Not Guilty Verdict Shocks Culpeper Court Scene
Jurors, led by Foreman M A Price, acquit James and Philip Strother in a high profile Culpeper trial. Judge Harrison suppresses cheers as families celebrate outside the court. The Strothers plan to return to Welch, Virginia, while jurors depart for home amid thanks for Culpeper hospitality.
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Shertie
Gilkergon
Mr. Ikerson
M. A. P Rice
James
Snip Strother
Harrison
James Strother
Philip
Hunt Strother
Court House
Tong
James 2Nd
Philip Strother
Prowers
Moore
Lee
Jeffries
Commonwealth
Keith
Micajah Woods
Foreman M. A. Price
Lantz
Iy ; Haasia
Ace
Culpeper
House of Strother
Welch
W. Va
Viela Bywaters
Phillip Strother
Totherwood
Ang French
Shenandoah Valley
Morr
Front Royal
R. Walton Moore
Warrenton
Fairfax
Tragedy at Rotherwood as Bywaters shot by Strother brothers
Four witnesses recount a fatal December shooting at Rotherwood four miles from Culpeper. James and Philip Strother, angered over alleged coercion of their sister Viola by Bywaters, claim they killed him after a marriage ceremony and discovery of a criminal operation.
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Culpeper
William ¥. Bywaters
Rotherwood
Strothers
Strother
James
Philip
Bywaters
Viola
J. A. Ware
Culpener
Strother Brothers
J. W. Lamon
Washington
Mfe
Nps
Phillip Strather
Rother, Wood
Edward E. Galves
Virginia court verdict ends sensational Strother murder trial
The Strother brothers were indicted for murder in a high profile Virginia case. Judge Thomas W. Harrison sat due to family ties of Gov. Swanson. A Shenandoah County jury tried the case amid intense testimony and emotional insanity pleas. The verdict exonerated the defendants of murder.
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Strothers
Grimley
Culpeper County
Bywaters
Swanson
Thomas W. Harrison
Winchester
Shenandoah County
Strother Brothers
John L. Jeffries
Walton Moore
John Lee
J. A. C. Keith
Micnjan Woods
Justine
Bne
Virginia
Violx Strother
Mer
Rathers
Cleveland Goes Hunting With Grover Cleveland Visit
Former President Grover Cleveland and party arrived in Georgetown from the North and prepared to depart for Gen. BE Alexander’s shooting preserves at Fords Point on the Santee River. Weather favored duck hunting as the group planned a sport filled excursion.
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Gen Alexander
South Carolina
Georgetown
D. C
Grover Cleveland
C.benedict
Admiral Lamberton
Gen
P. ‘Alexander
Fords Point
Santee River
Cleveland
Leopard Ice Wreck Crashes off Cape Race
The seal fishing steamer Leopard, 220 tons and 133 feet, was crushed by ice near Cape Race during a gale and wrecked at midnight. All 103 crew members reached land safely. Captain Robert Bartlet, who commanded the Leopard, previously sailed the Peary steamer Roosevelt in the polar expedition. The vessel was owned by J. Baird of St John.
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St Johns
Newfoundland
Leopard
Cape Race
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Fae
Robert Bartlet
J. Baird
St. John
Three Women in Runaway in New York
Mrs Connfelt of New York was seriously injured when a runaway horse attached to a cab crashed into a car at Fifth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street. Her cousins Mrs Wheeler and Miss Dulany, from Baltimore, narrowly escaped. The driver was hurt as the horse bolted past Sixth Avenue.
Thaw Defense Signals Near End of Case
Thaw defense plans to close its case after a conference with counsel. The district attorney hopes to rest with rebuttal, calling alienists and witnesses, including Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s affidavit, to challenge insanity claims. Thaw’s wife and mother remain central as court eyed possible adjournment to Friday.
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Rome
de Tenes
Tam
Tr Pape
Mandi
Bewan
Annex
Thether
Fitzgerald
Delmas
Jerome
H Idden
Thaw
Daniel O’reilly
Gleason
Dermas
Nott
Garvon
Witneases
Vuittur al
Howard Nesbit
Harry K. Thaw
May McKenzie
Ghay Dlose
Ben
Thaw Accident Injures Barry Kendall in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Arkansas Barry Kendall Thaw, a resident of Sisterville West Virginia, was struck by a wagon on Central Avenue driven by a man named Snyder Mia. He was hospitalized in extremely serious condition as witnesses reacted with alarm and accused the driver of attempting to escape.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Mad Tee
Sisterville
W.va
Barry Kendall
Thaw
Central Avenue
Snyder
Mia
Beée
Cousht
Edmonston & Co Incorporation Filing Report
Articles of Incorporation were filed in the record office by Edmonston & Co, a show store on F street. Capital stock fixed at 3, incorporators Ivory G. Kimball, G. Kimball, and Arthur Hy Kimball. The judge of the Folies Geant is named as part of a related board matter.
