Thaw Trial Becomes Battle Over Evelyn Nesbit Testimony
In New York, March 13, the Harry K Thaw trial for Stanford White's murder adjourned after a morning of prosecutorial attack on Evelyn Nesbit. Jerome seeks to admit an affidavit Nesbit signed and challenge its truth, while Delmas objects. The case continues as prosecutors pressure for closure, with debates over Hummel's testimony and Nesbit's statements.
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Delmas
Evelyn
White
Husband
New York
Jerome
Harry K Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Abraham Hummel
Dodge-Morse
Delphin M. Delmas
Europe
Stanford Whnte
Mr. Jerome
Hummel
Misa Nesbit
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Sam
Abe Hummel
Thew
Harry
Harry Thaw
Imade
Notice of marriage and death notices insertion
Notices announce that marriage and death notices in the Washington Post will appear together the next morning in multiple newspapers at no extra charge. Local funeral directors are listed with addresses and phone numbers, offering services day and night with various chapels and crematoriums connected.
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Washington
Psat
Cincinnati Enquirer
NEW York Times
Pnetan Etaae
Frank Geier’s Sons
John R. Wright CO
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Hatac
Modern Chapel
George P. Zarhorst
East Capitol
Hindle & Bayliss
Sth
R. Nalley & Son
Uth
Ato
R. F
Adolph J. Schippert
Calix
Caapal
Thos. S$. Sergeon
TOR
Fetosbone
T. A. Costello & Bro
Riley
Wadsworth defies critic amid Thaw case London row
Embassy secretary Denis accuses Throne editor of aiming to force Wadsworth from his post. Craig Wadsworth retorts that the paper fabricates a scandalous case and vows resistance, recalling Evelyn Nesbit encounters and a 1903 London visit to Claridge's Hotel.
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Denis
Thaw
London
Wadsworth
America
Jin
Craig Wadsworth
Stanford White
Nesbit Affair in London Reveals Complex Family Rift
Evelyn Nesbit confides to a visitor that her mother clashes with her over Thaw and that his hypnotic influence troubles her. The pair discuss a possible theatre engagement in London and a motor trip on the Continent. Evelyn later seeks help from Mrs Nesbit and others to return to New York, claiming she has no shame in the episode.
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London
Evelyn
Thaw
Nesbits
Lord Nevill in Toils Pawnbroker Makes Charges
London reports Lord William Beauchart Nevill fourth son of the Marquis of Abergavenny remains in police custody on $25 000 bail charged with stealing jewelry by trick. He had earlier served five years for fraud tied to a promissory note and was released on ticket of leave in 1901 after time at Parolehurst prison.
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Spender-Clay
William Waldorf Astor
Washington Post
London
William Beaucharmap Nevill
Marquis of Abergavenny
Lord Nevill
Old Bailey
Pauline
William Waldorf Aster
Nevill
Parlehurst
Wheeling
Salt
Sam” Lewis
H. H.J. Spender-Clay
Capt Spender Clay
Spender- Clay
Eton
Ireland
Duke of Marlborough
Royal West Kent Regiment
Louisa Maria Carmen de Murrieta
Jose de Murrieta, Marquis de Santurce
Boy Sets Fire To Brother in Fatal Kitchen Incident
Two year old Patrick Gallagher died at Flower Hospital after his older brother Hugh set his clothing ablaze with a flame from a stove. The family resided on fifth floor of M87 First Avenue. The mother briefly left the kitchen, returning to find Patrick unconscious, Burns on Hugh’s hands noted. Mrs Kelly, the janitress, aided, rushed Patrick to hospital where he died. The father is a driver. Funeral notices follow for Mrs Manning and others.
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Hoya
Sith
Louisiane Avenue
Thomas M. Boucher
Margaret Mi Boucher
Nea Hoy
Hoy's
St. Patrick's Church
Brinkman
H. Brinkman
Columbia Hospital
Doubleday
Richmond
Mary Hemitt
Igte
Abner Doubleday
U.S. A
St John's Church
Farrar
James Williams Farrar
Rock Creek Cemetery
Chicago
Philadelhpia
Gillen Watee
A. Gillenwater
Keys
Hannah Eva
Marion H. Keys
Marshall
Datrael Northwest
Augusta Marshall
Robert E. Mattingly
Ida Covington
Ae G Clary
Xwing
Glenwood Cemetery
McGraw
Willie J McGraw
Michael
Annie McGraw
Si A Atreet
Harriet Pritchard Price
First Methodist Protestant Church
Fourth Street
Stetson
Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
Sybil
George R. Stetson
St. John's Church
Washington
Washington Post
New York
Patrick Gallagher
Patrick
Mary Gallagher
M87
First Avenue
Flower Hospital
Hugh
Government Printer John M. Fr. Hough Dies
John M. Fr. Hough longtime Government Printing Office employee died at his daughter’s home 46 Jefferson. He was seventy nine and born in the District. Hough spent his life in the area, working for local newspapers before joining the Government Printing Office.
