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Charles Hoy Fort's Notes


1929


1929:


1929 / Witchcraft / home of Mrs Annie Podwa, Pleasant Mount, Wayne Co., Pa / See July 11, 1931. [F; 76. See: (1931 July 11).]


1929 / Series of crimes / Dusseldorf / See Ap. 14, 1931. [F; 77. See: (1931 Ap. 14).]


1929 / The murders at Dusseldorf, Germany. / See Ap. 14, 1931. [F; 78. See: (1931 Ap. 14).]


[1929 Jan. 2] / [Meteor Falls Near Cyclist] / New Castle, Pa., News, Jan. 2, 1929. [XII; 200. Newspaper clipping. (New Castle News, January 2, 1929.)]


[1929 Jan. 5] / [Strange Marks See On Planet] / Youngstown, O., Telegram, Jan,. 5, 1929. [XII; 201. Newspaper clipping. (Youngstown Telegram, January 5, 1929.)]


1929 Jan. 13 / Violent q registered at seismological observatories. Estimated to be near the Kurile Islands; 50 N, 150 E. / Nature 123-105. [XII; 202. (Nature, 123-105.)]


1929 Jan 16 / N.Y. Sun, 16th / [Awed by Figure on Church Door]. [F; 79. Newspaper clipping. (New York Sun, January 16, 1929.)]


1929 Jan 17 / Destructive q in Venezuela. / Nature 123-140. [XII; 203. (Nature, 123-140.)]


1929 Feb / H Trib Magazine, Jan 31, 1932 / [untitled article anbout the case of the Sidney family, a triple murder at Croydon]. [F; 80. Newspaper clipping. (Herald Tribune Magazine, January 31, 1932.)]


1929 Feb 16 / [50 Feared Dead In Peru And Cloudburst] / [New York Herald Tribune, February 18, 1929]. [XII; 204. Newspaper clipping. (New York Herald Tribune, February 18, 1929.)]


1929 Feb. 22 / The great q. in North Atlantic. [XII; 205. (Ref.???)]


1929 / ab. Feb. 22 / Burned body murder N. Jersey ab. same at ab. same date 1928. [F; 81. (Ref.???)]


1929 Feb. 23 / Jersey “torch murderer / Caught ab. Ap. 13. [F; 82. (Ref.???)]


[1929 Feb. 26] / [Ghostly Flares; Static Electricity] / Feb. 26, 1929, New Castle, Pa., News. [XII; 206. Newspaper clipping. (New Castle News, February 26, 1929.)]


1929 March 1 / Severe q. registered. Estimated S. Alaska and B. Columbia. / Nature 123-502. [XII; 207. (Nature, 123-502.)]


1929 [March 3.] / [Mystery Rain of Buckshot In Garage Office Baffles] / San Francisco [Chronicle] / Shipley. [F; 83. Newspaper clipping. (San Francisco Chronicle, March 3, 1929.)]


1929 March 3 / Bullets / [Letter from Fort, to County Prosecutor, Newton, N.J., May 17, 1931.] / [George R. Vaughan's reply, May 18, 1931, on the same page]. [F; 84. (Letter from Fort to County Prosecutor, May 17, 1931), and, (Letter from Vaughan, George R., to Fort, May 18, 1931.)]


1929 March 3 / See ghost at NewtonMarch 2, 1922. [F; 85. See: (1922 March 2).]


1929 March 6 / Violent q off Aleutian Islands. / Nature 123-739. [XII; 208. (Nature, 123-739.)]


1929 March 7 / Violent q. registered at Kew Observatory. Estimated be near the Aleutian Islands. / Nature 123-424. [XII; 209. (Nature, 123-424.)]


[The following three notes were clipped together by Fort. F: 86-88.]


1929 March 9 / night / N.Y. Times10-24-7 / Isidore Fink, 30 years old, rear room of the Fifth Avenue Laundry, of which he was the proprietor4 East 132nd Street, New York. A woman, who heard screams are sounds of blows, [but] no shots fired, notified the police. Doors and windows were locked. Policeman Albert Kattenborn got in by lifting a boy through the transom. Fink on the floor, two bullets in chest, and one in left hand. Money in cash register and in his pocket not taken. Fink had evidently been doing some ironing. A hot iron was on a gas stove. No pistol found. Boy unlocked the door inside. / 11-27-5 / Bullet wound in chest. Theory of police that Fink had been shot outside, and had got back to his room, locking it. But the iron on fire. / Other that inasmuch as a hinge on transom broken, murder in that way. But, if key in door would he climb instead [of ] unlocking? bolted and not locked / Shot in wrist, and wrist burned by powder. [F: 86.1 to 86.4. (New York Times, March 10, 1929, p. 24 c. 7.) (New York Times, March 11, 1929, p. 27 c. 5.)]


1929 March 9 / Not shot through transompowder marks on wrist. / Not shot outside, no blood outside. [F; 87. (Ref...?)]


1929 March 9 / [newspaper clipping] / [The FInk Mystery] / NY Sun, Aug 18, 1931. [F; 88, (New York Sun, August 18, 1931.)]


