Lippert the Cape Town Forger Traced Across States
William August Lippert of Hamburg, a daring adventurer turned forger, fled Cape Town after a spree of colossal frauds totaling £119 755. Pinkerton Detective Vannetta pursued him from Louisville to Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Chicago, finally narrowing to Cincinnati before Lippert vanished again.
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William Augustus Lippert
Hamburg
Vannetta
Willian Pinkerton Agency
Takien
Cate
New York
Lippert
Old Town
Cape Town
South Africa
Kimberly Colony
Alee
Lippers
England
Europe
Pinkerton
Chicago
Louisville
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Charles E. Vannetta
Mr. Pinkerton
CK Publishing Company
Cage
Penitentiary Incident Ends in Double Slaying
Prison guards subdue three short term convicts after a violent clash at the row, Burke and O Day attack Guard Temple during work detail. Temple shoots four times, killing O Day and wounding Gardner in the thigh. temple serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellan O'Day
John Burke
John Bird
Guard Temple
Gian
Burke
O'Day
Temple
Reuben Gardner
Rochester Men Walk 1400 Miles to Tallahassee for a Wager
Two Rochester youths, I. C. Ticker and L. Jennings, walked from Rochester to Tallahassee in 78 days, covering 1400 miles by Christmas with no riding, hotel stops, or watches. Musicians by trade, Jennings played the cageolo and Tinker the ocarina to earn a living. They faced threats of being shot in Kentucky and forest fire danger in Tennessee.
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Rochester
Tallahassee
Messra
C. Ticker
L. Jennings
Jennings
Kentucky
Tennessee
Whitman kills wife and two sons then dies
Whitman of Winooski shot his wife and two sons, then killed himself upstairs after a meeting to say goodbye to his children. He had a history of temperance problems and divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman
Beecietox
William H. Whitman
Winooski
Goodby
Telegraphic Ticks of 19th Century Figures and Incidents
News briefs include Vice Chancellor Van Fleet death in Newark New Jersey Mrs Pitcher widows of General Pitcher dies in Washington John Collins shoots his brother Henry during a hunt in Gadsden Alabama Count von Schouwaloff named military governor of Warsaw New Haven mail pouch theft Hartford 600 letters Senator elect Oliver Shaw dies in Watertown Massachusetts Council Bluffs burglary at N P Conants jewelry store Sunburst diamonds lost in San Francisco Ex Police Captain John T Stephenson sentenced to three years nine months in Sing Sing and $1000 fine.
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van Fleet
New Jersey
Newark
N. J
Pitcher
General Pitcher
General Grant
Washington
Gadsden
Ala
John Collins
Henry
Count von Schouwaloff
Berlin
Warsaw
New Haven
Hartford
Oliver Shaw
Middlesex
Watertown
Mass
Council Bluffs
N. P. Conant
A Spreckels
San Francisco
John T. Stephenson
New York
Lezow
Sing Sing
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Schwed Bros. Leading Glothiers
Plainfield
Pal
Madea i
United States
Putnam & DeGraw
Artio
P Revson
West Front Street
the Outlook
OUR
North Americca
Albert Shaw
Germany
Asia
Kioto
Japan
Australia
South
Mahaiia
Demerara
The
Otlook
Lyman Abbott
Hamilton W. Mabie
Feniently
So Betts
Ils Armory
H. Ford
Charles B. Boh
Conva
Sames Abbott
Teagan Ee
Tae Otlagk
Jin Advance
Outlook Company
Astoria Place
New York City
Sapol
Epps
Parker
Hindergorns
Gaarisie
Flason & Hamlin Piano
Masons Hamlin
Fifth Ave
LPANS
Sproce Street
Henry G. Adams, Ranee
Ieeeunee
W. J. Tunison
Desier In
Raritan
Mills
Broadway
Tiler Rere
Han
F.booss & Bro
Esvastremep
Porters and Manufacturers of
Ferees
Same
F. Booss & Bro
Leech, Stiles & Co
Queen & CO. OF
Philadelphia
Eye Specialists
B. Guiles
M. M. Dunham
Gardners
Somerset Street
Gardner
D. M. Gardner
Doane
Collins
Stetad
Sayer
Park Ave
John Brown
Joan Burns
Atc
St Aes
Capitol
Senate
Lig
Potter
Kixestox
N. Y
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Lewis J. Wattson
Votter
Mippletown
Dernick Burns
Orange County
Erie
West Main Street Crossing
Savpy Hoos
Atlantic City
William J. Stephenson
North Avenue
Plainfield, N. J
Edward Love
North Ave
Prane Puon
Barker’s Pharmacy
Plainslad
East Front Street
Ring
Floue
A. M. Griffin
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