Four Mysteries and the Rise of Alonzo Whiteman in Chicago
A Chicago feature traces two top national detectives untangling four crimes of national reach. It recounts the downfall and rise of Rev. Alonzo J. Whiteman from Dansville to Duluth to Chicago politics, his gambling ruin, arrest, and revival in Zion City under Dowie.
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Chicago
United States
Iliam J. Burns
Ncy
Abe Ruef
San
Los Angeles Times
Alonzo A. Whiteman
representa@ holy brother
Zion City
la Salle Street
A. Reeves
Pacific Coast
Alonzo J. Whiteman
Dansville
IN. X
Alonzo
Duluth
Minn
Minnesota Senate
United States Senate
Whiteman
Chicago Stock Exchange
Washington Park
Detroit
Rebecca Whiteman
Alexander Dowie
Execution appeal filed in Hans Schmidt case
Notice from New York reports an appeal against the death sentence for Hans Schmidt, the former priest, in the murder of Anna Aumuller. Alphones C. Koelble, Schmidt’s counsel, will file this week, staying the sentence as hearings in the court of appeals are expected to take months. Schmidt is imprisoned in Sing Sing.
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Associated of
NEW York
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Alphones C. Koelble
Schmidt
Court of Appeals
Sing Sing
Cascaret claims to cleanse liver and bowels for health
An advertisement claims indigestion and foul conditions stem from a torpid liver and constipated bowels. It describes symptoms like bad taste, yellow skin, and headaches and promotes a 10 cent Cascaret that supposedly cleanses the liver and bowels.
Gambling houses run free in Mexico City under government license
In Mexico City gambling houses operate openly amid claims of abundant cash in the capital. A Yucatan native reportedly lost 6000 dollars in ten minutes and bought more chips, while a prominent official is said to have lost 60000 dollars over three nights. The government grants exclusive rights to one firm for 60000 dollars monthly to operate the venues and profit from sub contracts. Government detectives monitor rooms for enemies of the current regime and bond company agents while tallying players.
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Mexico
City
Mexico City
Federal
Zion City reformer Alonzo Whiteman arrested for swindling
Alonzo J. Whiteman, known as Brother Whiteman and a Zion City anti-tobacco crusader, is arrested in Hot Springs Arkansas on a charge of swindling a Zion City woman out of 2500 dollars. Pinkerton detectives tracked him with De Forest, a forgery suspect, across Chicago St Louis and Little Rock, ending in Hot Springs. The pair waived extradition.
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Whiteman
Zion City
Pinkerton
Alonzo J. Whiteman
Hot Springs
Ark
Sarah Conger
National Bank of Chicago
Alonzo Whiteman
Alonzo
Chicago
Board of Trade
First National Bank
Deacon Royal
Walker
Pinkertons
Jackson de Forest
New York
de Forest
Fourth National Bank of
St. Louis
Little Rock
Sandusky Portland Cement Company
Engineers
Cleveland
E. J. Maguire
Secre
Man found guilty of manslaughter in wife murder case
Frank Chancey, an aged Washington county resident, was found guilty of manslaughter in the murder of his wife Nancy. The trial lasted nearly a week, with robbery suspected as motive and a missing sum of money. Meanwhile in the county, the Barnes case proceeds, and Sheriff Ellis raided Sunday liquor sales, seizing beer whiskey and wine from lower-city places.
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Pensacola
Fla
Frank Chancey
Washington County
Boffifay
Chancey
Nancy
Joe
Jesse Barnes
Dr. Lewis
Cary Ellis
Rev Bateman Attacks Cards Theatres In Troy Revival Sermons
The Rev J Bateman of Troy Alabama denounces cards and theatres as enemies of Christian efficiency during a revival at First Baptist Church. He condemns card playing for prizes and the card club, likening women who play for prizes to red hot gamblers. The sermons praise cross scenes and discuss the manliness of Christ. Special noon services are planned at railroad shops alongside regular services.
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J. Bateman
Troy
Ala
First Baptist Church
Dr. Bateman
Ravenscroft May Not Defend Her American Golf Title
Miss Gladys Ravenscroft of England, holder of the women’s national golf title in the United States, may not return to defend it this year after plans to leave for home in about a month. She has been competing in U S tournaments and doubts her availability to come back.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Gladys Ravenscroft
England
United States
Ravencecroft
Senators Lea and Blair Lee Swap Misplaced Chickens
Washington reports a humorous mixup as Senator Luke Lea receives Maryland chickens and eggs sent by admirers meant for Senator Blair Lee. Both senators joke about the error and vow to consult each other before future windfalls.
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Luke Lea
Blair Lee
Washington
Senat
Lea
Maryland
Luke Lee
Bank Draft Swindle Traced from Montreal to San Francisco
In Treal Canada two Fielding brothers planned a bank swindle after a Bank of Montreal clerk joined the scheme. They fled by train to Chicago and drew 4800 dollars at Continental and Commerce Bank, then to St Louis and San Francisco where a 5000 dollar draft aroused warning. They disappeared before arrest but a later cablegram to the Pinkerton agency claimed capture.
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Shaughnessy
Davenport
Krug
Pinkerton
Mrs. Isaacson
San Francisco
J. E
J. C. Fielding
Mon
Chicago
Continental and Commerce Bank
Frisco
Pinkerton Detective Agency
St. Louis
Pinkertons
Honolulu
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