Leconey Trial Dramatic as Blood Stained Garments Shown
Court hearings on Chalkley Leconey for Annie Leconey's murder reveal blood stained garments and a chilling witness tableau. Mrs Lavery nearly faints as the clothing is displayed, while Leconey remains composed, his nerve drawing attention amid intense testimony from coroner Stanton and Dr Iszard. The day features key accounts of the kitchen scene, the victim's body, and conflicting suspicions including the Lingo motive.
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Chalkley Leconey
Annie
Garrison
Chalkley
Cross Examination of Dr Bartine in Leconey Case
Dr Bartine testified under Grey questioning about the Leconey farm murder scene. He described pooling blood, livid face, and likely strangulation. Knife found. blade showed minor marks. Witness stated Annie Leconey appeared dead about two hours prior, muscular and robust in build, with disturbed room and breakfast dishes left undisturbed.
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Annie Leconey
Miss Lavery Testifies In Murder Case At Trial
Prosecutor Jenkins next summoned Rosanna Lavery to the stand as the daughter of William Lavery. She described going to the house with others the morning of the murder. Her testimony corroborated prior accounts and offered little new detail about the room or body. She recalled being horrified and noted she did not observe Annie closely before leaving. In cross exam, counsel asked for her father's hired man’s name. she said the hired man was a black man, unnamed, who did not accompany them that morning as he was in the field.
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Stanton
Iszard
Rosanna Lavery
Whess
Jenkins
Ridgway
Annie Leconey
Garrison
Gray
Grey
Naylor
William Naylor
Chalkley Leconey
Pensauken Creek
James BE. Stanton
Camden
Chalkley
Leconoy
Leconey
Richard
Annie
Levoney
Trooney
Murray
John D. Courter
Garrett Murray
Mr. Leconey
Garrett
Bartine
Leconey Farm
William Lavery
Miss Lavery
Adam Forepaugh
Frederick Sutterlie
England
Philadelphia
Forepaugh
Sutterlie
Sutternie
Forepauh
Europe
Showman
Young Adam
Campbell
Doctor testifies on murder scene details at trial
County physician William H. Iszard describes examining a dead woman after a Sept. 9 murder. He details a four inch neck incision, severed arteries and windpipe, and a blood pool on the head, cushion, and floor. He cannot determine time of death. Judge Garrison rebukes court officers for missing witnesses.
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William H. Iszard
Garrison
Stanton
Burroughs
Inquest Opens Into Tracy Fire Disaster in Washington
The coroner began an inquest at the Third precinct station into the Tracy fire. Chief Parris testified the hallway was ablaze at Secretary Tracy’s residence when he arrived. He described rescuing secretary, Miss Tracy, and a man, with witnesses noting the fire possibly started from a library lamp. The jury ruled death by burning for the French maid and urged upgraded fire equipment and staffing.
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Washington
Tracy
Third Precinct
Shaeffer
Parris
Fire Department
Wright
No. 1
Miss Tracy
Elliot
A New Theory On Fire At Mr Tracy S House
Washington February 6 Fire Marshal Drew reports to Chief Parris that the blaze may have been caused by the explosion of a coal oil lamp kept on a bay window table and lit each night. He believes the lamp was not extinguished but turned down low causing the burner to overheat and generate gas, leading to an explosion. Fragments of the lamp were found on the floor inside the window line.
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Washington
Parris
Drew
Marshal Drew
Electric Brevities from Havana to Baltimore Chronology
Governor General Salamanca is reported seriously fit. Edmund William Corktes of New York, president of the Bank of America, is dead. Senate confirms Samoan treaty. Berlin expresses general satisfaction. Blanche K Bruce confirmed as Recorder of Deeds for DC. Mrs Margaret Head, widow of Benjamin Head, dies in Baltimore at age 90. Mayor Patterson of Creston under investigation for malfeasance. Dinner at the Prefecture of Marine in Toulon for US Navy officers. J K Hunt box factory in Rochester destroyed by fire. loss reported. Fire at Joseph Wild & Co matting factory in Brooklyn. Elizabeth Cross presents sword and memorials to Maryland in memory of Lt Joseph Cross. Colored Men’s Convention organizes nationally in Plockback parish.
