Thaw Case Proceedings Highlight Doctor Evans Cross Exams
Thaw defenses rely on Dr. Britton Evans as Mr. Jerome presses opinions on nine letters from Thaw and the handwritten notes from the Tombs. Justice Fitzgerald frets at times as the cross examination drags on with long explanations and contested interpretations of insanity indicators.
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Delmas
Jerome
Vans
Fitzgerald
Vane Dn
Britton D. Evans
Mr. Jerome
Dr. Evans
Evans
Wagner
Thaw
Stanford White
William Thaw
Justice Fitzgerald
Garvan
Mr. Toone
Jettera
Trew
Thaw Letters Put Question to Dr Evans On Mental State
Court resumes over Thaw letters with Dr Evans testifying on signs of instability. He cites a pencil letter to Evelyn Nesbit as showing lack of propriety and taste though not proving permanent insanity. Jeremiah presses for concise answers while Evans explains context and pathology of mind.
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Qhan
Evetyn Nesbit
Evans
Cirl
Enan
Evelyn
Mr. Jerome
Europe
Dr. Evans
Holley Tires
Evans Gnally
Br. Evans
Terome Arouses Court with Letters on Sanity
A medical examiner reviews a series of letters to assess the writer's mental state. Dr Evans notes no single letter proves insanity but taken together they suggest mental irregularities and a delusive state. The judge and attorneys clash over how to weigh the exhibits in State v Reid.
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Jerome
Evans
Evang Ezain
Mr. Jerome
Evang
Dr. Evans
Pittsburg
Dr. Evan
Justice Fitzgerald
Delmas
Pennsylvania
Quay
Mr. Delmas
Mgr. Jerome
Gil
Evan
Questioning on Thaw insanity reports continues in court
In a grim court session, Dr Evang and Dr Evans faced questions about Thaw insanity examinations and the private reports. The judges pressed for subpœnas to produce private papers. A Paris letter from Thaw mentioning Evelyn Nesbit was reviewed but judged inconclusive on insanity. Court adjourned at 4:50.
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Evang
Jerome
Evans
Thaw
Tivaus
Merrofy
Paris
Evelyn Nesbit
Dr. Byans
Bank Sends Thaw Letters Collapse of 1906 Case
Pittsburg bank official J Denniston Lyon sent to New York the correspondence Thaw carried on with the Union National Bank since June 1906 the date of the Stanford White murder. Counsel advised, there was no objection to forwarding the letters, and the package was sent 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 in Bank Cashier Fraud Case
Portland reports William F. Walker the missing New Britain Conn bank cashier has been found at Ontario Oregon and a detective is en route to identify him. An official Savings Bank of New Britain statement updates the defalcation at 41882 with a cash shortage of 8346 despite earlier reports of correctness. Auditors show a 201279 surplus in banks.
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Portland
Oreg
William F. Walker
New Britain
Conn
Ontario
Savings Bank of New Britain Today
Willam Walker
Walker
Dead Jesuit Father J M Ardia, aged ninety one
Rev Joseph M Ardia, the oldest member of the Society of Jesus, died at Loyola College Baltimore at ninety one after a period of frail health. Born in Naples he came to the United States about sixty years ago and served at St Joseph's Philadelphia and later at St Joseph's Baltimore before moving to Loyola College.
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Baltimore
Josep M. Ardia
Loyola College
Father Ardia
Naples
Old St. Joseph's Church
Philadelphia
St. Joseph's
William F. Clarke
Loyola
Aged 102 Virginia slave Amy Rock Hold dies in Piana
Special to The warington Ohio Feb 2 Amy Rock Hold a former Virginia slave born in 1805 died this morning at 102 remembered stirring incidents of the 1812 18 wars. She helped wounded American soldiers return from battle and cared for many, retaining memories of the Mexican Civil and Spanish American wars. She came to Piqua in 1861 as a freed woman freed by her master Bray.
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Warington
Piana
Ohio
Tripoli
Amy Rockhold
Great Britain
Spain
Lebanon
Piqua
Virginia
Bray
Strathroy Man Hurt In Stallion Fight Aboard Moving Train
Fred Paisley of London was rescued after an hour long confinement in a box car during a deadly fight between two stallions on a moving train near Strathroy Ontario. One horse broke free and attacked the other, the pair tearing halters and causing Paisley to be knocked down and kicked multiple times before discovery.
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Strathroy
Ont
Keb
Fred Paisley
Paisley
London
Ewsley
Reward for Mearns theft lands $150 offer
A reward of 150 dollars is offered for capture of the thief who broke into William A. Mearns’s home at 201 B Street NW Wednesday night and stole jewelry valued at 1.24 dollars. Police sent notices nationwide detailing the missing valuables. Ocean steamship movements and a Washington Post bookstore catalogue are noted in the same item.
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Sylvester
William A. Mearns
Adams Alleges Plot Repudiates His Confession On Stand
Idaho court heard Brave Adams claim a prison officers and detectives conspired to frame Western Federation of Miners leaders in ex governor Steunenberg’s assassination. He described coercion threats to implicate Moyer Haywood Pettibone and others and said investigators pushed false evidence while promising clemency or Colorado exile.
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Adame
Moyer, Haywood
Pettitione
Wallace
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 Nightmar e in Divorce Suit over $34,700 Stock
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs Maud A Harden seeks divorce and $34,700 in stock from her husband in a case before Justice Greenbaum. A February 1906 letter from Harden accuses her spouse of tyranny and seeks freedom and $5,000 cash, threatening to reveal more if not answered.
