Thaw Trial Proceedings Highlight Mental Suitability Of Writings
Court session features Dr. Britton Evans as defense expert questioned by Jerome about nine letters by Thaw. Evans alternates on whether letters show insanity or instability while notes stored with Thaw’s lawyers and potential court orders loom. Thaw passes the day reading letters and drafting notes as Fitzgerald and Garvan clash with Jerome over admissibility and access to notes.
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Delmas
Jerome
Vans
Fitzgerald
Vane Dn
Britton D. Evans
Mr. Jerome
Dr. Evans
Evans
Wagner
Thaw
Insanity Signs in Letters in Thaw Case Testimony
Dr Evans told jurors that Thaw letters show signs of mental instability not permanent insanity. He cited a pencil note from Chan to Evelyn Nesbit, noting lack of propriety and loss of taste, but said context matters. Jerome pressed for concise reading as cross examination continued amid cataloged letters and evidentiary intent.
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Jerome
Qhan
Evetyn Nesbit
Evans
Cirl
Enan
Evelyn
Mr. Jerome
Europe
Dr. Evans
Holley Tires
Evans Gnally
Br. Evans
Aroes Court Examines Letters On Sanity Frage
Dr Evans analyzes a series of letters in the State vs Reid case noting individual letters show irregularities but none alone prove insanity. He finds the combined context suggests unsound mind while denying a single letter alone establishes madness. Jurors pore over the exhibits as proceedings continue.
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Evans
Evang Ezain
Mr. Jerome
Evang
Court hears Thaw insanity questions in Paris letter inquiry
The trial continues with doctors evaluating hypothetical insanity questions about Thaw. Dr Evans notes pre natal influences and reports, while references to Evelyn Nesbit and Mrs Astor are discussed. A Paris letter is examined for possible insanity indicators but is read only in part and not conclusive.
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Evang
Jerome
Evans
Thaw
Tivaus
Merrofy
Paris
Evelyn Nesbit
Dr. Byans
Bank Sends Thaw Letters to New York
Pittsburg bankers moved on counsel advice to forward to New York the correspondence Thaw carried on with Union National Bank since 1906 regarding the Stanford White murder. Lyon hesitated but then consented, and the package was sent east this morning.
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Pittsburg
Hartridge and Peabody
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
J. Denniston Lyon
Union National Bank
New York
Thaw
Lyon
Walker Located in Oregon as Bank Cashier Theft Suspect
Portland dispatch reports William F. Walker the missing New Britain Conn cashier suspected in a theft of over half a million dollars has been located at Ontario Oregon. A detective is proceeding there to identify and arrest him if confirmed. The New Britain Savings Bank announces a re audit showing a shortage of 41882 amid a cash shortfall of 8346 and a remaining surplus in banks of 201279.
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Portland
Oreg
William F. Walker
New Britain
Conn
Ontario
Savings Bank of New Britain Today
Willam Walker
Walker
Rev J M Ardia Dead Oldest Jesuit In World
Rev Josep M Ardia the oldest member of the Society of Jesus in the world died at Loyola College Baltimore at ninety one. Born in Naples he came to the United States sixty years ago and served at St Josephs Philadelphia before moving to Baltimore. He worked at St Josephs when Jesuits ran that church and later was transferred to Loyola College where he served alongside Rev William F Clarke.
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Society of Jesus
Baltimore
Josep M. Ardia
Loyola College
Father Ardia
Naples
Old St. Joseph's Church
Philadelphia
St. Joseph's
William F. Clarke
Loyola
Died at 102. Amy Rock Hold remembered for wartime care
Special to The Warington Ohio Feb 2 Amy Rock Hold a Virginia slave aged 102 died this morning in Piana Ohio She aided wounded American soldiers from the 1812 1818 period and remembered the Mexican War the Civil War and the Spanish American War She was freed by her master Bray a Virginia planter and moved to Piqua in 1861 as part of a 10 member Lebanon Ohio settlement
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Warington
Piana
Ohio
Tripoli
Amy Rockhold
Great Britain
Spain
Lebanon
Piqua
Virginia
Bray
Husky Horse Fight Ends Fatal in Box Car Plunge
In Strathroy Ontario during a moving train an hour long life and death struggle broke out between two stallions confined in a box car. Fred Paisley, rescued injured, had been left London with the animals. One horse attacked the other after breaking loose and both animals killed each other in the melee. Paisley was knocked down and kicked multiple times and found helpless by trainmen.
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Strathroy
Ont
Keb
Fred Paisley
Paisley
London
Ewsley
Reward Offered for Mearns Jewelry Theft Suspect
A reward of 150 dollars is offered for the capture of the thief who entered the home of William A. Mearns at 201 B Street Northwest on Wednesday night and stole jewelry valued at 1,240 dollars. The police chief issued this notice and details of the missing items were dispatched from headquarters to the nation. Ship movements and a Washington Post book catalogue are also noted.
