Third Trial Looms In Nan Patterson Case At New York Court
The third trial of Nan Patterson opened with Assistant District Attorney Rand outlining new evidence and asserting Smith family involvement. Caesar Young, betting on a Europe bound trip, was killed as the prosecution alleges Jo Morgan Smith bought the revolver and pledges new proofs to identify him. The Smiths, held at the Tombs, were brought into court for dramatic identification as Patterson cried over Young and fainted, while Rand promised decisive future testimony.
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Caesar Young
Smiths
Rand
Peeta
Washington Post
New York
Finmian Stern
J. Morwan Smitry
Pat- Yeo
Jo Morgan Smith
Witl
Kioss
Nan Patternsy
Europe
Smith
Hhusing Hoggat
Raids
Ether Stern
Simtha Oat
Cincinnati
Priol Abrenham Leys
Miss Patterson
Mir
Art Stern
Recorder Gut
Young
Quinn
Leonard Street
Coroners Court
Vine Wen
Nan Patterson
Patterson
Billy
Court South
Gail
Morgan Caesar
Aren
Almoee - Etphireld Quinn
Tstrich Attarrey Garvan
Clarxvan
Offlee
Pele
Lesy
Randag
Gargantis
Asith
Mir Garvan
Ris
Levy
Ser Smith
Nan Fatteiso
Tombs
Maguire
Saved from Lynchers in Mount Vernon Ohio
Deputy Sheriff James C Shellenbarger rescued George Copeland a negro youth from a mob of about 400 white people at Mount Vernon Ohio after bloodhounds tracked him to his home and he was arrested for the assault and murder of Miss Miranna Bricker. Copeland was placed in jail under guard in Centerburg then Columbus while the mob called for lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Mount Veron
James C. Shellenbarger
Inan
George Copeland
Miranna Bricker
Centerbury
Copeland
Columbus Copeland
Miss Bricker
Fairchid
Kennyon Military Academy
Graham
Congressman Shot in Riot at Hempstead Texas Meeting
At a mass meeting in Hempstead a leading anti-prohibitionist J N Brown opened fire after which three men were killed and several were wounded. Victims include Congressman John M Pinckney and Tom Pinckney. John Mills and Des Tompkins are among the wounded. The governor plans to send rangers and surgeons rushed in by special train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Tompkins
Pinckney
Rolling Brown
J. N. Brown
Houston
Tucker Pinckney
John M. Pinckney
Victory for Tom Johnson in street railway suit
In Cleveland on April 24 Judge Taylor denied an injunction by the City Street Railway Corp to block Forest City Railway from taking the Central Avenue line. The court held the franchise had expired. Mayor Johnson called the decision a big victory in his fight for 3-cent fares. Forest City agreed to carry at 3 cents. A meeting followed with city officers and Cleveland Electric Railway reps. a plan proposed using an operating company with 25-year security franchise to settle the issue, municipal ownership benefits without the obligation, and President Andrews of the street railway company indicated willingness to consider the proposal. next Monday set for further talks.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Taylor
United States District Court
City Street Railway Corporation
Forest City Railway Company
Johnson
Central Avenue
Plainuf
Ins
Street Railway
Forestuty Company
Cleveland Elecric Railway Company
Sre-T
Andrews
Street Railway Company
Booker T. Washington Denounces Competition From Nonwhite Barbers
Winston-Salem April 24 Booker T Washington spoke to about 300 people at Slater Hospital fundraising event. Admission fees raised nearly $1000 for the Slater Industrial School negroes. He warned negroes to seize opportunities or risk losing jobs to Germans and French barbers noted for cleaner, better work.
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Winston-Salem
I. C
Booker T. Washington
Slater Hospital
Slater Industrial School
Washington
W .A. Blair
People's National Bank
Tennessee Coal and Iron Denies Merger Entry
Birmingham reports James T. Woodard and James Henry Smith stated that Tennessee Coal and Iron Railroad Company has no plan to join the proposed consolidation of Southern Iron Companies. The denial contrasts with ongoing merger rumors. Meanwhile Norfolk and Newport News steamers run daily from 7th Street at 6:30 p.m. with connections to New York and Boston via Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co.
