Thaw Sanity Inquiry Delayed as Court Adjourns to Wednesday
In New York on March 23 Justice Fitzgerald took no decisive action on appointing a sanity commission for Harry K. Thaw. The court adjourned until 10 0 0 a m Wednesday amid waiting Thaw family members and legal maneuvering. Gleason filed a brief opposing the commission but did not confirm details, while Thaw remains hopeful the affidavits and defense papers will sway the proceedings.
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
Death notices and funeral notices from early 1907
A dense list of obituaries and funeral notices from a Washington DC area paper includes Gormuly, Parker, Woodall, and Rehnerti memorials. It details funeral dates, times, and locations such as St Johns Church Beltaville, various undertakers like George P. Zurhorst and Hindle Bayliss, and addresses including 331 Street Southwest and 301 East Capitol. The page shows an array of funeral directors offering services and contact numbers, reflecting the era's customary notice format.
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
George P. Zurhorst
Undertaker and Exbalmer Funeral Partore
East Capitol
Hindle & Bayliss
Endertakers
Justice The Gerald Thaw Case Faces Lunacy Commission
Evidence gathered by Hamilton shows a mass of testimony on Thaw's sanity. Dr Allan McLane and other physicians provide opinions while some affidavits are missing. If justice refuses a commission, Jerome vows to pursue murder in the first degree. Mrs Thaw spoke with Thaw in the Tombs as Delmas’s negotiations continue.
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 Aims at Abduction Shielded by Abductor's Wife
Chicago reports a 15 year old girl Goldie Walters found with the wife of jailed John H. Clark after a ten day disappearance. Both women and the girl claim love for Clark and conspired to shield him. Clark faces abduction charges.
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Chicago
Goldie Meg Walters
John H. Clark
William McKenzie
Oakley Avenue
Clark
Thomas Lynch
McKenzie
Jennie A. Kieft
Lynch
Yaquis Fight Mexicans Near Guayamas
In the Barragonna hills north of Guayamas Yaqui Indians clashed with soldiers and rurales. Two Indians were killed and several Indians and six soldiers wounded. Col Villareal led the troops in pursuit as use of reinforcements by the Yaquis is feared and engagement expected.
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Guayamas
Mexico
Barragonna
Villareal
Dolan Ends Life With Wife Nearby at Crawford House
John J. Dolan a retired leather merchant formerly of Salem killed himself at the Crawford House by cutting his throat after insomnia troubled him. His wife Mrs Dolan and a doctor stood outside his room during a brief consultation.
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Boston
Mar
John J. Dolan
Salem
Crawford House
Dolan
Licensed to Marry In A Fragmented Vicinity List
A crowded docket of marriage licenses shows multiple couples from varied locales including Richmond Virginia Baltimore Maryland New Jersey Fairfax and Jacksonville with ages ranging from teens to late twenties. The list names partners such as Sydnor L Major Shellie A Dearen John A Howell Ruth Perame George Brodthage Cul sin Pro ll and Luella A McGurk among others with involved reverends and officiants.
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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
Deaths in Health Office Record March 22
Health Office records list numerous deaths up to March 24 including Cora G.C. Wilkon 45, Sarah E. Miller 83, Etta Wo Martin 2, James P. Nellthresh 63, Elizabeth G. Lisley 78, James R. O’Bryan 11, Samuel Oden 37, Louis Grimm insane 9, Peter Mallon insane 79, Ella E.B. Lowe 35, Charlotte Hanven 1, Whitam H. Lucas 45, Anna Cray 2, Hannah Clemons 62, Imac Tall 8, Joseph Dunlop 8, Justin B. Burley 63, Adela Charlyon 1, William Shorter 2, Inte Merideth 8, Dorothy Harrin 6 months, Sarah F. Sparks 74, Edmond Mason 73, Albert R.R. Wruler 20, Mabel J. Peck 1, Mery Lockwood 80, Annie Brooks 69, Rosa Crawdty 40, Rachel Dorsey 2, Intwat CA. & M.A Lee has te Gays, Intaat of David and Guale Smith 5 months.
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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
Moonshiner Attack Kills Woman as Mob Fires Riddled Home
In Stuart Virginia on Sunday night a mob shot Annie Hall dead and wounded her sister Jane Hall as they allegedly spied for revenue officers on illicit distilleries. The attack, aimed at all three occupants, left the house riddled with bullets. their nephew escaped. Coroner held inquest, no arrests yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te Ilicht
Holling
Garretts Gar Derailed Near Suffolk Embankment Saves Car
President W A Garrett of the Seaboard Air Line and his party escaped injury when the private car derailed west of Suffolk. The engine dropped a mechanism causing the crash as the special, traveling about twenty five mph, struck an embankment and was kept upright by the slope. Mrs Garrett and two daughters were aboard along with C B Miller J A Wills and two others. Track torn up for about a hundred yards. Garrett had been on a twelve day tour of the system and was returning from Camden S C where his party had spent eight weeks.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
W. A. Garrett
Seaboard Air Line
Fnally
Garrett
Camden, S. C
Three Ocean Officers Battle Giant Turtle Rescue
Special to The Washington Post reports three United Fruit Co officers from the steamship Bradford, at Montego Bay Jamaica, nearly drowned when a giant turtle dragged them into the mud. Officer Moller, First Officer Meinheit, and Chief Engineer Tanner cut free the rope and saved six big turtles, totaling about 1,600 pounds, with turtles valued at 20 cents a pound.
