Fortune and crime shake New York social circles
A ten thousand dollar reward is offered for a mahogany treasure box with letters and jewelry stolen from a prominent New York family. The box held stock certificates and letters that threaten social reputations, while the family keeps details hidden from the husband. Separately, President Roosevelt announces Charles J. Bonaparte to succeed Paul Morton as secretary of the navy, with Morton set to retire July 1 1905 and move to New York to work on underground transit plans.
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New York
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Sheldon Detective Agency
Washington
Roosevelt
Paul Morton
Navy
Charles J. Bonaparte
Baltimore
Mr. Bonaparte
Morton
Mr. Morton
Mr.Bonaparte
Holmes Conrad
Bonaparte
William H. Moody
Massachusetts
Thomas F. Ryan
New York City
Child Bitten by Dog in East Boston Incident
Walter Pope age four, son of Edward Pope of 4 London Street East Boston, was attacked by a Newfoundland dog after leaving school. The dog bit his face and neck. Dr Hartnett treated the wounds and cauterized them before the boy returned home. The dog was not captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Pope
Edward Pope
London Street
East
Boston
Hartnett
Proud father of a son for Ward 7 political figure
On May 17 Councilman Foley passed a resolution urging more babies for the city. On May 31 a son was born to W. T. A. Fitzgerald, Ward 7 political boss, with several name options listed for the child including William Gaston Fitzgerald and William Jennings Bryan Fitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. A Fitzgerald
Foley
Ward 7
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Vermont Governor Grants Another Stay for Mary Rogers
Gov Charles J Bell postponed the Mary Mabel Rogers execution again. He announced a further reprieve until June 23 after Supreme Court avenues failed, delaying the Windsor gallows while Rogers awaits potential U S Supreme Court action. Attorney Moloney vowed to continue the fight for life.
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Montpelier
Sheriff Peck
Lovell
Mary Rogers
Windsor
Bell
Supreme Court
Court of
Fitts
Brattleboro
Supreme Court of the United States
Vermont Supreme Court
Rogers
Moloney
Nobeli Arrested Again in Boston Over Letter Scandal
Italian professor Amedeo Nobeli was arrested in Boston's South End by Deputy James Ruhl after returning to the city despite a promise to leave. Judge Lowell ordered Nobeli jailed pending counsel and friends to discuss the sentence.
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Boston
Amedeo Nobeli
South End
United States
James Ruhl
Lowell
Nobeli
Boys Arrested For Larceny In May Night Break In
Inspectors Rooney and Wolfe arrested 14 year olds Albert Tetisca of 43 Thatcher Street and Antonio Santapalo of 23 Prince Street on larceny charges. They allegedly entered the home of Alexander Onesti at 48 Prince Street on May 25 and stole $19. Police said the boys had been spending money freely.
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Rooney and
Wolfe
Albert Tetisca
Thatcher Street
Antonio Santapalo
Prince Street
Alexander Onesti
Boy loses arm stealing freight ride in Malden
Malden May 31 A 14 year old, James Donovan son of Mr and Mrs Daniel B Donovan of 334 Highland Avenue, is hospitalized after attempting to steal a ride on a freight train. He suffers the loss of an arm a severe scalp wound and extensive bruises.
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Malden
James Donovan
Daniel B. Donovan
Highland Avenue
Malden Hospital
Fitzgeralds welcome baby boy as future Boston mayor hopes rise
Billy Fitzgerald the city committee president celebrates the birth of his fourth child a son named William after three daughters. W T A notes his own son will likely be named William with a christening date to be announced after Jim Donovan's Atlantic City trip.
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Billy Fitzgerald
Democratic City Committee
Fitzgerald
Boston
John F
William
Bryan
Gaston
McNary
Williams
Jim Donovan
Atlantic City
Jackies Take Long Leave Patrols Round Up Delinquents
Eight patrolmen rounded up 133 sailors who failed to return to the U S S Colorado by noon yesterday. The crew members had exceeded their 48 hour shore leave and were spotted wandering Atlantic avenue and the North End. A $10 reward is offered for each captured sailor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Prentiss Street Residents Cleared After Death Inquiry
After reviewing the death of Eugene McCormack at 24 Prentiss Street Roxbury Crossing police release Miss Bridgett Cunniff of the second floor and Joseph Powers of the first floor without arraignment finding occupants blameless in the fatal incident.
