Trial hints at surprise in Eastlake murder case
In Montross Virginia attorneys for the commonwealth anticipate a possible surprise rebuttal witness in the Roger D Eastlake murder case. Defense lawyers Butzner and Chichester plan to present Eastlake on the stand but may change. Predictions vary on verdict with some betting on guilt and others on a possible sentence short of the death penalty.
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Washington Post
Montross
Bowe
Commonwealth
Roger D. Eastlake
Ehareea
Margaret L. Eastlake
Colonial Beach
Butzner
Chichester
Eastlake
Faw
Virginia
Griffith
Episcopal Church
Baltimore Horse
Margaret East
Obituary notices and funeral details from Washington area dates
Multiple death notices dated December 16 to December 19 1921 list names such as James B Belt Catherine Donahue Minnie J Fegan Anna L Harkins Elizabeth Havenner Annie M Johns Margaret Orewilly Edgar P Richardson Edith G Smith Hard Waller and Dor sey Womble along with funeral times locations like Trinity Church Georgetown St Matthew's Church and Arlington and addresses in Washington DC Maryland and Virginia including 1730 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest 1244 Girard Street Northwest and 2015 North Capitol Street.
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Belt
Woodstock
Prince Georges County
James B. Belt
Trinity Church
Upp Marlboro
Donahuve
Christien
Catharin
Bridget Donahue
Washington
John
Johanna Donahue
West Virginia
Gawler’s
Pennsylvania Avenue
St. Matthew's Church
Fagan
Montague Street Northwest
Minnie 3
William J. Faeno
Minnie E. Fegan
Wallatin Street
Fourteenth Street
Harkins
Anna L
Hugh Herkins
Ella T. Kisney
Emma Fraio
Effie Haulein
North Capitol Street
St. Martin's Church
Margaret
Mathew
Troly Trinity Church
Georgetown
Smith
Wirth Street
Edith G
Robert Lee Smith
Fifth Street
Waller
Naval Hospital
Hard Waller
de Vate
M. Womble
Tennaylvania Avenue
SDR
Dorsey ' Avomaile
John E
Heroic Captain Dies After Potomac Storming Night Recall
Hoboken December 8 Capt William McLeod of the steamer Potomac long at his post despite being crushed between a deck house and a swinging lifeboat as the ship battled a hurricane in mid Atlantic. He collapsed after docking believed to have internal injuries. Potomac first officer Richard Albrecht and two seamen were injured. The vessel sailed Bremen December 3 with 297 passengers and 201 crew. nine lifeboats and several rafts were washed away.
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Associated Press
Hoboken
N. J
William McLeod
Potomac
Hie Post
mid-Atlantic
Richard’ Albrecht
Bremen
Knox Trial Set for February Term In Eastlake Case
In Montross Westmoreland county locals discuss the Ragpake trial and Miss Knox fate. Judge Chinn sets the Knox murder trial for the February term starting February 27. Knox remains jailed in Richmond awaiting possible death penalty or insanity defense. Hopkins graduates aid Knox, defense prepared by Harry M. Smith Jr. and Frank Coleman.
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Westmoreland County
Hastlakes
Miss Knox
Joseph S Chinn
Eastlake
Commonwealth
Richmond
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins School For Nurses
Harry M. Smith, Jr
Frank Coleman
Fredericksburg
Hopkins
Starving man collapses on street in Philadelphia
James Widdcomb, 28, of 2114 Vine Street Philadelphia, wandered for a day and two nights without food or work, collapsed at First Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. Bystanders and Sixth precinct patrol wagon helped. he was taken to Washington Asylum Hospital where he recovered after food was provided. He said he came to the city a week ago seeking work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Widdcomb
Vine Street
Philadelphia
First Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sixth Precinct
Washington Asylum
Widdcomb
Hindenburg Motivates Public Flight Controversy in Germany
Berlin dispatch reports Wilhelm II’s sudden public appearance and a letter now public in parts, stirring nationalist circles and raising questions about Hindenburg’s knowledge or sole responsibility. The piece notes the former Kaiser’s flight to Holland and the field marshal’s alleged sacrifice to shield him, with reaction from military and monarchist factions.
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Berlin
Wilhelm
Germany
Kaiser’s “Flucht
Marshal von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
Holland
Republic
Kaisar
Wilhelm II
Universal Servic
Elston Rites Planned in Berkeley Next Thursday
Funeral services for John Arthur Elston representative from the Sixth California district will be held in Berkeley next Thursday. His body, found in the Potomac River last week, will be escorted by congressional colleagues and is expected to arrive in Berkeley on Wednesday.
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Berkeley
Calif
John Arthur Elston
California
Potomac River
Highwaymen Rob Two Looters Parade Near Rhode Island Ave
Two armed highwaymen in a car stopped pedestrians on Wirth Street and Rhode Island Avenue Northwest early morning. They robbed Walter Stimpson of $10 and Maurice Borstine of $6, then fled toward Virginia after asking a policeman for directions. Police nationwide alert issued. bridges checked for pursuit.
