Election case tests Virginia law in Fairfax County
Grand Jury examined about forty witnesses against Walter T Olver a Democratic candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates in Fairfax County but found no evidence to convict. The panel also considered Carlin’s private secretary and CTOs amid election law questions and possible irregularities.
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House of Delegates
Fairfax County
Carlin
Ctos Post Boneau
Keone
Virginia Tertalature
Otter
Cheutt Roe
Bok Terta
Lw Rf
Ind Yoni
House of Fral Unty
Pal Anderaun
Giession
Suspected Hold Up Leads to Arrests in Bank Case
Readable text notes two Black suspects detained in a case described as an alleged attempted hold up. The passage mentions a bank context, a man named John Cogan, and references to a forgery charge and a marriage surprise to friends. The fragmented OCR obscures full details and dates.
Broker Accused of Fraud in Richmond Girl Adoption Case
A preliminary hearing in Hagerstown centered on broker King and his alleged use of Mazis for illicit purposes. The case links King to at least 11 clients with offices in Baltimore, Hagerstown, and Williamport, and includes a mail forwarding operation tied to Sutton. An advertisement seeking a wealthy man to adopt a girl under 14 appeared in a Richmond paper. The government asked for more witnesses as the bid to adjourn was denied.
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Walliansport
Alex R Hager
Shergrd
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Artaches
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Williamaport
King
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Te Maryland Trust Company
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King & Office
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Fragmentary Crime Report From Jamestown Exposition
A damaged OCR fragment reports a homicide and escape events with unclear names and places. The text mentions a wife killed and an escape, with references to Jamestown Exposition and several garbled names. No clear dates or locations are confidently identifiable.
Virginia obituary fragments reflect local deaths and survivors
Fragmented obituaries note several local deaths, including a city magistrate and a farmer. Survivors include wives, daughters, and other relatives. Partial details mention residences in Winchester and Gorethie county, with dates in September and March.
Court Keyed Up In Bladensburg Auto Case
In Prince George County Maryland Constable Edward Markward faced questions over a shooting during a September 14 traffic stop near Bladen sburg. Machen, a suspect, drove away prompting Markward and Robert J Payne to pursue and fire a pistol at the car. Witnesses testified Markward fired into the vehicle while Machen refused to halt.
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Washington Paw
Tiyatteville
Maryland
Maria Collins
Augustus Ho Dahter
Bladensburg
Edward Markward
Chirom
Prince George County
Ty Hervey G Afachen
Hyatteville
Fring
Aln Automoblic
Justien Dabler
Field Markward
Grand
Machen
Jill
Pladeneburg
Markward
Robert J. Payne
Iim
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Payne
Charles R
Mingum
Riverdale
Mark
Finis
Betrayed by a Woman in a Murder Case Sentencing
In Greenville the case of Denes M Puckett who shot a man on August 24 1906 began with his capture after escape and later sentencing to eighteen years in the penitentiary. The shooter fled to Mata Ye and Cul re cently, joined by a woman who turned against him and supplied information leading to capture. George A Peters of Titsville Carroll County faced a separate death sentence for murder but received a thirty day reprieve from Gov Swanson.
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George A. Peters
Titsville
Carroll County
Keer
Gov Swanson
Judge Crathers Ill as Doctors Report Typhoid Fever Suspect
The Baltimore Washington Post reports Judge Austin Crathers ill in his hotel room with a high fever and severe attack described by physicians as typhoid fever possibly tied to exposure and overwork. Democratic leaders express concern but say no pneumonia or grave complication is evident.
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Ells Pass
Rothery Troublax
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Paule
Perjury charges and bigamy cases in Washington area
Warrants served for perjury at First Baptist Church parsonage as Alice Price and Nannie Watking released on $200 bail. In Baltimore Circuit Court Charles J Pontier convicted of bigamy, with testimonies from Mary Paul Pontier and Helen Hartman Fontier. A clerk fined for violation of East option law and other minor court actions reported from Irvington and Washington Post dispatches.
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Rey EN
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Tiny Magent
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Mary Paul Ponter
Helen Hartman Fontier
Biro
Anhington
Irvington
Chanen, Yt
Weeme
Enterda
Engeaster County
Toeat
Commissioners push federal representation on exposition board
A Rhode Island meeting of the State Commissioners Association proposed federal government placement on the exposition board. They seek representation for the United States government and note investments by states totaling about 7 percent of the expo's value. A committee will attend Tuesday’s meeting to press the request and consider the resignation of a director.
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Norfolk
Rhode Island
State Commissioners Association
Exposition Board of Arrestors
United States
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Fem
Atten Tueanya
Col JV
Blodgett Rhode
Hinshaw
North Carolina
JW Baughman
Maryland
Stuart St Bolin
Ohio and
Thomas
Dunne North
Careler I
Old Church Wins Fight at Richmond in Lawsuit
The Richmond court denied the city's injunction to halt memorial chapel construction at St John’s Church. Judge Ingram noted colonial era vaults and monuments are largely covered by the project, allowing vestry to proceed while preserving historic burials. Mayor Carston McCarthy commented on the city’s grounds for objection.
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Torstal
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Ungland
Tata Ater
Pocalonina
Arn
Carston McCarthy
St John x
Bethesda Citizens Association calls public meeting on school trustees
The Bethesda Citizens Association executive committee met at President Colwell’s home and called a public meeting for next Thursday in Masonite Hall Bethesda. It will protest the county school board action in passing trustees Lewis Heubsam and Wilson as trustees and Miss Tax Dove as principal, and favor electing school trustees by the people. A large turnout is anticipated.
