Perfection of Theft Revealed by Doctor Edwards West
A seasoned thief known as Dr Edward West describes a diamonds robbery at Major Morton’s Fifth Avenue home. He details disguise methods, hotel staging, stealing from bureau drawers, and a $450 sale in Chatham Street, revealing a criminal network and critical views of upstate police and private detectives.
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New York Herald
Tombs
London
Dr. Edwards. West
Major Morton
Fifth Avenue
Phillips
Chatham Street
Chicago
Price
First Glass House
A Plea for Dickens and the McFarland Tragedy Critique
Abby Sage Richardson defends Dickens against imputations from private letters published by Miss Hogarth. She argues posthumous revelations should not condemn the living and calls accusations cruel and unjust, noting Dickens’ family ties and the enduring value of his literary art beyond personal faults.
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H. H
Abby Sage Richardson
Mrs. Richardson
Dickens
Miss Hogarth
Lord Byron
Reyes
Westminster Abbey
Wellfleet Lunatic Found Living in Church by Organ
Melville Pierce of Wellfleet, missing since last September and reported insane, was found perched on the organ atop the Methodist church in Wellfleet by organist Nathaniel Snow. He had been living in the church, using a bed on the organ and attic, with butter and canned meats from a theft at Newcomb, Young & Co. later moved to North Eastham for care.
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New York
Constabulary
Provincetown
Melville Pierce
Wellfleet
Nathaniel Snow
Snow
Peirce
Newcomb, Young & Co
North Eastham
Remarkable Pencil Lead Implanted in Hartford Man’s Chest
A Hartford resident injured weeks ago showed a small chest wound and massive lead from a pencil was later expelled. Surgeons, after probing, extracted a five and three-eighths inch lead pencil piece buried below the chest, not piercing the heart. The patient is valued as stabilizing and expected to recover.
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Hartford
Sumner and His Opinions From Redpath Interview
Redpath recounts a 1857 Sumner interview at his Boston home with Hanscombe and Eli Thayer. Sumner discusses Vermont aid to Free State forces, state rights, Longfellow and Burritt, Adams and Carlyle, and his view of Douglas, Mason, Butler, and Milnes. The piece preserves vivid portraits of era figures and Sumner’s sharp judgments.
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New England
Sumner
Virginia
Charles Sumner
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas
Mr. Sumner
Senator Butler
Butler
Senator Mason
Eyen
Senate
Mason
Massachusetts
United States
Eli Thayer
Thayer
Sam Johnson
Kansas
Lawrence
Amos A. Lawrence
Boston
New Orleans
Longfellow
BeDe Tocqueville
John Quincy Adams
Adams
Courier Des Etats Unis
William
Baron
Prussia
Mr. Redpath
Hlihu Burritt
Cette Bete
Dumas Advocates Divorce Reform in France
A Paris publication by the younger Dumas argues for relaxing the marriage tie and supports M. Naquet's bill. He rebuts religious arguments, cites American practice, and urges civil divorce as necessary for children, equality, and individual liberty, urging the bill's passage.
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France
America
Dumas Fils
M. Naquet
Paris
Dumas
l'Abbe Vidieu
Vidieu
M. Dumas
Asea
United States
Russia
Well of the Seat and paths to Paradise in Jerusalem
A Philadelphia Telegraph correspondent recounts tales from Jerusalem noting a pilgrim’s descent to a magical well where a leaf kept green proves a journey to paradise is possible. The piece describes tests by Mohammedans near the Mosque of Omar and Solomon’s throne bridge, then visits the Church of the Holy Sepulchre before detailing Russian pilgrims and their fraught journeys, ending with a Pittsburgh-like aside about a Santa Clara stock-raiser incident.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Omar
Paradise
Ol Aska
Solomon
Earth
Gehenna
Belover
Gaza
Sheba
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Constantine
Christ
Russia
Jerusalem
Three Vessels Run Ashore at Long Branch Gale
Long Branch and shore towns reel after a century’s worst storm. A three masted schooner Babcock stuck near Long Branch with seven crew aboard. lifeboat crews saved captain and family after dangerous surf. Another schooner Lightfoot saved five crewmen. a brig Augustina wrecked with heroic rescue by Station 4. Fires, wrecks, and telegraph downmark the day as life savers log dozens of rescues amid record tides. Local communities report heavy damage from Sandy Hook to Highlands and Coney Island.