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Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Birmingham
Ala
James T. Woodard
James Henry Smith
Tennessee Coal and Iron Railroad Company
Southern Iron Companies
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
7Th St
New York
Boston
Suit for Regever Breach of Trust Over Equitable Surplus
Receivership proceedings against the Equitable Life Assurance Society were filed in New York by J Willcox Brown a Maryland policy holder and former Maryland Trust Company president alleging diversion of policyholder surplus to stockholders and seeking a receiver for the surplus an accounting for all policyholders plus an injunction. The case ties to debates over the society charter and a proposed mutualization with reports suggesting George Gray may be offered the presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Willcox Brown
Maryland Trust Company
Judge Gray
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Maryland
United States Circuit Court
Brown
Equitable
McLean
Supreme Court
Herbert G. Tull
Tull
Hyde
Society
Franklin D. Lord
Maddox
Brooklyn
Alexander
Mr. Alexander
Mr. Lord
Gray
Frick
Equitable Society
United States
George Gray
Wilmington
Del
Busines
Baltimore
J. Wilcox Brown
Charlottesville, Va
Philadelphia
Joseph Def. Junkin
Tonigh
Rumors of Peace Steps in Far East Reach High Quarters
Reports from St. Petersburg on April 24 say peace negotiations may be imminent with the United States named as intermediary. No confirmation from the American Embassy or U S officials, while officials weigh outcomes of the Russo Japanese fleets and possible peace as a result of Rojestvensky or Togo victories. The United States maintains strict neutrality, with France involved cautiously over Russian fleet terms.
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St. Petersburg
U United States
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Roosevelt
Washington
Rojestvensky
Far East
Seerig
Togo
Russia
Rorestvensky
Japan
Kamranh Bay
France
United States
Author to Testify on Meat Packing Contracts
Chicago April report states a federal grand jury probing meat packing contracts completed its examination of the Aetna Trading Company. Witnesses tied to packers will be heard tomorrow, including Mary E Marcey a Kansas City author and stenographer. The inquiry will pause to April 29 then resume May 2 to cover other matters and no indictments on the main issue are expected before May 2. Glenwood Springs Colo April 24 no word from President Roosevelt’s camp at the time.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Aetna Trading Company
Mary E. Marcey
Kansas City
Marcey
Morrison
Tragedy at Forney Mansion Baffles Philadelphia Police
In the Forney Mansion at 168 South Washington Square Philadelphia two servants are found shot dead in the kitchen Miss Tillie May Forney discovers the scene Samuel Barnes colored the butler and Margaret Toner white cook aged fifty and thirty respectively both shot in the right temple The butler dies three hours later and investigators note an empty whisky bottle found on the negro and a beer pitcher on the table Police seek relatives and await clues in a case shrouded in mystery
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Butler
Miss Forney
Col
John W. Forney
Philadelphia
Forney
South Washington Square
Tillie May Forney
Samuel Barnes
Smith
Margaret Toner
Baltimore
Woodruff Marries in New York Ceremony
Former Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff wed Miss Isabel Morrison at the bride's mother's home in New York with intimate guests. The bishop presided, and Woodruff later plans two receptions before sailing for Europe. Miet details note Woodruff's Brooklyn ties and social standing. The news also reports indictments in Georgia federal court and a mortgage foreclosure on Admiral Dewey’s birthplace in Vermont.
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Isabel Morrison
New York
Washington Post
Timothy L. Woodruff
John Morrison
Gabriels
Ogdensburg
Father Taylor
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Eugenie Gray Watson
Mr. Woodruff
John Fnastman Woodruff
Kamp Kildare
Adirondack
Milwaukee Bank President Bigelow Charged With Embezzlement
Frank G. Bigelow president of the First National Bank of Milwaukee is arrested on embezzlement charges after confessing to a deficit exceeding 1.45 million dollars and misdirected funds in wheat and stock trades. Bonds set at 25,900. he is to appear before the next federal grand jury as plans to protect depositors are pursued and Goll is removed as assistant cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Frank G. Bigelow
First National Bank of Milwaukee
Bigelow
United States
H. K. Butterfield
First National Bank
Higetow
Renry G. Goll
Gell
Bloodgood
Hail
Grand Jury
Board of Directors
Northwest
American Bankers’ Association
Wall Street
Europes
Mr. Bigelow
Henry Gel
First National
Goll
Charles F. Pfister
Pfister
John T. Beggs
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
William Bigelow
Patterson TrialReopens and Banker Default Noted
Pare and Nan Patterson on trial again as receivers seek equitable relief amid a double tragedy. Bank defaults for 1 450 000 loom over national and civic concerns. Russians off Chinese coast and other era notes fill the page.
