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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1925
Page
1
Market items from Chicago New York St Louis New Orleans show wheat and corn prices and trends across contracts May July and dates March 30. Cotton spot prices and futures are listed for New Orleans with daily ranges and monthly values.
Five of seven convicts who escaped Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh were captured in a stolen auto just outside Butler Pennsylvania. Police said the car stuck in mud and the men planned to continue at daylight.
A bill to allocate sixty thousand dollars for a state hospital on wheels was prepared after volunteer nurses and physicians aided the injured in the Southern Illinois tornado area. The measure will be submitted to the state house of representatives for passage.
In San Francisco on March 30, counsel for both sides signaled the murder trial of sixteen year old Dorothy Ellingson would begin as planned. A motion to end the trial and empanel a new jury to decide insanity was possible. Dr. Fred P. Clark asserts Ellingson is now sane based on observed courtroom behavior. Other alienists examined her at the county jail.
Judge Harold Luderback postponed the murder trial of 16 year old Dorothy Hiringson for 24 hours to assess the girl’s present mental condition after a dispute over her pursuit of jazz joy rides.
Fort Benning Ga March 30 Senator James W Wadsworth senior Senator from New York Mrs Wadsworth General Georges A L Dumont military attache of the French embassy in Washington and his aide visited Fort Benning to inspect the United States infantry school A battalion attack demonstration was planned for tomorrow morning for the visitors
The Wilson Company packers under receivers and facing reorganization began in New York and Chicago and may be completed late today or tomorrow. The Associated Press reports the process started March 30 in major financial centers.
The text recalls old customs of bell men signaling the hour and urging caution and charity. It mentions a public trial episode with a hysterical child and a defendant entering a plea of guilty to second degree murder. A jury of nine and three six men faced a Friday session in a worn courthouse.
Two men halted an eastbound New York Central train between Chicago and LaPorte Indiana, looting the express car and fleeing toward Chicago in a maroon auto. Officials put the loss from 700 to 10000 dollars with later notes that higher value shipments were on another train. Express Messenger Howard Young was questioned over a permit used to gain access.
In court the defense sought release on bonds set at $7,500. The judge, absent EMP, allowed attorneys to sign bonds contrary to rule. Counsel for the defense signed two joint bonds while awaiting the motion for a new trial decision.
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