Calderon Murder Appeal Seeks Death Penalty Commutation
Attorney L B Camp plans to ask Governor Colquitt to commute Alejandro Calderon's death sentence for murder to life imprisonment. Camp cites Judge Davidson's dissent and argues the trial record lacks express malice and supports reducing the charge. He notes a Patrick case as a gubernatorial precedent for mercy.
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Colquitt
Calderon
Attorney Camp
W. L. Davidson
Court of Criminal Appeals
Patrick
New York
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Davidson
No Malice Shown in Homicide Case Says Court Opinion
The judge notes lack of express malice and urges reversal if the verdict is murder in the first degree. He argues insufficient evidence to prove express malice, citing contradictions between the old mother and grandson Aguilar and inconsistencies in officer testimony about the scene.
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Aguilar
Trust SUT Must Be Answered Monday
Trenton January 13 extension of time for United States Steel directors to file answers to the government suit to dissolve the combine ends at midnight Monday. Kellogg and Emery, Minnesota land mining associates counsel, must meet the agreed data collection for the Restoszea. DOJ rules required answers by January 1. defense says no further delay and will be ready Monday morning.
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Trenton
United States Steel Corporation
United States
Big
Messrs. Kellogg and
Emery
Minnesota
United States Steel Co
Department of Justice
Defense
Resigns as Protest From Nuevo Laredo City Secretary
Basilio Ramos longtime municipal secretary of Nuevo Laredo resigns in protest against the Ramirez administration which began January 1. Ramirez claims support from the Maderistas.
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Laredo
Tex
Basilio Ramos
Nuevo Laredo
Ramirez
Maderistas
Farley to Receive Unprecedented Welcoming in New York
Cardinal John A. Farley, freshly elevated in Rome, returns to the United States greeted by Catholics and Protestants. A three day celebration begins with a bay escort by 100 archbishops bishops and 600 laymen aboard a chartered steamer as 250 autos carry dignitaries along a Broadway Fifth Avenue parade to St Patrick’s Cathedral. Over one million pedestrians are expected along Battery Park to St Patrick’s, with 90 000 Catholic schoolchildren at the cathedral. A monster Hippodrome meeting closes the events.
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New York
John A. Farley
Rome
Berlin
Victoria
Cardinal
Broadway
Twenty Third Street
Fifth Avenue
Battery Park
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Knights of Columbus
The
Holy Name Society
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Catholic Benevolent Legion
Catholic Knights of America
Federation of German Catholic Societies
Hippodrome
Bandits Blow Safe Flee Without Booty
Three masked robbers dynamited the State bank of Newport in Newport Beach California early today but fled empty handed after local resident William Hall fired on the bank. The loot estimated near ten thousand dollars was left scattered. Hall wounded one robber while another citizen William Kippel was shot by Hall in the dawn confusion. A posse pursues the bandits.
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Los Angeles
Cal
State Bank
Newport
Newport Beach
William Hall
Hall
William Kippel
Kippel
Vanderbilts May Live in London
Paris reports Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and his bride, formerly Mrs. McKim, may exile themselves with a growing American colony in London. The couple left for a Nile cruise and could not be reached to confirm. Vanderbilt reportedly plans a permanent residence in England and France, with U.S. visits only on business.
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Paris
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
London
England
France
United States
Railroad agents from Chicago lines meet in San Antonio
W. D. Belt Jr. traveling freight and passenger agent of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad with Dallas headquarters and George W. Thomas southwestern passenger agent of the Chicago and Alton railroad with Dallas headquarters are in San Antonio today on business.
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W. D. Belt Jr
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Dallas
George W.thomas
Southwestern
Chicago & Alton Railroad
San Antonio
Americans Seek Aid From Countrymen Amid Mexico Visit
J J Eisert, once press agent for the International fair, returns from Mexico claiming the surrendered Reyes has brought quiet but reveals confidence men pose as beggars in the southern republic seeking aid from Americans. Profession-
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Reyes
Rio Grande
Mexico
J. J. Eisert
Americans warned of scams by self-styled victims in Mexico City
Als warn that some travelers posing as war victims lure Americans in Mexico City. A representative notes a common ruse where a supposed stranded traveler claims to be broke after a revolution and asks for real dollars, preying on the newcomer.
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Mexico City
Mr. Eisert
States
Epilepsy Cure Promises Grand Results From Waterman Institute
Reports from across the country confirm the Waterman Institute treatment for epilepsy shows strong improvement with many patients claiming cures. Individuals are urged to write to Dr Waterman Institute at 122 East 25th St New York for a free supply.
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New York
Dr. Waterman Institute
East 25Th St
Diaz to resign Nicaragua presidency in favor of Mena
President Adolfo Diaz will resign the presidency in favor of General Luis Mena. He will sail next week for New Orleans, yielding to hostile sentiment backed by the army, from Bluefields Nicaragua.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Adolfo Diaz
Luis Mena
New Orleans
Williams in Austin Confers on Political Ballot
Col. Sheb Williams of Paris, state executive committee chairman, met with the governor in Austin to discuss the political situation. He says nearly all candidates for the next general election have filed their names with him to be placed on the official ballot.
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Austin
Tex
Sheb Williams
Paris
Williams
Colored man hanged for attack in Brownsville
Tom Kinnon a colored man convicted of attacking Mrs. Watson a white woman in Brownsville was executed by hanging at the state penitentiary in Nashville Tennessee on January 13 19XX.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tom Kinnon
Watson
Brownsville
State
Aged magnate weds girl related to Taft in Connecticut
Elijah Marshall Allen, a 72 year old millionaire lumber merchant, marries Miss Mattie Laura Walker in Cranbury near Norwalk. The ceremony was at Choirdale Farm, officiated by Rev Louis B Howell. Guests arrived from New York. couple plans a wedding tour and will reside at the Hotel Astor. The bride hails from a Kentucky family and wore white charmeuse satin.
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South Norwalk
Conn
Elijah Marshall Allen
Mattie Laura
Walker
Allen
Taft
F.ev
Louis B. Howell
Norwalk
Choirdale Farm
Cranbury
New York
Hotel Astor
Kentucky
Florence Edwards
Brooklyn
Mildred Lum
South Wilton
Florence Williams
Many Texas Fires Were Preventable
The Texas State Insurance Board released data showing 80 percent of 4,555 fire reports on dwellings and outhouses were preventable. Of 5,221 fires on mercantile risks, 64.1 percent were preventable, with dwellings owned or rented and frame constructions listed among leading loss classes.
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Austin
Tex
State Insurance Board
Gas Fatality Averted In Springfield Mule Dealers
W. M. Wicker and W. T. Russell, mule dealers from Blair Oklahoma, were found unconscious in the Arlington hotel Springfield after Wicker released gas last night. They are in serious condition at the Frisco hospital this morning.
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Springfield
W. M. Wicker
W. T. Russell
Blair
Okla
Arlington Hotel
Wicker
Frisco
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