Slayer of Doctor Acquitted in Carthage Killing
Arthur Sanderson was acquitted of murder in Carthage Missouri for the January 2 killing of Dr Solomon C Meredith the family physician. Mrs Sanderson testified he learned of the alleged affair and Sanderson claimed to avenge his ruined home. A Thaw parallel was cited in defense arguments. Also reported a boy Robert Abbott British subject kidnapped in Salonika to obtain ransom. authorities searching for the kidnapper.
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Solomon C. Meredith
Salonika
Turkey
Robert Abbott
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Forest Fire Destroys Timber Land and Farm Homes in Virginia
A fierce forest fire near Stuart Patrick County Virginia spread across six miles burning about three farm houses and jeopardizing residents. Four cottages at Patrick Springs were lost though the hotel survived. Origin traced to Stuart Orchard Company plantation with extensive fruit trees, all of which were burned. No confirmed deaths reported amid many escapes.
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Thaw denies rumor of counsel discord affidavits praised
New York March 25 Harry W Thaw publically denied rumors of dissension among his counsel and discussed affidavits filed with Justice Fitzgerald opposing a lunacy commission. He described time constraints and simultaneous drafting at Delmas and Hartridge Peabody offices and said he found the affidavits satisfactory. Thaw noted his mother prepared and signed her affidavit with no external influence. His wife visited the Tombs. she reported his health as excellent and confident in a favorable outcome. District Attorney Jerome prepared a counterstatement for FitzGerald’s court, indicating no changes to his view of Thaw’s mental state and the likelihood of a commission. Court reconvenes Wednesday. trial papers total over 1.5 million words with numerous exhibits.
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Justice Fitzgerald
Mr. Delmas
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Kidnapper Caught After Week With 8 Year Old Victim
In Danville Virginia March 8 9 year old Clarence Jarrett vanished while walking to school. Police say 23 year old Childress detained the boy for a week near his grandmother’s home and kept him in poor condition including an outhouse confinement and a pistol threat. Childress was nabbed en route to the station as officers closed in.
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No Arrest in Marvin Case as Detectives Proceed Slowly
Dover Delaware March 25 detectives in the Marvin kidnapping case have been augmented by Philadelphia investigators but have made no arrests. A crowd gathered at the farmhouse amid rumors of local suspects while police renew slow local inquiries to avoid a lynching. Some think the boy Wandered off and fell into streams feeding Delaware Bay. others insist abduction remains the theory and note Roosevelt’s postal order cut Marvin mail from a pouch full to a dozen mostly business letters.
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Philadelphia
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Congressmen quarantined after landing denied
The steamer Bluecher carrying Speaker Cannon and U S congressmen arrived but landing was refused due to a five day voyage from Venezuela and a six day quarantine rule. Major Gorgas offered an exception to land but Cannon declined to claim private citizen status. Representative Tawney landed amid ongoing quarantine tensions.
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United States congress
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Panama Canal
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Cannon
Tawney
Capitalists in graft grand jury indicts two more
The San Francisco graft scandal widens as 22 new indictments hit officials and businessmen. A. K. Detwiler and Louis Glass face bribery charges linked to public utility franchises. Prosecutors vow to expose the uppermost sources of the scheme, reaching powerful financiers and prominent city figures.
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San Quentin penitentiary
Pacific coast
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Toledo
Home Telephone company
Louis Glass
Pacific Coast Telephone & Telegraph company
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Ruef
Eugene E.Schmitz
William J. Langdon
Francis J. Heney
Heney
Schmits
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United States
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Shot For Interrupting Death by Own Action
Memphis Tennessee March 25 Tater Tapied in an evident attempt to commit death by own action Charles Wallace a saloonist shot and seriously wounded his Brother-in-law J E Ronsip and fired two bullets into his own brain ending his life According to the statement of Ronsip he discovered Wallace alone with two revolvers when he later the poem Are when he questioned him as in who he was armed fired on hie threes Wallard turned the Weapon upon himself The Hot Wave broken Washington March The wreath or bectean animamness that the hot en broken in the sast and the Cabinet valley the yeh He wepthor will convive sthreest fer several jing 1 official adviers re esited at the weather bureau it snowed in Albany and in many parts of New England Did you lose anything A News edv will bring it back.
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