Son Accused Dies After Fright Hatchet Case Traced
A Roanoke dealer sold a hatchet linked to a son accused in a case who died from fear. Authorities traced the weapon to the suspect, and the death was reported as the end of the matter.
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Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1906
Page
1
Tragic Lynchburg arrest linked to father murder
A complex case unfolds as Robert Traynham is arrested in Lynchburg for killing his father J B Traynham. A bloodstained twine, hatchet, and a chain of circumstantial evidence connect the son to the crime. An autopsy cites a weak heart as death cause, while the motive appears tied to gambling debts and financial trouble. The body is to be shipped to Roanoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Tragham
Atlantic
Pacific
Roanoke
Hadley
Traynham
Mumadey Presious
Dyer
Commonwealth
Per
Iine
Theo
Turtac
Tig Hand
Robert Traynham Suat
Mie Peaynham
Griffiy Wood
Thirteenth Avenue
Heery
Jeterqveth Fin
Overstreet
Mir Statham
Hit
Traynhin
Lynthburg
Lynchburg
Isbourg
Bexan
Lon
Bern
Norfolk and Western
Praynbam
Limi
Byer
Ste Mande Hose
Nohburg
Robert Ja Prasalina
George J. Tompkins
Fire Panic and Death at Star Shirt Factory Blaze
Bridgeport reports a dramatic five story Star Shirt Factory fire at 2 pm that panicked 500 women workers. The blaze destroyed the plant, with losses estimated at 100000 dollars, partly insured, and caused the death by heart failure of Mrs Jennifer Heappy, who died after receiving last rites at St Augustine Church rectory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Bridgeport
Conn
Star Shirt
Jennie Heappy
St. Augustine's Roman Cathelic Church
Mobile's Great Carnival Celebrates Yellow Fever Escape
Mobile Ala February celebration marks the city’s 1906 carnival tied to its yellow fever escape. Parade events feature the Felix parade, Knights of Revelry floats themed Themeland, and later the Order of Myths with Universal Wonders and Infant Mystics with Cleopatra. Also notes Pullman dining car service and a long sale at J. Karr's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Knights of Revelry
Order of Myths
Mystica
Cleopatra
Harmachis
Dellius
Antony
Isis
Palace Outbreak Reported At Pekin Sparks Foreign Alarm
Shanghai reports say Viceroy Yuan Shi-kai may send troops to guard the court after a palace outbreak in Pekin. The Nanchang massacre has touched off anti foreign sentiment. missionaries and foreign powers remain on alert as ships like the Descartes Wairos Clio Teal maneuver near Krukiang. The Ohio sails for Hongkong for emergency repairs amid growing revolutionary strength in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuan
Nanchang
Shanghai
Nan¢hang
Krukiang
Descartes
Wairos
Clio
Teal
Pekin
Nanking
London
Penn
the Tribune
Times
Shang~hai
Yuan Shi-kai
Manila
Red
Canton
New
Reform Party
Chang Chow
Amoy
China
Yanzteze Valley
Hongkong
New York
H. K. Carroll
Methodist Missionary Society
Bashford
James
Charles
Lewis
Howe
Ogborn
Kahn
Newby
Hayes
King Sete
Carrals1ia
Spencer Lewis
Mob Rules Springfield in Rioting Fire and Looting
A 1200 strong mob attacks the Negro settlement known as the Jungles in Springfield Ohio after a brakeman and a baseball player are wounded. Fire crews fight blazes as houses are burned and police, outnumbered, struggle to control the violence. Only six militia members respond as chaos continues with officials seeking help from Dayton and Xenia units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Springfield
Ohio
Preston Ladd
Edward Nean
Groes
Martin
Davis
Big Four
Harl Lutkins
Todd
Third Regiment
Ohio National Guard
Richard Dickerson
Dean
Dayton
Ladd
Kemptner
Kempptner
Drumnkenness
I Sergt. Creager
Xenia Military Company
Smililia
Hxenia @om ‘ pany
Cuban Outlaws Scatter After Havana Shock
In Havana secretary of the interior Freyre Andrade surprised a dozen armed men linked to the Friday attack on Guana bacoa rural guard quarters near Tacipas. Guards fired at long range, band dispersed, and authorities report a quiet scene with extra police near the palace. Government supporters blame Liberal inflammatory rhetoric for the disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Freyre Andrade
Guanabacoa
Tacipas
Village Fire Threatens Cumbola In Cold Feb Blaze
Pottsville reports a village burning at Cumbola endangering 250 houses. Aid summoned from neighboring towns as residents panic and flee to surrounding hills amid extreme cold. Diamonds and jewelry at auction. Unreserved sale of J Karrs Sons stock today at 1 and 2 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
J. Karr
F St
Circus man Al McPhail goes blind in theater
New York circus figure Al McPhail suddenly collapsed during a Pittsburg theater performance. Diagnosed with apoplexy, he was rushed to Allegheny General Hospital in serious condition. The Patsumiya sale of Japanese home decorations at Sloan's opens today at 11 am and 3 pm, with comfortable seating and heating provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al” McPhail
Pittsburg
