Schenk vows divorce after acquittal verdict
John Schenk wealthy packer declares he will not take his wife back even if she is acquitted over arsenic poisoning. He says he will not bear trial costs and will fight entry into their Wheeling home. A divorce suit is expected and a motion to reduce bail for Mrs Schenk is planned. Lone juror Heyman accuses intimidation and prompts a possible contempt investigation.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
John Schenk
Packer
Seher
Isaac A.heyman
Llantian
Pan
Hessian
Floy- Tian
Flandlan
Heyman
Burkie Curtis De Mor Ingalls Kennon McCoy Spaulding Walter Woodward
A Washington death notice column lists multiple obituaries and funeral notices with names such as Charles Th. Burkie De Mor Theodore G Ingalls Britannia Welling Kennon Ruth A McCoy Charles D Richardson Katharine B Spaulding Frederick Walter Thomas Purseelu and others. Dates range January 27 1911 to January 30 1911 with locations including Washington DC and surrounding areas and services at churches cemeteries and private residences. The notices provide funeral details venues and times and invite relatives and friends to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burkie
E Street
Charles Th
Mary
Burke
West
Maj. I. B. Burke
Curtis
Bozeman
Mont
Owen B
Clark RE
Margaret RB
DE Mol
Chusetts Avenue
Harry Hand
Costello
St. Aloysius’ Church
Willia
Hickcox
JOFIN
Tefck Vox
Fimera
East Capitol Street
Ingaas
IML
A. Om
Nibley Hospital
ERA OM
Grace Ingall
B. Jenkins
el Street
Glenwood
Ingalls
Washington
Modern Woodmen of America
O. B. Jenkins
H Street
TRA M._INGALLS
le Tt
W. H. Jama
van W. Roberds
Merk. Irwin
John W
Mary Irwin
T. Ernest Smith
Lee
McCoy
Spirit Life
Thirteenth Street
Ruth A. McCoy
Jutta A. Anderson
M. C. McCoy
Spirit Land
Richardson
Westfeld
Mass
Charles D
Mary S. Richardson
Anna B
Charles H. Richardson
Tenth Street
Spaulding
Kathareine
Raymond E. Spaulding
Baltimore
Frederick
Walter
Providence Hospital
William and
Catherine Walter
Eighth Street
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Woodward
Thomas Purseelu
Anita V. Woodward
Takoma Park
Return Hope After Poison Trial Divides Schenk Case
Jurors acquitted Mrs Schenk of poisoning her husband to much public relief. She vows to return home with John and the children. Supporters and benefactors offer funds, while critics urge understanding of the verdict. Eleanor Zoeckler's discharge and new job move are noted along with other offers of aid from Pittsb urg and Ohio figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Schenk
Miss Zoeckler
S. O. Boyce
Eleanor Zoeckler
Pittsburg
Dan Phillins
M. T. Clendenning
A. W. J. Adams
Youngstown
Ohio
Stabbed worker dies of chest wound in quarrel
Willam Lawler aged 19 of 51 Myrtle Street Northeast was stabbed in the heart with shears during a quarrel and rushed from 931 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest to Emergency Hospital. Doctors say only the outer heart membranes were pierced and he could not describe the confrontation. Suspect Thomas A Walsh of 14 I Tree Northwest was arrested by First Precinct police and set for police court arraignment this morning.
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Willam Lawler
Myrtle Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lawler
Ilis
Thomas A. Walsh
Washington Funeral Directors and Embalmers Directory
A list of multiple Washington DC funeral homes and embalmers with addresses and phone numbers. Entries include Thos A Costello, W R Pumphrey & Son, Thos M Hindle, Frank Geier's Sons, Speare firms, Zurhorst, J William Lee, John S Wright Co, Harvey's Sons, Sardo & Co, and Thos S Serjeon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. A. Costello
Ant Embalmer
W. R. Pumphrey & Son
N.W
Maryland
Hcense
Rockville
K. Thos
M. Hindle
Jana Imbalimer
Frank Geier
FRANK GEIER'S SONS, _ 10% SEVENTH ST. N. W
R. Speare
F Street
N. W
A. Speare
Geo. P. Zurhorst
Capitol St
J. William Lee
Fennsylvania Ave
N_ W
Re. N. OW
John 8. Wright CO
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Missing Dorothy Arnold Prompts Nationwide Search
The investigation into Dorothy Arnold's disappearance continues with a $1,000 reward offered by her father, Mr Arnold. Reports place her last seen near Lackawanna Broad Street station, with a Newark informant noting a girl resembling her entering a phone booth. Classmate Miss Bates denies any safekeeping of her miniature items. A Washington search found no trace. Miss Arnold had visited during Bryn Mawr holidays and is described as popular and congenial.
