Secrets at inquest on Jessica Saunders death in Stratford
Conflicting testimony emerges from the Hotal secret inquest into Jessica Saunders’s death in Stratford. Stuyvesant Peabody admits drinking seven or eight glasses of Pilsner before the fatal auto trolley trip. Peterson remains jailed under $3,000 bail as trolley workers push for his release and for public inquests to expose all facts.
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Stuyvesant Peabody
Jessica Saunders
Stratford
Wilson
Hotal
Bul Jen
Peterson
Peabody
B. C. Thompson
Dean Frederick Jones
Yale Academic
Superior Court
New Haven
Golden Hill Street
Rong H. Wheeler
Con Co
William Bheees
Fim
Giddings, BH
Greenbauim
Trolleymen's Union
Green
Peterson South
The
Louis Peterson
Saunders
Bia
Union
Publc
Police Kill One Striker Wound Another in Chicago clashes
In Chicago on December 15 police escorting girl workers to B Kuppenheimer & Co shops clashed with eleven strikers. Detective Sergeant Charles Weinicki and Officer Albert Weiniges fired after being attacked with home made weapons, killing P Nogreckisy and fatally wounding Mike Lungezyczi while both officers were badly beaten. Police later reported the injured officers taken to hospital and arrests made in a broader disturbance.
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United Press
Chicago
B. Kuppenheimer & Co
Charles Weinicki
Albert Weiniges
P. Nogreckisy
Mike Lungezyczi
Accordieg
Weinick da Weinger
Kuppenheimer
Bluecoats
Weingte
Weinicki
Smeezycat
Welngee
Attorney Calls for Killing Setter After Attack on Child
City Clerk Boucher received a letter from patent attorney W Smith Jr urging the killing of the setter Chief owned by Frederick M Lyon of Crane Valve Co after Chief attacked six year old Cece Evelyn Simpson. The girl is sister to Rev Charles Simpson. Lyon would remove the dog, but Smith argues confinement would fail and the dog should be shot immediately.
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Boucher
W. Smith, Jr
Cece
Evelyn Simpson
Frederick M. Lyon
Crane Valve Company
Smith
Attorney Smith
Simpson
Charles Simpson
City Mission
Vivian Gould to wed English lord her father's age
London declares engagement of Lord Decies and Miss Vivian Gould second daughter of George J Gould of New York Miss Gould age nineteenth Lord Decies celebrated forty four on December 6 and the two families faced gossip over the age gap before the match was renewed during an American trip by the lord and his escort of English officers at a horse show
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London
Lord Decies
Vivian Gould
George J. Goud
New York
Miss Gould
America
Immigrant Girl Robbed By Trusted Stranger In Bridgeport
Bertha Dockmaier, a 20 year old immigrant visiting relatives in Bridgeport, was robbed of $20 after being lured by a fluent Lithuanian speaker. The incident occurred on Middle Street near Wall Street as she sought directions to her sister's home. Police have only a vague description and seek the suspect through local Lithuanian residents.
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Middle Street
Wall Street
Bertha Dockmaier
John Deszszer
Main Street
Deszczer
America
David Schneider
Bank and Water Streets
Bertha
New York City
Greenwich
Bridgeport
Water Street
Schneider Grocery
Schneider
Merry Life Of Husband Offends Wife In Custody Dispute
Adele Schladitz of Greenwich seeks custody of their two children from William H. Schladitz in New York. Judge William H. Williams heard the case in Civil Superior Court and slated future agreement on parenting time. The divorce trial also revealed alleged misconduct by the husband including salacious behavior with several women.
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Adele Schladitz
Greenwich
Theodore Tiedemann
New Yorker
William H. Schladitz
New York
William H. Williams
Civil Superior Court
Schladitz
Germany
Warner
West 45Th St
Florence Norton
Wingworth
Miss Brown
42Nd Street
Sensational badger game winds up in Washington
In Washington a trio of men, a pretty woman, and a distressed husband are involved as a modern badger game unfolds at the Cairo Apartment House. Isaac Rosenthal, wealthy sportsman, paid $5,000 after being threatened with scandal and arrest. the scheme was organized by Alton Armstrong with Mrs Knott and her husband.
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United Press
Washington
Isaac Rosenthal
Rosenthal
James B. Knott
Cairo
Knott
Armstrong
Weise
Knot
Boughton Declares Innocence in West End Burglars
Edward C. Boughton of Mill Plain Danbury told Yonkers police that he knows nothing of West End burglaries after detectives found a coat marked Merwin Bridgeport in his possession. The coat belonged to Horace B. Merwin of Fairfield, a burglary victim. Police concluded Boughton is not the suspect sought.
