Threat Ends In Shooting Of Fleeing Wife
A man fired three shots into the body of his fleeing wife, escalating a domestic dispute into a fatal attack. Police say the suspect fled the scene, prompting a manhunt and ongoing investigation.
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1912
Page
8
Man Arrested After Claim He Mistook Wife for Burglar
York Aug 9 Matthew nh a cotton merchant was arrested after shooting his wife Lillian claiming he mistook her for a burglar. The husband said he was intoxicated and acted while the pair argued at their home. Mrs O Callaghan, seriously wounded, fled the room as bullets shattered a glass door. the assault left her condition critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Matthew Nh
Lillian
Deetinghan
O'Callaghan
Plans Discussed for City Wide Revival in the Fall
An evangelistic committee of Protestant churches met at the YMCA auditorium to discuss a city wide revival this fall. Definitive action was taken and plans will be revisited in a future meeting led by the chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oration of Protestant Churches
Central American court mediates Nicaragua conflict
The Central American court of justice based in Cartago Costa Rica sent a commission to negotiate with belligerents in the Nicaraguan revolution. A ceasefire is expected as Salvadoran authorities offer to aid. Diaz reportedly accepts the goodwill effort while General Mena's stance remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Salvador
Central American Court of Justice
Cartago
Costa Rica
Salvador
Managua
Diaz
Mena
Haigler murder report denied by family in Texas message
Reports that Harry Haigler of Los Angeles was tied to a tree and shot by Mexican rebels near Tampico to force intervention were denied in a message to Mrs Fay Farris by Haigler's widow in San Antonio Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Cal
Harry Haigler
Los Angeles
Tampico
Fay Farris
Haigler
San Antonion
Texas
Great Shoe Sale Draws Crowds at Beacon Store
Crowd gathers at Beacon Shoe Store on 163 Dau Phi Street for the Great Shoe Sale as shoppers stream in to take advantage of promotional bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Shoe Store
Dauphin Street
Jefferson Prisoners Will Not Be RemovRead
Jefferson county jail prisoners will not be moved after prison inspector Dr. W H Oates revoked an earlier transfer order. The decision followed Sheriff W K McAdory's arrangements easing congestion and a petition from fifty inmates, reflecting adjusted plans for Jefferson county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Jefferson County
W. H. Oates
Gadsden
Oates
Electric magnet saves workman's eye in Tulsa
In Tulsa, August Clarence Rhodes, a local iron works operative, was struck in the eye by a flying steel chip and endured hours of pain. Surgeons failed to help until a small improved electric magnet was found after canvassing local doctors. The magnet drew the chip away, easing the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Clarence Rhodes
French Navy flyer completes first leg Paris to Havre by hydro plane
Ensign Jean Louis Camille Counean, under the fame of Andre Beaumont, completed the initial leg from Paris to Havre in a hydro aeroplane. He departed July 26, followed the Seine to Havre, and plans to coast to Boulogne then cross to the Thames and to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
France
Jean Louis Camille Counean
Andre Beaumont
Paris
London
Seine
Boulogne
English Channel
Thames
Matron Redeems Mutilated Dollar Bill For Thirty Cents
A Louisville woman sent a damaged dollar to the treasury noting its value has shrunk while her family grows. She states she now has two little girls and that a dollar seems worth only thirty cents, requesting redemption for the degraded note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louisville
Treasury
Plans for 1912 13 Cotton Crop Rally in Atlanta
Atlanta August 9 plans for handling the 1912 13 cotton crop to be discussed at a Farmers Union rally on August 27. The meeting will also cover organizing the National Warehouse and Elevator Company to handle cotton and grain nationwide. Lawson E Brown Georgia Farmers Union president issued the call noting branches of the warehouse company are already established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
National Warehouse and Elevator Company
Farmers’ Union
Lawson E. Brown
Georgia Farmers’ Union
Fifteen Day Parole for Slaver Clyde Mims Killer
Charles Kelly, an aged Crichton resident and former killer of Clyde Mims, has a fifteen day parole granted by Governor O Neal due to illness and to visit his wife in this county. His record at the state farm near Speigner's shows good conduct as a night watchman and he intends to circulate a petition for an absolute pardon while in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kelly
Crichton
Clyde Mims
O'Neal
Kelly
Speigner’s
Mobile
Taft Nominates Cyrus N England for Natchez Customs
President Taft sent to the Senate the nomination of Cyrus N England for the collector of customs at Natchez Mississippi. The move follows standard appointments in the Treasury department and reflects ongoing administrative confirmations expected in the current session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Washington
Taft
Senate
Cyrus N. England
Natchez, Miss
Dairyman Convicted For Selling Skinned Milk
C P Werneth, a milk producer from Dauphin Way, was fined five dollars under Section 507 of the city milk inspection ordinance for offering for sale skimmed or separated milk. He paid the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milk Inspection Department
C. P. Werneth
Dauphin Way
Werneth
Thirteenth Week Begins in Darrow Bribery Case
In Los Angeles the Darrow bribery trial enters its thirteenth week with three witnesses remaining for the prosecution. A rebuttal is expected to follow, and a jury verdict seems unlikely before the week after next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Clarence S. Darrow
Pleasure Bay Delayed by Machinery Breakdown at Mobile
The steamer Pleasure Bay was delayed reaching Mobile until noon today due to a machinery breakdown while at Battles about seven this morning. The James A Carney was sent back from the city to bring Pleasure Bay passengers to the wharf at Dauphin Bay. The big steamer Street then went out on her usual trip and the repairs were completed this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasure Bay
Mobile
Battles
James A. Carney
Dauphin Bay
Street
Defective Old Track and Wood Cars Cited in Rail Disaster
The May 6 wreck on the New Orleans and Northastagn Railroad near Eastabuchie Mass killed nine and injured fifty six. A report by H W Belknap chief inspector to the Interstate Commerce Commission cites a defective track and wooden tourist cars aged 26 and 32 years as the main cause and urges steel cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Orleans and Northastagn
Eastabuchie
Mass
Interstate Commerce Commission
H. W. Belknap
Belknap
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