American saves self by nerve in Mexican firing squad
C H Rippeteau a Dallas traveling salesman was held by constitutionalists in Coahuila for carrying federal arms. A firing squad warned him with rifles to be shot but the order was not given. He was later released at Pedras Negras and escorted to Eagle Pass.
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Associated Press
Eagle Pass
Tex
C. H. Rippeteau
Dallas
Pedras Negras
Mex
Rippeteau
Coahuila
Columbia
Nuevo Laredo
Major Valdez Executed for Plot Against Governor Carranza
Eagle Pass reports Major Alfredo Valdez was executed by a constitutionalist court martial in Monclova Mexico for planning to assassinate Governor Carranza. He deserted from the federal army to aid the constitutionalists.
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Associated Press
Eagle Pass
Texas
Alfredo Valdez
Monclova
Mexico
Carranza
Valdez
Attempted courtroom shooting shocks Washington court
Ray M. Stewart 18 attempted to shoot Justice Stafford and aides in a D C criminal court after probation denial. Three bullets narrowly missed Hawkins. officers overpowered him. Stewart had sought probation after an attempted highway robbery conviction. the wife of a policeman, who was the target of the earlier crime, was sent to a government hospital.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ray M. Stewart
Stafford
Stewart
Justice Stafford
United States
Given and Hawkens
Hawkins
Givens
Given
Government Hospital For
Homer Comack Admits Plan To Commit Double Crime
Homer Comack aged 21 confessed in front of his wife that he planned with another man to kill J. J. Folks whose body was found in a Phoenix City store. Folks throat had been cut. Comack said he did not kill Folks but helped plot the deed and split the robbery money. The other man named by Comack has not been arrested.
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Montgomery
Ala
Homer Comack
J. J. Folks
Phoenix City
Advertiser
Folks
Comack
Notice of Chancery Proceeding in Mobile Alabama
In Chancery at Mobile Alabama May 29 1913 a notice lists respondents over 21 and nonresidents with residences in Georgia New York North Carolina Virginia New Jersey Connecticut Mississippi and other places. It notes difficulty identifying some and asserts they reside outside Alabama and are over 21 if alive.
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Mobile
Alabama
Thirteenth District
Southwestern Division
van Antwerp’s Drug Corporation, Inc
Jonathan Hunt
William A. Carter
Columbus, Ga
Jesse Carter
New York, N. Y
Willis E. Hall
Salem
N. C
Delphine H. Hairston
Chatmoss
William H. Adams
Port Jervis
N. Y
Arthur G. Adams
New York City
Charlotte L. Adams
Ridgefield Park
N. J
Anna M. Adams
Margaret L. Howley
East Orange
Elizabeth C. Crowne
New London
Conn
Sarah Louisa Mohler
Gulfport
Miss
Milton Dabney
Meridian
Allen A. Goodman
William J. Goodman
Waynesboro
Thos. F. Townsley
Louis Oscar Townsley
Marie Coralie Townsley
Patrick McLoskey
Philip McLoskey
Thomas Barrett
Latham Mitchell
Peter A. Remsen
John 8. Remsen
George Tucker
Sidney Smith
J. Hunt Adams
Adton Smith, Jr
Jonah D. F. Smith
Harlan P. Smith
J. Hunt Smith
Delia M. Johnson
Louise F. Wheeler
Margaret Adams
Mary Adams
Anna N. Adams
Elizabeth C. Adams
Hopie L. Smith
Louise Johnson
Clarence Johnson
Dayton Smith
Adon N. Smith
Arthur Smith
Delia Smith
Louise Maxwell Smith
Maxwell Smith
Adon Smith
Effie C. Smith
Martha Smith
Cornelia Smith
Ella Starkey
Edith Reed
Jonah Dayton Smith
Michael Botrenu
Victor Gannard
John Griffiant
John Groiffant
John Giffen
Wm. EB. Kennedy
John Forbes
James Innerarity
John Innerarity
Archibald W. Gordon
Duke W. Goodman
Cameran Eit Eee
Legal Notice Players and heirs named in Mobile property case
Legal notice details unknown heirs and their residences, and a long list of defendants and claimants in a Mobile Alabama property dispute. The bill seeks acknowledgment of title and directs defendants to plead by 28 June 1913 or be deemed to have confessed. Brooks & Crawford, solicitors.
