Thaw Examined by Lunacy Commission in Hidden Session
Harry K Thaw faced a two hour question session before a three member lunacy commission in Justice Fitzgeralds court The examination focused on Thaws understanding of court proceedings and his ability to advise his counsel The panel limited itself to the language of the statute to test mental capacity while Thaws lawyers and District Attorney Jerome watched without cross examination The hearing was private with Thaw appearing in good spirits and his wife Evelyn Nesbit Thaw present in court
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Fitz- Etrald
Counse
Thaw
Hartridge
Harry Thaw
Jerome
Stanford White
White
I Iself
Justice Fitzgerald
Cork
David McClure
Peter B. Olney
Leonard Putzel
Justice Fitegérald
Francis Pearvan
Delmas
Hartridge, Peabody
Putzel
Atorney
Mr. Delmas
Carrol Beckwith
Aurora
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Josiah Thaw
Cifford W Hartridge
McClure
Leopold F Putzel
William Thaw
Hartridge and
Peabody
Oppositton
Funeral Directors in Washington Reach for Careful Final Rites
A listing of multiple Washington area funeral homes and embalmers with on premise chapels and modern facilities. Entries include John R Wright Co William Lee George P Zarhorst Hindle Bayliss Thos R Nalley Son Harvey s Sons John M Mitchell s Son W R Speare Adolph Schippert Thos S Sergeson Costello Bro WM Riley Frank Geier s Sons and others with contact numbers and locations around Fifteenth Street Northwest East Capitol Street and nearby avenues.
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John R. Wright
Adolph J. Schippert
Phono West
S. Sergeon
TOR
WU Whstor Teleshone
T. A. Costello & Bro
Bueet Nishone East
Wanderer Editha Jackson Linked to Detroit Jewelry Heist
Detroit report traces Editha Loleta Jackson alias Laura Horas and many other names as Mother Elinor Mason, a London parolee and former attorney’s associate, now missing from Windsor to Detroit. Swinden, linking the jewelry to him, seeks return of items he says belong to John Swinden. The piece notes her leadership of the House of Israel in Windsor and Detroit, recent disappearance, and mentions the American Medico-Psychological Association meeting in May.
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Byeoint
Detroit
Mich
Mar
Elinor
Mia
Elnor L. Mason
House of Israel
Windsor
Editha Loreta Jackson
Laura Horas
London
Anne O'Deanis de Bar
New York
Scotland Yard
Mother Hiner
F. E. Swinden
Editha Loleta, Jackson
Mra Elinor L. Mason
Editha
Loleta Jackson
Anne Odella Dia de Bar
Vera FP. Ava
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Frank Dutton Jackson
Theodore Horag
Swinden
Editha Loleta
Jackson
High Street
West
John Swinden
Prince Michael
Portland
John
England
Sect
American Medico-Psychological Association
Licensed to Marry List of Couples Across States
A partial license notice lists multiple marriage intentions and banns. Names include John T Risdon and Katherine Shipley of Riverdale. Rev W Ferguson. John W Glover and Addie Cook of Swope. Rev D C Macleod James C Jenkins and Mary L Dickerson. Sylvester Hawking and Geneva Newman of Tennallytown DC. Rev Henry Hoand and Mary J Brannero. James H Ford and Ameliz Yates. Rev a C Det.
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Katherine
Shipley
Veth
Riverdale
W. Ferguson
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Staanton
Addie Cook
Swope
D.C. Macleod James"c Jenkins
Mary L. Dickerson
Rol Wright
Sylvester Hawking
Geneva Newman
Tennallytown
Henry Hoand Furs Mo
Health Office Record of March 27 Reported Cases
A list of individuals with ages and addresses including Charles J Moyer 61 Willa Lally Amos Brown 36 Albert Payton Maud Moton Martha Delaney Martha Warrick Raymond Foyton Julian Anderson Rodrick Monroe. Entries show names with partial addresses and ages, from the Health Office record dated March 27, detailing various local residents and their ages.
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Charles J Moyer
Pa Ave
Willa
Stahl’s Agt Mystery Dying Words Unexplained
Washington Post report from West Baden Ind describes Marc Stahl Boston American League captain and manager dying by suicide in hotel room. Players recall his odd behavior days before, his final words I could not help it it drove me to it and a bottle marked poison. Stahl had resigned as manager, married Juna Harmon last year, and indicated relief at giving up management.
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Washington Post
West Baden
Ind
Charlea Stahl
Far Rly
Boston
Stahl
Jimmy Collins
Colling
Collins
Fort Wayne
Dofer
Taylor
Chick
Charles 8. Stahl
Poder
Indiana
Juna Rlarne Harmon
Roxbury
Beig
Man Commits Suicide in Lynn Democratic Club Scene
Stanley Kennison, a Lynn shoemaker, killed himself by drinking carbolic acid after leaving a Democratic club room. He had been talking with friends, then announced he had mimicked a man named Chick Brahl. He died shortly after reaching a hospital. cause of the act remains unknown.
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Lynn
Mass
Mar
Stanley Kennison
Kennison
Chick Brahl
Girl Sent to Asylum After Court Finds Unsafe for Liberty
Carmel New York March 2 Jennie Burch a fifteen year old girl was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the poisoning of baby Winship. Judge Mills ordered her committed to the Matteawan Insane Asylum as unsafe to release. The verdict followed a brief jury deliberation and the defendant wept in court. The Winship parents forgave her before departure.
