Priest Tells How He Saved Becker's Soul
The Rev James B Curry recalls close friendship with Charles Becker while Becker awaited execution. He says Becker prepared to testify at a second trial, denied ties to Rose, and feared dying as a murderer. Becker faced death with expected prosecution details, while seeking truth about Rosenthal's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Curry
Church of St. Jame
New York City
Charles Becker
Becker
Hecker
Rose
Judas
Rosenthal
Becketts Final Hours Forgiveness and Courage at Execution
In Sing Sing Becker, facing execution, forgives his enemies with guidance from Father Cashin. The priest and Becker commune before the chair, reflecting on faith, mercy, and the resolve to die as a Christian. Becker's calm, defiant demeanor and final prayers mark a somber, personal testament to conscience under capital punishment.
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Becker
Father Cashin
Sing Sing
Fusher Cashin
Jill
Mr. Becker
Father Curry
Whitman
Christ
Stephen
David
Wife Sues For Body Of Runaway Husband In Equity Case
Mrs. Sarah Hayes seeks the body of James Hayes of Brockton to bury him where he wished. He had deserted her for 30 years, living with Nellie McClusky with whom he had a son. He died in Brockton after returning briefly to his wife. The body is held by undertaker William G. McClinchy, a party to the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Mass
Sarah Hayes
James Hayes
Brockton
Jabez Fox
Haynes
Nellie McClusky
Nellie McCluskey
William G. McClinchy
West Feed Supply Store Ad Promises Low Prices and Service
An advertisement from M. West promotes cement blocks lime plaster cement and sand with emphasis on right prices quality and service. It lists two phone numbers as contact options for customers seeking building supplies.
Mystery Man of Michigan Lives In Suttons Bay Shack
Across Suttons Bay a Kalmazoo visitor recounts the tale of an old Russian hermit known as Old Rock who lived in a shack by the water. Once a schoolteacher, he fled to America after a plotted act in Russia and now survives on raw fish, grain, and gifts from summer visitors. He nourishes animals, ferries to church weekly, and remains wary of romance near the bay while seeking to atone for a shadowed past.
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Travers City
Etiph
Suttons Bay
Ives
Jhown
Old Rock
Kalamazoo
Honna
Russia
Free Land of
America
Suttqna
Rock
West Point Graduates Civil War Era Officers
The record lists West Point graduates including John and Jacxson, Forbes Britton, Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Stonewall Jackson, and others with class ranks, early appointments, transfers to infantry and artillery, brevet ranks, battles in the Mexican War, Confederate service, and postwar positions. It notes dates of commissions, resignations, and notable actions such as gallant conduct at Chapultepec and Chancellorville, with several officers later attaining lieutenant, captain, or colonel ranks.
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John
Jacxson
Corps of Artillery
Fourth Infantry
Forbes Britton
Down
Leutenant
Mexico
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Firat Artillery
Firat
Contreraa
Chumbucheo
Chapultepec
Chancellorville
Ax Stonewall Aooree Jackson
Houtenan
James Bassel
Melville
Jarvis
Beating of the condemned man Becker under electric headpiece
The passage describes Becker strapped into an electric chair as the headpiece with prongs is placed on his head. He barely articulates phrases from a litany at invocations, muttering Have mercy on us while the chair powers up and the electrodes connect.
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Crist
Becker
Hecker
Father Cashin
Mr. O'Toole
Conner
Charlie
Johnson
Beoker
Mr. Johnson
Jesus
Thair
Wan
Molasses Flood Delays New York Walker in Downtown Scene
In New York on April 15 Miss Margaret O Leary was engulfed by a spill of molasses from a bakery delivery, slipping to her shoe tops as a crate burst. A helpful youth attempted rescue but stumbled, drawing police and a rescue plank. Captain James Hurrah Bil Ort led the response to clear the sticky mess.
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York
Margaret O'Leary
Third Avenue Bakery
Viaktuneturo
Casey
No Love in WW Her Kisses Farcéd French Story
A fragmentary report references Wynne, a former Ameri figure, living quietly after a surprise separation. It mentions a king's proctor pursuing a divorce and a French connection to R. Wrench, now aligned with the Fran. The text is garbled, but hints at personal legal action and societal ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farcellé
Wynne
Ameri
Eatifod
R. Wrench
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Priest
Sing Sing Prison
Mexico City
General Carranza
Albany
Milady
Cashin
Lnc
Hocker
Pius X
Fangelo
Fay
War College
Carranza
Bell Phone
H. D. Bridgeman
Glen Elk
Elk Bridge Building
Clarksburg
W. Va
Pera Ae
the People’s Furniture Store
Ment
Michigan
West Point
James H Hurrah Bil
Satine
Ida M. Freneh
London
JBOSS
Llosa
West Pike Streets
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