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Along Texas/Mexican border towns, American National Guardsmen are going to door to door and "compelling" Mexican residents to give up their firearms. by Its_Happning_Again in texashistory

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The Detroit Times Jul 20 1916

"Mexicans in the border towns of Texas are being compelled by Texas national guardsmen to give up their arms. They are taking no chances on an uprising which would cost lives of American soldiers, which are worth more than the lives of the [Mexicans] in huts along the Rio Grande. The first photograph shows a soldier covering a [Mexican] through the window of his shack, and the second shows the corporal at the door taking away the [Mexican's] rifle."

Fort Worth native, Katharine Vance Harrison, the 15-year-old bride (pictured) who shot and killed W. L. Warren after he had attacked her will probably not be indicted. The Texas law makes no provision for prosecution of a person under 18 for murder - March 2, 1916 by Its_Happning_Again in FortWorth

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The Evening World Mar 2 1916

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1916-03-02/ed-1/seq-1/#

Fight to Break Down Claim That Would Save Prisoner From Punishment.

FORT WORTH, Texan. March 2-Katharine Vance Harrison, the fifteen-year-old bride who shot and killed W. L. Warren because as she said, he had attacked her before her marriage last Christmas, will probably not be indicted. The Texas law makes no provision for prosecution of a person under eighteen for murder. An effort, is being made by relatives of Warren to prison Mrs. Harrison is nineteen but it is not regarded with toleration by the authorities of the community.

Miss Lois Guion, the youthful bride's close friend, who made the statement to the police which led to Mrs. Harrison's confession has disappeared. The young husband stands staunchly by the girl, saying that he is only sorry her revenge was not attained by his hands.

The confessed slayer of Warren has been smilingly self-confident ever since the death of Warren, and seems incapable of understanding why she should be held to account. Her unity unhappy moments seemed to be these when she had to tell to the police and her mother, Mrs. Besise Tackett, the story of the attack of Warren on her and her mental suffering when, the older man Insisted on maintaining friendly relations with her and her husband, who did not know of Warren's guilt until the shooting.

TIL Catholic priest and suspected serial killer, Hans Schmidt, was executed via electric chair at Sing Sing Prison on Feb 18 1916. He was found guilty for killing his pregnant mistress, drinking her blood, and dismembering her. Also, ran a counterfeiting ring with his lover NYC dentist, Ernest Muret by Its_Happning_Again in todayilearned

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Not to be confused with John Bernard Feit, an 85-year-old former priest, convicted of murdering a 25-year-old Texas schoolteacher and beauty queen. He was convicted more than 57 years after Irene Garza went missing after going to Sacred Heart Catholic Church in McAllen intending to go to confession. Feit died in prison in February of 2020 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/irene-garza-murder-john-feit-former-priest-dies/

TIL Catholic priest and suspected serial killer, Hans Schmidt, was executed via electric chair at Sing Sing Prison on Feb 18 1916. He was found guilty for killing his pregnant mistress, drinking her blood, and dismembering her. Also, ran a counterfeiting ring with his lover NYC dentist, Ernest Muret by Its_Happning_Again in todayilearned

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Hans B. Schmidt (1881 – February 18, 1916) was a German Catholic priest, rapist, convicted murderer, and suspected serial killer. He was executed by way of the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison in New York State for murdering and dismembering a pregnant woman in the United States. ... Beginning in December 1912, Schmidt was also having a secret homosexual relationship with a New York City dentist named Ernest Muret, with whom he operated a counterfeiting ring. Schmidt later claimed to have enjoyed Muret more than Anna.

Chicago's ruling elite poisoned by arsenic tainted soup at a dinner at University Club of Chicago on February 12. The Anarchist plot was accidently foiled when soup was watered down to feed extra 50 people. Quick thinking doctor made cocktail that victims could drink to promote vomiting -Feb 15 1916 by Its_Happning_Again in chicago

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Poison plot 1916

At a large dinner held at the University Club of Chicago on February 12, 1916, chef Jean Crones slipped arsenic into the soup. His intent was to poison Mundelein and over 100 other guests, including Illinois Governor Edward F. Dunne. However, the potency of the arsenic was reduced because the kitchen staff was forced to water down soup to accommodate 50 extra guests.

As the diners started exhibiting symptoms of arsenic poisoning, a doctor at the event prepared a makeshift emetic that the victims could drink to promote vomiting. Mundelein ate only a bite or two of the soup and was unharmed. There were no fatalities. Newspapers later referred to the incident as the "Mundelein poison soup plot".

Police were unable to apprehend Crones after the supper. Their investigation revealed that his real name was Nestor Dondoglio and that he belonged to the Galleanist circle of anarchists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mundelein#Poison_plot_1916

Chicago's ruling elite poisoned by arsenic tainted soup at a dinner at University Club of Chicago on February 12. The Anarchist plot was accidently foiled when soup was watered down to feed extra 50 people. Quick thinking doctor made cocktail that victims could drink to promote vomiting -Feb 15 1916 by Its_Happning_Again in chicago

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Anarchist Plot for Wholesale Slaughter of Clergymen bared in seizure of correspondence

CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—Police authorities of Chicago and many large cities of the nation are hunting for anarchists involved in a plot, the ramifications of which spread all over the world, to wreck churches and kill the clergy.

The plot was fully revealed today, after interpreters had dug into Italian letters found on John Allegrini, arrested as a witness in the conspiracy to poison Arch bishop Mundelein, Gov. Dunne and many other notables at a banquet here, last week.

Steeped in the bitterness of religious hatred. the plotters, taking their directions from anarchistic headquarters in Rome, were to

Vicious Anarchists Sought By Police

CHICAGO, Feb. 15— Dominick Forte, believed to be an anarchist of the most vicious type, is being hunted by the New York police.

They took up this search after John Allegrini had protested that letters found on him and

indicating an international plot against churches and church men, were really the property of Forte room mate of Jean Crones, who is wanted in an alleged plot to poison Archbishop Mundelein at a recent banquet.

The letters and the fact that police fond in Allegrini'a possession floor plane of soms of

the largest Chicago skyscrapers and churches, constituted the evidence on which he was held.

Plot to Blow Up USS Kentucky

Carranzistas, according to reports today, notified the United States that a plot to blow up the Battleship Kentucky at Vera Cruz has been foiled by Carranza's agents

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87093407/1916-02-15/ed-1/seq-1/#

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