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Bridgeport Standard Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1919

Page

4

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.

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.

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.

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.

Gerard 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.

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.

Washington Senate Baker Army Navy Marine Corps

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