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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1902
Page
3
Rival Terry Corbett faces Younger contender Yanger in a tense championship bout. McGovern and others loom as potential challengers as fans watch a high‑stakes race for the title with a strong turnout of admirers.
Plans for a new defiant yacht defend the cup and fast crafts are discussed with Herreshoff and models like Constitution and Columbia. Also covered is Jack Root the Chicago boxer praised for his solid record and Billy Tate the noted referee now in an insane asylum after Sullivan McCaffery verdict controversy.
Pittsburg National League club acknowledges strong probability of American League raids. Secretary Pulliam, speaking for Barney Dreyfuss, notes higher next year expenses but sees no chance of dethroning the twice pennant winners.
The column mentions Dad Clark connected with New York Giants and Mike Donovan linked to Cincinnati, with references to Connie Mack and various teams. It conveys speculation about players and salaries in a noisy, fragmentary baseball notes style.
In Bogota president Worthington Cheever confronts James Trefny a staged robbery with a nitro-cotton cane. Trefny threatens destruction to force a $501000 ransom with a forged Homer Dunlevy identity. Police recover the suspect in Hotel del Orinoco and a magistrate orders inquiry.
The story recounts how Victor Fournier and Edward Labelle, two men linked to a four-murder spree in the Yukon valley, are pursued by a famed Northwest detectives unit led by Major Wood and William H. Welsh. The pursuit spans Dawson, Whitehorse, Skagway, and routes into British Columbia and the United States, ending with Labelle’s confession and Fournier’s capture in Nevada, and the recovery of a victim in Dawson.
Cleveland figure Webb C Ball has received the appointment as chief watch inspector for the Vanderbilt roads. The role covers daily oversight of all watches in the system and ties into major railroad security in the era.
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