Thaw Sanity Inquiry Delayed as Court Adjourns to Wednesday
New York March 23 A court session on whether Harry K Thaw is sane was adjourned until Wednesday morning Justice Fitzgerald did not rule on appointing a commission to determine sanity The Thaw family and lawyers filled the courtroom but lengthy inaction followed and Gleason filed a brief later denied by others The defense contends a commission may be appointed and Thaw shows high spirits over affidavits including one drafted by his mother’s counsel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gleason
Thaw
New York
Justice Fitzgerald
Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
William Penney
Willam Thaw
Yarmouth
George Lauder Carnegie
Edward
Josiah Thaw
William ‘Thaw
John B Gtengan
Clerk Penney
Hartridge
Dan O'Reilly
Garvan
Mr Penney
Janary Commission
Dev
Dilmas
Jmome
Delmas
Mac Ghasan
Tunacy
Fitzgerald
Obituary notices and funeral directors listed in 1907 roster
A dense list of death notices and funeral directors is published, naming individuals such as Mrs Susie Pierce, Parker, Woodall, Rehnerti, and Adelaide Woodall, with service details from March 24 to March 26 and various undertakers and embalmers like George Zurhorst Hindle Bayliss and J.W. Wright Co, all in Washington area addresses and chapel mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gormuly
Saim
Susid Pisrce
Maly
Pri Vat Parker
Berwy
Nat Colegate Parker
St John's Church
Beltaville
Tiny
Wooodall
Malls Church
Adelaide H Woodall
Thos. R. Nalley & Son
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Passral
Fourteenth ST
Ommogions Chapel
John M. Mitchell
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Adolph J. Schippert
Axa
Thos
Sergeon
TOR
Cath
T. A. Costello & Bro
Counsetion
Riley
Frank Geier
Wis
ST Modern
Calephone
Cali
John R. Wright Co
Eosbalmers
Connection USA
Nw Telephone
North
J. William Lee
Agd Embalmer
Commodious Chapel
Pennsylvania
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Thaw sanity commission debated amid testimony and affidavits
Evidence gathered by Hamilton indicates Thaw may be insane, with Dr Allan McLane as a key witness and readings from Tombs examinations cited. Physicians not forging affidavits on current sanity draw comment as defense weighs a lunacy commission while Jerome hints at murder conviction if no commission. Thaw’s wife and Delmas report calm talks amid depot Tombs visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thegerald
Hamilton
Allan McLane
Thaw
Black, Olcott, Gruber & Boynge
Hamillton
Than Hse
Charles W. Pilgrim
State
Minas S. Gregory
Bellevue
W. A. White
Government
Washington
Jerome
Jerom Frowla
Delmas
Girl Plans Own Abduction Shield Abductor With Wife
Chicago report details a 15 year old girl Goldie Meg Walters found hidden at 87 Oakley Avenue by Mrs William McKenzie. Mrs Clark and Thomas Lynch were arrested on abduction charges as the girl and Mrs Clark insist on protecting John H Clark, the man in jail, while Walters admits she aided the scheme and did not intend to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Goldie Meg Walters
John H. Clark
William McKenzie
Oakley Avenue
Clark
Thomas Lynch
McKenzie
Jennie A. Kieft
Lynch
Yaquis Battle Mexican troops in Barragona hills
In Guayamas Mexico two Yaqui Indians were killed and several Indians and six soldiers wounded in yesterday’s clash with soldiers and rurales. Col Villareal commands the force pursuing the Yaquis who are believed to seek reinforcements and another engagement is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guayamas
Mexico
Barragonna
Villareal
Dolan Ends Life at Crawford House Near Boston
John J. Dolan a retired leather merchant formerly of Salem died by his own hand at the Crawford House near Boston by cutting his throat after a visit by his wife Mrs Dolan and a doctor who were outside his door during a brief consultation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mar
John J. Dolan
Salem
Crawford House
Dolan
Licensed to Marry Many Couples in Richmond and Baltimore
A batch of marriage licenses lists numerous couples from Richmond Virginia Baltimore Maryland and other locations including New Jersey Fairfax Court House Cape Stax Jacksonville and Fairfax. Names include Sydnor L Major Shellie A Dearen and many others with ages ranging from teens to thirties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydnor L. Major
Shellie A Dearen
Richmond
JE Irvine Spencer KR Shipiey
Mary Johnson
Baltimure
G Powers E'mo
Spriigmas
Anna GV Reaway
HS Froice
John A Howell
New Glatz
Ruth Perame
Jomneiiam H’ Beckatela
Fannie L. Rees
Oh Greene
Koohier
Loutee
Draeger
George Brodthage Culsin R Proll
Luella A. McGurk
Cape Stax
Wai Ferguson
Underwood
I. M Siston
Fairfax Court House
Robert Parker
Keta Sue
Howard
Health Office Record Deaths Reported Through March
