Tolls of the Swindine: McLaughlin Gang Assault on Stepdaughter
Daisy Hampton, former companion of forger Charles McLaughlin, confesses to swindling schemes tied to the Valentine McLaughlin gang. She describes elopement, fraud trips to Long Branch Saratoga and Washington, and involvement with Valentin and May Wintage. Hampton seeks to testify at trial and faces bail proceedings in General Sessions.
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New York
Daisy Hampton
Charles McLaughlin
Valentine McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Charles Smith
Bridgeport
Harry Stone
Stone
Long Branch
Saratoga
Washington
Valentine
Kings County Penitentiary
May Wintage
Court of General Sessions
Golf
Abe Levy
Man Charged With Assault On Stepdaughter In Braintree Case
William Card of Braintree is charged with brutal assault on his 13 year old stepdaughter Nellie Richardson. The case ties to Henderson family tragedy after a jealous dispute left Henderson dead from a broken jaw and ribs. Card resisted arrest at the Henderson home, armed and attempting to fire on officers, then was captured.
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Quincy
William Card
Braintree
Nellie M. Richardson
Charles IL. Henderson
Henderson
Card
Dedham
Minnie L
Nellie M
Henderson Place
Carol
Special Bargains Highlighted at Jordan Marsh Co
At the BIG STORE on the Street Floor special bargains include Lawn and Linen items marked down to 5c and 2.5c per dot for pure linen. Second Floor offers linen hemmed and hemstitched pieces at 1.00 to 2.5c. Woollens on sale at half price with remnants and corduroys in new shades also offered.
Furniture Store Shows Range at Bedford and Avon Streets
A local furniture business advertises a location spanning 46 to 54 Bedford street and 43 to 51 Avon street opposite the rear of a dry goods store. It highlights wood seats cobbler seats upholstery options and a Oak rocker priced at 2.90 with reviews encouraged. It also promotes a full line of imported and domestic rattan goods.
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Bedford Street
Avon Street
Mrs Learoyd Not Going Denied Amid Trial Turmoil
In Salpm Feb 9 reports claim Mrs Learoyd planned a New York trip with her youngest child. Mr Learoyd denies the tale as false and notes his willingness to finish his trial. He discusses aconite, a bicycle theft, and a brutal assault case tied to Reading last November, including a man jailed in hast bridge.
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SALPM
Kimball
Jonathan Severance
Miss Franklin
Lewiston
Cambridge
Tarbox Bad Record Highlighted in Court Hearing
Melvin Tarbox, held in 2000 bonds in the Malden District Court for assault on Miss Franklin, has a long criminal history. The previous June he visited H. A. Bent’s store in North Conway New Hampshire, prompting questions about his record.
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Reading
Melvin Tarbox
Malden
Franklin
H. A. Bent
North Conway
N. H
Boy Husband Deserts Wife in New Rochelle
In New Rochelle New York Mr and Mrs Wise a year married aged about 17 are at the center of a scandal after Wise was arrested on the charge of abandoning his wife and child. The elopement of the pair with Trinity School ties and parental opposition created village excitement. They disappeared in December 1895 and later returned to Wise's father’s home before again parting.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Wise
Miss Sawyer
Trinity School
Thirty-first Street
Third Avenue
New York
Gas Victims Suffer More From Street Gas Leak
Two more people fell ill from gas fumes after a defective jet leaked. Elizabeth Crosby 22 of 189 East Springfield street woke at 4 a.m. and by super human effort crawled to an adjoining room before losing consciousness. Margaret Cooney 45 of 166? Columbus avenue was overcome at 7:40 a.m. at the shoddy store. she recovered after a doctor revived her.
