Trialfires Chapman murder case in New Britain
Hartford dispatch reports Policeman John M Lieber testifies at the trial of Gerald Chapman amid the 12 October store robbery in New Britain. Patrolman James Skelly was killed. Walter E Shean, a key witness, identifies a man with a briefcase fleeing toward Church and Main streets. Shean’s confession links Chapman to the murder as the case continues.
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Hartford
Com
John M. Lieber
Gerald Chapman
New Britain
Conn
James Skelly
Cinepman
Liekir
Skelly
Flavidsan & Levanthal
Chureh
Main Streets
Walter E. Shean
Woman cries of kidnapping create downtown scene
A frantic woman at McCrory’s Five and Ten cried that her baby and go cart were stolen. Shoppers blocked traffic as police investigated. The baby and cart were later found in front of Everly’s. Reports said two women were seen carrying the infant near the store.
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Someody
McCrory
Trafic
Alrect
Everly’s
McCrory’s
Bennett couple convicted of voluntary manslaughter in Tennessee
William H. Bennett a Southern Railway freight agent in Rome Georgia and his wife May Bennett were found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Miss Augnate Hoffman who vanished in 1915. After 34 hours of deliberation the jury recommended a ten year term. The couple was arrested last summer when a skeleton believed to be Miss Hoffman's was found beneath their home at No 15 Bhiltview Street in Chattanooga Tennessee.
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Chattanooga. Tenn
William HH. Bennett
The
Southern Railway
Rome
May Bennett
Augnate Hoffman
Hele
Bea
Miss Hoffman
Bhiltview Strect
Tify City
Believe Big Train Theft Inside Job
Chicago March 30 investigation into a New York Central train robbery centers on express messenger Howard Young taken into custody. Officials seek why Young aided the bandits and what happened to an alleged authorization letter from the express company. The case is being treated as a potential inside job with police probing the events surrounding the undetermined loot.
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Chicago
New York Central
Howard Young
Express Messenger
Iis Techaofeal
Young
Exprena Company
Pope creates two cardinals as Catholics face persecution
Pope Pius held a secret consistory appointing the Bishop of Granada and the Archbishop of Seville as new cardinals. He deplored Catholic persecutions and voiced pleasure at Holy Year pilgrim numbers. Myrtle I Rumsey filed for divorce from Raymond D Rumley through attorney J B Snyder.
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Nomre
Pius
Grandu
Seville
Spain
Myrtle I. Rumsey
J. B. Snyder
Raymond D. Rumley
Horses or vehicles split decision in Hancock liquor case
Federal prohibition agents stated the issue of whether a horse or two horses could be classed as vehicles in a Hancock County liquor transport case. They ruled the two seized horses were not vehicles and were released, as authorities sought a clear definition despite consulting Webster. The episode highlights the ambiguity in applying the Volstead Act to animal transport.
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Volstead
Svort
Washington County
Hancock
Yola
Noah Webster
Monarchists Fail To Gain Majority In German Presidential Race
Berlin reports the seven contenders for Germany's first popular presidential election failed to secure a majority. Jarres led Nationalists with about 11 million votes, Braun Socialist around 8.3 million, Marx Centrist about 4.3 million, Thachann Communist near 9.0 million, Held Bavarian Peoples Party 1.2 million, Hellpach Democrat about 1.7 million, and Von Lademlorff roughly 0.4 million. Run-off set for April 26 with coalition hopes centered on Jarres and Braun. extremists and Ludendorf were weak.
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Berlin
Germany
Karl Jarren
Otto Braun
Wilhelmy Marx
Ernest Thachann
Heinrich Held
Bavarian Peoples Party
Hellpach
Erich von Lademlorff
Jarres
Cand
Braun
Marx
Ing
Ludendorf
No pact with Germany yet announced by French premier
Paris March 40 France will not enter any pledge of guaranty with Germany until Germany becomes a member of the League of Nations without privileges or reservations Premier Tierrriot announced after a meeting of the foreign affairs committee of the Chamber of Deputies.
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Paris
France
Germany
League of Nations
Tierriot
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Chamber of Deputies
Gunman Goes To His Death With A Smile
Blue Ponte Pap March 30 Henry Jackson alias J C Taylor a convicted killer of Policeman Daniel Conley at Pittsburg went to the electric chair smiling at Rockview Penitentiary this morning. He was pronounced dead after two electric shocks by Dr I L Baker of Western Penitentiary.
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Blueponte, Pap
Henry Jackson
J. C. Taylor
Daniél Conley
Pittsburg
Rockview Pendentiary
Ile
Baker
Western Penitentiary
Plaburgh
Murdered in a Card Game in Elyria and Oberlin
Elyria and Oberlin report a fatal shooting during a card game. Jones alias Smith is sought by polices after a man named Clarence Stevens, 24, was killed at Oberlin. Jim Wright, host of the game, is under arrest. A separate hospital note reportsTravinger, 1, undergoing appendectomy with condition listed as serious.
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Elyrea
Oslo
Jones
Smith
Elyria
Oberlin
Clarence Stevens
Jim Wright
Convicts Escape From Penitentiary Recaptured Near Butler
Five escapees from Western Penitentiary near Pittsburgh were recaptured near Butler early today and held at the state police barracks. Corpral Harry Grosh and Patrolman Reed stopped their car after 8 am. the five offered no resistance. Leader Michael Norton badly injured, taken to Butler General Hospital under guard. Eight convicts implicated. Bernstein shot by a guard, O Leary arrested downtown, Pelfier hid in cell.
