Fear of Lynchings Roil Inghogta County After Butler Murder
A Black man tried at Butler Choctaw County for murder and robbery was sentenced to hang on April 18 and sent to Mobile. He and several associates were moved to the county jail amid fear of violence. Azail Curtis was lynched by an angry mob. Sheriff T T Palmer moved prisoners to Mobile to avoid unrest. The accused vows appeal while claiming innocence. Royal Street drew curiosity as a heavily armed deputy contingent accompanied the convoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hainey
Butler
Choctaw Coun
Bae
Mobile
Southern Railway
Willie Dison
Brewster Coleman
Greenin
West Coleman
T.T. Palmer
Bush
Azail Curtis
Lock
Chainey
Prisners
Royal Street
Fines Meted for Vagrancy and Gaming Offenses
In an inferior criminal court session Monday the defendants Sam Stutts Johnston Fort Sallie Pope Boykin Reaves and G T Thompson were fined one dollar or ten days for vagrancy. Joe Meyers Leo Miller March Jones and Jim Foreman were fined one dollar and ten days for gaming. Paul Moore Robert Barlow and Dock Wolf were fined twenty one dollars or thirty days for the same offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inferior Criminal Court
Sam Stutts
Johnston Fort
Sallie Pope
Boykin Reaves
G. T. Thompson
Joe Meyers
Leo Miller
March Jones
Jim Foreman
Paul Moore
Robert Barlow
Dock Wolf
Mrs Burleson Aids Wilsons In Washington Social Plans
Mrs. Sydney Burleson wife of the new Postmaster General assists Mrs. Woodrow Wilson in shaping social program plans for the Democratic administration in Washington for the coming four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Burleson
Burleson
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Boosters Parade Through Mobile Streets
The Booster party of the Chamber of Commerce and Business League led by the First Regiment Band paraded from the depot through the business district to Bienville Square after a trade expansion expedition along the Mississippi coast. Spectators greeted them with enthusiasm as they returned to the Chamber rooms for a rousing reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Mississippi Coast
Government
Royal
Dauphin
Conception
Bienville Square
Ce Wee
Mrs Sara Madero Returns In Mourning For Mexico's Ex President
Mrs Sara Madero wife of the slain Mexican president arrived in New York aboard the Monterey from Havana with her family. She believes the assassination was planned weeks before the revolution and says Mexico will not be peaceful until vengeance is served. She criticizes U S intervention and recalls pleas to aid her husband and bedding and food restrictions in prison before his murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Mercedes
Misa Angelo Madero
Julio
Rafael Zinuen
Maria
Felipe
Antonio
New York
Madero
Mexico
Mexico City
Diaz
Notable visitors linger in Mobile hotels
Indianapolis residents F. B. McKinney and wife stay at the Cawthon Hotel while Mrs. George W. Robinson and Miss Estelle Shean of New York visit Mobile for weeks. Rod Waggoner and wife stop at the Cawthon after arriving for the Bought and Paid bar show. Chicago businessman Charles E. Davis eyes Mobile for relocation staying at the Battle House. Ben V. Hirsh and wife from Philadelphia visit ten days. River Ridge businessman Hunter McDuffie is in Mobile on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. McKinney
Indianapolis
Ind
Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
George W. Robinson
Estelle Shean
New York
Rod Waggoner
Cawthon Iotel
Charles E. Davis
Chicago, Il
Battle House
Ben V. Hirsh
Philadelphia
City
Hunter McDuffie
River Ridge, Ala
Multiple Divorces and Court Orders In Local Chancery
In the Courts docket, chancellor Smith and register report on receivers’ accounts are confirmed with funds to be distributed to stockholders. Orders publish against non residents. decrees of divorce issued for Benson, Wiklund, net tles and Turcotte. Equity Court overrules purchaser’s report and orders resale at Springhill and Broad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court
Smith
W. J. Patterson Et al
Consumers Ice Company of Mobile
Register
John H. Strode
James Good
Laura C. Benson
Handley A. Benson
George A. Muths
O. M. Rowan
John G. Wiklund
Bessie M. Wiklund
Mary Nettles
Joseph Nettles
George J. Turcotte
Mary J. Turcotte
Law and Equity Court
Equityees
Sancy T. Crichton
Hermenia H. Crichton
Springhill Avenue
Broad Street
Law and Equity Court Proceedings on March 19 1913
The Law Side Berney Court transacted business with motions to compel garnishee answers in open court. Monahan Plastering Co. versus Chamblin and Hutchisson versus Stone involved oral responses and granted garnishes. A call for Tuesday lists Vienna Restaurant versus Leeper and Clarke Trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law and Equity Court
Berney
Monahan Plastering, Co
Joseph Stone
Stone Brothers
Vienna
L. F. Leéper & Co
W. O. Clarke
R. J. Kaphan
Vinci claim for anaemic readers cited by Mrs. G
An advertisement extols Vinci tonic claiming to restore health for anaemic or run down individuals. Mrs. G of San Antonio says years of weakness and pleurisy vanished after using the product, noting improved health and no lung soreness. The notice urges local readers to participate in a possible Bac with the offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinci
Manuel
San Antonio
Texas
Battie
Bec
