Thaw Trial Heard As Mrs Thaw Takes Stand
Mrs. William Thaw mother of Harry K Thaw testified for the defense in New York. She described her son's distress after Evelyn Nesbit's Paris story and his sadness at home. The examination was halted when District Attorney Jerome objected to many questions.
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Harry K. Thaw
Mary Copley Thaw
Pittsburg
Littleton
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Evelyn Nesbit
Paris
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Jerome
Mr. Littleton
Testimony in Florodora cast trial faces jury limits
Mrs. Thaw described her stage work in Florodora and the difficulties of youth in seeking employment. Mr. Jerome objected to much of the testimony barred from the jury this year, while he remained ready to challenge further evidence.
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Polichmages
Witnesses portray Thaw as an irrational youth in court
Important witnesses at the morning session describe Harry K. Thaw as nervous moody and prone to outbursts. They recount childhood behavior and the nurse Catherine O'Neill's testimony while Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is briefly called and withdrawn.
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Alice of
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Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Catherine O'Neill
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Alice C. Fletcher
Washington, D. C
Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
Catherine O’neill
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Engagement in Hayti Reports Revolt at St Marc
Cablegram to the navy department says revolutionists landed at St. Marc Hayti and clashed with government troops with casualties. No Americans were reported harmed. Gunboats Des Moines and Paducah off the Dominican coast will move to Haitian waters to observe developments.
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Navy Department
St. Marc
Hayti
Des Moines
Paducah
Dominican
Walker's embezzlement charge dismissed in San Francisco
In San Francisco on January 18 Judge Dunne dismissed the embezzlement charge against David F. Walker president of the California Safe Deposit and Trust company tied to the Colton estate securities worth 205000 dollars seized from the bank.
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San Francisco
William Hoffcock
Dunne
David F. Walker
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Colton Estate
Parker Counsel for Labor in Buck Stove Boycott Case
Washington January 18 Parker Alton B Parker named senior counsel for the American Federation of Labor in the Buck Stove and Range company boycott case of St Louis Suntan the Separation The statement outlines the representation and party names involved in the labor dispute.
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Washington
Alton
American Federation of Labor
Buck Stove and Range Company
St. Louis
Pinning ES and Ang Business Pt Show Strength
Fragmentary text notes a bid to display strength by ES and Ang business partners. Mentions timing and an order to demonstrate power, but lacks clear events or outcomes.
Mrs Evelyn Nes Thaw Repeats Her Story at Marty Thaw Trial
Judge Denies DA Jerome motion to exclude public as Mrs Thaw testifies about her past at age sixteen and meeting Stanford White. Thaw weeps with the defendant. cross examination focuses on virtue and morality and Thaw’s 1904 Monte Carlo overdose attempt. Continuous objections mark the proceedings as District Attorney Jerome grills the witness.
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Paris
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Littleton
Heinze Case Postponed to January 27
New York January 21 hearing in the case against F. Augustus Heinze former Mercantile National Bank president charged with overcertifying checks has been postponed to January 27. Heinze pleaded not guilty. He is under $50 000 bond.
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New York
F. Augustus Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
Heinze
Trial of Mrs. Dora McDonald Opens in Murder Case
In Chicago on January 21 the trial of Mrs. Dora McDonald, widow of Michael T. McDonald, began for the murder of Webster J. Guerin. The proceeding concerns the alleged homicide and the jury is being selected at the municipal court.
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Dora McDonald
Chicago
Michael T. McDonald
Webster
Guerin
Private Steamer Route Feeds Russian Officer Controversy
Reports say Captain Diatchkoff reached aboard an American warship at Rio de Janeiro. The episode strained relations with the U S ambassador to the Vatican. The Russian admiralty then told Diatchkoff to seek a permit from Secretary Metcalf, which failed, leaving him to trail the fleet by private steamers.
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Tmatchkoff
Rio Janeiro
Sian
United States
Diatchkoff
Admiral Evans
Washington
Foreign Office
Metcalf
Senate Judiciary Prohibition Debate On Liquor Imports
Washington January 20 the senate committee on judiciary examined prohibition measures and heard Senator Tillman defend a bill regulating liquor import to one state from another arguing Congress can take the issue as a police power. A dialogue with Senator Bacon and others discussed interstate commerce and state vs federal authority as Justice Knox noted a Supreme Court ruling upholding state laws prohibiting imported liquor.
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Senate Committee On Judiciary
Senator Tillman
Congress
Tillman
Bacon
Nelson
Supreme Court
Speere
Knox
Railroad Cars Idle Hit Salt Lake City Traffic Drop
Salt Lake City reports 500 Oregon Short Line freight cars idle while 1 500 have returned to service on Harriman lines in forty days. Twenty locomotives idle. 8 900 trainmen laid off since Oct 1. Rio Grande Western cut 175 local shop workers. Merchants' weak buying cited as main traffic slump.
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Salt Lake City
the Tribune
Oregon Short Line
Harriman
Rio Grande Western
Japanese Navy Denies Alarmist Pacific Coast Rumors
Tokyo reports deny sensational claims of hostile plans by the Japanese naval administration. Vice Admiral Saito says no secrecy, with daily fleet location reports shared with US attaches. He notes battleships, torpedo boats, and submarines all at home stations Yokosuka Kure and Sasebo.
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Saito
Navy
Associated Press
America
Pacific
Yokosuka
Kure
Sasebo
Laughlin Attacks National Ad Campaign Speech Lines
Professor J Laurence Laughlin head of political economy at the University of Chicago criticizes a national advertising drive calling it a bluff a flashy bid for ignorant votes and a political measure aimed at popular consumption indicating concern over its political impact in the bond issue debate.
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Chicago
J. Laurence Laughlin
Department of Political Economy
University of Chicago
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