Well Robbery and Murder Motive Revealed in House Raids
Body found in a well after a burglary at a basket maker’s home. Victim died from hatchet blows and gunshot wounds. Police traced a plan to hide wealth. suspect seen in the area, house ransacked, papers and valuables scattered. A stranger and several others were linked to the search for a hoard and the crime is treated as murder.
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Basket Maver
Wahrsten
Cyrus Dann
Diane
Gerret
Tanna
Rome
Toadhir
Roth
Leg Severed by Train Near Cathersburg Maryland
A man named Domine ta, thirty, was found beside the Fullimore and Olio Railroad at Clopper Station yesterday afternoon with his right leg severed. He was taken to the Casualty Hospital in unconscious condition and expected to recover. Vita offered no explanation for the accident.
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Cathersburg
Fullimore
Olio
Clopper Station
Vita
Married Notices From 1890s Brooklyn Church Event
Fragmentary obituary items list marriages and deaths. Names include William Hedmete and families tied to Pennsylvanian and Brooklyn locales. Dates and places are unclear but reference a June 1908 wedding or memorials in Richmond Virginia and Manchester area.
Notice of Death Insertion Across Multiple Papers
Public notice appears across Philadelphia Public Ledger, Post Standard and other papers regarding death insertion and obituary placement. Mentions specific outlets including Chicago Record and Cleveland Plain Dealer. May reference timing, eligibility, and filing requirements for notices across jurisdictions.
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Matington
Nlapelphia
Dinpaich
Judge Harris Freed on Bail in Brethitt County Murder Case
Judge James E Darms was released on bail of 15000 dollars in the Brethitt County murder case of ThaD Cox. The bond was provided by Floyd Withiam Day and Alexander Harris as sureties. Proceedings focused on evidence detailing feuds and plots tied to the Redwine court, with testimony from Anse Whitest and others revealing movements of the Hargises around the murder involving Dr Cay.
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Breathitt County
Washinton Post
Jickaon Ky
James E . Darms
Thad Cox
Floyd
Withiam Day
Alexander Harris
J . Black
O H Pollard
JP. Agama
Ab] Byrd
Breithitt
Muriners
Ansei” Hites
Redwines Court
Cockrit
Curt Jett
iMesterday
Hargises
Dr Cay
Deputy Turner Hurt In Auto Crash At Track
Edgar L Turner a 30 year old deputy U S marshal was thrown from his car when it lurched into a fence at a race track while speeding around a bend. He sustained serious fractures to both legs and was rushed unconscious to Geney Hospital with a makeshift ambulance racing along Pennsylvania Avenue. His wife was summoned and visited him as doctors described his condition as critical.
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Turner
Benning
Edgar L Turner
United States
Marshal Mying
Eleventh Street Northwest
Charles G Goldthwaite
Second Street
Latters
Limogeney Hospital
Pennsylvania Avenue
Me Turner
Ben- Lips
Diamond Dealers Victims Across City in $200000 Gem Swindle
Newark jeweler Conrad Schickerling faced charges after Edelhof Brothers claimed a banker's lorgnette chain order led to a $200000 gem swindle. Edelhof alleges multiple dealers were victimized as gems were pawned for $400 and not fully settled, with losses possibly exceeding $100,000.
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Newark
Marden Lane
Iito
Schickerling
Adelhiof
Edelhott
Edelhot
Scrnckerling
Father Gapon Murderers Named in Verdict
St Petersburg reports a verdict holding Father Gapon was murdered by Rutenberg and two accomplices. The government has demanded extradition of Rutenberg from Switzerland, where he fled from Finland.
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St Petersburg
Byinis
Gapon
Rutenberg
Switzerland
Finland
Death of Prince Carratti and Ohio woman obituary
Rome June 11 news notes the probable reconsideration of Prince Carratti's appointment as ambassador to Washington. In Lima, Ohio, Mrs Jann H. Metty, widow of former Senator Calvin Brice and mother of a distinguished Ohio family, dies at an advanced age.
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Rome
Prince Carratt
Italani
Bram
Washington
Ohio
Lima
Jann H Mteily
Berwind Defends Methods At Hearing On Coal Shipments
Philadelphia June 14 EFJ Berwind head of the Berwind-White Coal Mining Co pledged full cooperation with the Interstate Commerce Commission. He criticized the investigator Mr Glasgow for delays and urged focusing on company officials. The hearing adjourned to Tuesday with Berwind and colleagues expected to attend in Washington.
