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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1908
Page
25
The Thaw defense ends with alienists saying madness is likely to recur and may trigger assaults. Abe Hummel’s testimony could be taken in prison. case may go to the jury Thursday. Proceedings in New York detail opposition to delaying tactics and the push to secure further expert input.
Multiple obituary fragments list names such as Norman Galt Gardiner and Nellie Gard, with references to residences, funeral times, and burial details. The text includes scattered dates, locations like Philadelphia, York, Brentwood Road, and cemetery notes, but is fragmented and garbled.
John R Wright Co presents funeral home notices listing services and price ranges for embalming and related arrangements. The notice references R F Harveys Sons as sole undertakers and outlines offerings and contact points for customers seeking documentation and estimates.
Family physician Dr Charles Francis Bingamoon traces Harry Thaws nervousness from age three through 1899 in Pittsburg and London, describing acute mania, insomnia, and heat intolerance. Other doctors in Rome Paris London present conflicting diagnoses from simple mania to possible insanity, as Evelyn Nesbitts letters become central in court proceedings.
Harrisburg Pa Jan 81 The Capitol prosecutions begin with the Commonwealth agreeing to a separate trial for architect Joseph M Huston after motions for separate trials by co defendants were overruled The jury was completed in the afternoon and testimony may start tomorrow The Commonwealth alleges a $19308 40 defrauding in $49417 payments for sofas tables and clothes trees Sanderson the contractor Snyder Mathues and Shumaker face charges Huston designed the capitol and furnishings with commissions totaling 415631 91 He is indicted on multiple counts of conspiracy and false pretense and may testify for the state.
A scrambled roster of marriages includes Willem H Jennings 36 and Lelig Carrington 2. Arthur J Decker 21 and Laura Mac Burch 29. many other pairs with Rev. ministers, ages, and locations such as Pittsburg Chicago Baltimore Madison County Virginia. The fragment ends with Rev. John T. Smith.
Health Office records list deaths reported by noon January 36. Names include Hermann Schada of Garfiald Hospital, 30. Aoaeph Tiauer of 340 Delaware Ave, age unknown. Adole J Yagar, 61. Johanna M Bulliven, 68. Rita M Young, 1. Avila De Paya Wagner, 28. Fred Pook, 67. Kana Mc C Hennett, 39. Andrew I Mangum, 50. Georgiana Elkley, 65. Mary D ColIumer, 74. Ellen Church, 86 or 96. Aeroy Garett, 2 months. Additional entries list Havanal Bonert, 4 days, and other ages and addresses.
Lillian Bell in the American argues the trial shifts focus from Harry Thaw’s crime to Evelyn Nesbit. She questions Nesbit’s repentance and scrutinizes press attention on public opinion, while drawing contrasts between beauty and soul quality. The piece notes Jerome’s expected testimony and hints at further revelations.
Philadelphia January 27 The Camden Iron Works was found guilty and fined 3090 in September 19. The U S Appellate Court Judge Dallas today displased the charge noting no published tariff or rate was filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission, so rebating could not have occurred.
Five boys ages nine to thirteen fell through a frozen pond on the way to school in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. Three were drowned John Swainson Philip Jager and John Sherlock. Two were rescued after a fierce struggle. A mill worker raised the alarm and rescuers pulled bodies from the twelve foot deep water. One rescuer saved his own son at great personal risk. Several others escaped injury.
A movement to suppress tuberculosis gains momentum in Harmonus Bleecker Hall with Gov. Hughes Lieut Gov Stuyvesant Chanter Joseph H Cheats and others endorsing the effort. William Welch of Johns Hopkins spoke on national progress and the Washington congress. A Rockefeller Institute link and a Roosevelt letter were read in support.
New York January bail set at 15000 for Miss Helen Flack arraigned on grand larceny. District Attorney says she stole about 15000 from employer Joseph Ellery, a maker of advertising novelties. Counsel admits Wall Street losses but denies stealing the money. Bail fixed at 5000 with Miss Flack living at 65 East Eighty Seventh Street.
Maj Sylvester May plans to seek an explanation from Robnert K. Cole son of E A Cole of Cole and Cressey seed contractors after he alleged a 12 40 am robbery on Station grounds by two Negroes for $12 The police may regulate false reports to prevent public misleadings and wasted investigations Inspector Boardman said such ruses cause unnecessary work and mislead the public Cole and his son met with Inspector Boardman last night and left with a cautious smile indicating the matter may end without further action.
A tornado swept Pond Creek Valley near Sweetwater Tennessee killing James M Cassidy and injuring five others. Cassidy’s wife was among the injured. Edward Everett’s home near Pond Creek was destroyed with three children and his wife injured. Devastation extended to Philadelphia Tennessee with multiple houses damaged. In Etowah County Alabama a tornado damaged Coates Bend region destroying several dwellings and injuring residents. A 75-year-old McCurdy relative narrowly escaped a fatal collapse.
Wealthy Italian importer Francisco Messina walks free after his murder trial collapses when the widow of the victim refuses to identify the dead man. The defense victory follows claims he was threatened by Black Hand extortionists and denies prior crimes. Proceeding observers describe a tense courtroom scene as Messina is carried from the room amid cheers.
New York reports Julia Kuttner and Ferdinand Pinney Farle, once called the affinities, plan marriage in Paris after Farle’s divorce from his wife. French decree is expected soon, eased by C Z Fischbacher, the Earle family father, enabling a wedding with the former Mrs Earle likely attending.
Special to The Wash in New York Jan 27. Bernardone set fire to his bed on the top floor at 168 Mulberry Street with his seventeen month old son Tony. Both died as flames filled the flat. Firemen cut a hole to reach the room but found no furniture and the two bodies. The brother said Bernardone chose death to deprive his wife of furnishings and to wipe out himself and baby.
A gutter of odd news items from Little Falls and surrounding cities. Evangelist Henry Mellycay claims a gossip circle will meet Wednesdays, offering his bachelor flats for women to share stories. Also reported are a dog bait swap tale in Youngstown, a man predicting his children's sex, a death prophecy during a Philadelphia church service, a dog surviving 26 days without food in Camden, and a dying man upholding his beliefs in Brooklyn.
Harrisburg January 27 Dr J A Burface state economic zoologist issues a bulletin defending lizards and urges farmers to propagate certain lizard varieties to fight crop destroying insects. He cites lizards as foes of the short horned grasshoppers a common farm pest based on stomach examinations of dozens of lizards.
Miss Anne Lynam, private secretary to Representative Wesley Gaines of Tennessee, inherits about $620,000 from her uncle Michael O'Hara who died in County Meath Ireland. The young Knoxville native, about twenty, plans to stay at her post while estate executors settle under British law, with a possible visit to relatives in Ireland after the distribution.
London January 27 three miniatures of the Duchess of Fife the Queen of Norway and Princess Victoria owned by Queen Alexandra were stolen from the engraver studio in London while sent for reproduction. They have been returned with no trace of the thief.
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