Notorious Chicago Bandits Confess to Multiple Murders
Four young men known as a gang confessed to seven murders and multiple robberies across Chicago and Indiana. The group led by Van Dine Niedemeyer and Emil Roeski were captured after a lengthy manhunt, with three men wounded and one brakeman killed during the crimes at the Chicago City Railway barns and other sites.
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Harvey van Dine
Gustav Marx
Peter Neidermeyer
Emil Roeski
Indiana
Bauder
Otto
Ashland Avenue
la Gross
B. C
Johnson
Adolph
James G
Chicago City Railway Company
Stewart
Francis W
Quinn
John
Marx
Loven
L. d
Pennsylvania Railroad
East Tolleston
Ind
Game Bandits
Chicago
Peter Niedemeyer
Roeski
Claude Duvall
Dick Turpins
Robert Macaires
James Brothers
Miller’s Station
Qairbarn
van Dine
Niedemeyer
Charles Hamilton
L. J. Soven
Matthew Zimmer
Joseph B. Driscoll
Wad van Dine
Tracey
Pacific Coast
Bender
Kansas
IW Marx
Driscoll
Zimmer
Neidemyer
Actna
Wabash Railroad
Falkland
van Dire
O’neill
Harriet Hubbard Ayer Dead in New York
Harriet Hubbard Ayer journalist author and businesswoman dies of pneumonia in New York on November 25 after four days illness. Born 1854 in Chicago she rose from wealth to society leader and later ran a purchasing agency and beauty line amid trials including divorce, poverty, litigation and scandal with notable connections across art and high society.
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Harriet Hubbard Ayer
New York
Hubbard
Chicago
Adelina Patti
Mme. Modjeska
Clara Louise Kellogg
Fanny Davenport
Mrs. Potter
Joseph Choate
Great Britain
Mrs. Ayer
Lily Langtry
Europe
Ayer
Henry G
Juliet Elivira Hubbard
Sir Drummond Wolfe
Rome
Paris
Mme
Julie Recamier
Providence Jury Orders Damages for Malpractice
A Providence jury awarded 2375 dollars against Dr. J. Leroy Fisher for improper fracture location of a boy's leg on August 19, 1901. The suit claimed the mislocated fracture caused pain ulceration and a shorter leg after healing.
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Providence
J. Leroy Fisher
Washington Rock Preserved by Mamaroneck Residents
In Mamaroneck New York Father Meister leads residents forming the Washington Rock Association to preserve a rock near Oriental Point showing a likeness of Washington. They plan a bronze tablet and dedication on October 21 1904 the 120th anniversary of Heathcote Hill battle.
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Washington
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Father Meister
Washington Rock
Oriental Point
Heathcote Hill
Cooper
Harvey Green
Washington Rock Association
Heathcote Hii
Mrs Silas Brackin Cremated After Fire in Murfreesboro
Mrs May Belle Gregory Brackin once hailed as Americas most beautiful woman dies in a fire at Murfreesboro Tennessee May 25. Her clothing is believed to have caught fire from an open grate. Workmen failed to save her as the residence was being remodeled. Granddaughter couple wedding noted in Louisville with Clarksville ties and Flower Girls and bridesmaids mentioned.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Silas Brackin
May Belle Gregory
America
Brackin
New York
Miss Gregory
Col
John Hurst
Lizzie Elliott
Louisville
Clarksville
Persian Statesman Visits San Francisco on Tour
Mes Mirza Ali Ashgaar Khan, a former grand vizier and chief minister of Persia, arrives in San Francisco at about 45 years old. Described as the most progressive and enlightened figure in Persia, he journeyed to tour the United States and promote reforms.
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America
San Terancisco
Mes
Mirza Ali Ashgaar Khan
Aboh
Roosevelt Children Socialite Rules At White House
Congressmen are asked to provide a list of their minor children to regulate social invitations for the Roosevelt White House. Adults are to have no monopoly on official society events during the presidential stay.
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White House
Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
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