Thaw Trial Hearings Open as Old Anxieties Surface
The Thaw trial resumes with Mrs Thaw taking the stand to address her anxieties over Harry Jerome and the New York Whist Club. Witnesses describe Harry Thaw’s nervous, excitable personality, childhood recalls of outbursts, and a mother’s plea for gentleness while noting possible mental unbalance. The defense pushes insanity as a plea while Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw’s testimony is postponed to next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Thaw
Harry—Jerome
Lot
Christopher Baggan
New York
Jerome
Raymond A. Brown
Stan 1
Ford White
Mr. Jerome
Abraham BR. Beck
Harry Thaw
Mr. Beck
Harry
Thai
Mstrict
Writings on Harry Thaw andFamily Letters Revealed
A letter from Mrs Thaw discusses caring for Harry Thaw and fears over his possible mental instability. The long document outlines concerns about temperament, resistance to treatment, and the impact on public perception. It mentions evidence gathering, witnesses, and the aim to clarify his state of mind for a legal or public proceeding.
Thaw Case Echoed by Substitution Offers and Ventriloquist Tricks
Amid Evlyn Thaw proceedings 2000 letters surface from an Ohio man offering to substitute for Harry Thaw and die in his place. The writer claims likeness to the prisoner and seeks payment to ensure family support, while others propose hypnotizing judge and jurors to sway the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Van
Evelyn Thaw
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Blissietter
Flo
Toan
Still Hides Her Motive in Shooting Attorney
Mrs Metcalf denies any romantic liaison with Terre Haute lawyer Hamill and says she consulted him only about a suit by her ex husband Jeff Morris. U S District Attorney Sims states no records were suppressed as part of the investigation. The Irish Parliamentary party re elects John E Ryse as chairman and backs the United Irish League directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamill
St. Louis
Jeff B. Morris
Thomas Metenif
Tublin
Irish Parliamentary Party
John E. Rel Sy
Areratin
Pisyenl
United Irish League
Redmel
William J. O'Brien
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Offer Modern Chapels
Funeral homes list services and locations in Washington with crematoriums, chapels, and first class service. Includes jJ William Lee, Frank Geier's Sons, John R. Wright Co, F Harvey's Sons, W R Speare, Frank A. Speare, Sardo & Co, Thos R Nalley & Son, Costello, Zurhorst, and others with street addresses and phone numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Geier’s Sons
Seventh ST. NW
Gall
John R. Wright CO
Embelmers
Joivery
Tenta Conn
Telephone North 47
F. Harvey’s Sons
Cain
IML
R. Nalley & Son
Ith Street
Noutheast
Thos
A. Costello
Funer
H Street
Geo
P. Zurhorst
East Capitol St
Candy aid 70 thief Alice Moss tells her story
A sixteen year old Bronx girl, Alice Moss also known as Alice Moran, identified as the candy giver who drugged Mrs. Fox at a Broadway theater to steal jewelry and cash. Police say other victims may be robbed after candy receives. Moss, held on $1,000 bail, claimed she helped a New Rochelle woman and later found Mrs. Fox’s purse on her wrist before returning it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Fox
Broadway
Alice Moss
Caldwell Avenue
Bronx
Alice Moran
West Sixteenth Street
Jefferson Market Court
Alice
Mrs. Fox
Sid
Sixth Avenue
Jocker
Whtel
Mrs. Casey
J “T
Mrs Fox
Mrs. Pax
Licensed to Marry Names in Virginia Ledger
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple marriage licenses and parties including Rev Reuben Grattman and Irene Woodard, with ages ranging from 1 to 37. The garbled text references counties in Virginia and various couples, indicating a public notice of licenses issued or marriage intentions, but details are incomplete and names are inconsistently captured.
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Marry Seuwartz
Annie Rubin
Reuben Grattman
Guerrant
Ney
Riche Albert
Frank Wray
Ron Ro Douglas
John Richard James E Dews
Sarah
V. Proctor
Alonzo Olds
Norval Cooper
Mimle
Williams
Theodore Williams
Henry H. Brown
Josephine Brown
M. Bell
Benjamin B Samuel
Sod
Juliaa Girrolt
JB. McLaugh Foster Bryant
Elin Mr. Marshall
Paul Grifith
Sadly F. Mekenje M. Curr
Weston Brauner
Rae E Dan
Health Office Deaths and Residence Records Summary
Health office record lists multiple deaths with ages and addresses including Mine 1900 14th Street NW 65 years, Nichole Glovknnant 202 K Street NW 64, Leonard Johnson 214 K Street NW 2, Amaen Divon 7200 Kat WM 4, Michael Futlman U.S. Soldiers Home, and others. The fragmentary list names deceased individuals and their ages and locations across multiple NW addresses.