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Philadelphia
Ita
Interstate Commerce Commission
EF J Berwind
Berwice-White
Berwind
John E Berwind
Glasgow
E J Berwind
Opnion
Washington
B J Berwind
Corcoran
Willams
George E Dickinson
Berwind- White Company
Charles Heebner
Clement
Cockrell
Heebner
Commission
Clements
Harsimus Pier
New York Harbor
Glasgows
Train Jump Tragedy Near Marietta Ohio
A south-bound Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derailed near Elba, Ohio, overturning its locomotive and tender and injuring several aboard. Engineer Vaughan was severely scalded, fireman Sticles injured, and passenger J J Maroney of Marietta wounded by shattered glass. The overheated car carried sixty passengers and left the track but no one was fatally harmed. An investigation suggests a spark caused the derailment.
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Marietta
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Elba
Vaughan
Pieman Sticles
J J Maroney
Manetta
Ohi
Ccach
Russian Ambassador RosenArrives in Bridgeport for Reception
Baron Rosen the Russian Ambassador reached Bridgeport from New Haven on Gen J M Bisimp's yacht. A salute of seventeen guns greeted him, with a joint Russian and American anthem at landing. He attended a dinner for twelve hosted by Col Heft. Speeches were informal. A Court Ball and another dinner were planned for the following evening.
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Connecticut
Bridgeport
Baron Rosen
Newhaven
J M Bisimp
Church
Col . Heft
Ex convict had jewels found in pawnshop
An ex convict Edward Schubert was arrested in New York on suspicion of stealing jewels from the summer residence of W S Gould at Port Chester on June 6. Authorities identified two pieces recovered in a Brooklyn pawnshop as part of the $1000 loot. Schubert, calling himself Harry Wilson, was arraigned in Yorkville Court and held on $2,500 bail. pawn tickets for additional items were found on him.
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Washington Post
New York
Solomon Newman
Third Avenue
W S$ Gould
Portchester
Harry Wilson
Marcy Avenue
Two Witnesses Testify Before Interstate Commerce Commission
In Cleveland Ohio on June 11 two witnesses Marcus Tally auditor of freight receipts for Lake Store Railway and Henry L Meyer a clerk testified as Standard Oil Company declined to offer defense. Commissioner Prouty examined storage charge issues with Chicago office records showing charges averaged sixty dollars monthly and balances cleared by a Cleveland voucher. The hearing adjourned with no further witnesses offered.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Interstate Commerce
Standardal Company
Marcus Tally
Rairend
Henry L Meyer
Standard Oi Company
Standard OK
Prouty
Virgil Paine
Standard On Company of Ohio
Standard Oi
Kine
Standard Oil Company
Ile
Commissioner of Corporations
Tully
Standard Out Company
Chicago
Marchand
Henry L. Meyer
Meyer
Shi
G J Grammer
Bthaetta
Italy Favors Disarmament In Parliament Debate
In Rome the foreign minister told the Chamber of Deputies Italy adheres to Britain's disarmament proposal at The Hague. Tritoni said Italy is ready to cooperate with all nations toward general and immediate arms reduction to avert dangers of war.
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England
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Signor Bruntaltt
Tritoni
Great Britain
Italy
Trans-Atlantic Liners Captured in Channel Maneuvers
London June 1 war declared today as naval maneuvers surge in the English Channel. Trans Atlantic liners Arabic and Teutone captured off Plymouth and Noordland overhauled in operations involving naval forces.
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London
Plymouth
I Teutone
Noordland
Longworths View Troops Visit to Houses of Parliament
Congressman Nicholas Longworth and Mrs Longworth, with Secretary Carter, visited St James's Palace for Yeomen of the Guard inspection. They lunched with Speaker James Lowther and attended sessions in the Lords and Commons discussing Chicago meat-packing disclosures amid a formal tea on the House terrace.
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Eade
London
Nicholas Longworth
Longworth
Carter
St James’ Palace
Duke of Connaught
Duke of Manchester
Reid
House
Chicago
J Ridgley Carter
Miss Carter
Poisoned Hearts and Silent Witness In Port Washington Murder Trial
The Long Island murder case of James O Hara unfolds in Mineola as Cleveland Poole faces trial for killing O Hara last summer. Key witness Gertrude O Hara testifies that Poole urged her father to sleep in, pressured her, and that Poole later confessed to her the crime.
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Cleveland Poole
James. O'Hara
Port Washington
L.I
Miss O'Hara
Poole
Washington Post
Mineola
Long Island
James O'Hara
Supreme Court
Gertrude O Hara
Miss O'Hare
Foster
Agai
Hairy-Faced Father Murder Confession Reported
A woman confessed to shooting her father and led investigators to a location. Dr Mary Collins testified that Gertrude Hara claimed she would kill her hairy-faced old father before summer. Poole objected to the remarks, and the girl said the man was not her father.
