Trail of Pat Grove Witnesses Tie to Kidnapping Case
Witnesses describe seeing Pat Crowe near the home of Eddie Cudahy during the 1900 kidnapping inquiry. A mysterious woman linked to the Omaha case has failed to prove Crowe kidnapped the boy or received the 25,000 ransom. Details include a pony seen at a deserted house and a post ransom letter urging payment in gold.
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Tony
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Caddie Cudahy
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Jealous lover takes life then ends own with knife
In Chillicothe Ohio on February 10 Wesley West, twenty one, stabbed Mrs May Buskirk, twenty four, after a quarrel over suspected infidelity. He slashed his own throat and died minutes later. Mrs Buskirk, left for dead, fainted but later regained consciousness.
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Boy dying from fright after shooting witnessed by stable boy
New York reports Frank Wisnewski the stable boy who saw Bartley Horner shot by his son in law Dr James W Simpson is dying in Kings Park State Hospital. The discharge was said to be accidental as Wisnewski lapsed into coma, unable to testify. the case drew wide psychiatric attention.
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James W Simpson
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Bride Dies After Late Message From Fiance
Washington Post Kansas City reports Terrill and Miss Frankie Kinney planned a February 2 Joplin wedding after years together. A telegraph from Calton reached too late, Miss Kinney drank poison Sublimite, physicians struggled, and she died February 5 after initial attempts to save her.
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Frankie Kinne
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Thie City
Revolt Against Brownlow In Washington County GOP
The Republican executive committee of W P Brownlow’s home county at Jonesboro adopted resolutions denouncing his leadership. They nominate H Clry Evans for Governor and urge the party to reject what they call one man rule and despotism, warning of continued defeat if such control persists.
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Washington
Jack the Stabber Caught in St. Louis
John Brady twenty two year old waiter confessed to stabbing several women on city streets over the last three weeks He was arrested after boasting at a resort and identified by victims He will be held on charges in California Tours and related allegations.
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John Brady
Brady
Jack the
Tidewater Dubois
Robinson
Buffalo
Rochester
Pittsburg
Punxsutaway
Reynoldsville
Alarm in China Affects Asia For Asians Rumor Of U S Aid To Orient
Across the Atlantic and in America reports warn of rising anti foreign sentiment in China amid a suspected Boxer uprising. Quartermasters rush war materiel to the Orient while fears of trouble grow, with notes on military readiness and potential conflict in China. Chinese students in California allege cruel treatment upon arrival, prompting a formal inquiry.
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Metcalf
Lays boycott to England in Chinese dispute letter
A former Washingtonian now in Singapore cites a Chinese boycott hurting American labor. He urges a reciprocal boycott on Chinese goods such as tea, matting, and silks to hit China's finances. He argues Federation of Labor should push countermeasures and notes English and German merchants abroad influence boycott sentiment.
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India
China
Federation of Labor
United States
England
RIOT VICTIM DEAD IN SAVANNAH POLICE SHOOTING
In Savannah on February 10 Patrick Kearney a policeman wounded in a city hall shooting died in the afternoon. James McBride harbormaster, Tim McBride and James Lane city employees were re-arrested on murder charges in the Babe Dyer case. A Superior Court hearing began at 6 pm with bail set at 2,500 for McBride and Lane, while Tim McBride faced no bail. Sap Dyer is alleged to have killed. The injured bystander Frank Nagel remains wounded.
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Patrick Kearney
James McBride
Tim McBride
James Lane
Babe” Dyer
Cann
Lane
Sap” Dyer
Kearney
Frank Nagel
Giant railroad deal to form two transcontinental lines
Washington Post dispatch from St Paul on February 10 reports a massive plan to consolidate Northern Pacific with Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Great Northern with Burlington into two transcontinental networks. The strategy envisions Great Northern absorbing Burlington while Northern Pacific absorbs St Paul, with early cooperation between Milwaukee and North Pacific before full merger. James J Hill associates describe the move as near inspiration.
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Washington Post
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Northern Pacific
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Harriman
Pacific Coast
I- 18
James J Hill
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St Paul Road
J J Hill
Insurance Fraud Arrest After Body Blown by Giant Powder
Victor Colorado reports a fraud case where a body identified as Robert Speed was unearthed and blown to pieces with giant powder at a mine. McEachern, thought killed by accidental blast, was later found alive and arrested amid fraternal society probes and a life insurance payout. Jack Cowley also jailed. threats of lynching prompted protection measures at Cripple Creek jail.
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Victor
Colo
J C MecHachern
Naylor
McEachern
Robert Speed
Jack Cowley
McHachern
Robert Speck
Cripple Creek
Large fire destroys L Schreiber & Sons plant in Cincinnati
A steel and brick factory at Highth street and Eggleston avenue burned, causing an estimated loss over 250000 with the building and stock destroyed. The firm’s other plant remains in Norwood. The blaze was not fully insured and the cause is unknown.
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Cincinnati
Oho
L. Schreiber & Sons Company
Highth Street
Eggleston Avenue
Charles Schreiber
Norwood
Dolan Wins Pittsburg District Re-election Amid Disorder
Wild scenes marked the Pittsburg District United Mine Workers convention as Patrick Dolan forced the tellers to read their report and secure another year as president starting April 1, 1906, despite opposition from factions led by Dolan’s enemies. Delegates cheered, warned of law consequences, and adjourned amid a fear of riot while Mitchell headed East to meet coal road presidents.