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John M. Fr. Hough
Government Printing Office
Charles Hopper
Jefferson
Mr. Hough
Government
Ofice
Jena Ship Explosion Toll Near One Hundred Twenty
Toulon March 13 The French battleship Jena's blast killed or missing many crew. Officials fear about 120 dead as rescue operations proceed. Fire and structural rupture left a gaping breach amidships while wounded crew struggle for care and grim recovery continues.
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Toulon
Jena Kre
Jena
Naval Hospital
Pugh's Memory Honored in Barbour County Funeral
People from Barbour County and beyond gathered in Eufaula to honor the late former Senator James L. Pugh. Funeral services were held at St. James Episcopal Church, conducted by Rev Bertram Brown and Dr. Beard, with burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Eufaula
Alo
Barbour County
Alabama
James L. Pugh
St. Janes' Episcopal Church
Bertram Brown
Bu-foule
Beard
Birmingham
Fairview Cemetery
All night court approved by city magistrates
Special to The Washington Poor reports that New York magistrates approved a plan for an all night police court and urged charter changes to add two magistrates. Magistrate Wahle opposed extra salaries, suggesting existing fourteen magistrates handle the nights. Breen defended effort amid tales of late hours. A letter from Commissioner Bingham supported the night court.
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Washington
New York
Board of
City Magistrates
Steinert
Wahile
Snd
Wahle
Breen
S .A
Bingham
Young Norton Testifies in Yale Cloak Model Divorce Case
Edwin Kenneth Norton, 21, told Superior Court in New Haven that he married cloak model Mrs. Josephine Birney Norton at her request after meeting in 1905. He admitted writing affectionate letters he calls slush and said he used his own funds to pursue the divorce suit while estranged from Yale and living in Syracuse.
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Spadel
Washington Post
New Haven
Conn
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Josephine Birney Norton
Yale Scientific School
Superior Court
Shumway
Young Norton
Syacuse
New York
Justices of the Fence
Bridgeport
Con
Yale
Norton
Boston
Europe
Bit
Alice
Ead
Marto
Van Dyke Not to Resign From Princeton Faculty
Special to The Washington Post reports that Dr. Henry Van Dyke, Princeton English literature professor, has withdrawn his resignation after a personal letter to trustees. He indicated Princeton wants and needs him, and trustees may thank him for reconsidering.
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Washington Pass
Princeton
N. J
Henry van Dyke
University
van Dyke
Bayard Lane
Dr. van Dyke
Floods Hit Major Rivers as Ohio Valley Deluged
Reports from Cincinnati to Zanesville describe swollen rivers and flooded streets. Monongahela and Ohio waters rose to twenty six feet in Cincinnati with fatalities among crew of a wrecked towboat. Cloudbursts near Terre Haute and Greene County caused thousands in property losses while rail tracks were washed out and towns submerged.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Monongahela
Allegheny
Monongahela Valley
Mont
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Bagementa
Harmarsville
Glen Osborne
Monongahela Ever Consolidated Coal and Coke Company
Ohio Valley
Ohio River
Mill Creek
Zanesville
Terre Haute
Ind
Greene County
Fritzi Scheff Stricken By Peritonitis In New York
New York March 13 FrithScheff the noted singer abandoned her tour with Mile Modiste in Cleveland and came to New York for treatment. She lies seriously ill with peritonitis at the Hotel St Regis. Manager Charles B Dillingham says she rests easily. Initial fears pointed to ptomaine poisoning then appendicitis. At St Regis doctors report her condition alarming Tuesday night but improved today. Dr J A G Gerster of Mount Sinai says her condition is extremely serious.
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New York
Speaka
Washington Post
Frith Scheff
Mile
Modisté
Cleveland
Hotel St Regis
Charles B. Dillingham
Ness
St. Regis
Miss Scheff
J A. G. Gerster
Mount Sinai Hospital
Job for football hero Edwards named deputy street cleaner
New York reports deputy street cleaning commissioner chosen by Craven. Billy Edwards known as Princeton, former Brooklyn varsity captain and Princeton star in 1899 and 1900, earns $5,000 yearly. A friend of Mayor McClellan, he’s lived at 153 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, and has worked in insurance since leaving college.
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New York
Willam H Edwards
Brooklyn
Princeton
Billy” Edwards
Craven
Edwards
McClellan
Leavening College
South
Oxford Street
McClelan
Mr. Edwards
Honduran Navy Ships Move Toward Trujillo
The gunboat Tatumbla and the Mexican steamer Olympia, both well armed and including American gunners under General Quires, set sail from Puerto Cortez toward Trujillo. Reports of Americans being pressed into Honduran service are denied. A decisive Nicaragua Honduras battle may occur soon per a State Department dispatch via Philip Brown in Tegucigalpa.
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Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Tatumbla
Olympia
Quires
Trujillo
Nicaragua
State Department
Philip Brown
Guatemala
Tegucigalpa
Honduran
Property sale Near Golden & Co Buildings
George F. Sacks sold 920 Louisiana Avenue to Mrs F Greenapple for 35000 dollars. The two story building fronts 21 feet and runs 100 feet deep in the heart of the commission house district adjoining Golden & Co. Mrs Greenapple already runs a wholesale beef and poultry business on the property.