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Nan Patterson
Equitable
Knights
New York
Princeton
Georgetown
Wallace
Supreme Court
Empress Victoria Bestows Diplomas on North Brother Island Nurses
Nineteen forty one nurses on North Brother Island receive diplomas from Empress Auguste Victoria for heroism during the General Slocum disaster. Acting Consul General Gneist presents the honors, with Miss Edith W. D. Smith receiving a gold brooch and a diploma signed in the Empress’s hand.
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New York
North Brother Island
Augusta Victoria
General Slocum
Gneist
Germany
Edith W. D. Smith
Washington
Death by own action shocks Newport News officer
Lieut L A P F Starke of the German cruiser Bremen died from a gunshot wound aboard the ship in Newport News on April 24. Officers said illness contributed to temporary insanity. Coroner's jury could not confirm self-inflicted death. Body to receive naval honors at Greenlawn Cemetery as flags fly at half mast aboard Bremen and nearby US ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
L. A. P. F. Starke
Bremen
Lieut. Starke
Starke
Greenlawn
United States
Seven Years A Fugitive Arrest In New York
Thomas J. Scollan mining broker arrested in New York as a fugitive from Boston. Committed to Tombs after Police Court hearing to await extradition. Boston alleged he participated in city teaming frauds from 1897. fled February 1888 after defaulting on 25000 bail. Seven implicated received prison terms.
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New York
Thomas J. Scollan
Boston
Tombs
Mass
Scollans
City
Scollan
Charles H Milliken
Chelsea
Milliken
Robbed of Diamonds in Fake Search Warrant
In Chicago on April 24 three men posing as officers robbed Mrs D Gilmore and Edward Giroux of $2 50 worth of diamonds. They bound the pair and locked them in a closet before fleeing. Mrs Gilmore freed herself and Giroux by breaking free panels and exiting through a door. About $5 000 in jewelry remained missing as authorities investigated the bungled caper.
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Chicago
D. Gilmore
Twentieth Street
Neutrality question revived by off Kamranh Bay fleet reports
A Telegraph Tokyo report and Manila dispatches discuss the Baltic fleet near Hainan and Kamranh Bay, with Russia and Japan contesting movements in the China Sea. Observers note no confirmed attacks, while Russia’s squadron possibly nears a junction with Nebogatoff as Togo’s scouts monitor.
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Washington
London
Tokyo
Hainan
Peking
China
Shanghai
Daily Mail
Manila
Corregidor Island
Japan
Ecruiser
Askeld
Batavia
Niebogatoff
Hongkong
the Express
Togo
Rojestvensky
China Seas
Kam~ Tanh Bay
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Indom Esusi
Texas
Hempstead
Tom Johnson
Booker Washington
Gue
JES
Beef Trust
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Roonavelt
T. L. Woodruff
Athens
R. L. Pittman
Weldon P. Brooks
George Huff
Howard Huff
Rufry Harvey
T. H. Sappington
Miralgsippi
Dewey
Montpelier
Admiral George Dewey
T. I. Deavitt
Manila Bay
F.G. Bigelow
Milwaukee Bank
Gates
Directora
Old Colony Co
Part
Slocum
Lieut
Chinese
Waters
Baltic
Post
Kamrath Bay
Neo
Third Pacific Squadron
Glory
Centurion
Ocan
Hogue
Bonaventure
Banghai
Cochin China
Saigon
Sveland
Svletland
Rojestyensky
Orel
Kam~ranh Bay
Indo-China
Koon
Gvidelana
Rosjestvensky
Nebogatoff
Admiralty
Nebogatof
Feyued
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