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LATE SENSATIONS Crimes and Scandals in Quick Succession
A sweeping recap of recent high profile crimes includes the Pettus Southworth murder case in New York with Maj. Stephen Pettus shot by Mrs. Hannah Southworth, alleged blackmail, a Brooklyn police officer’s suicide note and the Philadelphia bath house scandal involving Dr Nettie Christine Hamilton. Also noted are the Smith family murder attempt in New York, the General Greenthal gang leader, Kansas City cases of fraud by Andy Drumm and Heaton impostor schemes, plus a cheeky look at children predicting marriage.
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Pettus-Southworth
New York
Maj
Stephen Pettus
Hannah Southworth
Maj. Pettus
Brooklyn
Pettus
Mullin
Philadelphia
Nettie Christine Hamilton
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Mrs. Hamilton
Minnie Starnberg
Mamie Wallace
Ameri
William Jinkson
Jinkson
Albany
Creenthals
Rochester
T Tey
Auburn
Iss
Greenthal
Kings County
Drumm
Kansas City
Andrew
Canada
Miss Dean
Pinkertons
Toronto
Bracebridge
Northern
Newmarket
Yong Drimm
Andy
Heaton
Forges
C. W. F. Heaton
Harvard
M. A. Chase
Wallace Pratt
Charles Francis Adams
Boston
Willants
Midland National Bank
Pratt
Chase
Winants
Galveston
San Francisco
Frisco