Becker Confesses Under Third Degree Ordeal in Slain Girl Case
New York on May 4 Becker, a 15 year old suspect in the Amelia Staffeldt murder, confessed during a third degree interrogation. He cried beside the coffin, claimed a Slav accomplice killed the girl, and described the assault while investigators pressured him to touch her face. He identified a missing handkerchief initialed S and implicated a second man, while police pursued the unknown companion.
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Washington Post
New York
Amelia Staffeldt
Broadway
Himhurst
Henry Baker
Berker
Becker
Poo
Conan Doyle
Ticho
Graham
Galvin
Heid
Vieho
Lacy
Decker
Hymn Singer Fined in West Virginia Court
Charles Morgan of a rural parish near Parkersburg faced a grand jury indictment for disturbing worship after singing too loudly during hymns. He pleaded guilty, claiming his offense was simply singing loudly. Judge Showalter fined him 25 dollars plus costs and ordered two days in jail, with courtroom witnesses expected to corroborate the behavior.
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Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
Charles Morgan
Criminal Court
Showalter
Erie Machinists Strike Back Amid Accusations in Mass Meeting
In Cleveland a mass meeting was held after reports that Erie Railroad general manager J G Stuart told IA of Machinists president James O Connell he feared strikes, claiming $19 000 yearly payments kept machinists at bay. O Connell denied the charge as investigators prepare findings.
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Erie
President of
Machinists
Cleveland
Washington Post
Ohio
New York City
J. G. Stuart
Erie Railroad
James O'Connell
Washington
International Association of Machine Lists
O'Connell
Stuart
Trrown
Washinston
New York
International Association of Machinists
Hse
Enryity
General Executive Board
International Organization of Machinists
James Connell
I C. Stuart
Brie
Rad
Exhumation in Chicago Ties to Raylan Case
Russian consul in Chicago will travel to Phoenix to identify Nicholai Konstatinovich de Raylan remains. A deputy from Gardner Stern Anderson goes to Phoenix to establish sex of the deceased. Hearing set for Thursday as the widow and alleged widow contest the estate of eight thousand dollars.
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Washington
Chicaea
Baron von Schlippenouch
Chicago
Phenix
Ariz
Nicholai Konstantinovitch de Raylan
Gardner
Stern Anderson
Reddick
de Raylan
Plenix
F. F. Bruchullis
Fie Raylan
Anna de Raylan
Anderson
Ecuador Rebels Dispersed After Ambato Latacunga Clash
In Ecuador between Ambato and Latacunga armed rebels attempted to seize both towns. A Latacunga detachment defeated and dispersed the rebels with three rebel deaths and one government fatality. Revolutionary movements are reported across the country.
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Guayaquil
Mcuader
Ambato
Latacunga
Gould Case Forces Police Captain to Quit in New York
New York May 4 Captain William V McLaughlin resigns from the police amid a probe into the detective bureau used as a private divorce service for Howard Gould and others. Deputies Hansen and Bingham will question McLaughlin and compellingly reveal ties with Gould Nicoll and other figures while more cases are expected to surface.
