Special prosecutor to probe Jefferson county lax law enforcement
Sherman S. Deaton of Urbana appointed by Attorney General Crabbe to lead a Jefferson county inquiry into lax enforcement and attacks on prohibition agents. Deaton arrived in Steubenville to establish headquarters at Fort Steuben hotel and begin fact gathering, with Crabbe to join later if needed. Governor Donahey requested the investigation and results will determine grand jury action. Citizens urged to cooperate as the inquiry targets high impact misconduct and related cases.
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Columbus
A.P
Sherman S. Deaton
Urbana
Crabbe
Jefferson County
Steubenville
Deaton
Jefferson
Donahey
Fort Steuben
Tam
Diry
General Crabbe
Otter
Denton
Carl Smith
Common Pleas Court
Pearce
Lucas
Gov. Donahey
Denjrssiary
Minnesota Jails Overflowing With Dry Law Violators
In St Paul Minnesota A P reports county jails are crowded with persons convicted in Minneapolis federal court of violations of prohibition laws United States Marshal E A Rustad seeks extra jail space for bootleggers to await trial as the current term disposed of nearly 500 cases most under the Volstead act with some prisoners forced to stand or sleep on the floor due to crowding
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St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Minneapolis
E. A. Rustad
United States Marshall
J. ¥. McGee
Aged Offender Samuel Henson Pleads Guilty
Fulton Missouri December 4 Samuel Henson aged 81 pleaded guilty in Callaway county court to operating an illicit still. He was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
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Fulton, Mo
Samuel Henson
Callaway County
Three Wounded in Negro Cabaret Shooting Affray
Three men were wounded at a colored dance inside the Serbian hall cabaret on Wells street. Roscoe Bradley James Jones and Leroy Rayner were hospitalized with varying injuries as police pursue two suspects, Maj Williamison and John Browning, amid jealousy theories and prior shootings at the venue.
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Ohio Valley Hospital
Wells Street
Roscoe Bradley
Kilgore Street
la Belle
Iron ‘Works
Leroy Rayner
la Belle Iron Works Camp
Col Crad
Maj
Williamison
Philadelphia
Beech
John
Browning
Mingo Mill
Bradley
Williamson
Wella Street
Jones
Dora ‘Belle Martin
Six Months For Intoxicated Man Who Struck Woman
Fred M. Watson real estate operator pleaded guilty to assault and battery for striking and dragging Miss Eleanor Carlson about a thousand feet on the bumper of his automobile on November 7. He was fined 3200 and costs and sentenced to six months in the workhouse, the maximum penalty for the charge. Judge Cull noted the case as severe and that intoxication aggravated the incident. Carlson has filed $50,000 damages suit against Weston.
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Cleveland, O
A. P
Fred M. Watson
Eleanor Carlson
Cull
Man Dies After Fall Into Boiling Vat at Plant
Portsmouth Ohio man Waltz Hicks age 22 of New Moston died after falling into a vat of boiling water at the Breece Manufacturing Company plant yesterday evening. He died at Hempstead hospital.
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Portsmouth
Breece Manufacturing Company
Waltz Hicks
New Moston
Hicks
Hempstead Hospital
Investigation of Steubenville lax law enforcement begins
State investigator Sherman Deaton arrived at Fort Steuben hotel to probe alleged lax crime enforcement in Steubenville and Jefferson County. He will review affidavits from Ku Klux Klan sources, county records, and evidence from recent crimes while evaluating police cooperation and possible grand jury action. The inquiry may affect city civic conditions and officials.
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Steubenville
Jefferson County
Sherman Deaton
Urbana
Fort Steuben
Deaton
Ku Klux Klan
Prohibition Enforcement
Mr. Deaton
Dixie” Blinn
Darwin Gibson
Charles Pearce
Smithfield
Bandits Hold Up Wandercrift Distillery in Center ville
A band of eight armed whiskey robbers held up three guards and a prohibition agent at the Wandercrift distillery in Center ville Pennsylvania. They bound and gagged the officers and loaded an automobile truck with 37 barrels of liquor before fleeing. The whiskey valued at 55000 dollars.
