New Trial Granted in Illinois Quadruple Murder Case
Ray Pfanschmidt, convicted of four deaths at his family home near Quincy in 1912, won a supreme court writ of error. The high court ordered a new trial, citing unreliable bloodhound testimony and granting a venue change. The 21-year-old defendant, once engaged to Esther Reeder, faced a death sentence initially.
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Ill
Feo
Ray Pfanschmidt
Adams County
Supreme Court
Pfanschmidt
Quincy
Illinois
Charles Pfanschmidt
Mathilda Pfanschmidt
Blanche Pfanschmidt
Emma Kaempen
Ray Pranschmidt
Guy Williams
Havana
Pranschmidt
University of Ilinois
Pfanschmid
Esther Reeder
Williams
Supreme Court of
Ilinois
World weighs Benton case as Britons vanish near Juarez
El Paso reports anxiety over American Gestave Bauch and two Englishmen who disappeared near Juarez on Wednesday. British officials await full investigation while Villa supporters claim Benton was killed in camp while armed. London reacts cautiously as other rail and traffic accidents draw attention.
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el Paso
Texas
Gestave Bauch
Engeames
Juares
Wednesday Ranch
Curie
John Lawrence
California Deviopment Company
Yuma
Calif
Samnel Stewart
Betane
Garcia
Beech
Chihuahua
Villa
Teast
Benton
Alhough Villa
Edwards
Rashbaum
Washington, D. C
William S. Benton
de Bryan
White House
General Villa
Fends
William S. Bentons
Cole Edwards
Juarez
Washington
Seton
R. N. Dudley
Paso
Fall
Sea
Coincidence Brings Ulysses S Grant and Robert E Lee Kin aboard
In San Francisco the army transport Thomas arrives with notable passengers from the Civil War era. Edith Dent Kern, granddaughter of Frederick Dent Grant, and a grandniece of U S Grant, travels to New York to visit her mother. Lewis Brown, granddaughter of Fitzhugh Lee, and wife of Lt. Lewis Brown Jr., sails with her, joined by Capt Fitzhugh Lee Jr. and other Lee relatives in the Philippines previously.
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San Francisco
Thomas
Ulysses SS
Onmee
Robert E. Lee
Edith Dent Kern
Frederick Dents Grant
U. S. Grant
Kenneth E. Kern
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Manila
New York
Lewis Brown
Fitzhugh Lee
Lewis Brown, Jr
Seventh Cavalry
Brown
Philippines
Fitzhugh Lee, Jr
Mrs. Brown
Captain Lee
Islands
George Lee
J. C. Rhea
John Montgomery
Chicago Officer Duel Ends in Fatal Shootout
Feb 21. Esease report from Chicago describes an officer and Daniel Mikula engaging in a pistol duel while using a tree for cover. A man known as Canada Joe, described as a feared criminal, was killed in the exchange amid shots from two safeblowers.
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Esease
Meee
Daniel Mikula
Dunne Disavows Senate Ambition in Washington
Governor Edward F. Dunne said he is not a candidate for the senatorial nomination and unlikely to become one amid conferences with Secretary of State Bryan. He attended a Bryan luncheon with governors and cabinet members, spent time at the White House, and planned to visit New York before possibly returning to Illinois. A separate report from Philadelphia notes Carl Kinlock killed a waitress and wounded another before shooting himself in a jealous rage.
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Edward F. Dunne
Roger Sullivan
Dunne
Bryan
Washington
White House
University Club
Ralston
Indiana
Evans
South Carolina
State Department
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
Osborne
Wyoming
Garrison
Navy
Daniels
Agriculture
Houston
Commerce
Redfield
Labor
Wilson
Mae
Illinois
Capitol
Raleigh Hotel
New York
Lewis
Philadelphia
Carl Kinlock
Will
John T. Denvir
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ilinoly
Chicago
Denvir
Illinois Central
Chicago Lake Front
Ill
Interstate Commerce Report
Three Men Killed In Northbound Train Hold-Up
Bandits killed three on a Great Northern train near Bellingham Washington as they looted passengers and shot lights out. Victims include Thomas Wadsworth R T Lee and H R Atkinson. Two counties pursue the robbers amid rewards totaling 1 200 each. A second Birmingham Alabama note says the Queen and Crescent hold up gang may have fled there by auto with $100000 stolen. authorities offer rewards.
