davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1937-09-11
Prints Traced

Jackson and his partner all but
fell on his neck. who brought
the trousers here?" cried jackson.
IT don't know his name. but
he lives at No. SO. He's q colored
man-Short, wiry fellow. His
younger brother brought a suit
here just the other day"
"EIave you got it here?"
vencentos nodded. Eyes, it's all
ready. I've been expecting him to
call for it."
with that, he reached up to a
rack and produced a freshly
cleaned and pressed gray suit. De
tective Jackson looked at the label.
then exclaimed to his fellow otti'
Ger:
Erred, this suit was stolen
from the Case apartment last
July! Let's go!"
They left the shop and strolled
by No. SO. Near by they noticed
a white man whose face seemed
vaguely familiar. Jackson decided
that the loiterer was a detective
and introduced himself.
We've traced the blood
stained trousers, he said. who
Is it that lives in 68?"
"A porter who works in the
apartment building" said the
other officer. Ellis name Is
Green-Major Green. I've been
failing him ever since he was
released this afternoon. He
lives here with his brother, wife
and his wife's nephew. hear
that a tenant in the apartment
house has informed the police
that he gave the suit to Green
six months ago. What's more,
those were Green's fingerprlntS
'on the bathroom door,"
The Washington times., 1937-09-11

of one of the two keys. Detec-
tives went through the rooms,
hand on their guns, and found
A coat, vest and pair Of trousers
matching the bloodstained gar
ment found in the incinerator!
The cleaners mark on the worn
trousers constituted, at this point
in the investigation, the chief clue,
though the police well realized that
the mark might have been placed
there before the garment came
into the possession of the most re-
cent owner. But at least it should
reveal just who had owned the
trousers at the time they were
cleaned.
AS soon as tailoring shops
opened their doors the next morn
The Washington times., 1937-09-11
TRIUMPHED = Hoo Brides N1urder NaS SoIUed
Fingernails
Yield Clue to
Killer of Girl

ing CTuesday1. small army Of
detectives tackled the job Of trac-
ing the trousers.
That afternoon various EN-,
ployeS Of the apartment building.
along with others who had been
involved, were questioned at the
Newton Station, fingerprinted as
q matter Of routine. and then re-
leased, with the exception of
Solomon and Cattaneo, alias Viola,
Those persons who were released
were told that nobody in particular
was suspected, and that the cues.
tioning and fingerprinting were
merely matters Of police routine,
required by departmental rules.
However, s
When the possible suspects were
freed, every one Of them 3 was
Swallowed by a detective.
The Washington times., 1937-09-11

saulted, as had been the fate Of
Nancy Titterton. He judged the
murder weapon to have been a
ball-headed hammer such as me-
chanics use, and he placed the
time of death at about 2:30 p. m.
While DR.. Grimes was making
this report, experts from the
Crime Lab prepared to pare the
victims fingernails for eXamina-
ton and analysis in the labora.
tory. AS an officer carefully
Strengthened out the fingers of the
right hand, he observed several
brown hairs adhering to the
fingers.
The Washington times., 1937-09-11
Hammer Strange

Frank Case identified the pocket
books as having been the prop
erty Of his wife. He said he had
never seen the hammer before.
Police interest centered at once
upon the bloodStained trousers.
They were Of excellent material,
though worn and raveled. and
they had been taken in at the
waist to q size 80, indicating that
the most recent weater had been
The Washington times., 1937-09-11
Home Entered Before

DR.. Richard Grimes, assistant
medical examiner, informed Chief
Ryan that Mrs. Case had suffered
several deep skull fractures, ex-
tending from the right temple to
a point just above the right ear,
and that she had also been stran.
gled, though not criminally as.
The Washington times., 1937-09-11
Fingerprints on the Floor
Lead to the Capture of
Mary Cases Slayer
By PETER LEV1NS

Dr. Charles Lee Anderson the family physician, fastened
down the long hallway and found Frank Case seated In
attitude of complete detection couch in the living
"What is it. Frank?" the doctor exclaimed. What has
happened"
Case TALL heavlybult lifted his head and gestured
toward the bathroom. .
sThere she is" he said duly Il guess it's all over.
The Washington times., 1937-09-11

