Indicted Hartford Blackmailer Faces federal charges
Federal grand jury indicts Harold J. Morrissey of Waterbury for fraudulent use of the mail over a blackmailing letter to Colonel James Geddes a New Haven county commissioner. Ellen Bridal Boile Sampson of Hartford charged with unlawfully cashing allotment as George Tinsley’s wife. May term opens before Judge Edwin L. Garvin. Punch and Judy shows trace to seventeenth century Italy.
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Hartford
Federal Grand Jury
Harold J. Morrissey
Waterbury
James Geddes
New Haven
Morrissey
Ellen Bridal Boile Sampson
George Tinsley
Deserted Years Now Asks Divorce
Mrs. Warren files in Superior Court for desertion grounds after nearly 40 years of marriage to Theodore J. Warren of Bridgeport. They wed January 25, 1880. altered desertion noted September 14, 1893. Other divorce petitions cite cruelty, desertion, and separations across Bridgeport, Stamford, Darien, Stratford, and Greenwich with various spouses and dates from 1907 to 1918.
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Theodore J.warren
Bridgeport
Superior
Warren
Frances Burriesci
Stamford
Giuseppe Burriesci
Ronda
George W Jackson
Leila P. A. Jackson Toom
James Williams Aske
Lizzie Williams
Klein
Susie M. Puck
Darien
Solomon Fuck
Brooklyn
Switzerland
Minnie & Day
Greenwich
Thomas Davis Day
Lausanne
Huesbend
Currie
Plan to Dispose of Abandoned Military Reservations
Washington May 27. A Senate letter from Secretary Baker recommends legislation to allow the government to dispose of abandoned military reservations no longer needed by the War department. Proceeds would be used to acquire or improve other military reservations, with pending disposition of lands involving selling hay and timber and leasing certain sites.
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Washington
War Department
Senate
Baker
Timthem
Mrs Gerard’s memory tops a US spy tale
Mrs Gerard’s exceptional face recognition identifies Henry Bode, a German born miner turned spy and deserter, as the only American soldier to betray the nation. Bode, who earned the Iron Cross in Germany, traveled to the US to stir trouble between the United States and Mexico. He was arrested in California and linked to a German embassy visit in uniform.
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UW. 8
Secret Service
Mexico
Germany
California
Swante Emil Swanson Sues City for 1500 Dollars
Swante Emil Swanson sues the city of Bridgeport in Superior court for 1500 dollars seeking damages to his property after Canfield avenue was extended across his realty. City appraisers allowed 500 dollars for the cut. The Bridgeport Savings and Loan assoc sues Allee F Geter for 1765.90 on balance of note due. suit filed yesterday in Superior court.
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Swante Emil Swanson
City
Swantemil Swanson
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Savings and Loan Association
Allee F. Geter
Officer of Superior
Bill would let war widows buy army stores
Washington May 27 Secretary Baker transmitted a bill to the Senate allowing widows of officers and enlisted men who died in the war to purchase subsistence stores from the government at officer and man prices, as long as they remain unmarried. Baker said the measure would ease the high cost of food in the open market.
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Baker
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Marine Corps
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