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Havana
Salamanca
Edmund William Corktes
New York
Bank of America
United States Senate
Berlin
Blanche K. Bruce
Senate
District of Columbia
Margaret Head
Benjamin P. Head
Baltimore
Patterson
Creston
Prefecture of Marine
Toulon
Evolution
J. K. Hunt
Rochester
N. Y
Joseph Wild & Co
Brooklyn
Democrats Confident in Philadelphia Election Push
Democratic leaders grow confident as ward meetings multiply and Townsend, candidate for Receiver of Taxes, reports Republican votes. A 5 000 member circular urges full Democratic turnout while Hartranft denounces city contracts and gas failures and Townsend pledges honest service amid independent Republican support.
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Martin-Porter-Fitler-Wagner
Democratic City Committee
John Huggard
Townsend
Johnson
Dr. Townsend
Thomas H. Clarke
Frank A. Hartranft
William McMullen
Daniel Gibbons
Democratic Executive Committee
North Third Street
Balters K. Peck
Hartranft
John Taylor
Fitler
Wagner
Philadelphia
Fourth Street
Fairmount Avenue
Twelfth Ward
Representative Gentner
Tariff Reform Meeting Endorses Ayres for Congress
An adjourned meeting of the Philadelphia Tariff Reform Club at Broad and Columbia avenues unanimously endorsed William M. Ayres, club president, for the vacant Fourth District seat. The resolutions urge voters to back Ayres as a tariff reform advocate who supports wool duties free, with members pledging efforts to elect him by the May 18 election.
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Twelfth Ward
Morris Tuteur
Thirteenth Ward
George W. McCay
Fourteenth Ward
John P. J. Sensenderfer
Edwin
Stuart
Philadelphia Tariff Reform Club
Broad and
Columbia Avenue
William M. Ayres
Congress
Judge Kelley
D.W. Chandler
Mr. Ayres
Wreeras
Fourth Congressional District
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Indignant liquor dealers confront fake meeting in Philadelphia
About two hundred liquor dealers gathered at Industrial Hall to discuss a circulating notice calling a February 6, 1890 meeting to form a protective association. James Kerr led warnings that the call was a trap by Law and Order allies to solicit funds, urging dealers to leave and labeling the event a trick. Numerous men named as attendees or questions raised about who called the meeting, with suspicions of a scheme by local lawyers or the Law and Order Society.
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Philadelphia
Broad
Vine Streets
Anner
Vine Street
Lquor
Wholesale and Retail Liquor Association
James Kerr
Twenty-seventh and
Mr. Kerr
Hunter
Owdeing
Kerr
Law and Order Society
James McCall
Seventeenth
Market
Englebrauth
Fitler Cuts The Rope In Broad Street Transparency Tale
A public display on Broad Street near Chestnut shows a transparent banner denouncing city officials and urging support for Dr. Eugene Townsend for Receiver of Taxes. Mayor Fitler, described as wealthy and powerful, reportedly ordered the rope cut to remove the message.
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Broad Street
Chestnut
Young Democratic Battalion
Wagner
Eugene Townsend
Fitler
Townsend
Mayor Fitler
Adams Express Company
Secretary Tracy Improving After House Fire
Secretary Tracy is recovering well after his home fire. He and his son stay at the White House and recently took an hour and a half drive with the President and Mrs Harrison. Due to bereavement in the Tracy and Blaine families, the army and navy reception will be canceled next Tuesday evening.
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Washington
Tracy
Hng
Frank Tracy
White House
Harrison
Army
Navy
West Virginia Inauguration: Fleming Takes Oath in Capitol
Cranteston February 6. Mr. Fleming was inaugurated as Governor in the Capitol at noon. Judge J. W. English administered the oath. A crowd attended including many ladies. His brief inaugural speech praised Democratic tariff policy and Governor Wilson and pledged faithful impartial service.
