Child Accuses Father Mob of Plot to Kill Lyerly Family
A North Carolina murder case unfolds as testimony alleges Nease Gillespie and Jack Dillingham planned and carried out the Lyerly killings. Henry Maben, the ten year old son of Gillespie, claims his father and accomplice washed blood from axes and burned clothing after the crime. Witnesses describe a motive over wheat settlement and fears of mob violence as prisoners await trial.
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T. C. Lyn
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Nease Gilesple
Jack DiWingram
Gilleaple
Jack Dilingham
Néase Gillespie
Jack Dillingham
Allieaple
Dillingham
Maher
Ground broken at Jamestown Exposition for Indiana Hall replica
Ground was broken today for the new Independence Hall replica at the Jamestown Expo site in Norfolk Virginia. The Pennsylvania state building, cost 22 thousand, will be a permanent structure to be presented to Virginia after the exposition. Architects include Prof Joseph N Bradford of Ohio University.
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Fennaylvania Commision
Blacksmith Discovers Copper Steel Welding Edge Tools
John P Kiblen, a young blacksmith from this county, has devised a method to weld copper and steel and to temper copper for edging tools. The announcement appears in notes from July 20. Also noted is the death of Mrs Annie Maurer at Boonsboro aged forty, after typhoid fever, with mourning from Rev J E Maurer and four children. The Roanoke Roanoke item cites the Sunday-school Convention adjournment by noon, Baltimore Conference reports, and attendance three less than last year at Clifton Forge.
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Willam H. Fulton
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Fredericksburg
John H. Sacvey
Predericksburg
Benjamin Gurrell
J. ‘Layton
Lie
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Hock
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Gabriel F Page
Buena Vista
Amherst County
Nineteenth
Virginia Infantry
Pickett
Mra I. Clements
Pheba A Heizer
J.F Heizer
Brena Vista
Davie McCormick
Augusta County
Virginian Ott
Rebecca Williams
Augusta Coun
Rirs
Sallie Paxton
Rockbridge County
Hezekiah Snavely's Bong Fired
Judge Reedy set Hezekiah Snavely's band bail at 2500 after consulting Judges Boyd and Henderson. Former County Commissioner Samuel Stouffer, Martin Snavely, and others to become surety. Snavery to be released tomorrow.
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Washington East Hagerstown
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Martin Snavely
Snavery
Warfield appoints Niles as Baltimore judge
Gov Warfield appoints Alfred S. Niles to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City to fill Judge Thomas Baer’s vacancy. Niles, 46, was named after serving as new counsel to the state bar association and previously working in the Naval Academy staff. The appointment follows Charles E. Calahan’s prior post and a noted midshipman admission from Fransfort Kentucky.
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Charles E. Calahan
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Charles ¥. Calahan
Naval Academy
Gov Warfield
Alfred S Niles
Supreme Bench
Baltimore City
Thomas & Baer
Niles
Squar Meeuze Board
Laltsnore
Bridal couple's home burns in Maryland blaze
Special to The Washington Most Boyds Md July 20 Fire about 6 o clock yesterday evening destroyed the home of Warren McLaine at Kensington The McLaine couple had just returned from their wedding trip and had only lived in the house about ten days The fire is thought to have started from an oil store or the summer kitchen The loss is estimated at 5000 with 3500 insurance Mr McLaine was at his Washington office at the time
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Saloon keeper Robert M Glenn's suicide in Lonaconing
Special to The Washington Post Cumberland Md July 2 Special report Robert H Glenn thirty four a saloon keeper died by his own hand in Lonaconing behind Love's saloon shooting himself through the roof of the mouth. He had sought a revolver earlier but was refused at one store and obtained a weapon elsewhere. An envelope to his father read Pay all debts that come in Good-by Glenn served in the Spanish American War and had a prior attempted shooting at the Maryland Hotel.
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Washington Post
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Lloyd Durst
John Glenn
Robert M. Glenn
Philippines
Forty-third
Richmond
A. L. Toliver
Newport News
Moses Taylor
Petroleum Seepage Reported In Norfolk Va
Crude petroleum appeared in Norfolk around piles of an excavation for a large building. An expert said there could be larger quantities nearby, but not at that specific site. Authorities noted the event as a possible underground seepage with no immediate danger.
