Auto Bandit Confesses Murder to Shield Loved Ones
Chicago story of Hobart Webb, head of automobile bandits, who confesses killing Officer Peter Hart Jr to save his sisters and brother from disgrace. He names about twenty band members, details Black Hand hideout, and cites loan sharks as pushing him toward crime while a clemency promise sways his testimony. Police pursue a wider confederacy as the case unfolds.
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Speal
Washington
Chicago
Hobart Webb
Webb
Peter Hart Jr
Wike
Carsella
Black Hand
Hart
Law States
Maclay Hoyne
Harts
Hoyne
Francis Summerson
Summerson
Emniloyers Aa
Larson
Careat
Black Hands
Belle Hastings
Alice Yonahue
Thirteenth Street
Wabash Avert
Belle Belle
Belle
Bebe
Eighteenth Street
Avg Ambusane
Policcemas Hart
Baendita
Lighteenth Street
Eighteenth and
Wabash
Twenty-second Street
Forty-third Street
Chunk’ Place
State
Wentworth Avenue
Tiloyne
Webbs
Auto Bandits Included Allther
Summersons
Wadia
Pancit
Levin
May Webb
John Sillery
Hyde Park
Max Rovech
South Jefferson Street
William Joyce
Robert F. Webb
Peter M. Hart, Jr
Cassella
Cassellas
Joseph Springer
Herrmann
Springer
Auto bandit Webb and the Hart murder case unfold
Webb, a confessed gang leader, details an auto theft ring and the Hart killing amid coroner's inquiry. He reenacts the shooting, implicates fences, and faces pressure from prosecutors as wealthier dealers flee Chicago. Police seek the remaining suspects while public sentiment weighs Webster's fate.
Sun and Tide Table and Weather Summary
The western storm moves northeast over New England and Great Lakes regions bringing rain and heavy snow in Wisconsin Michigan and eastern Minnesota. Temperature drops in the Great Lakes central valleys with fair conditions elsewhere Sunday and Monday. Winds vary by coast with brisk to moderate speeds. Sunshine hours tally 26 percent.
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B&b
Dept of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Washington
New England
New York
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
Rocky Mountain
Arizona
California
Great Central
Atlantic
Florida
Rocky Mountains
Middle Plains
Gulf States
Missacippi Valley
Atlantic States
Ohia Valley
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantis
Austile Coast
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Boosts Gray Hair
An old time mixture of Sage tea and Sulphur is back in fashion for darkening faded gray hair. Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy is sold ready to use at drug stores for about 50 cents a bottle. Instructions say dampen a brush and apply to a strand nightly. results claim hair darkens, regains natural color, adds luster, and helps prevent dandruff and falling hair.
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Drugeis
Beulah Miller Psychic Child Astonishes Experts in Warren
Beulah Miller ten years old, viewed as a telepathic wonder, has impressed Harvard psychologists and the American Society for Psychical Research with tests in her home. Prof Hugo Münsterberg and Prof James Hyslop have observed her, while affidavits from local officials and witnesses document the inspection and a reporter’s on-site test.
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Washington Post
Beulah Miller
Warren
R. I
Hugo Munsterberg
Harvard Department of Psychology
James Hyslop
American Society For Psychical Research
James
Munsterberg
Beulah
H W. Wetten
Baptist Church of
Wetten
Mary Rask
Brooklyn
Charles B Mason
Cambridge
Psychological Department
Emerson Hall
Harvard
Prof
Woetyen
Heulah
Kask
Fred
Rash
Mary Rash
Mason
Americans Break Records as Smokers and Drinkers Rise
Fiscal year figures show record highs in whisky and tobacco use, with 94,000,000 gallons of whisky and 5,508,000,000 cigarettes consumed from July to February. Beer intake also climbs, boosting internal revenue tax receipts by 12.5 million dollars for a similar period.
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Ameri¢amsa
Royal FE
Cabell
Teve
Mae.r Y
Wireless telephone rumors in Long Island Sound ships
New London reports Tasco wrecking steamer crew heard messages from a wireless telephone while near Long Island Sound. The operator distinctly heard a man addressed as professor. Vermont legislature prorogued after an all night session and set April 1 as centenary birth celebration for Stephen A. Douglas.
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New London, Conn
David J Hunt
Tasco
Long Island Sound
Elmer Blach
New Haven
Montpener
Vermont
Stephen A Douglas
Murderer Romeo Chooses Execution in Utah Atonement Case
In Salt Lake City February 223 the condemned Frank Romeo who killed gambler Albert Jenkins in Price Utah faced execution by shooting after pleading for mercy. A pardon altered the outcome for accomplice Robert Zaffy to life, while Romeo died under Utah’s death ritual with a priest present and a blank cartridge among the rifles. The case fueled debates over blood atonement and capital punishment in a Legislature leaning toward reform.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Frank Romeo
Albert Jenkins
Price Utah
Board of Pardons
Robert Zaffy
Romeo
Father Vincent
Hemeo
Jenkins
George Bentley
Bentley
John Coeker
Zaffy
Cascaret Promise of Quick Cleanse for All Ages
A 2 cent Cascaret claim promises to relieve bilious headaches and digestive discomfort by morning. It pledges to clear the head, sweeten the stomach, regulate liver and bowels, and lift spirits for months, urging parents to cleanse their children as well.
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Robert Webb
Highteenth
State Streets
Casella
Heres
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Bismarck
Bocton Mass
Buffalo
Chiyrags
Indianapolis
Ind
Jacksonville
Kanes City
Bu Little Thoth
la Angales
Cala An Marquette Mich
Memphis Tenn
Aft
Wen Qreang la
North Platte
Nebt
Omana
Nebr
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Portland
Portland Ores
Stan Os
Levis
St Paul Vine
San Francises Calfe Ie
Springfeld
Thoma Wash
Tanpa
Teledo Ghio
Vicksburg
Masy
Puzzles Men
Seulam Maud Mines
B. Altman & Co
Fifth Avenue
84Th and
38Th Streets
Persia
Turkey
Caucasus
Vincent
Sheriff Welter
Carbon County
Welter
Lil
Rdd
Riggs
Pennsylvan
Iraline
White House
Pennsylvania
Ave
Riggs Building
National Savings & Trust Company
15Th and
New York Ave
Ior
Atl
Will
Valle
Marche
Rarane
Halice
Deal «Co
Trydi Rabel
America
F Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
S & SO
11Th
Anply Berry and Whitmore Co
Roche
WY. Edwards
Sen
London
England
Bockman Street
du Pont
Wilmington
Delaware
Walmington
Ernest S. Taite, Mgr
Farmeri W
Ith
Hutle Astor
D. J. O' Connell
Pa. Ave
Chevy Chase
Brovakaville Wire
Irving Street
Twrenty
Yellott Wilkins
H Street
Evans
Ballentine
E Street
St. James
Ian Sceee
AL Bank, Co
Mislen
Rset & Waters
Teach & Fone
Mye
Atu
Ragisne
Yeney
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