Ormiston Claims He Can Produce Miss X in Court
The interview recounts Ormiston’s plan to present Miss X as a witness, his intent to hire his own lawyer, and a proposed separate trial. He describes arranging with the Benedicts near Carmel, introducing Miss X under an alias, and travels between Carmel Salinas Los Angeles and Santa Barbara while denying knowledge of Mrs. McPherson’s disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Gilbert
Carmel
Benedict
McPherson
Ocean Park Beach
Venice
Miss X
Benedicts
George Mein-tire
Irs
MeIntire
Sliss X
Salinas
Carrie
Salina
Los Ang
Joe Taylor
Sed
Los Angeles
Oakland
St Mark Bentel
K. Gladstone
Will provides cremation or self made mesh coffin in Kewanee
The will of Fred Francis of Kewanee, who died at 71, leaves $50,000 for park use if the city cremates him with cord wood in his yard. If cremation is forbidden, he directs burial in a coffin he built from an iron slab with mesh wire sides and open top. If these provisions fail, the estate goes to the University of Illinois and charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Kewanee
Dee
Fred Francis
Health Department
University of Mlingis
Tragic Twelve Hour Siege Ends in Death Near Clinton
Miss Beatrice Meaney, 40, died from a wound after a twelve hour siege at a Jutland farm near Clinton. Her brothers Timothy and James Meaney were involved. Timothy is jailed on $2000 bond for assault on state police officers Corporal Daler and Trooper Smith, who were wounded during the confrontation. James Meaney is hospitalized with a knee wound. Thirty state troopers used rifles riot guns and tear gas to subdue the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somervilld
N. J
Timothy
James Meaney
James
Kmee
Matthew Daler
Peter Smith
Nolice
Third Girl Called to Testify Against 'King' Ben Purnell
In Brenton Harbor Michigan the third of three accusers testified in justice court against Benja min Purnell head of the House of David colony. Gladys Bamford Rubel said she was forced to marry a colony member to protect the king as state raids loomed. The case decides whether Purnell will be bound over to the Circuit court at next month's session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Purnell
Brenton Harbor
Mich
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Religious and charitable institutions listed in city directory
A fragment lists various religious orders and orphanages including the Good Shepherd Theresian Sisters, St Francis Rome Fort, St Peter's Orphanage, St Joseph's Orphanage, Protestant Home for Christmas Cheer, Holy Redeemer School, Carmel, St Philips, Salvatio Army Rescue Home, Protestant Orphans' Home, St Henry's School and Sisters of the Holy Ghost with addresses such as NolI St and Yueca St. The OCR shows multiple line fragments and incomplete place names.
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Sisters OF "the Good Shepherd Theresians Sisters
ST. Francis
Rome
ST. Peter's
ST. Joseph’s Orphanage
Protestant Home
Holy Redeemer Scho
Sisters OF the Holy
Noli St
Oilman in crash survives with broken neck
A. A. Pullin, 49, oil developer from Odem, narrowly survives after an auto accident that left him with a broken neck. James Ross, a San Antonio oil operator, escaped serious injury. The Robstown to Laredo trip ended when the car overturned on a slippery highway. Pullin was pinned beneath the wreckage and a crushed vertebra is feared. He was treated at Santa Rosa infirmary and shows faint recovery progress.
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A. A. Pullin
Odem
Texas
James
Ross
San Antonio
Santa Rosa Infirmary
Pullin
Robstown
Laredo
Court frees girl divorced and placed in memorial home
Judge W W Ric Crory rules that Ivy Collins eighteen cannot be kept in a juvenile institution after she was divorced, ordering her release from Joske Memorial Home. Attorneys filed a writ of habeas corpus contending marriage makes her ineligible for detention. Ivy says she wants to build a career outside institutional care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Ric- Crory
Ninety-fourth District Court
Ivy Collins
Joske Memorial
McGrory
Harvard Maps Sinai Expedition
Harvard announces an expedition that will take two professors to Mount Sinai to study the decalogue site and then to Armenia around 700 B.C., seeking connections with ancient Vanni and Chaldean civilizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Mount Sinai
Moses
Armenia
Father of Solon Frear Dies at 92 in Wisconsin
Aaron M. Frear, 92, Civil War veteran and father of Wisconsin Representative James A. Frear, died after a six month illness in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon
Washington
Aaron M. Frear
James A. Frear
Wisconsin
Twelve City Employers Hunt Rabbits for Christmas Dinner
Twelve needy city employers shoot rabbits for the Christmas dinner as a political squabble and mayoral dispute delay payroll checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee
Mexican and US relations and Mars life noted
The article catalogs opinions on US Mexico relations attributed to Hearst papers and says Mexico may do as it pleases with its institutions. It also notes Woodrow Wilson's death and discusses scientific guesses about life on Mars and Mars atmosphere and possible higher beings in space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAICO
Woodrow
Wilson
Farmer claims radio device could listen to neighbors
Buford Young of UP SECRETS TEMPLE says he reconstructed a radio set that accidentally picked up neighbors voices. He plans to present the contraption to the United States government for military intelligence use, claiming the device can hear voices from about a half mile away after correcting a construction error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loung
Lawmaker Plans Dry Law Inquiry After Shooting
Detroit December 23 Representative Clarence J McLrod of Michigan moves toward a congressional probe of enforcement machinery after the death of William Neidermeier shot by prohibition agents during duck hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Prohibition Enforcement Machinery
Lincsla C. Andrews
Clarence J. McLrod
Michigan
William Neidermeier
Mexico Denied Permit For Planed Airplanes
Washington reports that the Mexican government request to import a shipment of airplanes from California was denied by the state department. The planes, bought from Douglas in California, were intended for Mexico's army but fall under the arms embargo to Mexico. No change in the embargo policy is planned.
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Washington
California
Mexico
State Department
Colles
Douglas Company
Department
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