Health office records list numerous deaths with ages and addresses from Washington area. Entries include Cora Wilkon 45, Sarah Miller 8, Etta Martin 2, James Nelltresh 58, Elizabeth Lissley 78, James O’Bryan 51, Samuel Oden 37, Louis Grimm at Govt Hosp insane 9, Peter Mallon insane 79, Ella Lowe 65, Charlotte Hanven 1 day, William Lucas 45, Anna Cray 2, Hannah Clemons 62, Imac Tall 8, Joseph Dunlop 8, John Burley 63, Adela Charlyon 1, William Shorter 2, Int Merideth 8 months, Dorothy Harrin 6 months, Sarah Sparks 74, Edmond Masson 73, Albert Wruler 20, Mabel Peck 1, Mery Lockwood 80, Annie Brooks 2, Rosa Crawdty 40, Rachel Dorsey 2, Intwat CA M.A Lee te, Intaat of David and Grace Smith % months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora GC Wilkon
Sarah E Miller
Etta Wo Martin
Jackson St
Anacoutla
James P. Nelltresh
N. Can
Elizabeth G Llsley
Girard
James R. O'Bryan
Ate
Samuel Oden
Louis Grimm
Peter Mallon
Ella EB Lowe
S St Nw
Charlotte Hanven
Sibley Hospital
Vermont Court Nw
Imac Tall
Cleveland Ave
Joseph Dunlop
Burrville
Jntin B. Burley
Adela Charlyon
3D St
William Shorter
Merideth
St A
Dorothy Harrin
Chestercourt Aw
Sarah F. Sparks
Edmond" S Masson
12Th Sf
Albert R.R. Wruler
Mabel J Peck
Rachel Dorsey
Rosedale At
M.A Lee
Ridge At
Te Gays
David and _guale Smith
Woman shot dead as moonshiners attack Virginia cottage
Stuart Va March 25 a mob of about a dozen shot Annie Hall white and left her sister Jane severely wounded at a Charity Patrick County cottage nearness of moonshine distilleries. The sisters had been spy informants for revenue officers. Coroner held inquest. no arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te Ilicht
Holling
Garretts Gar Derailed Near Suffolk Embankment Save Car
President W A Garrett of the Seaboard Air Line and his party escaped injury when his private car derailed west of Suffolk in a cut and struck an embankment, keeping it from overturning. The special train at about 25 mph lost track for a hundred yards after a mechanism failure. family and staff aboard included Mrs Garrett and two daughters plus stenographer C B Miller and J A Wills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Suffolk
W. A. Garrett
Seaboard Air Line
Fnally
Garrett
Camden, S. C
Officers Rescue Amid Giant Turtle Hunt on Jamaica Coast
Three United Fruit officers aboard the Bradford in Montego Bay faced a perilous turtle hunt when a big carcass separated from its rope and dragged them into mud. Officer Moller and colleagues struggled, Meinheit used a knife then swam ahead to free the rope, and all six giant turtles were finally hauled aboard for a 1,600 pound prize worth about 20 cents a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
United Fruit
Bradford
Port Antonio
Gad
Montego Bay
Jamaica
Meinnett
Moller
Tanner
Melchett
Mr. Moller
Mr. Meiheit
Meinheit
Peasants Fire Fiends and War-Torn Romania Unrest
Insurgents clash with troops across Roumania as peasants burn villages and threaten towns. King Carol’s health falters, consuls seek protection for foreigners, and a new Conservative cabinet under Prince Cantacuzene takes office outlining agrarian reforms. Large-scale troop mobilization and sectored violence persist in Moldavia and Wallachia amid national upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jassy
Bucharest
Roumania
Mar
Carol
Iassy
Mano
Gelats
Vaslui
Bacess
Vaslut
Teleorman
Alexandria
Wallachia
Zinmicea
Uttla
Rosiori de Vade
Alexandra
Rosiori de Vede
Davia
George Cantacuzene
MM Sturdza
London
Moldavia
Adjancet
Hassia
Prince Cantacuzen
Russia
Bebsarabia
Ale Smith Takes A Wife With Wolf-Dog Team
Rockville Maryland March 26 A Smith the Alaskan mail carrier who crossed 8000 miles from Alaska to Washington in a conveyance drawn by seven wolf dogs has married Miss Dore A Harbaugh a former Washington resident. They left for Hagerstown with the dogs and plan to spend two months at Jamestown Exposition before visiting northern cities and returning to Alaska in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Rockville
A. Smith
Alaska
Washington
Dore A. Harbaugh
Smith
Corcoran
Virginia
Hagerstown
Death of veteran editor spans decades in newspapers
Obituary notes Samuel M. Shaw longtime editor of Freeman's Journal Cooperstown dies at eighty four after a long career in Democratic state politics. Also reports Edwin Bradbury Haskell Boston Herald proprietor dies in Auburndale aged, family survivors listed. Beaubien first white Chicago child born 1822 dies after long illness. Prince von Arenberg Centrist Reichstag reader dies aged thirty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperstown
Samuel M. Shaw
The
Freeman's Journal
Shaw
Albany
Boston
Edwin Bradbury Haskell
Boston Herald
Auburndale
Col W. B. Haskell
Henry P. Haskell
Margaret Haskell
Clarence G. Haskell
Chicago
Alexander Beaubien
Beaubien
Fort Dearborn
