Troops Sent by Governor Sparks Maryland Lynch Mob
A mob of over a thousand men stormed the Maryland state armory at Annapolis to free four men linked to the Armwood lynching. Troopers under Governor Ritchie used tear gas and bayonets to hold the lines as crowds jeered Lynch Ritchie and Lynch Lane.
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State Armory
Princess Anne
Albert C. Ritchie
George Armwood
Baltimore
Lynch
Lane
Milton A. Reckord
Executors Sale of Personal Property Near Winchester
The undersigned will sell for cash at one o'clock p m on Friday December 8 1933 at the residence of late Mrs Laura Butler two miles north of Winchester along Martinsburg Turnpike a lot of household effects chairs tables stoves bureaus feather beds quilts some antiques one large copper kettle one brass kettle etc One good milk cow M M Lynch Executor of Mrs Laura V Butler deceased Duvall Dunn Auctioneers 11-29-81
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Laura Butler
Winchester
Martinsburg
M. M. Lynch
Laura V. Butler
Duvall & Dunn
Somerset mob riots prompt lane to act and arrests
The state adjutant general overseen by troops faced attacks as a mob in Salisbury damaged cars and overturned another, while reporters were forced from a hotel. Attorney General Lane signaled habeas corpus hearings to hold four alleged lynchers, with writs issued for two others and witnesses sought.
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Lane
Pot Lane
David C. Winebrenner
Annapolis
William Preston Lane, Jr
Somerset County
Princess Anne
William H. Thompson
Irving Adkins
Robert F. Dyer
Robert Daugherty
Somerset
Virginia
Coast Guard
Lynching Report Details Crowd Attacks Jail
Sheriff Otto Theisen led 15 mob members who stormed a jail to free a lynch suspect. The jail was attacked with gasoline, rocks, and pipes as police used tear gas bombs. deputies and officers faced the crowd in a violent confrontation.
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Otto Theisen
Raymond Gunn
Maryville
Gunn
Crowd Seizes Jail Entrance During Riot
Gas masks were used by some, tear gas bombs proved unusable. The mob battered a door at the sheriff s residence integrated with the jail and flooded inside. A protester grabbed a tear gas bomb outside and threw it back into the jail offices.
Chicago and Baltimore Wheat Prices Report
Closing quotations for Chicago and Baltimore wheat markets supplied daily by Winchester Milling and Stickel Sales. Chicago December 83 by May 87 54 July 87 42 Baltimore Spot 87 12 Winchester Spot 83.
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Chicago
Baltimore
The
Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Stickel] Sales Corporation
Cash
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
Virginia Senate Panel Urges Drastic Government Cuts
The Virginia Senate committee on economy in state government proposes sweeping reforms to save about a million dollars annually. Abolish county school boards, consolidate boards with supervisors, limit higher education salaries, cut state colleges, and scrap most state autos. It criticizes frequent textbook changes and urges jail cost reforms and broader justice powers.
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Virginia
Senate
Richmond
Virginia Senate Committee On
CIA
William M. Tuck
Pollard
Boards of
Tuck
R. O. Norris
Lancaster
Major Hillard
Portsmouth
Halifax
General Assembly
State Board of Education
Legislative
the Revenue
Fee Commission
State Health Department
Tidewater
Department of Education
Fredericksburg
Justices of the Peace
House
County Board of Supervisors
Boards County Commissioners
Dr Alice Wynekoop Faces First Degree Murder Charge
Chicago physician Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop aged 62 is charged with the first degree murder of her daughter in law Mrs. Rheta Wynekoop. The image shows her as she appeared in 1922, eleven years prior.
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Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Chicago
Rheta Wynekoop
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Gov. Ritchie
Saathen
Hopkins
Salisbury
Ritchie
Union
Alice
Alice L. Wynekoop
Goup No
Swagger
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