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Brownsville
Wandercrift
Centerville
Diver Seized by Octopus Near Liberte Wreck
Toulon France December 4 A P diver Jean Negri working on the submerged wreck of the Liberte was attacked by a huge octopus that held him in its embrace until comrades cut it to pieces The diver fought the monster under water freeing one arm and thrusting his trident into the creature before signaling for haul up His crew then freed him with knives as the writhing octopus surfaced
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Toulon
France
Jean Negri
Negri
Brooklyn Slaying Tied to Black Hand Demand
Dominick Maggio and his wife were chloroformed in their Brooklyn home by three men who used a gas spray and a murder gun. Maggio, a conbler, was shot dead after resisting. Maggie's wife and children were injured and hospitalized. Authorities report two suspects in custody, with three men involved according to the wife.
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New York
A. P
Dominick Baggio
Brooklyn
Maggie
Mra. Maggia
Ouster Attempt Against Ohio Bell Dismissed
Columbus report. Attorney George H. Phelps of Findlay failed in the State Supreme Court to force the Attorney General to bring ouster proceedings against Ohio Bell Telephone Company. The court denied the motion as the company is controlled by American Telephone and Telegraph Company, a foreign firm.
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Columbus
A. P
George H. Phelps
Findlay
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Crabbe
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Phelps
Salt Fn
Man Dies After Street Car Runover In Toledo
Charles Woodman, 66, died in Toledo’s hospital from injuries after falling under a street car while running to board it. His legs were severed at the knees. The accident occurred several hours earlier, and he succumbed early today.
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Toledo
A. P
Charlies Woodman
Woodman
Two Sold Holdups And Safe Robbery Keep Police Busy
Police investigate three daylight robberies within the city. Burglars blew the Steubenville Produce Company safe with nitro glycerine, taking $22.90, a revolver and a flashlight. George Montgomery was robbed by three armed men near Wells street for about $36 but was not harmed. William Clayton was held up near the new Travis warehouse, the assailants taking $25 from his envelope. No arrests have been made in any case.
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Steubenville Produce Company
North Street
George Montgomery
Weinman Milk Dairy Company
Serbian Hall
Wells Street
Montgomery
William Clayton
U. L. Travis Transfer Company
New Travis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Attack on Loan Sharks Hit Federal Court in Kansas City
Kansas City, Dec 1. Johan N Rhodes filed a 100000 damage suit in federal district court charging seven men with conspiring to extort usurious interest. Nugent, counsel to Rhodes and 200 rail union members, says further injunctive and damage suits will be filed nationwide. Rhodes seeks 50000 actual and 50000 punitive for health loss from alleged conspiracy and threats to his job.
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Kansas City
A. P
Johan N. Rhodes
Kansas
Switchman
Rhodes
Anthony VP. Nugent
Nugent 1A
United States
Posse Captures Murder Suspect After Prohibition Raid
Alliance Ohio December 4. Nick Marku proprietor of a Norman avenue store was captured in woods southeast of Alliance by a posse of city police and firemen after a gun battle that left John S. Marcu 29 of Alliance dead and two others wounded. Marku jailed. two raiders injured and hospitalized. Police sought Marku on sight.
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Alliance
Nick Marku
John S. Marcu
Prohibition
Touay
A. P
Alliance City Hospital
Marko
Mahoning County
Sebring
Here
New battleship West Virginia commissioned in Norfolk
The Navy marked a milestone with the commissioning of the battleship West Virginia at Norfolk Navy Yard. Displacing 32,600 tons, the electric-drive leviathan joins Maryland and Colorado, rivaling Japanese ships Mutau and Nagato in size and armament, and signaling advances since the Battle of Jutland.
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Washington, del
A. P
Navy Line
Norfolk Navy Yard
West Virginia
Jutland
Maryland
Colorado
North Dakota
Denby
United States Navy
Mutau
Nagato
Pittsburgh woman held to grand jury in shoplifting case
Lena Williams of Pittsburgh was arrested on shoplifting charges and appeared for a preliminary hearing before Mayor Hawkine yesterday. She was held to the grand jury under bond of $1600, which was furnished, and she was released from the city.
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Lena Williams
Pittsburgh
Hawkine
Elty
Forty Dead as Mine Cage Rope Breaks in England
A mine accident at the Nunnery shaft in Bhefield England leaves forty workers killed and many injured when cages plunged to the bottom after a rope broke. Reports say 176 miners were in cages at the moment of the fall.