al" McPhail
New York
Wid
McPhail
Allegheny General Hospital
Sloan's
Watches and Art Goods Auction at 7:30 PM
An auction listing notes watches and art items available for sale at 7:30 PM at 123 Fa ta. Items include various timepieces and decorative goods. Auctioneer Ayatlla M. facilitates the sale with bids opening shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayatlla m
Jordan Admits Lying Texans Under Cloud During Patrick Case
Texas witness Joseph Jordan pleads guilty to perjury after confessing he lied about prior jail time in the Patrick case. Judge Bailey and others questioned witnesses including Fayette Lee, Quimby, and Gaillard as the Patrick defense builds affidavits. William M. Rice’s valet Jones is cited in conflicting testimony about the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Joseph Jordan
Texas
Albert T. Patrick
Patrick
District Attorney’s Office
Jerome
Cousi
Jordan
Goff
Murray
W. M. ix. Olcott
Charles F. Jones
William M. Rice
Thomas Vt. McNerney
Ace Nerney
Jones
Rice
Mr. Jerome
Ries
McNerney
Judge Wilson
Wilson
A. H. Hatley
Houston
Miss Gaillard
Quimby
Judge Bailey
Hailey
R. J. Quimby
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Raley
Fayette Lee
Baldwin Hice
Tex
Minnie Gaillard
John F. Milliken
Gleck
St Louls
Watches and Art Goods At Ilam Sale At 2 PM
Auction notes show watches and art goods offered for sale at Ilam. The listing indicates an event scheduled for 2:00 p.m. with per day pricing details hinted as low as ageHon per day. Details are unclear due to fragmentary OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ageHon
Ilam
Six Die in Mine Explosion at Piper Alabama
Six men were killed and twelve badly injured in an explosion at Little Cahaba mine No 2 in Piper Alabama. The mine is owned by the Little Cahaba Gear Company, with J Smith as president. Piper lies in Bibb County on the Birmingham Mineral Railway spur, with difficult access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Little Cahaba Mine No
Piper
Ala
Peter Costello
Steve Mom Matthew John Stone Louis Yanko
Rich Smith
Little Cahaba Gear Company
J. . Smith
Bibb Canty
Blockton Field
Larmingham
Printers Under Arrest in Chicago Typographical Case
Chicago Feb 27 Mittimi for incarceration of President Wright and Edward Bessette of the Typographical Union were sent to Sheriff Barrett for service. Both men were sentenced by Judge Holdom to thirty days in jail for violating an injunction restraining interference with nonunion workers in shops of Chicago Typothetae members. Wright and Bedgette sought a writ of habeas corpus before Judge Walker as court adjourned to be continued tomorrow morning. Local notices list a sale of furniture and jewelry, a piano auction, and a bank savings promo by Union Trust Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Union
Chicago
Mittimi
Wright
Edward Bessette
Typographical Union
Barrett
Holdom
Superior Court
Bedgette
Four–mast schooner wreck amid impossible blizzard rescue
Norfolk Virginia February reports say a black four-masted schooner ashore off Cape Henry with unknown crew faces likely total loss. Life-savers from Cape Henry and Virginia Beach cannot shoot a line over due to towering seas and gale. Rescue attempts stalled as lines fall short and surf boats cannot launch while the vessel drifts nearer the shore under heavy snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Norfolk, Va
Cape Henry
Virginia Beach
Frank Nedsom
Cane Henry
Holmes
Partridge
Lewsom
Hunt
Virging
Jerome to Answer Attack in Mann Perjury Hearing
Moses Bllis Woos ter testified again in the Mann perjury case as counsel Martin W. Littleton pressed to dismiss the charge. Hearing adjourned to March 12 to hear Jerome respond to the defense’s accusations and the motion. In St Petersburg Meyer leaves for Helsingfors to witness Finland’s winter sports gathering with Scandinavians, Finns, and Russians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Moses Bllis Wooster
Col
William D. Mann
Town Topics
Wooster
Martin W. Littleton
Mann
Hart
Jerome
Littleton
Meyer
Petersburg
Helsingfors
Finland
Karr Sale Promotes Diamonds At 1225 Fat. NW No Reserve
Extraordinary opportunity to buy diamonds and other precious stones at the Karr sale. Located at 1225 Fat. NW with no reserve. The ad notes the value of advertising in evening papers reaches people after hours and morning ads reach those in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karr
Divorce Push Against Steel Magnate Reaches Sioux Falls
Mrs. William E. Corey wife of the head of the United States Steel Corporation arrived in Sioux Falls from the West to pursue an indefinite stay amid divorce proceedings. Denver reports she intends to file in South Dakota, asserting desertion as the ground and planning a public filing without naming other women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Willam Fits Corey
Corey
United States Steel Coronation
Denver
William E. Corey
Irust
South Dakota
South Dak
Neighbours Fear Lynching After Texas Store Attack
