Lured Victims through Gazette List Seattlers Targeted
A historical scoop outlines a "Minebeard" scheme listing Seattle area women as targets. Police in Los Angeles found the victims’ names among personal effects. the note details women in Seattle and nearby Bremerton with addresses and occupations, tied to matrimonial advertisements. The piece weaves gossip with crime reporting and notes a Seattle lay of social figures and commercial ads.
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Los Angeles
Louie F. Hilton
Seattle
Death Mystery in Burned Taxi Near Bothell
Deputies from King and Snohomish counties hunted Thursday for the taxi driver Nely Red Hayes missing after a burned car was found beside the road two miles north of Bothell. Al Fawcett, Everett city attorney’s brother, reported sighting a body near the vehicle. Bothell’s 8 E Hitsman towed the car. Eight Seattle taxi murders have occurred in three years.
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King and
Snohomish
Bothell
Nely
Red
Mayor urges long term crackdown on habitual drug use
Mayor Caldwell criticized the city’s handling of the dope problem and asked Corporation Counsel Meier to back a tougher approach. He proposes routing repeat cases to the state vagrancy law, seeking up to six months in prison to deter addicts and curb the growing evil.
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Caldwell
Meier
Olympic Hardware Signs On For Fireman LaCasse Fund
A city fundraiser reports strong local support as Olympic Hardware and others pledge receipts and contributions for Fireman LaCasse’s widow and two sons. Donations from Nile Temple, Chauncey Wright Restaurants, and individuals bring the total to over 430 dollars with further expected gifts.
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Lazier
Nile Temple
LaCasse
Olympic Hardware Co
First Ave
la Canse
Hazen J. Titus
Chauncey Wright Restaurants Co
Dooley
LaCasase
Jack Sullivan
C. ©. Hart
G. A. Held
Ernest T. Reynolds
Breester
W. J. Sheehagg
Lacasse Fund
Herbert Schoenfeld
KE. Vincent
A Caldwell
A. Held
Ames T. Reynolds
F. Hressler
W. J. Sheehan
Hazen J. Titans
Dohn
Dack) Sullivan
Mart
Vdewese
Derby Fires Engine On Long Island Railroad
New York April 15 Dr Richard Derby son in law of the late President Roosevelt fired an engine on the Long Island railroad when the regular firemen struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Derby
New York
Richard Derby
President Roosevelt
Long Island
Anti Japanese League Expands Reach Across Northwest
A special committee of the Anti Japanese League moves to organize branches in outlying districts, aiming to cover Northwest cities and the Pacific coast. Committee members include Philip Tindall, W. W. Ladd, and Thomas K. R. Kinsey, with locals already in Rainier Valley and Mt. Vernon.
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Anti Japanese League
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Philip Tindall
W.W. W. Ladd
Central Labor Council
Thomas KR. Kinsey
Retail Grocers’ Association
Rainier Valley
Mt. Vernon
Ant Japanese League
Green Building
Edward Clfford
Frank W. Kannair
Bar Japs Says Senator Ed Coman
Senator Ed Coman, candidate for governor, told the Pierce County Republican Club in Tacoma that if Japan cannot enforce labor regulations the U S should curb immigration from Asia to prevent the continent from being overrun. He said the issue is not racial superiority but a different strain that should be disbarred to avoid a new racial question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kfeld
Doug Fairbanks
Mary
Owen Moore
Nevada
Pickford
Germany
Ed T. Coman
Pierce County
Republican Club
Tacoma
Five Men Die in Mine Shaft Explosion at Dawson Mine
In Dawson New Mexico a mine explosion killed five hot firemen at the Phelps-Dodge coal mine. The bodies were recovered today after the blast last night trapped the workers who believed the area was safe after prior electric shots.
Seattle Women Linked to Bluebeard Hilton List
Police in Seattle reported a list of 25 Northwest women tied to Louis A. Hilton alias Charles N Harvey and other names. Hilton, a presumed confidence man, allegedly obtained these names via a matrimonial gazette and may have wooed or deceived several women across states, including Irene Erickson, and Gertrude Wilton who disappeared after marriage.
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Seattle
Louis A. Hilton
Los Angeles
Hilton
Charles N. Harvey
Andrew, Hurrt
Watson
Murder suspect Harvey linked to multiple missing wives
Los Angeles April 15 A search of Charles Harvey alias Hilton in the county hospital uncovers a list naming 26 women as possible prey. Police trace his movement since his first marriage 15 years ago and identify at least five wives as murder victims with seven more missing.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charlies Harvey
Hilton
Harvey
Charles Newton Harvey
Shelbourne Falls
J. F. Warren
Seattle
Cline
Plum Station
Washington
Bertha Goodrich
H. L. Gordon
Watson
Outlaw Strike Leaders Arrested in Chicago
United States officials arrested 19 leaders of the outlaw railroad strike in Chicago on Lever Act charges. Deputy Marshals, acting on U S Attorney C F Clyne instructions, plan to arrest 15 more. Notable detainees include Yardmen's association president John Grunau, Elmer Bidwell, and James J Dodgson. Bail set at 10 000 pending review.