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Erine Shea
Nichole Glovknnant
Yanmett Womack
Grant Pl
Bi Fear
Lesele Fanner
MD. Ave. No
Leonard Johnson
Amaen Divon
Young miner lifts pole to save express train
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Jan 16 Officials of the Lehigh Valley Railroad learned today of a remarkable rescue near Franklin Junction. Thomas Green of Newtown and Martin Tierney saw a fallen telegraph pole over the track four feet above the rails. Green, beneath the pole, used his strength to lift it just as the express approached, allowing the train to pass safely. He feared the pole would slip and cause a wreck but escaped unharmed after the narrow save.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sperlalto
Washington Post
Wilkesbarre
Lehigh Valley
Franklin Junation
Thankis Green
Newtown
Green
Martin ‘Tierney
Tolnés
Tierney
Milyukoff Returns Home After Five Days in U S
After a five day visit Prof. Paul Milyukoff leader of the Constitutional Democrats in the Russian Duma sailed for home aboard the French liner Le Lorraine. A cable from Russia warned him to report his utterances in America while his friends argued Roosevelt could not receive him and explained the partial failure of his mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constitutional Democrats
Cable
York
America
Paul Milyukoff
Milyukof
Washington
New York
Prof
Russia
Milyukoff
Divorce suit pairs in Washington area amid strange claims
In Washington PA on January 16 Irene A Strain sues for divorce from Thomas F Strain claiming thirty years of neglect and abuse including a non bathing husband, while he counters for separation. Neighbors corroborate injuries. he accuses her of extravagance and destroying his farm tools as she details threats and a dying daughter’s funeral.
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Washington
Irene A. Strain
Thomas F. Strain
Strain
Calls Shooting Accident Involving Yale Graduate
Mandeville Hulls, a Yale graduate and New York Life director, says a self inflicted gunshot during revolver cleaning caused a bullet wound to his side. He explains he did not remove all bullets from the weapon and a misfire occurred. The incident followed a late night hospital escape attempt and remains under local inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mandeville Halls
Roosevelt Hillal
South
Hosten
Hull
William (. Hall
New York Life Insurance Company
Harlow Brooks
West
Ninth ‘Street
Young Hall
Bujet
Hall
Yale
Delta Kappa Epsilon Club
State Smallpox Strikes as Hospitals Fill
State health inspector Sinks reports an epidemic in Minnesota with the St Paul isolation hospital full. He cites neglect by local boards in Martin County where 116 cages were found and notes a Monterey butcher with advanced smallpox delivering goods while a nearby man ferried passengers to a hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Monterey
Triumph
Martin County
Averyman
Reporter Sues Gebhard Over False Arrest Damages
Ashley Deering, a Washington Post reporter, sues Frederic Gebhard for 10000 dollars claiming false arrest after a June 11, 1904 incident at 109 Fifth Avenue during a Canfield case. Gebhard countersues for 25000, alleging Deering instigated disturbances. trial before Justice Giegerich. A carriage from Robinson's Stable is listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Frederic Gebhard
Ashley Deering
Giegerich
Deering
Reginald Vanderbilt
Gebhard
Fifth Avenue
Jerome
Vanderbilt
Canfield
Gebbard
Honduran Diplomat Manuel Ugarte Held for Violence
Manuel Ugarte secretary of the Honduran Legation in Washington and nephew of Minister Angel Ugarte was taken to Bellevue psychopathic ward from the Hotel Plaza New York after becoming violent. His uncle rushed to New York. Ugarte had recently left George Washington University Hospital and had been treated for nervous illness.
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New York
Washington Post
Manuel H Usarte
Legation
Washington
Angel Ugarte
Bellevue
Hotel Plaza
Ugarte
Central America
Urbano Wgarte
Lois Norping
Jciun
Wil Winess
Manuel Ugarte
United States
New Willard Hotel
jDe
Angel Vigarte
George Washington University Hospital
J. M. Chipman
Chipman
Was & Pillent
WROTE SHE WOULD END LIFE
New York police and harbor authorities are alerted to search for Mrs. Frederick A. Warner wife of an American shoe dealer in Lemdon England who has vanished in Boston after telling her brother she planned suicide and sending him checks for belongings left at Hotel Belmont She accompanied her mother to Dorchester and left Boston for New York after breakfast at the Belmont noting in a diary and letters to relatives her distressed state and alleged self accusation She is 35 with two children now deceased and her nervous temperament is cited by relatives as a possible reason for her disappearance
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Bart IO
Sibley Howe
Cuara Nell
Walle
Sekipperts
Worthavent
Damare
Uae
Ryetio
Vhoralaa
Dremuars Tn
Lincoln Post
Jae
Pradav
Soethek Pom
Chureklers Ty Burles
Mann
Ster
Exanna
Hartord
Phursdiy
Janery
Ane
Puttsthent
Annus E
Wapord
Lente
Piperal
Amie
Nebunves
Glenwood
Mary E
Jehan Te Realesi
Gelt Street
Atare
Lateran
John Hicks
Sanervan
Bantiaga
Chie
Nuls
Rvistana
Denmark
Patel
Washington
Mra L
M Sweat
Portland
Tilton
Washington, D. C
Anna M
Henry Steele
Derney City
N. FE
Cit Tfenry Tilton
Arlington
New York
Wilson
Leonardtown
Sara Denton Wilson
Spears Undertaking Rooms
F Street
Rook Ureth
Harbor Sian
Frederick A. Warner
Lemdon
England
Warner
C. S. Briel
America
Ashmont
Dorchester
Boston
London
Belmont
Stir
Warmer
Banker's Daughter Ends Life at Brooklyn Home
Ellen Sharpe wife of Le Baron Sharpe and daughter of Charles M Davidson died by carbolic acid at 237 Stuyvesant avenue Brooklyn yesterday. The coroner and police were not notified until today after she placed her two year old son with her parents and then attempted to shop. The family has a history of illness with the father paralyzed and the mother in poor health.
