Murder and Trial Tangles at York Assizes Report
In a dramatic York Assizes scene Richard Parker faces murder charges linked to the Bellingham case. Mary Lockwood’s testimony and the obstinate Jack Meadows key to the evidence, while Foster and Parker confront a web of treachery, remorse, and a defendant’s fate under the gaze of the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Richard Parker
Inghar
Yorkshire
Foster
Aabba
Mary
Jack
Meadows
Parker
Hide Meadows
Richard—Parker
Bellingham
Mary S. Heart
Castle of
Privine
Murdérer-Klled Suicide Report Near Ravenna Neb
Hazard of Ravenna a Burlington railroad man awoke at 5:30 and found his wife missing. Tracks her steps to the Loup river mill dam where a shawl lay. she drowned herself, body found about fifty feet below. Cause soberness attributed to nervous trouble. age fifty one.
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Mus
A. L. Hazard
Ravenna
Neb
Loup
Hazard
Burlington
Mill
Suicide by railroad in Wilmot Kansas detailed
A man about 40 named Edward D McCoy apparently killed himself by lying on Frisco track in Wilmot Kansas allowing a freight train to pass. Coroner Holcomb labeled the death suicide after body found with hat coat near the rail, a note and an employment card in a pocket. The man stood six feet tall and weighed about 160 pounds with blue eyes and reddish mustache.
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Edward D. McCoy
Wilmot
Kan
Frisco
Holcomb
Boole
Employment Bureau
J. Dignan
Christ
Dead robber identified in Strawberry gulch shooting
Deputy Sheriff Patterson of Lead South Dakota identified the dead robber as Jerry Kelly after he had robbed Ed Wood in Galena. A Cripple Creek labor union card found on the man was unsigned and undated. The body remains in undertaking rooms for identification while a third man who escaped is at large. Patterson is exonerated for the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawberry Gulch
Sherif Patterson
Lead
S D
Ed Wood
Galena
Jerry Kelly
Cripple Creek Labor Union
Patterson
Newspaper editor Francis Iveaugh shot by anarchist at large
Francis Iveaugh an editorial writer for a New York afternoon paper was shot by Alexander Horr a bookbinder and printer Horr was taken to hospital for identification Iveaugh described Horr as a man who shot him and an anarchist while the coroner investigated the incident.
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Francis Iveaugh
New York
Alexander Horr
Bellevue ‘Hospital
Horr
Iveaugh
Fifth Avenue Hotel in Ford City Destroyed by Fire
A December 12 blaze engulfed the Fifth Avenue hotel in Ford City Pennsylvania. One man named Dumont is missing and several employees and guests were injured by jumping from the second and third floors. The charred remains of Dumont were found among the ruins. all other injured are expected to recover.
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Fifth Avenue
Ford City
Dumont
Juater
Kiowa Kiowa and Apache lands case filed in district court
A petition to enjoin the Secretary from disbursing 2,000,000 in the treasury for Kiowa Comanche and Apache lands was filed in district court. Petitioners include Delos Lone Wolf and other Kiowa tribe members seeking to halt the disbursement.
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Washington
Congress
District Supreme Court
Delos
Lone
Wolf
Girl acquitted in Creede patricide case
Fifteen year old Gertrude Simpson of Creede Colorado was acquitted after a trial for shooting and killing her father Dr A N Simpson. Coroner Hiner filed notes indicate the incident occurred on November 3 and the case proceeded to trial with an eventual acquittal.
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Gertrude
Simpson
Creede
A. N. "Simpson
Hineralounty
Webb City footrace swindle exposed at Fort Scott case
An Iowa stocksman exposed a daring October swindle in Fort Scott tied to Webb City racing schemes. Buck Toot posed as a stakeholder and induced him to lend thousands in drafts, with J B Stewart and banker trust aiding the ruse. The victim returned home "busted" as payment on drafts is resisted and suit awaits.
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Webb City
Fort Scott
Sander
Uyion
Stewart
Buck Foot
Won't Tell His Secret Process For Extracting Gold
Prof. Lucie S. Blake of Lawrence Kansas has discovered a new method to extract gold from ore and has granted rights to a Topeka headed company led by C S Gleed. Directors include New York capitalists. the firm will test the process in Sonora Mexico promising cheaper ore refinement.
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Lucie S. Blake
Lawrence, Kas
C. S. Gleed
Topeka
New York
Blake
Sonora
Mex
Prof
Young Farmer Mell Myers Ends Life in Smith County Kansas
Mell Myers a young farmer in northeast Smith County Kansas died by his own action on December 10 after borrowing a neighbor Charles Bowers shot from a shotgun they were using to hunt rabbits. Myers killed himself shortly after sending Bowers around a bluff.
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Mell Myers
Smith County
Kas
Charles Bowers
Caiming
Bowers
Meyers
Myers
Outlaw Sol Temple Reported Captured In Dallas Deception
Sheriff Swedenburg of Salina Kansas says a forged message from Dallas chief of police Sterling Price claimed outlaw Sol Temple was captured in Dallas. Temple, wanted in Kansas and Oklahoma for highway robbery and horse stealing, escaped Pond Creek jail October 15 by locking up the jailer Rev Hatfield. Warrants also exist in McPherson Kansas Guthrie and Woodard Oklahoma. Temple escaped McPherson jail April 22 1899.
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Sol
Temple
Swedenburg
Salina
Kas
Sterling Price
Dallas
Tex
Kansas
Oklahoma
Pond Creek
Hatfield
McPherson, Kas
Guthrie and Woodard, Ok
Veteran Soldier Found Dead Near Leavenworth Missouri River
An elderly veteran from Soldiers Home Leavenworth was found floating in an eddy of the Missouri River near Quin-daro Kansas beside the waterworks. He wore home uniform and is identified as No 962 Patrick Dugrue of Company I Eighteenth Iowa. He had been missing since last Saturday and officials know little of his past. A separate dispatch from Paris Tennessee reports Coleman Mitchum, a Black teacher, fatally wounded his wife and set fire to their house before a confrontation with City Marshal Mills left Mills killed and Mitchum dead by a gunshot to the neck.
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Missouri River
Kansas
Quindaro
Kas
Leavenworth
Patrick
Dugrue
Eighteenth
Iowa Infantry
Paris
Tenn
Coleman Mitchum
Marshal Mills
Mills
Engineer Dies in Steam Wreck Near Pittsburg Kansas
Kansas City Southern engineer James Boden was killed when his engine derailed near Pittsburg Kansas. He was caught in the cab and cooked to death by escaping steam. His fireman Van Pelt was badly burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Boden
Kansas City Southern
Pittsburg
Kas
Wit van
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Ace
Pat
Ker
Thessenger
Anneros
Billy
Miandlin
Parker and Koster
Mary Lockwood
Heather-bell Inn
Star and Gartér
Kirkstall
John
Idh
Stephen
Takas
Pris- P
Shim
Mary, iEookyood
Pia
Ottober
Mary ‘Lockwood
Jack ‘Meadows
Jetrard
Gaifer
Jacky
Gapane
Heatherhell
Sai Jo
Loup River
Saic
Winstela
Webb City Gang
Iowa
Prof. Drake
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