Beattie Confesses Before Execution in Virginia Death
Henry Clay Beattie Jr faced the electric chair at the Virginia State Penitentiary at 7:23 p.m. after confessing to the murder of his wife. A minister’s statement accompanied Beattie’s written confession as witnesses observed the execution with a somber dawn setting.
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Richmond
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
TY Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Beattie
Woods
Pat Beattie
Henry
Walter A. Watson
Chesterfield County
Beulah Binford
Hi. M. Smith, Jr
Hill Carter
L. C. Wendenburg
M. Gregory
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Mann
Virginia
Henry Clay Beattie
Suffrage Costs Money in San Francisco
Mrs Grace Hamilton daughter of John Spreckels was fined 30 dollars for speeding in San Francisco. Police Judge Weller noted the shift to state laws granting women equal rights and imposed a 10 dollar fine, highlighting the change from prior practices.
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San Francisco
Cal
Urace Hamilton
John OD. Spreckels
Denver Woman Testifies In Own Murder Trial
Gertrude Gibson Patterson took the stand in Denver at her murder trial to recount her marriage to Charles A Patterson. She described illness and medical care, threats for money, and alleged pressure to finance property purchases and European travel as the case unfolded in a defense aimed at freezing her remarriage.
Father of Murderer Executed Today
Clay Beattie Sr a respected Richmond Virginia citizen is said to have faced execution to save his son blood. The elder Beattie is described as a sadly broken down old man following the ordeal and the murder case surrounding his son Henry Clay Beattis.
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Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Virginia
Beattie
Richmond
Midlothian
Clay Beattie, SR
Moree
Clay Seem
Henry Clay Beattis
Bank Robbers Make Big Haul Reported
A bank robbery occurred early this morning with an explosion heard at the telephone office and a safe blown open. Fire inside the bank gutted the building and all records were burned, while cash remained untouched.
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Pit
Hlumeston
Bank
Tne
Tommy Johnson Killed by Too Much Athletics
Thomas W. Tommy Johnson, a former Kansas University athletic star, dies at 4 AM at KU Hospital from complications of diseases. A noted figure in the Missouri Valley athletics, he was 26. A basketball game accident with Nebraska University and a later wrestling injury were linked to his death.
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Kansas City
Thomas W.tommy) Johnson
Kansas University
Kansas University Hospital
Missouri Valley
Nebraska University
Tenea
Johnson
Arbitration board upholds Waterloo ouster from Three-T league
The Waterloo club’s appeal to the minor leagues’ arbitration board was rejected and the dismissal of its Three-T league membership was upheld. Secretary J H Farrell released the findings amid calls to pursue action before the National Commission to form a new circuit.
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Board of Arbitration
Waterloo
San Antonio
Tex
Waterloo Club
J. H. Farrell
Arbitration Board
Cas
Farrell
W National Commission
Quiet tale of marriage and coercive schemes at resort
A Chicago woman testifies about her marriage to Patterson in 1908 at Carmel-by-the-Sea and his later coercive demands for money and sexual arrangements. She recounts threats, beatings, and a proposal to involve Emil W. Strauss to rent an apartment and live with him as her husband while Patterson would share the same roof. The witness describes her escape from the arrangement and contact with Strauss after noting her unhappiness.
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Chicago
Patterson
Emil Strauss
Denver
Strauss
Patterson de
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Cal
Georgia
Child Eats Medicine Mistaken for Candy
Des Moines Indiana November 24. Two year old Geraldine daughter of R Wheater is in serious condition after eating headache tablets believed to be candy. The child ingested a large number of pills before discovery.
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Des Moines
Geraldine
R. Wheater
Temperature report shows cold spell with midnight low
Temperature readings recorded November 24 by Buchanan Optical Co Syndicate note a midnight low of 12 degrees. Other times show similarly cold intervals throughout the night with marks indicating a cold period.
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Buchanan
Three Tar Men Are Sentenced in Kansas Case
Three confessed tar party members Everett G. Clark Jay Pittwater and Watson Scranton were sentenced to nine years each in prison by Judge Grover. The jury in the co defendants case remained out at noon. The court allowed time to arrange affairs before jail. Attorneys objected to severity and parole was expected after a short term. Fewer than 26 spectators watched as sentences were handed down. The other jury requested testimony reread regarding an alleged statement by A N Simms about attending if possible.
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Lincoln Center
Kan
Tar
Jsverett G. Clark
Jay Pittwater
Watson Scranton
Rover
Sherrill Clark
A. N. Simms
John Schmidt
Milliken
Clark
Scranton
Fitzwater
Grover
Tarring
Smuggling Trust Cracked by U S Authorities
The United States government has rounded up a country wide Chinese smuggling trust and detained its leading members. Crappy Nelson of Windsor faces arraignment on charges of smuggling two Chinese men into the United States. Fourteen others are in custody as the federal crackdown traced routes through Windsor to New York Chicago and San Francisco. Special Agent Dannenberg led the operation after returning from Windsor with his bride on honeymoon.
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Chicago
United States
Nelson
Windsor
Ont
United State
Mark A. Foote
Trust
Dannenberg
New York
San Francisco
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