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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
Chicago story recalls a romance begun in Shanghai where Miss Flora Lafrienter taught in a mission school. After two years of correspondence, she left her Chicago life to marry John D. Phillips in a ceremony last night. She traveled halfway around the world for the wedding and gave up her post to wed.
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Cupid
Shanghai
China
Flora La’frientér
John D. Phillips
Lafrienter
Dynamite Explosion Kills Five in Illinois Farm Home
In Beaver Creek township near McLeansboro Illinois a dynamite blast in Charles Tittle’s farmhouse killed Charles his wife and father the Rev John B Tittle and their two children an infant and a two year old The house was wrecked with a large crater under the stove and debris blown hundreds of feet away The Rev John B Tittle a noted missionary Baptist minister was among the victims Coroner Haffett will hold an inquest and investigators say the cause may never be learned though the family was using dynamite to clear stumps on the farm
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Washington Post
McLeansboro
Ill
Charles Tittle
Beaver Creek Township
John B. Tittle
Charles ‘Tittle
Tittles
Enfield
Haffett
Hamilton County
Nephew of Senator La Follette Elopes in Cincinnati
A 22 year old Wisconsin Supreme Court relative, Justice Leipbecker’s nephew Karl L. Sidebecker, elopes with 19 year old Miss Falla A. Jackson of Madison. They wed in Freeport Illinois, with magistrate Bentley officiating. The couple planned to return home as the groom faces work options and family pressure.
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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 Runs Into Store In Pittsburg
A street car ran out of control on a steep grade at Webster avenue and Thirty third street and crashed into Reimecker's confectionery in Herron Hill, injuring two people seriously and several others lightly. The two story building and the car were demolished, with about 7000 dollars in damage. a defective brake is blamed for the accident.
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Pittsburg
Peronne
Ford Avenue
Pittsburgway Company
Webster Avenue
Thirty-third
Rills
Reimecker's Confectionery Stora
Herron Hil
Filippinos surprised by defeat of Culberson amendment
Special Cable Dispatch reports that the U S Senate defeated the Culberson amendment to establish an agricultural bank in the Philippine Islands. The action signals possible U S withdrawal once a stable currency is set, prompting mixed reactions among Filipinos and locals. War talk and Japanese tensions heightened unrest in surrounding provinces.
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Washington Peat
Manila
United States Senate
Culberson
Philippine Islands
United States
Tavera and
Legarda
Congress
Actress and husband charged in Brunswick park shooting
Lillian Davenport an actress and W H Brown a bartender were shot at Windsor Park Brunswick on February 28. Davenport died almost instantly while Brown was fatally wounded. her husband, Majestic Theater manager, is charged with a grave crime and denies involvement. The couple had gone to a secluded bench at the amusement venue with the cast and crew nearby.
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Brunswick
Lillian Davenport
Windsor Park
Majestic Theater
Brown
Porto Rico Assembly Abolishes Death Penalty
The Porto Rico Legislative Assembly adopted a bill to abolish the death penalty. It ends executions by hanging and garroting, prompted by strong opposition after the February 2 hanging, and will save several people from execution.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
Legislative Assembly
Philippine Railways Progress Reported by Governor General
The Bureau of Insular Affairs released a cable from the Philippine Islands governor general detailing railway progress. The Philippine Railway Company reports 9 percent of surveys done in Panay Negros and Cebu, with 7 percent grading from Noilo to Pavia. Manila Railway builds a river wharf at Leon and preps Pandacan work, Dagupan San Fernando San Fabian, and belt line to Manila while Cavite grading surveys finish.
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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
Stomach Peril from Sedentary Life and Rich Habits
A promotional piece warns that busy people led by high living overwork the stomach, causing fermentation and disease. It extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a non medicine digestive aid that relieves indigestion by removing the cause of fermentation, with address for order in Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Building
Marshall, Mich
Weather Summary from U S Department of Agriculture Forecast
Weather conditions across the United States show generally mild and dry patterns in much of the Atlantic coast, Ohio and Mississippi valleys, and the Lake region. Northeastern districts remain cold with ongoing rains in the lower Mississippi Valley, while the Southeast experiences near normal temps. Winds shift along coasts, with northeast to southeast directions, and special storm warnings issued for parts of Alabama and southeastern Mississippi.
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U.S Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
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Ohio Valley
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Lake
Binca
Oh Valley
Lowe- Missionpot
South Atlantic States
Teenssees
Kentuck
Minneaipp Valley
East Gulf States
New York Saloon Shooting Leaves One Dead Others Wounded
A Curley saloon in New York at Third Avenue and 11th Street was the scene of a deadly free for all early today. Michael Gallo, reportedly linked to the Black Hand, died from four bullets. Three men were arrested including bartender Louis Indore and contractor Louis Zimmerman, who were wounded. Lorenzo Condessa also held, with Zimmerman the only suspect to talk, describing a back room encounter as gunfire erupted amid a crowded, smoky room.
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Curley
Third Avenue
11Th Street
Michael Gallo
Black Hand Society
Louis Indore
Louis Zimmerman
Lorenzo Condessa
Indorf
Zimmerman
Gallo
Robbery attempt against church poorbox ends in jail
The Washington Post reports that Rev. William Sanft caught a man tampering with the church poorbox and the suspect was locked inside. In Jersey City Criminal Court he received a six month sentence in Hudson County jail. The man was identified as Robert Mordaunt Ager Bowen, a former British Navy sailor.
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Washington Post
New York
Wiliam Sanft
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