Tragic double shooting ends in death on E Street
Arthur Sackett a 25 year old former street cleaning department clerk shot his wife Flora and then himself on the sidewalk near 109 E Street NW last night. Flora Sackett died in Emergency Hospital. Sackett died at the scene. A note to Mrs Sanger and a history of nonsupport and prior arrests are reported. Witness Max Tass described the events as the couple argued in Pension Park before the shootings.
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Arthur J. Sackett
Flora
EH Street
Sackett
Max Tass
Tass
Pension Office
Second
Fond du Lac
Wis
Navy
Washington
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
Navy Department
Watret
Providence Hospital
Bomb Kills Woman in Canadian Crime Mystery
A mailed bomb exploded at the Bilodeau home in Sherbrooke Quebec killing Mrs Theodore Bilodeau and gravely wounding her sister in law Miss Bilodeau. The device included dynamite sticks and a dry cell igniting a detonator. a note in French, likely by a woman, suggested jealousy. An inquest opened with no new facts and adjourned to Thursday evening.
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Washington Post
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Theo. Bilodeau
Miss Bilodeau
Mrs Bilodeau
Bilodeau
Xpert
Spanking Incident Sparks Major Monticello Fire
A reported spanking of a young boy caused an oil stove to ignite, destroying twelve business houses and three dwellings including the Wolfe house. Loss estimated at about 1900 dollars. Fire crews and townsfolk battled the blaze with aid from local volunteers.
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Monticello Wood
Wolf
Ferndale
Sullivan
Wolfe
Girl Dies in River After Melancholia At Chain Bridge
Miss Ednad Turnburke, 28, Ludlow School teacher, jumped from Chain Bridge into the river as two canoeists failed to reach her. A note pleading "Mother, forgive me" was found with her handbag. Police dragged the river from noon until dark but recovered no body. Relatives said illness and melancholia contributed. coroner said death appears deliberate. Her father George Turnburke, painter, of 42 P Street NW, reported the case.
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Ednad Turnburke
Ludlow
Chainbridge
George W. Turnburke
P Street
Flora L. Hendley
Ludlow School
George Downing
Miss
Giles
Miss Hendley
Angelness
Miss Turnburke
Normal School
Hendley
Nevitt
Ruth Phipps
Boston
Phipps
Ruth Brock
Joseph C. McAlister
K Street
Edna Ellis
Old Fifth Street
Chicago
Bandits Hold Up Train Near Springfield Illinois
Two masked men flagged an Illinois Central express near Glenarm three miles from Springfield. They cut the baggage car, forced the engine and car to uncouple, and fled after an explosion. Passengers remained in coaches as a special train with police departed for the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois Central
Williaans
Glenarrn
Williams
Women Beat Up Broker Over Business Dispute
In Denver on June 17 Samuel B Austin, a real estate broker, was assaulted by two women, Mrs. Fannie Wyatt and Mrs. Elizabeth Schaffer. Schaffer, weighing 269 pounds, restrained him while Wyatt struck him with a garden hose. Austin left with bruised eyes and nose and was forced to sign a retracting affidavit before a notary.
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Washington Post
Denver
Colo
Fannie Wyatt
Samuel B Austin
Miss Woodrow Wilson's park lunch rebukes smoking
Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, daughter of the President, ate her lunch from a shoe box in a public park on a Washington bound trip from Eagles Mere. She advised a youth not to smoke cigarettes, replying that her mother would not approve such conduct.
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Washington
Sunbury
Jessie Woodrow Wilson
Eagles Mere
Wilson
Race for Life Ends in Double Tragedy Near Sacramento
In Sacramento on June 17 a car owned by Guy Pearce crashed while rushing Vera Brennan who had swallowed poison after a jealous dispute. Pearce was killed instantly and Vera Brennan died later in hospital. driver Herbert Woodall likely will die from injuries. The trio had been returning from a ball at Suburban Point when the accident occurred on a road near soft earth, the machine overturning three times.
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Sacramento
Cal
Guy Pearce
Pearce
Aligsa Vera
Brennan
Herbert Woodall
Point
Girl Sends Queer Note From New York Prisoner
Miss Julia Ritter of Northfield Massachusetts received a torn note in a New York department store bag from her roommate Miss Annie MacKenzie of New York City. The message described being in trouble and fearing where the house is, with Italians present.
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Julia Ritter
Julia
New York
Anne
Miss MacKenzie
Militant suffragettes jailed for conspiracy at central court
Six leading militant suffragettes of the Women’s Social and Political Union and one male supporter were found guilty of conspiracy to commit property damage. Sentences ranged from six to twenty one months hard labor, with mercy recommended for three women. The court warned leniency is unlikely for ring leaders as crowding and press interest followed.