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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 Alarm Abroad in Roumania
Insurgent peasants burn property and clash with troops across Moldavia and Wallachia as consuls seek protection for foreigners. New Conservative cabinet takes office under Prince Sturdza. government pledges strong action and agrarian reforms amid widespread disorder.
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Jassy
George Cantacuzene
MM Sturdza
London
Moldavia
Wallachia
Adjancet
Hassia
Prince Cantacuzen
Bucharest
Roumania
Russia
Bebsarabia
Smith Wins A Wife For Wolf-Dog Team In Alaska Tale
A. Smith, the Alaska mail carrier famed for his 8000 mile trek in a conveyance drawn by seven wolf dogs, has married Miss Dore A. Harbaugh. The couple left Rockville for Hagerstown with their dogs and plan a two month stay at the Jamestown Exposition before visiting northern cities and returning to Alaska.
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Becta
Washington Post
Rockville
A. Smith
Alaska
Washington
Dore A. Harbaugh
Smith
Corcoran
Virginia
Hagerstown
Death of veteran editor spans decades in papers
Samuel M. Shaw longtime editor of the Freeman's Journal in Cooperstown dies at eighty four after a long career shaping Democratic politics. Across the nation Edwin Bradbury Haskell Boston Herald proprietor editor dies in Auburndale. Beaubien first Chicago white child and Prince von Arenberg Reichstag member die in Mary.
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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
Italian Labor Imported Blamed On Umbrella Clue
A Washington dispatch reports that hundreds of Italian immigrants arriving in New York carry identical umbrellas, suggesting a single contract labor firm sponsored their voyage. Officials noted umbrellas matched a specific Italian maker, raising questions about recruitment methods and immigration controls.
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
Theodor Schmidt, a partially paralyzed painter, used illuminating gas to die with his six year old daughter aiding. Mrs Schmidt left him alone with the child who connected a rubber hose to a gas jet and instructed him to turn on the gas and leave. The husband died when the mother returned and learned of the tragedy.
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New York
Miller
Theodore Schmidt
138Th Street
Burglars Visit Judge Rosalsky Home In New York
Judge Rosalsky of the General Sessions Court reported a break in at his Rivington Street home last night with valuables valued at about $1,000 stolen. A diamond and pearl scarab valued at $700, two diamond buttons, two diamond fobs and a costly gold watch were taken. Entry appears to have been made via a rear second floor window using a ladder, with clothing scattered in the library. Police scour pawnshops for the stolen items as threats against the judge from the Delridge Street gang are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington Post
Rosalsky
General Sessions Court
Rivington Etreat
Dudge Rosalaky
Speer Upholds Liability Act Against Two Competing Rulings
In Macon Georgia Judge Emory Speer affirms the employers liability act as constitutional in the case of Jucy Snead administratrix versus Central of Georgia Railroad Company. He asserts national legislation protects workers and commerce in handling of commodities and emphasizes railway safety amid deadly collisions.
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Speer
Macon
Mar
Emory Speer
Warrant Issued for Conrad Royer in Cattle Poisoning Case
Special Cable reports a Rockville bench warrant for Conrad Royer, indicted by the grand jury for poisoning Oliver G. Henley’s cattle in Laytonsville district. Royer not yet brought to Rockville. warrant likely to be served tomorrow. Also noted are charges against Cora H. Devis, Samuel Rogers, and Nathan Warren for larceny, plus pleas of guilty in the Circuit Court before Judge Henderson.
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 set for April 25 to appoint six cardinals with a second year-end consistory to add foreign cardinals. England may gain one prelate from Westminster Archbishop Bourne or Newport Bishop Hedley or Gasquet. Strong U S claims for two more may await decisions. A seventh cardinal is likely April 16, with no American or Englishman named.
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Rome
Mar
England
Sacred College
Vaughan
Bourne
Westminster
Hedley
Newport
Francis Aidan Gasquet
United States
Suspect Arrested in San Francisco Murder Case
In North Oakland the brutal murder of Mrs. Marthe Soderberg is reported. Her son Orland H. Soderberg a stevedore was arrested on suspicion after an intoxicated quarrel with his mother. The body was found partially clad in a closet wrapped in a blanket with throat cut and a severed leg. Police believe the killer planned to dismember and dump the body in the bay but delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Mar
North Oakland
Marthe Soderberg
Orland H. Soderberg
Fn-1
Woman Shot by Adorer on Interurban Car
Mrs Mollie Bull Gibson divorced wife of Elmer Gibson a real estate dealer was shot on an Interurban car by Peter Clark an insurer agent. Clark fired five times three bullets hit the head and one the arm. He surrendered to officers at Virden Tit. The shooting follows a church choir scandal at the First Christian Church of Girard in which Gibson and Mrs Clark were implicated two years earlier.
