Heinfelt, a stenographer, built three prior machines funded by his salary. A friend supplied a motor from an old automobile. The flight ended when the operator lost control and the wing was damaged upon landing.
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Darton
Ohio
Frank J. Heinfelt
Wright Brothers
Wright
Heinfelt
Mary Mallen Contained On North Brother Island Over Typhoid Bacilli
Mary Mallen, kept on North Brother Island for fifteen months, remains infected with typhoid germs though daily tests show fluctuating presence. Initially linked to outbreaks on Long Island and other towns where she worked as a cook, officials fear indefinite detention without a method to eradicate the bacilli.
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Mary Mallen
Brother Island
Long Island
Cook
Health Department
North Brother Island
Robbery Suspect Arrested in Plough Case in Brooklyn
Police arrested Elmer Swallow of 139 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, for a Friday night attack on widow Mrs. A. B. Plough. She was bound and gagged in a basement while a masked intruder robbed her of jewelry valued at 90 dollars and 50 dollars in cash. Swallow was arraigned at Adams Street police court and held for examination Thursday.
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A. B. Plough
Elmer Swallow
Bergen Street
Brooklyn
Wallow
Adams Street
Morton Trust Petition Denied in Advertising Contract Dispute
Judge Lacombe of the United States Circuit Court denied the Morton Trust Company's petition to reconsider approval of an advertising contract tied to the Metropolitan Street Railway and Third Avenue system. A ten year contract proposed under Frederick W. Whitridge was not approved, though a supplementary agreement freed Joline and Robinson from advertising obligations on Third Avenue lines. In Trenton the True American newspaper was sold at public receivers sale for 55.0 to Henry E. Alexander, who will run it as a Democratic paper.
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Judge Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Morton Trust Company
Railway Advertising Company
Messrs. Joline and Robinson
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Trenton
True American
Henry E. Alexander
Columbus
Ohio
Court of Chancery
Aleder
Gottlieb to be tried by court martial on November 2
After a month long investigation into alleged financial irregularities by First Lieutenant Ed ward Gottlieb the Army has ordered a court martial set for November 2 at Governor's Island. He was arrested September 39 in the Army Building and remains a prisoner.
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Edward Gottlieb
United States Army
Army
Governor's Island
Grant
Maurice Goldberg
Gottlieb
Goldberg
Boston Electrical Company
Department of the East
Boston Company
General Grant
John L. Chamberlain
Department
Boston
Chamberlain
Emma Goldman Ousted From Indianapolis Address
Emma Goldman was escorted from the Propyleum in Indianapolis after police barred her from speaking to a large curious audience at a fashionable clubhouse. Twenty policemen guarded the scene as she was told she could not address the crowd and was led to the police station without uttering a word.
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the Tribune
Indianapolis
Emma Goldman
Propyleum
HASKELL'S LAND DEALS IN CREEK NATION REPORTED
Guthrie Oklahoma October 27. M L Mott Federal Attorney for Creek tribe presents a signed statement alleging C N Haskell conspired to use dummies to obtain half value town lots in Muskogee before 1900. James King Duffy confirms involvement and fake trusteeship with Haskell and nonresident buyers.
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the Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
N. Haskell
Roosevelt
Bryan
M. L. Mott
Muskogee
Mott
C. N. Haskell
James King Duffy
New York City
Haskell
New York
New Jersey
Jury To Visit Swamp In Whitmore Trial Today
The Whitmore jury will tour Lampblack Swamp in Harrison New Jersey today to inspect the scene where Mrs Whitmore’s body was found. Prosecutors expect new damaging evidence and the defense plans to call witnesses to shift blame.
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Whitmore
Lampblack Swamp
Harrison
N. J
Alexander Simpson
Quinn
Jersey City
Henry Hendrickson
James M. Brannigan
George Vickers
Lst
Kern Charges Quickly Denied In Indiana Fund Claim
Tipton Oct 27 John W Kern alleged that 100 409 largely from trusts moved into Indiana last Sunday and passed through Frederick Sims Secretary of State. Sims dismissed the charge as false and sought to curb such stories as the Democrats seek to aid their cause. Upham Republican fund assistant treasurer echoed denial saying no funds left his office to Indiana and he does not know Sims.
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Tipton
Ind
Indiana
Frederick Sims
John W. Kern
Indianapolis
Chicago
Frederick W. Upham
Republican Campaign Fund
Kern
Sims
Settlement in Brown will case at Essex Probate Court
Salem, Oct 27 A settlement of the contest over the will of John Burnham Brown of Chicago and Ipswich was announced in Essex County Probate Court. The will left 20 to relatives and the residue to fund an Ipswich institute for higher education of young men. Relatives had sought to break the testament but a settlement out of court was reported, terms undisclosed.
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Salem
Mass
John Burnham Brown
Chicago
Ipswich
Essex County
Brown
Mrs Magness Visists Husband at Navy Yard
Mrs Ada Gorman Magness daughter of the late Senator Gorman of Maryland arrives in Philadelphia to visit Charles J Magness now under arrest at the navy yard for desertion. They meet for about thirty minutes before she returns to Washington. She vows to continue efforts for his release as his desertion trial nears next month.
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Philadelphia
Ada Gorman Magness
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Charles J. Magness
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Navy
Magness
Says Girl Eloped Four Times in Telegraph Report
PhiladelphiaOct Mrs Florence Dammney aged seventeen has again vanished from No 45 East Clearfield Street with $110 missing. Parents say she eloped first at fourteen becoming Mrs Florence Damney and has now eloped a fourth time. City detectives have been given the name of a man she allegedly left with.