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Edmonston & Co
F Street
Ivory GO
Kimball
G. Kimball
Arthur Hy
Isabella Kelly Dies In Fire at 122Teda Place
Mrs Isabella Kelly, wife of real estate dealer William Kelly, died after a fire in the furnace area of her home at 122 Teda Place Northwest. Neighbors and the family awoke to her screams as she reportedly sought to tend the wood and furnace. She was found unconscious and transported to a hospital where she died hours later. her daughter Marie awoke her father.
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Jerome
Thaw
Shea
Thaw Hay
L Awyers
Hartridge
Lorraina
Bhaw
Shay Ces
Harry
Yarmouth
Carnegie
Evelyn
William Thaw
Mr .Jerome
Tha’ Cortry
Black Hand
H. K. Thaw
Pittebure
Millister
Paris
London
Oyer “Mra
William ‘Thaw
Pittsburg
New York
Womers
Che
Bin.haw
P. SI
Waldorf
Isabella -Kelly
Teda Place
William
Kelly
Jo Marie
Bird
Penrose Defense Restes Testimony Conflicts Rise
In San Antonio Texas on March 1 the Penrose martial trial heard defense testimony. Sergeant Major Valies and others described gunfire like large caliber weapons awakening them. A local citizen reportedly warned of shooting all 62 of them over the assault on Mrs Evans. Taliaferro of the First Battalion Twenty Fifth Infantry offered differing evidence on key points.
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Valies
San Antonio Tex
Mar
Penrose Cousanartial
Seret
Boottewood
Taliaferro
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Weather Conditions and Report From Local Bureau
Weather conditions from the regional bureau warn of rain in the mid Atlantic and northeast Friday with snow in the Great Lakes and New England, followed by generally fair weather Saturday. Colder in the Middle Atlantic, Gulf Coast, Ohio Valley, and Western Lake regions on Friday, with winds varying along the coasts. Local observations list temperatures, humidity, and sunshine hours for the day, noting a colder trend compared to last year and listing temperatures in other cities.
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Werther Bureau
Inétin
Thuredey
Merze Buard
Deept
New Biglan
Entic
Wireless
North Cone
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Midas Atlantic
Southland States
Lake Regions
New England
Middle
Warner Fritey
Atritia
Io'i
Gulf
Ohio Valley
Laka
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Michigan
Panay
Elles
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James A. Strother
Paine Studio
William F. Bywaters
Dow
Fata
The
Washington Post
Yehmas
Avsi
Awaa
White
Garvin
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Hommel
Adit
Europe
Paria
District Attorney's Office
Tharp
Berkeley
St.n.w
Hagiimel
Ana Oh
Mes
B. H. Thaw
Eal Company
Fourteenthy
Hiota
Worth Soc
Iselidés
Lafsburgh & Bro
Isabella
Penrose
Atlantic City
Binmarek
Boston
Battalo
Sharenne
Wyo
Davenport
Lowa
Denver
Gala
Dean Moines
Iow
Galveston
Per
Tadiatizpolis
Kanday City
Chi
Little Rock
Marquette
Memphis
North Platts
Omaha
Salt Lake City
Be. Louis
Peter Grogan
Wilson & Mayers
Ard
R. Pi
Andrews, Paper CO. (Incorporated
la. Ave. Noy
Frank H. Edmonds
New York Age
Hubbard Heating Co
Steictly
Henry Evans
Wholesite Deugigist—Reteil
Delanney
13Th Street
Eanat
Gotebe
Okla
Perry
Evans
Waa Ausauit
Walt Ae Unger Atresty
Columbia
Columbia Phonograph Co
American Security and Trust Company
Nomthivest Conner ‘Estings Senarivar
Washington, D. C
West End
Ave
N.W
Randle Ces
Ighlanda
Aest U
St. Lee E Beave
W. Farereey
Scoffers
Ipostum Food Coffee
Wellville
Pecksgée
Christian Xander
St. Es Mo
Wls
Belmont Daily
Hudson’s
F Street Prout
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