Directly above the Case apart
ment there was a vacant apart
ment. It was among the six
which could be entered by means
The Washington times., 1937-09-11

missing, Mr.. Case?" Lieutenant
Smith asked.
La gaceta., 1937-07-12

BUEN NEGOCrO-Se vende, o
Sc Gambia, por una casa chica,
una casa con % pies de ancho
por 6s de fondo, un local de ese
tamafo Y buen piso de cemen-
to, y tres departamentos altos.
Informan en- la misma, 2916
18th Street.
La gaceta., 1937-07-12
La Junta del Sdbado

FL sabado Sc reyniersn en-
juh4a extfaordinaria ell Subco-
mite de Ambulancia y ell Comite
Popular Democratico de Soco-
FRO a Espaha. P~residieron Ell Sr.
Gustavo Jimenez y Ell Sr. Jose
Sc MARTINEZ, estando en- las Sc
Atarfas Pedro Ramirez Moya
Y Victoriano Manteiga.
Moya lego una carta de la
Sra. Stella Carman, miembro
del Negociado de Ayuda Medi-
ca a Espana, informando sobre
las ambulancias y los precios.
Dice la Sra. Carman que las
ambulancias de tipo chico cons
por Ell Comite Norteame
ricano de Ayuda a Espana y Ell
Negociado Medico, Sc venden a
S1,250.00 cada una y las de tt
rpo grande de $1,80C.00 a ST.
La gaceta., 1937-07-12
La obys mcansabIe de la retaguardia de Tampa

Las ambulancias~son construi
das de acrerdo con las especifi-
caciones de los ejercitos de Es-
pana v Francia y ademas los
consoles de los ch6fefes o. las
manejan, consoles generates
por la experienced.
Despues de un cambio de inn
presiones Sc acord6, a PROPOSE
sion de Aurelio Prado eel escri-
Dir otra carta y pedir al Nego-
ciado Medico detalles sobre ell
tipo de anbulancia que reco-
mienda como mas convenience.
En- la carta Sc lie pediran tam
bien detalles sobre ell equipo
medico.
Hablafon sobre este particu-
lar Ramonin Rodriguez, Jose
Martinez, Benjamin Blanco Y
otros.
Hoy Sc aguarua un envio de
fotografias de las ambulancias,
en- su parte exterior e interior.
La gaceta., 1937-07-12

aecesario para tomar a Madrid
EN- ell case de que este fuera
possible, nj creo que estan dis
puestos en- estoS momentos a
ana aventura Seria en- estos mo-
mentos va que pagarian bien ca
20 por clio.
Refiriendose a los constantes
oombardeos de la ciudad por la
artilleria insurgents, agreg6:
-Esos crueles bombardeos
IAN arrancado mrchas vidas
inocentes y destruido muchos
adificios. Pero, lque objective
nilitar ha ntocado hasta hoy?
Y termin6 diciendo:
Mo creo que intenten una
3fensiva seria contra Madrid
por ell momento, pero, en- Ell ca
so que 10 hicieran, encontrarian
a sus defensores alerta Y dis
puestos a rechazarlos de nuevo.
La gaceta., 1937-07-12
Las Negociacioaes

A la una de la tarde de hoy,
en- ell local de la Union de Fabri-
cantes, altos del Tampa Daily
Times, empezaran las negocia-
clones sobre precios entire los
delegados de los obreros v pa
tronos de la industrial tabacale-
ra.
Representaran a los trabaja-
dores los Sres. Frank Cassaro,
p~residente del Comite Consult
vo C0njunto: Jose Martinez,
miembro del Comite Nivelado~
Y expresidente del Consultivo +;
Joaquin Perez Lendian, Manuel
M. Menendez y Charles Moro
ma.
Los nombres de los represen-
tantes de los manufacturers
los dimos a conocer Ia semana
pasada.
La representation obrera es
inteligente y conoce todos los Sc
cretos de la industrial.
La gaceta., 1937-07-12

d DE JULIO-Si va a Clear
water, al pasar ell puente de Mi
chigan, vera a la izquierda Ell
melon mas grande del mundo,
y en- csc lugar puede adquirir
toda clase de frutas que desee
para Ell A de Julio. Michigan y
Howard, Delio Perez esta a la
disposition de sus amigos.
La gaceta., 1937-07-12
PIDAALCs REcIBos

