Shepherd case turmoil as jury questions linger
In Chicago on May 23 AP reports the Shepherd trial wiedered to open court amid heated exchange between State’s Attorney Crowe and defense counsel Stewart over alleged jury tampering. Bail for James Callan was set at 2500 with written interrogatories due Monday as to whether he approached a venireman.
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Shepherd
Robert E. Crowe
S Atorney
William Scott Stewart
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James Callan
Hicage Ward
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson Mcintock
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Philip J. Barry
Department of Justice
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Barry
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Hindu Loses Death Plan In India Attempt
Balked in his wish to die by the Ganges Boorimoody 45 a Hindu ill and despondent lay at St Vincent's hospital. Cancer of the leg and waning strength halted his aim to sail from Chelsea Massachusetts on the Adriatic with help from Irish consular officials and Boston workers.
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New York
India
Ganges
Oropala Boorimoody
Vincent'’s Hospital
Boormoody
Itish
Boston
Chelsea
Mass
Auto thef a nd deputy wounded in Salt Lake City gunfight
Salt Lake City May 23 AP. Hank A Horton of Cheyenne Wyoming shot himself in the head to avoid capture after a ring fight with Deputy Sheriff Arthur Nichols who was wounded in the lung. Horton and Everett MacDaniels Denver were being questioned about a car theft and bank robbery boast. MacDaniels in custody. Horton dead. Nichols hospitalized.
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Salt Lake City
Hank A. Horton
Cheyenne
Wyo
Horton
Everett MacDaniels
Denver
Colo
Seriff Arthur
Nichols
McDaniels
California
Rock Springs
Turcomans Uprising Reported in Persia
Dispatches from London say Persian Turcomans are rising to large proportions. Russian Turcomans have encouraged Persia to form a soviet to unite with the Russian organization, according to various reports.
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London
Persia
Debts Policy Advocates Unified Funding Approach
Washington officials push for a single funding plan to settle all foreign debts owed to the United States. Senator Borah met the President to discuss the debt situation, with officials signaling broad senatorial backing for treating pre war loans and related relief as one category. A debt commission meeting may be called at any time to advance funding negotiations.
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Washington
Washington Administration
United States
American Debt Commission
White House
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Debt Commission
Heiress Maude Lee Mudd Reported Missing in Miami
Maude Lee Mudd, 16, heiress to a large estate, vanished from her mother's Miami home in Oklahoma. Authorities including Mrs. Susan Bomberry have failed to locate any trace of her.
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Miami
Okla
Maude Lee Mudd
Susan Bomberry
Seized alcohol shipment found concealed in steel drums
At Ban Jose California May 23 AP officers seized 2500 gallons of liquor hidden in fifty 60 gallon drums aboard a freight car on arrival. The liquor billed by Erie Refining company Cleveland Ohio to BE Maffey of this city. Maffey could not be located but five suspects were held.
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Ban Jose
Calif
Erie Refining Company
Cleveland
Maffey
Terrific Gale Hits Brittany Coast and Great Lakes
A powerful storm era spun seiches and tidal waves along the Brittany coast and Lake Ontario shorelines. In Oswego a seiche lifted water four feet then dropped four feet, driving the steamer Pastowa ashore and ripping boats from moorings. Across New York and Michigan, waves five to eight feet high caused widespread property damage but no deaths.
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Oswego
Lake Ontario
Pastowa
Poultneyville
Bear Creek
Buffalo
N. Y
Central
New York
Niagara River
Youngstown
Sodus Point
Summerville
Charlotte
Rochester
Cattlemen Meet in New Mexico Against Forest Service Plan
A group of southwest cattlemen gathered in Douglas Arizona on May 23 to draft a report for the Senate Lands Committee set for June 4. Led by B A Packard the meeting opposed the Forest Service proposal to remove about 85 000 cattle from Arizona reserves and affect many sheep.
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Douglas
Ariz
Senate Lands Committee
B. A. Packard
Sonora
Ccattlemen
Forest Service
Arizona Industrial Congress
Arizona
Packard
Senate
Cautions Jury Deliberations in Macri Murder Case
The New Haven jurors deliberating Olympia Macri's murder charge in the death of John Bagnano reportedly reached a jury deadlock after eleven hours of deliberation. They sought guidance on self defense and voting procedures, with Judge Jud Avery instructing them to follow majority rules and noting that a third return without a verdict would end in disagreement.
