Notorious Counterfeiter Miller Captured in Mobile
Federal agents identified the prisoner as John C. Hoffman a leading counterfeiter known as Miller. He and his young wife honeymooned near Meridian before settling in Mobile where the organized gang circulated over 3000 counterfeit coins. Investigators race to seize confederates as the case expands along the coast and inland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Miller
Royal Street
Secret Service
Simison
Police Department
Miller
Tound
John C. Hottman
United States
Philadelphia
Mobile
Dave May Hoffman
Hoffman
Sam
Mechan's Junction
Miss
Miler
Mississippi Coast
Mississippi
Fat Looby
Secret Service Department
Western Penitentiary
Atlanta
Baltimore
Secret
Meridian
Alabama and
Vicksburg
Mehan
E. P. McAdams
Steain
Panama Canal to Open for Traffic by Fall 1913
The Navy Department says the Panama Canal will be opened to navigation in fall 1913. The Atlantic fleet will rendezvous at Colon this winter, with rail trips for sailors to view the canal zone. Official estimates show concrete for locks largely in place and excavation still possible within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Panama Canal
Navy Department
Colon
Canal Zone
Isthmian Canal Commission
Army Engineers
Meyer
Caribbean
Canal
Public reception replaces harmony breakfast for Gov Wilson
In Chicago on September 19 the Democratic headquarters hosts a public reception for Governor Woodrow Wilson instead of the planned harmony breakfast. Wilson will visit briefly on Monday for handshakes and a press statement, with no speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Democratic Harmony
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Tragic Killing in Montgomery Sparks Murder Charge
At the corner of Bibb and Coosa streets W A McMillan a gas and steam fitter was shot and killed after a dispute with Dan Martin a timer. Martin was arrested for murder claiming McMillan struck him with a chair. McMillan left a wife and several children and was about fifty years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgombery
Ala
McMillan
Bibb and Coosa
Dan Martin
Martin
Tre
Ile
Mr Lewis Lewis Leaves Pry Goods for Germany Move
Mr Lewis Lewis, after twenty one years with L Hammel Pry Goods, resigns and will reside permanently in Strassburg Alsace Germany this week. Mobile friends wish him health luck and prosperity in his new home across the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Lewis
L. Hammel Pry Goods Company
Strassburg
Alsace
Germany
New York City
the Sea
Vacancy in Legislature From Es Cambia County
Governor O Neal received notice of the death of Dr L M McLeedon a legislator from Es Cambia County. If an extraordinary session is called an election will be held to fill the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
Millard F. Brooks
Brewton
L. M. McLeedon
Escambia County
Pensacola Streams Ravaged by Gulf Storm 1906 Wide Damage
Pensacola waterfront strewn with wreckage after a gulf storm causes extensive damage to ships, wharves, and buildings. Varying wind speeds surge across the city with vessels blown ashore, the revenue cutter Penrose wrecked, and train service disrupted between Pensacola and Jacksonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Bayou Grande
Bayou Texas
Penrose
United States Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Nestorian
Perdido Wharf
Nordstern
United States Revenue
Palafox Street
E. F E. Saunders Company
Sarragona
Muscogee
Pensacolla
Atlanta
Louisville
Nashville
Jacksonville
Stanford Professor Endorses Wilson for President
San Francisco dispatch reports David Starr Jordan president of Stanford University endorses Woodrow Wilson. Jordan a longtime Republican with progressive leanings has been friendly with Roosevelt but will not support Taft or Roosevelt and will vote for Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Woodrow Wilson
Jordan
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Warren's Son Arrest Highlights Family Feud in New York
News of a long running dispute between Johnson Warren and his former wife Alicia M. Warren extends to their 15 year old son Rudolph A. Warren. Deputy Sheriff Walter T. Fitzsimmons arrested the son in a suit seeking 20000 dollars for willful and malicious arrest amid a marital and bigamy saga spanning from 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Johnson Warren
Cuba
Alicia M. Bolio Warren
Rudolph A. Warren
Warrens
Key West
Fla
Warren
Bridgeport
Conn
Clarissa V. Prescott
Shreveport
Louisiana
Central Park
West
Connecticut
The Old Fox of the Blue Ridge Runs to Earth
A suspense tale note recounts the hunt for a crafty figure in the Blue Ridge area. An innocent girl guides investigators to a hidden lair, revealing connections to a Hillsville sweetheart and a Des Moines wedding plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ridge
Tragic Allen Family Killings Near Hillsville Court
March 14 in Hillsville Virginia the Allen clan attacked a court room during Floyd Allens trial killing Judge Massie Commonwealth Attorney Foster Sheriff Webb juror Fowler and Miss Ayres. Authorities pursued the outlaws to the mountains. after weeks of hunting Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards remained at large before capture. Floyd and Claude Allen were sentenced to death Friel Allen and Sidna Edwards got long terms Victor Allen was acquitted. Maud Iroler aided the final capture.
