Gillette Trial Advances With Rebuttal Evidence
In Herkimer New York district court the Gillette trial nears a jury verdict as rebuttal witnesses challenge key statements. Prosecutor Ward highlights a plot to take Grace Brown away, while Gillette denies planning and his working clothes are not found in his luggage. Judge Devendorf signals Monday jury deliberations and potential night session. Grace Brown's father expresses satisfaction with the pursuit of justice.
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Whaley
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Shoplifters Arrested In $6000 Theft Ring
Los Angeles detectives arrested Spanish American shoplifters who recaptured more than $6,000 in silks furs and clothing stolen from the Royal department stores. Two hours after arrest officers identified nearly $1,000 of the loot as belonging to the quartet of suspects Pedro Sanchez his wife and their two daughters. The group was found preparing to depart for the City of Mexico as ships list destinations and schedules.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Royal
Pedro Sanchez
City of
Mexico
Divorced husband shoots ex wife’s husband then dies
In Guernsey County Ohio Benjamin Scott, 48, was shot and killed by James C. Nicols, 50, who then killed himself with carbolic acid. Nicols, recently divorced from Mrs. Scott for cruelty and now remarried to Scott, fired on Scott at the Scott home after dark, then attempted to strike his former wife before killing himself. Mrs. Scott was not harmed.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Middlebourne
Guernsey County
Benjamin Scott
James C. Nicole
Nicols
Scott
Pyre to Destroy 100000 Secrets of Business Men
Washington reports that 50 000 private and public records and 50 000 documents will be burned to prevent blackmailers. Collected by Pinkertons, the files cover many firms nationwide. J Hampton Moore, as receiver of City Trust, orders disposal as not needed for his duties.
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Washington Post
New York
United States
Pinkertons
J. Hampton Moore
City Trust, Safe Deposit and Surety Company
Surplus grows in November 1906 federal accounts
The November 1906 monthly statement shows total receipts of 56,602,495 and expenditures of 45,222,507, yielding a surplus of 7,280,000 for the month and 14,776,000 for the first seven months of the fiscal year. Receipts from customs rose to 25,924,027 and internal revenue and other sources increased, while War Department expenditures rose by about 1,000,000 and Navy by 2,281, Panama Canal costs jumped 1,090,000 in the period.
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Internal Revenue
PS Bac
War Department
Panama Canal
Mob fires tobacco stemmeries in Princeton riot
About 300 masked men seized Princeton Kentucky and set fire to two tobacco stemmeries owned by Julius Steger and John G. Orr, causing $170,000 in damage. They disarmed the night marshal, blocked the waterworks, and then fled toward Hopkinsville after firing on the town.
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Princeton
Tobacco Trust
Julius Steger
John G. Orr
Imperial Tobacco Company
New York
Hopkinsville
Steger
American Snuff Company
Orr
Imperial Company
Organization of Farmers
Dark Tobacco Growers’ Protective Association
Tobacco Wars Rumor Stirs Dark Tobacco District
On November 1 reports allege that marauders targeted nonmembers in Trigg Graves and Caldwell counties. They cut tobacco plants, burned barns, and committed depredations after a protective station formed in the dark tobacco district, linked to six years of ill will from Italian agents driving out rivals.
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Trigg
Graves
Caldwell
Convicted Bank President Guilty Despite Restitution
Gordoff Du Bose, once president of the defunct First National Bank of Ena ley, is found guilty on all counts of misapplication of funds but acquitted on embezzlement charges. The jury returns a verdict after a night out, with about $15,000 involved in cotton speculation. Judge James sentences him to the minimum five years.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gordoff du Bose
First National Bank
Enaley
2 National Bank
du Bose
James
Man Suffering Prostration Ends Life in Baltimore County
Charles N Naumann a 31 year old Washington, D C draftsman for the Geological Survey died by suicide at his brother in law James Holland Beechwood avenue Lauraville Baltimore County. He had suffered nervous prostration for a month after leave of absence for rest with his wife and child. He cut his throat with a razor at breakfast on the bed where his wife found him. He had worked for the federal government five years and was credited to Maryland's Fourth District. funeral arrangements announced.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Charles N. Naumann
Washington, D. C
James & Holland
Beechwood Avenue
Lauraville
Baltimore County
Naumann
Frederick Naumann
Washington
United States Government
Department of Geological Survey
Carl
Charles V. Naumann
Geological Survey
Maryland
Three Women Die in Rutland Rail Disaster Near Vergennes
A gravel train crashed into a rear passenger train on a down grade near Vergennes Vermont killing three women and injuring twelve others. Among the dead and injured were members of the Drury Opera Company from New York, with officials praising quick rescue efforts by town firemen and rail workers. Engineer George Murrey escaped before impact and offered no cause for the wreck.
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Vergennes
Colored Musical Company
Rutland
Fey
Drury Opera Company
New York
W A Lawrence
Bristol
Sheri Lawrence
Adamon County
Corinna Stowe
Nellie Barnard
Rouetta Faulk
M Dyke
Bristol High School
W BL Simpson
Waterbury
Aweb Simpson
W J. van Houten
Carrie Francis
Daisy Allen
Annie Ques
William Scudder
Opera
Rogers Laterell
Fire Department
George Murrey
Hunter Evil Girl? Tragedy in Longs Mill Woods
Charles Good of Longs Mill county section shot and killed Miss Fannie Strout while hunting near her home in Luvey Virginia. Good, who surrendered at Imray, claims accidental discharge after an alleged question prior. Strout, daughter of Charles Strout, died at the scene. her brother witnessed events.