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Washington man found guilty of forgery in Wheeling
Spteral 0 The Washington Test Wheeling West Virginia man formerly of Washington was found guilty today in the Criminal Court of forgery. The jury recommended mercy and Ludsee Jordan withheld pronouncing sentence until a later date. Cogiil was arrested weeks ago charged with forging a check cashed by Herbert O Baer. Several other forged checks were found in his possession. The prisoner, a college graduate, faced a harsh sentence though he had no prior jail history. The conviction likely means a term in the penitentiary.
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W Va
Washington
Morev
Ludsee Jordan
Cogiil
Herbert O Baer
Ohio
Whipping Post Ordered in Winchester Jail
A Winchester Virginia judge ordered the whipping post used in Woodstock to punish convicts at the Woodstock Jail. A Black prisoner was lashed forty times for defiance. The scene marks a harsh early enforcement as Fairfax County officers report on local discipline. Colonel Robert E. Withers remains critically ill in Lynchburg.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Thomas W Harrison
Ctrewlt
Woodstock
Bhansadoah
Mrs Lynch says husband innocent in fatal shooting
In a dying statement at the Homeopathic Hospital Mrs Celeste Lynch confessed her own hand killed her. She claimed Constantine Lynch, her husband, did not shoot her and was not at the scene. He had been arrested earlier and remained jailed awaiting outcome of the injury.
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Baltimore
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Celeste Lynch
Parnileaa Constantine Lynch
Sving
Justice Packard
Westers
Mahool League President Loving Cup for Former Mayor Dunne
The Convention for 1908 will be held at Omaha. The League of Amvntown Municipalities adjourned sine die after selecting Omaha Nebr for the 1908 convention over Atlantic City Niagara Walle Log Angelea and Duluth Van Ofeers were elected as follows: President J Bury Manuel mayor of Bali. first vice president Silas Conk mayor of Fast St Louis. second vice president Horace WY von nijur of Wiluington. vice president Emerson Cesttaworth mayor of Toronto. secretary treasurer Juli MauVickareg Moines Inwatruatis Witkin. J Moxy mayor of Fort Wayne Ind. BF Brash mayor of Mount Vernon N 3 George 's Graton city clerk of Detroit. Mayor Joyner Avan ta Ga. Henry Hudson mayor of Hud son NY. Luge Grosser city statist cl in Chicago.
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League of Amvntown
Omaha Nebr
Atlantic City
Niagara Walle Log Angelea
Duluth
van Ofeers
J Bury Manuel
Balimore
Silas Conk
Fast St Louis
Weu
Horace WY von Nijur
Wiluington
Emerson Cesttaworth
Toronto
Canada
Henry Mo
Bewdley
Kansas City
Teeasurer
Juli
America
Edward A Molt
Insanity Plea in Hannon murder trial in West Virginia
In Clarkeburg on September 20 the trial of Thomas Po Hannon for the murder of Mrs Fred Pickett proceeded in circuit court. Defense admitted Hannon took the woman to Ward but claimed he was heavily intoxicated and of unsettled nervous temperament, bordering on insanity, and thus not responsible for the act. Evidence suggested prior feelings between Hannon and Mrs Pickett and that he shot her when he saw her at the front door descending the stairs.
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Wes Clarkeburg
Thomas Po Hannon India
Fred Pickett
Dr Jou
Circuit Court
Nevetony
Hannon
Ward
Mra Pickett
Assailant Captured After Attack in County Area
A misread OCR item notes an assailant captured and held for grand jury action after a violent August night in Aucombine County. The victim, a white girl, was reportedly rescued by George Hayfield, a Black man, amid subsequent tensions between Atlantic and Temperuiceviut. Details are unclear due to garbled source text.
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Tiarry Witlama
Nortion
Aucombe County
I Grand Jury
Arminlt
Atlantic
Temper
Produce Trade Association seeks DOJ aid in suit
Pittsburg produce dealers allied with the Pittsburg Produce Trade Association plan to extend the Sherman act case nationwide seeking Department of Justice cooperation. Attorney General Bonaparte’s letter to A J Anderson prompts amending the suit to treat every affiliated firm as a defendant.
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Pittsburg
United States
Arbour
Arbour Fund Associates
A. J Anderson
Charles J Bonaparte
Produce Association
Pittsburg Produce Trades Association
Sherman Anti Trust
Tila
Firma
Bonaparta
Anderson
Hotel Somerset Boston Marx
Pitadate Produce ‘Trade Association
Lusitania to Try Again, Koeefal 12
The Lusitania will dock at 8 o clock tomorrow afternoon and depart via the Ambrose channel on her voyage home. The ship and crew are confident of making a new speed record, carrying about 13 first class and 900 steerage passengers with some cargo to help meet her designed lines.
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York
Lusitania
Ambrose Channel
Jurore
Goldenberg buys Posner Bros stock in large sale
Gal Goldmanberg announces purchase of the entire Posner Bros stock of men and boys clothing hats shoes and furnishings at a deep discount. The deal, described as one of the most notable in mercantile circles, will flood Washington shoppers with low priced apparel and may attract widespread buying today and beyond. The closing stock sale comes as Summerfield Fry Mudwiry, a Baltimore business figure, dies at age 40 amid a related news surge.
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Day Ag
Gal Vanbergshave
Posner Bros
Fennerlvanis Avenue
Wlap
Pasner Roastock
Goldenberg
YP Incr Bos
Washington
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