Thaw on Way to Elmhurst Amid Escape Inquiry
Harry K Thaw who escaped Matteawan yesterday is in the United States and has written his mother to meet him at Elmhurst the Thaw summer home at Cresson Pa He spent last night in Lenox Mass and left early this morning with a companion by automobile New York police have issued a general alert and a private detective agency assists in the search Keeper Barnum is under arrest denying knowledge of the escape.
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Cresson
Lenox
Mass
Matteawan
Star
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
South America
William Thaw
Gotham
Elmharst
Thaw
Station 0
Elmhurst
Richard S. Stanley
Lenox Hotel
Whitman
R. F. C. Keith
Asylum
Barnum
Poughkeepsie
Thaw’s Crime and Fight for Freedom
Born 1871 married Evelyn Nesbit chorus girl 1905. Killed Stanford White on Madison Square roof garden June 25 1906. Tried for murder, jury disagreed April 1907. Acquitted on insanity grounds January 1908. Committed to Matteawan Asylum February 1908. Numerous failed attempts to win release by legal action. Thaw denies paternity of Nesbit’s child. 1913 bribery charges against asylum officials. superintendent resigns. Dr Keith becomes head. Escapes from Matteawan in August 1913.
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Evelyn Nesbit
Stanford White
Madison Square Roof Garden
Toe Matteawan
John W. Russell
Raymond F. C. Keith
Mattenwan
Extradition Pending as Thaw Case Brings Gov Fight
Albany reports that extradition papers for Harry K. Thaw may collide with a dual gubernatorial situation. Governor Sulzer asked Superintendent Riley to investigate the case, with expected clashes between Sulzer and Glynn factions.
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Albany
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Sulzer
Riley
State Prison Department
Sulver
Glynn
Tillman Attacks Women Suffrage and Divorce
Senator Tillman of South Carolina denounces woman suffrage and divorce in a Senate speech. He claims politics harms women and would erode womanhood, linking divorce to the Diggs Caminetti case and saying in the South such men would be shot like dogs if they acted there.
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Star
Washington
Tillman
South Carolina
Senate
California
Diggs
Waminetti
Delaware Newton Dies of Old Age
Delaware Newton a well known resident of Wilmington died Sunday at his home on North Market Street at age 96. He suffered no organic troubles and death was from natural wasting. Funeral services were held at 4 pm by Rev. A P Shaw at John Mann Methodist Church and he was buried in Orrick cemetery.
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North Market Street
A. P. Shaw
John Mann Methodist Episcopal Church
Orrick
Thaw Escapes Matteawan Asylum In Early Morning Flight
Harry K Thaw, infamous slayer of Stanford White, escaped Matteawan State Hospital for the criminal insane at 745 am Sunday with five accomplices in a car and a waiting black limousine. Police seek the party, fearing he headed for the Connecticut line toward Long Island Sound. A $500 reward is offered by Dr R F C Keib. Evelyn Thaw and her mother faced heightened fear as uniformed guards protected the hotel entrance in New York City.
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Matteawan
N. YS
Atg
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Liberty
Connecticut State Line
Thaw
Asylum
Long Island Sound
Europe
Keib
R. F. C. Keib
Howard H. Barnum
Keik
Confederate Veteran and Builder Charles Houck Dies at 76
Charles Washington Houck of Winchester, a Confederate Army veteran and longtime builder, died at his home after a years long decline. Born February 22 1837 in Strasburg Va he joined McNeill’s Rangers and later served as a courier on Gen Lee’s staff. He amassed wealth as a contractor but left no children. Funeral Wednesday at Mount Hebron Cemetery with Taps by Turner Ashby Camp bugler.
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Charles Washington Houck
Winchester
Braddock and
Clif
Strasburg
Charles
Katharine Houck
Mr. Houck
Gen. Lee
States
Houck
McNeill
Rangers
Robert KE. Lee
Elizabeth Ritter
Frederick County
Fanny Hull
Silas Wright
Luray
Emelia Russell
Lewisburg
W. Va
J. W. Duffey
Alexandria
W. ©. Talbert
Braddock Street
M. E. Church
Mount ‘Hebron
Mount Hebron
Turner Ashby
George H. Kinzel
M. T. Reed
John W. Rice
H. D. Fuller
Edward H. Diffenderfer
James B. Russell
Tickets on sale for charity entertainment Aug 20
Tickets for the charity entertainment in the Auditorium on Wednesday evening August 20 went on sale today at Hable's store. Seat reservations are being made rapidly with prices at 50 cents 75 cents and 1. The notice urges early selection of seats.
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Hable’s
Wanted Fresh Cabbage Butter and Eggs Ad
Wanted fresh cabbage butter and eggs by H Shindler and Son at 16 1p 5t ee au.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H, Shindler & Son
Charity Show Program at Winchester Memorial Hospital Fund Benefit
A charity performance at the Winchester Memorial Hospital building fund seeks to raise funds with seats sold since Saturday morning. The all day night program features the Eleventh Cavalry Band, operatic selections, a farce, monologues, dances, and vocal solos performed by a roster including Miss Susan Reid Hams Mr. Lee Cable Miss Willie McGuire Miss Virginia Fuller and others, with proceeds advancing the hospital fund.