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Washington Pont
Luvey
Charles Good
Longs Mill
Fannie Strout
Good
Imray
Charles Strout
Cost of Women's Dress Show Exaggerated Sums in American Comparisons
Special dispatch compares Miss Julia Morosini's dress costs with English and French spending. It notes that the richest English woman in London spends less than a third of Morosini's estimates, with fifty gowns at 500 dollars each, lingerie at one quarter, furs at half, shoes at one tenth, and miscellaneous at 15,000 instead of 45,000. The piece also cites French shoppers and the influence of international customers on Parisian shops.
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Washington Post
London
Julia Morosini
New York
West End
Misa Morosini
Misa Mirostri
Ft Ie
Il Rue de la Paix
Schurz Estate Appraised At 266146 In New York
The Carl Schurz estate is valued at 266146 in personal property. It includes bonds from the St Louis and San Francisco Railway and Atchison Topeka Santa Fe, General Electric, Bankers Loan and Investment, Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light, and shares in Pennsylvania Steel, American Press Association, with a 63000 cash deposit. Life insurance is listed at 10000 with Northwestern Mutual.
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New York
Carl Schurz
St. Louis and
San Francisco Railway Company
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
General Electric
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Bankers’ Loan and Investment Company
Milwaukee
Girl Free to Wed Lover Forged Father's Name for Cash
Grace McCord of Bayard Iowa was freed by habeas corpus after being arrested in New Orleans on forgery charges tied to a $400 check she allegedly forged in her father's name to raise funds for marriage to soldier John Combs of Troop EK Eleventh Cavalry bound for Cuba. A Des Moines police chief telegram said the charge had been withdrawn.
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New Orleans
Grace McCord
Bayard
Iown
Cuba
Grief Causes Deaths Reported in Health Office Records
Health office records list numerous deaths with ages and locations, including Daniel Barrett 69 Gat aw and Elizabeth B. Janexeck 74, detailing suicide, accidental deaths, and illnesses. The report notes dates and places across Washington area, with names like Stephen Nash and John Augustus Deprey among the deceased, reflecting a wide range of causes.
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William H. Parnell
Wiliam Anderson
Gat Sw
BU Howard
St. Se
Elizabeth B. Janexeck
St. Ec
Soningo Gangotena
Geo Wesh
Henry B. Nailor
Emma B. Crawford
Joseph B Murray
Mark D Lathom
Girardst
Horace Williams
Samuel A. Williams
Laurence
Hughes Strategies in State Politics Amid Governor Hughes Question
Special to The Washington Post reports two central questions facing Gov-elect Hughes. Will he control the legislature and what can he accomplish in year one. Republicans fear a split, Odell leadership, and possible Democratic-Republican bloc to block reforms. Hughes plans sweeping changes in banking and insurance, despite expected opposition.
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New York
Hughes
Land
Odell
Gov. Hughes
Cossip
Man Sentenced to Hang for Murder in Georgia Case
Wylf Johnson, a Black man, was found guilty of assault and murder in a Georgia case involving a white woman. He is sentenced to hang on January 1 in Atlenta, G7 jurisdiction, following last summer’s events.
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Atlenta
Wylf Johnson
Oegro
Georgia
Hembree
Adee and Adee Tie the Knot in Washington Ceremony
The wedding records report the marriage of Tyler, son of the late Dr. Wal Bowie Tyler, to Constance Claverhouse Adee, daughter of the late David Graham Adee, in December 196 at Washington D C. The Rev Ro land Cotton Bathe Poeinich officiated.
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Adee
Roland’ Cotton’ Bathe Poeinich Terebury ‘Tyler
Wal- Bowie Tyler
Constance Claverhouse Adee
David Graham ‘Adee
Washington, D. C
Died Court Heat 08 Funeral Notices
Obituary notices from Baltimore and Washington list multiple deaths and funeral details. Entries include Frederick W. Dreyer Catherine O Gorman Samuel Spencer and others with dates November December 1906, residences in Brightwood Avenue Tenth Street Northwest D Street Northeast and St. Pauls Cathedral, interments private or at Rock Creek Cemetery with private or equiem mass and Monday services.
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Eizsle Courtne
Taylor
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Rock Creek Cemetery
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Boston
Drew
Tenth Street
Edward Jahala
Dre
Church of the Ascension
Hahn
D Street
Wiliam
Margaret Hahn
Ann Igreg
Claries
Grace Never
O'Gorman
Catherine O Gorman
P. F. McMahon
St Paul's
Fifteenth
Spencer
Samuel
Tikinase
Speneer
Ganrens Lafayette
Washington, D. C
Ernday
Dr. Storch
Hart Moe
Tate
Toaldones
Local Funeral Homes and Florists Listings and Election Results
A Washington DC advertisement lists undertakers and embalmers including W B Speare J Williams Lee George P Zurhorst Harvey Sons Mitchells Son and Comley Bros Florists with contact details. It also reports eighth district congressional results Hackett Blackburn and ninth district Webb Roberts with vote counts.
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Blackburn
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Roberts
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