Missing Diamond Package From Sweet Springs Case Under Investigation
A diamond shipment valued at 500 dollars consigned to L. Bauman Jewelry Co. St Louis disappeared after arriving in Sedalia on the Lexington branch train. Detectives believe theft possible on the train or depot. Jewelry valued at 69 to 135 dollars was traced, with rings found at Henry Burress's home and relatives. No arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Bauman Jewelry Co
St. Louis
Sedalia
Lexington
James A. Robb
Diamonds Recovered After Sedalia Theft Case
A $500 diamond package stolen from the Missouri Pacific depot was recovered Monday night. Henry Burress, a 25‑year‑old local hanger‑on, confessed after interrogation by Chief Love and Officer Card, admitting to removing the package from the transfer pouch and breaking seals. The six rings valued at $498 included a diamond ring with twelve diamonds and a three emerald princess ring.
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Chief Love
James Card
Henry D. Burress
Missouri Pacific
Burress
Bnress
Pacific Express Company
Express
Burglar Leaves Bread Crumbs At South Massachusetts Burglary
A night prowler burglarized Ora D. Strong at 1018 South Massachusetts between midnight and dawn stealing 15 dollars a diamond ring and an overcoat while leaving a worn mackintosh. The intruder also ate bread and butter in the dining room before fleeing. Peter H. Meyer of 1008 South Massachusetts reports a coat taken from his kitchen exit at 3 am with no other losses.
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Ora D. Strong
South
Massachusetts Avenue
Mr. Strong
Mr. Meyer
Elopement and Wedding in Cooper County Sedalia Run
A Cooper county couple C C Arnette and Miss Emma Speed eloped from Bunceton and obtained a license at midnight. The ceremony occurred at First M E church with editor J J Cundiff as witness. They stayed with the editor before returning home seeking parental forgiveness. The bride’s family is well known in Cooper county.
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Sedalia
Bunceton
Cundiff
the Capital
Emma Speed
Cooper
Ed Overland
Mr. Arnette
St Louis election crooks face hard labor at Leavenworth
The article reports St Louis figures including "Long John" Dolan and Frank Garrett among convicts moved from Jefferson City to Leavenworth. Dolan, once Democratic city chairman, now works in the federal rock quarry. Garrett scrubs clothes in the prison laundry. Barrett remains in hospital at Jefferson City.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Leavenworth
Long John” Dolan
Democratic City Central Committee
Frank Garrett
Tom Barrett
Webster Davis Returns to Republican Fold After Boer War Stance
Former Kansas City mayor and interior official Webster Davis, who left the party over sympathy for the Boers, declares his return to the Republicans. He praises Theodore Roosevelt as the greatest president and endorses his stance on the war and other major issues. He plans to reside in Michigan after returning from the coast.
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Webster Davis
Kansas City
McKinley
Republican Party
Los Angeles
Calif
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Davis
Michigan
Bethlehem mother of pearl workers praise primitive methods
Lippincott's Magazine describes Bethlehem of Judea as the chief center for mother-of-pearl work. Shells from the Red Sea are carved by native artisans into elaborate designs, rosaries, and crosses. The process is entirely handmade, yet produces extraordinary results.
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Bethlehem
Judea
Lippincott’s
Red Sea
Kidnapping Suspected in Disappearance of Clyde Showalter
Mount Carmel Illinois reports Clyde M Showalter a Wa bash county farmer vanished October 19 with no body found and theories of kidnapping persist. A reward of 500 dollars offered by his wife for alive return and 250 for his body.
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Wabash County
Showalter
Mount Carmel
Frederick Shafer
Patton
Shafer
Frederick Schafer
William Showalter
Bunko
Eva Showalter
Train Robbery Trial Ends In Hung Jury At Las Vegas
United States commissioner E M Payne reports second trial of John Black Jim Black and John Murphy for the Logan New Mexico Rock Island train hold up on August 1 1904 again ended without a verdict. Prosecutors alleged conspirators included Boswell and alibi defense for John Black. Key witnesses included the express messenger and Mrs Zupp.
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John
Jim Black
John Murphy
Murphy
Rock Island
Logan
N. M
Tom Boswell
Chickasha
Boswell
John Black
Denver
J. P. Ellis
Dee Ellis
Las Vegas
Express Messenger
Zupp
Black and Murphy
Dalhart
He Likes His New Home
Col Sam A Mentzer formerly of Green Ridge now in Pendleton Oregon reports his family is healthy and pleased with their new home. He notes the country as a vast wheat field with light snows but mountains up to two feet deep. He plans a brief business visit to Pettis next month.
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Sam A. Mentzer
Green Ridge
Pendleton
Ore
The
Democrat
Sam
Pettis
Harris-Christopher Couple United In Wedlock
Popular young couple Mr Brown Harris son of Judge O M Harris and employed by M K T at Dallas is united in marriage on Saturday night in a ceremony from Sundays Daily.
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Brown Harris
O. M. Harris
Dal
Woman Named Local Favorite Causes Shooting
At a country school house near Bressie Oklahoma on December 11 J A Meadows questioned a vote naming a local woman the most popular. Col R M Bressie confronted him and a fight followed culminating in Bressie shooting Meadows in the shoulder. Bressie says self defense and surrendered at Perry.
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Bressie
Okla
J. A. Meadows
Col
R. M. Bressie
Meadows
Perry
James S Wells Dies After Illness in Slater Mo
Miss Nora Wells and Mrs. R R Dunkin traveled to Slater Missouri to be with their father James S Wells who died Thursday December 7 at 655 pm from pneumonia. Funeral held at his Slater home Friday at 230 pm led by Rev Givens of the M E church South. Burial followed Saturday at Pilot Grove in the old cemetery at 230 pm.
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Nora Wells
R. R. Dunkin
Slater, Mo
James S. Wells
Slater
Givens
M. E. Church
South
Pilot Grove
Old Burial Ground
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Sweet Springs
Sweet
Cific Express Co
Hugh Harvey
Earle
Pacific Express Co
H. L. White
E. E. Codding
White
Codding
Card
Ernest Simpson
Main Street
West Main Street
Henry Burress
West
Morgan Street
Express Company
Missing Package of Diamonds
Love
J. A. Robb
Atr Orad
Strong
Peter H. Meyer
Mr. C. C Arnette
DR. S. S. Martin
C. C. Arnette
Cooper County
Missouri
John J
Here
Federal
Garrett
Lansing
Kansas
Republican
Kidn Ped
Mount Carmel, Il
Clyde M. Showalter
Clinton Riggs
Santafe
E. M. Payne
United States
Chickasha, I. T
Las Vegas, N. M
Jas, Tex
Lelia Chistopher
Daughter
Mr. and
Mrs
Benj. Chris
Topher
Dr. Foster
St. George’s Episcopal Church
Marie Comstock
Ada Ferry
Eastern College
A. D. Stanley
McLaughlin Bros. Furniture Go
Ohio ST
Harris
Christopher
Bulletin Shoulder
P. m
Ayer
Nes
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