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John Mitchell
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Patrick Dolan
Uriah Béllingham
William Dodds
Dolan
Indianapolis
Mitchell
East
Pennsylvania
Dolan’s and
Bellingham
Limited Train Derailments Hit Two Lines
The Lakhe Shoe Limited derailed after striking a light engine at Burdick Indiana with no serious injuries to passengers though the engineer was seriously hurt. Nearby in El Paso Texas a Texas and Pacific eastbound passenger train partially derailed near Odessa after a broken rail, with twenty people slightly injured.
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Chicago
New York
Burdick
Duraden
Negro in New York Mob Pursuit After Fatal Shooting
Clarence Brooks, a negro, is chased by thousands who threaten lynching as police protect him after a sensational Seventh Avenue shooting that killed William Mitchell. Brooks was loaded into an express wagon for safety and charged with murdering Mitchell in a billiard room confrontation.
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Clarence Brooks
Seventh Avenue
Thirtysixth Street
Brooks
William Mitchell
Mitchell
Jealous Man Kills Woman Then Shoots Self in Philadelphia
In a jealous rage, Frank Populace, 29, shot and killed Mrs Anna Jublansky, 35, after boarding with her. A pursuing crowd forced a chase of two blocks, where he then turned the gun on himself. He died in a hospital. Police say Populace was enacting threats to elope with Jublansky.
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Philadelphia
Feb
Frank Populace
Anna Jublansky
THREE PERISH IN FLAMES IN EOSTMAN BARRACKS
In Eostman Georgia last night the city barracks burned killing three inmates held for drunken disorder. The deceased are D A Coover Elbert Mullis and John B. Tfain all white men. Coover and Mullis left large families while Hart left a wife and child. The fire’s origin is unknown but thought to be started from within by a dropped match. A loan notice and local real estate ads follow nearby.
Famous Kidnapping Case on Trial
A dense page listing items from the issue including a focus on a famous kidnapping case on trial, with other features spanning politics, crime, and various society notes. The entry hints at a broad newspaper layout with multiple sections and stories interleaved across pages.
Trance Ends in Death in Herring County Utica
Mrs Robert Woodward of Herring, Lewis County, died after a two week trance. She fell into a deep sleep, awakened briefly by the family physician, but remained in a trance until death. Doctors are puzzled by the cause.
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Washington Post
Utica
Robert Woodward
Herring
Lewis County
Killed Child and Self in Detroit Shooting
Detroit February 10 John White aged twenty eight shot and killed his four year old child then shot his father in law August Whiting through the stomach and his mother in law Mrs Whiting in the shoulder. Witte had been separated from his wife and went to the Whiting home at 597 Clarke avenue in the west end presumably to kill his wife and child but Mrs Whiting was absent at work. Mr Whiting is in a critical condition at Grace Hospital.
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John White
August Whiting
Whiting
Grace Hospital
Two Boys Shot Dead in Rochelle Georgia
At the home of Jesse Hearn north of Rochelle on February 9 Joseph Watts fatally shot Dr. McDuffie Jr and Orrin B McDuffie as they left a party. Watts argued with Mel Duffie then shot the youths through the heart. He fled and is being pursued by the sheriff.
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Jesse Hearn
Joseph Watts
Dr. McDuffie, Jr
Orrin B McDuffie
D S McDuffie, Jr
Watts
Mel Duffie
Train Falls Ninety Feet in Cleveland Bridge Collapse
A work train on the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad plunged ninety feet from a temporary Broadway street crossing bridge in Cleveland. Engineer Russell and Fireman Wolcott of Macentonia grasped wires and clung on until rescue arrived as five cars crashed and were smashed.
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Pittsburg
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Pridge
British Force Trapped In Tibet Garrison Needs Relief Expedition
Reynolds' Weekly reports a small British garrison in Tibet is surrounded by hostile tribes. An expedition to relieve the garrison is deemed necessary. The notice mentions Florida's Famous Trains and a Florida and Indian line timetable with connections via Penn and Atlantic Coast Line.
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Reynolds’ Weekly
Florida
Fla & Indian Ltd
Penn & Antic Coast Line
Burglars Capture After Shootout on Train
Two Dover shoe factory burglars robbed Luddy and Curler at midnight and murdered an Italian laborer on the Sunrise Express between St John NB and Dover. After a 15 mile pursuit through Rockingham County, Joseph Gouin was captured. his companion escaped, later surrendering near North Hampton. The robbery yielded under $20. nitroglycerin and skeleton keys found on Gouin.
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Rokingham Junction
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Luddy & Curner Company
Howard A Rieves
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Gouin
Luddy & Curler
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Boston and Maine Railroad
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Ohio W C T U Aroused Over Punch Bowl Gift to Miss Roosevelt
Ohio women of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union protest congressional gift plans for Miss Abe Roosevelt. They oppose a punch bowl or roving cup as a wedding present and vow to press congressmen to abandon the idea. A memorial union meeting approved a letter thanking Congressman Webber for his stance.
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Christian Temperance Union
Congress
Abe Roosevelt
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