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Wirth Street
Rhode Island
Virginia
Automobile
Sergis
Kelly
Scrivener
Highway Bridge
Georgetown Bridge
Walter Stimpson
I’ Street
Fifth Street
Rhode Island Avenue
Maurice Borstine
Seaton Place
Hie
Hier
Highth Precinct
Naval Messenger Held Up Near New Thomanton Road
J Bender a naval messenger traveling from New London Connecticut to Buffalo New York was held up tonight by six armed men on the New Thomanton road about miles from here They took from him 62 special discharges carried to the naval officer in charge at Buffalo Waterbury Connecticut December.
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J. Bender
New London
Conn
Buffalo
N. Y
New Thom Anton Road
Waterbury Conn
Episcopal Bishop Denounces Unmoral Practices in Newark Diocese
In a Washington Post special from New York dated December 48, Bishop Lines of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark denounces various practices including smoking, divorce, and related items as immoral. He groups cigarettes and other items with what he calls immoral behavior and condemns them in a strong denunciation.
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Washington Post
New York
Bishop Lines
Newark
Youth sues parents for large Chicago stock fraud claim
James B. Rend Jr., 22, heir of William P. Rend, sues his parents for 2500000 in stock from the Rend family, alleging they diverted stocks and bonds from a 1915 spendthrift will to bypass his 50 year old restriction. His mother faces a pending divorce suit in the same court.
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Chicago
Associated Press
James B. Rend, Jr
William P. Rend
James i. Rend
Ww. P. Rend Company
Young Rend
James E. Stead
James H. Reid
Young Reid
Final flare up feared as communist rings warn of bomb plots
Guards tighten streets after threats from radical groups as police chase notes and circulars claiming an imminent attack. Investigators link messages to anarchist centers in Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburgh Seattle and other cities while authorities urge vigilance ahead of possible Monday December 15 bombs and a 19th deadline.
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Linde
Third Internationale
Morgan
Workers’ Councils
Lindenfeld names maker of Wall Street bomb
Silvester Cosgrove of the American Department of Justice sent a cable to Washington naming a blacksmith alleged by Wolfe Lindefeld to have fashioned the Wall Street bomb and planned the explosion in 1920. The blacksmith reportedly worked in New York at 100 West Fortieth street and traveled with Lindenfeld to Moscow last August.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Silvester, Cosgrove
Department of Justice
Washington
Wolfe Lindefeld
William Uinde
Wall Street
West Fortieth Street
New York City
United States
Lindenfeld
Paul Altendorf
Altendorf
Moscow
America
J. P. Morgan
New York
World Veterans Meet Chooses New Orleans For 1922 Convention
Paris reports the world veterans congress selecting New Orleans as site for the mid October 1922 convention. An economic commission was formed to boost allied veterans’ business ties and another to study exchange. Resolutions urge veterans’ representation at future Washington finance talks and armament limitation conferences. Buenos Aires and Montevideo announce a new weekly airplane service line.
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Paris
Veterans’ Congress
New Orleans
Congress
Washington
Robbery at Broadway Theater Ends in Escape by Fire Escape
Bandits entered a theater on Broadway and Pitty First Street during a robbery. They threatened staff including Faulkner and cashier Miss Courtwright, took the safe key and most of the day’s receipts, locked employees in a storeroom, then fled via the roof and fire escape to a taxicab.
Ernest L. Tustin Dead After Hospital Operation
Ernest L. Tustin of Philadelphia and director of public welfare died at St. Agnes Hospital Baltimore after an operation. He was operated on yesterday by Dr. Joseph C. Bloodgood and died at 1 o'clock this morning after entering the hospital last Monday following illness.
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Baltimore
St. Agnes Hospital
Ernest L. Tustin
Philadelphia
Tustin
Joseph C. Bloodgood
Sed Bey Commands Forces to March on Tirana
A fragmentary report notes a request or command attributed to General Bey urging concentration of troops toward Tirana. Details are incomplete, but the fragment implies a military move or strategy affecting the capital. Further confirmation from full text is needed.
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Sed Bey
Tirana
Riots at Armenian Republic Party Meeting in Detroit
In Detroit on December 18 rioting broke out at the G A R Hall during a meeting of the Armenian Republic party. Police reserves, 25 strong, quelled the disturbance as chairs and fists flew. Seven men injured, including John Shervett with severe scalp wounds. ten injured were arrested for disturbing the peace.
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Armenian “Republic
Detroit
Mich
Associated Press
G.A. R. Hall
Party of the Armenian Republic
Sharon
John Shervett
Major B A Miller Dead in Germany
Maj Bernard A Miller chief engineer of American forces in Germany dies of pneumonia after contracting influenza in an outbreak. He hailed from St Louis Missouri as influenza cases reach ninety two across hospitals.
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U.S
Germany
Coblens
Bernard A. Miller
St. Louis
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Spene
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Io&s &R Spears
Seventh ST
James T. Ryan
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Lincoln
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Fost
J.¥. Manning CO
Fifteenth Street
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Wastlake
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Unity
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Protablity
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Kaiser
Elston
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Maj
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