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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1906
Page
1
An inquest recaps a high profile murder case. The young millionaire killer of Stanford White will plead today and await trial. Eyewitnesses described a roof garden shooting as the wife invokes privilege and avoids testifying before the grand jury.
A Washington dispatch reports Mrs Thaw refuses to testify before the grand jury in the Barry Thaw murder case. Indictment, emotional insanity defense planned, with Thaw to plead not guilty and await arraignment at the Tombs.
Dr JD Merrill, a prominent Chicago physician, was found on Mount White summit after a night exposed to cold rain. She had been stranded with Miss Warner of Boston after diverging from a trail near Wilmington. Rescue parties recovered her at noon, she was weakened but safe, with nerves strained from the ordeal.
In Richmond Kentucky June 28 IT F Ball aided escape of her husband desperadoes from jail involving Jaques Laver Steve Trener and James Turner Turner a cattle thief helped by Ball who flew to Richmond then helped free Ball by assaulting the turnkey and blocking the door Mrs Leads was held by Ball as the inmates fled after a signal from Ball to seize the turnkey and free them
New Brunswick NJ June 28 explosion of a lamp in Sam Sel's store at Sayreville set off fireworks injuring eight people. The front of the building blown out the proprietor badly burned on face neck and hands his young daughter Catherine also badly burned others slightly burned.
Rome dispatch reports that by the will of the late Rev Aloysius Murphy of Syracuse a substantial portion of his estate is bequeathed to the Catholic University in Washington. The report notes the estate is large and the details are to be announced.
The Colonial Express bound from Boston to Washington arrived in Philadelphia with engineer George Maxwell dead at the throttle. Firemen found him slumped over the throttle near North Philadelphia station after the train left Tren ton New Jersey. Maxwell, 45, died of heart disease. James Hackett, a fellow crewman, aided in bringing the train to Broad Street Station.
Capt Falk of the German bark Gesine died by his own hand in the cabin while at sea after the ship left Hamburg in March. The crew had earlier jettisoned cargo to free the vessel after grounding on a reef. Despondency followed, and the captain was found hanging in his cabin in Pensacola bound for port from Hamburg.
Louis Rodgers, a Carnegie Technical Schools electrician, abducted fourteen year old Eana Bigbee in Pittsburg and took her to New York where he was arrested. He was found guilty today on the charge and sentenced without delay to four years in the penitentiary.
Harvard defeats Yale by two and a half lengths in the annual four mile Thames race near New London. Yale’s crew collapses in the final stretch as Harvard’s Filey and Wray drive the stroke, aided by strong performances across the Harvard eight. Freshmen and four-oared events also go to Harvard amid enormous crowds and celebratory fervor.
An excursion train at Gwynedd on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad struck a carriage carrying a newly married couple and guests. The crash at about forty miles per hour shattered the vehicle. the bride and groom and two guests were killed instantly. Identifications were not known locally, as the couple had just arrived from North Wales and had not met the hosts.
New York June 28 Chairman Shonts of the canal commission predicted the Panama Canal would be completed in eight years. He said Congress decision to adopt the lock type will not greatly raise the short term workforce. Work would proceed as at present with more steam shovels and engines as they become available, gradually increasing the labor force.
Colorado Springs, June 28. W A Conant, a New York delegate to the first Republican national convention over fifty years ago, wrote to President Roosevelt asking if he would seek another term. The President replies that voters must choose a Republican candidate next time.
Chicago June 28 A three year old boy Donald Jordan rushed to save his twin sister Dorothy from flames that spread through their yard after a box of matches from a neighbor’s news ignited her clothes. He burned his hands while trying to roll her on the grass as their mother Mrs Hubert Jordan arrived and tossed the child into a tub of water, but Dorothy died from the fire.
High winds at a small station east of Cheyenne toppled a train of eleven cars used for Japanese laborers on a siding. Twenty workers were injured, seven severely. The gusts also felled about a mile of telegraph poles and caused additional damage.
Report from Cairo and London recounts the Denshawal incident near Tantah on June 13 where four natives died during subsequent executions and floggings. The scene included a 60 by 30 yard gallows area, hundreds of spectators, and women wailing as lashes were laid on the condemned.
Beatrice Sterns known as Irene de Long Louise Steele of Knoxville Tenn and Marion Cox of Johnstown were drowned late this afternoon while bathing at Brevards Pond near Columbia. Three other women survived. The Sterns woman leaves a child in Knoxville in Mrs James's care. Special to The Washington Post.
Onemotu, a Japanese man, and Egrenzo Colon formerly of Porto Rico were hanged in Honolulu today for wife murder. The Japanese spoke from the gallows asking pardon from home and local governments for the disgrace and trouble caused. Both men admitted killing their wives Baltimore and Return rail fares cited.
A man named Traw is held for murder after a fatal incident. Barnard wins the varsity race. The Longworths appear at court as authorities pursue charges.
New York June 28 firefighters toiled through the night to rescue Herman Fisher a plumber entombed in quicksand while tapping a sewer at Richmond turnpike and Cobra avenue Tompkinsville. A crowd of 1000 watched as earth and rock were moved and Fisher survived with back contusions and shock after hours of peril. His wife fainted at a nearby infirmary and his father urged him as rescuers worked. Fisher recalled thinking it was an earthquake and described the dramatic extraction and the prayers and singing of the firefighters during the ordeal.
Mrs Nicholas Longworth wore her wedding gown as she was presented at King Edward VII's court alongside Mrs Whitrlage and Miss Whitridge. The event featured the king and queen, a glittering royal circle, and notable Americans including John Leishman and Fred Benedict. The King's birthday honors announced several elevations to the peerage and knighthoods, with Leonard Courtney highlighted as a leading opponent of the Boer War.
A London art dealer purchased the Hammauer collection for 1.25 million dollars. The collection, noted as German and Italian works, was organized under the direction of Dr Bade of the Berlin Museum. Other items include railway service updates and a carpet sale notice from Wilson & Mayers.
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