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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1925
Page
8
James Moore, railway flagman of Richmond, Va, was taken into custody in connection with the shooting of William Lee Gordon, president of the W Lee Gordon Company. Gordon was found by a passerby in a car parked before his home and was reported in critical condition at a hospital.
Yonkers New York March 23 After winning a bet that he could drink a pint of whiskey Barny Williams collapsed and died in his yard Harold Powers a storekeeper who claimed to have supplied the whiskey and Mrs Williams as witnesses testified Tollie said she believed he would only be drunk and allowed him to stay outside all night
London March 23 The jury in the Waterhouse case against Lady Wilson Barker found in favor of Mrs Muriel Waterhouse claiming 10701 pounds she alleged was extorted from her late husband Alfred Ronin Waterhouse. The verdict noted R P Sheldon’s involvement as a conspirator though not a listed party.
March 23 report from Washington describes Priv Boyd Blifritz of Bolling Field borrowing a major's plane for a joy ride. He took off, circled the capital, and headed toward Pennsylvania Avenue before forgetting to open the radiator. The craft wrecked upon return, but Blifritz was not injured.
Dorothy Ellingson, 16, confessed to killing her mother, Anna Nagson, after parents objected to her hours with men. In San Francisco Superior Court she asked that the jury be all men, hoping to influence the murder trial. The defendant attended a party the same night.
The girl's attorneys say she will undergo eight examinations to determine her mental and physical condition. The evaluations are designed to establish her status in the ongoing case.
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