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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1921
Page
1
Fragmentary local text notes a woman linked to a baby probe facing manslaughter charges. It references various chaotic snippets about weather, newspapers, and unrelated items, but the core event is the investigation involving the woman. Further readable details are unavailable in the provided fragment.
Mrs Homer G Osborn 68 buxom young woman of 14 was charged with manslaughter in superior court for the death of Baby Lucy entrusted to her care The state alleges blows caused the infant brain injury Deputy Prosecutor John D Carmody filed the charge after coroner Dr Wille H Carson ruled death from head injuries Page 4 Column 5 continued.
A collage of wry verse and clippings notes curiosities from midcentury life. It mentions a two tailed lizard in California, Charlie Chaplin potentially being knighted, cow feeding experiments at Washington State, Solomon’s wives, shifting US family sizes, baseball trivia, and vintage ads and cartoons.
Dolly Johnson is charged with forging a power of attorney attributed to Kate B. Mahoney, widow of James E. Mahoney, granting control of Mahoney property. A second grand larceny count accuses Johnson of defrauding Dora H. Clark of $150 by claiming a business contract with Atkinson for repairs. The alleged crimes followed the discovery of Mahoney’s trunk.
Lee Johnston counsel for James F. Mahoney the condemned wife killer, searches for witnesses to offer new evidence for a possible new trial. The affidavits must be filed in superior court Saturday. Mahoney’s motion will be argued Friday after a defense state agreement. Funeral services for Kate Mahoney are set for Thursday with services by Rev. E. H. Hicks.
James W. L. Perry, 49, a lineman for Puget Bound Light and Power Co., fell 65 feet from a light pole near Orilia on Tuesday. He died 30 minutes later at Renton hospital. He wore a safety belt that had been torn and sewed together.
Mrs Elizabeth K. Daniels discovered her husband Fred W. Daniels 82 dead in an armchair when she returned home Tuesday afternoon with a birthday present she had just bought. Police were notified and preliminary reports indicate natural causes.
Sheriff Matt Starwich moved a cot back into the death cell to comfort James B. Mahoney, delaying potential suicide risk while Mahoney fights life in the supreme court. The cot is plain and rope free to prevent self harm.
A citywide drive from November 12 to 9 was planned to raise 750000 for Seattle charitable groups. The effort unites budgets of all institutions, lets donors influence spending, reduces fundraising costs, and ends constant drives with one annual campaign led by 3000 volunteers.
An unconfirmed wireless report from Riga claims a Bolshevik army captured Vladivostok, the first hint of eastern theatre fighting. Experts doubt the claim as Russia wireless rumors often lack verification.
Louis Crow a Waco laundryman died in Waco from wounds suffered during the sheriff's raid on Ku Klux sympathizers who tried to stop the Lorena parade Saturday night. The nationwide crowd estimated between two and eight thousand attended.
Parents of university students plan a meeting in Meany Hall on Thursday October 13 at 8 p m to protest rising fees. A student committee on assemblies says actions may follow but no administration move to reduce costs has been announced.
A council faction seeks to oust D W Henderson, superintendent of the municipal railway, in a bid tied to Mayor Caldwell’s earlier firing of Thomas F Murphine. The agitation, framed as a push for an Eastern expert to manage the 5 cent fare system, is viewed as retaliation against Caldwell.
Sixty disabled soldiers from Seattle Watchmaking School form the Seattle Recreation club will attend the Robin Hood cast at the Metropolitan theatre. The Colonial and Winter Garden offer open doors to club members, with free admission on Wilkes nights. In Chicago, nine shots injure Joseph Marino in a body ambush amid political feuding.
Health Commissioner H. M. Read warned that Green Lake has become a stagnant pond contaminated by algae and infection. The park board said it planned to divert additional fresh water springs into the lake to restore health and permit bathing once more.
Seattle editors were to appear before Mayor Caldwell's special committee on unemployment this afternoon. The committee works to gather data on the number of unemployed in the city and to find ways to secure work for the jobless.
W. H. Smyth of Seattle and a woman companion are under arrest in Portland on Wednesday as customs hold their Studebaker and 20 cases of liquor they allegedly tried to smuggle into the city. Smyth gave address as a Second Ave hotel.
A complaint charging Tom Furida with keeping intoxicating liquor for sale at the New Avon hotel was filed on Wednesday.
The New York Yankees defeated the New York Giants 8 to 0 at Polo Grounds. Babe Ruth drove in the first run, Bob Meusel later stole three bases and Frank Frisch led the Giants with four of their five safeties. Carl Mays pitched shutout ball for New York as 25,000 fans watched.
A two and a half story frame house at 924 30th Ave N owned by Dr. J. W. Mitchell was partly destroyed by fire reported at 6 80 a m on Wednesday. Fire investigators blamed spontaneous combustion from paint fumes and debris as decorators worked on the home. The property was valued at 7000 with 4000 insured.
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