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Matteawan
Jennie
Herbert Winship
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Jeanie
William D. Granger
James W. Dempsey
Grenger
New York
Whisky hatches chickens in odd poultry experiment
Dover Del March 28 Drunken turkey hens incubate eggs instead of hens, a Cheswold farmer Samuel Unto uses rye whisky to keep turkeys on nests. Of 50 eggs 43 hatch as the drunken mothers tend the broods, with two more hens now nesting. If successful, four dozen more chicks will roam Unto’s farm despite temperance and animal cruelty concerns.
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Boecet
Washington Post
Dover
Del
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Samuel Unto
Unto
Auto trips for invalid poor proposed by Stokes
W E D Stokes, owner of the Ansonia, spoke with Magistrate Crana on aiding New York’s invalid poor. The magistrate urged wealthy residents to loan cars to hospitals for outings. Stokes offered to push the idea through the Automobile Club of America and lend his own car to an invalid named by the judge. Also noted, J Carroll arrested in Pittsburg for passing a worthless check in Washington. Answers to an Educational Contest will be due by May 1 and back numbers are available.
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W. E. D. Stokes
Washington Post
New York
W. HD
Stokes
Millonaire
Ansonia
Crana
Automobile Club of America
Bold Woman Fights Thief Across New York Home
Mrs. Oostreicher wrestled a loaded screwdriver from a burglar who had beaten her husband senseless in their Eighth Avenue apartment. Patrolman James Flood arrested the man, who was identified as James C. Pierce, 24, of East 126th Street, after a raid that yielded diamonds, pearls, pawn tickets, and a discharge paper from the Seventh Regiment.
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Washington Pool
New York
Adolph Qestretcher
Plantang
Thelma
Oestreicher
Station House
James C. Pierce
East 126Th Street
Will Speak for Temperance Haster celebration announced
The Catholic Total Abstinence Society plans a temperance event Sunday in Good Bamaersten Hall 1628 L Street NW. For the first time James Duon and Father Matthew of the Twentieth Century will speak. Mr Dunn has spent over forty years in temperance work. The society also offers vocal and instrumental music recitations and songs. No admission fee. The invitation extends to temperance workers and citizens.
Taft Faces Ohio Political Strain Over National Guard
Senator Dick met with President at the White House to present Ohio National Guard officers who attended an Interstate Guard Association meeting in Columbus. The President and Dick downplayed Ohio political excitement while discussing the state’s guard turmoil. Adj. Gen. Ortchfield and Generals McMahen Speaks Miller, tied to the insurgent faction, plan actions upon their return to Ohio.
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White House
Ohio National Guard
Interstate Guard Association
Columbia
B Ci
Ohio
Adj
Ortchfield
William V. McMahen
John ©. Speaks
Col. E. Miller
National Guard
Ohio For Taft Says Lentz In Ohio Political Battle
John J. Lentz of Columbus declares Roosevelt backs Taft and Ohio voters see Taft as Roosevelt's choice. He cites Senator Foraker as a strong, energetic rival with wide party support who lacks a path against Roosevelt. Lentz notes Ohio's antimachine sentiment and predicts Foraker will stay in the race to the end.
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Washington Post
New York
Ohio
Roosevelt
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
John J. Lentz
Columbus
Insurance Union
Senator Foraker
Lentz
Prince George
Foraker
Taft Iam
United States
Brownsville
Taft Dominates Republican Field Across Nations Speech
Special to the Washington Post reports from Cincinnati Ohio that former Gov William A MacCorkle says Taft is today the Republican party figure. He notes Taft has become a national character in the past five years and is the most talked about man in his party. He also observes Roosevelt unlikely to run again, citing public reluctance to a third term.
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Washington Post
Cincinnaud
Ohio
Mar
Taft
William A. MacCorkle
West Virginia
Chicago
Hoosevelt
Roosevelt
Democratic Victory Voiced in Charleston and Kanawha counties
A speaker denounces the current administration as among the worst and most injurious, accusing it of centralizing government in Washington and erasing state rights. He predicts a whirlwind campaign and a Democratic national ticket win next year, citing Charleston Kanawha counties as delivering a historic Democratic victory. He notes the public rejection of the administration’s policies and the desire for broader state autonomy.
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Taft
Washington
Charleston
Kanawha County
Twin Girls Tramp 100 Miles
Twin sisters Lena and Laura Owens aged nine, from Brooksville Calhoun County, walked nearly one hundred miles to Parkersburg West Virginia. After police learned their father failed to provide for them the Humane Society took them in charge and planned to return them to their parents next day. The girls said they chose to fend for themselves rather than rely on their ailing mother for food and clothing. They cried when told they would go home.
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Washington Post
Parkersburg
W Va
Brooksville
Calhoun County
Lena
Laura
Owens
William Owens
Humane Society
Brewer Coleman
Bourse Panic Hits Brussels Banks and Losses Soar
A pane on the Brussels Bourse caused by four banks unable to meet liabilities and four seeking time extensions. A Ghent broker stood 800000 francs short. Additional failures anticipated with total losses in the Brussels money market estimated at 15000000 francs.
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Washington Post
Brussels
Mar
Ghent
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