Mrs G G Patterson Tells Her Sad Story in Murder Trial
Gertrude Gibson Patterson resumes defense in murder trial in Denver recounting a life of alleged relentless money demands and brutal beatings by husband Patterson. Prosecutors plan to counter with letters from Patterson to his Chicago brother that may contradict her account as the trial progresses.
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Denver
Col
Gertrude Gibson Patterson
Chicago
Strauss
Patterson
Virions Strack
Man Arrested in Wife's Death and Hidden Body Find
William Walker twenty seven, a Home Telephone lineman, confessed to fatally harming his wife on September 23 and burying her in the back yard in Fort Wayne Indiana. Police unearthed the decomposed body after Walker led them to the site.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
William Walker
Home Telephone Company
Walker
Abbott
W. F. Pappert
Fire Campaign Fails to Stop Passenger Train
Railroad detectives investigated an incident near Knox in Starke County where men in concealment fired at a passenger train. Several windows were shattered and woodwork riddled as the attack occurred, with authorities believing it an attempted homicide.
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Laporte
Ind
Knox
Starke County
John J. M Namara as Officer of Iron Workers Scanned
A historical notice records John J. M Namara in his role as an officer of the Iron Workers union. The scanned text outlines duties, tenure, and organizational context within the labor body.
Grand Jury Probes Union Funds in McNamara Case
Indianapolis reports say the federal grand jury may reveal that John J. McNamara used from 500 to 1000 dollars monthly as Iron Workers treasurer without accounting for spending. It is alleged money funded dynamite purchases and payments to James McNamara and Ortie McManigal to attack nonunion workplaces. The executive board allegedly set funds aside and gave McNamara discretion on usage.
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Indianapolis
John J. McNamara
Los Angeles
Federal Grand Jury
James MacNamara
Ortie McManigal
Iron Workers’ Association
McNamara
Death removes John F Dryden founder of Prudential Co
Newark and New York wires report the death of John Fairfield Dryden ex senator from New Jersey and longtime head of the Prudential Insurance Co of America born 1839 in Missouri He founded the Widows and Orphans Friendly Society in 1873 which became Prudential in 1875 He served as a senator 1902 to 1907 and led the company with about 20 000 employees through decades of expansion.
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New York
John Fairfield Dryden
United States
New Jersey
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Temple Mills
Farmington
Northampton
England
John Dryden
John F. Dryden
Yale College
Yale
Dryden
Elizur Wright
Massachusetts
Wright
Newark
Widows’ and Orphans’ Friendly Society
Prudential
Mr. Dryden
N. F. Blanchard
William J. Sewell
CUMMINS SENTENCED FOR $140000 TRUST T theft
William J. Cumming head of the Carnegie Trust Company in Nashville was convicted of stealing 140 000 from a trust fund and was sentenced by Justice Davis in New York to an indeterminate term in the state prison of four years eight months to eight years eight months.
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New York
William J. Cumming
Nashville, Tenn
Traker
Carnegie Trust Company
Carnegie Company
Davis
Supreme Court
Steamer Romania Wrecked Near Rovigno
The Austrian steamer Romania was wrecked near Rovigno with sixty persons reported drowned. A three day Adriatic sirocco swept the coast and reduced shipping damage.
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Vienna
Romania
Rovigno
Sirocco
Adriatic
Trolley Collision Injures Twelve In Kansas Head-on
A head-on collision between two trolley cars on the St. Joseph and Grand Island line near Baileyville Kansas injured twelve passengers. Conductor J C Cooper of Hiawatha Kansas suffered probable fatal injuries. The crash stemmed from a orders mistake. Detroit New Orleans bankers convention selects Detroit as 1912 meeting site with next date to be decided in spring.
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St. Joseph, Mo
St. Joseph and
Grand Island Railway
Baileyville
Kan
Here
J. C. Cooper
Hiawatha
Bankers’ Convention
Detroit
New Orleans
American Bankers’ Association
Executive Council
Three new jurors added to McNamara panel in L A
In Los Angeles on November 25 three sworn jurors joined the McNamara jury, bringing the total to eight. Four jurors were excused by the defense and one by the state through peremptory challenges. The new jurors are F A Brode G B Bisbee and J H Coke.
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McNamara
Los Angeles
Cal
F. A. Brode
G. 8. Bisbee
J. H. Coke
Relative details of survivor listed for deceased figure
He is survived by his wife Cynthia J. W Fairfield of New Haven Connecticut and two children Forrest Fairchild Dryden and Mrs Anthony R. Kuser.