Congress Called In Extra Session To Revise Tariff
President Wilson issues proclamation calling Congress to meet April 7 in an extra session. Tariff schedules will lead the agenda with currency legislation also expected, while Ways and Means outlines plan for rapid reporting and caucus review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Representative Underwood
Underwood
Ways and Means
House
Ways and Means Committee
Custom House
A Beautiful Complexion NADINOLA Ad
Advertises NADINOLA to banish tan freckles pimples liver spots and sallowness in twenty days. Claims to rid pores and tissues of impurities producing clear skin. Directions in package. Two sizes 50c and 1. National Toilet Company Paris Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nadinola
National Toilet Company
Paris
Tenn
Man owes life to plank after quicksand scare
Crichton resident Harry K. Newell and wife Mrs Newell were near Spring Hill when he sank in quicksand at a culvert site. A nearby plank tossed to him by his wife bridged the bed and allowed him to lift himself free, a close call he recalled with relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry BK. Newell
Crichton
Newell
County Board Discusses Hall's Mill Road Inspection
The Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners met to review Hall's Mill road construction funded by the good roads bond issue. They planned a Friday inspection with press and officials to decide on accepting the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halls Mill
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Bauer
Hall’s Mill Road
Chamber of Commerce
Good Roads Advocates
Insane Asylum For
Mount Vernon
R. C. Rush
Alabama School of Medicine
John Craft
Church Street
J. T. Jett
Gaillard
Fisher
Nashville Bridge Company
Dog River
Cedar Point Road
St. Stephens Road
Williams Creek
Owens Creek
County Poor Asylum
Mobile Fish and Oyster Company
Florida Fish Company
R. W. Goolsby & Co
Birmingham
Ala
Jett Bros. Contracting Company
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Good Roads Committee
Alabama Good Roads Association
J. A. Joullian
Civic League of
Mobile County
County game wardens serve warrant in Axis hunting case
County Game Warden Hugh Gillis served a warrant on Percy J. Alvarez charging him with hunting on lands of another without permit. The case is set for March 28 before Justice of the Peace Anderson at Axis Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Gillis
Percy J. Alvarez
Justice of the Peace
Free land murder case moved to determine location of crime
In the Freeland case, Louis Freeland faces a murder charge for Harry Abe at Grand Bay. The city court began Monday afternoon with the first witness, and the trial paused to decide if the crime occurred in Mississippi or Alabama, removing it from the call for resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Freeland
Harry Abee
Grand Bay
Mississippi
Alabama
Valley of Mobile
Orient of Alabama
St. Francis Street
Ed Yost Dies in Prichard Former Mobilian Passes Away
Ed Yost, a former Mobilian now living in Prichard, died there Monday afternoon. He left many relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Yost
Prichard
Deaths and Funerals Deaths of Mobile residents
Death notices include Louisa Stone aged eighteen months who died at Farnell station after a brief illness and was buried Monday. Mary Ann Graham aged 86 of Mobile died Sunday at 1 PM at 556 12 South Jefferson after a lingering illness. Stephen A. Leonard, longtime firefighter and former assistant chief, buried from 403 Conti and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with large attendance and bell tolls. Pallbearers listed. interments at Catholic Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa
George E. Stone
Farnell Station
Mobile
Bay Shore Road
Mary A. Graham
Mary Ann Graham
South Jefferson Street
Daniel Graham
Seore Howerh
Peres Pyle
A. Leonard
Stephen A. Leonard
Conti Street
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Father Cassidy
Veteran Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Thomas Price
Joseph Cady
J. Thomas Turner
Augusta Brettel
Thomas Crivalleri
John Renth
Joseph G. Tyrrell
M. J. MelDermott
R. A. Finch
A. S. Lyons
P. J. Lyons
Sid Berry
Thomas T. Palmer
George Karl
Fall injures laborer on Dauphin street building project
Arthur Burch a laborer on the J. J. Meyer building site on Dauphin street east of Royal street fell seven feet Monday afternoon about 2 15 oclock and was slightly hurt. He was carried to PE W G Ward's office for attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Burch
J. J. Meyer
Dauphin Street
Royal Street
W. G. Ward
Rheuma cure touted by Ohio official in misread ad
A dubious testimonial from John Barhorst Justice of the Peace in McLean Township Ohio claims a two year cure from Rheuma after three doctors failed. The text promotes Rheuma from Brag Corporation and Van Antwes Corpora, urging readers to buy and advertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barhorst
Cimoa
Brag Corporation
van Antwes Corpora
Gou
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Inghogtaw Couny
New York City
Fifth Ave
Broadway
Thirty-Fifth Street
D. P. Ritchey, Prop
CIAL
Boosters
South Alabama
Peerless
Bell Phone
Harry H. Newelll
Chrichton
Freeland
Mobile’s
Masons OF
Orient of
Valley of
Mobile Lodge of Perfection
Rose Croix
Barhorst
van Ahtwerp Drug Corp
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