- Suplicanis a nuestros lecto-
Ses tengan ~ bondad de pedie
los recibos de page a los repair
tidores.
sHacisndolo NOS esitan incon
veniente a nasotros v a los re-
partidores.
La gaceta., 1937-07-12
DE ESCRITO-
RES C~ELEBRARAN EN-
VALENCIA

Paris, Julio 12.-(The Fede-
rated Press).--El peri6dico YES
pertino Zee Soir" anuncia que
ell conocido periodista y escritor
cubano Alejo Carpenter ha ST
do designado para representa-
a los intelectuales latino-ameri-
canos, residences en- esta CAPT
tai, ante ell Congreso de Escri-
torres de Valencia que Sc efec-
tuara dentro de breves dias.
La gaceta., 1937-07-12

Sitges-Exquisito vino catalan
Salud v fuerza
Restaurant "Columbia"
La gaceta., 1937-07-12
LAS FfEsTAs DEL GIN
~CUENTENARIO DE LA FUN
DAcIoNy " M

Ell jueves Sc efectualA IN las
grandes fiestas organizadas con
motive del cincuentenario de la
fundaci6n de la ciudad de Tam
pa.
A las Ii 80 de la manana Sc
ra inaugurado ell Hospital NJ
nicipal, con las obras reciente :
mente verificadas. pdblico
Ipodra recorrer ell magnifico edi
ficio, una joya entire los hospi-
tales del sur.
wPor la tarde, a las 2, Sc efec-
tuara una carrera de botes au-
tom6Yiies en- Palmetto Beach, to
mando parte en-. ella ell famoso
Luis Geraci.
Ell mismo dfa, por la noche, O.
frecera I'm concerto la orquesta
Sinf6nica, en- ell parque Plant.
Varios partidos de pelota Sc
verificaran en- horas de la tarde
y de la noche.
Las sociedades latinas, las cua
tro principles, celebraran bal
les, con entrada gratis para las
personals de buena conducta.
Pertenecen a la comisi6n or :
ganizadora de las fiestas muy
conocidas personalidades.
La gaceta., 1937-07-12
HUELGA DE MARINEROS
INGLESES EN- ITAIIA

Londres, Julio 12.-(The Fed
Grated Press).-La marineria
del barco de carga ingles "a
voncliff", que Sc encuentra en-
Italia, Sc declare hoy en- huelga,
negandose a transporter TN car
gamento de granos con mestino
a Huelva, posici6n en- poder de
los insurgentes.
Las autoridades diplomaticas
britanicas manifestation que no
podfan tomar ninglena acci6n
contra los marines debido a que
estos, en- cosa de riesgo, tenian
ell derecho de negarse a condu-
cir Ell barco.
La tripulaci6n u~nanimemen-
tie declar66 que no Transports
ban ell cargamento porque de
esa manera ayudaban al Gene
"a Franco.
La gaceta., 1937-07-12
La Huelga Sentada

,Mantienen SUI hrelga senta-
ia, en- ell edificio donde estuNo
"IA Flor de Cuba, las gesture
ras latinas de la WPA, secun-
l1adas por algunas americanas.
Las costureras americans,
que secundaron la huelga en- el
primer dia, volvieron Ell sabado
al trabajo, en- ell segundo piso,
iuego de haber sido elias las mi
ciadoras del movimiento.
Nuestros lectores saben va
ore las huelguistas demandan
Ia reposici6n de SO costureras
despedidas y un aumento de
20% en- los iornales.
Durante ell dfa de aver las
trabajadoras fueron muy visi-
tadas por sus familiares. La po-
licia dej6 en- completa libertad
de acci6n al p1blico y las huel-
guistas hablaron con sus fami-
liares y amigos.
Abundante fue ell almuerzo,
10 mismo que la comida, Y las
muchachas y senoras quedaron
muy satisfechas.
Las autoridades sanitarias
visitaron ell sabado Ell edificic
donde sc mantiene la huelga J
reconocieron que las mujeres il
tienen muy limpio; pero opinar
que existe peligro para la saluc
p1blica, por no haber Ell n1mert
suficiente de inodoros v como.
didades para banarse.
Ell departamento de Sanidad
municipal Sc pondra en- contac-
to con la WPA, buscando la
La gaceta., 1937-07-12

