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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
1
Prosecutors lean toward belief of Evelyn's testimony while a juror questions the evidence. The defendant, described as a skulking coward, is accused of drugging and murder planning. The case unfolds with defense and courtroom theatrics as the world watches.
A day in court features William Travers Jerome arguing Thaw’s innocence while denouncing Stanford White as the motive for the crime. He scorns Evelyn Thaw as a victim, calls Thaw a skulking coward, and insists insanity negates legal guilt. The courtroom draws a large crowd including Cecilia Loftus and Col Lovell Jerome.
Joseph Ret, fifty, a Bristolsburg planter, and Miss Lady E Byrd, twenty, married at Mount Horeb Church in Morrisville Virginia. Ret had years earlier courted Miss Byrd’s mother without success and remained a bachelor until the daughter of his old sweetheart rekindled the romance.
The first of several bloodhounds to track canal criminals was bought in San Antonio for $300 each. Lieut Stephens arranged the purchase as tests were completed here with soldiers following trails from Fort Sam Houston across streams and through cattle herds.
Sir Oliver Lodge reports that communications from the late Edmunda Gurney Hodgson and F. W. H. Myers were received during tests with mediums Mrs Piper and Mrs Verrall. He says some colleagues remain doubtful but proof may come from cross correspondence and specific literary evidence. The discussion frames a possible new human faculty emerging from automatic writing and telepathy.
Louis Wolf of East New York, a wealthy rug maker, was arrested in the Fourteenth Street subway station after a real estate dealer reported a pocket theft. The case spiraled into bribery charges involving a lawyer and an East New York brewer manager, with Wolf facing additional bail and court actions as investigators pursue the bribery allegations.
Senator Francis G Newlands of Nevada spoke at a Trafic Club banquet urging a joint alliance of army engineer corps coast survey Panama Canal forestry and other agencies to plan river improvements and canal construction for cheap bulk river transport and fast rail commerce. Banking ad notes deposits earn interest and are subject to check under Union Trust Co. government control.
Lisbon reports steady nervousness amid plot rumors and police raids. At a restaurant on Lisbon's outskirts a night raid triggered a volley of bullets leaving nine attackers dead and four wounded. investigators arrested about a score of suspected agitators and imprisoned them in a fortress. Officials deny plans for a state of siege and say public opinion backs Premier Franco.
The Cunard liner Mauretania reaches Queenstown after a five day voyage averaging 23.90 knots. A single day on the eastward trip saw 75 knots of distance, the fastest ever for the voyage. On board were Captain Taylor Engineer Wankin and Deckhand Coffin of the Fall River coal barge rescue.
The Washington Post reports Rev. George A. Cooke accuses Rev. Dr. James M. Buckley, editor of the Christian Advocate, of disloyalty in a preliminary Brooklyn hearing at Hanson Place. The case stems from Buckley’s defense of Bowne’s 1900s heresy trial and may conclude without sending the matter to the New York East Conference in May.
Oriental Bank in New York withstood a day of runs and paid off all depositors without delays, settling a 150000 balance at the clearing house. Main offices are on Broadway and John Street with a Bowery Grand Street branch. Officers planned mutual aid with other banks and individuals and will decide at 9 o'clock if it will open tomorrow morning.
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports the engagement of Ada de Acosta daughter of Mrs. Ricardo de Acosta to Oren Root nephew of Elihu Root and son of the late Prof Root. Miss de Acosta known for her beauty. her sister is Mrs. Philip Lydig. Root a Hamilton College graduate of 1884 and general manager of the Metropolitan Street Hallway System.
Herbert Knox Smith defended administration favoring corporations at a New York Manufacturers Association banquet in Brooklyn. He urged indicting corporations for industrial crimes, not single clerks, warning that prosecuting individuals alone harms business and that corporate misconduct harms include the corporation itself. Other speakers discussed tariff revision and industrial policy, with support for a tariff commission and passage of a tort reform bill.
New York Jan 30 Mrs Minnie Louise Tobin wife of promoter W M Tobin vanished in broad daylight Jan 18 from her city home. Tobin suspects foul play while police deem it unlikely a robbery murder occurred in public. They think she wandered off possibly in mental distress with $750 and jewelry. She was last seen at Dr Frank E Smiths office.
A white cow boy J A McLane was killed on the Mencalero Apache Reservation New Mexico after tracing cattle to the area. An Indian named Da-ga-in-ka led a pursuit across desert and mountains. the fugitive was killed by fellow Apaches on a high Sacramento Mountains bluff. No other injuries reported.
In Charleston West Virginia January 30 nine miners were killed when a blast wrecked the New River colliery known as the Lower Boone mine near Hawks Nest. About twenty five workers were underground. several escaped with minor injuries. Names include Grover Bowles Lawrence Shares Harry Wilson Wilbur Wilson Grandison Coles Charles Workman William Buffman and two unidentified men. One woman was blown from the mine toward a tree. Bowles survived briefly but died after doctors could not save him. The Boone Coal Company owns the mine. Chief Mine Inspector Paul ordered four deputies to investigate. cause likely dust related.
Philadelphia funds set to aid young American artists through James Lambert's will. He leaves 50000 dollars to the Academy of the Fine Arts for purchasing oil paintings from meritorious newcomers. He also allocates over 109100 dollars to charity, supporting broader philanthropic efforts.
District Court of Appeals holds drivers must look out for pedestrians and avoid striking them. Pedestrians cannot be charged with contributory negligence if they fail to move aside. The ruling affirms $7,000 in damages to Stanley King from a collision with E. K. Green's car.
Horace G Mc Kinley, convicted of government land frauds, jumped bail in Oregon and escaped to the Orient. He sailed from Hongkong for Portland in custody of a detective, after escaping from prison at Tientsin and was recaptured in Manchuria.
Special cable from Hamilton Bermuda reports the steamer Columbine formerly Admiral Sir John Fisher's yacht, now under Commodore Meyer, sailing to Port au Prince for the Hayden government. It is likely to be deployed as a gunboat amid Caribbean tensions. Seaboard Florida Limited advertises best service to Florida from office at 18 Pa.
Ex Governor Hughes is en route to New York to seek delegates as Odell allies vie for control. Republican county chairman Herbert Parsons accuses Odell of reusing Hughes’ name to fuel factional fights, citing past tactics and a roll call on Hughes’ presidency support. Hughes explains governor duties to engineers’ delegation and pledges to resist favoritism for any interest.
Paris Jer wa Superior Court refused an appeal by Mrs McBride known as the Irish Joan of Arc from a prior decree. She sued Maj. McBride for absolute divorce on grounds of cruelty. The court upheld the lower court’s judicial separation, ruling Irish nationality prevents an absolute divorce and that English practice does not apply.
Sixty five Bethany College students in Bellaire Ohio walked out of classes when faculty stuck to expulsion decisions over students who burned in effigy of President C Ramble ten days earlier. Of thirty girls, twenty five refused to return to work. In Girard Ge a fire killed Dr J C Brigham and damaged eight stores and homes, losses about 25000, as Brigham burned while trying to care for medicine cabinet and papers.
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