Louisville Man Faces Death Penalty Hoax Case
A police account details Nowell C. Hathbun admitting plans to defraud an insurer of 4000 by faking a corpse’s identity. The tale centers on a companion named Charles Goodman found dead, with Hathbun claiming involvement and describing a convoluted plot involving the Salvation Army and hotel encounters in Jeffersonville and Little Rock. The motive appears to be extortion via deception and self-interest in avoiding punishment.
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Louisville
Nowell C. Hathbun
Little Rock
Ark
Jeffersonville
Ind
Charles Goodman
Hvaneville
Coots
Applegate
Bullivan
Rathbun
Mke
Indiana
Captain Sullivan
Goodman
Salvation Army
Blanchard
Tima
Goveman
J. CG. Molten
Pelton
Ina
Saat Mei
Rome
Donahue
Rtahbun
Falls City
Rattibun
Aince
Wool Market Slumps After Surge In Ohio Demand
Benton Nov 9 The wool market shows a notable drop from the previous week’s surge, with prices for Ohio de laine at 28.4 cents and Texas scoured bat tle at 60 cents. Michigan New Commania fine washed at 6 cents, Ohio XX and above at 27. Prices reflect a general turning in wool trade amid a mixed global outlook.
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Benton
Ohio
Australia
South America
Scattered 1902 Crime and Disaster Notes Across U.S. Cities
A jumble of early 20th century incidents is summarized with reports of bank robberies and burglaries in Indiana Michigan and Illinois. Fires explosions and shipboard and railroad accidents are noted alongside deaths from accidents and violent events.
Echoes From the Election in Ohio State Returns
Ohio election returns from 88 counties suggest total votes near 1.0 million, likely well below 1888 and 1889 levels. Declines center on Democratic counties outside cities amid issues like silver, prosperity, and national figures. Nash’s plurality around 67,600 with other officers up to 80,000. Republicans projected to hold the general assembly by a 36 percent joint ballot majority.
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Allver
McKinley
Roosevelt
Nash
Foraker
Convict manhunts and frontier violence ripple across states
Reports from Maryland to Kansas, Arkansas and Manila detail a spree of escapes and captures. Fort Leavenworth convicts led to deadly clashes with posse members near Nortonville, with five known dead or captured. Other fugitive prisoners faced renewed pursuers in Kansas and Missouri, while a work train wreck in Prescott, Arkansas left three dead and 19 injured. Filipino defense fended off a Mindoro attack, with one American wounded.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
Weven
Nortonville
Kaw
James Hoffman
J. J. Poffenhols
John Green
Willard Drake
Fred Moore
Topeka
Ran
Frank Thompson
Federal
Thompsoy
Coune Grove
Uapity
United States
Martha Prescott
Lord
Manilla
William J. Pitcher
Eighth Regiment of Infantry
Mindoro
Abrade Nog
Senocos
Samar
Fire destroys Cleveland shoe store building on Kuelld avenue
A Nov 1 blaze gutted N. C. Lone & Company shoe store on Kuelld avenue, Cleveland, causing about 150000 in losses to structure and contents. Half a dozen firms occupied the building including a corset factory. Mrs. Graham died after leaping to a firemen held net. two girls survived uninjured while other women were injured by jumping and flying glass.
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Cleveland
N. C. Lone & Company
Kuelld Avenue
Three Miners Die In Mine Flood Reopen Job
Steubenville Ohio November 12 three men James Hobertson Edward Simpson and William Vandine died in the Labelle iron works mine when gas or fire damp exploded as they were lowered into the shaft. The engineer raised the cage through flames and recovered Robertson and Simpson. Vandine’s body was being searched for.
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Steubenville, O
Labelle Iron Works
James Hobertson
Edward Simpson
William Vandine
Robertson
Simpson
Vandine
Town Destroyed by Fire in Thomas County
Fire at Thomas in Parsons West Virginia destroyed 62 buildings and left over 100 families homeless. The blaze, driven by high winds, raged for three hours destroying the post office, many stores, 20 Davis Company houses, and belonging to Davis Couplet company. Loss estimated between 150000 and 200000 dollars. One star reported lost. Fire started by lamp explosion in Glesberger hotel.
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Parsons
W. Va
Thomas
Post Ofice
Davis Cou! Company
Glesberger Hotel
Railroad Wreck at Skelley's Station Injures Crew
In Steubenville Ohio on November 9 a Panhandle freight derailed when a track broke at Skelley's Station. Three cars toppled onto the eastbound track as an eastbound train approached. The engine struck the wreckage, destroying the locomotive and three cars. Engineer Thompson and another trainman were badly injured.
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Steubenville, O
Panhandle Railroad
Skelley's Station
Here
Skelley’s Station
Thompson
Frome
Pistol duel in Louisiana leaves two men dead
In California Station Madison Parish Louisiana Ed Yerger is killed instantly and Matt Bedford wounded after a pistol duel. Yerger fires through the heart as he falls and shoots Bedford. Both men belong to prominent North Louisiana families.
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Vicksburg, Miss
Ed Yerrger
Matt Bedford
Yerger
California Station
Madison Parish
Loulatana
Yergor
Bedford
Louisiana
Boy Hunter Killed by Accidental Gun Discharge
A 16 year old boy, son of farmer David Hartzell, was instantly killed while rabbit hunting near Republic when he picked up a gun laid on a rail pile to scare a rabbit. No other injuries reported.
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Guin
TiMn
David Hartzell
Republic
Fire Extinguished at Mikado Mine After $10000 Damage
Bessemer Michigan reports a mine fire causing $10000 damage and eliminating 200 jobs. Brick Johnson, among the entombed, was found clinging to a ladder 150 feet from the shaft. William's body remains missing. Meanwhile Lisbon dispatches note a Portuguese gunboat seized American schooners Nettle and Lorut Horta for smuggling 26 emigrants to dodge service. The Franco Turkish dispute ends with the Sultan signing new trade engagements with France.
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Bessemer
Mich
Mikado
Brick Johnson
Williame
London
Ihe Telegraph Company
Lisbon
Nettle
Horta
Island of
Fayal
Thompson Confesses Defalcation Ties to Tobin Towing Loss
Thompson, a high ranking Knights of the Mac cabees official and prominent port man, confesses to embezzling 57000 in a letter to Supreme Commander Markey. He awaits bonding company action as losses hit Thompson Towing and Wrecking Co. related to the Harlem incident on Lake Superior.
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Port Huron
Mich
Charles D. Thompson
Supreme Tent
Knights of the Maccabees
Thompson
Markey
Thompson Towing and Wrecking Company
Harlem
Lake Superior
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