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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1909
Page
1
Inquest into the fatal Georgetown football field accident found no criminal liability for any officer. Witnesses severely censured department action amid the athlete Lear sustaining a grave injury. the inquiry raises questions about how the case was handled and the broader police response.
The jury finds a George town hospital case involved police conduct at a fatal incident. It assesses police handling, duty to aid, and possible negligence. Witnesses describe delays in medical aid, with testimony about officers and a deputy, and statements on hospital transport and ambulance dispatch. The verdict outlines recommendations and questions about responsibility and police procedures during emergencies.
Special to The Washington Fest Providence reports Vernon Hagar Babington of Brown University was dragged from his room after chapel and ducked under the old college pump amid student approval. President Faunce said the affair would be investigated and punishment meted out if warranted. Babington had written a letter to the Providence Sunday Journal criticizing fraternity influence and Brown football performance.
Mrs Mary Baker Eddy faces charges of mental malpractice at a mass meeting in New York. The meeting, called by the West Church of Christ Scientist, discussed obedience to the mother church and heard Mrs Eddy’s letter urging unity with the mother church directors. Boston notes report Augusta Stetson’s appearance before the mother church directors to answer contumacy accusations, with sessions spanning hours and no immediate action announced.
Miners entombed by a fire at the St Paul coal mine near Cherry, Illinois, are presumed dead as rescue efforts halt. Officials report 390 widows and at least 1000 orphans, with relief appeals from Governor Deane and the Red Cross under way.
Police investigate the attempted suicide of Anna Dragonier a German girl who, under hypnotic influence, walked to the Sixteenth Street bridge rail and leaped into the Allegheny River Witnesses saw her act in a trance as rescuers hauled her from the water She remained unresponsive at Allegheny General Hospital and doctors planned further attempts to awaken her with police awaiting developments.
In Union City Tennessee on November 13 the grand jury returned indictments against Garratt Johnson and Arthur Clear alias Wight Riders for the murder of Captain Quentin Rankin on October 18 198. They face four additional defendants as well. A prior trial sentenced them to hang, but the supreme court reversed the verdict.
President Al corte proclaims martial law across Argentina amid anarchist propaganda. Government drafts immigration and surveillance measures after the assassination of Senor Falcon, chief of police, and his secretary. Police describe the Falcon murder as part of a vast plot by Reds.
New York Nov 15 There was a decline in the condition of former Secretary of the Treasury John Carlisle who is being treated for intestinal disorders at St Vincent s Hospital The attending physician said his condition had assumed a more serious aspect and he declined to make any further statement.
US authorities weigh halting the Nicaraguan revolt by enforcing a £15000 loan tied to European bankers, with Zelaya unable to meet obligations amid war. The move could invoke Monroe Doctrine protections and prompt American banks to seek US government backing to stabilize revenues and secure securities.
Six Chattanooga men including Captain Joseph F Ship and J Gibson were jailed for contempt of the United States Supreme Court over a lynching case. Williams Nolan Padgett and Mayse each received sixty nine or sixty days with Shipp and Gibson sentenced to eighty nine days. The historic ruling marks the first imprisonment of its kind in the county as federal action followed a lynching in Chattanooga.
The National Grange Association adopted a resolution endorsing woman suffrage despite opposition from Maryland delegate Mrs Patterson. Washington’s Mrs Begley helped push the measure with Mrs Patteson opposing. Grange also backed parcels post postal savings banks and ICC amendments. A motion accusing insurgent officers was defeated, and the issue may resurface at tomorrow’s selection. Argentine Legation furnishings set for public auction with viewing today.
In March 1906 a Tennessee court upheld Johnsons death sentence for assault. A mob stormed the jail after the Supreme Court considered the case. Six officials faced contempt charges, many acquitted, and Captain Shipp led a group of six prisoners placed in a single large cell on the jails fourth floor with strict rules but humane provisions and hospital meals if needed.
The steam yacht of John Jacob Astor owned by the New York Yacht Club vanished during a West Indies hurricane. Reports say Astor and his son were aboard but no confirmation of their safety or location has emerged. Maritime authorities and press offices in New York and Port Antonio sought news of the vessel amid scattered inquiries.
Voters would name municipal leaders via a joint convention of the National Municipal League and the American Wheel Association. Charles J Bonaparte and J Horace McTarland presided as speakers proposing a plan for party leaders chosen by vote and an advisory committee to shape regular tickets for primaries and elections.
Former Assistant Secretary James Reynolds testified that accusations against him and other Treasury officials were unfounded and that a deputy surveyor at the Port of New York was angered by not receiving a share of fines from sugar trust cases. He argued the release of a suspect was administrative and not a bribery act, while claiming the department blocked any bounty to staff involved.
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