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Alabama
City
Mobile
Royal and
St. Louis Streets
Royal Street
St. Louis Street
McGill Institute
William A. Carter
Jesse Carter
Willis E. Hall
Delphine H. Hairston
Elizabeth Summers
Sadie Hall
Percival Hall
Jet
Wm. J. Goodman
Thos. F. Townsley
Louis Oscar Townsley
Marie Coralie Townsley
Patrick McLoskey
Phillip McLoskey
Thomas Barrett
Latham Mitchell
Peter A. Remsen
John S. Remsen
George Tucker
Michael Perrault
Victor Gannard
John Griffiant
John Groiffant
John Giffen
William E. Kennedy
John Forbes
James Innerarity
John Innerarity
Archibald W. Gordon
Duke W. Goodman
Jonathan Hunt
Wm. Jones, Jr
Sarah M. Clanton
Wm. J. Jones
Florence H. Jones
Edith Carter
Adon Smith
Sidney Smith
J. Hunt Adams
Adon Smith, Jr
Jonah D. F. Smith
Harlan P. Smith
J. Hunt Smith
Delia M. Johnson
Brewer charges crooked dealing in cotton case
In Jackson Mississippi on June 24 Attorney-General Collins filed a petition in chancery court seeking a writ of attachment to secure possession of 1128 bales of cotton bought from the state prison farm by Boyce & Co of Memphis. The case, urged by Governor Brewer, accuses the firm of large profits from fraudulent weight manipulation. Bank accounts and Clarksdale Tennessee office equipment of Boyce & Co. are named for attachment, with CC Williamson & Co of Memphis listed as co-defendants.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Boyce & Co
Memphis
New Orleans
Collins
Chancery Court
Brewer
Attorney-Geneneral
Clarksdale, Tenn
CC. L. Williamson & Co
Rebels Capture City of Durango in Mexico
Durango fell to rebels after a weeks long siege reports from the city state the federal garrison fate is unknown. Damage has struck American property in surrounding towns and mines as rail service remains interrupted.
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Mexico City
Durango
Seige
Two men acquitted in Portage paymaster killing case
Carmello Cavalli and Rosario de Grazia were acquitted by the criminal court at Messina for lack of evidence in a July 30, 1904, hold up that killed paymaster Campbell and his driver Charles Hays near Portage, Pennsylvania. Other gang members vanished after the 1908 earthquake and have not been traced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Messina
Carmello Cavalli
Rosario de Grazia
Campbell
Charles Hays
Portage
Tragic wedding massacre shocks Philadelphia crowd
A rejected suitor gunned down bride Mrs. Bozelle and Vincent Spirti while Sellie Spirti died of a stabbing near the heart. An unidentified woman was shot and Angelo Goccino is said to have fired the shots. None of the wounded are expected to recover.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Nicholas Bozelle
Vincent Spirti
Lansdowne
Sellie Spirti
Morton
Delaware
Angelo Goccino
America
Guecino
Fairbanks Urges Peace Plan for Republican Unity
In Omaha on June 24 former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks urged Nebraskan Republicans to forget old feuds and cooperate. He noted no lasting party division and warned against coercion, stressing tolerance and patience to revive party strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Omaha
Charles W. Fairbanks
Nebraska
Fairbanks
Republican Party
McKinley
No Veteran Will Go Uncared For at Gettysburg Biennial
Harrisburg report says provisions in the Pennsylvania state senate will fund care for veterans attending the semi-centennial of the Battle of Gettysburg. An extra 35,000 dollars was added to the general appropriation for transportation, quarters, and subsistence. Officials estimate about 50,000 veterans will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Senate
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania Commission
Young Women Witness Cremation of Murderer
Americus Georgia reports that William C. Barrow the aged police chief shot by William Redding a Black man is recovering. Jim Stallings another Black man shot by Redding died from his wounds. Redding was lynched and his body burned before about five thousand people including many young women. No arrests have been made.
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Americus
William C. Barrow
William Redding
Jim Stallings
Redding
Governor O Neal Orders Shackles Off Convicts
Governor O Neal issued an order to remove shackles from state convicts in an act described as humane and also barred leasing city convicts to public works or private contractors. The move follows reports of prior convict leasing in the state. In a separate item, two men died at a railroad crossing near Berea, Ohio, when a Lake Shore mail train struck their loaded car, injuring others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
O’neal
Crossing
Cleveland
Lake Shore
Berea
Aviator Fred F. Gardner Drowns After Sharp Turn
Rochester dispatch reports aviator Fred F. Gardner drowned in Lake Keuka when his plane banked too sharply during a maneuver and fell into the water. Divers failed to recover the body.
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Rochester
N. Y
Fred F. Gardner
Lake Kéuka
Bath
Maine
Safe and Harmless Laxative for the Aged
Advert for Dr King's New Life Pills praised as safe and gentle for the old, claiming easy passage with less pain. It notes a price of 2 cents and mentions Antwerp Drug Corporation as the recommending firm.
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Blue Ridge Springs
Botetourt County
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R. R
Noble Range of Mountains
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Fifth Ave
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D. P. Ritchey
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the Town
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Porter
Carl Eet
Pennsylvania
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Boston
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Japan
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Castile
H. O. Force
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Dauphin
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Optometrist and Manufacturing Optician
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Dr. F. L. Tapia
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