Former employee linked to Bridgeport payroll hold up gang
Police seek Louis Friedman, ex Connecticut company worker, as purported mastermind of the payroll theft that netted $19,000 then vanished. Hyman Serotoff of New York was identified as the dead bandit. The plot involved three suspects in custody claiming they acted as tools, with Friedman alleged as the guiding mind behind the caper tied to the streetcar payroll.
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Human Serotoff
New York
Friedman
Louis Friedman
Connecticut Company
Bridgeport
Seretom
Prisopera
Wiliam Dunn
Rial
New York City
Tob & Rowe
Morzuc
Seracoff
Potter's Morgue
Broad Street
Max Schien
Earl Seroteff
Nan Fs
Lottig Stone
Stonn
Seroteft
Oitanctl
Bargnum Terrace
Stratford
Barnum Terrace
Emat
Becker
Seroto
Bridzgozert
City
Middle Stret
Congress Street
William Harty Dies of Stroke in Bridgeport Politics
William Harty a longtime Bridgeport official died from a stroke Sunday morning at his home 112 Washington Terrace. A former clerk of the Police Board and Probate Court, he also served 28 years as clerk of the Board of Assessors and worked in real estate and insurance with Judge William J. Kelsey. He leaves a wife two daughters one son and five sisters with several grandchildren. He was a cashier at the Sheffield restaurant in recent years and a Knights of Columbus member.
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William FH Harty
Bridgeport
Thomas Coughlin
William 7. Kelsey
Wego
Harty
Internal Revenue
al Nder Proup
Sheffield
Knights of Columbus
Benjamin F. Milner
New Haven
Andrew J. Murphy
Lakewood
N. J
Wiliam E. Harry
Florence H. Milner
Clara F. Milner
Wiliam & Marts
Andrew J. Murphy, Jr
Fivo
Thomas C. Hall
iMary Eb, Herty
Irish Cardinal Seized Car Searched by Ulsterites
Dublin May 25 The Cardinal Logus primate of all Ireland returning from a confirmation service with Archbishop O'Donnell was stopped by Ulster specials at Lisnadili near Ar mash. The car and baggage of the prelates were searched in a brief incident.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Cardinal Logus
All Ireland
O'Donnell
Ulster
Lisnadili
Armash
Babe Ruth Faces Possible Suspension After Umpire Incident
In New York on May 25, