Un-Phair Case Denies New Trial in Rutland Verdict
The Vermont court refused Phair’s petition for a new trial in the state case. Chief Justice Pierrepoint delivered the opinion with Judge Barrett’s supplementary view. The court found Phair identified by a pawnbroker and handwriting on a pawn ticket matched his writing in Rutland jail, holding Downing’s testimony insufficient and discounting other alleged evidence. Phair’s reprieve expires April 4.
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Roraxo
Phair
Pierrepoint
Barrett
Rutland
Downing
Pew
Edwin M. Bacon
The
Boston Advertiser
Colone
Charles H. Taylor
Boston Grower
E. C. Carrigan
Stearns
Thornton
Swan
Providence
Boston
Rowell
National Bank
Vermont
Veazey
C. B. Eddy
David Nicholson
EB. C. Carrigan
Boston Journal
Names of Ben Noyes Lobby in 1875 Charters Fight
New Haven February 4. In relation to statements about money used in the 1875 legislature by Benjamin Noyes to defeat a charter repeal of his insurance companies. Counsel included Dexter R. Wright Tilton E. Doolittle and George H. Watrons. Lobby captain John R. Buck with Henry C. Robinson Tom Waller and others. No legislators named on stubs says Receiver Russell Stanley. He seeks foreclosure of the state's mortgage on the insurance building.
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Ben Noyes
New Haven
Conn
Benjamin Noyes
Stubs
Noyes
Stedman
Dexter R. Wright
Nowner
House
Tilton E. Doolittle
Orge H. Watrons
John R. Buck
Hartford
Henry ©. Robinson
Tom Waller
New London
Kate Cobb
Brandegee
Harris B. Munson
Seymour
Ratcliff Hicks
Meriden and
Russell Stanley
Meeting with dying mother marks Wesley W. Bishop visit
Wesley W. Bishop was allowed to visit his dying mother at her Norwich home with a jailer present. The emotional bedside meeting occurred amid his looming March trial. The mother had urged a confession and aimed to testify against Kate Cobb, but illness prevented further testimony.
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Norwich
Conn
Wesley W. Bishop
Mr. Beckwith
Bishop
Mrs. Cobb
Kate Cobb
Dying Chinaman John Thomas of Sampson Shoe Shop
John Thomas also known as Ah Nam, a Chinese worker at Sampson Shoe Company in North Adams died of typhoid pneumonia at age twenty five. He came from San Francisco six years ago, ran a pegging machine, joined the Baptist Church, and was highly regarded by colleagues and local families before his death this morning.
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North Adams
Mass
John Thomas
Sampson
Daniel Roberts
Charley Sing
Ah Nam
San Francisco
North Adams Man Lauded For Generosity And Fidelity
North Adams resident praised as warm hearted and generous with strong scholarship in English. He planned to stay in the United States to support his elderly Chinese mother. Funeral at the Baptist church tomorrow afternoon followed by burial in the village cemetery. This marks the sixth death among North Adams Chinese men.
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North Adams
China
Baptist
Off-Duty Officer Lands Beatings at Liquor Store
New York police officer John Landers, off duty, demanded free drinks at a liquor store then attacked the proprietor when refused. He chased and knocked down a man named Shea outside, then assaulted another passerby who challenged him. Shea filed a complaint at police headquarters.
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New York
John Landers
Landers
Shea
New Fraternity Emerges Among Locomotive Firemen
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen forms a benevolent trades union aimed at raising standards and protecting members on the rails. It offers sickness and accident benefits, widows and orphans support, sobriety rules, and arbitration over wages, with a broad public welfare aim and international reach, led by organizers in New England.
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The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
United States
Brotherhood of
Folke
Pittsburg
Brotherhood
Grand Lodge of the Order
West
5. M. Stevens
Lowell, Er
New England
Ihe
Bostop
Stevens
Prudery versus artistic nude form in public displays
London World argues prudery corrupts true delicacy by censoring artistic depictions of the human body. It contrasts refined sculpture and staged ballet with crude, semi nude pictures, noting spectators seek beauty over indelicacy and urging appreciation of art over vulgar sensationalism.
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London World
Bribed by a Kiss Ignites Temperance Pledge
A Hudson Valley temperance lecturer in Michigan recollects a town meeting where no one would sign the pledge until a veiled incentive changed the crowd. A Belle challenged the men, offering a kiss to the first signer, prompting a backwoodsman to ask for the pledge and kiss him. The crowd cheered, and many townspeople soon wore the ribbon.
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Hudson
Kingston Courier
Michigan
Koys
Electric News on Cheap Telegraphy and Railroads
An era of cheap telegraphy is likely as General Butler's amendment to the army bill proposes government fixed rates for telegraphs via railroads. The piece traces Western Union monopoly strength, Pensacola case, and Senator Jones's plan to unite railroads into a national network, aiming to beat high rates and open lines to the press.