Krefeld
Germany
Umbrella Clue Hints At Italian Contract Labor Imports
A Washington crowd reports a flood of Italian contract laborers arriving with identical umbrellas. Officials note Naples arrivals all carried similar glazed cover umbrellas, leading to an inquiry about labor recruitment by a single firm. Immigrants cite common sense purchases in Naples or Genoa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Bile Island
Naples
Italy
Hach
America
Genoa
Six year old girl aids father's suicide in New York
The paralyzed painter Theodore Schmidt killed himself with illuminating gas in his home on 138th street with the help of his six year old daughter Miller. Mrs Schmidt left the child in charge and the girl followed directions to attach a rubber hose to a gas jet and place it around her father's neck. The child informed her mother of her part in the tragedy after Schmidt died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Miller
Theodore Schmidt
138Th Street
Burglars Visit Judge as Home Is Ransacked in New York
Judge Rosalsky of the General Sessions Court awakens to a disturbed second floor where a diamond and pearl pin valued at 700, a pair of diamond cuff links, two diamond fob pieces, a gold watch, and other valuables vanished. A ladder and broken window show forced entry. Detectives search pawnshops. investigators suspect revenge by the Eldridge Street gang following recent convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington Post
Rosalsky
General Sessions Court
Rivington Etreat
Dudge Rosalaky
Speer Upholds Employers Liability Act in Loyalty to Nation
Judge Emory Speer of Macon Georgia rules the federal employers liability act constitutional in the case of Jucy Snead administratrix versus Central of Georgia Railroad. He cites national commerce and due process arguments while contrasting decisions by judges Evans in Louisville and McCall in Memphis. The ruling frames the act as essential to safe handling of commerce and railway operations amid deadly collisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speer
Macon
Mar
Emory Speer
Rockville warrant issued for Conrad Royer in cattle poisoning case
Special Cable reports a bench warrant for Conrad Royer, indicted for poisoning Oliver G. Henley’s cattle in Laytonsville district. He is not yet in custody but expected to be served tomorrow. Additional indictments include Cora H. Devis for larceny at Garrett Park, Samuel Rogers for clothing theft from Thomas Clagett, and Nathan Warren for stealing clothing from Mrs Amanda Bennett. In the county’s upper section, all defendants pleaded guilty before Judge Henderson in Rockville Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Tost
George H. Carpenter
Garrett Park
Samuel Rogers
Thomas R. Clagett
Nathan Warren
Amanda V. Bennett
Henderson
Cardinals to be created in April consistory
Rome reports a consistory planned for April 25 to create six cardinals with a year-end consistory for foreign cardinals. England seeks one seat with Archbishop Bourne or Bishop Hedley or Abbot Gasquet as candidates. US hopes for two more cards, one in each coast, with a seventh possible on April 16. The seventh’s name is undisclosed and unlikely to be American or English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mar
England
Sacred College
Vaughan
Bourne
Westminster
Hedley
Newport
Francis Aidan Gasquet
United States
Suspect Arrested in Brutal Oakland Murder Case
Mrs. Marthe Soderberg, sixty four, was found dead in a closet at her North Oakland home. Her son Orland H. Soderberg, a stevedore, was arrested on suspicion after returning home intoxicated and quarreling with her. The body showed throat slashes, gashes, and a partially clad state. Police suspect a planned disposal toward the bay but did not complete the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Mar
North Oakland
Marthe Soderberg
Orland H. Soderberg
Fn-1
Woman Shot by Admisrer on Interurban Car
Mrs Mollie Bull Gibson divorced wife of Elmer Gibson a local real estate dealer was shot and likely fatally injured on an Interurban car by Peter Clark an insurance agent The shooting follows a choir scandal at the First Christian Church of Girard Clark fired five shots hitting Gibson in the head three bullets and an arm Clark surrendered to police at Virden Tit The affair led to divorces for Gibson and Mrs Clark two years ago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Mra. Gibron
Virden
Tit
Gibson
Thieves Nest Captured in Albion Street Raid
Six men were arrested in Boston on Albion street in a southern district house raided by police who suspected gambling. At headquarters they were identified. a seized room yielded five revolvers dynamite cartridges hack saws flash light time tables and guide books with begging cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mar
Albion Street
