Tag: Q1 1911
Gifford Pinchot, Accusation of Perjury, Washington D.C., 1911
On a fateful Monday in January 1911, the nation’s capital was abuzz with whispers of a high-stakes scandal. Gifford Pinchot, the former US Secretary of the Interior, had called out President William Howard Taft over the Cunningham Alaskan coal claims. This explosive issue had already left a trail of devastation in its wake, contributing to…
El Paso Post Office Wintered for Months, El Paso TX, 1911
It’s a scandal that has left the good people of El Paso reeling. For months, the El Paso Post Office has been wintered, a state of neglect and abandon that has allowed nefarious activities to flourish in the very heart of our city. The Herald has uncovered a tangled web of bureaucratic red tape and…
Reese Bandits Arrested for Train Robbery, Ogden UT, 1911
A chilling tale of crime unfolded in Ogden City, Utah, as detectives closed in on the notorious Reese bandits. The brazen train robbers had left a trail of terror in their wake, and the people of Ogden were on edge. On Tuesday, January 3, 1911, the bandits struck, leaving a string of victims in their…