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Washington
Globe
Butler
Billy
Washington Post
Western Union Melegraph Company
Mus H
Avlantic and Pacific Company
Western Union
Pensacola Telegraph Company
Florida
United States Supreme Court
Jones of
Florda
Pensacola Company
Supreme Court
Congress
Western Union Company
United States
Jones
New York Associated Press
Death of Granny Green at 115 in Philadelphia
Granny Green, longtime pensioner of the Philadelphia Little Sisters of the Poor, died at 115 after a clear mind at sacrament last Sunday. Born in 1764 in Donegal, Ireland, she grew frail and passed away Thursday morning. Her grandson Mr. McGinness hosted the wake and funeral Mass proceeded from St. Charles Catholic Church.
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Granny Green
Philadelphia
Little Sisters of the Poor
Donegal
Ireland
McGinness
St. Charles’ Catholic
Death of the Niece of Robert Emmet
The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Leroy at eighty five near New York draws Irish interest. She was daughter of Thomas Addis Emmet and niece of Robert Emmet born in Dublin December 4 1794. Her life linked to Emmet family’s exile and notable lineage.
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Robert Emmet
Elizabeth Leroy
New York
Thomas Addis Emmet
Dublin
Elizabeth Emmet
Robert Addis Emmet
Emmet Family Ties Highlight Noted Portraits and Legacy
Died recently is Judge Emmet whose gift to Dublin’s national portrait gallery drew interest. Mrs Le Roy, once a New York belle and artist, links to the Emmet clan through her daughter who painted the portrait of Thomas Addis Emmet in New York City Hall. The Emmet family’s rise in the United States is noted with married daughters connected to Daniel Webster and prominent figures in business and law.
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Judge Emmet
Teller
Robert Emmet
National Portrait Gallery of Dublin
Leroy
New York
Thomas Addis Emmet
New York City Hall
Emmerts
America
Daniel Webster
Two Tilted Umbrellas Spark Long Lost Love Reunion
A Boston romance revived when a fifty year old medical student and a former Lowell factory girl, now a widow with two children, collide in a storm at Washington and Winter streets. After a lifetime apart, their umbrellas touch and they recognize each other, rekindling a long-ago bond amid memory and hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Detroit
Washington Street
Winter Street
Lowell
Harvard
California
Fortune
Golden Shore
Dreas
Washington and
Winter Streets
Morgan's Millions Ex Governor Morgan Linked to Maine Heirs
A Lewiston Maine paper reports Captain Theophilus Morgan argues a fortune left by 1820s seaman John Morgan may flow to Maine heirs. The tale traces Morgan’s murder of his wife, flight, and a Wall Street directory link to ex Governor Homer Morgan. Heirs from Auburn Lewiston Portland and England contest claims, with mortgages in New York and Portland cited and potential huge payouts for Morgan relatives.
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Evening Journal
Lewiston
John Morgan
Portland
New Hampshire
Canaa
New York City
Wall Street
Sheophilus B. Morgan
Morgan
Jobo
New York
Gaze
Brooklyn
New York State
Homer Morgan
Theophilus B
Maine
John Morgen
Captain Morgan
J. M. Morgan
Auburn
Newark
George W. Morgan
Hubert N. Morgan
Luther H. Morgan
Nathaniel Moody
Jesse Morgan
Thomas M. Morgan
Harpswell
England
Theophilus Morgan
Oney
Vortland
Broadway
Eleventh Street
Front Street
Hower Morgan
Settlement of Ownership Ties to Vast Money Pot
A suit against Union mill of Fall River seeks liability of directors under the statute for corporate debts. A writ of error challenges the judgment underpinning the bill, arguing service on treasurer pro tem Thomas J Brayton was invalid. The court weighs if a pro tem treasurer counts as a proper officer for service in a corporate suit, with about 1000000 in play and 200000 in director attachments. Stetson and Morton Jr. counsel for directors, Dilaway for bank creditors.
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Union Mill of
Fail River
Thomas J. Brayton
Teasurer
M. Stetson
New Bedford
I. M. Morton, Jr
Fall Liver
W. KH. L. Dilaway, Esq
Tostup
Union Pacific Boston Officers Report for Year 1878
Boston accounting officers publish the Union Pacific year ending June 30 1878 showing total income 12756354 67 expenses 5200751 surplus 6943603 41 interest 3333967 628 government retention and five percent deductions reduce surplus to 2765142 18 equal to 7 52 percent on capital stock bond debt reduced 691000 extraordinary repairs 61649 99 for Council Bluffs bridge hurricane losses net surplus 2765142 18 sufficient to pay 7 percent on capital for year land department notes only 2699736 of 10000000 land grant bonds remain to be provided for.
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Boston
Union Pacific Company
Council Bluffs
Land Department
Catholics nominate priest at Saiguelegier parish
Having permission from superiors to vote in elections of parish priests, they altered the priv ilege and carried by a majority the nomination of a Catholic priest at Saiguelegier in the Bernese Jura.
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Saiguelegier
Bernese Jura
Detective Dilks Says He Caught Bressant in Boston Case
A Boston record recounts Detective George Dilks as the officer who helped track down and arrest Charles Bressant, who had swindled Nicholas Moens of nearly $1000 with a heavy bag trick. The narrative follows Moens’ losses, Bressant’s flight to New York, and a long pursuit culminating in Bressant’s capture.