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Eugene McCormack
Elmwood Street
Prentiss Street
Roxbury Crossing
Division 10
Bridgett Cunniff
Joseph Powers
James Benjamin Dies After Poison In Roxbury Home
James Benjamin aged 50 of 44 Ward Street Roxbury drank poison yesterday at his residence and died a few hours later at City Hospital authorities reported the death is under investigation and no further details were released
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James Benjamin
Ward Street
Roxbury
City Hospital
Girl Tells How She Saved Tots At Fire
Miss Thelma McNee, 19, rescued two Cooney children from a Brimmer street blaze on Memorial Day. She crawled through smoke to reach the room, carried both children out, and credited luck with finding the key as firemen forced the door. The State police investigate the accidental fire.
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Girl
Thelma McNee
Brimmer Street
Post
Miss McNee
Cooney
Floss
Thelma
M’nee
Agnes
James Cooney
Beacon
Steam Rail Track Petition Divides East Boston
East Boston residents react to a petition by the National Dock Trust to lay a steam railroad track at grade across Marginal street. Trustees Edmund D. Codman and Charles R. Sturgis seek to connect the wharf with Boston Sugar Refinery, with a June 12 hearing scheduled by the Board of Aldermen. Codman argues the project does not interfere with street traffic.
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Boston
Board of Aldermen
National Dock Trust
Edmund D., Codman
Charles R. Sturgis
Marginal Street
Lewis Street
East Boston Company
Eastern Railroad
Edmund D. Codman
Post
Prominent Brookline bachelor weds in quiet ceremony
George Frederic Maxwell a Brookline resident and longtime bachelor married Miss Ida Dresser of Southbridge last Sunday at the bride’s home. Maxwell 56, treasurer of the Riverdale Casino and an officer in the Brookline Elks lodge, honeymooning in New York and Pennsylvania before settling at 36 Harris Street Brookline.
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Brookline
George Frederic Maxwell
Ida Dresser
Southbridge
W. Francis Grant
Maxwell
Riverdale
Five Somerville Teachers to Wed In Summer Marriages
Five longtime Somerville teachers have resigned to marry, with one public engagement revealed. Miss E Lorretta Schuch of Bell School will wed Patrolman William H Johnston after an 18 year police career. other teachers plan marriages to a Tufts graduate civil engineer, a local man, and a Nova Scotia clergyman.
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Somerville
E. Lorretta Schuch
Bell School
William H. Johnston
Johnston
Miss Schuch
Charles S8. Johnston
Charlestown
Vinal Avenue
Mildred Peck
Pope School
George R. Spofford
Tufts College
Susan Meldrum
P. F. Williams
Browning
Nova Scotia
Beatrice Kendall
Tenent Celebrates Homecoming. Vandalism Follows in Roxbury
Robert Tenent of Roxbury returned from the island yesterday and celebrated his home coming by smashing windows on Lenox street near 111 Lenox. He was arrested after a struggle and locked up at Station 10.
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Robert Tenent
Roxbury
Island
Lenox Street
Station 10
Miss Abbie E. Hunt Retires After 32 Years of Service
Somerville School Board notes the retirement of Miss Abbie E. Hunt from the Knapp School after about 32 years in teaching. She never took more leave than allowed, and health issues led to a quiet retirement with compensation for meritorious service. She previously served as master’s assistant at the Bell School before joining Knapp.
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Somerville
Abbie E. Hunt
Knapp School
Miss Hunt
Hebrews Mark 250th Jewish Settlement Anniversary
An enthusiastic meeting at Baldwin Place Synagogue commemorated the 250th anniversary of Hebrew settlement in America under Civic Service House auspices. Speakers included Allan Davis Rev Charles Fleischer David Ellis and Philip J Davis.
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Baldwin Place
America
Civic Service House
Allan Davis
Charles Fleischer
David Ellis
Philip J. Davis
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Romance
William Gaston Fitzgerald
Patrick Andrew Collins Fitzgerald
William Jennings Bryan Fitzgerald
George Fred Williams Fitzgerald
William Fitzgerald
John F. Fitzgerald Fitzgerald
James Donovan Fitzgerald
William Sarsfield McNary Fitzgerald
William Butler Fitzgerald
William Oyama Fitzgerald
William Togo Fitzgerald
Gov. Bell
U.S. Supreme Court
West St
Temple Pl
Washington Street
the Fashion
Inlook
South Terminal
New England News Company
Winegar’s
Franklin St
Beach Et
Bromfield St
Ys Marshall Publishing Co
Brockton
Jackies
Colorado
Prentiss ST
Plimpton- Hervey Co
Union ST
Faneuil Hall
A. Shuman & CO
Sailor Sui
Shuman
East Boston
Cupid
Tenent
Bacon’s
Washington St
Cor. of Ruggles
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