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London
Suffragettes
Central Criminal Court
Women’s Social and Political Union
Harriet Kerr
Agnes Lake
Rachel Barrett
Beatrice Saunders
Annie Kenney
Laura Lennox
Hdwy Clayton
Miss Lake
Miss Lennox
Miss Barrett
Drinks Senator Near Fight With Coal Man
Stormy Charleston hearing of the West Virginia mine committee featured a near fist fight between Senator Martine of New Jersey and Morton manager of the Paint Creek Operators Association. Morton testified about Holly Grove attack from an armored train while operators clashed with Martine over questioning. Continuous disruptions led to adjournment and heated exchanges about sanitation and fairness.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate Mine Committee
Martine
New Jersey
Quinn Morton
Paint Creek Operators’ Association
Peint and
Cabin Creeks
Morton
Striers
Holly Grove
Swanson
Kenyon
Aindle
Mr. Morton
Mr Morton
Senator Martine
Senator Swanson
Stenographers
C C Watts
J W Ashby
Cabin Creek
United States
West Virginia
Watts
Kenyon Said
Swan
Widespread Political Turmoil and World Affairs Highlight Today’s Page
The issue highlights a mix of political actions and international topics including senator activities, militant sentences, education and law topics, and Arctic explorations. It notes upcoming appointments, calls for racial reforms, and cautions about currency and war prospects.
Poison charge shakes New Jersey dog catcher case
Somerville New Jersey June 17 John Grose official dog catcher of Raritan jailed on charge of placing poison in a well used by residents who condemned his activity in shooting hundreds of un muzzled dogs. Grose wife warned potential water users in time to avert poisoning. Water sample sent to State board of health at Trenton for analysis. Grose held for the grand jury.
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New Jersey
Somerville
John Grose
Raritan
Grose
State Board of Health
Trenton
Widow shoots doctor then kills herself in Savannah tragedy
Mrs Katharine Kittles Whisnant a young Savannah widow killed Dr Guy Brinkley and then died by suicide after a note to her mother suggested planned act. She had bought revolver cartridges, had previously said she would kill a man she loved who refused marriage, and married Brinkley on his deathbed. Dr Brinkley, about twice her age, was a noted physician. both bodies were sent to their former homes for burial.
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Sheboygan Artest Fond du Lac
Wis
Ruth
John
Flora
Mr. Sanger
Newhouse
Harbaugh
Sackett
Sanger
James Harrington
Royalston
M Street
Tenth
Tyree
Commos
Aome
Navy
Washington Post
Savannah
Katherine Kittles Whisnant
Guy O Brinkie
Whisnant
Whignant
Kittles
Sylvania
Dr Brinkley
Suffolk
South Georgia
Guy Binkley
L Parke Brinkle
Aasemond County
Liberty Spring Christian
de Wow Staley
I Wo Ji
Roth
Furnie Brinkley
Ashburn
Richmond
Vrs Jo) Harrell
Norfolk
Meat seized if misbranded or adulterated under new law
Federal officials extend the food and drugs act to meat products in interstate commerce. Secretary Houston, with McAdoo and Redfield, says bad meat may be seized and manufacturers must comply at once, creating power previously lacking to control from slaughterhouse to retailer.
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Houston
McReynolds
McAdoo
Redfield
Department of Agriculture
Ufnder
Haas
Department
Bureaus of Chemistry and
Animal Industry
Man Attacked by Snakes While Fishing Near Mountaindale
Piedmont Wan June 17 Special to The Washington Post George En sor a local businessman was bitten and bound by snakes emerging from a rotten log as he sat fishing near Mountaindale. He fought the reptiles off, but the strike left him entangled on arms and legs. He was rescued and treated after the attack.
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Washington Post
Piedmont
George Ensor
Mountaindale
Leasing dispute leads to hearing schedule confusion
Fragmentary OCR text shows a leasing matter with a hearing planned at 3 o'clock near Williear or Wilare at Stute 6, next evening. Pours in ume Pullyvan gurvies on sank tran ie Chicago.
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Thes
Ubio Ryhange
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A. J. Sackett
Pension Park
E Street
Sacket
Harry Sanger
New Jersey Avenue
Mrssackett
Poticstyan Barbiagh
Senareginet Staton
Pele
SPA PY
Theodore Bilodeau
Boy
RIVER
Edna L. Turnburke
Miss Wilson
Misa Wilson
Chum
Writer
Tudge
Miss Kenney
Janétice Phillimore
Mia Saunders
Miss Kerr
Mr Clayton
Philiimore
Home Secretary
Mra Winston Spencer Churchil
Violet Arquith
Nashville
Tenn
Ches & Ohio
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Blackguard
Springs
Magnate
Vinson
Senator Marfine
Higgins
Mr Vinson
Continuern
Nillls
Ehnasett
Marthe Indash
Marshall
Iates Gonzaga
Olleme Cormmitence
Southern Society
Suciac
Gen Wood
Financelal
T-Society
Doctor
Binkley
Ohio
Law
Camper
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