Thaw Trial News: Alienists Conflicting on Sanity
In New York on March 14 15 juries heard the Thaw murder case with Jerome denouncing the defendant and multiple alienists testifying. Dr Austin Flint declared Thaw knew the nature and quality of his act and that it was wrong, supporting a first degree murder finding. Abraham Hummel again testified regarding Evelyn Nesbit and Thaw in Paris 1903.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Austin Flint
Jerome
Thaw
Delmas
Dr. Flint
Flint
Thaw Case Details Explain Hummel Testimony
New York March 16. District Attorney Jerome Friday obtained Abraham Hummel's full account of the 1903 affidavit in which Evelyn Nesbit Thaw alleged Stanford White drugged her and that she told Harry Thaw she had been beaten. Judge Fitzgerald overruled Delmas objections as Nesbit Thaw testified to pry open the privilege and reveal the truth in the courtroom.
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New York
Jerome
Harry K. Thaw
Mr. Jerome
Delmas
Miss Nesbit
Stanford White
Thaw
Paris
Jerome Friday
Abraham Hummel
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Hummel
Justice Fitzgerald
Mr. Delmas
Evelyn Nesbit
Flint
Thaw Case Testimony Reveals Past Convictions and Alleged Plot
Attorney Delmas admits a December 1905 conviction for conspiracy in the same courtroom as Thaw. Hummel’s testimony links Evelyn Nesbit to claims of Thaw assaulting her, dictating statements, and handling an affidavit. Experts say Thaw understood the wrongfulness of his shooting Stanford White.
Supreme Court Denies Writs for Schmitz and Ruef
The California Supreme Court denied habeas corpus writs for Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Ruef. It ruled Schmitz’s restraint was nominal and dismissed the petition, and found Ruef’s grand jury and indictment claims insufficient. The court left bail discretion to the trial judge.
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Supreme Court of California
Ruef and Schmitz
San Francisco
Supreme Court
Schmitz
Abraham Ruef
Ruef
Walsh Case in Chicago Federal Court
Judge Anderson sustained the demurrer to 22 counts accusing John R. Walsh, former president of the Chicago National Bank, of bank fund misuse and overruled the demurrer to 160 remaining counts in the indictments.
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Walsh
Chicago
Anderson
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Tragedy in Pointe-a-La-Hache Ends in Double Death
In Pointe-a-La-Hache Louisiana on Thursday afternoon Whitney Moliere a young planter accosted his 17 year old sweetheart Miss Duder Dobson on Main Street He asked her to marry him when refused he shot and killed her then killed himself dying over her body in a double tragedy
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Duder Dobson
Pointe-a-La-Hache
Whitney Moliere
Prison Mutineer Brought Back
Leavenworth Kansas March 16 W M McClaughry record clerk of the United States penitentiary has arrived from Portland Oregon with James Seymore in custody one of the mutineers in the famous mutiny of November 7 1901 in which 26 prisoners escaped.
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Leavenworth
Kan
W. M. McClaughry
United States Penitentiary
Portland
Ore
James Seymore
Roosevelt Meets Mellen Over Railroads At White House
The interview between President Roosevelt and Charles S. Mellen of the New Haven railroad occurred at the White House and lasted about thirty five minutes. Mellen declined to discuss questions, saying he did not expect to visit the White House for a conference unless summoned.
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Roosevelt
Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven’ & Hartford Railroad
White House
Mellen
Mr. Mellen
J. P. Morgan
James Speyer
New York
Stickney
Chicago Great Western
B. F. Yoakum
The
Chicago, Rock Island
Congress
Suit for Receivership Targets Western Gas Improvement
An injunction and receivership suit filed in Cincinnati accuses Citizens' Gas of Nebraska City and numerous gas firms, principally aiming at Chicago's Western Gas Improvement. The holding company, capitalized at 1 million dollars, allegedly controls lighting firms to bond them above value and sell to the public, then raises revenue by unlawful appropriation of operating receipts.
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Citizens’ Gas Company
Nebraska City
Neb
Western Gas Improvement Company of
Chicago
United States
Cincinnati
Reynolds breaks own record for listing checks
Harry Reynolds an accountant at First National Bank Chicago holder of the world record for listing checks in varying amounts broke his own mark at a contest in the coliseum by listing 500 checks in seven minutes ten seconds His prior record set in New York last year was nine minutes thirty two seconds.
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Harry Reynolds
First National Bank
Chicago
Coliseum
New York
Gas Franchise Revoked for Helena Utility Authority
Helena council revoked the gas franchise of Helena Light & Railway, owned by White Company of New York, due to poor gas quality last winter. City tests showed gas strength ranged from 16 to 50 percent of the required level.
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Helena, Mon
Stockmen Must Go To Jail Federal Judge Orders Sentences
Federal Judge W H Munger overruled a new trial motion and sentenced Bartlett Richards Will G Comstock Charles C Jameson and Aquilla Triplett in Omaha federal court. Richards and Comstock receive 1500 dollar fines and one year in Douglas County Jail each while Jameson and Triplett pay 500 dollars with eight months in the county jail. Attorneys immediately plan petitions in error and appeals bonds set at 5000 dollars per defendant.
