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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
21
A tangled Harlem drug case centers on Mrs Martin as authorities seek an arrest warrant. Grand jury proceedings hinge on Lucide note ages and a chloroform death, with testimony about a woman found dead in New Jersey and the fate of Mary Snead's daughter amid family persecution claims.
Mr Fort admits the family’s reticence has hampered inquiries while Mrs Snead and her mother may be placed in seclusion tonight. The investigation hinges on the note found beside the bath tub, with friends funding the trial. A Harlem druggist testifies a woman resembling a relative tried to buy chloroform before Mr Snead’s body was found, supporting the police theory of chloroform followed by drowning.
Special to The Weslington reports a writ of habeas corpus to free Raymond Carver colored of Washington held by Justice Ridgeley. Basis claims include alleged lack of local jurisdiction as Carver’s alleged offense occurred in the District of Columbia. The hearing is set for Tuesday next with defense contending jurisdiction issues.
The Prince George County board organized with Willow M Holmead as president Henry J St Briscoe as clerk Jones Ray Jr attorney and Soloman E F Sweens keeper of the courthouse and grounds. When retiring president Itinhara J Swann received a loving cup from colleagues.
In Danville and surrounding counties brief items note the second trial of W Felt Samuel for the Draper NC slaying postponed to February term, new trial granted after a November conviction. Methodist stewards fix Rev B M Beckham salary at 32 for seven installments. indictments over whisky sales pursued by grand jury against Obe Williams and son. Spottsylvania County case involves a $2500 tract with a sane plea. and Petersburg district conference sets Presiding Elder Jol salary at 320 per year with district church assessments.
In Cumberland a Tuesday mass meeting urged the B and O to upgrade station facilities. Hagerstown Trinity Lutheran Church built a year ago faced sale at auction but was withdrawn amid reports a distiller, theatrical syndicate, and liveryman sought the worship site. Hagerstown street commissioners named Canby A. Stielemser to replace Night Patrolman Thomas W. Garber as sheriff’s day force expanded to three. George Cunningham’s Romney canning factory burned completely, losses totaling about 2500 with 2000 insurance. origin remains unknown.
Charles Crowell 71 shoots his wife Elly Crowell 19 then kills himself near Martinsburg West Virginia after domestic troubles and a planned attack. Coroner rules murder and death by own action. Local families shaken as details reveal premeditation and a staged trip to visit an uncle.
Virginia weddings report a string of ceremonies across Suffolk and nearby counties. Couples like William Matthews and Annie Vaughan both three years old legally wed in Norfolk amid church and home ceremonies conducted by Rev J Wallace Loulsa and Rev J Q Rhoadk. Other couples include Dee-William Wright and Miss Bickiey of Loulsa, Reedville resident Matcom V McParland and Mrs Nena Carter in Richmond county, Agnes Newman marrying William Wes ley Lowery, and Clifford Kelly with Trene Clarke at homes or church parishes. The day features multiple nuptials, officiants from Baptist and ME churches, and local home wedding settings.
Front Royal and surrounding Virginia towns report a series of obituaries and brief notices. Newton Lewa a 68 year old Confederate veteran and farmer of Millwood and Clarke county is mourned by a wife five daughters and one son. Mrs Shields a county widow dies after brief illness leaving four sons and four daughters. Fannie Calhoun 26 dies near North River after consumption, survived by mother two sisters and two brothers. J N Minetree 34 of Petersburg dies in Sante Fe after health improvements with two brothers and noted relation to Col Joseph P Minetee. Vicenturs Lanner of Petersburg dies at Grove avenue home. a Confederate veteran and longtime Norfolk and Western employee, survived by wife three sons and two daughters. Mabel May Drake dies at Hill Crest settlement aged 22. In federal court, several defendants sentenced for various offenses in Grayson and surrounding counties. A strike occurs as workers at Richmond Locomotive Works shift from daily wage to time or bonus pay, prompting mass walkouts. George A Snell of Bridgewater dies en route to University Hospital in Charlottesville after appendicitis.
A Times report outlines purchases of polar charts by Capt Loose and the press conflicts over Dr Cook s polar claims. It notes chart numbers 0 24 and 2% and includes Loose s testimony about meeting Cook at the Waldorf Astoria and his offer to provide observations. The piece mentions Dunke and Lewis disguises and details about hotel rooms and observations given to Cook. It also covers Loose s claims that Cook lacked essential methods and that Cook believed his records would be accepted in Copenhagen. The account includes background on Loose s Bergen Norway origin and career as navigator.