del pueblo contra sus tradicio-
males enemigos.
LAS organizaciones que han
venido ayudando a la causa del
pueblo espanol estaran repre-
sentadas en- ese acto, a indica-
ci6n de la embajada
Creese que Tampa mandara
una representation; pero este
debera resolverlo hoy Ell Comite
a quien corresponds.
La gaceta., 1937-07-12
Acto en- la EmbGjadG

Ell II de julio Sc efectuara un
acto de gran trascendencia en-
la embajada de Espana EN-
Washington.
Sc cumple ell primer ano de la
rebeldia de los militares traido-
res v ell primer ano de la lucha
La gaceta., 1937-07-12
MADRID INEXPUGNABIIE
Reptile Ell GRAIL. MIAJA

Madrid, Julio 12.-(The Fed
Grated Press).-En una entire
vista exclusive para un peri6di-
co frances, el General Jose Mia
ia, heroe de la defensa de Ma
drid, repiti6 una vez mas que
la ciudad es ineNpugnable.
+Los rebeldes, dijo, nj tie
men los hombres y Ell material
La gaceta., 1937-07-12

AL frente de la agencia de no.
ticias "Nuestra Espaia" queda
ran Felix Pita Rodriguez y Pa
bio Nerrnda, eli primero cubano
Y ell segundo chileno.
La gaceta., 1937-07-12
La ACTIV1DAD EN- Ell CENTRIC OBRERO

forma de remediar esa necesi-
dad.
Hoy no trabajaran los hon.
bres y las mujeres de la WPA.
que no secundaron la huelga
pero 10 haran manana, segaln
Mr.. Robinson ,jefe de la oficina
local.
Los huelguistas acordaron la
semana pasada ell pedir solidari
lad moetaria a los tabaqueros Y
IN paro de smpatia de Is minu-
tos.
Las uniones estudiaran la so
licitud y contestaran.
La gaceta., 1937-07-12
Firm6 ell Quartet de Bomb@o.

Firm6 ell Quartet de BOmbesos
La iirma Lopez Y Alvarez, de
Ia tOctava avenida entire las ca
lies 10 y ID, firm6 hoy ell conve
MO con la Union International,
por medic de la oficina de la A
sociaci6n de Fabricantes.
Esta fabrica es popularmente
conocida como ell Quartet de
Bomberos.
Otros pequefos chinchales
firmaran en- esta semana, Sc
gun tenemos entendids.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-30
ONCE Upon DEC. SOth


One hundred and twenty five years
400 TODAY. the schooner Patriot sail
ID from Charleston, S. c., for New
York with a cargo of rice and one
passenger
The Patriot and its fate is remem-
bered today because that passenger
was SO-year-old Theodosia Burr Ais
ton. daughter of Aaron Burr, who was
going to New York to meet her faith
err. Burr, who had long been an exile
n Europe from the troubles he had
stirred up for himself, had at last
come home, and he awaited a joyous
.eunion with the daughter he had per-
sonally trained to be, as he hlmsel1
wrote. the equal of any woman IN
The world"
Some hours after the Patriot cross
"a Charleston harbors outer bar, it
ran into storm that ragged from New
England to Florida and was most vlo-
lent off Cape Hatteras. 1t was never
heard of again. The event completed
the tragedy of the brilliant Burr fam
lily. His wife. his grandson, whom he
had planned to make emperor of Mex
leo; his son-in-law and now his
daughter had been taken from him.
In orthodox histories, that is the end
Of thestor y of TheodOsia Burr, one
OF the most accomplished of American
women. But months after the Pat
riots disappearance, there came from
the West Indies reports of a pirate
chief who had captured and made his
wife. a woman of queenly poise and
great intellect. The descriptions of
her fit Theodosia Burr Her father
believed that this woman was Theo-
iosia I'LL be day of his. death he
haunted wa, tronts, questioning sail
crs Effort. to trade her in the West
Indies met with reports the pirate
chief had moved to Mexican waters;
search there found him gone to South
America
If this was the fate of Theodosia,
her life after could not have been
stranger than that of a Martinique
r;rlhood friend of Napoleon Empress
Josephine, who was captured from a
ship bound for France and carried to
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-30
NOTICE OF SALE.