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W. H. Munger
Bartlett Richards
Will G. Comstock
Charles C. Jameson
Aquilia Triplett
United States District Court
Omaha
Douglas County
Aquilla Triplett
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Eighth Circuit
Folk signs law banning bucket shops and betting devices
Missouri Governor Folk signed a bill making bucket shop operation a felony and adding penalties for telegraph and telephone firms that aid them. He also amended the anti pool selling law to treat telegraph and telephone devices as tools for recording horse race bets.
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Folk
Missouri
Count Sub Treasury Cash Finds Theft Unexplained
Chicago sub-treasury cash count concludes with no bookkeeping error found and confirms the $173000 shortage due to theft. Captain Porter of the federal secret service says detectives have learned nothing new about the disappearance of the $62 million.
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Chicago
Porter
Federal Secret Service
Interstate Commerce Commission to use special agents
The commission will discontinue hearings outside Washington. When investigations occur in other cities special agents will record testimony and report to the commission, and the commissioners will hear arguments in Washington.
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Interstate Commerce Commision
Commission
Washington
Anthony Walks to Challenge GOP Nomination in Kansas District
Daniel R. Anthony of Leavenworth editor of the Leavenworth Times faces opposition in the republican race to fill the first Kansas district seat left by Charles W. Curtis resigning to become a senator. All other candidates have withdrawn. Primary March 29 and special election May 23. District is heavily republican.
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Anthony
Daniel R. Anthony
Leavenworth
Kans
Chicago Passes Box Office Ticket Scalping Law
The city council enacted an ordinance banning ticket sales outside the box office for theater events and prohibiting resale above the printed price. The measure took effect immediately to curb scalping in Chicago.
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Chicago
Mrs Roosevelt to Give Silk Flag for Nelson Bust
Mrs. Roosevelt agreed to donate a silk American flag to drape a bust of Admiral Lord Nelson at the naval academy. The gift follows a request from Rev Edward W Mathews of London, a former British navy chaplain. The president sent a personal greeting and friendship message to King Edward.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Edward W. Mathews
London
Roosevelt
Lord Nelson
Naval Academy
King Edward
Mathews
Smith Opposes Iowa District Rearrangement
Congressman Walter I. Smith, back in Council Bluffs from Washington, opposes the proposed rearrangement of Iowa congressional districts. He argues the move should wait until after the 1910 census.
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Walter I. Smith
Council Bluffs
Washington
Iowa
British minister joins militant Irish league for first time
Thomas J. McNamaha, parliamentary secretary for the London government board, has applied for membership in the Dulwich branch of the United Irish League of Great Britain. This marks the first instance of a British minister joining a militant Irish nationalist organization.
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United Irish League
Thomas J. McNamaha
London Government Board
Dulwich
United Irish League of Great Britain
Fire destroys Upton Sinclair Co operative Colony hall
Helicon hall, home of the Upton Sinclair Co operative colony, burned after a gas explosion. Lester Briggs of Providence was killed while 55 colonists and workers fled by windows and ropes. Grace McGowan Cooke and Alice McGowan were among the injured. the building and $35000 in losses were reported.
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Helicon Hall
Upton Sinclair Cooperative Colony
Lester Briggs
Providence
R.I
Grace McGowan Cooke
Alice McGowan
Lenie Fechtenberg
Insult to War Veterans Moves Encampment Out of Oklahoma
Spanish war veterans in the District of Columbia department condemn Oklahoma constitutional delegates for disfranchising soldiers sailors and marines calling it an insult to all American service members They urge Commander-in-Chief Hamilton Ward to convene the national council of administration to relocate the next encampment from Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma
District of Columbia Department
Constitutional Convention of
Hamilton Ward
Buffalo
National Council of Administration
Oklahoma City
Irish policy vindicated at Wolverhampton rally
John Dillon told Irish demonstrators that the Boers won freedom and urged young men to learn from General Botha and Delarey. He claimed Botha, now premier and native affairs minister, proves Ireland could have a future under John Redmond as premier.
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John Dillon
Wolverhampton
Eng
Botha
Delarey
Transvaal
John Redmond
Ireland
Medals to Be Distributed by Carnegie Hero Fund
The Carnegie hero fund commission will first distribute gold, silver, and bronze medals to sixty three individuals across the United States and Canada. At the January 16 meeting eighteen more medals were awarded but will be distributed later due to a delay in adopting medal designs from leading jewelers.
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Carnegie Commission
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
United States
Canada
Explosion At City Hospital Site Wrecks Nearby Homes
Explosion of 250 pounds of dynamite in a shack at the Cincinnati city hospital site caused extensive damage to surrounding residences and buildings. Incendiary as the cited cause, with several recently discharged hospital workers suspected of threats.
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New City Hospital
Cincinnati
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