Vice Crime and Prostitution Bared by County Grand Jury
Foreman Joe Flory and jurors indict gambling and vice on Main avenue and near the Carnegie library while criticizing sheriff and constable offices for lax raids. They urge permanent closures, call for better enforcement, and note indictments against liquor law violators amid ongoing public reform efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Avenue
Carnegie Library
Vice
Trainer
Bexar County
Grand Jury
Petit Jury
Petit Juries
Joe Flory
Mike Geegan
A. J. Castanola
R. J. Garza
Fd. Weltens
G. Schoher
Alfred Duerler
Cornelius O'Neill
Herman Ave
William L. Herff
F. Gianotti
Otto Meerscheidt
League Will Not Bid For Animals At Zoo
The Young Men's Business league will not bid for the San Pedro park zoo animals and may not purchase them. Albert Steves Jr., league president, says the club gave up the object to avoid a white elephant. If bought, an Alderman Wickeland ordinance to charge admission could pass and no revenue would fund care for the animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Business League
San Pedro Park
Albert Steves Jr
All-derman Wickeland
Beattie Appeal Filed Against Death Sentence
Attorneys for Henry C. Beattie Jr. condemned to die for the murder of his wife filed a petition for a writ of error with Judge Keith of Virginia's Supreme Court of Appeals. The court is set to meet Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Henry C. Beattie Jr
Keith
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Sudden Illness in Vermilya Case Shocks Chicago
Mrs. Louise Vermilya, accused of poisoning Arthur Bissonette, fell violently ill at 415 East Twenty-ninth Street. Doctors diagnose arsenical poisoning after a pepper box containing rat poison was used on an egg. Authorities struggle to release details while exhumations and new clues unfold in a case stirring criminology interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Louise Vermilya
Arthur Bissonette
East Twenty-ninth Street
Vermilya
van Arsdale
Arthur Bissenette
Charters Granted in Texas Listings
SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT Austin Texas November 4 charter events include Athens Pottery company in Henderson county with 100000 capital stock and three incorporators P E Miller J C Hogue and J E Miller Markham Oil company in Houston capital stock 10000 with T P Lee A M Donoghue and Robert A John Mammoth Racer company in Dallas capital stock 20000 incorporators Lynch Welcher John H Keenan and Amy C Wheeler Southland Lumber company in Beaumont capital stock 10000 incorporators Benjamin B Woodhead J F Keith and D Woodhead Moore Oil company in Beaumont capital stock 9000 incorporators J B Moore T A Moore and C M Carroll Matthews Brothers of Waxahachie amended to place business in Dallas Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers association of San Antonio no capital stock incorporators B L Crouch Charles Schreiner G T Pryor and Maj George W Littlefield San Antonio Loan and Trust company amended to limit purposes to fiduciary and depository business dissolution certificate filed for Mineral Wells and Lakewood Park Street Railway company in Mineral Wells.
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Austin
Tex
Athens Pottery Company of
Athens
Henderson County
Capital Stock
P. E. Miller
J. C. Hogue
J. E. Miller
Markham Oil Company
Houston
T. P. Lee
A. M. Donoghue
Robert A. John
the Mammoth Racer Company
Dallas
Lynch Welcher
John H. Keenan
Amy C. Wheeler
Southland Lumber Company
Beaumont
Benjamin 8. Woodhead
J. F. Keith
D. Woodhead
Moore Oil Company
J. B. Moore
T. A. Moore
C. M. Carroll
Matthews Brothers
Waxahachie
Dalas
Mineral Wells & Lakewood Park Street Railway Company
Mineral Wells
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association of
Obituary Notices From Heber Springs and Boerne
Lily Pierce 22 of Heber Springs Ark died yesterday afternoon in her Commerce Street apartment. Her brother Bland Pierce accompanied the body to burial by Shelly-Loring. James H. Sweeney died in Boerne Texas November 1 and was buried November 2 as a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Alamo division 756. He is survived by three sisters and a brother.
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Pierce
Lily Pierce
Heber Springs
Ark
Commerce Street
Bland Pierce
Shelly-Loring Company
Mr. Pierce
Boerne
James H. Sweeney
Tex
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Alamo Division
Fowler Will Filed In Probate For Estate Of Nellie Fowler
Nellie Fowler died several days ago and left an estate valued about 35000 mainly real estate. J H Fowler seeks probate and the San Antonio Loan and Trust Co seeks guardianship of two minor children. He receives 10000 cash as executor without bond. The remaining 32000 passes to Warl Y Harpole and Thomas M Harpole in trust until age thirty. Catarrh treatment claims follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Fowler
J. H. Fowler
San Antonio Loan and Trust Company
Warl Y
Thomas M. Harpole
John Sherman
Houston
Jurors Consider Health Excuse in Mara Me m vain Trial
A committee of eleven jurors asked Judge Bordwell to excuse Seaborn Manning due to a lung ailment affecting day and night. Other jurors F Green Byron Lisk and two others may face peremptory challenges as the Me mara murder case proceeds with Manning possibly retained. Thomas Sidney McDowell, General Electric executive, was in San Antonio en route to Mexico for a wedding.
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Derm Rosner
Los Angeles
Cal
James B. Memara
Los Ageles Times
Walter Bordwell
Seaborn H. Manning
Mon Bordwell
Manning
Cording
Green
Byron Lisk
Robert F. George W. McKee
Walter N. Ton
F. D. Green
Thomas Sidney McDowell
General Tric Company
Mexico City
San Antoni
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Sheriff's Department
Canetable
Gam
San Pedro Zoo
Steves
Beattie
International Fair Association
San Antonio
Bryan Callaghan
P. H. Shook
John J. Stevens
Frederick Terrell
J. L. Camp
Edward Dwyer
Arthur W., Seeligson
Claude Con
San Antonio Clearing House
Homer Jones
Buttles
Arthur Bissonnette
Hoffman
Bissonette
Richard Smith
Mrs. Vermilya
Dorothy Smith
Roy Hessler
Smith
Hessler
Fowler
Wallace Brother
RTH Side
Main Plaza
Balcock
Bably
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