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Sandy Hook
West End
New Jersey
Highlands
Seabright
New York
Jack van Brune
Ieee
Monmouth Beach
BE. C. Babcock
Hampton Roads
Train
Babcock
Lightfoot
Rockland
Norfolk
Richardson & Co
Long Branch
Station 4
Valentine
Ano
Havana
Robert Potter
No. 4
Potter
Jersey City
Harding
Ray
Newman
Captain Newman
Halsey Stanley
Rosevelt Richardson
Hie
Coney Island
Prentice Mulford Mockingly Corrects Forty Niners Tale
At a Bullion club dinner in New York Prentice Mulford ridicules a Tribune blunder about his birth year claiming he was born in 1844 and not 1856 He recalls California 1866 and the vigilante era while John Swinton praises labor reform and Council Grove gold lore in a lively exchange reprinted from the Tribune.
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Bullion Club
New York
Prentice Mulford
San Francisco
John Swinton
Bailiphists
Council Grove
Dilly’ Blank
Pike's Peak
Colorado
Tilden
Hayes
New York Tribune
Mulford
The
Tribune
T Waa
Tf L
California
Levden
Ado
Prentice Mulvord
Gallant conduct of Captain Price saves four aboard Arizona
The steamer Arizona under Captain Price encountered a fierce gale east of Sandy Hook. After a yawl from pilot-boat No 8 capsized, Price maneuvered the vessel to assist, saving four men including Marks Gunther who had been in the water for forty five minutes. The rescued crew praise his noble conduct.
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Noor
Westminster
Hapsburg
Major Morton
Cali
Augustina
Garrett
New York
Arizona
Price
Liverpool
Sandy Hook
Lot
Rumor of Tilden Marriage Denied By Ex-Governor
New York reports on February 3 quote ex Governor Tilden denying marriage rumors with Miss Fanny Ranch of Lewisburg Pennsylvania. Despatches from Lewisburg also deny familiarity with Tilden. A separate note discusses the forgery gang led by Brockway and Emanuel Swim and calls for vigorous prosecutions after a million dollars in fraud.
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Tilden
New York
Deniges
St. New York
Samuel J. Tilden
Fanny Ranch
Lewisburg
Penn
Lewisbkurg
Pco
Anny Rance
Emanuel Swim
Charles Brockway
Mrcever
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McFarland
Hazlitt
Mr. Dickens
Redpath
Elihu Burritt
San Francisco Chronicle
James Redpath
Hanscombe
Washington
Johnson
Crawford
Free State
Vermont
Wilson
Burlingame
Conway
Purlingame
China
Congress
Senator Sumner
Thomas Carlyle
England
Carlyle
Sydney Smith
Mr. Smith
Mr. Carlyle
Richard Moncton Milnes
Moncton Milnes
George Sumner
Sinai
Calgary
Eivil la Anil
Santa Clara
Miss Ky
Colville
Miss L
Atlantic
Lone Branch
Kate Newman
Ellsworth
William H. Ray, Jr
Baltimore
Danversport
Maas
James Newman
Southwest
Harbor
Warren Stanley
Tremont
Aest
Oaliielon
Kallea
Jepnien Harding
Hardin
Fortyniners
Uncle Sam
J. Tilden
Sandusky
Ohio
Brockton
Rvic
Romer
Rensivejem
Sue
Pe Nee Rol Cern
Rou
Daviay
Tadcineo
BY & Co
CARRO
Gen
Canada
COR, Second Ave
WOOD
Pittsburgh
Geo. C. Goodwin & Co
Weeks & Potter, Smith, Doolittle & Smith
Carter, Harris & Hawley
Mass
Weeks & Potter
Smith, Doolittle & Smith
Chtler Bros. & Co
Jno. W. Perkins & Co
W. F. Phillips & Co
Portland
Talcott & Co
S. G. Moses & Co
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