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Moens-Breesant
George 8. Dilks
New York
Bressant
Nicholas Moens
Moens
Ruggles Street
TWO OF A KIND. West End social folly ends in dramatic chase
A St. Louis married couple on Sheridan Avenue navigates a risky flirtation triangle. Mrs. B. hides two suitors as her husband unexpectedly leaves, a servant girl hidden, and a shuttered escape plan ends with a dramatic upstairs raid revealing infidelity. Neighbors watch as the couple faces possible consequences.
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St. Louis Times-Journal
Sheridan Avenue
Lfe
West End
Mr. B
Wicked Wanderer Duped Victims Across Cities
The article recounts Dr Charles L Williams a con artist with many aliases arrested on false pretences. Bound over for grand jury appearance his victims across the country write for help. Historic villains like Colonel Dudley Lieutenant Smith appear in print with forged papers and fake military outrages. Williams posed as a colonel and commodore dupont among others and left a trail of debts and deception. He is to be sent to New York for further court action as authorities pursue the case.
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Bressant
Moens
New York
Hardity
Brescant
Dilks
Boston
Ws Powerse
Ast
Court Square
Dacey
Rane
Mr. Moens
Bis
Tut Glope
Charles L. Williams
Gome
Beeo
Savage
Mr. Savage Eave
Rascal
Chieuncey Larkin
Gorman
Dupont
Dudley
Smith
Mr. Johnson
United States
Kentucky
Buell
Henry Rifle Manufacturing Company
New Haven
Conn
Seminary
Brooklyn
N. Y
Olonel Dupont
New Staven
New York City
Colonel Dupont
Commodore Dupont
Saul
War Department
Scott
Anderson
Hunter
Leutenant
City
Mateual
Tukey
Charlestown
Sing Sing
Boston Arrest Debate Over Credit for Capture
A fragment recounts tension over credit for arresting a suspect named Bressant. Mr. Moens promises to publicize the story while disputes arise about payment to Mr. Dilke for the arrest and transport to Boston. The narrative hints at names Dilks Dilke Dacey and Harding with implications of motive and publishing intent.
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White Ag Acorpae
Boston
Dacey
Moens
Dilk
Bressant
Secret baby-farm alleged near Westfield town
A rumor claims a hidden baby-farm near Westfield nurtures children until they disappear. Local selectmen suspect the operation but lack solid evidence, facing defiance from the female proprietor who allegedly has backing from Hampden county leaders.
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Westfield
Hampden County
Death of a Half Century Editress
The Irish papers report the death of Mrs Maxwell of Kilkenny in her eighty fifth year. She long served as reprietress of the Kilkenny Journal for over half a century and was highly esteemed in Kilkenny for her virtues. The widow of Alderman Cornelius Maxwell, a staunch O Connellite, she continued the Journal after his death.
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Maxwell
Kilkenny
Cornelius Maxwell
Staunch O
New Yorker Swindled by Railroad Gamblers on Trip
Passengers on the Stonington line recall a New York man, George Brown, meeting a westerner who boasted of luck and ran a three card monte scam. A capper bet and lost, then a diamond ring was taken as stake. Boston officers identified James Jenks alias Stim Jim, linking him to the swindle. Police credit their persistence amid frequent similar crimes.
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New York
Boston
Bressant
Green Street
Mr. Dirks
Charter Street
Stontington Line
George Brown
Brown
Ole Kaintuck
Kallutuck
Que James Jenks
Stim Jim
Missouri Slave Murder Question in Circuit Court
An 1562 Missouri case asks whether a slave killing a slave was a crime under state law and how punishment would apply. The old constitution protected jury trials and equated punishment for slaves with free whites, but it did not define whether a slave was a person or property. If treated as property, could a slave commit murder of another slave?
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United States
Field
Hunt
Jones
Western Union Company
Western Union
Missouri
Irish Centenarians in New York Deaths Record Irish Names
New York city death data show 26 194 centenarians last year with the aged list including Fanny Wood 162 Irish Mary A Marony 100 Mary Connovers 101 William Moan 100 Mary Davis 104 Patrick Corrigan 100 Irish Mary Bermingham 100 Mary Merneane 106 Catherine Cosgrove 105 Catherine Buckley 100 Irish The piece also notes a separate quoted line about dancing and a mother influencing dress and privacy.
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New York
Fanny Wood
Mary A. Marony
Mary Connovers
William Moan
Mary Davis
Patrick Corrigan
Yar
Irich
Mary Bermingham
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Christian Chiner
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Cleese
Senator Jones
Matthews
Ita
Friends
Conkling
New York Central
W. H. Vanderbilt
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania Central
Union Pacific Railroad
Fourteenth Street
Prince Street
Essex Street
Austin and
Eldredge Streets
Eldredge Street
Leahey
Bowery
Bressani
Dreapa
Mr. Dilks
Breesant
Mrs. B
Neiter
Mia
Frank
Annie
James
Sbe
Ancle
Mrs. BH
Dr. Williams
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