Insanity His Road to Liberty From Eastern Penitentiary
Norristown report details two escaped inmates from the State Asylum for the Insane after being placed under care by Judge Gordon. John Baker alias Baltimore Dutch slipped out through an open door with a five minute head start, while physician and officials debate if he feigned insanity to gain easier escape. A second patient Livezey from Shehocken is believed to have fled with Baker, prompting a wide search by attendants, police, and Philadelphia authorities.
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Eastern Penitentiary
Gordon
New York
Norristown
State Asylum For the
Philadelphia
Eastern
John Baker
Baltimore
William McCue
Baker
Wierry
Richardson
Livezey
Shehocken
Escape of Noted Convict John Baker From Norristown Asylum
Detective Murray reports John Baker alias Baltimore Dutch alias John Miller, a seasoned crook, escaped from Norristown Insane Asylum. Dr Richardson alerted Philadelphia police to watch for him as Superintendent Linden and local detectives mobilize search crews. Baker, known for deceit and many scams, likely feigned sanity to gain transfer.
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Murray
John Baker
Baltimore Dutch
John Miller
Allround
Norristown Insane Asylum
Dr. Richardson
Philadelphia
Linden
Baker
Gordon
Norristown
Description of a man with facial features and scar
The text describes a man named Brown with a broad facial structure, fair complexion, sandy moustache and small side whiskers. It notes a scar under his right eye extending toward the ear and a mole on the left side of his nose.
Democrats Organize Kent County Levy Court Sworn In
Special Telegram to THE TIMES Dover Del Feb 1 Democrats in Kent County levy court were sworn in at the Clerk of the Peace office this evening ahead of the scheduled organization. Republicans expect trouble as the canvass board had previously denied enough votes to grant Democrats a majority. The GOP plans a rump levy court while Democrats proceed with the official organization tomorrow.
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Kent County
Delaware
Levy Court
THE
TIMES
Dover
Del
Clerk of the Peace
Repemesas
Board of Canvass
Dawes Confirms Comptroller Post Acceptance
Charles G. Dawes told an Associated Press representative that the AP report of his appointment as Comptroller of the Currency is true. He regrets the publicity and hopes Eckels stays in office until his commission ends, praising Eckels for his services amid many difficulties.
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Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Eckels
Juror Seeks Talk After Court Session
In New York Supreme Court Part XI juror No 8 Martin Brummerhop sought to speak with attorney Frank Herwig after Friday's adjournment in the Fischer versus United Lythe Company suit. Herwig declined the conversation, and Justice MacLean ordered Brummerhop to appear tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court Today
Frank Herwig
Justice MacLean
Martin Brummerhop
Joseph Fischer
United Lypheere Company
Rosing
Herwig
Brummerhop
Knorr Case in Bloomsburg Court Delayed
February term of Columbia County court opened with the dynamite attack case against Clifton Knorr and Lloyd Wintersteen not reaching a verdict. The prominent Bloomsburg pair, charged in the Levi P. Waller family explosion of September 10, 1896, likely will be continued to a later term. Knorr, free on bail, has not appeared and is reportedly in Canada.
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Bloomsburg
Columbia County
Clifton Knorr
Lloyd
Wintersteen
Ateee
Levi P. Waller
Knorr
Canada
Hastings and the Cabinet Rumor Surfaces in Washington
February 1 report notes renewed talk that Governor Hastings may join the Cabinet. A Quay confidant says Hastings is likely to be picked, with Pennsylvania not left out, and positions such as Secretary of the Treasury, Attorney General, or Postmaster General considered as possible fits.
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Washington
Hastings
Quay
Pennsylvania
Gener
Brooke's Condition Serious After First Operation
Special Telegram to The Times New York February 1. Lawyer C. W. Brooke lies in Smith Infirmary Staten Island still too weak for a second operation. Physicians report his condition very unfavorable and attend him constantly.
