Hart Governor Frees Noted Convicts From Walla Walla Prison
Governor Louis F. Hart authoritarian act frees numerous hardened criminals from the state prison at Walla Walla including forgers burglars and habitual offenders. Police report shock at seeing formerly jailed men and women on the streets as unemployment rises. The move follows the Stagg pardon controversy and prompts scrutiny of sentencing and parole practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis F. Hart
George T. Stagg
Walla Walla
Three Holdups Rob Ten in Milwaukee Rail Yard
Three men robbed ten harvest travelers in the Milwaukee railroad yards at Renton early Saturday. The bandits snatched money and valuables as deputies watched from 100 yards away with shotguns. Victims, returning home aboard a box car, reported the heist and the getaway. The pursued trio escaped before deputies could intervene.
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Milwaukee
Renton
Stewart Campbell
George Bundy
Campbell
Bundy
Shrine race entrant Martha J White leads Pioneer Mason's daughter pageant
Martha J White, daughter of the late Judge William H White, tops a Shrine circus contest aboard a two day event at the Arena. Emma Swartzbaugh leads the baby contest with Farris Lorraine Sindars second. In Britannia British Columbia a cloudburst floods mines and town, drowning estimates run 10 to 20 while Port Coquitlam and area flood waters halt C P R trains for days.
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Ieee
Nile’ Temble
Shrine
Arena
Martha’j. White
Washington
William He White
War Horse
Bill
St. John’s Lodge
Seattle
Emma Swartzbaugh i
Martha J. White
Florence Kubey
Farris Lorraine Sindars
Billie _Loventhal
Billie Clark
Vancouver
B. C
Britannia
British Columbia
Port Coquitlam
Pule
Myrtle Hotel
P Shop
Coquitlam
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National
Fragmented Seattle notes mix civic budget and beer debate
A garbled page shows Seattle city issues with the electricity plant, a Japan budget figure of 800 million, and factions arguing over beer in city hall. Included are stray dramatist lines and personal letters, plus scattered social notes and dispatch blurbs.
Reynolds and Mahoney figure in overlapping criminal saga
The report ties Valentine Reynolds's 1803 Wellington killing and subsequent parole to later events. It notes parole violations, a New Westminster life term, a return to prison, and a short county jail sentence. It also links ex convict James K. Mahoney, his bride murder, and a Spokane robbery term with Governor Hart parole.
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Valentine Reynolds
W. McNally
Wellington
Walla Walla
van Horst
New Westminster
British Columbia
Reynolds
Walla
William Sears
New Baker Hotel
First Ave
James K. Mahoney
Sears
New Baker
Mahoney
Dolores Johnson
Liberty
James Mahoney
Spokane
Mia
Hart
Paroled Negro Bandit Robert Evans Linked to Seattle Robbery
Paroled inmate Robert Evans, a Black man from Seattle, was sent to Monro e reformatory in 1920 after a one to 15 year sentence. Six weeks later three Black bandits including Evans were arrested for a Lake Washington boulevard jewelry theft. Evans and fellow suspects were sent to the penitentiary on October 8 for 12 to 20 years.
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Robert Evans
Reformatory
Monroe
Seattle
Hart
Evans
Lake Washington Boulevard
Byana
Irving record shows repeated sentences in early 1900s
The record of Irving lists multiple prison terms from 1905 to 1911. He served two years for theft in San Antonio, one year in Huntsville after an Mt. Pleasant arrest, a four year term for another crime, and later one to 15 years in Monroe reformatory plus a one to 10 year sentence for false impersonation at Walla Walla.
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Irving
Huntsville
Texas
San Antonio
Mt. Pleasant
Port Orchard
Wash
Monroe Reformatory
Walla Walla
Prisoner Returns to Crime in Seattle Burglary Case
In 1918 he was feloniously in Seattle, where a burglary led to capture and prison time of one to 15 years. In March two men, Sam Penny and Elmer Irving, faced forgery charges. Penny got three to 15 years in Walla Walla while Irving claimed parole by the governor and was later reported serving at Multnomah county stockade near Portland.