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Robert Baxter Pharr Dead in Charlotte Area
Robert Baxter Pharr, nearly twenty six, youngest Charlotte bar member, died Tuesday night at his father W Pharr's home four miles east of Charlotte after four weeks of typhoid fever. He graduated from Erskine College in 1901, taught in Mecklenburg County, served as private secretary to Congressman E Y Webb in 1902, attended George Washington University Law School, and won intercollegiate debating honors and a medal of distinction. The Virginia Military Institute investigation committee has been called to Richmond to prepare its report, with members Senator Louis H Machen, Senator W A Garrett, and Delegate Robert T E Pevtan.
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Mind Fuel Promises Potash Rich Foods for Brain Work
A Washington Post feature argues that heavy brain work depletes phosphates and that Postum Food Coffee and Grape Nuts supply phosphate of potash to rebuild brain tissue. It claims albumen converts to gray matter with mineral help and touts widespread use among professionals. Products are marketed by Postum Cereal Company in Battle Creek.
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Printer commits suicide in Hampton hotel room
David L. O Neall foreman of the Hampton Monitor printing department killed himself with a revolver in his Augusta Hotel room in Hampton. He left a note asking that his mother in Lynchburg and Miss Haynes be notified. Friends say he was despondent over a love. The 21 year old Lynchburg native recently moved from Richmond. The body to be sent to Lynchburg for burial.
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Hole Blown Through Body Kills Boy in Floyd County
Special to The Washington Post Roanoke Va July 20 John Wood nine year old son of Elisha Wood shot and killed by his uncle Judson Wood twelve while playing at her father's home in Floyd County They believed shotguns unloaded when both boys drew guns on each other with the elder snapping his weapon a fatal wound occurred.
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Roanoke
John Wood
Elisha Wood
Judson Wood
Floyd County
Mrs Helen Gifford Dies in Parlor at Sherwood Inn
Mrs Helen Kimberly Gifford, wife of Captain John H. Gifford U S A, and sister of John M Kimberly postmaster, died suddenly at 10 p.m. in the Sherwood Inn parlors Newworth News Virginia. Old Point heart failure attributed. Body to be sent to Baltimore for interment.
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Newworth News
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John H. Gifford
John M. Kimberly
Boy Crushed Alive on Elevator In Maryland Factory
A 16 year old, Russell Bit ter Bowers, died at M. L. Main Company's furniture factory in Hagerstown after a basement entry rope pull led to the elevator crushing his skull and mutilating his face. An inquest ruled accidental death. Separate dispatches report multiple obituaries from Lexington Fredericksburg Roanoke and Cumberland.
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Hagerstown
Russell Bitter Bowers
John Bowers
M. L. Main Company
Clyde Jacobs
Hartle
BASIC CITYS FUTURE DEALS PROMISE GROWTH
Capital buyers from Staunton and Pittsburg form a company with 150 000 to develop Basic City. Staunton sells over 90000 in holdings including the Brandon Hotel and 390 building lots with 21 acres, 16 acres of land, and several small houses. Purchasers now control the majority of Basic City Mining Manufacturing and Land Company property in the township.
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Camper fatally burned by coal oil can blast at Harpers Ferry
Lee O Willis of Newark New Jersey was badly burned while lighting a campfire with a coal oil can. The woolen shirt he wore caught fire, and he died hours later. His wife and two children were with him as they prepared the body for burial and sent it home with a brother tonight.
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Lee O. Wills
Newark
N. J
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Garrett
Sharpsburg
Jerome Lewis
Maryland
Big Home
Hoback Murder Trial Witness Testimony Ends
In Roanoke Virginia on July 2 the Hoback murder trial closed its testimony phase. Floyd Hoback, who killed John Jett after repeated threats, testified about the shooting and his belief his family would be killed. A verdict is anticipated as the trial moves to closing arguments and jury deliberation.
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Bedford County
Queensbury Acquitted In Bedford County Typhoid Case
In Forest Depot, Virginia, J B Queensbury was acquitted after a hearing before Justices Walker and Burt over alleged murder of his wife. Prosecution called about twelve witnesses. defense argued typhoid fever as the cause. Commonwealth's Attorneys Humphreys and Yancey assisted. Jack Ime defended.