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Arnold
Newark
Miss Arnold
Broad Street
Lackawanna Railroad
Josephineates
Rnickerbocker
Mintwood Place
M Dorothy Arnold
New York
Bryn Mawr
Dorothy
Miss Bater
Washington
Rufus Peckham
United States Supreme Court
Union Station
Belmont Disputes Loan in District Supreme Court
Perry Belmont through attorney Wilton J. Lambert filed a plea and affidavit of defense yesterday in the District Supreme Court. Tyler & Rutherford, Inc. sued to recover commissions on a $100,000 loan the plaintiffs procured for Belmont but which he refused to accept. Belmont says he applied for the loan and was informed it had been secured through Equitable Life Assurance Society, but the company did not fund within the contract time and the transaction was mutually called off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Belmont
Wilton J. Lambert
District Supreme Court
Tyler & Rutherford, Inc
Belmont
Equitable Life Assurance Society
LICENSED TO MARRY IN THREE VIRGINIA COUNTIES
Marriage licenses issued for Myer Cohen to Besale Wit John R. Fooes and Mary B. Olley. George W. Southworth to Clara H. Long of Wardline County. Walter L. Smith of Middleburg to Annie L. Fur of Moundaville. Richard F. Watkins to Josephine Matthews. Shiney Pert of Stafford to Anne Able of Prince William. Albert H. Mckenzie to Bessie Hitz. Richard E. Roland to Catherine Maher. Ben R. Alexander to Mary Guy.
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Neensas
Myer Cohen
Besale
Johm R. Fooes
Mary B. «Olley
George W. Southworth
Clara H. Long
Wardline County
Walter L. Smith
Middleburg
Annie L. Fur
Moundaville
Richard F. Watkins
Josephine Matthews
Shiney Pert
Stafford County
An-ne Able
Prince William County
Albert H. Mckenzie
Bessie & Hitz
Richard E. Roland
Catherine Maher
Ben R. Alexander
Mary Guy
Health Office Records Births and Deaths List
Health office records show multiple births with couples and their newborns including boys and girls from various couples. The deaths section lists names ages and hospitals such as Providence Hospital Garfield Hospital and Freedmen's Hospital with ages from 10 months to 78 years and addresses in Washington area.
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Thomas Pursell
Woodward
Blair and
Takoma Park
David M. Gardner
Providence
Theodore G. de Moll
John J. Slingerland
Garfield_ Hospital
Grace W. Ball
Geo. Wash. Univ. Hogp
James M. Buchanan
Pa. Ave
James J. Mclaughtin
H St
Sophia E. Hearn
Irving St
George Shipley
Bryant St
Mary D. Pridgeon
I St
Daniel McC. Lor
Wash
Asylum
Mary A. Bright
Emergency
Maryland
Mass. Ave
Edward Deenthan
Myrtlestone
William Lucas
Garfield Hospital
Jerome Jefferson
Providence Hospital
Kerma Pollard
Freedmen’s Hospital
Henderson
Corbin
Death of James T Armstrong Shoots Self in Hotel
Assistant manager of the Home Safety On Company, James T Armstrong, killed himself in a Howard Hotel room after reporting alleged financial worries. Letters found on the bureau show a temporarily deranged mind amid claims of lost money and blamed office pressure. Employers say his accounts were in good order and deny the alleged events.
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Home Safety
James T. Armstrong
Home Safety On Company
Howard Hotel
Pennsylvania Avenue
James T
Armstrong
Near Panic on F Street as Third Rail Fire Halts Traffic
Promenaders on F Street faced near panic when the car line third rail failed and a sheet of flame stretched down the center of the street for about two blocks. Traffic on the eastbound War line was blocked for over an hour, forcing homeward crowds to walk.