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New Haven
Conn
Olympia Macri
John Bagnano
Jud Avery
Life Savers Die Rescuing Men Off Brittany Coasts
A fierce Brittany gale off Kerity and Penmarch claimed 27 lives. Two small sailing vessels were in distress as life savers tried to reach the ships, only to be dashed on rocks. Fifteen of sixteen lifeboat crewmen died strapped to their seats, while twelve ship crews perished during the rescues. Coast watchers watched but could not aid.
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Quimper
France
A&p
Brittany
Kerity
Penmarch
Three Lost In Auto Accident Near Wallace
A car carrying Mrs. Scharnhorst, two Hogan children aged six and five, and miner A W S Scharnhorst plunged 25 feet into the Coeur d Alene river near Wallace Idaho. Mrs Hogan survived by gripping the rear wheel as the car sank while the other three occupants were drowned.
Two Buried in Sand Cave at Richmond Hills
Grand Rapids, Mich. May 23 Conrad Hoogerhyde 40 and his one year old son James are buried in a sand cave at Richmond Hills. Rescue workers dig frantically and cannot confirm death. James reportedly chased a skunk into a cave when the collapse occurred trapping them.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Conrad Hoogerhyde
James
Richmond Hills
Explosion in Versailles Dry Cleaning Shop Kills Two
An explosion of a gas machine at a Versailles dry cleaning shop leaves two dead Ora Moore a Versailles stock dealer and famous fox hound breeder and Walter Teigham among the injured about 25 seriously hurt with many more wounded as crowds shopped downtown. Local officials call for doctors and nurses from nearby cities.
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Versailles
Ora Moore
Walter Teigham
Blue Grain
Vessel Goes Down Near Bosphorus Tragedy
Forty four passengers and crew died when a small Turkish coastal steamer floundered at the entrance to the Bosphorus near Constantinople on May 23 AP report.
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Constantinople
Bosphorus
Consolidation Talks for Chicago and Northwestern Railways
Chicago report states a consolidation between the Chicago and Northwestern System and the Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis and Omaha lines is possible via stock exchange. The former controls the latter, and discussions were disclosed today.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
Prospect
Stock Exchange
Murderer Located in Portland, Maine
Word that Harry A. Kirby, wanted in Winthrop for the murder of Miss Aida Heyward, has been located in Portland was received tonight at the state highway police office. A message to Chief Sandborn asked motorcycle patrols be sent to aid in capture.
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Augusta
Harry A. Kirby
Winthrop
Aida Heyward
Portland
State Highway Police
Sandborn
State Police
Rby
Edmonton man uses seven year-old license to wed again
Don ald Mackie registrar in Edmonton reports a man who received a license seven years ago to marry the same woman after she changed her mind. The wife remarried, her husband died, and the man produced the license for the ceremony. He quips keep a thing seven years or it will prove useful.
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Seattle
Wash
Donald Mackie
Edmonton
Alberta
Mackie
Highway mechanist killed in Idaho highway accident
A. J. Reece, a longtime Pocatello resident working maintenance on the state highway, was killed instantly when a sedan traveling 25 to 30 mph struck the ditch grader he rode on three miles south of Inkom Saturday afternoon. His grandson Harold Reece, 16, suffered a scalp wound as the grader overturned. The coroner scheduled an inquest and the family awaited the ruling while Mr Reece’s kin from Everett, Washington prepared to travel.
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A. J. Reece
Inkom
W. H. Scott
Seattle
Reese
Pocatello
Reece
State Highway Department
Harold Reece
Tribune
Scott
Mr. Scott
Earl Johnson
E. M. and
T. W. Reece
H. le MeHan
L. J. Moss
J. KK. Young
Slayer Sought After Miss Heyward Murder Fire
In Winthrop Maine May 23 the body of Miss Aida Heyward was found in a vacant cottage near Lake Maranacook ending the search for Harry A. Kirby of Watertown Massachusetts who abducted Heyward after shooting her aunt Mrs Emma Towns last Tuesday. Kirby was last seen in Winthrop and a manhunt extended to Augusta and Boston with his wife believed in Old Orchard.
