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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1912
Page
6
John Beal Snead faces trial as jurors fail to reach a verdict on the first hearing. The case follows the elopement of Al Boyce with a banker's wife and a linked series of crimes.
A chain of killings and deaths linked to the Snead Boyce elopement includes Captain A G Boyce shot in a hotel lobby on January 13 1912 Edward Throckmorton a witness dies after a two day illness February 1 1912 Captain J T Snead killed at the post office on March 6 1912 R C Hilliard the killer and later suicide AI Boyce killed by John Beal Snead at Amarillo on September 14 1912 all tied to the same scandal and motive.
In Amarillo the John Beal Snead murder case unfolds from a tangled love dispute with Al Boyce. Boyce and Snead rival for Lena B. Snead amid elopements, sanatorium confinement, and a sequence of killings as Boyce is shot in the hotel lobby and later dead in separate incidents. The case spans Canada to Texas with multiple trials and deaths connected to the feud.
Washington reports a wave of early activity by both Senate and House investigating committees. The Clapp contribution committee and a second Senate panel chaired by Senator Smith will probe revolutionary events in Mexico and Cuba. House inquiries focus on the money trust and the operation of the submarine service, led by Representatives Pujo and Alexander.
A Des Moines conference involving Governor Herbert S Haley of Missouri and Iowa Senators Cumming and Kenyon discussed Progressive Republicans aiming to take control of the Republican Party. They plan to test ideas with La Follette Borah Stubbs and others and possibly convene a Chicago meeting of Progressive Republican leaders in the near future.
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced a rate adjustment on live stock shipments from Colorado New Mexico and Texas to Kansas City and other points. Rates filed by Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and Colorado and Southern were approved with some increases by Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe held reasonable. Texas point rates deemed unjustified and must take effect by December 15.
The comptroller of the currency named Horace Reed, a national bank examiner, as receiver for the First National Bank of Wilburn Oklahoma, which failed weeks ago due to a defalcation of $65,000.
President elect Wilson indicated he might announce within days whether to call an extra session of Congress to revise the tariff. He planned to delay until after a December vacation but acknowledged that an early decision could help lawmakers arrange Washington accommodations.
In Terrell Texas on November 11 a surge of Democratic postmaster candidates leads to a plan for a special postmaster primary to declare the top vote getter the sole applicant. Congressman James Young must consult with president elect Wilson before deciding.
Sixty members of the Ninth recruit company at Fort Logan Colorado were placed under strict quarantine after the death of Joel F. Hinshaw from spinal meningitis on Saturday. About 400 soldiers are stationed at the post.
Robbers blew open a saloon safe at West Madison and Halstead streets in Chicago early today and escaped with 2500 dollars after binding the bartender and porter with ropes. They wrapped a large rug around the safe and executed the job skillfully, not waking the one hundred hotel guests above.
Washington dispatch reports Ambassador James Bryce plans retirement signaling the likely abandonment of hopes for a general arbitration treaty with the United States Britain may be replaced by Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice who has held key posts including Persia and Sweden and is linked to Curzon policy in Anglo Russian diplomacy The move follows President Tafts shift away from pursuing arbitration after senate amendments and administration concerns over impracticalities
A substantial lecture program for the fair centers on topics from Good Roads to Sanitation and Farm Conservation. Officials plan daily notices of subjects with two day lead times when possible for country attendees. Exhibits across buildings showcase dairy, canning, crafts, quilts, and farm implements with premiums from merchants for Boys' Club entries.
British Ambassador James Bryce will remain in the United States until pending negotiations are resolved. His successor is expected to be Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice. Newspapers largely condemn Bryce for aiding Canada with reciprocity negotiations under Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
State police and Fairfield county officials pursued clues to identify a young Italian woman found in a pond near Georgetown wrapped in burlap with about a dozen stiletto wounds. The case remained unidentified and unresolved, with investigators considering a possible link to Jennie Cavagilieri’s Stratford murder over alleged white slave traffic connections.
George Fitzgerald, indicted for stealing 173000 dollars from the United States sub treas ury in Chicago over five years ago, was to be tried today. He was a teller at the sub treasury and the case rests largely on circumstantial evidence. Over 100 subpoenas were issued, many for bankers and bank officers.
Spokane, Wash November 10 Governor Hay will formally open the National Apple Show tomorrow. Millions of apples are arranged for exhibition and an apple pie bake will provide for every visitor. Five hundred cooks will prepare the sauce in a kettle eighteen feet across holding five hundred bushels of apples. Pies will be baked on an endless belt in a seventy five foot oven turning out 2250 pies per hour.
Police Officer Chris Dean arrested H. C. Toenes for violating the Sunday law at his store on St. Anthony and Hamilton streets. Dean reports Toenes was selling goods at about 10 o'clock Sunday morning. The case was set for a police court hearing that afternoon.
President-elect Woodrow Wilson attends a pulpit tribute at the First Presbyterian Church Princeton with Mrs Wilson and daughters. Pastor Sylvester Beach prays for his protection and wisdom. Wilson then says he will keep a quiet vacation, avoiding callers, and will be alone with family. National figures McCombs and McAdoo depart after brief visits.
The Cuban rebel leader Colonel Isdro Acea, a key conspirator in Oriente and a ring-leader in a Havana riot, was killed near Havana today while resisting arrest. He had been a fugitive since the capital unrest.
Princeton and Washington report that President-elect Woodrow Wilson has not chosen a Presbyterian church. He and Vice President-elect Marshall attend the denomination, and a rivalry among Washington churches has emerged. Wilson jokes about not affording a car despite heavy visitor traffic to his residence. Charles Guinn recalls driving Wilson for years and notes the demand for speaking engagements could fill every night until March 4.
Catholic women across the United States unite to fund and govern a new church on the Catholic University campus. Rector Mer Thomas J. Shahan may name the treasurer today as the group refuses male contributions. Construction aims to fit current university architecture and be finished within a year.
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