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F Street
Col Russell Ill at Raleigh Hotel in Mobile and Ohio official
Col E L Russell vice president of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company is critically ill at the Raleigh Hotel. He was stricken Thursday night, doctors remain in attendance, General Manager B V Taylor and Miss Boline Russell left Mobile for Washington yesterday. The National Association of Merchant Tailors will hold its Washington convention February 13 to 18 with a national woolen display and tariff notes for Congress. Charles J Columbus said Chicago tailors booked a Chicago Section in the style show.
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Col. E. L. Russell
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Raleigh
B. V. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio
Boline
Russell
Col. Russell
Mobile
Washington
National Association of Merchant Tailors of America
D.C
Congress
Charles J. Columbus
Chicago
Makes Women Eligible for Juries in Olympia
The Washington State House passed a bill on January 27 striking the word male from the statute to make women eligible for jury duty, expanding participation in juries across Olympia petitions.
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Olympia
Wash
Taft extends goodwill on Emperor William's birthday
Berlin observances mark Emperor William II's fifty-second birthday with honors for naval officers and dignitaries. President Taft sent a congratulatory cablegram, praising Germany and extending American good will. In Washington, the German community hosted a banquet and reception at the German embassy with speakers praising both leaders.
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U. S
Berlin
Emperor Win- Jam
Admiral von Tirpitz
Baron von Seckendorff
Ludwig Goldberger
Gustav von Krupp von Bohlen Und Halbach
Taft
William
Germany
Washington
Deutcher-Kriegerbund
Herman Lechner
Frank Stoermer
von ‘Bernstorff
Café Proprietor Robbed At 1346 Y Street
A cafe owner reported theft of 450 dollars cash two indorsed checks and a bankbook from Ernst Gerstenberg’s office located to the right of the entrance at 1346 Y street northwest. The desk kept money visible and the door was found open after the burglary. About 207 dollars was stolen in a similar prior incident with 149 later recovered.
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Ernst Gerstenberg
Y Street
Gerdstenberg
Mrs Wade Arraigned on Forgery Charge in Police Court
Mrs Adelf Winifred Wade was arraigned after Detective Pratt disclosed she forged the signature of William Schonenberger district morgue master on a $283.20 note and an additional $224 note. She pleaded not guilty. The questioned note was given to E P Towers of 1219 I street northwest. Bail was furnished in police court by Samuel H Walker.
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Adelf Winifred Wade
William Schonenberger
Pratt
Wade
E. P. Towers
Ball
Samuel H. Walker
Mexicans in long fight hold prisoners in Ojinaga clash
Reporting from El Paso Texas details a continuous battle since dawn near Galeana Mexico between Col Rabados federal remnants and insurgents under Wastilias. It notes 115 federal deaths at Cuchillo, 33 mauser carbines captured, and 150 troops remaining at Ojinaga with Americans among captured prisoners. New Mexican leaders plan further assaults toward Coyama Rendosa. In Austin a Texas senate resolution urges noninvolvement in Mexico rebellion.
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el Paso
Tex
Col. Rabago
Wastilias
Galeana
San Jose
Mexico
Marfa
Cot. Dorante
Cuchillo
McCombs
Seattle
Wash
Jose de la Cruz Sanchez
Torfleio Ortega
Coyama
Ojinage
Rio Grande
Rendosa
Qojinaga
Coyaia
Austin
Texas
Texegislature
W. O. Murray
Committee On Federal Relations
Fear for Ambassador at Oaxaca Plantation
City of Mexico reports concern for American Ambassador Wilson vacationing at Emanuel Becks plantation near Textunec Oaxaca after a recent local uprising. Embassy says he plans to return Monday while authorities station troops at Rivas to guard the area given the 890 contract workers on site.
