10 Oct 1908
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1908
Page
1
A jealous husband shot and killed his brother Allen Pair and wounded his wife Ednant Fair at the Fury Cairn in Canova. Neighbor Tucker Posey intervened, wrested the weapon, and killed Fair with a blow to the head.
New York reports the arrest of Lottie Carroll of Brooklyn on a charge of treachery as police seek evidence linking Theodore Whitman to the murder of his wife Lena Whitman in the Lampblack swamp Harris on New Jersey last Christmas night. Carroll claims Whitman and Lena left their home together at 7 40 p m on Christmas night and says Lena quarreled with Whitman the next day.
New York Oct 10 Al Kaufman of San Francisco knocked out Brad Bradley of Boston in the fourth round of a bout at the National Athletic Club. The match was scheduled for six rounds and fought at catch weight with Kaufman carrying a substantial weight advantage.
In Central Park a man shot himself beside a woman and child after years of hardship in the United States. Jacob Messing, 34, had recently moved from Kansas City with his wife and baby, seeking work as a buttonhole maker. He had endured factory rebuffs and poverty, and after the couple discussed suicide, he finally fired the pistol as bystanders watched, leaving a widow and a fatherless child.
Dey erick J. Fielding, winner of the planship cup in Chicago, outlines perfected cross sea balloon plans. The counterweight balloon will have limited capacity and a square basket with a watertight hull and a heavy helm. In case of emergency he can detach the basket to float until a passing steamer rescues him.
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