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Washington Post
New York
William V. McLaughlin
Detective Bureau
Howard Gould
Bingham
McLaughlin
Sleuth
Police Department
Hanson
Hansen
Mclnaughlin
Gould
de Lancey Micoll
Big
Ms. Nicoll
Katherine Lemmons
MelLaughlin
HH. H. Knowles
Mulberry Street
Goulds
Gen. Bingham
Frank Peabody
Baltimore
Lownsdale-Dawson
Jerome
Sheles
Washingtonian Capt. Pattee Dies on Exposition Pier
Capt. Elbridge J. Pattee of Washington, representing the District of Columbia, died of heart disease on a pier at the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk. He was about 65, a Life Saving Service clerk, married with three children, and his body was prepared for burial and shipping to Washington. Surviving are wife, son Herbert H. Pattee of New York City, and daughters Gertrude and Ethel.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Elbridge J. Pattee
Washington
Tistrict of Columbia
Supreme Commandry of the Golden Cross
Pattee
Capt. Pattee
Superintendent of Life Saving Service
Eleventh Street
Fort Fairfield
Fifteenth
Maine Volunteers
Treasury Department
Treasury
Burnside Post
Crash kills motormen on Grand Rapids interurban line
Grand Rapids Michigan May 24 Two motormen G D Bette of Grand Rapids and James Edmonds of Muskegon died in a head on collision on the Grand Rapids Grand Haven and Muskegon Interurban line at Celery Farm near Muskegon. Five passengers were injured including Stephen Werden of Grand Rapids. The crash was blamed on Bette inexperience and failure to hold his car on a siding at Mona Lake to await a passenger car.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Harven
Muskegon
Celery Farm
G. D. Bette
James Edmonds
Stephen Werden
Louis Winks
Patrick Fox
Adam Pyle
Ford Dratt
Bette
Mona Lake
Calls Man Hanged Lucky
Rose N Maltato once Miss Nina Vanzandt linked to August Spies in a proxy marriage before his execution for Haymarket rioters. Her husband Stephen N Malate sues for divorce, citing cruelty desertion infidelity and degeneracy. He notes Spies was lucky to die before her.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Rose N. Maltato
Nina Vanzandt
August Spies
Haymarket
Stephen N. Malate
Spies
Malate
Illinois
Malato
Letters To Self From Rutherford Girl Charged
Newark reports fifteen year old Matilda Lewis of Rutherford High School charged by federal authorities with sending obscene and lascivious matter through the mails. The letters were addressed to herself at the school and began arriving last March. Principal and post office investigators testified to the young pupil's handwriting. She is to be arraigned before U S Commissioner Bigelow tomorrow.
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Washington Post
Newark
N. J
Matilda Lewis
Rutherford
James H. Stewart
Matilda
McKay
Duryea
United States
Bigelow
Oregon Farm Daughters Arrive in Omaha for Northwest Tour
A group of Oregon farm daughters, led by Phillip S. Bates, publisher of the Pacific Northwest, arrived in Omaha by the Union Pacific and departed soon after via the Northwestern for Chicago. The contestants, winners in Bates's contest, undertake a lengthy promotional trip to advertise Oregon and the Northwest, carrying sixty thousand literature pieces. The itinerary includes Chicago, Jamestown, New York, and return via Chicago and St. Paul.
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Washington Post
Omaha
Nebr
Oregon
Phillip S. Bates
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Oreg
Union Pacific
Northwestern
Chicago
Bates
Northwest
Jamestown
Washington
New York
St. Paul
Three Die In Mendota Riot Between Circus Staff and Locals
A Mendota Illinois riot between circus employees and citizens left three men dead and several wounded. Emory McIntyre of Amboy, Joseph Faulkner a showman, and George Bown a showman were killed. The clash began over a Mendota woman joining a manager for supper and escalated into a two hour battle with police and fire units aiding in dispersal.
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Mendota
IM. Mendota
Til
Emory McIntyre
Amboy
Joseph Faulkner
George Bown
McIntyres
Miss Rhinesmith Sues Over Torpedo Incident Near Midvale
Paterson New Jersey May 20 1964 Miss Rhinesmith a school teacher and aspiring singer sues for 2000 damages alleging a torpedo placed on Erie Railroad tracks near Midvale station exploded as a train approached striking her neck causing voice loss and forcing her to abandon singing aspirations.
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Washington Post
Paterson
N. J
Erie Railroad
Midvale
Oye Rhinesmith
Miss Rhinesmith
Carnegie Sends Photo to District Attorney Sullivan
Cleveland Ohio May 24 District Attorney John J Sullivan received an autographed photograph of Andrew Carnegie mailed just before Carnegie left Skibo Castle He had promised to send the picture after the Cassie Chadwick trial The inscription reads To John J Sullivan esq of Chadwick fame With best wishes Signed ANDREW CARNEGIE Carnegie telegrammed congratulations after the Chadwick verdict saying The victory is all yours.
