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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
1
May 7 Laporte Indiana Sheriff Smutzer reports continuing exhumations at Belle Gunness estate private graveyard where nine bodies already found. He orders digging through soft earth piles and expects more remains. Authorities suspect a murder ring with a Chicago link and matrimonial ads guiding victims to the wealthy widow.
Washington dispatch reports Ohio delegates largely favor Bryan, with Judson Harmon strength waning. The Ohio convention May 6 7 signals a shift in preconvention dynamics, impacting anti Bryan plans and Denver bound delegate counts. Ohio's results echo in broader Democratic maneuvers across Pennsylvania New York and the South.
In Ut Boston on May 1 the Democratic state convention instructed its four delegates to cast their votes in the Senate race for Bryant, signaling party support ahead of the tri-ennial ballot.
Express messenger Charles H W Wright was killed today by bandits who held his car on the Rio Grande train near Denver. They escaped after securing only $10, and the body was found when the train reached Denver.
In Texas counties holding Republican conventions, early results indicate delegates to state and national conventions will be instructed for Roosevelt as first choice and Taft as second. Col Cecil Lyon, national committeeman from Texas and state committee chair, directs the Roosevelt effort, shaping the delegation to support Roosevelt at the national convention.
Toledo May 7 Mayor Brand Whitlock announced his candidacy for governor under the Independent movement. In Bridgeport a natural gas explosion damaged Nie Hnho hardware store, fatally burning clerk Walton Horner who was found among the ruins as firemen contained the blaze.
Baltimore May 7 bishops discuss divorce laws urging uniform laws to curb polygamy and amending church discipline to address amusements seen as immoral. They condemn child labor liquor trade and support workers organizing, while reaffirming early opposition to worldly amusements.
New York May 7 Four people died and several injured in a Orchard Street tenement fire likely started by incendiary means. The blaze spread from the basement to the top, ripping through an iron fire escape where victims fell or were trapped. A two year old child, Hate Kopelman, perished on the grate. Other dead include Samuel Sands Mr Eva Borgland and an unidentified man.
Edward Hugh Martin, ex lieutenant in the Army and armor plate expert, was arrested in Portland on a murder charge in a case detailing a slain pawnbroker Nathan Wolf. The article notes his West Point background, past marriages, and disputed financial troubles, with his wife Tesute Griffin cited in statements to the district attorney.
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