Forty Americans Held in Mexico by Rebel General
Washington reports forty American employees of the Cortez Olcom company near Tampico are held by rebel general Corozavo with 240 armed men. He demands 15,000 pesos within forty eight hours and guards $250,000 in destructible property as security, while no Mexican federal troops are nearby. The State Department urges vigorous protection of American life and property and awaits Mexico’s action. Separately, A Bruce Bielaski is reported captured near Cuernavaca, with the embassy seeking prompt release actions. The White House says U S-Mexico relations won’t be affected by these incidents.
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Washington
Cortez Ol Company
Tampico
State Department
Aguada
Coro
Corogave
Mexico City
Corozavo
Mexico
A. Bruce Bielski
Cuernavaca
Mr. Bielaski
Department
United States
A. Bruc
Bielaski
Republic
White House
Kidnapped Lawyer Freed in Mexico City
Manuel Barcena, a Mexican lawyer kidnapped with A Bruce Birtson, was released in Mexico City on June 28 after a period of captivity. Details on the abduction and the conditions of release remain sparse from the report.
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Mexico City
Manuel Barcena
A. Bruce Birt Aski
Svaca
Surtay
Dine
Release Expected After Kidnap of Bielask and Barcen
News from Cuernavaca reports Mr Bielask former chief of the American Department of Justice Investigation Bureau and Senor Barcen were seized while driving with their wives. Late advices indicate they have been released and negotiations with the bandits are under way.
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Cuernavaca Sale
Bielask
American Department of Justice
Investigation Bureau
Senor Barcen
Murder in New Jersey asylum inmate kills fellow patient
Joseph Clee, a 25 year old inmate at the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane in Trenton, clubbed fellow patient William Sheridan 63, to death by tearing a window sill from a dormitory. Sheridan died from a brain hemorrhage after the attack, which occurred as both men slept. Clee admitted the crime and was transferred to the criminal ward for investigation.
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State Hospital
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey State Hospital
Joseph Cleo
William Sheridan
Middlesex County
Sheridan
Clee
Cree
Killing of Fred Demund and wife shocks North Water Gap
In Stroudsburg Pa on June 28 Fred Demund aged 35 and his wife aged 33 were found murdered in their bed at North Water Gap after a 3 caliber revolver shot through the back and their bed set on fire. The postmaster Napoleon Demund is the father of the slain man and a demented relative is suspected. The bodies were moved to the floor and the crime occurred between midnight and morning. A sale offer for Charles Darwin's Down House is noted in the same report.
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Stroudsburg
Fred Demund
North Water Gap
Napoleon Demund
Demund
Police Kill Negro Robber in Harlem Hospital Battle
Hubert Dent, a Black robber, died at Harlem Hospital from injuries after a clash with several policemen. Dent seized a pistol from a detective's hostler and rammed it at the officer before officers subdued him with night sticks during the arrest.
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New York
Hubert Dent
Harlem
Hostler
Dent
Lke
Quarry Blast Kills Eight in Tennessee Plant
Eight men died and ten were wounded in a Quarry explosion at Holston Quarry company plant in Straw Plains, thirteen miles east of Knoxville, Tennessee. Several injured workers were reported seriously hurt.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Holston Quarry Company
Straw Plains
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New Orleans
Pal
Charles Darwin
Kenlish
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Gosman
Gosmans
the Gosman Ginger Ale Co
Baltimore, Md
Studebaker
Frederick City
J. H. Grove
W. Patrick St
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Schloss
the Young Men’s Shop
North Market Street
Frederick, Md
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