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Washington Post
City of
Mexico
Wilson
Emanuel Beck
Mexico City
Textunec
Oaxaca
Rivas
Death of Mrs Ella Knowles Haskell in Butte Montana
Mrs Ella Knowles Haskell former Montana attorney general assistant and leading woman lawyer died after brief illness at age 46. Born in North Ridge New Hampshire she campaigned as Populist nominee for attorney general in 1893 opposing Henry J Haskell later married and divorced him. left a substantial fortune. Twelfth Cavalry sails for home from Manila aboard the Logan due February 13 at San Francisco.
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Washington Post
Butte
Mont
Ella Knowles Haskell
Montana
United States
North Ridge
N.hs
Ella Knowles
Henry J. Haskell
Haskell
Twelfth Cavalry
San Francisco
Manila
Logan
Slayer Gets Liberty in Dramatic Inquest Verdict
Allen D Deagon a sewing machine agent shot and killed George J Shipley at 20 Bryant street Northwest during a dispute. A coroner jury found him not to blame after hearing his tearful account of a wild eyed attacker and his act prompted by fear for his family. Deagon embraced his wife upon verdict and asked to go home. Lawyers for both sides presented inquests with district attorney James Proctor and detectives testifying.
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Allen D. Deagon
George J. Siipley
Bryant Atree
Northwest
Shipley
Deason
Thomas E.i Patterson
Rice Hope
William M. Hallam
James B. Archer
Brothers and Sisters
James M. Proctor
Patrick O’brien
Death at 200 Bryant street tied to shooting incident
Dr. Gordon Jackson testified he was called from Freedmen's Hospital and found Shipley dead in the storm entrance at 200 Bryant street. Nellie V. Milton and Mrs. Deason described hearing a noise and a shot after Deason retrieved his revolver. Deason claimed self defense and said he feared accomplices as he alerted a neighbor. Dr. White said the shot severed a main artery near the heart.
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Bryant Street
Gordon Jackson
Freedmen's Hospital
Shipley
Nellie V. Milton
Deason
Deasons
James Callan
Charles A. White
Farnsworth Views Panama Canal Progress at Theater
Eugene Farnsworth addressed a Columbia Theater audience yesterday afternoon, presenting a pictorial tour of the Canal Zone and the ongoing work on the Panama waterway. The talk drew close attention and will be repeated at the Columbia Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farnsworth
Panama
Eugene Farnsworth
Columbia Theater
Canal Zone
Panama Waterway
Columbia
Ships Damaged In Fog Collision Near Cape Henry
The Danish steamer Nord Amerika and the coal schooner Eagle Wing collided in heavy fog 54 miles south by east of Cape Henry. Both ships were badly damaged. the Eagle Wing struck Nord Amerika on the starboard quarter, shell plates were smashed and rigging lost. The Nord Amerika towed the schooner to safety after daylight.
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Newport News
Nord Amerika
Charleston
N. C
Eagle Wing
Norfolk
Savannah
Cape Henry
Peabody's Life in Balance After Second Head Operation
Boston millionaire George H. Peabody remains in critical condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a second operation on his head. He arrived January 11 from Boston with a physician and nurse, and a foreign growth was removed from the interior of his head as part of treatment for a prior stroke-related complication.
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Boston
Baltimore
George IL. Peabody
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Peabody
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Wheeling Packer
Falvey
Dorothy Arnold
Francis R. Arnold
Millonaire
William Lawler
Sherry
Kalon Wine CO
Sin. W
Classmate
Belmont Disputes Loan
Health Office Record
Ibs
Mlugh T
Clara Allen
George E
Catherine V. McGuirk
Arthur J
Matilda KE
Manyell
Ira F
Festelia M. Hobbs
Victor V
Maw B. DeLauney
A. Siinay
L. Kemp Jones
Clarence H
Augusta L. Mann
Alexander D
Gertrude McKenzie
William R
Gordiey
Bladen
John A
Violet V
Katie Armstrong
B. Meeks
Katie
Hatl
Mabel
Nelson
Inez
Standard Oil Company
Ned Stowe
Stowe
Oil Company
Southern Railway
Raleigh Hotel
Milady
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
Tafi
Kaiser
Mrs. Wade
Ojinaga
South
E. EK. Haskell
Slayer
Liberty
Allen Deason
Allen D. Deason
Calvert Co
Swift
Swift & Company
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