Trolleyman in on fraud charge New Haven tale
Sergeant Jeremiah Dennehy arrested Hugh Cafferty Jr. a 21 year old conductor for Connecticut Company on a 40 cent fraud. Cafferty allegedly stole yellow transport tickets from a trolley office boy and cashed them as rides, then returned the slips as if used. The scheme mirrors earlier Hartford incidents and marks the first such arrest in New Haven.
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Detective Bureau
Hugh Cafferty, Jr
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Harlan
Hartford
Kate Soffel Dies After Jail Escape Ring
Kate Soffel, famed for aiding the Biddle brothers in a 1902 jail escape, dies at West Pennsylvania Hospital of typhoid fever in Pittsburgh. Her involvement with Edward Biddle and the escape, including guard deaths, led to her conviction and later life as a dressmaker after a failed acting attempt.
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Biddle Brothers
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James McGeary
Priest speeding to dying man in Newark tragedy
In Newark on August 31, the Rev. John A. Kiernan of St. Patrick's Cathedral rushed by bicycle to the Prudential Building excavation to administer last rites to John Hartlett, who fell forty feet and died days later. Two fellow workers alarmed colleagues to summon the priest. Kiernan descended to an open shaft alone. The accident followed two prior deaths in ten days amid strike troubles on the site.
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
Prudential
John Hartlett
Hartlett
Kiernan
Weds His Masseuse in Quiet Connecticut Union
George B. Owen vice president and general manager of the William L. Gilbert Clock Company, age 75, wed Harriet Nisbett Bleucher, a 46 year old nurse who had given him massage, in a secret Friday ceremony at Winsted. Relatives reportedly objected and the planned church service was halted after the clergyman refused to marry a divorced bride.
Stricken With Blindness While Running Car
Stricken with blindness struck motorman Frederick Adams of 44 Wyman Street while operating a car toward Thomaston yesterday. He summoned a conductor and a passerby for assistance as the vehicle veered. No further details on his condition or the incident are provided.
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Frederick Adams
Wyman Street
Thomaston
Ana Salo
Knights of Columbus oppose foreign councils expansion
New Haven headquarters report shows no foreign councils planned soon as national officers prefer rebuilding American membership. Iceland Denmark Sweden England Ireland Italy have recent charter requests, with the Philippines the only foreign council existing. National secretary William J. McGinley, elected to succeed Daniel Colwell, will start duties tomorrow and attend a complimentary fourth degree dinner at the Mamarquin with Connecticut’s fourth degree members.
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Momarquin
Bernard E. Lynch
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Woodmont Epidemic Abating As Typhoid Cases Decline
Typhoid fever in Woodmont shows signs of easing with no new cases in days and about 15 total. Notable case A Rowden King Yale 1906 editor at New Haven Journal Courier hospitalized. milk licensing and inspection rules to take effect, with possible milk supply concerns cited by Dr Hartshorn and Rev Dr Joseph Anderson.
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New Floor To Double Space At Consolidated Bank
Mowbury and Usinger of New York have the contract to install a mezzanine floor in the First Bridgeport National Bank building on Bank Street. Work will occur largely outside banking hours, between Saturday noon closing and Monday opening, aiming to roughly double current floor space. Construction begins next Saturday.
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Bridgeport National Bank
Bank Street
Bridgeport
First National
Revised car barn plans for Consolidated railroad project
Revised plans for the new car barns and car shops north of the railroad station will be ready for figures within ten days. Foundations have already been let to C. W. Blakeslee & Sons of New Haven.
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C. W. Blakeslee & Sons
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