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the Times
New York
C. W. Brooke
Smith Infirmary
Staten Island
Pee - Vo
Paket
Robbery and court actions in city notes
Early yesterday a thief broke into Robert C McNeil’s premises at Fifth and York and stole jewels valued at $60. William Brown of 329 Griscom street was held in $500 bail for court by Magistrate South for assault and battery on his wife. A theft from a car at Reggios Railroad involved railway property. Anthony sae is noted in Catherine street area with an elry valued at $20 robbed between 7 and 9 Saturday evening.
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Robert C. McNeil
Fifth
York Streets
William Brown
Griscom Street
South
Reggios
Joseph Ae
Anthony Sae
Catherine Street
Elry
Centra
Explosion at Blair County bank shatters town
An attempted bombing of Gardner, Morrow & Co. in Hollidaysburg Pa. rocked the town, damaging twelve nearby buildings and splintering storefronts. Investigators found a nitro glycerine bomb. no suspect identified as depositors’ vengeance after the bank failed with liabilities of 400000 and assets of 90000.
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Blair County
Gardner, Morrow & Co
the Times
Hollidaysburg
Frankstown
Duncansville
Allegheny Street
Ile-Of Site
First National Bank
Frank Glessner
Charles Vowhlnchel
Barr
Mia
Elizabeth Christy
James BD. Humes
Stiffier
Goldman
Gaysport
Bedford County
J. A. Mountz
Van Valkenburg’s Case Delayed for Quash Indictment
In Courty on February 1 the Van Valkenburg case, charged with bribery to influence Northampton County assemblyman Weiss to back Wanamaker for U S Senator, was postponed. The district attorney requested time to present reasons to quash the true bill as the court fixed Monday for action, and the parties awaited the court’s schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
PorrsviLug
B. A. van Valkenburg
Weiss
Northampton County
John Wanamaker
United States
E. Bechtel
Aeemon
Manda
Senator Harris Very Ill In Tennessee
Wasu HinoTton February 1. Senator Harris of Tennessee is very low at age 90. His decline follows the recent death of his wife, and he has been far from well in the weeks since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasu HinoTton
Senator Harris
Tennessee
Harris
Fined for Overcharging a Passenger in Atlantic City
Special Telegram to Taw Times reports Johan Kane a bus driver in Atlantic City was owed $20 for over charging a passenger with the payment due today. The terse item notes Thomas Mets the
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Taw Times
Atlanntic City
Johan Kane
Thomas Mets
Endured Much Suffering by Crews of Inward Bound Vessels
Incoming ships report severe hardships at sea as ice floes battered bow and anchors failed near New Castle. The steamer Chiswick, Captain Ottley, endured a dangerous drift downriver with passengers including Rev H S Potts and four Chinese seamen. After losing 125 yards of cable, she heads to a shipyard for repairs before returning to sea. The Adria also faced storms, extending a 17 day voyage to 25, with coal shortages sending her to Halifax for fuel.
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Delaware
Chiswick
Ottley
Macelo
Brazil
New Castle
H. 8. Potts
St. Lucie
Heageamer
Adria
Halifax
Sleeper Robber Brooks Nabbed After Larceny Attempt
Thomas Brooks of Fifth and Wood streets faced Magistrate Ladner for larceny after police say he approached a sleeping man, John Corrigan of Collins street, stole valuables, and used a peach basket to restrain him before being arrested. Brooks posted bail at $600 awaiting court.
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Thomas Brooks
Fifth and
Wood Streets
Ladner
Reichert
John Corrigan
Collins Street
Corr
Pight Brooks
Livestock Burned to Death in Massive County Fire
Special Telegram to the Times reports a large blaze on John A Garber’s East Donegal Township farm near Maytown Lancaster. The barn corn house and outbuildings burned, with nineteen cattle and six horses killed or saved amid loss of wheat tobacco hay and farming gear. Estimated at ten thousand dollars. insurance minimal. Tramps sleeping in the barn suspected.
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Lancaster
John A Garber
Donegal Township
Maytown
Beaten by burglars near Charleston in Mercer county
In Suaton Mercer county near Charleston Mrs Eliza Mink aged wife living half a mile north east of the village was assaulted by two men last night. They beat and maltreated her then gagged her and hid her in a woodshed while the house was robbed. She is unconscious and the shock may be fatal.