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Bhefield
England
Banking Building Damaged by Fire in Richmond Missouri
A. P. dispatch reports an early morning fire destroying the WJ Hughes and Company Banking house in Richmond Missouri. The blaze threatened downtown but was controlled with about 100000 dollars in losses. nearby owners assisted as flames were contained before external units arrived.
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Richmond
Hughes and Company
United
Weirton Police Capture Two Hold-Up Artists
Police in Weirton captured two men identified by most victims of six weeks of robberies in Calico Hill and North Weirton. Tom Williams of Steubenville and Geda Baldin of Philadelphia were held on $1,000 bonds each after a preliminary hearing. Victims reported armed robberies near Calleobil and the Greek Serbian district with several items stolen, including watches and cash.
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Calico Hill
North Weirton
Tom Williams
Steubenville
Geda Baldin
Philadelphia
Williams Jy
Weirton
Williams
Mal Williams
Serbian Hall
Rio Valley Hospital
Willams
Daidin
Harry L. Brooks
Baidin
Calleobil
Woirton
John Angus
Williama
Taldin
Hancock County
Grand Jury
Brooks
Ohio County
Wheating
Nick Conradt
Nick Rossi
Wiliam Bines
Fred Topovich
Chester Colin
Mile Bolalo
Watca
Dan Lucas
Fell Topovich
Nick Bonda
Mike Trobinoch
Luby
Sillman
Wright
Wolrton Department of Safety
Walt
Woman Held For Murder Attempts To Hang Herself
Chicago Day dispatch reports Katherine Baluk also known as Mrs Otto Malm held for the slaying of Edward Lehman a watchman. She tried to hang herself with a bed sheet after fleeing to Indianapolis and surrendering. She admitted part in the attempted robbery but said Malm did the shooting during an attempted burglary of a knit goods factory. Other suspects Walter Bokelman and Ethel Beck are held as grand jury delays determine who killed Lehman.
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Chicago
Katherine Baluk
Otto Malm
Edward Lehman
Malm
Baluk
Walter Bokelman
Ethel Beck
Beck
Ake
Bokelman
Lehman
Wounded Negroes In Serious Condition After Shooting
Roscoe Gradley James Jones and Leroy Rayner were wounded at the Sarbian hall on Wells street when the venue was shot up late yesterday. All three were reported in serious condition at Ohio Valley hospital. James Jones died at 2 30 p m. No arrests have been made.
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Roscoe Gradley
James J Jones
Leroy Rayner
Wells Street
Ohio Valley Hospital
Bradley
Jones
James Jones
Serbian vengeance tale mirrors Milanovich death in Serbia
Unconfirmed reports from Serbia claim Mele Milanovich former self-styled Czar of the Steubenville Serbian colony was killed there last week by a brother of Drazic Karamarkovich who Milanovich had slain years earlier in Wells Street. Witnesses note Serbian leaders foresee no inquiry, while Milanovich’s parole conditions reportedly included returning to Serbia.
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Serbia
Mele Milanovich
Steubenville
Ohio Penitentiary
Drazic Karamarkovich
Milanovich
Wells Street
Weirton
W. Va
Youngstown
Zagreb
George Karamarkovich
Karamarkovich
Markovich
Little Hope For Recovery Of Gunmen Victim Montesanti
Frank Montesanti a West Market street shoemaker shot four times at home on Thanksgiving evening was reported slightly improved at Ohio Valley hospital this morning. Little hope remained for recovery as a bullet pierced his groin. Police have few leads in the shooting and doubt the suspects Sam and Joe Laverle, said to be fictitious names, are real gunmen. Montesanti may change his story, with further developments anticipated.
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Frank Montesanti
West Market Street
Ohio Valley Hospital
Sam
Joe Laverle
Montesonti
Man Suspected in Conrad Stabbing Posts Bond
Youngstown dispatch reports a man connected to the Conrad stabbing posted a $2,000 bond after arrest. The suspect claimed involvement with the death of Conrad but no new charges were filed. Another suspect, Vasile Bogden, was expected to surrender.
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Conrad
Youngstown
Ai! P
Pennsy Tracks at Colliers Blocked by Wreck
A railroad wreck blocked Pennsy tracks at Colliers early this morning, tearing wires and halting traffic. Crews worked to clear the scene as the main line remained shut, with trains delayed and no injuries reported.
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Pennsy
Colliers
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