Under and by virtue of the power
and authority contained in a Deed of
Trust executed by Eugene Allen and
Pinkie Allen, his wife, and Maria
Broadway, widow, duly recorded in
| tho office of the Register of Deeds of
Vance County, in Book 1871, at page
| $40, default having been made in the
payment of the note therein secured,
a. the request OF the holGci of the
note, the undersigned Trustee will Of
fer for sale TO the highest bidder for
Cash, at the Courthouse door in Hen
d>isor, Vance County, North Carolina.
IL II o'clock noon On Monday, January
81; 1898, the following described real
estate:
Begin az a stone, the old Sam Al
len conner, and George Badger
Hughes corner in Mary Ayscue line;
run thence north along the old Sam
Allen line Ala feet to stone, Hayes
and Alien corner; thence West 6z2
feet to a stone Mary Allen corner IN
Sam Allen land; thence South parallel
with first line 41l feet to stone on
the Hayes fine; thence East 6iZ lee!
20 the place or DcGlnnlnS, cohtdlhilH
six acres, T.cing made of two tracts
enc of one and one-half acres as con-
veyed by Sam Allen to Mary Allen on
March II, 1918, and of record in Book
SO, at page 81, Vance County, and the
other being a tract of four and one
half acres, conveyed by Sam Allen
to Mary Allen, Sept. IS, 1919, as re-
corded in Book SO, at page 340' 10
both of which deeds reference Is
hereby made for further DESCRIPTION
Also see deed from A. w. Gholson'
Jr., Commissioner, to Eugene Alleh
and Maria Broadway of even ua'e
herewith.
This the Both day of December
1887.
T. r. GHOLSON, Trustee
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-30
TODAY IN HISTORY

179O-Pres. Washington's message to
Congress regarding Americans held
in captivity in Algeria-not until 70
v rs later did America settle with
Al ria by force of arms.
l853-Gadsden Purchase completed
Mexico pad ten million dollars Tor
strip. of land now New Mexico's SOU
thern border of Mexico.
1854-First United States oil COM
pany, the Pennsylvania Rock Oil, in
corporated.
1869-1he Noble Order of the
Knights of Labor, for the next two de-
cades the most powerful labor organ
ization in the country, founded in Phil
adelphia by Uriah S. Stephens and
others.
1903-Iroquis Theatre fire, Chicago,
takes toll of some 500 lives, mostly wo-
men and children.
1921 Worlds duration airplane re-
cord achieved by Stinson and Bertaud
at Roosevelt Field, over 20 hours of
continuous flight.
19351Swedish Red Cross unit bomb
ed at Ethiopia front.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-30

n1urky gray-there was the rush
Of wind in the pines.
Mimi hated storms. She turned
on me her startled glance. isn't
there any place we can run for
shelter ?"
I helped her to her horse, and
led the way. Andy brought up the
rear, with Mimi between us. The
whole thing had the effect of I'M
reality-that the three Of us
should be high up in this mountain.
world alone and my wife, and
the man who loved her.
The trapper's hut had been
empty for years. The country had
been hunted over until there were
few animals left whose furs were
valuable. But the hut was built
of good sound logs, and was in the
center of an open grassy space.
Within were a few broken chairs,
a rlckety table-cobwebs were
woven in fantastic draperies across
the windows was the rustic
OF held mice among the dried
-OSS'No SA11C 410O leu IIlrOu2H
the open door.
We had a race for it towards the
END. Minis hat was off, and blow
ing back from her face. Andy's
nat was off, too, and mine-the
blood was red in our cheeks where
Inc wind had buffeted them!
What a picture to look back upon
WIN our racing horses, our
youtn, the storm at our heels.
we came into the cabin laugh
lng' with the sheer joy of the ex-
cltement. The rain drove in after
us. Andy and pushed the Shrek
ing door shut, and there we were
in darkness.
some ride" Andy said.
II adore it," Mimi was breath
less.
We sat down on the ricketv.
chairs, and gradually our faces
emerged like white masks in tbe
uncertain light which blurred the
raln-washed, cobwebby windows
And now a constraint came unon
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-30

