Roosevelt Directed In Sugar Case On Williamsburg Docks
In New York on December 3 the sugar case centers on Richard Parr Treasury special agent who exposed short weight frauds at the Williamsburg docks of American Sugar Refining Company. Parr recounts trapping Kehoe a tally clerk and Oliver Spitzer offering to name his price for hush money while Brez zinski pressed to confirm Parr’s integrity.
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New York
Richard Parr
Treasury Department
Williamsburg
American Sugar Refining Company
Parr
Kehoe
Oliver Spitzer
Brezzinski
Spitzer
Investigating Under Orders or Not Perry Parr Testimony
"You started to investigate without or ders from any superior officer?" he was asked. "If you call President Roosevelt and his secretary now Collector Loeb superior officers I was working under orders," Parr replied. "but if you mean the Secretary of the Treasury then I was working without orders." Further inquiry along this line was dropped.
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President Roosevelt
Collector Loeb
Parr
Secretary of the Treasury
Mystery of Fraud Scandal Spurs Murder Charge Against Aunt
Police believe a note writer is not Mrs. Snead and promise a murder charge against the aunt. Evidence found at O C Collins pharmacy includes drafts of wills, bankbooks, and insurance policies tied to Ocey Snead and relatives. The bundles hint at insurance fraud schemes and a forged real estate plot in Louisville and Brooklyn.
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Orange Today
O. C. Collins’ Pharmacy
Third Avenue
F. N. Snead
Louisville
M. E. Wardlaw
Brooklyn
Ruth Collins
C. B. Martin
Flatbush ‘Trust Company
Ocey M. Snead
Fletcher
Grandma
Equitable Insurance Company
Ocey Snead
Fletcher Snead
Virginia Wardlaw
David Lewis
South Carolina Supreme Court
Licenses Granted in Brighton and Summer Street Districts
The Excise Board approved transfer of two liquor licenses to Summer street locations near South station and granted a grocer’s license to a Brighton dealer amid clergy opposition. The Brighton petitioner was M. H. Glynn & Co., now serving at 366 Washington street. Opponents included Rev. Joseph V. Tracy and Rev. William A. Knight.
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South Station
Brighton
Excise Board
M. H. Glynn & Co
Washington Street
Joseph V. Tracy
St. Columbkine’s Church
William A. Knight
Brighton Congregational Church
Charity Whist At Daly Industrial School
A charity whist afternoon will run from 2 30 to 5 p m at the Daly Industrial School 111 Train Street Dorchester under the Ladies Aid Association led by Mrs Richard A Lynch. Proceeds go to aid destitute children of the home.
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Daly Industrial School
Senator Fisk Faces Three Way Fight In State Nomination
Senator Fisk of Brighton contests renomination in a three cornered race with George Holden Tinkham and Myron E. Pierce. Fisk chaired the liquor law committee last winter, and his wife owns the store property to be licensed. The grocer license stance drew votes and opposition from Rev. Knight. Tinkham won the nomination amid ongoing protests by property owners and other parties. The transfer went to William J. McLoughlin & Co. and O'Brien Company, formerly Shawmut avenue.
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Brighton
George Holden Tinkham
Myron E. Pierce
State House
Knight
Tinkham
William J. McLoughlin & Co
State Street
O’brien Company
Shawmut Avenue
South End
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