Robbery on Chicago Mail Wagon Steals $6000 in Currency
Five men halted a U S mail wagon on Mather Street near Desplaines and Halstead stealing registered pouches. About $6000 in currency and other valuables were taken while the crew fled, police later recovering some items in a North Side refuse box. Investigators seek the remaining clues.
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United States
Mather Street
Desplaines
Halstead
Desalaines Street
Mather
Parents Identify Bomb-thrower's Head as Son Norcross
New York December 16 The parents of Henry L Norcross Eastern note broker identified the bombrower's lead at the morgue as their son at 1 am Coroner Messner accepted the identification and will use it at the forthcoming inquest The parents described his appearance clothing and the last time they saw him Thursday afternoon They swore to a letter found in his office starting Dear Mother I am going to New York to get 1 700 if successful I shall return If not I shall kill myself
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Norcross
Torower
New York
Henry L. Norcross
Brower
Messner
Indicted: E M Field for Misappropriation Bonds
The Grand Jury indicted E M Field in New York on charges of misappropriating $50,000 in Union Pacific bonds. Field appeared in general sessions court, bail set at $25,000 with John T. Terry and J Dupont Morgan standing as sureties. He was rearrested on Ludlow Street jail transfer orders after leaving the courthouse.
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New York
E. M. Field
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Field
General Sessions Court
Douglass
Bellevue Hospital
Matthew Field
Wilkie & Stone
John T. Terry
J. Dupont Morgan
Barker
Ludlow Street
R. E. Ditze
Brooklyn
Pratt
Telegraphers Stop Atlantic Pacific Freight Movement
D C Ramsey says 800 Southern Pacific workers left their keys and no cars move on the Atlantic and Pacific line. Three-Bears a Horse Thief is convicted in Helena Montana with mercy recommended for the Cheyenne scout Buffalo Bill era. Sentence to be pronounced later.
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St. Louis
D. C
Hellena
Mon
Buffalo Bill
Erie States
Love-His-Knife
Sickness Sweeps Delaware and Pennsylvania Cities
Influenza diphtheria and pneumonia cause high illness in Wilmixeox Delaware and surrounding Pennsylvania towns. Dozens die among the elderly as nurses run scarce and physicians toil. West Chester sees about 500 ill with the grip, Kenneth Square Oxford and Phosixville also hit.
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Delaware
Pennsylvania
Del
West CnesTer. Pa
West Chester
Kenneth Square
Oxford
Coates
Diphtheria Rises in Chester County Rural Areas
Diphtheria reports rise in Lancaster County rural districts with many child deaths. A single family has buried three children as the disease targets children and strains physicians in small Chester County towns.
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Lancaster
Heartless parent in Cherokee county case shocks Topeka
Thomas Seidler a Bohemian farmer refused clergy, doctors, and neighbors help as his daughter and two sons fell ill from poison. He barred entry and warned against aid, leading to the death of one boy and ongoing suffering of others as authorities investigate the disturbing acts.
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Topeka
Kan
Cherokee County
Thomas Seidler
Seidler
Alum Poisoning Case Darkens Child Deaths
Neighbors investigated and found Seidler had given his children alum solutions mixed with other poisons. One child is dead, another gravely ill, and Seidler is jailed awaiting a coroner's inquest. He appears coldly deliberate rather than insane. Trainmen Will Go Out.
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Seidler
Hadfield Company assigns assets and liabilities in Wisconsin
The Hadfield company of Waukesha assigns with liabilities about 500000 and assets near 800000. It operates lime cement and stone with branches in Chicago and Milwaukee. Assignees bond set at 400000. Also owner of Milwaukee Menominee Falls and Western Railway. Northwestern Road gains control of Lake Shore and Western.
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Lake Shore
Milwaukee
Journal
Waukesha
Wis
Hadfield Company
Chicago
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