Dramatized Debate Over Howard Jeffries Case Escalates
In a tense chamber Judge Brewster probes Capt. Clinton over coerced confessions and hypnotic influence in Howard Jeffries’s case. The banker and lawyer rally to expose the truth as Annie Jeffries Jr. promises to reveal a missing witness who may prove Underwood acted alone.
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Howard Jeffries
Robert Underwood
Yale
Underwood
Howard
Alicia
Clinton
Annie
Jeffries
Brewster
Dr. Bernstein
Capt. Clinton
Maloney
Judge
Bentley
Cosgrove
Tuthill
Bernstein
Capt
Albany
Washington
Irishman and Counsel Exchange Opinion Joke
An attorney asks Pat Mulrooney to pay for his opinion. Pat retorts he owes nothing as he never had any opinion of the lawyer, sparking a witty exchange about debt and reputation.
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Mulrooney
Pat
Tale of Homesick Pony Returns After Long Journey
George Lawrence of Menard County Texas rode a Texas pony to Louisiana twenty miles west of New Orleans twelve years ago. The pony repeatedly wandered back toward Texas, once covering fifty miles. In January this year the pony vanished and was believed stolen, but a letter from an old Menard friend revealed the pony had returned to Texas, recognizing its brand after a 500 mile trek back to its homeland.
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George Lawrence
Menard County
Texas
Louisiana
New Orleans
Lawrence
Plains of
Louisiana Point
Magpie Aided Six Young Thieves In Paris Shop Heist
Paris police busted a gang of six youths under sixteen and a magpie that acted as a partner in a shop theft. The bird distracted the tradesman as the others looted the till and fled after the bird signaled return.
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Paris
Sign Over Dairy in Kioto Reflects Language Oddities
A photo shows a sign outside a dairy in Kioto with humorous English phrasing echoing the era's language borrowing. The caption notes the sign’s quirky form as an example of early English usage in Japan.
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Kioto
Japan
Woman's Wit Saves Silver From Philadelphia Burglars
Mrs. Sarah Rothschild awoke to a peering intruder at her home. She spoke softly into a telephone hidden under her bedcovers to alert police as two burglars gathered silverware on the lower floor. Police arrested the men at the front door.
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Sarah Rothschild
Philadelphia
New York Lawyer Mor ris Hayman Attempts Suicide in Newark Hotel
Mor ris Hayman, a New York lawyer, arranged four methods to kill himself in a Newark hotel room last Sunday. A gas tube, rope, and signs of poisoning appeared, and a loaded revolver lay nearby as he was found unconscious by a hotel attendant who smelled gas.
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Morris Hayman
New York
Newark
N. J
Aeroplanist Moreck survives 1000 foot plunge into Hudson
Charles F. Moreck fell from 1000 feet when his plane lost power over the Hudson River and sank near a schooner mast. He surfaced and was rescued by a passing launch. The scene drew a crowd as the small Lew Strauss jewelry shop blocked by a heavy passerby attracted attention.
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Charles F. Moreck
Hudson River
Moreck
Lew Strauss
Strass
Fat Man Barricades Store Shut by Fat Man Toll
A peculiar New York police report dated recently notes Officer Edward Cook responding to a call at 745 Sixth Avenue. He described ordering a large man to move from the premises after being alerted to a disturbance at the store.
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New York
Edward Cook
Letter mailed 73 years ago finally reaches Yonkers recipient
A letter sent from Geneva New York by Peter Bithy to O S Pad dock of Yonkers New York 73 years ago arrived recently at the hand of Mrs Mary L Mead of Danbury Connecticut. The envelopeless missive was folded and wax sealed and lay forgotten in Geneva archives until rediscovered and mailed to Yonkers.
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Sinai Peninsula
St. Catherine
Jebel Musa
Moses
Justinian
Geneva
N. Y
Peter Bithy
O. S. Paddock
Yonkers
Mary L. Mead
Danbury
Mead Seeks Timber Lands Claim Through Dead Letter Mail
A letter about Paddock timber land in northern New York was sent from the dead letter office to Mrs. Mead, Paddock’s sole surviving relative. She hopes the mailed item will help her establish a land claim she has long sought but failed to obtain.
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Paddock
Washington
Mrs. Mead
New York State
Beggar King Arrested as Russia’s Notorious Kotchmel
Police in Homel arrest David Kotchmel described as the king of the beggars. He allegedly ran mendicity schools in provincial towns teaching students the art of wheedling money from the charitable, with pupils handing proceeds to him.
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Homel
David Kotchmel
Russia
Kotchmel
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Mr. Brewster
United States
Charles Klein
Arthur
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Magpie
Mount
Abu
Mount Abu
Rajputana
India
Fat Man
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