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Elizabeth Crosby
East Springfield Street
Miss Crosby
Margaret Cooney
F Street
Boston
Columbus Avenue
Butters
Cooney
Pratt's Men Confirmed by Chelsea Board of Aldermen
At last night’s Chelsea Board of Aldermen meeting, nearly all of Mayor Pratt’s city appointment picks were confirmed. George J. Page for a police constable post was tabled on Alderman Gill’s motion, while confirmations included A. Mellen Rice to Health Board, George T. Roberts as Overseer of the Poor, and others such as William Stinson, George W. Marsh, William B. Marsh, Alfred W. Brown, Henry F. Davidson, and William A. Prescott for respective terms.
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Chelsea Board of Aldermen
Pratt
George J. Page
Alderman Gill
A. Mellen Rice
Board of Health
George T. Roberts
William Stinson
George W. Marsh
William B. Marsh
Alfred W. Brown
Henry F. Davidson
William A. Prescott
Widow Sues Over Ante-Nuptial Deal in Nathan Estate
In Suffolk Supreme Court Mrs. Nettie Nathan seeks to set aside her ante-nuptial contract with Emanuel Nathan claiming she did not understand its nature. The will leaves most of the estate to his children and grandchildren, with Mrs. Nathan receiving only $5000 at his death and income from $27,900 in real estate. Nathan, a Roxbury soap maker, died in 1895. she, born in Hungary, argues misrepresentation and language barriers affected consent.
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Nathan
Roxbury
Prentiss Street
Jacob
John
Germany
New York
Knights of Columbus social in Winthrop Centre highlights
Winthrop Council 162 Knights of Columbus held a social in Wadsworth Hall with progress ive whist and dancing. Mr Theobald M McGowan was MC and about 200 attendees heard Colonel Henry Walker speak on To London and Return With the Ancients as Mayor William Hatch Jones presided.
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Winthrop Council No
Knights of Columbus
Wadsworth Hall
Winthrop Centre
Theobald M. McGowan
J. Donovan
Joseph Donoghue
Cambridge
Abbie Orr
Charlestown
Lewis McGowan
Anne McGowan
Boston
Frank Jacobs
George Jacobs
John Dogherty
Gertrude Donovan
Mary Maloney
Eleanor Jenkins
J. J. Sears
Patrick Norton
Timothy Mahoney
Daniel McDonnell
Thomas McGowan
May Tinan
W. N. Jenkins
Dennis McCarty
Eleanor Barratt
Nellie Towry
John Towry
Victor McLaughlin
James Grady
Geneva
Margaret Grady
Joseph Donovan
Daniel Coffey
Ethel Stowe
Mary Slattery
Bessie Norton
Simon Rock
Lewis Miller
John Cochran
Alice Cochran
George Chase
John Me
Gertrude Sheffield
Sadie Robertslaw
John Steele
Ertshaw
Molloy
R. D. Ireland
Jenny
Minnie Ireland
Timothy McCarty
J. J. Devereux
Margaret Callahan
H. A. Rosa
Tufts College
William Barta
South Boston
Miss Jenkins
W. B. Carey
W. H. Coffin
Alexander McLean
John McDonald
Daniel McLean
Henry Walker
The
Ancients
London
William Hatch Jones
Unknown Lodger Dies of Heart Disease at Pitts Street
An unidentified man, about 38, died of heart disease last night at a cheap lodging house on 24 Pitts Street owned by Mr. Johnson. He had only recently arrived, carried no personal property, and bore branded initials J H M C on his left forearm. Dr. Thompson arrived too late. Undertaker Tinkham took charge of the body.
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Pitts Street
Johnson
Vast Clothing Clearance at Yan Ked in Boston
The Yan Ked Clothing Co at 91 Summer St Boston opens a sweeping sale with hundreds of suits overcoats and ulsters at half wholesale and one third retail. Men and boys styles in Chinchilla Storm Ulsters Cheviot and Cassimere Trousers and reefers with prices cut to clear. Satisfaction guaranteed money back and extended Saturday hours.
