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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1924
Page
16
District records reveal Mrs Baring sought to remove a rival by testimony against Clarence O Baring. The alleged plan involved harming Mildred and using arsenic in a staged scene to frame the wife for murder. The testimony describes the suspect’s intent and prior visits to the home, with investigators pursuing the case as more details emerge.
A misprint filled item notes a back scratcher carved from a tortoise shell tipped with a damon sought in New York. The piece allegedly traced to Henry IV of France via a gift from Gabri ele and surfaced through Suzanne Ballard who advertised for HH after leaving it in a taxi. It mentions Hubert Robert and breath painter as connected names.
Chicago April 29 Judge Welles M. Cook indicated he would sustain the first five counts in the indictment charging Wo D Stokes and several codefendants with conspiracy to smear the character of Mrs Helen Elwood Stokes to aid his divorce suit. He suggested the sixth to ninth counts would be struck unless the state proves authority. the first five concern a conspiracy about Mrs Stokes being an inmate of a Chicago chain club and related divorce proceedings in New York Supreme Court.
A farm blaze at Leslie S Morison's home in Morrison woke by a dog tugging at bed clothes. The heroic animal woke the family and helped them escape as a fire consumed the house. Morrison and his wife, two children saved, five others affected by smoke. The dog's remains were found among the ruins.
Ghama near April 29. Adeen Pilph twelve shouted she would jab with a hatpin and thrust into Robert Eften berger fourteen last night. The attack punctured a blood vessel and the boy died within ten minutes. Neighbors report girls in the area have been jabbed with pins on sticks. Aileen told police she had a hatpin and warned others she would harm them if they approached. Five state authorities are holding the trial.
Special to ERe Was mgtna New York April 1 the inalien able right of as a man to bob her own hair way upheld in Jefferson Market court by Magistrate Sweetser when he warned Edward Goel a clerk that if he hit his wife again no matter if she had herr male head shaved Uy Would not be dscaarged as he was today Anna O Donnell wo pretty brunette appear against her husband Maxistrate Swaetser tod 0 Donnell Overy lady is the mistress of her own head of har Fou are not up 10 dite al
Helene Jesmer former Greenwich Village actress collapses in supreme court before testimony in a $300,000 damage suit against Philip Plant over injuries from a Pelham Park crash. Witnesses describe romance allegations, facial disfigurement, and trauma neurosis. trial to resume tomorrow.
Indiana governor McCray resigns to take effect at 1:00 am April 30 after a federal conviction on counts in a Mafia scheme. He spent his final day at the mansion with family and faces up to 4,000 dollars fine or up to five years per count, with sentencing to begin in Atlanta.
British Kenya Colony plans to place a radio in every village with loudspeaker in Alexandria Egypt. Daily musical programs will be broadcast and farming instructions given in native language to guide the local communities.
Thousands crowded Chicago streets for Wanda Blaine Stopa funeral beyond the little flat where she died. The Polish immigrant, who rose from poverty to assistan t United States district attorney, was mourned at services led by Rev John Frykyrk near the Bohemian National Cemetery after she killed Henry Manning in Chicago and fled to Detroit.
Buffalo April 29 State Sen ator Robert C Lucey was arraigned before Federal Judge John Hazel on perjury charges tied to the Niagara Falls high speed line dynamiting case. He pleaded guilty and received one day in jail and a $300 fine. The charge says he testified falsely before a federal grand jury about his involvement. Dynamite was found in Lacey s car.
In Wheeling West Virginia April 29 a gas explosion entombed 111 miners at the Benwood Mill mine of Wheeling Steel. Rescue crews, impeded by high water and rock, recovered twenty bodies and located 27 others while seeking the rest.
Pathetic scenes unfolded as hundreds gathered through ankle-deep mud to await news of relatives buried in a mine disaster. Mayor James Coats of Idlewood forms a relief committee with ministers and physicians to aid affected families, appealing for money and clothing. Feattle Wash authorities report the body of one entombed man found with indications the others may be alive.
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