Two armed Black men raided Frank Botto’s store at Gross Point Texas and Pacific rail line fatally wounding his sons aged fourteen and thirteen. Mrs Botto was shot at but escaped to warn others. The robbers fled as a crowd demands swift justice amid a shocked community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Frank Botte
Gross Point
Texas and Pacific
Refused to Answer Negro Attorney in St Louis Court
Special to The Washington East St. Louis report: Dore Leonard fined $10 by Judge Hiram Moore for refusing to answer a negro attorney’s questions. Leonard had prosecuted Phoebe McElroy, a former servant, accusing her of stealing linens. Leonard paid the fine after resisting, repeating that she would not answer "the nigger."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington East St. Louis
Dore Leonard
H. &. Hofur
Perjury declared as jurors return verdict in breach suit
Judge Kinkade in Toledo on February 2 said perjury on the witness stand must end as grand jurors sit. The sensational breach of promise case between Ella Hudson and Michael Lechner yielded a $6,500 plaintiff verdict from a $15,000 claim. The judge decried reckless testimony about babies and stated some witnesses committed willful perjury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Toledo
Ohio
Kinkade
Ella Hudson
Michael Lechner
Emui
Preacher Sentenced in Conspiracy Case in Omaha
Rev. George G. Wade of Lead, Dakota, president of the U B S Cattle Company, convicted of defrauding the government through illegal homestead entries. Judge Munger overruled a new trial motion and sentenced him to one year in county jail and a $1000 fine. An appeal will be filed. Wade long served as pastor of the Episcopal Church at Lead and Deadwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebr
Munger
United States District Court
George G. Wade
Lead
Dak
U. B. S. Cattle Company
Wade
Episcopal Church
Lead and Deadwood
S. Dak
Tragic Benzine Vat Death At Canfield Oil Plant
Pittsburg Feb 27 a nineteen year old named Sonick er was found dead in a benzine vat at Canfield Oil Company plant in Coraopolis. He supervised the benzine filter and is believed to have fallen asleep and dropped into the vat containing about six miles of benzine, dying from fumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Ainert Sonicker
Canfield Ol Company
Coraopolis
Sonicker
Steel Corporation Control Denied by New York Source
Pittsburg officials reject a New York report that German interests hold a controlling stake in United States Steel Corporation. Leading financier says Frick Rogers and Standard Oil own control and will not cede it for money. The note mentions $95,000,000 in outstanding and common shares and dismisses German purchase claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Pittsburg
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Frick
Carnegie
H. C. Frick
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Government rate regulation on railroads debated at Boston
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prouty told the Massachusetts Board of Trade that New England suffers from railroads operating beyond its borders and from Standard Oil rebates. He warned that unless rates are checked, the country may face industrial strife and higher costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Massachusetts Board of Trade
New England
Puston
Charles A. Prouis
Interstate Comerce Commission
Massachusetts State Board of Trade
Prouty
Edgar J. Rich
Firral
Moston
Maine
Bauroch
Congress
Flo
New Eingland
Lielawnare
Lackawanna and Western
Reading
Pennsylvania Standard Oil
Standard Gas Company
Radioad
Rockefeller
Northam New England
Hoefah~ts
United States
Tus
Titch
United Stans
Paele
Rich
Commeron
New York
Chicago
Hepburn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stolen trunks recovered in New York case
Two trunks owned by Mrs. Willam Caner Welderserman daughter of Senator Elkins were stolen from a New York Transfer Company truck in January valued at 6500 dollars. Police recovered most items and arrested Leslie Sadel after finding the trunks at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Elkins
New York
Willam Caner Welderserman
Delancey Street
Philadelphia
West Virginia
New York Transfer Company
Leslie Sadel
DANCED THEN OPENED FIRE IN COLUMBUS SHOOTING
Robert Butts and George Bridgewater, two white men from New Pittsburg Ohio, died in a Columbus hospital from wounds inflicted Monday night by George Donovan, a Black man. Donovan, who was forced to dance a dog, fired after being jeered. He is in quiet Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Robert Butts
George Bridgewater
New Pittsburg
George Donovan
Butts
Bridgewater
Donovan
Butty
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Atllam
Unocr
Senator Tillman
Ratley
Mr. Jeromé
Ile
Little Cahaba Company
J. A. Corning
13Th St
Banking Dept. of Union Trust Co
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Col. Mann
Mes
Chamberlin
Old Point
Standspmont
South Atlantic
Coset
Richmond and
Tim
Gale
Liamand
D. A
Apa Perth
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