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Cranteston
W. Va
Mr. Fleming
Capitol
J. W. English
Supreme Court
Wilson
Liabilities of a Bankrupt Firm in New York
An approximate statement of the affairs of RK Davies & Co., manufacturers of men’s furnishing goods at 806 Broadway, lists liabilities at 650000. Of this, 500000 is claimed by Mrs Davies or R K Davies, 450000 in supposed assets, with actual assets about 200000. A creditors committee has been appointed to investigate.
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New York
RK. Davies & Co
Broadway
Murphy Wool Failure In New York Attachment Motion
John J. MacDonald traveled to New York yesterday to set aside the motion for the attachment of the goods of Joseph P. Murphy the assigned wool manufacturer in that city.
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Murphy
John J. MacDonald
New York
Joseph P. Murphy
Deaths of Henry Kunta and Alex Dunlap in Lehigh County
Henry Kunta the oldest resident of Catasaugs, Lehigh County, died Wednesday night at age 90 after retaining his faculties. Alex Dunlap, survivor of the Fourth Delaware Regiment, died at his Landenberg home of pneumonia induced by grippe, aged Sd years. The excerpt notes constables and related local details.
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Henry Kunta
Catasaugus
Lehigh County
Alex. Dunlap
Delaware Regiment
Landenburg
Popeania
Big Pigeon Shoot Opens In Westminste r Kennel Club Grounds
The Philadelphia Champion leads in the great amateur pigeon shoot at Westminster Kennel Club, Babylon L I, with Dr. Lee Knapp and Charles Macalester as principals. A $8,000 a side prize is set across three days of shooting, beginning Saturday at 10:30 a.m. with thousands watching and wagers placed on Knapp vs Macalester.
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Trocrs
New York
Westminster Kennel Club
Babylon
L. I
Lee Knapp
Charles Macalester
Philadelphia
Knapp
Union
America
Macalester
Philadelphia Association of Amateur Sportsmen
United States
Philadelphian
Union Club
Quaker City
Dr. Knapp
Howard Jaffray
James Handy
Mr. Macalester
Houers
Macaleater
Westminster Grounds
Oakley Thorne
Wall Street
Chauncey Floyd Jones
Ogden Goelet
J. H. Vail
J. Otto Donner
W. Rutherford
R. H. Williams
Charles Hitchcock
Meadow ‘Brook Hunt
Fred Hoey
William Hoey
Simpkins
E. Parker
Commodore Livingston
Eli Goddard
J. Bruce Ismay
Edward Bell
F. D. Thompson
T. Kitteridge
Powderly Charges Ex Representative with Criminal Libel
A warrant was issued by Alderman Fuller for the arrest of Ex Representative Callaghan of Scottdale on criminal libel charges. The letters accused Powderly of contempt and defamation, and Callaghan claims Powderly misled Archbishop Gibbons about the Knights of Labor. Callaghan to be brought to the county for trial before the next grand jury.”
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Powderly
the Times
Scranton
Alderman Fuller
Workman Powderly
Callaghan
Scottdale
Judas Iscariot
Archbishop Gibbons
Knights of Labor Organization
Flooding the Mines to Prevent the Fire Spreading
A late night explosion in the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Petterbone shaft near Wilkesbarre caused extensive damage. Fire departments battled a burning deep shaft, with four workers uninjured besides the explosion victims. Repairs will take months and cost thousands in the Wyoming coal region. Cleveland’s Old Partner Married in Geneva
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Wilkesbarre
Petterbone
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Kingston
Wyoming
Kicked His Portrait to Pieces in Newark Mayor Outburst
Newark mayor destroyed a portrait of Mayor Haynes in the Aldermanic committee room after jokes about his likeness sparked frustration. The incident follows earlier plans to display all Newark mayors in the room, now marked by the vandalism.
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Newark
N. J
Thore
Haynes
Thia
Western Disasters Flood Strikes Portland and Custer Mine
Portland faced sudden flooding with Front Street submerged from Morrison to B street and Second Street from Washington to A street. Bridges drew crowds as debris and a warehouse floated past, while at Custer Mine six men died in the avalanche, including foreman Jack Galbraith and miner Tom Mahoney. forty workers were present in two shifts.