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Poole
Gertrude O'Hara
Gertrude
Iman
Drs Mary Collins
Gertrude Hara
Thea
Death in Brazilian military clash reported
Died from a wound in Rio de Janeiro as Col Negresi and a French instructor at the Brazilian Military Academy succumbed after Sergi Mello shot during a quarrel at San Paolo a week earlier. Mello fled after the incident. a Brazilian lieutenant Moras was killed while attempting to shield the French officer. The government seeks an official account of the affair.
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Rio Janeiro
Col Negresi
Sergi
Mello
San Palo
Col Negrell
Moras
Target marker wounded in first army rifle range accident
Albert Terrell a colored private at Jefferson Barracks Missouri was mortally wounded while acting as marker at Arcadian rifle range The steel pellet misfired from a marksman struck the bull s eye support and bound downward penetrating his chest and lungs The incident marked the first such accident in the history of army rifle ranges.
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St Louis
Albert Terrell
Jefferson Barracks
War Department
Terrell
Bold bandits rob four street cars in Omaha shoot druggist
Special to The Washington from East Omaha Nebraska reports two armed footpads halted four street cars at about 7 pm. They guarded motormen and conductors and took cash receipts and pistols from trainmen. The same pair then robbed a drug store at Thirty third and Cummings and fatally shot the proprietor who resisted. Police search the town for the robbers.
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Washington East
Omaha
Nebr
Thirty-third
Cummings Streets
Lieut. J. B. G. McClure Dead at Fort Monroe
Lieutenant J B G McClure of Company 6 Coast Artillery dies in quarters at Fort Monroe at 3 pm from morphine poisoning. Age twenty seven, son of the late Major McClure, born in Virginia, appointed July 16 in the Artillery Corps from the District of Columbia. His mother lives in New York.
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Washington
Fort Monroe
Washington Post
Newport News
McClure
Coast Artillery
May WeClare
Philippines
New York
Georges W. Getty
Artilery Corps
District of Columbia
Goddard Accepts Nominates Reform Target Rhode Island
Providence, June 14 Col Robert H Goddard announces acceptance of the Democratic Independent party nomination for U S Senator. He denounces Rhode Island Republican machine as corrupt despotism and calls for reform, stating reform must come from within and urging tariff revision.
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Rhode Island
Providence
R. I
Democratic-Independent Party
United States
Robert H . Goddard
Col Goddard
Two Children Die In Fire At Lup ton Farmhouse
A farmhouse near Lup ton, Westbranch Michigan, burned last night killing a six year old boy and a girl. the mother Mrs Wiltse was so badly burned she will lose her eyesight. In New York a Black man Solomon Herbert, forty, was arrested for allegedly fatally harming his wife in Philadelphia and Jersey City.
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Westbranch
Mich
Ase Wiltse
Lupton
Wiltse
New York
Solomon Herbert
Philadelphia
Jersey City
Convict Kills A Marshal In Wadley Ga
Escaped convict Jan-Will Smith shot and killed Marshal Morris of Midville and mortally wounded J J Pope a local planter near Wadley Georgia after being located in Pope s former home. Pope and Morris confronted smith who opened fire from the cabin before vanishing into the woods as a posse formed to pursue him.
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Wadley
Jana — Will Smith
Marshal Morris
Midville
J J Pope
Dragoons Captain slain in Egypt clash near Tantaby
Cairo reports Capt S C Bull of the Sith Cam skilling Dragoons was killed and four British officers badly hurt by natives during a march toward Alexandria. The party, lured by village officials, was surrounded, disarmed, and beaten with bludgeons amid tensions from the Pan Islamism campaign. A court of inquiry will convene. In Moscow a worker who killed revolutionist Nicholas Bauman was sentenced to imprisonment for a year and a half.
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Cairo
S C Bull
Sith Camskilling Dragoons
Tantab
Alexandria
Tabah
Moscow
Nicholas Bauman
Twelve Hours Battle asaba hinterland repulsed Africans fare
British force attacked by rebels in Asaba hinterland. After twelve hours of fighting the rebels were driven off with heavy losses. British casualties totaled two killed, seven seriously wounded, and twenty slightly injured. Movements of ocean steamers report departures and arrivals between New York, Havre, Bremen, and Queenstown with multiple sailings and port calls.
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Asaba
Equatorial
Asana
Oswald Creageld
New York
la ‘Touraine
Havre
Turbarosea
Bremen
Faymouth
Cherbourg
Bluecher
Hamburg
Plymouth
Sova Scotte
Campania
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