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Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
John J. Sullivan
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Sullivan
American Rider Fatally Thrown From Horse Near Paris
An American named Laurie Reynald was killed at St. Germain while riding a horse recently bought from a local trainer. The horse wandered riderless in the woods and searchers found Reynald's body with a crushed skull from the fall.
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Laurie Reynald
St. Germain
Paris
Mr. Reynal
Mr. Reynald
Parliament approves 8 750 000 famine relief funds
In St. Petersburg the lower house passed the famine relief appropriation by 176 to 148. Poles and Group of Toll members abstained. Meanwhile in Philadelphia the cruiser Verese with the Duke of the Abruzzi on board sailed for New York to await President Roosevelt's Jamestown visit.
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Doula
St. Petersburg
Group of
Toll
Philadelphia
Mery
Lue Lahan
Verese
Duke of the
New York
Hampton Roads
Roosevelt
Chesapeake Beach Opens Today Amid Seasonal Kickoff
Chesapeake Beach starts this weekend with celebrations and local events. A health ad touts Acid Phosphate as a remedy for indigestion and associated symptoms, promoting quick relief and mood lift.
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Chesapeake Beach
Arrests and bomb formula found among Russian student papers
Berlin reports 35 Russian students including three women arrested for Russo German anarchist plots against the Kaiser. Police found bomb making formulas and proof of ongoing contact with Russian students in Germany. Three held for trial. others deported to Russia. Also reports of socialist exchanges in London and St Petersburg amid rumors of Duma arrests and political unrest.
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Russia
London
Douma. I
Berlin
The
Daily Mail
Cologne
Germany
Washington Post
Social Democrats
Great Britain
Holborn Town Hall
Reward Offered For Grace Taggart And Boys
In Omaha newspapers a $1000 reward is offered by Capt. E F Taggarts cousin William Taggart for information locating Grace Taggart the divorced wife of Capt Taggart and her two sons. Taggart has traveled from Orrville Ohio to search in Omaha and plans Kansas City and Leavenworth next.
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Washington Post
Omaha
Nebr
Grace Taggart
E. F. Taggart
William Taggart
Taggart
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Orrville
Ohio
Theodore Tilton Dying Exile Lived Quiet Paris Life
Paris May 24 Theodore Tilton American editor and author is gravely ill with pneumonia in Paris. Once charged Beecher, he fled to Paris living a solitary life with a slender income and meager royalties. He avoided Americans, kept two rooms near Notre Dame, played chess at Cafe de la Regence, and seldom spoke of his wife or Beecher. His daughter in the United States pressures a return, but he resists.
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Paris
Theodore Tifton
New York
Tilton
Isle St. Louis
Notre Dame Cathedral
Morgue
Cafe de la Regence
Europe
Napoleon III
Judah Philp Benjamin
Mr. Fuller
Gov. Abbott
New Jersey
Avenue Kleber
Mr. Tilton
Bois de Boulogne
Mr. Beecher
America
Say Walker Is In China
Honolulu May 4 reports indicate W F Walker the absconding treasurer of a New Britain bank sailed on the Doric to the Orient. He is said to have landed at a Chinese port and then vanished. The item notes travel fare and train details for Baltimore via the Pennsylvania Railroad with frequent weekly service.
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Doric
Honolulu
W. F. Walker
New Britain
Orient
Walker
Taft Stands Firm In Ohio Nomination Stand
President Taft rejects any independent indorsement for the presidency and opposes linking it to Senator Foraker’s re election. A state convention to declare Ohio GOP choice may be held in summer. Longworth leaves for Cincinnati with word for Taft and the President as talks continue. Ohio postmaster appointments aim to aid Taft campaign.
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White House
Longworth
Taft
Ohio
Nearer Foraker
Senate
Roosevelt
Cincinnati
Peral
Qhin
Brown
Republican State Central Committee
Buckeye
M. Longworth
Foraker
Senator Foraker
George H. Lewis
Bluffton
Allen County
David ©. Mahon
Dennison
Tuscarawas County
Charles L. Thompson
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