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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1913
Page
8
Police questioned an eccentric father after a severed, bloodstained torso and body parts were found near Keansburg New Jersey. Detectives pursue leads along the river as investigators identify the victim, amid tangled clues and a tense search.
Police trace a strange tar paper purchase to locate a crime crew after a body portion is found on the Hudson River. Investigators seek a motor car clue from Jersey to New York, while burial plans proceed and a birthmark on a torso’s shoulder offers identification prospects. A Richmond tailor claims the dismembered victim is his wife, Lillian Carpenter, citing matching tattoos and a history of separation.
President Wilson will witness Atlantic fleet target practice on October 1 as guest of Secretary Daniels. The Mayflower will carry the party to the Southern drill grounds, with divisions including Arkansas North Dakota and Delaware awaiting 6 miles off Florida shores for day and night exercises.
A report that Representative William “Big Tim” Sullivan was found at a Smithtown inn proved unfounded. Sullivan had disappeared from his brother’s home a week earlier with only a dollar, and friends remain anxious as he has not recovered from a prior mental breakdown. Movements of ocean steamers are listed with arrivals and sailings from New York to Havre and Southampton and vice versa.
Harry K Thaw escapes custody and travels through Vermont into New Hampshire in a frantic bid to reach Detroit. He halts at Averhill and Stewartstown, pleading telephones, guiding a driver toward Errol while reporters and sheriffs close in. He demands a through ticket and talks of habeas corpus as he moves deeper into Canada’s border region.
A crowd watched as Harry K. Thaw was arrested by Sheriff Holman A. Drew at a schoolhouse yard near Stewartstown Hollow. Thaw, calm and cooperative, was taken to Colebrook for dinner, then to a hotel for negotiations on extradition, with counsel arranging legal steps and potential deportation routes.
Albany officials and supporters of Gov. Sulzer and Acting Gov. Glynn expect Thaw’s return to face an extradition fight amid a New York gubernatorial mix-up. Attorney General Carmody and Acting Gov. Glynn move to obtain Thaw’s transfer from Matteawan via extradition papers, while Governor Sulzer has taken no action. Duplicate wires to New Hampshire and other New England governors seek detention as duplication of charges and a potential legal battle loom.
Ottawa reports Acting Minister of the Interior J Doherty confirmed Thaw’s deportation after the immigration board upheld the decision. The writs of habeas corpus and prohibition were explained as not obstructing the order, which followed Canadian immigration law empowering seizure, examination, and deportation of perceived undesirables.
Portsmouth N H Sept 1 Gov Samuel D Felker said any action in the Thaw case will be governed largely by recommendations of Attorney General Tuttle He had received no official notification of Thaw s presence in the state Thaw s attorneys telephoned from New York asking for a hearing before any action on proposed extradition proceedings The governor said he relies on the attorney general for legal advice and that grant of a hearing remains discretionary.
Montreal dispatch reports Mrs. Mary Cop ley Thaw collapsed upon learning that her son H. K. Thaw had been recaptured and deported to Cotebrook New Hampshire. She suffered illness and required a nurse, after attempting to contact him by telephone and awaiting details of his situation.
The airship Z-5 was torn free by a gust during German maneuvers, killing four sailors who fell from ropes and leaving seven others dead as salvage boats searched the North Sea. Captains Metzing and Hanne were among the dead. investigators blame overloading and gas loss during descent.
Oscar M Auerbach once of Washington D C and Chicago businessman was acquitted of murdering Harry Fisher in a second trial at Hersey Michigan. The circuit judge directed a not guilty verdict after testimony began yesterday. Fisher was killed while hunting near Star Lake last fall. Auerbach claimed accident.
Chicago dispatch reports jewels valued over 100000 stolen from a Winnetka millionaire’s residence in a North Shore suburb. Private investigators say the theft was uncovered after a month of work and they know the thieves’ whereabouts, with arrests promised later.
A list of marriage licenses showing names, ages, and counties as issued. Couples include Thomas J. Hayden and Katherine T Tartor of Mount Rainier, H Brooke Griffith and N Lorena Fetzer, Robert C. Welton and Nola Goode, plus others from Richmond Md Waldorf Baltimore and nearby areas, with clergy initials and officiants cited.
Fair suffragists upset that Representative Heflin of Alabama could not speak at yesterday’s Federated Orders event in the District of Columbia. Jessie Hardy Stubbs and Mrs E S Tenn Fier attended in support, expressing willingness to meet Heflin or any anti at a later time. Activities included Indian dances by Ingleside Campfire Girls led by Leona Drake, YMCA Troop No 1 demonstrations, and speeches by several congressmen and admirals.
The Women’s Social and Political Union warns Sir Edward Carson and his allies that if the new Ulster constitution omits votes for women, they will protest. In a letter to the Ulster leader they state the government cannot rule without women’s consent, comparing to militant suffrage principles.
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