Tag: September 1912

It was a tense day in the 47th district courtroom in Amarillo, Texas, as the preliminary hearing for J. Beal Sneed got underway on September 27, 1912. Sneed, accused of the brutal murder of Al G. Boyce Jr. on September 14, was in for a surprise. The courtroom was transformed into a fortress, with women…

In a daring move, President William Howard Taft intervened in the escalating tensions between Mexican federal troops and rebels near Agua Prieta, just across the Arizona border. With the threat of a full-blown battle looming, Taft issued a stern warning to both sides via the war department: ‘no firing across the line.’ It remains to…

September 11, 1912, marked a day of reckoning for Delbert F. Dumas, the former mayor of Cass Lake, Minnesota. Dumas, accused of attempted arson in the third degree, faced the music in Bemidji’s courthouse. Despite mounting evidence, the prosecution seemed hesitant to pursue the case, with C.C. Hanpt, a federal official, stating that charges would…