Twenty Years For Ratliff In Lynch Threats After Verdict
Marlinton W Va June 7 Warwick Rathliff convicted of criminally assaulting Miss Ona Bird sixteen. Sentenced to twenty years in penitentiary amid mountaineer threats of lynching. Jury deliberated long with defense urging intoxication. Jury returned guilty with recommendation for penitentiary not death. Ratliff’s attorney to seek new trial. alleged accomplices to face trial shortly. Ratliff related to drowned fiancee Miss Pendleton at Clifton Forge Va.
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Trapped by Detective In Gloucester County Firebug
A self confessed firebug Matthew Jones was arrested by a detective in Gloucester County and jailed at Gloucester courthouse. The detective gained Jones's confidence to trap a planned post office robbery and Jones, realizing the betrayal, fled but faced armed resistance at every turn. Jones claimed mistreatment by white people and vowed to get even.
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War on pool rooms in Brooke County continues
Gov Dawson reports a new pool room in Brooke County and orders prompt action by Wellsburg judges and the prosecutor. He urged injunctions, but no word came from the scene today. Authorities plan to seize and destroy paraphernalia to suppress gambling.
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Missing Since Tuesday In Rockville Md
Rockville authorities seek John Weaver missing since Tuesday morning. Wife Mrs Weaver says he left to cut cord wood and did not return. His coat and lunch basket were found in the woods. deputies searched the area without success. John Weaver resides in Hunting Hill four miles from Rockville.
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Scalded to Death at Myrtle Furniture Factory
Special to The Washington ros reports Charlotte NC June 7 at High Point NC the night watchman Charles Hayworth fell into a vat of paling water. He was pulled from the water by a fellow worker but died early this morning. He leaves a wife and one child. Date for Two Hangings Fixed. Rehegh NC June 7 the governor fixed Friday July 19 as the date of the execution of WI Banks for murder at Jefferson Ashe county and of James Rucker for feloniously assaulting his little daughter at Asheville. Fell Under a Moving Train special to The Washington Fost Winchester Va June 7 at Berryville Clarke County yesterday J B Hoge traveling salesman for a Baltimore fertilizer firm fell under a moving train while trying to board it his leg was broken. Petersburg June 7 James L Hower ton manager of the Petersburg Shoe House died this afternoon of jaundices at his home in this city a native of Brunswick County he was a member of Blandford Lodge of Masons and an Odd Fellow He is survived by his wife and two children. Roanoke June 7 Joseph M Trout one of Roanoke's oldest citizens died at his residence this morning after an illness of several weeks He was fifty eight years of age and is survived by his wife and one son Mr Trout was a native of the where he had lived nearly the whole of his life He was a very successful business man. Denville June 7 Mrs Sallie Graves wife of W B Graves died today at her home at Yanceyville Caswell County NC following a stroke of paralysis She was about seventy years of age.
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Gen William McKaig Dead. Cumberland Leader and Defeater of Future Senators
Gen William McKaig, longtime Cumberland Democratic figure and never defeated in elections, died at Western Maryland Hospital at about age 62. A former Cumberland city attorney, state representative, state senator, and mayor, he later served in the U.S. House and twice beat candidates who would become U.S. senators, with a career rooted in a Republican stronghold.
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Maryland Agricultural College Trustees Meet Approve 60000 for Improvements
Gov Warfield presided at the Maryland Agricultural College trustees meeting in College Park. They renewed Morgan College’s contract and proposed a $60,000 annual maintenance, $30,000 for an electrical engineering building, and $15,000 for a spur line from the B and O station. Graduation lists named several B S and B A degrees for 1920s era students. The German dance and 51st year closing events were announced with final ball next week.
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Seven men plead guilty in slush fund case
Baltimore June 7 The slush fruit case concluded as all remaining indicted defendants pleaded guilty led by Joan H Seward head of J H Seward & Co fruit importers Robert M Whiteford Edward Satterfield John A Little Stephen Evans Thomas Jackson Joseph Banks and George Lewis were sentenced The four colored employees got one to two months in jail while the others' sentences were postponed until July 9
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New Baltimore Protestant Cathedral Rumor Groundswell
A Baltimore rumor says St. Peter St. Barnabas and St. George congregations may unite to form a Protestant Episcopal cathedral on the new St. Paul boulevard, possibly about 600 members, with Bishop William Paret eager though no official plan yet. In other notes, Harvey Jones, 30, of Martinsburg, was killed by a train near Tuscarora.
