Escape Legends: Notorious Prison Breaks and Harrowing Feats
A survey of dramatic jail escapes recounts notorious figures such as Red Leary and Billy Connors, plus many clever breakouts. Descriptions span Charlestown, Ludlow Street, Tombs, and wider U S jails with daring plans, outside help, disguises, and improvised devices, underscoring how discipline and timing shape outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fey
Berry
Billy Connors
Ludlow Street
Sharow
Red Leary
Massachusetts
Northampton
Leary
Europe
A Napolean of Fairs and Wild West Tales
A disjointed tale mixs bravado figures in Bodie and San Francisco style. The narrative follows gunfire on a street, a box duel, and a bounty style payout for violence. It recounts a notorious local named Gillhooly in Bodie and a wandering town with shootouts. The piece also touches Chloe Bradway elopements and a long sequence of marriages in Mrs. Matilda Huntington’s life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodie
Wes
Sary
Wales
Virginis City
Saueleh
Pain in Lost Limbs Causes and Curious Cases
A column summarizes anecdotes on phantom pain after amputation. It cites Mrs Mary Flemming whose severed finger’s nail caused sensation despite burial, a married couple referenced in response to a question about phantom pain, and Captain John Cochenour who reports constant pain in his missing leg. editors suggest possible spiritual influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Religio¢ Phiosophical Journal
Mary Flemming
Per Busband
Garien
Jeears
John Cochenour
Union
Cas
Illustranen
Journal
Tragedy Notes Stage Tears Over Missing Gate Receipts
A backstage exchange recalls how an actress cries at a bad tragedy after being told the manager vanished with the gate receipts, revealing the fragility of theater finances and the sting of financial betrayal.
Horrific World Exhibit Displays Heads From Many Cultures
The World’s fair hosts a controversial display of skulls from various peoples, some bare and others adorned, including 18 polished specimens from New Guinea. Cannibal trophies and symbolic carvings decorate foreheads, with jaws bound for hanging displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Ethnology
It Is a Pastime for Old Wen Who Fly Ingenious Kites
In America and Europe children learn of kiteflying but in China grown men excel. Older men with gray beards and goggles send up delicately made kites from thin paper and bamboo. Dragons birds and dragonflies are common and kites hum as air passes through pierced holes.
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Wureu
United
Sumner D
Seavey
Charlestown
Mass
Freeson
Seaver
Pist
Charlstown
Seary
Jake Booth
Maurice McCarthy
Booth
McCarthy
Brave
Wacreu Lue Ulc
Marcin Por
Ballston
California
Foy
Dame Mora State Nr
Sharret
Connors
William J. Sharker
Tme
New York
Conting
Robert S. Dunn
Sharkey
Fork
Magpie Jionrdan
Geullows
Mauvie
Maggie
Maie
Zo Connor
O'Conner
Michael
Sud
Ave
Pittsfield
Great Burrington
Fenvo
O'Connor
Tell
Edgefield Courthouse
5. C
Chicago
George Anderson
United States
Anderson
Sycamore
Test
Geneva
Irs
Rookery
Oliver Curtis Perry
Perry
Timigas
Alse
Jerome Jacgray
Parist
Ingia Ates
Bnit
Bee
Napoleon
Aledress
Crator
Amd
Keefer
Pill Gillhooly
Sghter
Gillhooly
Gilihooly
Gili
Gil
Standard Co
Gilhoviy
Holy Terror
Bedie
OW & Modest Rancher
Lamonurgh
Andrew Lang
Great Britain
An Engi
Mtre
Elra
Chive Bradway
Hornia
Cleopatra
Davis
Hin
Orious
Ak Davis
Mar Syalid
Chlow
Frak Brown
Brown
Brock Limbaugh
Traver
Cal
Los Angeles
Wille
Limbaugh
Brown Retu
Chico
Chloe Bradway
Chloe
Thomas Hil
Stockton
Matilda Huntington
New Orleans
Bloomingdale
de Mormie
Shafter
Atlantic
Bothwell
Iowa
Texas
Huntington
Mr. Bloomingdale
Great Southern Ptg. & Mfg. Co
Frederick, MD
Hi Alon
Esa
Altha
India
Australia
England
New York Tribune
Ghina
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