Notable 1869 murder trial ends in acquittal
Daniel McFarland, a New York assistant assessor, shoots Albert D. Richardson in The Tribune office on November 25, 1869. After a dramatic trial featuring Beecher, Greeley, and others, the jury returns a not guilty verdict. McFarland dies years later as an inebriate. Richardson dies of his wounds.
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Daniel McFarlane
New York
Massachusetts
Abby Rags
New England
McFarland
New York Tribune
Nassau and
Spruce Streets
George M. King
Abby Sage Richardson
Hackett
Fellows
People
John Graham
Charles Spencer
Elbridge T. Gerry
Gavin
Noah Davis
New York Bar
Commonwealth
Horace Greeley
Amos J. Cummings
Lucia G. Calhoun
Whitelaw Reid
F. B. Carpenter
Samuel Sinclair
The
Tribune
Oliver Johnson
Richardson
S. McFarland
Bohemia
Free Love Society
Indiana
Daniel McFarland
Abby Sage-Richardson
Deaniel McFarland
Alfred R. Calhour
Indictment in Flagler manslaughter case shocks Washington
Miss Elizabeth M. Flagler, daughter of Gen. D. W. Flagler, is indicted for manslaughter in the death of Ernest Green a young colored boy who died after she shot him on Aug 3 as he attempted to pick a pear near her father’s Washington home. She is at large under $10,000 bail and is said to be under treatment in Baltimore. Trial likely in January.
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Washington
Elizabeth M. Flagler
Ernest Green
Miss Flagler
D. W. Flagler
Ordnance Bureau
War Department
Baltimore
The Corpse of the River Po play shocks Turin crowd
Italians call a realistic stage drama in Turin a sensational success with gruesome scenes. Act one shows a corpse dragged from a river tank, act two sets a morgue with six bodies, and the climax in act five features a hearse overturning as coffins spill out, revealing a murdered woman.
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Turin
Italy
River
Potter's Field
Modern Body Armor Sets Seen Across Time
The Boston Post notes ongoing use of leather and chain protections by English officers abroad. Lightweight leather tunics, sewn chains, and woven steel wire linings persist as palliative gear guarding against swords and bullets. A London gunsmith exports numerous chain protectors to army men and even tailors designs for Japan.
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Iit
Richard Burton
London
Japan
Boston Post
The Watchful Chamois in Blackwood’s Magazine
A lively extract on the wary chamois and its wary herd from Blackwoods Magazine. The veteran buck hides by rocks feeding at dawn and dusk while sentinel does alert the herd to danger and spoil stalking plans for the hunter and his companions.
Lost A Point In Ailing Wordplay At Dew Drop Inn
A New York Herald anecdote recounts a party at a French restaurant where a patron jokes about a tan coat, claiming a trip through the state yielded a tale of an inn named Dew Drop Inn with the sign Please Walk In. The tale plays on word misreads and puns.
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Charles Lamb
Dew Drop Inn
New York Herald
Most Fortunate of Men
Dialog excerpt from Borten Transcript where Philo chides Dolor for claiming there is nothing to live for, arguing that without a friend one lacks someone to borrow money from, share stories, or protect you, leaving Dolor with no social support.
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Dolor
Philo
Borten
Oysters and Odd Fate in a Western Tale From Chicago Tribune
A long American tale recalls a western businessman who becomes obsessed with oysters after bankruptcy. He moves to Baltimore, finds bliss in eating oysters, and dies content after a final binge aboard a portside oyster boat. Dr Turner studies Sierra Nevada geology linking metamorphic schists to auriferous quartz veins and igneous intrusions shaping the range.
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Turner
Sierra Nevada
Evidence Against Him in a City Hotel Dispute
A traveling salesman clashed with a hotel clerk over a missed call at 6 o'clock. The clerk insisted no call was requested and could not be proved false. The man claimed he had not left word to be called, exposing a trivial but stubborn dispute in a Bangor hotel setting.
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Albert D. Richardson
McFarland
King
The
Tribune
Spruce Street
Richardson
Nassau Street
Mr. Richardson
Dr. Swain
Astor House
Westmoreland Hotel
Astory House
Grant
Beecher
Greeley
Abby Sage McFarland
Niblo
Indiana
Henry Ward Beecher
O. B. Frothingham
Abby Sage
Paiace Greeley
Junius Henri Browne
Bangor News
Won the Cup Race Prizes Spark Quixotic Challenge
A well dressed man tests race cups held by a jeweler asking what they are for and jokingly offers to race for one. The stranger wins the cup, and a hot bath critique notes English writer blaming excessive baths for Greek women's frailty and shorter lives.
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Pramatic
Henry Werd Weecher
American Press
Associatot
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Lake
Buck
Jean Baptiste Perrugquet
Perruquet
Blackwood’s
Gysters
Far West
Chicago Tribune
Queer
Celluloid Company
Broadway
U.S
Patent Office
Vitalis
Ae U
Calumet Remedy Company
Chicago
Siegfried & Co
Piso
Mes
Lama E. Patriesox Auwres
Business Directory
Frank W. Whitcomb
Third Street
Ellyee
Ersor
O'beein New Savings Bank
Thir
Char. Dinsmoor
Peterson
Hoffman Block
Samuels Bro Dry Goods Store
Liberty and
Secon Streets
Warren
Yaa
Fikbart Carriage and
Can Mfy Co
Elkhart
Ind
B.paart
Be. Bache, Meples
Reeer
Justice OF the Peace
ANCEE
Water Street
Woodard
En, Boeschlin
Quice
Barings Bank
Humphrey & Nemoyer
Episcopal Church
First National Bank
Warren, Pa
FR. Rockwell
F. K
Warren County
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England
Ireland
Scot
Europe
National Line
Liverpool
Queenstown
Antwerp
Hamburg
Bremen
Havre
Paris
Gothenburg
Chrissania
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J. K. Ronne
Merchnt
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Hickory St
Warren, Penn’a
J.k.ronne
Price
Warren Mills
Vas
Pat
Graham
Hotel
Struthers
Lee
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