Thaw gloom in cell as jurors in Thaw trial advance
Special to The Washington Post reports ongoing jury selection for the Harry K. Thaw murder case in New York. Justice FitzGerald oversees panel completion while spectators and press observe delays. Thaw remains uncooperative after reading morning papers, skipping church services and exercises in Tombs prison.
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Washington Post
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Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court Criminal Branch
Harry Thaw
Protestant Episcopal Church
Rev. A. Wade
Thaw
George Burnham, Jr
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Broadway Central Hotel
W. J. Lynch
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Central Park
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Kingsbridge
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Fitzgerald
Funeral Directors and Embalmers in Washington DC Listings
A jumble of obsequy service ads lists multiple undertakers and embalmers including W. R. Speare at 940 F Street NW WM S Riley J William Lee George P Zarhorst Hindle Bayliss R F Harvey Sons and John M Mitchells Son with contact numbers and noted services.
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Thaw Trial Watch: Jurors Drive as Court Maintains Contained Pace
Reporters relay Thaw’s mood behind bars while jurors enjoy a city drive. Thaw rejects insanity defenses, obsesses over wife stories, and receives mixed family support as he awaits trial in the Tombs. May McKenzie draws attention, but Thaw’s mother appears steadfast, and friends remain distant.
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Harry ‘Thaw
May McKenzie
Harry Thaw
al Thaw
Miss McKenzie
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Two Drown While Skating in Portsmouth Snow
Portsmouth Jan 27 Pearl and Forest Hide two boys drowned while skating on the river. George Lowry and Houston Rickey escaped a similar fate by removing themselves from the ice after signs of danger.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Pearl
Forest Hide
George Lowry
Houston Rickey
Law on the Thaw Case Explains Insanity Defense Limits
A detailed summary of New York law on murder versus manslaughter in the Harry K Thaw Stanford White case. It covers sane and insane defenses, the impossibility of irresistible impulse as a defense in New York, and the jury’s role in applying statute and precedent to determine guilt or acquittal.
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Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
William L. Clark
Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure
New York
Silverman
Thaw
White
Comeman Law
Court of Appeals
Ruger
Flanagan
Andrews
People
Ferraro
Cullen
Noted Whig Leader and Associates Die in New England
Boston and Cleveland obituaries report Rev John M Masters once secretary to the Whig party and Daniel Webster on the stump, dies at Cambridge at eighty. Also noted: John Magner, Star Chronicle editor, dies of stomach hemorrhage. James Wade, longtime Cleveland lawyer, dies. Rev Alexander Gilchrist, D P, Presbyterian church leader and Home Mission secretary, dies in Pittsburg after illness.
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Harvard
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Star-Chronicle
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House of Delegates
Pittsburg
Alexander Gilchrist
Home Mission Board
United Presbyterian Denomination
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West Hebron
N. Y
Monmouth College
Tlinois
Wooster University
Second Presbyterian Synod
Synod of Nebraska
Seven Hurt In Runaway At Fort Riley Kansas
Seven members of the Kansas City Athletic Club baseball team and Lieut Mettler of the artillery corps at Fort Riley were injured when a carriage ran away down a hill and overturned on the way to the railway station. Mettler suffered a compound fracture of both legs. The club members were badly cut and battered.
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Fire destroys courthouse at Huston MW in Iowa era
The Columbia County courthouse in Huston was burned today, likely causing about 200000 dollars in losses. The 1900 era white marble three story building housed county offices and Justice Cochrane of the Eta Division of the Supreme Court.
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Burns
Hudson
Columbia’ County
Cochrane
Supreme Court
Fulda Praises America Moral High Ground and Educated Women
German dramatist Ludwig Fulda extols American freedoms in a Milwaukee report. He lauds co education and the safety of American women, notes superior American colleges and steel works, and contrasts with Germany while praising American practicality and social manners.
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Wis
Ludwig Fulda
America
New World
Fulda
Germany
Berlin
Hssen
Carnegie
Pittsburg
Fulda Gays
West Virginia mine blast probes negligence after fatal explosion
Weston West Virginia January 27 district mine inspector Barton ordered a wide sweep of inquiry into the Pennsylvania Consolidated Coal Company mine blast that killed twelve men Saturday A jury gathered evidence all day and named a miner under surveillance who faces arrest Monday The accident left powder kegs 100 feet below the surface ignition blamed on a cigar or ashes from a worker in the cage as the cause of the blast Roof collapse and gas buildup killed twelve men at the time of the explosion Funerals set for Monday
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W. Va
Barton
Pennsylvania Consolidated Coal Company
Johns Hopkins Geologist Named U S Geologic Survey Chief
Baltimore January 27 The appointment of Prof William Bullock Clark head of Johns Hopkins geology department and Maryland geologist to direct the United States Geological Survey has been practically decided upon He would succeed Charles D Walcott who resigns to head the Smithsonian Institution
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William Bullock Clark
Johns Haytins University
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Johns Hopkins
Maryland Survey
Charles TD. Walcott
Smithsonian Institution
Despondent Couple Die After Quit Attempt Fails
Detroit January 27. Thomas Thompson fifty a laborer and his wife were found dead in their Gramplain street lodgings with an empty strychnine bottle and two glasses. They had come from England three years ago. Mrs Thompson reportedly sought to reform the habit but failed, leading to a joint suicide due to despondency over her inability to quit drinking.
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Gramplain Street
England
Cuban bandit captured after two years of terror in Cuba
Havana January 27 Enrique Mesa the bandit of Santiago province who terrorized Eastern Cuba for more than two years and was wanted for various alleged murders was captured last night by the secret police Also a Dunnellon teacher Worthy perished in a fire his house burned and his charred remains found in the embers authorities think he suffocated from smoke
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Conried Cannot Direct at Metropolitan Opera
Special to The Washington Fest New York Jan 77 Meinrich Conried’s illness grows serious delaying his active role at the Metropolitan Opera House for the rest of the season. Ernest Goerlits has run the house with daily briefings as directors consider a successor. Otto Kahn denies plans to name a replacement and notes the machinery remains organized to carry the season through.
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Salome Withdrawal Raises Demand for Opera Tickets
The Washington Post reports the Metropolitan Opera plans to withdraw Strauss and Wilde’s Salome after a late meeting. Despite no decision made earlier, ticket demand has surged for announced performances as stockholders and notable patrons react. Legal reviews and contract issues loom as Conried faces rights and scheduling questions for next season.
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Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company
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Conried Company
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Boston
Fatal boiler explosion claims three in Butler area
In Butler Pennsylvania a boiler explosion at an oil pumping house near Chicora killed Judd Steele, nineteen, and fatally injured Richard Campbell, twenty five. James Byers, a well known oil operator, was later found unconscious with severe burns and possible gas injuries.
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Free Synagogue Launched by Rabbi Wise in New York
The movement to form a free synagogue was launched at Hudson Theater with Rabbi Stephen S Wise, formerly of Portland, declaring ministers are sometimes lackeys of the wealthy. He urged proclaiming a message to all Jews even if Sabbath forms must be sacrificed to preserve its substance.
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