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Grosh
Reed
Butler General Hospital
Harry Bernstein
Reading
Lawrence O'Leary
Blue Bandana
Bills Pelfier
Lence
Bernstein
Milk Bottling Law Sets Bottled Milk Only for Eating Places
Pennsylvania lawmakers and Governor Pinchot enact a rule requiring bottled milk sales at all eating places after May 26. Soda fountains must serve milk in bottles, with an exception for drinks that are mixed.
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Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Forbes Is Near Death In Boston Hospital
Col Charles I Forbes former head of the U S Veterans Bureau, under two year Fort Leavenworth sentence for conspiracy in Veterans Hospital contracts, hovered between life and death at Hart Hospital Roxbury. A cerebral stroke left him paralyzed on the left side as specialists fought to save him after a Boston auto trip from Hopkinton to visit his mother. He planned to go to Chicago next week to seek a writ of supersedeas for a new trial in the case.
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Boston
Charles I. Forbes
Ead
U.S. Veterans’ Bureau
Fort Leavenworth
Hart Hospital
Roxbury
Forbes
Hopkinton
Colonel Forbes
Charles R. Forbes
Chicago
Veterans’ Bureau
Child Taken to Institute After Dog Bite
Little Donald Ardinger of Williamsport was brought to the Pasteur Institute in Baltimore for examination of a leg wound believed to be from a mad dog. The dog’s head was sent to the Baltimore institute for rabies analysis after being killed at the river bridge toll house by Eugene Russell.
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Donald Ardinger
Frank Ardinger
Williamaport
Pasteur Institute
Baltimore
Otten
Cantoriae
Ballimore
Eugene Russell
President and family return to White House after cruise
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge with a small party return to the White House at 9 o'clock after an extended weekend cruise in Chesapeake Bay aboard the Mayflower. The note confirms their return from the voyage and begins a new week at home.
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Washington
President
Frederick County Man Killed by Falling Tree
Ira Smith, 48, a well known farmer near Monrovia, was fatally killed when a tree he was cutting fell in an unexpected direction on his father’s farm. He leaves a widow and two sons. Smith was a relative of W. T. Wachter of Frederick City.
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Ira Smith
Monrovla
Ira
Smith
W. TP. Wachter
Thla City
Divorce Granted to Clara Smith by Judge Wagaman
Judge Frank G Wagaman grants an absolute divorce to Clara Smith fourth from W Hamilton Smith with alimony as awarded by the court.
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Frank G. Wagaman Alguid
Clara
W. Hamilton Smith
Tex Rickard Fined in New Jersey Conviction Case
New Jersey judge imposed a heavy fine on George N. Tex Rickard, famed prize fight promoter, $7,900 after his conviction related to the shipment of Dempsey Carpentier fight film from the state. In Maryland, two horses ran away in Funkstown, causing property damage and a collision with a telephone pole after bolting onto Baltimore Street.
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Newark
N. J. Morel
George N
Tex) Rickard
Bodine
Trenton
New Jersey
John B. Wagaman
Funkstown
Potomac Street
Baltimore Street
David T. Crockett
Flooding Ravages Northern States With Record Rains
March 30 report from Toston notes Merrimac and other rivers swelled by heavy rains. Vermont and New Hampshire suffered extensive damage, with property losses over 250000 dollars. Bridges and roadways washed out, railroad service crippled by washouts, rivers rising rapidly across the region.
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Toston
Merrimac
New England
New Thompshire
Vermont
Hrandoph
Manchester
Concord
N. Ho
Bandits Hold Up Bank in Chicago Shootout
Four bandits robbed the Ashland-Sixty-Third Street Bank in Chicago pressing eight employees and two officers into a teller’s cage. They escaped with between 310,000 and 15,000 amid a crowd of workers passing by.
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Chicago
Bandisa
Ashland-Sixty-Third Street
Gore to appoint judge for twenty third district
Governor Howard M. Gore will name a judge tomorrow to fill the unexpired term of Judge John Mitchell Woods. The district includes Morgan Backley and Jeffers counties. The appointment will be made at the executive offices in Charleston West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
Howard M. Gore
John Mitchell Woods
Mardusburg
Morgan, Backley
Jefferson Counties
Coal Oil Stove Explodes Causing Kitchen Fire
A coal oil stove exploded in the kitchen of Joh P Casper's home during breakfast yesterday morning. The blast damaged the room and furniture but was contained with quick actions by family members who removed the stove and extinguished the fire.
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Joh P. Casper
Lawcock
Sale man held for attack on young girl mob mutilation
Williamston North Carolina March 30 An investigation by Martin County authorities into mob action Sunday after a 17 year old girl accused Joseph Needleman 22 year old tobacco salesman was arrested Friday He faced charges and was jailed A mob of about 60 men stormed the jail dragged Needleman to outskirts and the operation performed left him semi conscious dying He was hospitalized in Washington North Carolina with feared blood poisoning from the knife attack
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Williamston
N.C
Martin County
Joseph Needleman
Needleman
Washington, N.C
New Jersey
Fuil
Neadleman
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