Prosecution Hopes for First Degree Murder Verdict in Doxey Case
In St Louis, June 4, the court instructed the jury to convict Mrs Dora Doxey of first degree murder for killing William J Erder with arsenic or acquit. The judge eliminated testimony about cacodylate soda and purchase by Dr L B Doxey, weakening the state's case. The indictment had five counts but the judge reduced the options to two, shaping the trial’s focus and keeping morphine as a potential aggravating factor.
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T. Louis
Dora Doxey
Abe
William J. Erder
Vera Doxey
Wim. J. Erder
Tfe
Grimm
L. BR. Doxey
Columbus
Neb
Fats
Jide Grimm
Cyitm
Grim
Doxey
British expedition finds Negrito tribe in Dutch New Guinea
London June 4 The Times reports British explorers found a pigmy tribe averaging 51 inches in height living at 2000 feet in the Great Snow mountains of Dutch New Guinea. The group, believed to be Negrito, challenges anthropologists idea they did not exist there and may explain various racial influences in the Lesser Sandiaaide.
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London
The
Times
Snow Mountains
Dutch New Guinea
Lesser
Woman to Tell of Plot in Bank Theft Case
Mrs. Margaret Taylor, friend of George W. Coleman, testifies in a case against W. J. Kelliher accused of promoting Coleman to thefts leading to his Cambridge National Bank embezzlement. Police say Coleman, a youth earning ten dollars weekly, drew money totaling 300000 through gambling schemes to support Kelliher.
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George Coleman
Boston
Margaret Taylor
George W. Coleman
Cambridge National Bank
W. J. Kelliher
Coleman
Killifer
Cambridge
Beckemeyer Reveals Illinois Legislature Jackpot Scandal
State grand jury hears Rep. H. J. C. Beckemeyer describe a $500000 to $1000000 fund used to buy influence in the Illinois General Assembly. He says three fourths of lawmakers were involved, with committee chairmen wielding control and leaders dictating terms amid a long running system.
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Vingfield
H. J. C. Beckemeyer
Sangamon County
Grand Jury
Illnois
Beckemeyer
Micmac Centenary Baptism Celebration in Restigouche
In Restigouche Canada on June 4 the Micmac Indians mark the 300th anniversary of Golf Meysharton's 1610 baptism. The event is noted as the tribe's long held tradition with the chief's conversion sparking early widespread adoption among the people.
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Restigourche
Canada
Golf Meysharton
Aviator Drops 1000 Feet Doles Death at Mineola
At the Aero club grounds Charles K Hamilton lofted to 1000 feet then plunged nearly to the ground before pulling up by a narrow margin. Harmon later dipped and crashed while on a 12 mile cross country flight. Hamilton searched and found him with the other plane slightly damaged on alighting.
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Mineola
L. 1
Aero Club
Charles K Hamilton
Harmon
Hamilton
Earth
Weyler Publishes First Volume of Cuba Memoirs
Madrid June 4 The long promised memoirs of Gen Weyler are issued as My Rule in Cuba. The four volume work promises revelations by the captain general though the initial volume omits the explosion on the Maine and details of the Cuban war.
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Bank of Prescott
Citizens Bank
Micmac
Dolges
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Father
Gell
Uskub
Affa
Reself
Far Aa Bey
Ava Bey
Risa Mirsa Bey
SPE
Wial Sale
Silk
Qzan Mercantile Co
Prescott, Ark
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