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Edward C. Boughton
Mill Plain
Danbury
Fox
Yonkers
West End
Boughton
Fairfield
City line extension to Brocklawn proposed by trustees
Robert E. DeForest and Frank Staples trustees of the Clapp Spooner estate give notice to seek an amendment to the charter placing within the city a tract west of the central Brooklawn avenue line in Fairfield. The move would bring land owned by the estate and others into the city limits.
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Robert E. DeForest
Frank ‘J C. Staples
Clapp Spooner
Fairfield
Brooklawn Avenue
Wall Street Opens Higher in Early Trading
The New York stock market showed continued improvement in early trading with nearly all issues rising fractionally. In the first hour a stronger tone developed, substantial advances were recorded while government bonds held steady and other bonds rose. By noon those gains were largely maintained into theforenoon.
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United Press
New York
Y M C A Thief Nearly Caught in New Haven
Police nearly captured a Y M C A thief nicknamed Schneider who looted about 200 in watches cash and jewelry from Bridgeport professionals and business men at the Bridgeport Y M C A last Monday afternoon. Fleeing to New Haven the suspect was seen there prompting alerts to other Y M C A homes and city police.
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Schneider
Elm City
Buffalo
M. C. A. Sym
New Haven
Ger
Hattie Le Blanc Granted Acquittal in Glover Murder Case
Hattie Le Blanc walks free after being acquitted of Clarence F. Glover’s murder in Cambridge. The 17 year old expresses happiness and plans to return to West Arichat with Irene and Lillian as Mrs. Johnson vows to help. Glover’s brothers push to reopen the murder inquiry alongside contested will proceedings.
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United Press
Cambridge
Mass
Hattie le Blanc
River Bank Court
Melvin M. Johnson
Clarence F. Glover
West Arichat
Cape Breton
Warnock
Mme. Warnock
Lilian
Madame Glover
Hattle Free
Bond
Ho Ever
Glover
Train crashes into bumper at depot injuring forty four
Forty four passengers were injured when a train crashed into a bumper at the northern depot. The event halted service and prompted emergency response from local authorities as investigators examine the braking failure on the train.
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United Press
Paris
Rate Increase Triggers Exodus from Endowment Rank
Eighty aging Knights of Pythias endowment members in the city quit the Endowment Bank after a sharp rate hike. They claim mismanagement left about 615,000 in treasury with 80,000 members and worry policies cannot be realized or renewed at fair rates. Committee members Stirn Huber Northey consider legal action. New York audits show mounting deficits and proposed premiums rising from 6.30 to 25.95 monthly for the same policy.
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Endowment Bank
Knights of Pythias
Adolpheus Stirn
Jacob Huber
A. J. Northey
Stirn
Treasury
Insurance Commissioners
Texas
Board of Control
Chena Op Cy
Mr. Stirn
New York
Mittee
Stiles Judson
Brandegee
Utlle
Alaska
Thomas Barber
Brooklyn
Supreme Lodge
EB. L. Furrey
Hartford
Tris
Effy
Mother seeks court permission to give gifts to children
Grace Louise Richardson of Danbury petitions Superior Court for visitation rights and permission to give Christmas presents to her two sons, aged two and four, in a divorce case against Arthur Lané Richardson. Judge William H. Williams will hear the motion in Danbury, with both parties local.
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Connecticut
Grace Louise Richardson
Danbury
Nurse Seeks Kin Of Baker Family In New York
A nurse in Lebanon Hospital writes to the Bureau of Vital Statistics seeking details on the Baker family, a maternal aunt Bertha C Tut tle’s kin. The Baker clan originally had three sisters and six brothers, with younger members once at Bridgeport Protestant Orphan Asylum. James John and Lucy Baker reportedly worked at Warner Brothers Corset factory and left Bridgeport in 1908.
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Bertha C. Tuttle
Lebanon Hospital
Westchester Avenue
New York
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Bker
Bridgeport Rotestant Orphan Asylum
James
John
Lucy
Warner Brothers
Cor_ set
Bridgeport
Competent butcher wanted reference apply 420 etc street
Help wanted advertisement seeks a competent butcher. Reference required. Apply at 420 street. Note includes an initial or signature H Rahn with unclear data.
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H. Rahn
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