us. Our voices, beating against
the noise of the thunder, were thin
and artificial. The lightning, wash
ing through the room in waves of
incandescence, gave us an air of
unreality, as if we were ghosts of
the bright creatures who had raced
with the storm.
It was after one Of the weird
Examinations that Mimi clutched
my arm. Jerry, I'm afraid"
I I drew her to me. What did I
care if Andy was there to resent
my air of possession? She was
mine. my dearest" I said, ut
will soon be over"
Andy struck match and lighted
cigaret. The squirt of the flame
showed his dark face.
Nobody" he said, with touch
of his old insolence, "is going to
believe it when I go back"
Believe what Mimi de-
manded.
'"That I found you two billing
and cooling like turtle-doves.
Minis laugh had a teasing
quality. "What did you expect to
find?
II thought by this time YOU
would be bored to extinction"
"But, I'm not"
"No," abruptly "apparently
not" Then, after moments
silence. IT came with some news
for you. But it can wait. You are
going to ask me to dine, aren't
you, Mimi? I want to see your
earthly paradise"
I held my breath. My mind was
filled with the vision of that uelv.
red-painted structure. OF the clut-
tered kitchen, of dead flowers in
the vases, the hopeless untidiness
and commonplaceness of it all.
Then, amazingly cool and con-
trolled, Minis voice beat against
my consciousness.
But I am not going to ask Won
to dine with us, Andy, nor to see
our Paradise"
Ito Be Continued)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-30
TODAY #
ToDAY'S ANNIVERSARIES

1784-Stephen H Long noted army
en-. aeer ard explorer OF the Wes,'
ho,o st Hcr].inton, n. H. Died at AL
ls13-Joe g. ac.ey, popular New
walton. N. Y. Died Jan. 16, 1897.
189O-Francis NJ. Drake, Iowa mer-
chant. soldier, Des Aloines college
founder and benefactor, governor norm
at Rushville, Ill. Died Nov. ~, 'oo
1844-Charles A. Coffin, first p esi-
dent of the General Electric Company,
born in Somerset Co., Name. Dlea
July IA, 1926.
1S72-William A. Larned, seven
times national lawn tennis Champion
horn at Summit, N. j. Committed sui
eide, Dec. IL, 1926.
1874 Vuliam Hugh Johnste labor
leader, president Of the International
Association of Machinists, born IN
Nova Scotia Died in Washington, y.
c., March 26, 1887.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-30
TODAY's BIRTHDAYS

Ex-Governor Alfred E. Smith of New
York, born there, GA years ago.
DR.. Francis Carter Wood, director Of
the Institute of Cancer Research, Co.
lumhia, born at Columbus, Chic, 68
year5ago
DR.. Stanley High, clergyman, former
New Deal adviser born in Chicago,
AZ years ago.
Simon Guggenheim, president of the
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany, ex-senator, BORN in Philadelphia,
70 years ago.
Dr. william II. Park, New York
Citys healt' expert, born there, "A
yea 5 ago.
stephen COX, famed hunoorist
NcIlL IN y. n 'ntreal. lessor
or econon 0orA in Ell I'd, 6S
years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-30
NOTICE.

1 have this day qualified before lh1
Clerk of Superior Court OF Vancs
County, North Carolina, as Execute
under the Last Will and TeStaillcii,
of Laura Merriman Williamson, am
this is to notify all persons hololns
.a.4ns against said estate to pfeS'n,
he same to the undersigned on mo- %
before the 23rd day of December 1850
Or this notice will be pleaded IN va
IF any recovery. Persons indenteu "
said estate are requested to make iii
mediate settlement.
This the 22nd day of Decelio0''
1884.
]. p. ZOLLICOTFER, Executor
j. p. & j. H Zollicoffer, Attorneys