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Suaton
Eliza Mink
Charleston
Mercer County
Palmer's Memory A Blank: No Recall of Family Tragedy
Deputy Sheriff John R. Breese brought Arthur Palmer from St. Louis to White Plains after Palmer, the young farmer who shot his mother and sister at Mamaronneck, claimed total amnesia. He did not know which relative died or who he shot, only recalling buying a westbound railroad ticket and seeing the Planters' Hotel in St. Louis.
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New York
John R. Breese
White Plains
St. Louis
Arthur Palmer
Mamaroneck
Palmer
Planters’ Hotel
Three Fires Named in Action Over Ship Fire Afterburn
Washington February 1 The Attorney General orders U S Attorney at Jacksonville to prosecute the all fli buster Three Fire under section 4297 for engaging in an act of peer. No action against vessel officers or crew is planned at this time.
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Washington
Harmon
United States
Jacksonville
Fla
Sugar surtax passed by French Chamber of Deputies
The French Chamber of Deputies approved the sugar bill article imposing a nine franc import tax on raw sugar and a ten franc duty on refined sugar. The London Mark Lane Express notes surprise at the 1896 United States crop weakness and bleak prospects.
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Chamber of Deputies
London
Mark Lane Express
United States
Ditton
B&tap
Queenstown
Sann Francisco
Montevideo
Elbeesterday
Oe Canafan
New Orleans
Iter
Atero
Count Muravieff
Baatien For Foreign Affairs
Kiel
Bergeaa
Burglary Ends in Death as Couple Is Attacked at Home
Mrs Susan Conner of 2209 Stewart Street told police that two well dressed young men bound and gagged her and ransacked the house early Sunday. Her husband Michael Conner died hours later from shock after thieves searched for money and valuables. She escaped, aided by neighbors, but the burglars remain at large with no clue.
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Susan Conner
Stewart Street
Twenty-third District
Michael Conner
Ald
Conner
Allen
Catton
Aged Woman Assaulted in Attempted Highway Robbery
Magistrate Hughes remanded Lewis Bradshaw of 82 Allison street without bail after he was charged with attempted highway robbery and assault on Mrs Mary Cox of 36 Allison street. Cox, coming from church, testified Bradshaw seized her, she cried out, Policeman Norman of the Twenty-ninth district arrested him. Cox, aging and nervous, fainted while recounting the incident. Bradshaw has prior terms in the Huntingdon Reformatory and jail for shooting a man.
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Hughes
Lewis Bradshaw
Allison Street
Mary Cox
Sims Reeves Declared Bankrupt in London Courts
Sims Reeves, the veteran English singer born in 1822, has been declared bankrupt amid reports of financial difficulties after renewed stage appearances and a marriage. Once successful in music halls and tours, he reportedly faced pecuniary embarrassments that led to drastic measures despite earlier fortunes.
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London
Woman narrowly survives train crush on Reading Railway bridge
Special Telegram reports Mrs. William Mitz was struck by a fast freight near Montlie while crossing a Reading Railway bridge. She slipped between the rails as the engine and cars passed, with only a deep head gash and severe bruises while all clothing was stripped. Railroad workers deem her escape miraculous.
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Williamsport
Reading Railway Bridge
Montlie
William Mitz
Boy Dies After Horse and Sleigh Plunge in Stream Near Galeton
Charles Leach was fatally injured while crossing a bridge near Galeton when a blind horse plunged through the railing. Their sleigh and the horse fell twenty feet into the stream below. the boy died from his injuries, the horse was killed instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Charles Leach
Galeton
Letter Carrier Falls From a Doorstep
Letter carrier Cc. B. Stein residing at 2505 Sharswood Street fell backward from the steps of Mrs. Goodway at 2414 North Thirty-first Street. He struck his head on the pavement, was hauled away unconscious and brought home where doctors reported his condition serious but not dangerous.