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Allen
Hillsville
Floyd Allen
Thornton L. Massie
Wiliam L. Foster
Lee F. Webb
Fowler
Elizabeth Ayres
Allens
Virginia
North Carolina
Sidna Allen
Wesley Edwards
Claude Allen
Friel Allen
Sidna Edwards
Victor Allen
Maud Iroler
Edwards
Hilleville
Old Fox
Blue Ridge
Allen Clap
Floyd
Claud Allen
Claud
Uriel Alle
Wytheville
Esterday
Virginian
Iust
Court House
Allen gang leaders captured after Virginia courthouse killings
Des Moines detectives arrested Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards in separate operations. Allen, known as the Blue Ridge fox, led the gang that killed Judge Massie in Hillsville Virginia, with Edwards using the alias Joseph Jackson. Letters from Edwards to Sidna led to the arrests as they were tracked from Hillsville to Des Moines.
McDuffie Seeks Governor Support for Mobile Justice Appointee
Captain John McDuffie of Monroeville met with Governor O Neal to back C J Torrey of Mobile for associate justice of the supreme court. The governor stressed a progressive stance for judicial reform and a productive outcome from the state judicial commission. He also discussed Clarke county lynching, Tom Jackson’s case, and possible prosecutions, noting no decision yet on Sheriff Coats impeachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
John McDuffie
Monroeville
First Judicial District
O'Neal
C. J. Torrey
Mobile
Associated Justice
Supreme Court
Torrey
State Judicial Commission
Clarke
McDuffie
Tom Jackson
Clarke County
Coats
Disguised Alabama farmer Snead shoots Fort Worth foe
Amarillo reports John Beal Snead killed A. G. Boyce in front of the First Methodist church after donning overalls and a beard. Witnesses say Snead fired a single load to the heart and surrendered. The case follows a previous trial where a hung jury occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
John Beal Snead
A. G. Boyce
Fort Worth
al. Boyce
Captain Boyce
Snead
Boyce
Lena Snead
Georgetown
al Boyce
Leftie Louie and Gyp the Blood Captured in Brooklyn
Detectives arrested “Leftie Louie” and “Gyp the Blood,” two suspects in the Herman Rosenthal murder, after locating them and two women at 756 Woodward Avenue in Ridgewood, Brooklyn. They were taken to police headquarters with the women and a patrol car report noted by Deputy Commissioner Dougherty.
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New York
Lettie Louie
Manhattan
Secon
Dowerty
Waldo
Whit
Man
Whitman
Moss
Doerty
Dougherty
Brooklyn
Neel
Rose Harris
Reilly
Meyer Casassa
Arr&t
Gyp
Louie
Rosenthal
Sioner Dougherty
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John C. Hoffman
Secret Service Officer
Atlantic Fleet
Big Ditch
Gov. Wilson
W. A. McMillan
Weather Bureau
American National Bank
Bay Shore
Pensacola Electric Company
Fort Barrancas
Milton
Megarle Railroad
Font of Devilliers Street
E E. Saunders & Co
Central
Missouri
Memphis
Tenn
Reaventer Thomas
Danieas
James Rigge
Riggs
Daniess
Hayes
Little Rock
Arkansas
Thomas
James Danicas
James Riggs
George” Kavellaes
New Union Depot
Tate
Danicas
Kavellars
Danics
Suza
Des Moines
Iowa
Fugtive
Baldwin
Lucas
Munger
Roanoke
Wesley Edward
Judge Massie
M'Duffie
Leftie Louie
Gyp the Blood
L. Hammel & Company
Reiss Mercantile Company
Yeend Potter Co., Inc
Walter Mitchell
C. J. Gayfer & Company
Fuller Bros
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