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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1912
Page
3
A county attorney in Kan. resigns after stating his usefulness was impaired by reports relating to an alleged incident involving a 26 year old teacher Miss Chamberlain. Warrants were issued, fourteen men and boys were tried, with fines and imprisonment assessed.
Evelyn Nesbit testified at Harry K. Thaw's asylum release hearing that she fears he will kill her if freed. She said she has long wished to annul the marriage and leave the affair, noting she still receives $600 a month from Thaw. Thaw showed no reaction and his wife appeared reluctant and unaware of her surroundings during the testimony.
At Hagle park Niagara River near Grand Island a fifty foot dock collapsed under 250 to 350 partygoers from Court Amherst Lodge No 232 Black Rock Buffalo. Between 15 and 20 drowned and many injured as the dock sank into twelve feet of water. Eight bodies recovered by midnight with 200+ people in the water and the excursion boats Henry Koerber and Lottie Koerber returning to Buffalo.
Independence authorities seek a culprit who opened a hydrant after midnight risking fire by the riverfront, with a $50 reward offered. R F Clarke reported the hydrant to the city pumping station and it was quickly closed to avert danger. Bandit robs Texas mail train near Port Bolivar. three clerks threatened with guns, one mail pouch taken, posse in pursuit.
Ten stock cars were wrecked and cattle and hogs killed when a Milwaukee Sunday stock special wrecked near Bagley. A hobo aboard the train suffered serious injuries, was found in a field 100 feet from the rails, and later treated in Jamaica and Omaha. Losses are put at about 50 000.
Merle, two year old son of Mr and Mrs Joe H Tweet living about a mile northeast of town, was kicked in the head by a horse shortly before noon yesterday fracturing the skull. He has been unconscious for several hours and the accident is believed to be fatal.
Fort Dodge June 251 A packing plant valued at 500 000 employing 400 men is leased with a one year option to buy for 75000. The Corn Belt Packing company aims to reopen after prior misfortunes including fires and partial operation failures. The lease begins July with intent to keep the plant in ready condition during the term.
Delegates met last night to select Parker for temporary chair and to resolve the unit rule. George W. Fithian was chosen for the resolutions committee but denied by the chairman after appealing his out of order ruling, losing by a large majority.
Four people drown when a boat with five aboard capsized near Ludlow Street in Cincinnati Ohio after being hit by rollers from a river steamer. The deceased are Isabella Ganin 20 Joseph Ganin 26 Nicholas Saebelia 19 Sarah Joseph 21 and Kathay Joseph 21 survived as a boater.
Paul Hamilton an instructor at the U S Army aviation school College Park Maryland was fatally injured in an aero plane accident last night He was flying alone in a biplane at about 100 feet when the craft fell to the ground and was smashed to pieces The signal corps men at the school extricated him and he was rushed to a hospital where his injuries were described as possibly fatal.
Omaha Nebraska dated June 25 reports detective J M Buell believes a maniac behind the Villisca Iowa ax killings will be arrested soon. The statement ties the alleged killer to the eight deaths and suggests imminent arrest.
Real estate ad lists farms in Iowa including Wright Co and Hancock Co offerings. Properties range from 80 to 414 acres with tiling and improvements, priced from 60 to 92.50 dollars per acre. Agency contact appears as Wehrheim Hagle Grove Ta.
A Chicago man named Thomas Garrel was struck and killed by Milwaukee No. 37 train near Maxwell two miles east of Maxwell. Enginemen said he was walking the track when hit. Body found with letters addressed to 2601 Wabash Ave Chicago. Garrel had joined the Stationary Firemen union and recently moved from Chicago to work on grading for a double tracking project. Body held at Maxwell awaiting relatives. Also from Fort Dodge report a Burt Iowa doctor D N Peters injured in a racecourse auto crash. neck injuries may be serious.
Marshalltown authorities pursue a theory that an elderly man was abducted in the countryside. Sheriff’s officers focus on identifying a suspect believed to be connected to the incident.
An elderly man, deemed possibly demented, refuses to name or explain himself. The Villisea sheriff keeps him in custody on vagrancy charges while authorities seek identification, noting the man appears strong and may be feigning illness as he carries two pencils and shows signs of a notable bruised sleeve.
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