1929 March 9 / Mystery of Fink is told in Gollomb's Crimes of the Year. / SLN. [F; 89. Gollomb, Joseph. Crimes of the Year. London : G. Allen & Unwin, 1932. (pp. 13, 15-17, 19, 22???) (OKQ: Stauffer HV6241 .G6 1932t )]


1929 March 9 / Guy Logan, in “Guilty or not Guilty?”, p. 166 [SLN] [Fort's Brackets], tells of murder of a Frencg girl, Rose Delacour, in a closed roombut no date. [F; 90. (Logan, Guy B.H. Guilty or Not Guilty? London: Stanley Paul, 1928, 166.) (OKQ: HeinOnline Legal Classics Library)]


1929 [March 27] / [Body of Torch Murder May Be New Jersey W/ H Trib, March 28. [F; 91. Newspaper clipping. (New York Herald Tribune, March 28, 1929.)]


1929 / spring / The “Europa” fire. [F; 92. The SS Europa was severely damaged by a fire on March 26, 1929, while in its equipment dock at Hamburg before its launch.]


1929 [April 7] / [Toads on Road Vex Motorists] / NY H Trib, Ap. 8. [XII; 211.1. Newspaper clipping. (New York Herald Tribune, April 8, 1929.)]


1929 Ap. 25 / [Premonition of Mother Comes True; Child's Throat Slashed, Nurse Gone] / NY D. News, Ap 26. [F; 93. Newspaper clipping. (New York Daily News, April 26, 1929.)]


1929 April 26 / [Sights Ghost Fleet of Warships] / [New York Sun, April 29, 19]29. [F; 94. Newspaper clipping. (New York Sun, April 29, 1929.)]


1929 June 17 / Q. in New Zealand. / Nature 123-987. [XII; 210. (Nature, 123-987.)]


1929 June 19-20 / See N.Y. Sun, Dec. 6, 1930. / In morning, in and around El Paso, Texas, appeared a “Deadly miasma”. / See Times Index. (See Dec 6, 1930.) / Scores of victims overcomeseveral died. [F; 95. ("Scientists here also puzzled." New York Sun, December 6, 1930, p. 2 c. 6-7. ) (New York Times, ca. December 6, 1930.) On June 19, 1929, a natural gas pipeline service was opened between El Paso and Lea County, New Mexico. One part of the celebrations was an airplane dropping smoke bombs that exploded in the air, and another part of the celebration was a 60-foot high flare of gas lit by the mayor. (El Paso Times, June 19, 1929.) (Romo, David Dorado. Ringside at the Revolution: An Underground Cultural History of El Paso and Juarez. In 1929, disinfection of Mexican immigrants was done with DDT and Zyklon-B gas, including the spraying of railroad cars.)]


1929 July 5 / [New Haven Train in Odd Accident] / NY Sun, July 5. [F; 96. Newspaper clipping. (New York Sun, July 5, 1929.)]


[The following three notes were clipped together by Fort. F: 97-99.]


1929 July 19 / [4 Held in Killing Of Woman for Hexing Family] / [Herald Tribune] of 20th. [F; 97. Newspaper clipping. (New York Herald Tribune, July 20, 1929.)]


1929 [July 19] / [Evil Eye Killer Called Insane] / NY American, Oct 17. [F; 98. Newspaper clipping. (New York American, October 17, 1929.)]


1929 July 18 / Evil Eye / Kalamazoo / N.Y. Sun, Oct 16, 1929 / [newspaper clipping] / [Girl Testifies in Burgess Case]. [F; 99. ("Girl testifies in Burgess case." New York Sun, October 16, 1929, p.10 c. 1.)]


1929 July 28 / 2 a.m. / Cornwall / Brilliant detonating fireball shook houses in Falmouth. / Nature 124-244. [XII; 211.2. (Nature, 124-244.)]


1929 August / J. Devil at Swedesboro, N.J. / See Aug 5, 1930. [F; 100. See: (1930 Aug 5).]


1929 Aug 13 / NY Sun of / [Baby Toad Plague Hampers Locomotives]. [XII; 212. Newspaper clipping. (New York Sun, August 13, 1929.)]


1929 [Aug 19.] / [Charm From Heavens] / Youngstown, O., Telegram, Aug. 19, 1929. [XII; 213. Newspaper clipping. (Youngstown Telegram, August 19, 1929.)]


1929 Aug 19 / The ship fire at Havre, France. [F; 101. (Ref.???)]


1929 Aug 25 / N.Y. Times of / [newspaper clipping] / [Goddess of Fire Frightens Natives on Island of Antigua]. [F; 102. ("Goddess of fire frightens natives on Island of Antigua." New York Times, August 25, 1929, s. 3 p. 6 c. 2.)]


1929 Aug 28 / NY Sun, Aug 29 / [Swarm of Mantises Hop Into New York]. [XII; 214. Newspaper clipping. (New York Sun, August 28, 1929.)]


