Notable Early 1907 Seattle Murder Case
Frightful murder case in Seattle unfolds as the body of a young woman is found in a trunk washed ashore at Alki. Police probe a suspected husband, Frank Covington, for killing his wife during a quarrel and concealing the crime with heavy stones and a rope. The victim is identified as Agnes Covington, with relatives confirming her identity.
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Alki Point
Irs
Frank Covington
Husband
Fifth Av
Cowdead
Alkinyrs
Covington
Kelley
Agnes McCombs
Governor Beats Record on Voyage to San Francisco
Weather permitting the Governor, a steamer of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, will reach San Francisco tomorrow morning from the Atlantic in 46 days, one day faster than the previous record. George Tews, Northwestern passenger agent, announced the wireless update.
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Fie Coast Steamship Com
Ban Fran
Atlantic
Slater
George Tews
Northwestern Pas
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Inventor to test new Seattle electric car fender
M. Gaffney plans a public test of a new Seattle Electric company fender next Saturday. Volunteers including the inventor will stand before a speeding car and be scooped up by the device designed to prevent injuries on rough tracks. The fender features a spring, a shallow basket, and rubber tips to catch legs and lift bodies safely onto the fender as the car passes.
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Gaffney
Seattle Electric Company
Seattle
M. Gaffney
Tragic Identification in Seattle Marriage Case
The morgue identified a mutilated body as the dead girl, with relatives recalling objections to her marriage to Covington. Police traced Covington to Eagle Harbor creosote works and Keswick apartments, where quarrels and a missing quilt tied to the crime scene are noted. A chum, Charles Barlison, a former creosoting worker, was sought to locate Covington.
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Jennie Robinson
Covington
Okanogan
Creosote Works
Eagle Harbor
Tennant
Charles Barlison
Keswick
Stewart St
W. H. Mackay
Covingtons
Creosoting Works
Seattle
Everett
Alaska
Barlison
Standard Oil to Form New Company After Reorganization
United Press reports New York officials announce a reorganization will create a new Standard Oil entity with capital stock between 400 and 600 million dollars. A company representative clarifies the plan following earlier publication of the reorganization news.
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United Press
New York
Standard
Berlin and Cities Debate Tourism Patrols and Comfort
Berlin patrolmen ratios are cited as 1 to 340, Liverpool 1 to 449, London 1 to 496, and Philadelphia 1 to 511. Manhattan has 1 policeman for 643 residents. Wealthy Berliners avoid crowds by traveling before and after peak season for comfort and better hotel service.
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Berlin
Liverpool
London
Philadelphia
Manhattan Island
City Council Resolution Aimed at Seattle Electric Investigation
Secretary C B Bagley of the board of public works obtained a copy of the original city council resolution ordering an inquiry into the operation and equipment of the Seattle Electric company. He plans to forward it to State Labor Commissioner Charles F Hubbard with a letter requesting a date to conduct the investigation in Seattle.
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C. B. Bagley
Board of Public Works
Seattle Electric Company
Judge Cleland urges reform with paroled drunks in Chicago
In Chicago at a Prison congress Judge Cleland argued for paroling habitual drunkards under supervision of saloonkeepers and business owners. He cited 825 parolees with 760 becoming useful citizens and warned that harsh punishments fail to deliver lasting justice.
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Chicago
Cleland
Congress
Uncle Sam Joins San Francisco in War on The Black Death
San Francisco acts on mayoral request and President Roosevelt orders Surge on General Wyman to bolster the Marine Hospital Service. The effort aims to prevent bubonic plague spread as Wyman leads the U S campaign with city cooperation amid historic outbreaks since 1900 in the Chinese quarter.
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Uncle Sam
San Francisco
Black Death
Cal
Sam
Roosevelt
Walter Wyman
Marine Hospital Corps
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Aera
THE
Seattle Star
Thing
J. J
First Au
Besity
Union St
Steffen Anderson
Anderson
al Austin
Edith Covington
St. Paul
Minn
Edith
George Robinson
Yesterway
Mrs. Covington
Moore
Ninth Av
Robert Robinson
Pacific Coast Syrup Company
Mrs. Robinson
Agnes
Standard Oil
H. H. Rogers
Hubbard
Star Special Services
Wyman
United States
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