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Chicago
United States
C. F. Clyne
John Grunau
Yardmen's Association
Grunau
Lewis F. Mason
William Mason
Illinois
Mason
Clyne
Elmer Bidwell
James J. Dodgson
Palmer
Woman Fell Down Elevator Shaft at Bon Marche
A 45 year old clerk, Mrs Ravina de Bruin, fell accidentally down the elevator shaft at the Bon Marche at 12 15 p m. She was taken to Seattle General Hospital with a fractured rib and facial cuts but is expected to live. Her home is 1114 Stewart Ave.
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Ravina de Bruin
Seattle General Hospital
Stewart At
Lowden Leads Illinois Primary With 80,000 Vote Margin
Chicago April report shows Governor Frank O. Lowden's plurality exceeding 80,000 as 6,635 of 6,962 precincts reported. Lowden had 234,878 votes, Woods 159,624, and Hiram Johnson 46,181, with all but 227 precincts tallied.
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Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
Lowden
Woods
Hiram Johnson
Two Kaiserites Are Captured in Germany
Berlin reported that Major General Von Luectwitz and Major Bischoff were arrested for attempting to foment a new revolt. The men were found hiding on an estate in Prussia. Dr. Gessler warned of a possible monarchist coup and urged union against the pro coup forces.
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Paris
A_ news
Berlin
von Luectwitz
Bischoff
Germany
Prussia
Gessler
Rechistag
Pomerania
Iron Division
Marine Brigade
von Kapp
Muenster
Depew Proposes Middle Class Union to Ease Industry
Chauncey M. Depew advocates a new union of middle class men and women in New York to address industrial difficulties and promote social cohesion.
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Nion
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Caillaux Trial Enters Final Phase in Paris
In Paris on April 15, the Caillaux trial resumed with prosecutors ready to complete final summing up of evidence. Defense lawyers were prepared to begin their final arguments once the prosecution finished.
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Paris
Joseph Caillaux
France
Hotel project tops 200000 in subscriptions
Subscriptions toward a new hotel fund exceed two hundred thousand dollars with donors including N H Latimer of Dexter Horton Bank and Seattle Hotel News. A J Rhodes chairs the initial Chamber of Commerce committee and a city wide drive will form to push the campaign with a planned large meeting of business leaders.
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N. H. Latimer
Dexter Horton Bank
The
Automobile Club
Spencer BE
Anderson
Universal Savings and Loan Association
Seattle Hotel News
A. J. Rhodes
Chamber of Commerce Hotel Committee
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Poison Whisky Bootlegging Report Near North Bend
Four sheriff’s office deputies raced to North Bend and Snoqualmie after reports of illness from poisoned whisky. Deputy Mike Willard alerted Sheriff Stringer as Chief Deputy Frank Brewer and Deputies Stewart Campbell and N L Loveall followed to the scene.
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North Bend
Stringer
Mike Willard
Snoqualmie
Frank Brewer
Stewart Campbell
N. L. Loveall
Elopement From Chicago To Goshen
Chicago pair Frederick W. Seymour aged 81 and Marie Webber aged 70 slipped away to Goshen Indiana for a secret elopement yesterday.
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Goshen
Chicago
Frederick W. Seymour
Marie Webber
Ind
Three aliens escape from detention cell in U.S. imm detention
Three detainees at a U S immigration station escape before the Wednesday count. Manuele Cardinals an Italian Saul King 20 English Jew Ernest Watson 18 Scotch all held for deportation. The escape may have occurred under a table in the dining room then through a kitchen door. Cardinals had been sent to McNeil's Island in 1918 and released in 1927. King and Watson faced deportation to Canada. Descriptions were distributed Thursday as an inquiry continues.
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United States
Imm
Feet of St
Manuele Cardinals
Saul King
Ernest Watson
Cook
Cardinals
McNeil’s Island
California
Aud
King
Watson
Canada
Uate
Sioner White
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Dana Sleeth
Heaveng
Wong and Mary
Chas
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie
Lea
Charles
Prince of Wales
San Diego
Chaplin
Mat Hile
May Warren
Frances Smith
Woring
M. F. Gravis
San Telmo
A. F. Schramm
Bremerton
J. Ellow
A. DE Coursey
East Union
Lakena Swanson
Barrington
Anna O'Kerfe
Wilson's Business College
Grace Gay
Frieda Crowner
Evalina Moser
Kuskegon Heights
Mich
Stuart Moon
Moon
Bothell Road
Dopes
Mayor
Hazen Titus
Sheehan
Standard Furniture Co
Star
ED Coman
Star Today
Misa Evelina Moser
10Th Ave
N. EB
James Donaldson
Manwon
Wash
Mise Zoe Eaton
Met
Ernest Edwards
Edwards
Alaska
Tennant
Maebeard
Gertrude Wilton
Alberta
J. P. Watson
Hoods Canal
Mre. Watson
Hitton
Oliver T. Erickson
Mias
Irene Erickson
Alameda County Hospital
San Leandro
W. L. Lewis
Erickson
Alameda Hospital
Mise Erickson
Warren
Bluebeard Case
Caillaux
Rhodes
Boston
Tae Sane
Cee Eermeerenses
Oeeschger Saat Toney
McCarty
Gonzales
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Aenea
Smith, Causey
Marquard
Mamaux
Krueger
Ton
Johnson
Zachary
Snyder
Ney
Garrity
Russell
Walters
Nat
Quinn
Ruel
Noor
Neiner
Kinney
Walker
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