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Seattle
Sam Penny
Elmer Irving
Irving
Penny
Walla Walla
Multnomah County
Kelly Butte
Portland
Ore
Safe cracker Jack King sentenced under habitual criminal law
Jack King the first man sentenced to life under the habitual criminal law in this state was sent to Walla Walla in 1907 and remains there until death. He was paroled by the governor a year and a half ago and has been arrested repeatedly with other ex convicts for burglary and safe cracking. William Doake and Louis Sternagle, both ex convicts, were involved in parole violations and arrests for similar crimes. Sternagle escaped from jail in Sphrata after arrest and is wanted in four counties for burglary and safe-cracking.
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Jack King
Walla
Bellingham
William Doake
Louis Sternegis
Com
Pany
Sixth Ave
King St
Doake
Lower
Sternagle
Fourtermer
Sphrata
Governor Vetoes Pardon for Stagg Despite Board’s Favor
George T. Stagg remains imprisoned for contempt of court labeled kid naping by supporters while Governor Hart upholds the sentence. If Hart were absent and Lieut. Gov. Coyle acted, Stagg might serve the sentence in Walla Walla, as criminals exit the penitentiary with gubernatorial sanction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Stagg
Hart
Stagg
W. J. Coyle
Walla Walla
Infant Heir Is Jostled Out of Auto
In Albany Oregon Mr and Mrs J E Soliman of Tacoma Washington returned to a city garage to find their four year old son missing from the rear seat. A stranger then appeared with the child in his arms stating the boy had been thrown from the car when it hit a low concrete traffic semaphore two blocks away. The child was uninjured.
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Albany
Ore
J. E. Soliman
Tacoma
Wash
Sunday School Teacher Slain in Ohio Mystery
Authorities in Portsmouth Ohio probe a double murder tied to clandestine affairs involving 19 year old Sunday school teacher Mise Louise Doyle and church organist John W. Newman 26 father of three. They were found shot dead in an abandoned house with no sign of a struggle or valuables taken and a jealous rival theory guiding the investigation.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Mise Louise Doyle
John W. Newman
Here
Newman
Mike Doyle
Miles
Doyle
Houne
Mixx Doyle
New Postal Robber Threat Prompts Widespread Warning
New York postal workers were alerted to possible further holdups after an anonymous warning. The letter, signed by "the big four," claimed a forthcoming raid in Philadelphia and inflated the New York loot to five million dollars versus the official estimate of one and a half million.
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New York
Lower Broadway
Morgan
Philadelphia
Admiral Rescues 3 From San Pedro Harbor Collision
Three people narrowly escaped drowning when a submarine chaser rammed a ferry boat between shore and warships in San Pedro outer harbor. Admiral Eberle and staff members in his barge rescued the men from the water and landed them at the submarine base. A naval tug towed the overturned ferry to safety.
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San Pedro
Cal
E. W. Eberle
Sen
Brumfield to Be Sentenced Monday in Russell Murder
Roseburg Oregon reports Dr. Richard M. Brumfield will be sentenced Monday for the Dennis Russell murder. Brumfield is recovering from a suicide attempt by slashing his neck in the jail as officials say.
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Roseburg
Ore
Richard M. Brumfield
Dennis Russell
Brumfield
Real beer can be sold to druggists under permit rules
The treasury department ruled that brewers with stock of real beer may sell it to druggists who hold permits under the medicinal beer regulations. The decision confirms brewers have the right to dispose of large on hand supplies now.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Nonpartisans Losing in North Dakota Governor Race
Fargo report shows Nestos 84,640 and Frazier 59,804 with 1,092 precincts counted in North Dakota recall. With far fewer than 60,000 votes outstanding, substantial nonpartisan gains would be required for Frazier to win as returns from nonpartisan districts lag in showing needed percentage.