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Forest Depot
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Bedford City
Yancey
Jack Ime
Robbery Targeted Hagerstown Railroad Superintendent
Joell Swigert, superintendent of a gang on the Western Maryland Railroad improvements, was held up and robbed of money and a watch by two negroes late last night in the suburbs of Hagerstown. One robber drew a revolver and threatened to kill him if he moved. The highwaymen fled toward Cherry Run.
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Joell Swigert
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Cherry Run
DROWNS IN SWIFT CURRENT AT Chim Red Rock
Samuel Bais sle, a 25 year old bookkeeper at Little Long Company in Charlotte, drowned while standing on a rock at Chim Red Rock pool. The swift current pulled him under. his body was recovered after hours of search and will be returned to Charlotte tomorrow morning.
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Winchester police shoot dogs after mad dog scare
In Winchester Virginia on July 2, police under orders from Mayor Baker captured and shot several dogs in the southern part of town believed to have bitten a mad dog two decades earlier. A horse killed by the dogs was shot after suffering injuries today.
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Roanoke Man Arrested at Post Office for Forgery
Isom Langford aged twenty six was arrested at Roanoke general-delivery window for seeking in Harlan County Kentucky for post-office law violations and forgery. A $100 reward was posted. He arrived two months ago from Ridgeway Virginia as a billing clerk at Norfolk and Western freight depot using alias Benjamin Howard Noe. He admitted his identity. He once taught in Harlan County schools.
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Norfolk and Western Freight
Benjamin Howard Noe
Law murder case linked to Roanoke engineer witness
Special correspondence reports Chief Dyer receiving a summons for J C Council of Roanoke now working in Suffolk as Tidewater engineer. Council, the sole witness in Otis Gregg’s murder of his mother-in-law, faces trial July 20 as conviction hinges on his testimony. Also notes Chatham Manufacturing expands in Winston-Salem with $250000 capital and new woolen blankets plant. Norfolk report: four-masted schooner Mat 4 D Borda abandoned after going ashore July 16.
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Otis Gregg
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Tikin
Washington- Norfolk, Va
Pennsylvania National Guard Regiment Heads to State Camp
Militiamen of the Fourteenth Regiment Pennsylvania National Guard travel in a twelve car special train from Cumberland to Mount Gretna via the Western Maryland Rail Road to attend the State Encampment. They proceed from Pittsburg Tonight over the Baltimore and Ohio line.
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Robber Sparks Shootout After Hardware Store Heist
Four men robbed Gurley’s hardware store in Meyersdere as officers pursued. Chief John B. Pitzer and Officer John Rea gan confronted a suspect who fired about twenty shots, striking Pitzer in the neck. The shooter, Marshall Harrison, fled toward West Virginia with a mangled left arm.
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Cumberland
John B. Pitzer
Searcey
Aqula Creek
Jewel theft case echoes through court records
The magistrate sets bail at five thousand dollars for examination tomorrow as Mrs Halsey Corwin faces charges linked to a long history of jewel thefts. The Corwin case traces back to a 1900s romance with young heiress Miss Menges, a Coney Island scandal, and multiple jewel robberies tied to Mrs McVitty, once a flower girl from Harrisburg.
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Leper Guarded by Police in Cumberland Incident
A 21 year old Syrian leper named George Rossett reached Cumberland on an early freight, drawing crowds and photos. He claims infection occurred four years ago in his homeland and says he aims for North Brothers Island leper colony. Police guard him tonight and plan to send him away tomorrow.
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Cumberland
Elkins
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George ‘Rossett
Clean Glasses Urged on Excursion Boats and Resorts
Citizens urge District Commissioners to investigate cleanliness of drinking glasses used on excursion boats and at summer resorts. Complaints say glasses are dipped in dirty water then refiled for the next customer. If true, officials will seek remedies.
Thrilling fiction and stories headline Sunday Post feature
The Sunday Post offers a generous serial tale The Deluge with daily installments and a mix of short stories detective experiences poker yarns and lighter reads. Notable contributors include Devery Old Man Greenhut Strickland W Gillilan and others providing entertaining readable content after dinner.
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