1929 Aug 29 / [Ship Watch Reports Sighting Mysterious Plane Over Atlantic] / H. Trib, Sept. 3. [F; 103. Newspaper clipping. (New York Herald Tribune, September 3, 1929.)]


1929 Sept 1 / [Mystery Gas Alarms Brooklyn; Invades Homes in Form of Mist] / H. Trib., sept. 2. [F; 104. Newspaper clipping. (New York Herald Tribune, September 1, 1929.)]


1929 Sept 1 / [Admits Starting Fire Fatal to 8 Orphans] / N.Y. TimesSept 4. [F; 105. Newspaper clipping. (New York Times, September 4, 1929.)]


1929 Sept 4, 6 / [Incendiary Is Blamed for Two Art Gallery Blazes] / Home News, Bronx, Sep. 24. [F; 106. Newspaper clipping. (Bronx Home News, September 24, 1929.)]


1929 Sept 8 / N.Y. Times / [Eagles Believed to Have Taken Farmer's Boy in Switzerland]. [F; 107. Newspaper clipping. (“Eagles Believed to Have Taken Farmer's Boy in Switzerland.” New York Times,New York Times, September 8, 1929, p. 27 c. 2.)]


1929 Sept 8 / N.Y. Tmes / [Evil Eye Hearing Set.] [F; 108. Newspaper clipping. (New York Times, September 8. 1929.)]


1929 Sept. 10 / [Reports Fall of Plane Into Lake Ontario] / NY Sun. [F; 109. Newspaper clipping. (New York Sun, September 10, 1929.)]


1929 Oct. / About this time? / Any report of a woman who saw the fall of a blazing aeroplane, near Uniontown, Pa.? / See Oct. 28, 1931. / See Sept 10, 1929. [F; 110. See: 1929 Sept 10, (F; 109), and,  1931 Oct 28).]


1929 Oct 5 / [Burned to Death] / NY Sun, Oct 5. [F; 111. Newspaper clipping. (New York Sun, October 5, 1929.)]


1929 Oct 14 / N.Y. Sun / [Sues for $60,000 on Witch Charges]. [F; 112. Newspaper clipping. (New York Sun, October 14, 1929.)]


1929 [Oct. 19.] / [Two Bodies Found in Desert Mystery] / NY American, Oct 20. [F; 113. Newspaper clipping. (New York American, October 20, 1929.)]


1929 [Oct. 23] / [Woods Are So Full of Ghost Hunters Sppok's Crowded Out] / Ev World, Oct 23. [F; 114. Newspaper clipping. (New York Evening World, October 23, 1929.)]


1929 Nov 9 / Trib, American, or Times of 9th / [Dig Up Prehistoric Animal]. [F; 115. Newspaper clipping. (New York Tribune, New York American, or New York Times, November 9, 1929???)]


1929 Nov. 18 / This was the Atlantic q. that broke a dozen cables. [XII; 215. (Ref.???)]


[The following four notes were clipped together by Fort. F: 116-119.]


1929 Nov 25 / N.Y. American / Miracle Grave / [Gates Closed, Police to Bar Visitors]. [F; 116. Newspaper clipping. (New York American, November 25, 1929.)]


1929 Nov 17 / [Doctors Confirm Some Cures; Pilgrims Pour in; Grave's Secret Long Held by Women] / NY American. [F; 117. Newspaper clipping. (New York American, November 17, 1929.)]


1929 Nov. 17 / NY Times of / [Talk of Shrine at Tomb of Priest]. [F; 118. Newspaper clipping. (New York Times, November 17, 1929.)]


[1929 Nov. 17] / 61 Miracle Cures as Millions Visit Priest's Grave] / [source unidentified] / [page 21 missing]. [F; 119. Newspaper clipping. (Unidentified source, November 17, 1929.) Koerner, John. Supernatural Power. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, 2007. This book reviews the miracles surrounding Patrick Power and the pilgrimages to his grave at Malden, Massachusetts.]


1929 [Nov. 20.] / [Little Thing Like a Meteor Fails to Discourage Bride] / [The New York Times], Dec. 8. [XII; 218. Newspaper clipping. (New York Times, December 8, 1929.)]


1929 Dec 2 / 6 p.m. / 10 p.m. / and at midnight on Dec. 3 / Fireballs in England. / Nature 124-926. [XII; 216. (Nature, 124-926.)]


1929 Dec 2-5 / About half a dozen other fireballs in England, / See Dec 2. [XII; 217. See: (Dec 2).]


1929 Dec 10-22 / Naked eye sunspot. / Nature 124-998. [XII; 219.1. (Nature, 124-998.)]


1929 Dec. 19 / NY Times of / [Posse Sets Out as Jersey Devil Reappears; Black and Shaggy This Time, It Kills Hogs]. [F; 120. Newspaper clipping. (New York Times, December 19, 1929.)]


1929 [Dec. 24] / N.Y. Sun / [Igloo Murder Mystery]. [F; 121. Newspaper clipping. (New York Sun, December 24, 1929.)]


1929 Dec. 24 / Esk. murders / See Alaska murders, Jan 18, 1931. [F; 122. (See: (1931 Jan 18).]

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