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Ore
Front Street
Morrison and Alder
B Street
Second Street
Washington
Morrison Street
Powers’ Furniture Factory
Staplera
Oregon City
Custer Mine
Jack Galbraith
Mike Flynn
Tom Mahoney
ENGLISH MINERS ENTOMBED Two Hundred Rescued and Fifty Dead Found
London February 6 A colliery explosion at Abersychan Monmouthshire trapped about three hundred miners with fire feared. Two hundred were brought to the surface by noon. fifty bodies recovered by night. Owners estimate about one hundred twenty may have perished. Flooding adjacent pits displaced gas igniting the blast. Rescue efforts faced heavy smoke and heat as they attempted to reach survivors.
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London
Abersychan
Monmouthshire
Miss Anderson Betrothal Acknowledged in London
A London cable report states Dr Hamilton Griffin and his wife approve Miss Mary Anderson engagement to Navarro. The engagement had been repeatedly denied by Miss Anderson’s family but is now openly acknowledged causing embarrassment to the relatives.
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Miss Anderson
the Times
Dunlap
London
Mary Anderson
Young Navarro
Hamilton Griffin
Robert Buchanan's Cla rissa staged in London vaudeville
A Dunlap cable from London reports Robert Buchanan's dramatization of Richardson's Cla rissa was produced at a matinee today with success. The four act play unfolds lively first three acts, while the final act ends on a gloomier note.
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the Times
Dunlap
London
Robert Buchanan
Richardson
Clarissa
Nurses Suit for $10,000 Filed Against Eva Hamilton
Nurse Donnelly sues Ray and Eva Hamilton in the New Jersey Supreme Court for $10,000 damages alleging assault while employed by the Hamiltons for Baby Beatrice. Deputy Sheriff tickets Eva Hamilton at the New Jersey State Prison as summons are served. Boston reports the sale of the Douglas Axe Works to Mann Hubbard and others, with the plant to be renamed the Douglas Branch of the American Axe and Tool Company.
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Trenton
Timlia
Boston
Douglas Axe Works
East Douglas
Mann & Hubbard
Pennsylvania
Bixby
Nashua
Douglas
American Axe and Tool Company
Canoon
Fifty named for Reading Terminal and Belt Line measures
The Committee of Fifty met at William Brockie’s office. They selected fifty people to form a committee to pursue passage of the Reading Terminal and Belt Line ordinances. Names will be announced after potential members accept.
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Academy of Music
William Brockie
Chestnut Street
Reading Terminal
Belt Line
Murderers Granted Respite and Executions Planned
Harrisburg reports a Board of Pardons meeting grants a further respite in the case of Jacobs, the Lancaster murderer, while Greene county killers Saylor and Clark will be hanged on the 26th. In Helena, eight Democratic Senators flee the state to avoid the Sergeant-at-Arms, threatening to block legislation. Wilmington notes the launch of the four masted schooner James Judge built for Captain J Burton Davidson by Jackson and Sharp, Sunapee 2A8, fifty nine feet long.
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Harrisburg
Board of Pardons
Jacobs
Lancaster
Greene County
Saylor
Clark
Hevena
Mont
Senate
Richards
Wilmington
James Judge
Philadelphia
Jackson & Sharp Company
J. Burton Davidson
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Fairmount Park Commission
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Samuel M. Hopkins
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Lenox Hill Bank
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Equitable Banke
Equitable
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Portland
Custer
Parnell
Buchanan
Nurse Donnelly
Eva Hamilton
Tras
Adam
Children's Aid Society
South Twelfth Street
City News
James A. Clemmer
George W. Money
George C. Welch
St. George's
Del
Smith
Fulmer Tehertey
Albert Watkins
South Fifth Street
William H. Bloom
Jackson Street
Maurice Murphy
Howard Street
Coenetna
Pennsylvania Hallroad
Harry Anderson
Amber
Cumberland Streets
Adies Ho Journal
Felicia Holt
AlLan Forman
Forman
Sapirs’ Home Journal
Curtis Publishing CO
Philadelphia, PA
George Miller & Son
South Third Street
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