Prosecution Hears Prominent Officials in McClintock Will Case
The hearing on the McClintock estate contest continued as prosecutors questioned Sheriff Peter Hoffman and others about a plot involving a $100,000 incentive and efforts to implicate Shepherd. Miss Isabelle Pope, recently moved to Los Angeles and tied to the will, awaits a marriage license and may become a principal witness for the state.
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Sherif
Peter. Hoffman
Crowe
Officisl
Shepherd
Faims
Etta Hauer
Otel Cashier
Woof
McClintock
Isabelle Pope
T ‘New
Los Angeles
Mel Chintock
Miss Pope
Torch men foiled ins. a robbery continues page one
Report details a bank robbery attempt where intruders pried open an inner vault door and burned the safe, removing the knob before abandoning the center of the safe. They forced the night watchman to guide them into the building after arriving by car and entering through a front window.
San Antonio Judge Named to Heart Association Panel
Judge BR. J. Boyle of San Antonio has been appointed to the American Heart Association educational and publicity committee. He is a prominent member of the local Heart Association, and the announcement was made Thursday by Miss Dorothy Morris, secretary.
Judge to discuss Leopold Loeb case at chamber of commerce
Judge H E Wilson will address the Academy of Arts and Science on the Leopold Loeb case. A round table discussion on the Passing of the Old Time Home and Wholesome Amusements follows an address in the chamber of commerce auditorium Thursday evening.
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H. E. Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Daudge Wilson
Academy of Arts and Science
Loeb and
Leopold
Famous Gunman Joins 35 Victims in Death
Phoenix March 18 Death last night closed the career of Charles Doeska a famed gunman of the Southwest whose early days framed a record of violence. Friends say he admitted the killing of 35 men and horses he slew in cattle and sheep country. He crossed the plains to California with his parents in 1846 and became part of the frontier era.
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Phoents
Charles Doeska
Southwest
Doeska
California
Fonts
Arizona
Doesha
Plains
Slerd
Aria
Tyce
Fire Destroys Palm Beach Hotels and Shops
Fire swept the Breakers and Palm Beach Hotels in the early morning, destroying shops and cottages and threatening the city section. Thousands were made homeless, 23 people were arrested for looting, and losses were estimated at about 1 million for the Breakers and 250,000 for the Palm Beach Hotel. Cause under investigation with theories including a cigarette, plumbers torch, or an electrical appliance.
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Breakers
Palm Beach
West Pim Beach
Svethiingentore
H. E. Bemis
East Coast ‘Hotel Company
Brrasers
Hoatelry
Diggs Children Escape Fire After Being Left Behind
A house fire in which three Diggs children and the infant daughter of Henry Santeton were left at the door led neighbors to rush in. They rescued 6 year old Madge Diggs from the blaze as the building and several outbuildings were destroyed. Local residents report tempo and distress as the phonograph played during the alarm.
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Diggs
Henry
Santeton
Ram
Madge” Diggs
Sanleben
Bexar Attorneys- Too Busy To Take Installment Pay
In Bexar County the dollar-down and dollar-a-month plan for paying attorneys in criminal cases was abandoned. Leonard Browns disclosed that a man asked him to defend him with cash deposits and monthly payments. Brown refused, noting cases were being set for trial and they are not accepting installment payments.
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BEXAR
Bexar County
Leonard
Browns
Hil
Mn Brown
Delegates Named to Alabama Convention Delegates and Alternates Named
Delegates and alternates to the District Giana Lodge No. 7 convention of the Independent Order of B nai B rith were announced on April 27. The list includes Mortis Block and Joe Ru among the named delegates for Lodge No. 214.
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Giana ‘Lodge
A Andependant
Order of
B'nai Sai
Mortis
Block
Joe Ru
Ferocious Cat Attacks Poodle in Wild House Battle
Fragmentary report describes a ferocious cat attacking a poodle in a domestic setting. The article mentions shots fired as residents tried to intervene, with unclear sequence and no clear charges or outcomes confirmed.
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Poodle
Special Legislature Session Unlikely Reported
Austin dispatch notes in March that a special legislature session is unlikely. Fragmentary text references the political atmosphere and status of legislative plans. The brief item hints at timing considerations without detailing outcomes or participants.
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Chicago
Leopold-Loeb
PLE Hotels
San Antonio Morris Plan Company
West Commerce Street
BOOTH
STEAM
Alabama
Vick
Austin
Kuppenheimer
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