Big Bill Kelcher and Coleman Indicted in Bank Looting Case
William J. Kelcher known as Big Bill and George W. Coleman were indicted jointly by a federal grand jury for looting the National City Bank of Cambridge. A third unnamed suspect was also indicted. All three face arraignment at 10 a.m. tomorrow before Judge Lowell in the United States Circuit Court. Kelcher aided Coleman in the alleged embezzlement, with total charges rising to $184,000 though the bank allegedly lost $309,000. Coleman remains at large on bail while Kelcher is out on $25,000 surety. The district attorney seeks other arrests related to the case as prosecutors plan to proceed.
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William J. Kelcher
Big Bill
George W. Coleman
National City Bank of
Cambridge
Federal Grand Jury
Lowell
United States Circuit Court
Kelcher
Coleman
Keliher
Charles Street
Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company
Daniel H. Coakley
United States
William A. Morse
French
Wilson W. Lockhart
Laura M. Atwood
Mamie Hghtower
Fare Gang
Boston
Indictments Hit Kelcher and Coleman on Bank Funds
Two joint indictments allege Kelcher and Coleman with misapplying bank funds. Coleman faces charges of misapplying about 49000 dollars across 15 separate acts in nine weeks under both old and new federal codes.
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Kelcher
Coleman
Prize Dance Declared a Draw at Elevator Boys Ball
At Bowdoin Hall Green Street last night Samuel J Hartman of Dorchester and Miss Violet Henderson faced Joseph Cohen known as Young Toodles with Miss Bessie Goldstein in a glide prize dance. Judges deemed the contest a draw after both couples danced over time.
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Samuel J. Hartman
Dorchester
Violet Henderson
Joseph Cohen
Young Toodles
Bessie Goldstein
Bowdoin Hall
Green Street
Fire destroys half million beer bottles at Anheuser-Busch plant
Fire at the Anheuser-Busch brewing plant in St Louis caused an estimated 530000 dollar loss. Five hundred thousand bottles of beer were destroyed and millions of burning corks created dense smoke as firemen battled flames. The streets around the plant flooded with beer for over an hour.
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ST. Louis
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association
Heinze a Buncoer Says Wise Opening Prosecution
United States District Attorney Wise opened the case against F. Augustus Heinze in New York court. Heinze, former head of Mercantile National Bank, faces charges of misapplication of bank funds and over-certification of Otto Heinze & Co. checks. The prosecutor labeled Heinze operations flim flam and banco games and said the bank was reduced to a gambling level.
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New York
United States
Wise
F. Augustus Heinze
Montana
Mercantile National Bank
Otto Heinze & Co
Heinze
Banco Games
Mercantile Bank
Heinze Case Details Bank Loan Security Substitutions
Court evidence reviewed a July and August 1907 series of securities and loans tied to Otto Heinze & Co. The Mercantile National Bank secured a $150,000 loan with United Copper and other stocks, later replaced by copper shares. Arthur Heinze, director, borrowed $110,000 using United Copper stock, boosting his account.
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Louisville & Nashville
Southern Pacific Common
Amalgamated Copper
United Copper Common
United Copper
Otto Heinze & Co
Mercantile National
United Copper Preferred
American Ice
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Standard Securities
United Copper Company
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
Heinze
Wise
Arthur Pp. Heinze
Arthur Heinze
Winchester Veteran Samuel W. Twombley Dies
Ex Representative Samuel W. Twombley of Winchester dies at 11:15 am in Winchester. Born July 31, 1822 in Tamworth New Hampshire he built a florist and truck gardening business in Winchester and Boston. He was the dean of the House at 78 and recalled Lincoln era honors. He served as Republican and urged voters to choose men on the square. His home at Wildwood and Cambridge Streets was a hub of friends and family anniversaries.
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Winchester
Samuel W. Twombley
Tamworth
N. H
Boston
Roxbury
Lowell
Tremont Street
Twombley
Lincoln
Illinois
Fredericksburg
Buffalo
Boston swindler tapped 18 firms for $15,000 goods
Salvatore Giambrone alias Taormina started last March a system to buy groceries, clothing, and furniture from 18 Boston firms. Arrested in Chicago, he faces larceny charges for $700, with potential 18 counts totaling $15,000 if the grand jury returns.
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Salvatore Giambrone
Taormina
Boston
Chicago
Gambrione
Lawless Chosen as Harvard Freshman Track Captain
Hervey P. Lawless was unanimously elected captain of the Harvard Freshman track squad at a Varsity Club meeting. Lawless, a Browne & Nichols School alumnus, also captained his prep team.
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Harvard
Hervey P. Lawless
Lawless
Browne & Nichols School
Rothwell Says Long Is Wrong Comment on Boston Trade
Boston Chamber of Commerce president Bernard J. Rothwell rebutted Henry C. Long who accused the chamber of stifling Boston development. Long, a Boston attorney, said the New Haven railroad and New York financiers blocked port growth and limited other railroads access. Rothwell told a Post reporter Long’s charges have no basis in fact.
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Boston
Havre
France
Mr. Long
New York
Boston Chamber of Commerce
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Chamber of Commerce
Rothwell
Long
Henry C. Long
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
New Haven
Post
Bernard J. Rothwell
Anarchists Trail Roosevelt During Paris Visit
Reports from Paris describe tight security for Colonel Roosevelt as American anarchists were said to shadow him. He was accompanied by two plainclothes inspectors and guarded 24 hours by a six-man embassy detail. The Roosevelts attended a gala dinner at the foreign affairs ministry with leading French figures, and toured Vincennes, Versailles, and Rodin's studio with ambassadors Jusserand and Bacon.
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Paris
Roosevelt
Naples
Kermit
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Bacon
Mason
Mme. Loubet
Briand
Clemenceau
Leon Bourgeois
M. Ribot
Mme. Delcasse
D’estournelles de Constant
Jules Cambon
Berlin
M. Jusserand
United States
Mme. Jusserand
MM. Clemenceau
Ribot
Bourgeois
Grand and Petit Trianons
Louis XIV
Mme. de Maintenon
Auguste Rodin
M. Rodin
Roosevelt duo takes plane ride with noble escort
Miss Ethel Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt flew this afternoon accompanied by Baroness D'Estournelles de Constant and visited Count de Lambert.
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Boston & Eastern
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