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Wren
Levy, Greenbaum & Co
Summer Street
Prince Alberts
Boston
Yan
KED Clothing Co
Summer St
Dinners Before The Ball New York Bradley Martin Event
New York society anticipates the Bradley Martin ball with over 400 guests and many costume dinners. Hosts include Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs Mrs. Suydam Mrs. Rhinelander and Mr. and Mrs. Schermerhorn at No 49 West Twenty third Street. Notables such as Mrs Delancey Kane Adrian Iselin Jr Geraldine Redmond John James Kane Samuel Bridgeman Peter Marie Van Alen Rawlins Cottenet Francis Burrell Hoffman and Miss Spof ford are listed as attendees.
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New York
Bradley Martin
Hermann Oelrichs
Suydam
Rhinelander
William C. Schermerhorn
West Twenty-third Street
Bronson
Delancey Kane
Adrian Iselin, Jr
Geraldine Redmond
John James Kane
Samuel Bridgman
Peter Marie
van Alen
Rawlins Cottenet
East Seventy-sixth Street
BE. Livingston Ludlow
Henry Parish, Jr
Magnificent Bradley Martin Costume Designs in New York
A procession of gala outfits for the Bradley Martin ball features Mrs. Bradley Martin in a white and pink quadrille d hon neur gown with diamonds and powdered hair. Notable costumes include Miss Pierpont Morgan as Pocahontas, Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant as a Washington colonial dame, Miss Julia Grant as a Louis XIV marquise, Belmont Tiffany as a Knight Templar, and Miss Louise Pierpont Morgan as Madame Louise with powdered hair.
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Boldt
Oscar Tchersky
Pierpont Morgan
Rolfe
Frederick Dent Grant
Washington
Colonel Grant
Julia Grant
Louis XIV
Belmont Tiffany
Knight Templar
Marquise de Polignac
Louise Pierpont Morgan
Princess Louise
Madame” Louise
Louis XV
Pierpont. Morgan, Jr
Pepys
Charles II
Frances Burrell Hoffman
Princess de Bourbon
Duchesse de Montpensier
Smoke Talk at Democratic Club in Roxbury
A large Roxbury Ward 17 Democratic gathering heard William F. Murray discuss Reminiscences of Public Men I Have Met. He praised Henry W. Grady John Boyle O Reilly Bourke Cochran and General Grant while drawing connections to Demosthenes and other figures. Acknowledgments came from President Thomas S. Prendergast and Rep. Charles I. Quirk with many local officials in attendance.
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Ward 17
William F. Murray
Murray
Henry W. Grady
South
John Boyle O’reilly
Bourke Cochran
Demosthenes
General Grant
Roxbury
Thomas S. Prendergast
Cambridge Tops St. Nicholas 2 1 In City Hockey Match
The Cambridge Massachusetts hockey team lost 2 1 to St. Nicholas at the St. Nicholas rink in New York. The Cambridge side showed strong play though the home team prevailed.
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Cambridge
St. Nicholas
New York
Mass
Locomotive Capsizes in Union Pacific Yards
East bound fast mail train hit an open switch in Omaha yards and derailed. Engine overturned. Fireman Thomas Krauz died from scalding and engineer W H Vannery suffered fatal burns. Several passengers injured and three women fainted.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Railway
Thomas Krauz
W. H. Vannery
Labor row ends as Flynn agrees to union labor rules
Over a year after a housesmith strike, James Flynn agreed in a union conference to hire only union men, set a nine hour day, pay time and a half for overtime, and double time on Sundays. Four employers remain banned until fines are paid. Thomas F. Lacy of Cigarmakers' Union 97 spoke at Denison House on cigarmakers progress, while engineers seeking AFL membership were urged to meet at 1031 Washington Street.
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James Flynn
Thomas F. Lacy
Cigarmakers’ Union 97
Denison House
Cigarmakers’ Organization
American Federation of Labor
Washington Street
Yale Captain Bailey Returns From Harvard Talks
Captain Bailey of Yale crew arrived in New Haven after consulting with Harvard’s Captain Goodrich. He declined to state the outcome but said Yale will issue an official final statement in a few days.
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Nhw Haven
Conn
Bailey
Yale
Goodrich
Harvard
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