Escaped Murderess Rides Bus From Elyria to Akron
Elyria station test broadcast by WGHI receives wide notice. Mrs Mabel Champion, the so called Sphinx woman, seen on a bus from Elyria to Akron per Judge Washburn. Akron police issue two warrants. Champion was serving a manslaughter sentence in Marysville.
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Elyria
Akron
Mabel Champion
Marysville Reformatory
Cleveland
C. G. Washburn
Wigra
Court of Appeals
Washburn
Kron
Champion
Marysville
Edward O'Connell
Man Believed Dead Seeks Insurance Payout in Lorain
George Sabolich a 40 year old of Lorain is under arrest on an insanity warrant. He believes he has been dead for fifteen years and is attempting to collect life insurance. He claims vast wealth and plans to buy all Lorain land, offering three houses to bystanders. He will be sent to Massillon for treatment.
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George Sabolich
Lorain
Massillon
Direct evidence links Chapman to killing patrolman in New Britain raid
In Hartford March 30 officers testified that Gerald Chapman drew his gun and fired three shots, killing Patrolman James Skelly during a Davidson and Laventhal department store robbery in New Britain. State’s witness Alfred E. Atwater described entering the store, pointing Chapman, and hearing the gunfire with Chapman saying, Get back or I’ll kill you.
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Chapman
Skelly
Alcorn
Atwater
Lorain Man Robbed on Reid Avenue
Lorain resident Walter Cecil 1111 Sth street was held up Saturday night on Reid avenue and relieved of 18 dollars by three men who jumped from a curb. It marks the third similar robbery in ten days, and police are vigilantly seeking the suspects.
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Lorain
Walter Cecil
Sth Street
Reid Avenue
Diamond robbery at 9 Maiden Lane hits $75,000 haul
Four masked bandits robbed Sebel and Kaleko diamond merchants on the ninth floor of 9 Maiden Lane. They ordered partners to surrender then tied hands, seized wallets with cut gems, and fled via fire escape. Detectives found an empty-wallet later. no further trace of thieves. Another burglary in Louisville at Kaufman Strauss store netted about $11,000 from a safe.
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New York
Sebel and Kaleko
Maiden Lane
Tivyal Kaleko
Kaleko
Keleko
Louisville
Kaufman Straus Company
Proate Court Starts Upnoration Proissue Involving Land Take
The Nickle Plate appropriation case to seize land at Loraim for yarding failed to start as a court stenographer was unavailable and was continued to this afternoon. Defense will argue whether railroad use requires the property with Judge H G Wilcox to rule. Auto Robe Stolen from L W Kerr on Ohio Street reported Saturday night.
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Loraim
H. G. Wilcox
L. W. Kerr
Ohio Street
Depot Street
Elyria Township School Board Faces Deficit and Farewells
The Elyria township board wrestles with a projected operating deficit of over 55000 for six schools. A plan to seek voter approval and another to close schools were defeated amid a heated, drawn out session in the city hall. The majority votes to pay all bills except tuition while a push to raise funds or close early failed. The emergency levy option is rejected, and contention over finances dominates the proceedings.
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Ellyria Township
City of
Elyria
Wlyria Township
City Hall
H. Hurd
Lillian Hardy
Clarence
J. Smith
Stella Smith
Fred Decker
Elyria Township
Smith
Decker
Burd
Smiith
Hardy
Lorain
South Ambherst
Death of Mrs Curtis Stapleton at 56
Mrs. Curtis Stapleton, 56, died suddenly from a stroke Saturday at Memorial hospital. Residence listed as 221 1 2 Chestnut St. Survived by three daughters, two sisters, a brother, and several grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at Jenkins Funeral Home, burial at Scott Cemetery, Huron. Also a separate suit by Mari Gira of Lorain against Penn-Ohio Realty Co seeking 1250 dollars for a lot deed not delivered.