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George F. Sacks
F. Greenapple
Louisiana Avenue
Commission House
Golden & Co
Greenapple
Hazardous device explodes during student room search
A hazardous device exploded during a police search of a student’s room. Six people were hurt including an officer and three police officers, plus two others. The incident occurred as authorities conducted the searches in Kharkov area on March 12.
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Washington’ Post
Kharkof
Rushid
Mar
Hix
Licensed to marry in Alexandria area names couples
An incomplete notice lists multiple couples licensed to marry including Ansrew W Bean and Mrylle Phillips, Leonard EL Jett and Minnie T Gaiser, Hunter Artlast and Hosa Green, Lawrence Smith and Rena Chapman, and Robert B Bwabrtod with Sarah B Johnson among others, with clerical references and locations in Virginia.
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Ansrew W Bean
Mrylle. Phillips
Rev. H
France
Leonard EL. Jett
Minnie T. Gaiser
Rev. C
Abbott
Hunter Artlast
Hosa Green
A Wilbanks
Lawrence Smith
Rena Chapman
W Graham Robert B Bwabrtod
Sarah B. Johnson
Reswat
Bemis Alexander
Ellis Ane Ie
Alexandria
W. J. Howard
Owners Reclaim Jewels From Stolen Safe Deposit Box
Jersey City couple Mr. and Mrs Bumstead identified about 700 in jewels stolen in fall 195 by two impostors named Wilson and Brown. The box also held 4000 in jewels found by Inspector Boardman in New York City after information from a prisoner whose real name is Fairbanks. The jewels were surrendered to the Bumsteds, with ongoing efforts by Washington and Newark police to recover remaining items.
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Bumsted
Jersey City
N. J
Washington
Polloe
Haefeen
Trenton
Wilson and Brown
Boardman
New York City
Fairbanks
Kemp
Washington and
Newark
Sheridan Statue Rejected By Sheridan Circle Committee
The Sheridan statue committee formally rejected the equestrian statue of Gen. Philip T. Sheridan by New York sculptor J. A. Ward. Ward’s second model failed to satisfy Mrs. Sheridan or the committee. A meeting will decide whether to invite new designs or assign the work to another capable sculptor.
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Sheridan
Philip T. Sheridan
Ja ‘A. Ward
New York
Ward
Taft
Wetmore
McCleary
H. C. Corpin
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Sheridan Circle
Massachusetts Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Congress
Health Office Deaths Report March 12 1907
Health office records list deaths reported to noon March 12 1907. Names include Samuel W Jones 95 Stuart Murray 76 Mary E Duncan 50 Mason Johnson 70 Margaret Haskstatt 59 John C Gerdep 68 Mary Shugrue 54 Mary A Drown 50 Susin Hurley 48 Alovaine J Rube 44 Phowss McPherson 42 Tabbs 18 Hiram Masty 32 Collett 57 Sore aeotics Providence Hospital 24 Samneh E Hod ge 1 James Bo Matthews yearn Sobat Me marth year
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Samuel W Jones
Stuart Murray
Mary E. Duncan
Sthot
Collett
Providence Hoapitel
Samneh E.hodge
Hillsdale
James Bo Matthews
Marth
Men Fall Into River as Long Bridge Collapses
Seven workers were endangered when heavy oak beams collapsed during demolition on the Long Bridge over the Potomac. Rescue teams pulled injured laborers from icy waters and rushed them to Emergency Hospital. Several men suffered fractures and bruises but no fatalities were reported. The Long Bridge, opened in 1800, is Washington’s oldest crossing and a sight of Civil War and Mexican War-era history.
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Washington
Porson
Long Bridge
Potomac River
Falen
Thomas Hurd
New Jersey Avenue
B McDangid
Eleventh Street
David West
Virgtolz Avenue
Bull Run
Unio
Army of the Potomac
Virginia
White House
Lincoln
G A R Ladies Hold Recertion In Honor Of National President
G A R Ladies of the Grand Army recertified and honored National President Mrs Dalton of Kansas with a reception at Grand Army Hall. Attending were Department Commander Ferree and staff, Mrs Balk bel Independence Women’s Relief Corps head, and representatives from several patriotic groups. Officials introduced guests, presented flowers, and the group served refreshments with Mary V Moore presiding at the punch bowl.
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Grant Circle
McKinley Circle
Lincoln Circle
Grand Army of the Republic
Dalton
Kansas
Grand Army Hall
Ferree
Balk
Women’s Belief Corps
D. F Wnght
Hendricks
Mary V Moore
Mrs Cowles Lands Sister of President Arrives in New York
Mrs. Cowles wife of Rear Admiral Cowles United States Navy and sister of President Roosevelt reached New York today aboard the steamer Havana from Havana Cuba. May provide context of travel from Havana to New York after voyage ending.
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President
New York
Havana
Cowles
U. 5
S. N
President Roosevelt
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