A garbled Health Office register lists numerous individuals with names ages and addresses. The entries show varied ages from infancy to mid eighties and include relate to births or registrations across locations such as Wis Ave Cal Ave Tenn Ave and other street names with multiple families and caregivers. The text reads as a compilation of personal records including multiple children and adults and their residences. Many OCR artifacts and misspellings obscure exact details but the core is a registry of births and ages linked to specific streets and names.
A quiet noon ceremony at the Fowler Brookes home on Prince and Washington streets Alexandria united Miss Lucy Lee Brookes and Lewis Packard Jr of Geneva New York. Rev PF P Pulling officiated in the presence of family and close friends. The couple will honeymoon in Europe and reside in Geneva after returning.
Major Henry Wood died of paralysis at 72 in Scott County Virginia near Bristol. Col Smyth was named a director. Wood had notable Civil War service with the Confederates and served in the Virginian senate two terms. The article notes his Republican candidacies for lieutenant governor and Congress. A fire at the post office adjoining the Corcoran Hotel caused about 200 dollars in loss, thought to be due to carelessly discarded matches.
A Maryland pair pleaded guilty to stealing a horse and buggy from a Willams Grove caretaker and two horse blankets. Arrested near Mondel after a seven mile pursuit, they were detained by Justice Hartle until Monday for further investigation. The couple, both unmarried, face jail after their Martinsburg pursuit.
North Carolina association of Hotel Men directors vote to hold the next annual session with the Virginia Association in Norfolk on a January 45 date. A movement to form a Southern association of hotel owners and managers is being imagined. John Armstrong colored terrorized a Kenly church congregation with a pistol, killing one man. A inmate who escaped from Johnston county jail was captured near Wilson after fleeing. The 4 year old daughter of Adolphus and Mrs Agner of Salisbury died from fatal burns suffered earlier while playing near yard wash. a clothing accident caused the injuries.
Rockville reports Dora Agnes Yoxley wife of John H Moxley died at her Chevy Chase home aged with scarlet fever she leaves children and a husband. John G Myer a Hagerstown merchant dies aged. Joseph H Bachua a tobacco dealer found dead in Greencastle bathroom likely apoplexy. Catherine E B Rudd and Harry J Lynn wed in Rockville at the home of the officiant. Mrs Beck dies at Harpers Ferry aged 38 survived by husband and children. Samuel If Motley convicted in Danville of robbery with five year addition. Angelo Hamilton seeks commutation for electrocution in Lynchburg. local reports from Virginia and Maryland communities through December.
Special to The Washington Post Roanoke Va Dee James Stamar a Greek barber was stabbed to death in his Nelson Street shop this evening. Mahail Wazalle a Greek restaurant waiter is accused of the murder after a friendly scuffle when Stamar tried to eject him. The alleged assailant allegedly plunged a stiletto into the heart. About two hundred Greeks in the city aid police in the pursuit.
Charlestown W Va Dec 8 The State board of regents opened an inquiry into the alleged ice bath and bloodless painting incident involving Miss Mate Taylor a student at Fairmont State Normal School tied to her sports allegiance. Her father is a prominent attorney in Elka W Va. Washington Fase Richmond va Dec The United States circuit courts reconvened with judges sitting alternately as cases argued.
Darwin P Kingsley president of the New York Life Insurance Company today denied reports that J P Morgan & Co controls New York Life. He said Morgan & Co’s stake in Equitable does not extend to the New York Life firm.
The New York Life Insurance Company holds no capital stock and is governed solely by its trustees and officers with no direct or indirect affiliation to any other corporation.
A chorus girl, Violet Hatton, who until recently toured as a milk maid at the Merri Peasant theater, married Lieutenant Allen Hillier Garaner of the Eighth Army. Gardner, son of Tol Gardner, and Mrs Gardner, the eldest daughter of Lord Blythe, were among the kin noted in this ceremony.
Mire Nina Chinn Walker sues James Wilson Grimes Walker in a Newport Rot divorce case attracting attention in Washington. Mrs Walker, living in the city before marriage, alleges pratal on their children and describes beatings with a belt and wax coated with dye. She says Walker left her and fled with the children while she fled to safety.
A £64 check from Srs Cyril H McCormick of Chicago widow of the mentor of the McCormick preacher is added to the endowment at The Wielington Pow Redmond Bee l men Theolog cal Seminary, following a receipt.
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