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Sylvester
William A. Mearns
Seata
Nafaborany
Wilson & Mayers
Adams Alleges Plot Repudiates His Confession on Stand
Idaho testimony details Brave Adams claiming threats and bribes to implicate Moyer Haywood Pettibone St John Simpkins in ex Governor Steunenberg murder. He says penitentiary officers and detectives pressed him to false allegations to shake evidence against Western Federation of Miners. He confirms family pressure but denies other pilot kill theories.
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Wallace
Idaho
Western Federation of Minera
Steumenberg
Brave Adams
Steunenberg
Adama 14
Tyler
Adams
Boise
Harry Orchard
The
Penitentiary
McPartland
Kely
Fartland Lea
Boyle
Western Federation of Miners
Warren Whitney
Steunenbele
Marble Creek
W. 2. Borah
Gooding
Hawley
Married Life a Nightmare Sues for Divorce and Cash
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs Maud A Harden filing a divorce suit against her husband Justice Greenbaum on a $34700 stock dispute. The lengthy letter from Mrs Harden to her husband is central, revealing alleged tyranny and requests for $5000 cash and freedom. The case indicates a bitter split with potential court action.
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Washington Post
New York
Maud A. Harden
Justice Greenbaum
Ald
Sind
Mauda Harden
Sam Bese mm
Came 12 000 Miles To Wed In Chicago Romance
Chicago report tells of Flora Lafrienter who taught at a Shanghai mission school and after two years of letter writing wed John D. Phillips in Chicago. She left her kindergarten post and traveled half the world for the wedding, returning with details of the journey and the ceremony. The item notes the Washington Post Book Catalogue and educational contest titles, plus a catalog sale mention.
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Chicago
Cupid
Shanghai
China
Flora La’frientér
John D. Phillips
Lafrienter
Washington Post Beok
Explosion Kills Preacher and Family in Illinois Farmhouse
A dynamite blast at Charles Tittle’s Beaver Creek Township home 10 miles northeast of McLeansboro, Illinois, fatally injures Charles Tittle his wife and their two children and injures the Reverend John B. Tittle and others. The house is demolished and debris flown far. coroner hesitates to assign a cause, noting dynamite used for stump blasting on the farm and the accident likely unexplained. The explosion, felt seven miles away at Enfield, draws hundreds to the scene.
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Washington Post
McLeansboro
Ill
Charles Tittle
Beaver Creek Township
John B. Tittle
Charles ‘Tittle
Tittles
Enfield
Haffett
Hamilton County
Senator La Follette Relative Elope With Cincinnati Machinist's Daughter
The nephew of Senator La Follette, Karl L. Sciebecker, married Miss Falla A. Jackson in Freeport Illinois, eloping from Madison to Cincinnati. Sciebecker is a 22 year old University of Wisconsin Law School student and Beta Theta Pi member. his bride is 19. Justice Leipbecker has sought reconciliation and urged their return home.
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la Follette
Cincinnat
Washington Post
Madison
Karl L. Sidebecker
RE. G. Sciebecker
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Senator la Follette
Falla A. Jackson
BL Warwit Jackson
Cincinnati
Bentley
Freeport
Miss Jackson
Wen
Misch
Justice Leipbecker
Wild Car Through Pittsburg Store Crash
A Ford Avenue branch street car ran out of control on Webster Avenue and Thirty third Street, plowing two blocks and demolishing a two story building and a confectionery shop. Two persons were seriously injured, several others hurt, and the store crowded with customers. A defective brake is blamed for the accident with estimated losses of seven thousand dollars.
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Pittsburg
Peronne
Ford Avenue
Pittsburgway Company
Webster Avenue
Thirty-third
Rills
Reimecker's Confectionery Stora
Herron Hil
Defeat of Culberson Amendment Shocks Filipinos
Special Cable Dispatch from Manila reports surprise among Filipinos at the U S Senate vote defeating the Culberson amendment to establish an agricultural bank in the Philippine Islands. News notes Japanese war talk spurred unrest. some towns depopulated as ships fired salutes. Commissioners toured provinces to calm fears as withdrawal questions arise.
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Washington Peat
Manila
United States Senate
Culberson
Philippine Islands
United States
Tavera and
Legarda
Congress
Actress and husband accused in Brunswick shooting tragedy
Brunswick Ga Feb 28 Lillian Davenport an actress and W H Brown a bartender were shot at Windsor Park. Davenport died almost instantly and Brown was fatally wounded. Davenport's husband, theater manager, is charged with the crime and denies the accusation. The couple and Brown had gone to Windsor Park, an amusement resort, for a secluded late night encounter when they were surprised by the attack.