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Bellingham
Wash
Great Northern
Thomas Wadsworth
Vancouver
B. C
R. T. Lee
Bremerton
Puget Sound Navy Yard
H. R. Atkinson
Burlington
Lee
Birmingham
Ala
Queen & Crescent Road
Delays Decision on Suffrage Act
Springfield Illinois supreme court adjourned without a ruling on the validity of the woman suffrage act and will not decide until at least the April term. The case draws wide interest as 30 cities plan local option elections in April likely decided by women’s votes and vast property interests ride on the outcome.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Cape Haitien Falls to Federals After Rebel Flight
Cape Haitien, Haiti, Feb 21. Senator Theodore, rebel leader and staff, fled today from Cape Haitien. The city was later occupied by federal troops. Streets are patrolled by American marines and bluejackets as the population remains calm.
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Cape Haitien
Haiti
Theodore
New Witnesses In Murder Case In Aurora
Three new witnesses, unnamed by police, will place Theresa Hollander at the cemetery after she left a streetcar on her way home. Authorities say she bled to death within about 20 minutes and the assailant likely walked briefly with her as they retraced the crime in a reenactment.
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Aurora
Theresa Hollander
Three die trying to save ship crew at Saltee Islands
Queenstown Ireland February 21 three life savers drowned while attempting to rescue the crew of the Norwegian bark Mexico driven ashore near the Saltee Islands. A second lifeboat later found the first crew sunk with all hands.
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Queenstown
Ireland
Mexico
Saltee Islands
Mostly Cloudy and Colder Tonight and Sunday Forecast
Mostly cloudy and somewhat colder tonight and Sunday with a low around 15 degrees. Moderate to brisk shifting winds. Temperature at 7 a.m. 21. High yesterday 26, low last night 20. Wind velocity at 7 a.m. 9 mph. Precipitation 0.01 inch. Relative humidity at 7 p.m. 91, at 7 a.m. 93. Water stage 5.6, no change in 24 hours. Astronomical events note evening planets Mars Saturn Venus. morning Jupiter. Algol the Demon Star near the western sky about 8 p.m.
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J. M. Sherier
Mars
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Constellation Perseus
Chinese Bandits Rampage Leaves 1300 Dead In China
Report from Peking dated February 21 states bandits led by White Wolf massacred 1300 people at Liuan Chow, killed Father Rich the Jesuit missionary, and held two foreigners for ransom. Twenty five thousand Chinese troops advance toward White Wolf's entrenched position with 2000 followers. News also notes the death of M F Leroy in Hinsdale Illinois at 64, Miss Funk Weds in Mississippi, and a railroad baggage-room theft tied to Count De Cleef among others in Flanders.
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Peking
China
White Wolf
Liuan Chow
Father Rich
Paris
Northern Railroad
Count de Cleef
Flanders
Committee told about evictions in Winona mine village
In Hancock Michigan on February 21 striking miners described evictions from Winona Copper company houses before a congressional investigating committee. Louis Zagar testified he planted an American flag by his furniture but deputies dumped it in the snow. Neighbors sheltered the family as witnesses recounted belongings left in the snow.
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Hancock, Mich
Winona Copper Company
Congressional Investigating Committee
Louis Zagar
Illinois Supreme Court reverses Rock Island county cases
The Illinois supreme court reversed the county court judgments in two Rock Island cases. It remanded the matter in the Moline v. Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad and Moline v. Tri-City Railway cases. The court upheld the Workmen’s Compensation Act as constitutional and ruled Zion City’s smoking ban unconstitutional. It recalled Salem riots re the Harrison/Sullens kidnapping and reinstated Peoria attorney Arthur Keithley after disbarment.
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Argus
Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
County Court
Rock Island County
City of
Moline
Appellee
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Tri-City Railway Company
State Supreme Court
Joseph Deibeikis
Link Belt Company
Supreme Court
Zion City
Salem
Circuit Court
Ernest Harrison
Frank Sullens
Dorothy Holt
Holt
Arthur Keithley
Peoria
Senate Ratifies Number Treaties With Major Powers
Washington February 21 The Senate approved by a two thirds vote the general arbitration treaties with Great Britain Japan Italy Spain Norway Sweden Portugal and Switzerland Panama tolls and immigration provisions failed to carry, signaling continued support for the president's policy. Three dead in wreck near Grosseto rail crash injured eleven Americans none harmed. Thaw habeas corpus hearing ends Thaw to remain in custody pending district court division. Rotterdam oil tanker towed into Queenstown port after loss of rudder in Atlantic gale.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
Spain
Norway
Sweden
Portugal
Switzerland
Panama
Five Die in Southern California Coast Floods
Five people died as wire communication between Los Angeles and San Diego failed after torrential rains and high winds battered southern California over 48 hours. The casualties mark a deadly episode in the region's flood history.
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San Francisco
Cal
Los Angeles
San Diego
California
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