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Clark
Mra. Gibron
Virden
Tit
Gibson
Thieves Nest Captured in Boston Raid on Albion Street
Six men were arrested today at a house on Albion street in Boston after police raided the premises believed to be linked to gambling. They were taken to police headquarters where they were identified. A messenger's confiscated note read a coded warning as officers searched the room uncovering five revolvers dynamite cartridges hacksaws flash lights time tables guide books and begging cards.
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Boston
Mar
Albion Street
Famous surgeon dead Prof von Bergmann dies in Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden Germany March famous surgeon Prof von Bergmann died this morning after an yesterday operation for an intestinal disorder without anesthetic. He bore the prolonged abdominal cutting with fortitude though he did not direct the surgery as in a prior operation months ago. He was born December 16 1886 in Rouen Livonia and studied at Dorpat Vienna and Berlin. He served in multiple wars and was chief surgeon at Wurtzberg before joining the University of Berlin chair of surgery. He was a hereditary member of the Prussian House of Lords and authored many works. He tutored Emperor William in the laryngoscope and attended the Sultan of Turkey and the Shah of Persia in earlier years.
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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 Kidney Remedy Promises Health Benefits
An advertisement urges readers who feel ill to begin taking Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root, claiming improved kidney function will aid all other organs and that a trial will convince anyone.
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The
Washington Daily Post
A. J. Walker
Boulevard Place
Atlanta
Kilmer
Salles Lea
Ambassador Tower Heads Homeward from Berlin to Bremen
Ambassador Tower leaves Berlin for Bremen and will sail to the United States aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II. He travels with Germany’s Carnegie Institute delegation for the Pittsburgh opening. Notables include Lieut. Gen. von Lewenfeld, Theodor von Moeller, Dr Reinhold Koser, Prof Fritz Schaper, Ernest E. von Inne, and Lieut. Col Gustaf Dickhut, the Emperor’s military instructor.
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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 A Kansas City Contractor Identified
Chicago March 25 After an eight year search William L Church a contractor from Kansas City Missouri was located today in the Dunning hospital for the insane He had disappeared from home and photographs were distributed to police in several cities including Chicago He was recognized by his photograph and sent to the institution He has a wife and three children in Bangas City
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Chicago
William L. Church
Kansas City
Dunning
Church
Bangas City
Woman in Tombs Attempts Suicide by Hanging in Cell
Mary Ottilie Schneider, held at the Tombs since last November for a Bronx shooting attempt, was found hanging by a matron. Cut down in time, she was hospitalized and expected to recover. Two letters found in her cell include a note to her brother in Sharon, Pennsylvania. authorities consider her insane.
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New York
Mary
Ottilie Schneider
Ishe
Bronx
Ware
B. Schneider
Sharon
Grain dealer sentenced for removing grain from elevators
George Mc Reynolds, former Chicago Board of Trade member, was sentenced to an indeterminate prison term of one to ten years for removing grain from elevators after warehouse receipts had been issued. The act allegedly caused banks in Chicago New York and Boston losses totaling about 100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Mar
George
Reynolds
New York
Boston
Poison Nurse Trial Opens in Carmel Court
In Carmel New York March 26 a murder trial began for Jennie Ruth Bureh the Indian nurse who gave baby Wilbur Winship a poisoned peach Justice Mills presiding with 250 talesmen in court. Jurors opposed capital punishment and the defense seeks hereditary insanity as a defense while the baby's parents request institutional care rather than execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Carmel
Pathan County
Jennie Ruth Bureh
Wilbur Winship
Mills
Supreme Court
Talesman
Jennie
White Plains
Liza Dakin
Mr. Dempsey
Herbert Winship
Fire damages $100,000 at Cincinnati tin plate plant
A large blaze at the F. H. Lawson tin plate factory in Cincinnati West End caused about $100,000 damage. Fire equipment from across the western city was strained as nearly every available fire car answered the alarm.
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Cincinnati
F. H. Lawson
West End
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F Street
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Axa
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Sergeon
TOR
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Riley
Frank Geier
Wis
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Calophone
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Connection USA
Nw Telephone
North
J. William Lee
Agd
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Eee
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Gude
Northwest
Wife Near
Health Office Record
To-Kalon Wine Co
14Th St. NW
Patrick County
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Iassy
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Vaslut
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Royer
Henley
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Ark
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Cluett Lami
Cluett, Peabody & CO
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Sar
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Tower Homeward Bound
Missouri
Hingis Insane Asylum
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Waltham Watch Company
Waltham, Mass
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