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Winchester Memorial ‘Hospital Building Fund
Eleventh Cavalry Band
Vietor ‘Herbert
Susan Reid Hams
Mr. Lee Cable
Dwight
Truxton Beach
R.G. Williams
Willie McGuire
Virginia Fuller
Upper York Hotel
Cavalry
Ga Madame (Schlosshauer-Reynolds
Royal Opera
Berlin
Howard Thatcher
Peabody Conservatory
Miselas Fuller
Margaret Britton
Alexander Surles
Lee Cable
Virginia Marshall Baker
Elizabeth Steck
Susan Reid Williams
H. N.*stephenson
Margarett Britton
Lucille Faulkner
Walter Gore
Sue Faulkner
Sarah Poor
Douglas Fuller
Eleventh Cavalry
Excursion Train Runs From the Valley to Washington and Baltimore
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad operated its largest Valley division excursion yesterday from Strasburg and Harpers Ferry to Washington and Baltimore. About 80 passengers started at Winchester, 394 bought tickets there, and 625 rode to Harpers Ferry before returning around 11 PM.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Valley Division
Strasburg
Harpers Ferry
Washington
Baltimore
Witchester
Funeral Services For Myrtle Clem
The seven year old Myrtle E Clem daughter of Mr and Mrs G E Clem of Martinsburg West Virginia died at home after a two week illness of typhoid pneumonia Her funeral was held at her parents home officiated by Rev Funkhouser of the Church of the Brethren and she was interred in Mount Hebron Cemetery The child was described as bright and pretty and her death a crushing blow to her parents
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle E. Clem
G. E. Clem
Martinsburg
W. Va
Jerry Clem
North Market Street
Clem
Funkhouser
Church of the Brethren
Mount Hebron
Motorcycle tragedy ends Middletown youth life
Samuel Rogers aged about 17, son of Edward Rogers, died from injuries after a motorcycle accident on the Valleypike near Middletown. He fell unconscious vomiting blood while riding home from Strasburg on a hot August afternoon. Doctors could not save him. he was not at fault, but suffered internal injuries from the crash. Funeral services set for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasburg
EB. Olin Karrick
Middletown
Samuel Rogers
Edward
Itill
Valley Pike
Mr. Rogers
EB. Olin Larrick
Middley Town
Rogers
Young Rogers
Brute Attacks a Little Girl in Martinsburg Quarry Area
Winchester police seek Vincenzo Reéci an Italian quarry worker charged with criminal assault on Pola Pola's daughter aged under 12. The attack occurred in a field two miles from Martinsburg. Pola tried to strike the assailant with a pick handle as he fled into nearby woods, prompting renewed workers' alarm after a recent similar incident.
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Winchester
Vincenzo Reéci
Martisbura
Pola Pola
Martinsburg
Reec
Page Siblings Headed to Cumberland Tennis Championship
Mr W Nelson Page and sister Miss Frances Peyton Page of the city depart for Cumberland Maryland to compete in the Western Maryland championship at the Potomac Club. Page enters men's singles and doubles with Spencer Gordon of Washington as doubles partner. Frances Page plays in ladies singles and doubles and partners her brother in mixed doubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Nelson Page
Frances Peyton Page
Cumberland
Maryland
Potomac Club
Page
Spencer Gordon
Washington
Police Sought for Missing Boy Runaway from Bolivar Heights
Chief M A Doran received a letter from Major Richard Sylvester head of the Washington police requesting return of 14 year old Willard Hallam to his mother at Bolivar Heights West Virginia. Hallam ran away August 18 with 17 year old Edgar Webb and both are white. No trace found near Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Doran
Richard Sylvester
Washington
Willard ®Allam
Bolivar Heights
W. Va
Edgar Webb
Hallam
Winchester
Six Reel Show at Auditorium Tonight
Six big reels to be shown at the Auditorium tonight include Window on Wash Park Vita The Paymaster Lubin The River Pirates Kalem Much Parcel Post Pathe The New Arrival Cines and The Fatal Battle Selig. Local patrons invited to attend.
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Vita
Lubin
Kalem
Pathe
Cines
Selig
Virginia forecast and local notices from Solenberger's Store
Fair weather for Virginia with showers in the extreme east tonight and Tuesday. Advertisement for high quality Crimson Clover, Alfalfa, Timothy and other grass seeds. H. H. Baker, Rouss Avenue. Touring cars for hire advertised by SolSBergers Store with contact John 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
John
Solenberger’s
Youthful figure remembered by family and friends
The obituary notes a youth leaving three sisters and several brothers, along with other relatives and a large circle of young friends who admired him. General services will be held at the house at 2 30 PM Tuesday afternoon by Rev DeWitt A Beery pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church South with interment at Mount Carmel Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt A. Beery
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Mount Carmel Cemetery
Winchester church dedicates new house of worship
Dr J C Atkinson preached as Rev W T Walters was reelected president of the Valley Central Conference. The Winchester Christian Church at Braddock and Clifford streets held a 10:30 to 2:00 dedicatory service with seating taxed and many from Shenandoah Valley and West Virginia attending. The church recently raised funds to pay the debt and contributions exceeded the goal.
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W. T. Walters
Valley Central Conference
Antioch Church
Christian Church
Winchester
Braddock and
Clifford Streets
Shenandoah Valley
West Virginia
Virginia Valley Central Christian Conference
W. B&b. Bakers
William T. Walters
A. W. Andes
Harrisonburg
J. P. Barrett
Herald of Gospel Liberty
Dayton
Ohio
J. C. Atchinson
The
Christian Sun
Elon College
N. Y
W. G. Clements
Morrisville
N. C
Walters
Walders
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New York City
Complications At Albany
Delaware
Newton
Evelyn Thaw
Evecyn Nesbit Thaw
Charles Wolman
Has. W. Houck
Confederacy
Lee
Iuk Ag
Myrtle Clem
Brute
Fio
Weather Forecast
H. H. Baker
Rouss Avenue
NEW Church
Christian Congregation of Winchester
J.C. Atkinson
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