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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 19, 1906
Page
8
A long essay debates healthy holiday options from Swiss and Norwegian resorts to American summer camps. It urges practical, comfortable clothing and weather awareness, criticizing overdesign and advising simple beds, and waterproofed tweed suits. A violent scene ends with Thompson shooting Judge Emery and taking the judge’s children before surrendering to police.
The Express reports from New York on July 15 that Judge George Emory, a Seattle lawyer, was shot and killed by Chester Thompson, a 19 year old son of another Seattle lawyer. Thompson, a Washington University student, was obsessed with Emorys niece Charlotte Whittlesey, 17, whose displeasure at his attentions fueled jealousy. The night before the tragedy Thompson phoned asking if she was at home. Emory said she was not and that he would not be welcome there.
A Newport magistrates court heard Alfred Davies a mason sleep walked into two Shaftesbury Street houses early Wednesday morning entering through windows Esther Doggett testified Davies entered her bedroom three times in the last week or two appearing partly dressed and speaking softly John Evans saw him in his own room at three o clock in the morning the man claimed ignorance and said he did not know what he was doing Davies was discharged with a warning and told to leave town.
Valencia correspondent reports a dog’s actions led to the capture of a man awaiting execution for murder. The dog watched the crime and burial, escaped the culprits, guided the son to the grave, unearthed the corpse, and then led police to a cafe where the suspect was seized and confessed.
A tale from Christiania recounts a signal misread by a ship captain. The Montebello passed the lighthouse and sent two signals, 10 all right and ass all right. The operator, delayed by a telephone call, later sent ass all right, but misread as a snub, prompting official comment about reporting lighthouse signals.
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