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Fargo
North Dakota
Nestos
Frazier
Four Executed for Mexican Plot In Lower California
Four secret executions occurred at the Mexicani garrison within the last 36 hours, according to well authenticated rumors. The soldiers were court martialed for spreading Canta propaganda, with Canta deposed earlier as governor of Lower California.
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Mexicali
Lower California
Canta
Lowernia
Woman Burned in Fall on Stove
TACOMA Oct 20 Mrs Etta Hard 73 was in a hospital today in critical condition after a fall onto a hot electric range while cooking. Her clothing ignited causing burns to her head arms and body.
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Tacoma
Etta Hard
Matson Arrested After Beer and Trew Found at Home
A resident identified as Matson on 1825 Terry Avenue was arrested Friday night by the dry squad after officers uncovered 400 quarts of beer and 30 gallons of trew in the residence.
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A Matson
Terry Ave
Thank You We Have Enough Autos Aid For Orphans
The Star reports a swift response to a request for automobiles to escort orphans to a Mary Pickford film at the Coliseum. Within about an hour, donations included cars from West Side Ford Agency Nyberg Pacific Repair Co. Johnson Taxicab Co. Lexington Automobile Co. Weisfield Goldberg Jewelers Pioneer Auto Co. and Western Grocery Co among others. Children come from Ryther home Washington Children's home and Daddy Draper’s home in Des Moines.
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Seattle
Star
Little Orphan Kiddies
Mary Pickford
Lord Fauntleroy
Coliseum
West Side Ford Agency
James Johnson
Johnson Taxicab Co
C. Wiley
Sixth Ave
Lexington Automobile Co
Glen McLeod
McLeod
Weisfield & Goldberg
W. M. MecCaull
W. Southern
Mr. Wilson
Pioneer Auto Co
W. C. Partridge
Western Grocery Co
Ryther
Washington
Daddy Draper
Des Moines
Seattle Households Face Price Shakeup in Power Rates
Northwest Electric of Portland seeks state approval to cut Vancouver and Camas housewives electricity from 5 to 3 cents per kilowatt hour. Seattle public utilities charge 6 cents for residential use. If the state board approves 3 cents as reasonable, Vancouver and Camas households would pay half Seattle rates. The Seattle council weighs cutting industrial rates by 30 percent, which would still leave factory power cheaper than home use.
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Northwest Electric Company of
Portland
Ore
Washington State Board of Public Works
Bémuameteet
Vancouver
Wash
Camas
Seattle
State Board of Public Works
Board of Public Works
City Utilities Committee
Florida Recovers From Big Storm Wreck
Florida newspapers report recovery underway after a tropical hurricane battered the state last Tuesday and Wednesday. Early figures estimate total losses near four million dollars with seven confirmed deaths.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
Pauper Plea Filed in Mahoney Murder Case
Mahoney and his counsel filed a pauper petition in superior court asking that original newspaper records of the murder trial be furnished to the supreme court clerk. Prosecutor Douglas said the records would be supplied. An extension from November 18 to January 10, 1922 to file statements was requested, as Mahoney awaits supreme court judgment in February on his appeal after a January 6 death sentence.
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Mahoney
James F. Mahoney
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Malcolm Douglas
Douglas
Allies Threaten Little Entente Over Hungary War
Paris dispatch reports allied ambassadors plan a note to the Little Entente warning their nations to halt warlike preparations against Hungary. They also will decide on the fate of former Emperor Karl and his wife Sita. Karl, after failing to regain the throne, is held prisoner as the Little Entente pressures Hungary to surrender him.
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Paris
Little Entente
Hungary
Karl
Sita
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Pioneer Mason
Home Brew
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Mrs. Anon
Mr. Anon
Yesteryear
Boldt
Chauncey Wright
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Holyoke High School
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