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Cynthia J. W Fairfield
New Haven, Conn
Forest Fairchild Dryden
Anthony R. Kuser
Two Prisoners Escape From Jeffersonville Reformatory
Ben Zeigler and Chester Brown escaped by donning guards clothing and lowering themselves from a second story window with a blanket rope. Both men were trusties assigned to guarding sleeping quarters and had near-term paroles planned. Zeigler faced parole in a few days while Brown was due in February for minor offenses.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Ben Zeigler
Chester Brown
Reformatory
Zeigler
Brown
Clark Opposes Sherman Law and Sees Tariff as 1912 Issue
Reading Pa November 25 Champ Clark speaker of the House declared his opposition to repealing the Sherman anti trust act and urged vigorous enforcement He also said tariff will be the big issue of the 1912 campaign and that Democrats must nominate a unifying candidate to win the presidency on that issue.
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Reading
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Tie
Nuts Do Not Defy Digestion Says Dr. Allen
Nuts are not indigestible though digestion differs from other foods and they appear digestible with cereals bananas or figs. They contain concentrated nutrition and pair well with whole wheat rye or corn bread making a substantial meal. The fat in nuts is more digestible than olive oil or bacon fat.
Four Tar Men Get Year Each In Kansas Tarring Case
In Lincoln Center Kansas on November 26 three confessed tar party members BE G Clark Jay Fitewater and Watson Scrantoin and Ed Ricord who directed Miss Mary Chamberlain to the tar were sentenced to one year in jail by Judge Grover Ricord had already served seventy seven days All four will have time to arrange business affairs before jail None showed emotion and all remain free on bonds The jury in related case asked that part of testimony be read back to them.
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Lincoln Center
Kan
Tar
BE. G. Clark
Jay Fitewater
Watson Scrantoen
Grover
Ed Ricord
Mary Chamberlain
Milliken
Clark
Scranton
Fitzwater
Democratic National Convention Time Set for Jan 8
Mount Clemens Mich Nov 25 The Democratic national committee will decide the convention time and place in Washington at noon Jan 8 Norman B Mack chairman announced from the committee headquarters in Washington.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Norman B. Mack
Jerked From Auto By Falling Wire Tragedy
New York report details Bruno Schaly struck by a live trolley feed wire that fell across an uptown street. The wire dragged his car two blocks before it stopped at a cat stone, as the high voltage current had just been turned off moments earlier.
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New York
Bruno Schaly
Schaly
CRAWLS BACK INTO JAIL INDIANAPOLIS
Gus West known as the millionaire kid crawled back into Marion county jail by the same basement route he used to escape last June. Sheriff Woessener observed as West climbed the fence entered the jail basement and proceeded to the jailer's office. West had been jailed for six months for netit larceny.
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Indianapolis
Gus West
Pittsburg
Marion County
Gus
Woessener
West
Netit Larcenv
Rock Island Strike Looms After Rail Concession Talks
In Rock Island near Chicago on Nov 25, 6000 Chicago Rock Island and Pacific shop workers faced a possible general strike after a conference between F O Melcher vice president and a committee of shopmen union presidents. If no concessions, workers could quit within 48 hours. Separately in South Bend Indiana on Nov 23 Civil War veteran John W Coffeen seventy of Mishawaka attempted suicide cutting his windpine with a razor and was hospitalized with uncertain recovery.
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Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
F. O. Melcher
International Unions of
South Bend
Ind
John W. Coffeen
Mishawaka
La Follette Campaign Plans Shift as Ohio Plays Key Role
Wisconsin senators campaign managers blame ex secret ary of interior James R Garfield for Roosevelt sentiment in northern Ohio. La Follette postpones departure to allow literary work and aims to launch speeches after Congress opens with stops across the Midwest including Cleveland Ohio and other states. Roosevelt position remains uncertain as La Follette aides insist he is not the candidate yet expect Roosevelt support may emerge later.
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Wisconsin
Interior
Roosevelt
Ohio
Washington
LaFollette
Congress
Evans Building
Middle West
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Iowa
Minnesota
Michigan
Indiana
Cleveland
James R. Garfield
la Follette Agers
Garfield Club
Town
Beattie Confesses to Murder but Details Withheld
After Henry Clay Beattie Jr. faced execution, ministers released his public confession admitting guilt but stating the published details were untrue. The ministers said the signed statement is the only one they will release, and Beattie thanked friends and the public for support.
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Beattie
Beat
Robbers Loot Derby State Bank Vault in Fire
Derby delves into a bank theft where four thousand dollars in gold and paper vanished after robbers wrecked the vault and set the bank on fire. Silver totaling three hundred dollars was left behind as the blaze raged.
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Derby
Derby State Bank
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John J. M'Namara
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Mara
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Prudential CO
N. J
Cummins
Carnegie Trust
Baileyville, Kan
Indiana Reformatory
Sherman Law
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T. J. Allen
Senator Lafollette
Enver Bey
Rock Island
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Ill
M. Lewis
Pope County
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