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Aida Heyward
Emma M. Towns
Lake Maranacook
Harry A. Kirby
Watertown
Mass
Kirby
Augusta
Boston
Old Orchard
Winthrop
Fred H. Moulton
Lexington
Leopold inmate to undergo appendectomy at Stateville
Nathan F. Leopold Jr., confined at Stateville Prison in Illinois for the murder of Franks, will undergo an appendectomy early next week. Dr. W. B. Fletcher announced the operation will be performed by Dr. J. A. McElvey, the state surgeon, after weeks of appendicitis.
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Leopold Stateville
Ill
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
W. BR. Fletcher
J. A. McElvey
Fence topples in 64 mile wind kills father and daughter
In New York a 7-year-old girl Olga Virginie Whitley and her father George W. Whitley 43 were killed when a fence toppled in an 64 mph wind storm. Four men freed them but both died at scene and in hospital. A crane scaffold at Ninety Fourth street and Lexington avenue collapsed partially, blocking traffic but causing no injuries.
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New York
Olga Virginie Whitley
George W. Whitley
Ninety-Fourth Street
Lexington Avenue
Scientist backs broader study of Atlantic earthquakes
Washington May 23 AP E Lester Jones head of the coast and geodetic survey says he does not endorse forecasts of imminent eastern quakes. He supports a detailed seismological study to reduce destruction and urges rock foundations parks for refugees and sheltered first aid stations while data remain insufficient to judge east coast risk.
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Washington
Atlantic
E. Lester Jones
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Jones
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Crossing Country by Motor Boat
John Hoag Frank Wilton and Val Woodberry of Los Angeles arrived in Portland after completing 1110 miles of a 5000 mile voyage toward New York. They started from Astoria and plan to ascend the Columbia and Snake rivers, portage Lewiston Idaho, then proceed via Missouri Illinois rivers Great Lakes St Lawrence and Champlain canals to reach New York.
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Ore
John Hoag
Frank
Wilton
Val Woodberry
Los Angeles
Astoria
Columbia River
Columbia
Snake Rivers
Lewiston
Idaho
Missouri River
Mississippi
Illinois River
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Richelau Lake
Lake Champlain
Hudson River
New York
Executioner Was But Bootlegger In Arkansas
Little Rock May 23 With an electrocution set for June 26 the state is without an executioner. KE T Beck who has acted at the state penitentiary pleaded guilty in federal court to selling whiskey and was sentenced to three months in jail. The law requires a licensed electrician to push the button and public electrocutioners are hard to find.
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Little Rock
Ark
State of Arkansas
KE. T. Beck
State Penitentiary
Amundsen Polar expedition not yet ruled lost
Washington reports the navy sees no reason yet to declare the Amundsen Polar expedition lost. Admiral Eberle said hope remains, noting possible landing sites at the pole and observers may be needed if rescue becomes necessary.
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Washington
Navy Department
Amundsen
Eberle
Naval Operations
Haakon H. Hammer
Los Angeles
Merel
Arctic
MacMillan Navy
Etah
Greenland
Testimony in Frazier Case Seeks New Witnesses
Mr and Mrs Charles Lesser of Ponca City Oklahoma wealthy Osage Indiana, arrive to testify for Lopez Frazier in the identification trial in United States district court. They are expected on the witness stand when court opens Monday after adjournment. The government has 20 more witnesses to present including Louise Roth formerly Louise Long, Frazier's former sweetheart.
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Minneapolis
Charles Lesser
Ponca City
Okla
Osage Indiana
Arthur Frazier
Arthur Lopez-Frazier
Lopez-Frazier
United States District Court
Lew Es- Frazier
General Hospital
St. James
Faiman School Suit Over Bacteriology Course
James Boylen, ex student at National University of Sciences linked to Charles C. Faiman, filed $100000 damages suit alleging he paid $185 for a bacteriology course but could not study due to no germs at the school. The case ties to the Shepherd murder trial proceedings.
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Chicago
James Boylen
National University of Sciences
Charles CC. Faiman
Wm. I. Shepherd
Quake Prophet Predicted Southwest Japan Tremor Wrecks Homes
Reports from San Francisco dated May 23 describe a major quake in southwest Japan, destroying homes of about 10,600 people and killing 200 or more. The tremor centered near the Tajima district with relief efforts under way in Toro Oka as rail and water routes faced disruptions.
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Japan
Tahima
Toro Oka
Tajima
Tottori
Kinosaki
Takeno
Japan Sea
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Tyo Oka
Kyoto
Ara Ture
Kinosuki
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Sury
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