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Curtis Stapleton
Memorial Hospital
Chestnut Street
Lucius Love
Arthur Elston
Raymond Bauma
W. Bayley
Avon
P. Ewell
Milan
M. W. Clark
Berlinville
Mari Gira
Lorain
Penn-Ohio Realty Co
Depot Opening Scheduled for New York Central Station
Word has been received that the new New York Central station will open to the public next Monday. Mayor Harry Hinkson will formally open the building with plans to be announced later. The building will be turned over to the railroad on Wednesday with prominent railroad officials including the Chief Engineer and the architect from New York City present. The Monday opening program is expected to be announced then.
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New
New York Central Station
Harry Hinkson
Rairoad
New York City
Couple Guilty of Slaying Aunt in 1915 Case
In Chattanooga on March 30 1915 William H Bennett a Southern Railroad division freight agent at Rome Georgia and his wife Mae Bennett were found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the death of their elderly aunt Miss Augusta Hoffman after a 34 hour deliberation jurors recommended a ten year penitentiary sentence The Bennetts unmoved by the verdict arranged bond for 7500 and moved for a new trial following their arrest last summer when a skeleton presumed to be Miss Hoffman was found in the basement floor of their former home at 15 Blairview City.
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Chattanooga
Willam H. Bennett
Southern Railroad
Rome
Mae Bennett
Augusta Hoffman
Bennetts
Hoffman
Bluirview
Journeymen Barbers to Entertain Bosses Dinner Night
Elyria Journeymen Barbers Local No. 592 will entertain Master Barbers Local at a dinner. The event follows a regular meeting at Painters' hall. Mayor Harry Hinkson will be the honored guest at the banquet at the American Legion hall tomorrow night.
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Elyria
Journeymen Barbers Local No
American Legion Hall
Painters’ Hall
Harry Hinkson
Damage case now on trial in judge Webber court
The damage suit by C A Mason against Henry Andress seeks 325000 in damages and is heard by a jury in Judge A R Webber's court. Mason alleges an February 1924 altercation at Andress' business where he was choked and removed. Andress contends Mason was the aggressor who tried to draw a knife and he used only necessary force.
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Henry Andress
A. R. Webber
Mason
Andress
Elyria Board of Trade Proposes City Welfare Projects
Elyria business men discuss four City welfare plans from the Board of Trade. Plans include a white way retail credit bureau a housing ordinance and a Buy in Elyria electric sign. Committees named with six on the white way group and others for the bureau and zoning studies.
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Elyria
Board of Trade
White Way
Max Goldstein
Harry H. Smith
Oscar Haserodt
T. L. Moise
Bernie O'Donnell
Convicted Louis Kim Surrenders After Disappearance
Louis Kim, third liquor offense convict from Lointain, walked into court with no hat or overcoat and surrendered. He faced Judge W B Thompson, was fined 1000 dollars plus costs, and sent to Mansfeld reform school. His bond of 2009 dollars is forfeited and efforts may target bondsman Stanley Kurtz.
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Louis Kim
Kim
Lo- Tain
W. B. Thompson
Stanley Kurtz
Convicts Recaptured After Escape From Western Penitentiary
Eight convicts were linked to a jail break at Western penitentiary in Pittsburgh. Five were recaptured near Butler after a highway pursuit. leader Michael Norton suffered a probable broken nose and was hospitalized. Warden S. T. Ashe said Harry Bernstein was shot during the escape and Lawrence O Leary was captured downtown.
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Butler
Pittsburgh
State Police
Harry Grosh
Reed
State Highway Patrol
Milligan
Grosh
Michael Norton
Butler General Hospital
Western Penitentiary
T. Ashe
Harry Bernstein
Reading
Lawrence O'Leary
Blue Bandana
Ellis Peiffer
Bernstein
Death of Mrs Medursa Smith at Old Ladies Home
Mrs Medursa Smith aged 78 died Sunday at three in the Old Ladies Home. Born February 18 1846 in North Fairfield Ohio she leaves five children two daughters and one son in Norwalk a daughter in Chicago and a son in Cleveland She was active in the Methodist Episcopal church the Women's Relief Corps and the Eastern Star Funeral services are set for one o'clock at the home with Rev GA Reeder and Rev Edwin Kirby and at New London Methodist Episcopal church at 3 30 Rev A C Corfman officiating Burial in New London.