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Brooklyn
New York
Dan
Ellen Sharpe
le Baron Sharpe
Charles M. Davidson
Williamsburg Trust Company
Stuyvesant Avenue
South for Forest Bill Convention Action in Atlanta
The Appalachian Forest Association and allied groups in Atlanta on January 16 urged Southern states to send delegations to Washington to win approval of the Appalachian-White Mountain forest bill by the House Agriculture Committee. Gov. Hoke Smith of Georgia presided. endorsements were received from governors of North and South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Alabama, and Kentucky.
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Atlanta
Appalachian Forest Association and Allied Organizations
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
North
South Carolina
Washington
Agriculture Committee
National House of Representatives
Hoke Smith
Virginia
West Virginia
Catarre Conquered and Drug Goes On Sale
The Austrian Laboratory directorate at 32 West Twenty fifth Street New York announces ascatco will be sold for 50 cents at leading drug stores including Ogram's in Washington. A full month’s treatment costs $2 at stores. It is claimed ascatco is the only positive permanent cure for asthma known today with numerous cures attributed to it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascateo
West Twenty-fifth Street
New York City
Ascatco
Gale
Ogram's
Washington
New Science Claims Vital Force Heals Chronic Ailments
Mr. McConnell proposes a new science of vital force to cure chronic disease and aging by boosting vitality. He asserts low vitality causes illness and that anyone can increase production to improve health, with patient Jenkins citing indigestion and headaches improved after ten days at the Life Ete Institute. Classes offered daily from 11 am to 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. McConnell
McConnell
Irs
Jenkins
Life Eteoiv Institute
F Street
Wil Seethasa
Cullinan Diamond to be cut in Amsterdam under guard
Amsterdam January 16 The Cullinan diamond presented to King Edward will be brought to Amsterdam by Scotland Yard guards in March to be cut at a leading diamond establishment. Special vault, bomb and fireproof, with ventilation and steel netting protection, will shield the process watched by London and Amsterdam police. The stone weighs 310 carats and will be the largest and finest diamond, with security measures including weighing after each phase and restricted access for only engaged workers. The crown now holds 2,818 diamonds and other gems valued at about 500,000 pounds, with the Cullinan’s future worth estimated by experts to exceed prior records.
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Amsterdam
Cullinan
Edward
Transvantere Tm
Scotland Yard
Diamant Lcutting
Nouncon
Culinan Jem
Winell
London
Unis
Edwards
Henry IV
Agincourt
Kohl Noor
Mirza
Lord Avebury Installed Rector for Andrew Carnegie Era
In Scotland on January 15 Lord Avebury was installed as rector of Se Andrews University, succeeding Andrew Carnegie. The ceremony honored Carnegie and noted the transition, with remarks praising Carnegie’s legacy and the new rector’s duties in leading the university.
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Lord Avebury
St. Andrew's University
Si. Andrews Scotland
John Lubbock
Tod
Se Andrews Universiy
Andrew Carmber
Carnegie
Negie
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Teeanow
Vries Taaidy
Herker
Janes M. Kerk
Weber
Ueston
Neweparr
Redmond
Jj William Lee
Pennsylvania
Blackistone’s
14Th & H
Geo. C
Shaffer
Maine Gat
Eye Atx
F St
Northwent
Candy Aid
Health Office Record
Deatha
N. C
Tokalon Wine CO
Fourteenth St. N. W
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Roosevelt
Milywkolf
Cannon
House of Representatives
William S. Taft
Loeb
Hoosevelt
Bacon
Congr
Milyukort
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Gustav A. Gayer
Dr. Guyer
Garrison Street
Delia Johnson
Breen
Sergeant McKay
Della
Chicago
Gan
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Whitcomb & Sons
Operates
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Nolice
Red Lion
Edward Wagman
Worcester
Mass
Spencer Mill
Alfred Chagnan
Worcester County Gas Company
Wallack
New York Life Director
Mandeville Hall
Stricker
Ae Ces
Optigians
Sues Gebhard
Society Man
Robinson's Stable
18Th’ St
Ucartens
Appalachian Association
Catarre
Big Labratory
Sele
the Apollinaris CO
Roscoe Jenkins
8Th St. N. E
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Cullinan Diamond
Andrew Carnegie
Michigan
van Camp
VanCamp’s
van Camp Packing Company
Indianapolis
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