Kidnap case arrest kept without charge sparks protest
John King, held in Seattle city jail for three months with no formal charge, denies involvement in the Baker kidnapping. Police claim to seek a confession, while critics cite due process violations and unlawful detention. Fellow detainees report coercive interrogation and hunger tactics to force statements.
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John King
United States
Seattle
King
Baker
Washington
Baatle
Delaney
Interbay
Star
Hubbard
Freeman
Clyde Brownfield
Superior Court
Brownfield
Henry Christener
Roosevelt Buys Time In Library With Correspondence
President Roosevelt spends a rainy afternoon in the White House library attending to letters and receives no visitors. He believes, based on San Francisco reports, that the Russian cruiser Lena will be forced into drydock and likely dismantled.
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Ran Francisco
The
London Dispatch
Korea
San Francisco
Vladivostok
Pacific Porta
Pacific Mail Line
Japanese Porta
Russian East Asiatic Steamship Company
Goodrich
Lena
Roosevelt
Boy Burned To Death In Fire At Mattress Plant
SAN FRANCISCO September 14 Geo. Hotz a 17 year old boy was burned to death in a fire that destroyed the mattress and bedspring factory of John P Cleefe yesterday afternoon.
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San Francisco
Geo. Hotz
John P. Cleefe
Train Robbers Hold Up Farmer
Special to The Star from Bellingham Washington reports a westbound Canadian Pacific Express robbery prompts a large 3750 reward, stirring rumors of a Tracy Merrill style chase. Three armed men were said to have stopped at a Deming area farm for food, threatening the farmer and vowing to return. An officer in Sumas is investigating.
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Bellingham
Wash
Tracy Merrill
Deming
Sumas
Skeleton of Unknown Man Found Buried Near Kirkland
Coroner Hoye and Seattle detectives investigated a bone and clothing laden skeleton found in a sinkhole near Four Corners Kirkland. A 38 caliber bullet entered the skull and a revolver with hair clung to it was nearby. No identity recovered, suggesting murder and robbery in a real estate boom era. A prior similar death nearby fuels belief of a double murder.
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Newcastle Road
Kirkland
Hoye
Orin
Seattle
San Francisco
Charles Stadimann
Sheriffs Office
Four Corners
Lonely Cross Roads
Japanese Assaults Near Port Arthur Repulsed
Reports from General Stoesel at Port Arthur detail two Japanese attempts to storm left flank positions near No 1 fort and at Visalaya and Divinaya mountain forts. ключ Japanese forces suffered heavy casualties and mines destroyed many attackers. Russia plans to send 100000 reinforcements and 221 guns by October.
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ST. Petersburg
Rept
Stoesvel
Port Arthur
No. 1 Fort
Udanshan Mountain
Telegram from Tokio Reported by Rome Wires
London dispatch notes a Tokyo telegram received via Rome saying details are awaited. The brief message from Tokyo is cited by the Exchange Telegraph correspondent.
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London
Rome
Exchange Telegraph Wires
Tokio
Japanese Forces Plunder Asiatic Russia Scout Vessel Report
Word from Petropavlovsk says a Japanese schooner with 150 naval reserves landed in Asiatic Russia in June and plundered villages. The Russian militia finally repulsed the invaders, killing 70.
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ST. Petersburg
Petropavlovak
Russia
Asiatic
Russian force lingering south of Hun river fortifying Tiepass heights
Field Marshal Oyama confirms Russians remain south of the Hun river and bolster positions along the Liao river at Tiepass. In St Petersburg, Ambassador McCormick arranges 800 Japanese refugees from Perim to be sent to Germany for shipment home.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Echo de Paris
Korea
San Francisco
United States
Lena
Vladivostok
American Pacific
Rio
Oyama
Tiepass
McCormick
Perim
Germany
Trouble for the Sultan
The British cruiser Minerva sailed from Gibraltar to Tangiers amid reports that the Sultan of Morocco failed to meet British demands. In San Francisco a tailor named H. S. Scherberg, recently arrived from Seattle, killed himself by drinking carbolic acid.
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Scripps News Ass'n
Gibraltar
Minerva
Tangiers
Morocco
San Francisco
Scherberg
Seattle
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Bandits
Canadian Pacific
Bertpos News Asa’n
Mukden
Visalaya
Divinaya
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