Gangsters shoot selves to death in private hotel melee
In Kansas City a midnight hotel melee left two gunmen dead and a third wounded. Ben Barretts alias Fred Robert and Arthur Hartman died after a six man quarrel over a revolver while Keams Pumpsey was shot in the back but expected to recover. Pumpsey alleged Barrett was drunk and flashing a gun.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Los Angeles
Ben Barretts
Fred Robert
Arthur Hartmen
Keams Pumpsey
Keams Humphrey
Hartman
Pumpsey
Barretti
Big Tim” Murphy
Cal
Michael Kissange
Max Silver Stein
Galveston
Tex
Dallas
Daniel J. Dennehey
Dennehey
St. Louis
Pumpseys
Memphis
Tenn
Barrett
Lquor Tranners
Bevin s Bank Case to Be Argued in Supreme Court
Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court will hear a bid to reopen arguments in State vs Bevins regarding receiving deposits by an insolvent bank. Attorneys claim a 1934 banking law reform makes deposit crimes require intent to defraud, affecting Bevins and related indictments.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Iowa
Feads
State
State Vs. &. It. Bevins, Hawkeye
Bevins
van Buren
Bevins, Geiser, Donohue & Geiser
M. M. Cooney
Dog Learns Secret of Bubble Fountain
An educated collie near Mulberry and Fifth streets east has amused locals and city workers by drinking from a bubbler at the corner. Using a concrete block as a stepping stone, the dog placed forepaws on the bowl and lapped the bubbling water for several minutes.
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Mulberry
Fifth Street East
Fiee Department
Éast Public Library
Manchester Man Survives Car Somersault on No 20
John Wilhelm of Prospect Street narrowly escaped death when his coach from Dyersville overturned several times on primary road No 20 just east of Manchester. Ernest Scheel heard the crash about midnight and found Wilhelm in the middle of the road with wheels in the air. Wilhelm, alone in the vehicle, suspects he dozed momentarily before the wreck.
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Manchester
Joen Wilhelm
Prospect Street
Dyersville
Rimary Road No
City
Mits
Ernest
Scheel
Wilhelm
Local crash leaves driver with scalp wounds and cuts
A motorist in Chicago was injured after a slide incident described in a local report. A man involved was taken to a physician for treatment after suffering a severe scalp wound and minor head cuts.
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Scheel
Chicago
Local man injured in collision on primary No 20 west of city
A man sustained injuries after a collision between two transient cars on primary No 20 west of the city. He was removed to a local hospital where his wounds were dressed. The report mentions a Balkan native plant in the context of the event.
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Bunday
Balkans
Utterback Elected President of Iowa CWA Union
Des Moines resident Hubert Utterback was chosen president of the Iowa Chris Van Endesyar union at the state convention's final meeting in Newton Iowa on June 24. The action reflects leadership of the local labor group and its regional affiliates.
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Utterback Heads
E. Newton
Hubert’ Utterback
Des Moines
Iowa
Chris- van Endesyar Union
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DR. Welp
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