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Medursa Smith
Old Ladies’ Home
Smith
North Fairfield
Ohio
Norwalk
Chicago
Cleveland
Shea
Methodist Episcopal Church
Women's Relief Corps
The
Eastern Star
GA. Reeder
Edwin Kirby
New London
A. C. Corfman
Elyria Man Charged With First Degree Murder
A warrant was issued for Homer Clement known as Bighead in Elyria for the fatal shooting of Clarence Stevens 24 Oberlin after a card game at James Wright’s Frankfort street Oberlin residence. Witnesses say Clement fled with an accomplice after robbing the table. Stevens died from a forehead wound. Wright is held as a witness. Clement previously faced concealed weapons charges.
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Homer Clement
Elyria
Bighead
Clarence Stevens
Oberlin
Stevens
James Wright
Frankfort Street
Clements
Wright
F. A. Underhill
Myles B. Perry
Clement
Clemsant
Underhill
Fox Furnace Row
D. A. Baird
Convicted ex Veterans Bureau head Charles R Forbes near death
Col Charles R Forbes, once head of the U S Veterans Bureau and under two year sentence for conspiracy, lay between life and death at Hart hospital Roxbury after a cerebral apoplexy paralyzing the left side. He was returning to Boston from Hopkinton to visit his mother when struck and sought a new trial in the case.
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U. S. Veterans Bureau
Boston Hospital
Boston
Chas. R. Forbes
U.S. Veterans Bureau
Fort Leavenworth
Veterans Hospital
Hart Hospital
Roxbury
Col. Forbes
Hopkinton
Charles R. Forbes
Forbes
Chicago
Veterans Bureau
Case
Bandit Apologizes After Abandoning S800 Heist
Cincinnati dispatch reports "The Chicago Kid" stole Ten thousand dollars in cash security and jewelry from the Oswald and Taube Co wholesale grocers outer safe blown with nitroglycerine. He left a note apologizing for missing six hundred dollars and warned to provide a better safe next time. Also theft report: Jerome Passen's bicycle stolen from Elyria block rear on Saturday night.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Oswald and Taube Company
Jerome Passen
West River Street
Elyria Block
Automobile deaths mount in weekend crashes across districts
A Chicago weekend crash toll reached twelve with six family fatalities when the Harrops died at Gardner crossing. In Rochester three died and thirteen injured in multiple accidents. Separate incidents reported a husband killing wife in Clean and a five year old burned in Medina. One dead in Cedar Rapids and mobikes killed in Minnesota and California.
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Chicago
Robert Harrop
Joseph
Margaret
Harriet
Marr
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Gardner, Ill
Aurora and Elgin
Monica Varndian
August Wenglein
New York Central
James Harrington
Frank Barrie
Ceres
Here
Barrie
Burns
York Boy
Medina
Raymond
Ed Kemp
Yor
Plat
Herman Funk
Lodi Equity Company
TN Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Minn
Minneapolis
Madeira
Mign
St. Paul
Frisco
San Francisgo
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L. J. Smith
Lodi Street
Bersa
Grafton
Hart Dickason
WEAR
WTAM
Christy
15Th Street
C. A. Muir
Ahd
Chapman Kited
Mars. Stapleton
Chapman Jury
Gerald Chapman
Hartford
Conn
W. S. Case
Lawrence Klein
Gavan S. Fallon
Fred W. Viets
G. S. Hubbard
Mayor' Hinkson
Br T. Pla PU Welfare
Credit Bureau
Bill Board
Hue
Palestine
Jonathan Fajler
Bandit
Wile Clean
Belle Barrie
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