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Fairfax County murder ends in jail suicide after shooting
George C Fairfax a rural free delivery carrier shot merchant Isaac Frank Woodyard at Bar Post office Fairfax County in a dispute over a voting booth location. After a coroner verdict of death by own action Fairfax drank an ounce of strychnine in jail. Woodyard left a wife and several children while Fairfax was survived by his wife and eight children. The incident followed other local police reports and community reactions.
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Aged Man Malcolm Morrison Killed in Hope Mills Woods
The body of Malcolm Morrison of Hope Mills North Carolina was found in woods behind a mill after he had been missing since Tuesday. Coroner's Inquest found a crushed skull and mutilated ear the left hand broken as he tried to ward off blows from a heavy pliant weapon. No clue to the murderer and no motive determined.
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McLemore Named Judge of Virginia Second Circuit
Governor Swanson appointed James L. McLemore of Suffolk to fill the second circuit judgeship succeeding R. Prentis. McLemore was strongly endorsed by the bar and will serve until the January General Assembly elects a successor for the regular term. Other notes include wedding announcements from Washington and Fredericks area churches and a Roanoke marriage at Belmont Methodist Church.
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Funeral for E. E. Faison Held in Clinton Cemetery
Ed ward L. Faison son of the late Capt. B. L. Faison of Elliott N C died in Santa Fe New Mexico and was buried today in Clinton. The service at St Pauls Episcopal Church was led by Rev C L Arnold with Masonic Knights Templar Shriner rites at the cemetery. Faison, 36, was a Lehigh graduate in mining and civil engineering and served as general examiner of government public surveys under the Land Office. He leaves an aged mother a widow and one sister the wife of former Senator Marion Butler who attended from Washington.
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Trial reveals $7,000 hush money to Ruef in gas bribery case
Jean Loupy testifies that Ruef offered to protect licenses for $5,000 to $7,000 a year, paid by five restaurant owners including Pup proprietor. Loupy describes meetings at Marchand's and Delmonico's era, saying Ruef was the political boss, not merely a lawyer. The extortion trial of Mayor Schmitz paused as witnesses link bribery and trolley franchise theft to Ruef’s influence.
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Miss Bond Confesses To Cover Shortfall At Church
Miss Bessie Bond, recently convicted of raising a $10 note to cover a church fund shortage, confessed to a friend that she used church money to aid her ill mother. She claimed part was stolen and some destroyed by a house fire, and that fear of accusation led her to falsify the books.
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Postal Fraud Charged in Freight Revising Scheme
John Chaffin, who recently came to Richmond and has disappeared, is wanted by postal authorities on charges of devising a scheme to defraud by using the mails to revise and review freight bills to correct errors and collect fees. He started the American Freight Revising Bureau with offices in the Mutual Building and dictated letters to a stenographer who sought salary. The postal service has offered $100 for his capture.
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Noted Scout Dies in Jail at Winchester
Charles Lambden, a Civil War scout who aided Confederate commanders and helped establish a ration for daring, died in a city police cell after an arrest for drunkenness. An inquest jury ruled death from exposure and alcoholism. He was about seventy and left no near relatives.
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French Labor Leaders Guilty Verdict on May Day Riots
Paria reports a jury finds labor leaders Bousquet and Levy guilty on twenty four counts without extenuating circumstances. They are sentenced to five years imprisonment and fined 1000 francs each for the May Day agitator trials.
Acquits Dr Rowland heed upon another charge
Henderson June 7 Dr David B Rowland discharged after a preliminary hearing on the poisoning death of his son David Austin Rowland. State evidence included details of morphine strychnine and cocaine exposure. Insurance policies valued at 360 and 460 were noted as part of the case.
King Hanged for Murder in Giles County
James King convicted of murdering Charles B Early near Pembroke Giles County was hanged at 11 33 today. He had refused a demand to commit a crime and shot Capt Early killing him instantly. King worked on Norfolk and Western construction under Capt Warly. A separate item notes J Horace Lacy Jr son of Rev J Horace Lacy injured when a heavy reel ran him over after he stumbled at a fire alarm call.
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Postmaster Guilty in $15 Letter Theft Case
Charleston W Va June 7 M Hart former post master at Dinner Roane County pleaded guilty to robbing the registered mail. He was sentenced by Judge Kaller to pay a $600 fine and serve one year in the Kanawha County jail. The stolen gum from the registered mall totaled $15.
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