Famous Surgeon Dead Von Bergmann of Berlin
Prof Ernst von Bergmann, renowned surgeon who treated royal figures, died in Wiesbaden Germany at 68. Born December 16 1886 in Rouen Livonia he studied at Dorpat Vienna and Berlin and held leading posts in military and civilian surgery. He taught Emperor William and treated Turkish rulers and the Shah of Persia during a career spanning wars and imperial courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Bergmann
Berlin
Wiesbaden
Germany
Ernst von Bergmann
Rouen
Livonia
Dorpat
Vienna
Koenigipkaf
Bohemia
Manheim
Carlsruhe
Danube
Wurtzberg
von Langenbach
University of Berlin
House of Lords
William
Bergmann
Constantinople
Bihana Avisheh
Turkey
Shah
Persia
Swamp Root Remedy Ad Advises Kidney Health
An advertisement urges readers who feel ill to try Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a kidney remedy. It claims improved kidney function will in turn benefit all other organs and asserts a trial will convince anyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Washington Daily Post
A. J. Walker
Boulevard Place
Atlanta
Kilmer
Salles Lea
Tower Homeward Bound Ambassadors Sail for Carnegie Opening
Ambassador Tower leaves Berlin for Bremen and will sail tomorrow to the United States aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II. Among the passengers are Germany's delegates for the Carnegie Institute opening in Pittsburgh including Lieut. Gen. von Lowenfeld, Theodor von Moeller, Dr. Reinhold Koser, Prof Fritz Schaper, Ernest E B von Inne, and Lieut. Col. Gustaf Dickhut. The last named is the Emperor's military instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Berlin
Bremen
United States
Kkaiser
Wilhelm II
Germany
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
von Lowenfeld
Theodor von Moeller
Reinhold Koser
Prussian
Fritz Schaper
Ernest EB. von Inne
Gustaf Dickhut
Found After Eight Years William L Church Located in Dunning
After an eight year search Chicago reports contractor William L Church of Kansas City Mo was found in Dunning IL hospital for the insane. Sent there almost a year ago after disappearing from home. Police had circulated his photo to several cities without results until identification in Chicago. Church has a wife and three children in Bangor City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William L. Church
Kansas City
Dunning
Church
Bangas City
Prisoner In Tombs Attempts Suicide By Hanging In Cell
New York story: Mary Ottilie Schneider, held since last November for a Bronx shooting attempt, was found hanging by a matron in her Tombs cell. She was cut down and admitted to a hospital, with officials stating recovery is likely. A letter to her brother B Schneider in Sharon Pennsylvania was found unread. Police consider her mental state unstable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mary
Ottilie Schneider
Ishe
Bronx
Ware
B. Schneider
Sharon
Grain dealer sentenced for grain removal from elevators
George Mc Reynolds, once a Chicago Board of Trade member, was sentenced to an indeterminate prison term for removing grain from his elevators against warehouse receipts. The judge imposed a term from one to ten years, with banks in Chicago New York and Boston said to have suffered up to 100000 in losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Mar
George
Reynolds
New York
Boston
Poison nurse on trial for infant poisoning in Carmel
The trial of Jennie Ruth Bureh, young Indian nurse, began in Carmel courthouse with Justice Mills presiding. The defense seeks hereditary insanity, jurors oppose the death penalty, and relatives attend as Mr. and Mrs. Winship urge institutional care over execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nurse
Washington Post
Carmel
Pathan County
Jennie Ruth Bureh
Wilbur Winship
Mills
Supreme Court
Talesman
Jennie
White Plains
Liza Dakin
Mr. Dempsey
Herbert Winship
Fire Causes $100,000 Damage at City Tin Plate Plant
A blaze at the F. H. Lawson tin plate factory in Cincinnati West End caused about 100000 in damage. The fire brought a large firefighting response, tying up nearly every engine in the western city for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
F. H. Lawson
West End
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sthaw
Rehnerti
Jon Rehner
George P. Zurhorst
Undertaker and Exbalmer Funeral Partore
East Capitol
Hindle & Bayliss
Endertakers
Geo. C. Shaffer
Florist
Eee
Ste. Nv
Gude
Northwest
Fhone M
Wife Near
Health Office Record
To-Kalon Wine Co
14Th St. NW
Patrick County
Apollinaris
Seaboard
Cut
Ele Smith
Royer
Henley
Cardinal
Illinois
ARK
Cluett
Cruett Lami
Cluett, Peabody & CO
Editorial Notich
Kilmeramton
Van
Tower Homeward Bound
Missouri
Hingis Insane Asylum
Lunagy
Waltham
Waltham Watch Company
Waltham, Mass
Eyhi
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!