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Brunswick
Lillian Davenport
Windsor Park
Majestic Theater
Brown
Porto Rico Assembly Abolishes Death Penalty
San Juan February 28 the Porto Rico legislature voted to abolish capital punishment. The bill replaces hanging with the garrote and saves several inmates awaiting execution after strong opposition to the method following the February 2 first execution.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
Legislative Assembly
Philippine Railways Progress in Islands Reported
The Bureau of Insular Affairs published a cable from the governor general detailing railway work in the Philippine Islands. The Philippine Railway Company reports 9 percent of surveys completed across Panay, Negros, and Cebu, and 7 percent grading from Noilo to Pavia. Manila Railway builds a river wharf at Leon and advances grading at Pandacan Dagupan San Fernando and San Fabian. Cavite surveys finished.
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Islands
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Philippine Islands
Philipping Railway Company
Panay
Negros
Cebu
Noilo
Pavia
Serait
Niles
Mayis
Patay
Manila Railway Company
Leon
Pandacan
Dagupan
San Fernando
San Fabian
Manila
Cavite
Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Stomach Relief Ad
An advertisement urges sedentary lifestyles to blame for dyspepsia and promotes Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets as a nonmedicine digestive aid. It claims one tablet after meals aids digestion, reduces fermentation, and improves health, with a trial package available from F A Stuart Co, Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Building
Marshall, Mich
Weather Summary From U S Department Forecasts
Weather Bureau report shows generally mild conditions across the country for late February with dryness in the Atlantic coast, Ohio Valley, Missouri Valley, and Lake regions. Colder in the Northeast, light to moderate rains in the South and lower Mississippi Valley, and outlook of warmer trends weekend wide. Northeasterly winds along the Atlantic coast, fresh to brisk on other coasts, with storm warnings on rivers in Southwestern Alabama and Southeastern Mississippi and storm warnings on Washington and Oregon coasts.
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U.S Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Atlantic Coast
Ohio Valley
Misalssppt
Lake
Binca
Oh Valley
Lowe- Missionpot
South Atlantic States
Teenssees
Kentuck
Minneaipp Valley
East Gulf States
Alabama
Oregon
Asheville
N.C
Atlanta
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Bramarck
N. Dai
Boston
Mass
Bualo
Ohio
Cincinnati
Sheyann
Iowa
Davenport
Denver
Colo
Des Dhoines
Galveston
Tex
Helens
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Fi Kauson City
Littlet
Rock, Ark
Merquette
Mich
Memphis
Tenn
New’ Orleans
New, York
Platel
Omeba
Net
Pittepure
Salt Lake City
St. Jeu
St Paul
Irringfeld
Miss
the Vickshore
Buarlees
Gaz
Free for all at Curley saloon ends in murder
New York report says one man died and two others were seriously wounded in a free fight at Curley saloon on Third Avenue and 11th Street. Michael Gallo, said to be prominent in the Black Hand, was shot four times. Three men were arrested, including bartender Louis Indore and contractor Louis Zimmerman. Zimmerman spoke to police.
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New York
Curley
Third Avenue
11Th Street
Michael Gallo
Black Hand Society
Louis Indore
Louis Zimmerman
Lorenzo Condessa
Indorf
Zimmerman
Gallo
Man in Jersey City Tampering With Church Poorbox Sentenced
The Washington Post reports Rev William Sanft found a man trying to rob a church poorbox after obtaining keys by posing as an insurance inspector. The man, Robert Mordaunt Ager Bowen, a former British Navy sailor, was jailed six months in Hudson County jail.
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Washington Post
New York
Wiliam Sanft
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Justice Fitzgerald
Garvan
Mr. Toone
Jettera
Trew
Wiunog
Terome Arouses
Dr. Evan
Pennsylvania
Quay
Mr. Delmas
Mgr. Jerome
Gil
Evan
BANK
White
Embezsling
J. M. Ardia
Mearns
normTaw
Sable Island
Kaleer
Stewnenberg
Adame
Moyer, Haywood
Pettitione
Mar. Om
Lansburgh &Bro
7Th St
Bank For Philippines
Bur
Peter Grogan
Bet
H and I
American Warehousemen’s Association
Stcurity Storage Company
American Security and Trust Co
Fifteenth Street
Cluets
Peabody Afca
Mans Annaw Counne
Alfonso
Christian Xander
Black Hand
Poorbox
Tharp
Berkeley
N. W
G St
Kings
Alessandro Bonci
New York Evening Journal
Caruso
Columbia Phonograph Co
F Street N. W
E. Morrison Paper CO
Wholessie—Retail
Pennsylvania Ave
Magruder’s
California
Conn.ave
Zia
West End Laundry
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Karporat
St. Mlw
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