Hannibal arrests man linked to St Joseph murder
Constable Henry Cameron recalls the 1915 Hannibal arrest of William W. Zepp alias James Buck. Zepp, later captured in Baltimore, faced life sentences for the St Joseph pawn broker murder and related embezzlement and auto theft. He confessed details of the hold up with Warren Lathrop and Newell, and the Hannibal capture followed by Buck and Newell receiving life terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cameron
Hannibal
St. Louis
Baltimore
William W. Zepp
James Buck
St. Joseph
Cameron
Jefferson City
Zepp
Jacob C. Shaffer
Bertillon Bureau
Buck
Montana
Warren Lathrop
William F. Newell
Newell
Sixth Street
Young Lathrop
Lathrop
St. Toe
South Main Street
Aaron Goldberg
Big Movie Week Ends with Star-Studded Theaters
A chaotic omnibus of theater offerings lists Augustus Thomas At the Orpheum with Leah Baird and Tom Mix. Harry Carey at Quincy. Mabel Normand and Gladys Brockwell in multiple features at several venues. plus a packing schedule of serials and comedies. Children in attendance at the Orpheum receive gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum Theater
Augustus Thomas
Leah Baird
Tom Mix
Quincy Theater
Harry Carey
Star Theater
Mabel Normand
Belasco Theater
Gladys Brockwell
Market Street Citizens Seek June Carnival Permit
A petition filed with City Clerk Fenton B. Morris seeks permission for a Heinz Carnival exhibit along Market Street from West Broad to Houston and Market for June, signed by most Market Street residents. The Heinz firm, owned by R. L. Heinz, plans a one week show as the new city council prepares for a June 2 turnover. Another petition asks to keep Armour Packing’s displaced refrigerator car on Collier Street, with fire code provisos to be debated at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton B. Morris
Old City Council
Market Street
West Broadway
Fire Department
Houston
Market Streets
Heinz Carnival Company
R. L. Heinz
Hannibal
Heinz
Morris
Armour Packing Company
Collier Street
T. B. Parks
Meat Company
Augustus Thomas play closes today at Orpheum Theater
Today is the final day of Augustus Thomas as a Man Thinks starring Leah Ruard at the Orpheum Theater. Tomorrow and Sunday feature Lillian Walker in Love Hunger by John Breckenridge Ellis with a cast including a circus child and a lion tamer amid a troubled household and fraught relationships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Thomas
Leah Ruard
Lillian Walker
John Breckenridge Ellis
Hamilton Gregory
Goorness
Fran
Grace Noir
Gregory
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hannibal News
H. Ling
Union Street
Henry Cameron Gaught
Weiler’s
Quincy
Quincy, II
Instrum Mann T
Eagt
CAT Tales
Mister Macaweer
Bugsy
Dicky Dippy
Sinnott
Thurvwday
Blondy
Ument
Gem Theater
Billy West
Savoy Theater
Kitty Gordon
Adele
Family Theater
Shirley Mason
Syd Chaplin
Princess Theater
Lila Lee
Colonial Theater
Abbott Ashton
Thunder Mountain
Orpheum
Council
Keokuk
Nauvoo
Steamer
Canton
Ss. A
Castoria
Princess
Savoy
Kitty Gordon In “Adele
Come ON
Kinogram
Jack Dillon
Pete Morrison
Merrian
Hop the
Billie Armstrong
Kirschbaum
Jacob Schwartz
Fifth Street
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