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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1906
Page
8
A large posse and bloodhounds hunted an escaped murderer near Warren Dam with police and county detectives coordinating efforts. The pursuit faced many delays from intoxicated crowds and shifting winds that hampered scent tracking, while authorities say the suspect remains at large and the case remains active.
Special to The Washington reports two masked men knocked at the door of Dr W R Ar ond and his father in Eynets, Campbell County, last night around 7. Mina Carrett, the housekeeper, denied them food and they tried to seize Miss Crrett but she defended with a chair. The men fled and telephoned for help. Townspeople offer a reward of $2,000 for the captor.
Special to The Warrington Post reports Rockville on March 14 in which States Attorney Robert B Peters seeks a requisition for Proctor the private secretary to United States Senator Lodge over a charge of speeding and a resulting wreck on Conduit road. Peters named as complainant. Proctor declined comment.
A 16 year old girl in Blue Ridge Summit Md alleges a 40 year old farmer Leo Wiler assaulted her at his residence while her father was away. The victim, seriously injured, sought medical care and authorities tracked down Wiler who was arrested for criminal assault. Residents threatened retaliation amid the investigation.
The appropriation committee of the Maryland legislature along with state officials selected a site for the Warvian Building at the expense of the state. The committee deemed the site acceptable but preferred closer to the center of the southern states. A canvass showed the committee in favor of approving around seven hundred dollars for the project and they returned to Annapolis. Separately, Mrs. Magge Daley, who recently attempted suicide, was returned to Eastern State Hospital in precarious condition after the means used to end her life was found embedded in her brain. In Woodstock, John N Duis was nominated by the president to again serve as postmaster, a long and bitter fight. Heath Colter died from injuries in a premature blast at Coalwood. Two small dwellings in Staunton were destroyed by fire caused by a defective fuse.
A reader recounts using a renal compound advertised by Brights Disease physicians. He credits drastic improvement after seven days, noting swelling reduction, better walking, and plans to return to work. The note promotes further reading and contact details for the product and agents.
The 1905 Virginia General Assembly concludes a tense session with a special committee appointed to investigate suspicions that amendments to a Portsmouth waterworks bonds bill were fraudulently tampered with. The chamber also approves an emergency mineral lands assessment bill and confirms multiple judicial and university appointments, while a graft-suspect bonding amendment alarms surety firms.
The assembly approves measures expanding insurance supervision, capping rail fare, restricting money lending, revising court structure and salaries, updating streetcar law, redistricting, and funding road upgrades with convict labor. The package includes a new Insurance Commissioner and higher member pay, plus заходы toward highway improvements and state institutions.
John A Upshur chief clerk and WoW Bar assistant clerk and friend were discharged by the Corporation Commission. RT Wilson was appointed clerk to take effect noon March 10, 1906, and an additional stenographer role was added March 1, 1906. The removal followed an investigation and stated impracticability of remaining in his former role.
In Southampton County Virginia two colored men, Frank Daniels and George Brown Roth, are jailed after a train fight on Seaboard Air Line Freight No 57 left flagman G W Thacker of Richmond dead from a back wound. The suspects, captured after a conductor fire wounded Daniels and Roth fled from the box car, were brought to Courtland. Coroner T Bishop led the inquest, naming Daniels and Brown as responsible.
On March 10 the Ohio 2 cent fare law began, affecting Parkersburg as a nearby transfer point. Passengers traveling to Ohio must buy new tickets locally, while interstate traffic remains at older rates. Trains paused to accommodate passengers buying new tickets, and overall travel volume showed little change beyond ticket revenue shifts.
In executive session the senate refused I H Clowes of Richmond relief from the pledge of secrecy on the Eastern State Hospital investigation. He sought to publish the stenographic record of the hearings, but the petition was denied.
John Sifer, aged defendant, testified in his own defense that he shot Jurob B Poffenberger in self defense after years of friendship soured by a land dispute near Locks Grove. The defense contends the conflict prompted the fatal shooting as Siler warned against coming closer before firing. The jury trial follows conflicting testimony and is unlikely to render a verdict tonight.
At the Leesburg Colt Show Association annual meeting Gul R Harp er was elected president A H L Russell vice president S T Hickman secretary and B B E Garrett treasurer The next exhibition is set for June 7 and 3 A committee was formed to consider selling the show grounds to potential buyers with a decision to discontinue future exhibitions to be made at the next meeting.
Special to The Washington Port reports Jerome Hirsch sixteen son of Louis S Hirsch traveling salesman for Henry Sonnebarn & Co hanged himself at 212 McCulloh street Baltimore last night. Coroner Baldwin ruled it a deliberate act though family suspects accident. Jerome wed to clothes rope tied to door knob and clothing hooks with his feet two inches from floor. His brother Lawrence fourteen and a colored servant girl were present briefly.
At the Raleigh quarry near Raleigh North Carolina two men were killed when a 3000 pound boiler overturned during unloading. John Whitelaw died at the scene and Weir died minutes later. Weir was Irish born and survived by a large family. his wife had died earlier. The wagon axle broke causing the boiler to fall.
Cleveland March 10 The Lorain and West Virginia Railroad from Lorain to Wellington is a Wabash enterprise and will eventually be taken over by the Wheeling and Lake Erie The Lorain and Southern to be built between the same points by Joseph Ramsey has no connection whatever with the Wabash statement issued today by President Dellano of the Wabash He clarifies the split in ownership amid ongoing construction plans.
Special to The Washington over Rockville Md March 10 a mass meeting of Glen Deho citizens discussed bonding seven thousand dollars to buy and repair the waterworks and sewerage system started by the National Chautauqua at Glen Echo A committee was named to study the issue and a meeting set for next Friday evening to decide if the waterworks and sewers are town property and whether legal steps are needed to establish ownership
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