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The
Tribune
Philadelphia
Florence Dammney
East Clearfield Street
McKinsey
Florence
Florence Damney
Andrews Wins Fight Over Mental Condition Case
Justice Tompkins in White Plains ordered the question of Mrs Blanche L Andrews mental condition to be determined at the November term. Mrs Andrews owner of $360 900 in property and former Elk Horn Valley Coal president was confined to Bloomingdale Asylum March 13 197. Her husband claims she is sane and cites years of legal fees. Nannie V Roosevelt counters that the sister in law found her thoughts childish during a visit. Dr Austin Flint had reported delusions in 197.
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Constant A. Andrews
Blanche L. Andrews
Bloomingdale
Justice Tompkins
Supreme Court
White Plains
Andrews
Elkhorn Valley Coal Company
Mr. Andrews
Nannie V. Roosevelt
Tompkins
Austin Flint
Ex-official admits $27,000 theft in Iowa court
Sac City Iowa October 27 William Pettis former County Treasurer pleaded guilty in the District Court today to embezzling 27000 of the county funds He was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.
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Sac City
Iowa
William Pettis
Municipal Art Society Elects New Officers and Board
The Municipal Art Society met at the National Arts Club and referred a constitutional revision to the committee chaired by Bert Hanson. Officers elected include John G. Agar president and Nelson S. Spenser counsel. The new board features George T. Brewster Stephen Farrelly H Van Buren Magonigh William T. Evans John G. Agar Frederick S. Lamb. The constitution panel will report on December 15.
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Municipal Art Society
National Arts Club
East 19Th Street
Bert Hanson
Henry W. Sackett
Wiliam Laurel Harris
William Cummings Story
Isidore Kent
Nelson Spenser
John M. Carrere
William T. Evans
John G. Agar
Frederick S. Lamb
Albert E. Davis
Wiliam J. Coombs
Firefighters Memorial Fund Scam Suspected in NYC
Henry K Gannon 47 of Manhattan Street was held for obtaining money under pretence as a firemen memorial fund collector. Edgar O Cavette 50 of Dawson Street The Bronx was arrested as a suspicious person. Complainant Joseph Greenfield a candy maker reported a phony Deputy Chief Langford call and a marked $19 bill passed to Gannon.
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Firemen's Memorial Fund
Henry K. Gannon
Manhattan Street
Church Street
Edgar O. Cavette
Dawson Street
The
Bronx
Joseph M. Greenfield
Barclay Street
Langford
Greenfield
Guggenheim Pearls Hold Up At Duty Dispute
Tiffany & Co and Maurice Guggenheim clash over import duty for fifty nine pearls intended to form a necklace for his wife. Government claims pearls became a necklace in Paris and should be taxed high. importers cite entry as jewelry. Hearing adjourned to November 6.
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Tiffany & Co
Maurice Guggenheim
Smelter Trust
Thaddeus S. Sharretts
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Guggenheim
United States
Paris
Suit Against Leiter Goes To Jury
Hugh Crabbe, longtime secretary to L. Z Leiter, testified in the case against Zeigler Coal Co for salary owed. Judge Eberhardt refused to direct a verdict, sending the suit to the jury. The proceedings also disclosed the Curzons’ poverty after returning from India and the $9,000,000 loss in wheat speculation. Leiter’s own allowance is now about $4,000 yearly, with his sisters earning more than double.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Hugh Crabbe
L. Z Leiter
Zeigler Coal Company
Eberhardt
Lord and Lady Curzon
India
Joe” Lester
Leiter
Stricken executive suffers paralysis in car mishap
Alfred Wannamaker vice president of the Toledo Grain and Milling Company was stricken with paralysis while driving an automobile. A companion steadied the wheel to prevent a wreck. His left side is paralyzed and his speech is gone.
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Toledo
Alfred Wannamaker
Toledo Grain and Milling Company
Wanneneies
Rain ends weeks of forest fires in Maine
A heavy rainstorm eased weeks of burning across Maine. Portland reported 1.41 inches of rainfall last night as the storm moved eastward. Fires in many areas were quenched by the downpour and weather eased by morning.
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Portland
Weather Bureau
Hart in Suburban Wreck
Edwardsville Illinois Oct 27 two electric interurban cars on the Edwardsville and Granite City line of the Illinois Traction system were in head on collision tonight. A score of passengers were injured some seriously but some fatally.
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Edwardsville, I
Edwardsville
Granite City
Illinois Traction System
Large fire wipes out over 100 cottages at Salisbury Beach
Salisbury Massachusetts October 27 a catastrophic blaze at Salisbury Beach destroyed more than one hundred cottages along the beachfront north of the Merrimac River. Most houses were abandoned for the season and damages were estimated around ten thousand dollars. Fire officials believe arson. Fire crews from Amesbury Salisbury and Newburyport aided by lifesavers and volunteers contained the spread near the tracks of the Boston Maine Railroad.
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Salisbury
Mass
Salisbury Beach
Merrimac
Siomor
Amesbury
Newburyport
Maine
Woman Is Held on Larceny Charge in Boston
Mrs. Mabelle Dumphy, arrested in a Huntington avenue apartment, is held in 50 bond after a Municipal Court hearing. Extradition proceedings are set, with the case continued a week. Police say she is accused of a $93,900 diamond larceny from Charles E. Giles in Chicago. Giles now back in Chicago. Mrs. Dumphy denies the charges and says she will fight extradition. Giles is a Boston money lender. The police believe she is Dr W. E. Dumphr’s wife of Chicago.
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Boston
Mabelle Dumphy
Huntington Avenue
Chicago
Charles E. Giles
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W. J. Coombs
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Tiffany
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