$5,000,000 Confidence Game Annihilated By DA
New York AP report says district attorney’s office thwarted a planned $5,000,000 confidence game by Paul Sarazan and Jacob Raddaw. The fraud bureau traced the pair through New York Jersey City and Buffalo, exposing a scheme to list stock on a Boston exchange and use stockholder funds to prop up a pool. Sarazan confessed the $5,000,000 goal. Radlaw remains at large after raids at Wall Street offices and a Buffalo raid that harmed several corporations.
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New York
District Attorney's Office
Tony
Paul Sarazan
Sarazan
Jacob Raddaw
Jersey City
Buffalo
Prevention of
Boston Curb Exchange
Pro
Radlaw
Home Deposit Company
Wall Street
Ned
Wall Streat
First National Deposit Ant Discount Company
Saragan
Woodmere
L. I
Whittemore on trial for murder in Maryland case
In Baltimore on May 0, Richard Reese Whittemore faced a jury over a range of crimes spanning years from truancy to robbery and murder. He admitted killing Maryland penitentiary guard Robert Holtman in what he claimed was self defense to escape prison, with prosecutors seeking first degree murder.
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Baltimore
Richard Reeve Whittamore
Maryland School For Boys
Portsmouth Naval Prison
Lnira
New York State
Maryland
Robert H. Holtman
Richard Reese Whittemore
New York
Whittemore
Holtman
Toon
Fingerprint System at Scotland Yard Expands
Since the fingerprint system was introduced at Scotland Yard twenty five years ago, about 20 000 persons have been identified by this method. The Scotland Yard collection of fingerprints now numbers over 400 000.
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Scotland Yard
Ibsen
Four Year Old License Used for Menken Bogart Wedding
New York May 28 AP Helen Menken and Humphrey Bogart were married today by a deaf mute rector Reverend John Kent of St Ann's Church using a license issued four years ago. Menken said the ceremony was performed to respect her parents who are deaf mutes.
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New York
Helen Menken
Humphrey Bogart
Hev
John Kent
St. Ann
145Th Street
Common Law Wife Wins Estate Suit
The will of Charles F. Ward left the bulk of his estate to Mary Creighton Ward and her three children, disinheriting his legal widow Elizabeth Flynn Ward. A jury in Superior Court sustained this will, with Ward admitting a life with Mary and noting his misery with Elizabeth. Ward’s estate is reported not to exceed $3,000. Elizabeth Ward denounced the attorney and caused a scene outside the courtroom.
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Charles IF. Ward
Pembroke Street
Mary Creighton Ward
Elizabeth Flynn Ward
West Haven
L. P. Waldo Marvin
Superior Court
Ward
Harry Silverstone
Coward
Mary Creighton
Silverstone
Elizabeth Lyon Ward
Court House
Elizabeth Ward
French stability hinges on debt payment says ambassador
In New York on May 20 AP Henry Berenger France ambassador tells Franco American Society debt settlement will restore the franc and settle a long troubled score with the United States. He cites France's wartime sacrifices, hopes for swift ratification, and notes a 50 percent reduction in total debt with four hundred seven million due in 1929 excised.
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New York
America
France
Henry Bergener
Washington
Paris
Atlantic
United States
Louis D'Or
Berenger
Dunkirk
Nanay
Sixth District Republicans Honor J. T. King
A meeting of Bridgeport’s Sixth District Republican club mourned leader John T. King with a silent prayer. The group draped in black for 80 days postponed their June 23 field meet and issued a memorial resolution praising King’s intelligent leadership and pledging to continue his work.
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Sixth District
Republican Club
Madison Avenue
Mr. King
John T. King
Bridgeport
King
Mackinac Boiler Weakness Sparks Manslaughter Trial
In Providence Rhode Island on May 20 state boiler inspector Epher W. Farmer testified that the Mackinac steamer's forward boiler was badly corroded and leaking from a drum fracture before its August 18 explosion in Newport harbor which killed 55. Captain George W. McVay and Chief Engineer John A. Grant face manslaughter charges while Agent George J. Kelley is charged as an accessory before the fact. The court examined the ruptured boiler section amid lengthy technical discussions.
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Providence R. I
Mackinac
Newport Harbor
Epher W. Farmer
George W. McVay
John A. Grant
George J. Kelley
Farmer
Judge Badger Ends Life in Columbus Office
In Columbus Chicago May 20 judge PD C Badger aged 68 former mayor and longtime legal figure shot himself in his law office shortly before noon today. Badger was elected mayor in 1905 and had served on the Franklin County Common Pleas Court bench and as a member of Congress from 1903 to 1905.
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Columbus
Chica
PD. C. C. Badger
Tie
Dag
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Congress
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