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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1907
Page
7
Attorney's name 18 signed photograph dealer case centers on William Newton Wyand of Philadelphia. He represented himself to H. W. T. Jenner and purchased auto prisoner bald to obtain a confession.
Anna Goetz of West New York absconds with $600 from St John’s Sunday School funds after leaving a suicide note for her husband. Her alleged forgery and a forged check tied to Herbert Jenner trigger police alarms. William Wyand and Adelia Long are implicated in the ensuing case with arrest and forgery charges at multiple banks and stations.
Passengers aboard the steamer Norfolk were stranded on a sandbar in the Potomac River about forty miles from Norfolk after grounding near Riverside. A tug failed to move the vessel, and Jamestown later ferried 365 travelers and their baggage to Washington bound for Jamestown. Passengers endured hunger and delays, with reports of limited meals and frantic attempts to free the boat before all arrived ashore late at night.
Aug 20 A minister from this city was sent to a nearby town to preach a funeral. He bore his own car fare rode a hired coach and bought supper on return, provoking outrage and a local meeting among ministers that led to a union formation.
On August 20 near Mesta Georgia a Southern end Florida passenger train traveling at speed 50 miles per hour had the driving wheel burst. A wheel fragment penetrated the cab injuring the engineer and causing the locomotive to wreck. The train halted moments later as the remaining wheels were obstructed by debris from the bursting wheel.
San Francisco mayor initiates purge of police leadership by removing four commanders amid a renewed push for reform. officials say the moves target alleged abuses while court oversight may shape the outcome. residents await next steps in the governance shakeup.
Secret joint counsel conferences suggest possible settlement in the Eddy competency case. Masters hear testimony on Mrs Eddy and her publisher at Boston, with adjournments fueling speculation that a deal may end the matter. Irene Dieterich, DC singer, will premiere The Teddy Hear March with the Marine Band in Washington.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue ruled that taxes on bequests do not apply if beneficiaries cannot enjoy the property before July 4, 1939, reversing prior practice. The decision, in a case involving John B Ball’s estate, hinges on a daughter’s contingent inheritance payable at 21, aligning with a later amended tax law and an opinion by A D Hayes.
The Washington Fest in Delaplane Virginia hears of a love story ending in tragedy and a planned wedding. Mrs T Bolling Robertson, recently divorced, and William McCarty were to wed within weeks. McCarty killed himself last Sunday in a Washington board house amid speculation and grief over possible reconciliation. Robertson, described as generous, had separated from her husband for some time. A note to his brother reads God bless you and mother.
Andrew D. Taylor a War Department employee accuses Assistant Corporation Counsel James L. Pugh Jr of discourteous conduct during cross examination in the Patten Creek case. Loyter reports Pugh mocked him about prior arrests, prompting Commissioner West to seek an explanation if the matter is brought before him.
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a highly nourishing food that delivers more usable nourishment per pound than meat or bread. It claims the product is predigested by natural means, supplying a ready form of sugar for immediate assimilation, with testimonials from a mother and others about weight gain and health improvements. It notes the brand’s fame and motto There’s a Reason, and suggests reading The Road to Wellville.
A naphtha tank explosion in the drying room of the Manhattan Steam Dyeing Works at 69 Greene Street, New York, fatally injures Samuel Berkowics, 45, as flames trap about 35 workers on the third floor. Many jump from windows to the street while others flee. Berkowics dies soon after at an area hospital.
Paula Klippenburg, a Vienna actress who arrived in New York on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria and faced deportation as an undesirable person, was released on $2,600 bail. An immediate rehearing is planned to contest the charge, with her lawyers promising to produce 38 love letters to support her character.
Chicago police claim a Chicago Armenian man named Mo ncog Dureshia, forty, known locally, may hold key information about murders of wealthy New York Armenian Tug merchant and Father Gorand Kasperkut. Detected as linked to Armenian Hunchakiat group, investigators seek facts from him.
Spectacular tale from New York notes a Maspeth tobacconist allowed to ride trolleys and smoke on Saturdays, then attend a synagogue. President Max Jacobs questioned Henry’s rights. Flushing magistrate dismissed the case after Jacobs argued the man smoked and rode the trolley on the forbidden day.
Wellford H L Tyler of Richmond Va declares romance will continue despite his arrest on his father's orders for attempting to wed Miss Aims Duvall of Richmond. He says he will elope again if consented, while authorities seek his underage fiancé and his father to decide if the marriage should proceed.
Mrs C G Ferris of Detroit swallowed a five meter hatpin after a bell rang as she dressed for a car ride. Doctors found the pin in her intestines and planned no immediate operation, weighing safer nonoperative treatment while she resumes quiet life away from social diversions.
In Pocahontas Roanoke Aug 2 a night guard C A Howard Jr shot and killed a negro named John Williams during a store burglary. A coroner's jury ruled Williams died from a shot fired by Howard. Howard was arrested on the charge and released after a police justice hearing where Williams held two guns on him.
Decatur Aug 20 Tudge Cochran granted a change of venue to Fred H. Magill and his bride accused of murdering the first Mrs Magill. The move protects a fair trial. the case will be heard at Decatur in the November term of the circuit court.
In New York City two mother and daughter are reported with a rare disease known as relapsing fever. The illness is noted as having appeared in the United States only twice in the last twenty years and is linked to a fever of famine and seven day duration. The account references historical context and a dispatch from various coastal towns.
Harry Bradshaw was found guilty today in General Sessions of robbery in the sacned degree for a crime tied to a Berlin Minnesota woman, Elizabeth Ehrlich. The verdict rested on her testimony about a manuscript named Who Was He What Is He Christ and a sequence of events leading to her purse theft and assault near a Central Park hotel. Bradshaw, a truck driver who claimed Oxford graduate status, failed to name a single standard author when pressed by the district attorney. He faces sentencing on Friday.
Weather report from the US Weather Bureau notes cooler air in the western region and weakening pressure, with showers in Maryland Virginia and parts of the South and Midwest. Winds shift from south to northwesterly along the Atlantic coast, with fresh to moderate winds in New England and nearby areas. Local temperatures and humidity figures are listed alongside forecasted rain and cloud cover.
Judge W. L. Lewis sold 4 acres known as Meadowbrook near Leesburg to William Astor Chanler of New York City, grandson of John Jacob Astor. Purchase price about $4,000. Chanler plans a country residence, new stables, and will move in December as hunting season opens, bringing Kentucky thoroughbreds. Loudoun County to host many northern hunting guests this season.
Earl G Swen of Washington was elected assistant State Librarian to succeed Evans who resigned He is 36 born in Iowa and currently chief of the copyright division at the Congressional Library in Washington The board acted on the recommendation of Dr McKaine the State Librarian who recently followed John P Kennedy after a hard fight to keep him in office
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