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Cc. B. Stein
Sharswood Street
Mrs Beecher's Condition Improves Slightly at Dawn
Stamford Conn February 1 At the residence of the Rev Samuel Scoville today it was stated that Mrs Henry Ward Beecher passed a restless night but appeared more comfortable in the morning than for several days past. While her friends are encoy it cannot be said that there is any improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford, Conn
Samuel Scoville
Henry Ward Beecher
Weather Threats Dampen East Coast Tuesday Forecast
Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey face threatening weather with rain and snow, as northeast winds move in. Temperatures yesterday ranged from a low to a high, with a chilly start at 8 A.M. and a peak near 30 later in the day.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Dan
First Library Con Test Vote Announcement Soon
The initial vote in the Library Con tests will be announced in a few days, signaling the start of formal voting and giving participants a heads up on the process and timing.
Hilaire Belloc event and lectures at Pottstown
Events To-Day list items include Hilaire Belloc on The French Revolution at Pottstown. Lectures by G. W. Graham Wallas on Education at Association Hall Fifteenth and Chestnut. Dr Henry McCook to speak on The House Between the Gods at the Drexel Institute Auditorium.</s>
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Hilaire Be Belloc
Pottstown
Soci
Graham Wallas
Association Hall
Fifteenth
Chestnut Streets
Rlal
Ue Ming
Mee Soentey
Raltrond
Mrs Carew Found Guilty in Arsenic Case in Yokohama
Mrs Carew, wife of Walter Ravens Hallo well Carew, secretary of the Yokohama United Club, was found guilty of poisoning her husband with arsenic after a British Consular Court trial that spanned twenty one sessions. A key evidentiary paper found tucked in her jacket clinched the verdict. her counsel then withdrew. The Mary Jacobs inquiry was dropped. The case drew parallels to the Maybrick trial and hinged on a veiled woman and scraps of paper.
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Mary Jacobs
YorRouam MA
Carew
Walter Ravens Hallowell Carew
Yokohama United Club
MayBrick
Florence Maybrick
England
Walter Raymond Hallowell Carew
Yokohama
Graeber's Leg Amputated in Mine Injury Rescue
Frederick Graeber, injured in a cave in near Shamokin Pennsylvania, had his right leg amputated today by Dr Deaver of Philadelphia with local doctors assisting, to improve his chances of survival.
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THE
TIMES
Shamokin
Frederick Graeber
Deaver
Philadelphia
Fatal pistol mishap reported at Fifth and George streets
A man named Nat Barry Bos sustained a self inflicted gunshot while handling a pistol he believed unloaded near Fifth and George streets. He was taken to St Timoth hospital for treatment.
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Fifth and George Streets
Gooveraay
Nat Barry Bosneeldentally
St. Timoth
Wanamaker Finest Clothing Sale Offers Discounts
Wanamaker and Brown advertise remaining Ulsters and suits at reduced prices. No successors or duplicates to the Ulsters, with prices slashed from 25 dollars to 12.50, 20 to 10, and 15 to 7.50. Fine Irish frieze, mixtures, and lot of suits also reduced as unsold stock to clear.
No prices Lower than ours Guarantee at Perey 4&4
An advertisement proclaims a money back guarantee and price protection for clothing shoppers. It asserts we beat competitors on price and offers suit and overcoat bargains at substantial savings. The posting cites Perey 4&4 at 1980 Chestnut Street as the source.
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Norristown Asylum
Cherry Hill
Telegram.to. the. Times
Sing Sing
Senator Quay
Brooke
Ann Keeley
John Cree
Guaranty Trust and Safe Deposit Company
van Valkenburg
Tennessee Statesman
Payne
New York State
Albany
Black
Leche
Senate
Lancaster County
Usan Conner
Sims Reeves
Timmes
Endeavor Soc
Boston
Ganeanee Gast
Hahnemann Hospital
Alympée Association
Odd Fellows
Broad and
Cherry Streets
Olynets
Lapootign
Mrs. Carew
Graeber
Wanamaker
Warnamaker & Brown
Nacees Vane
Brad and Girard Ave
Perey
Chestnut Street
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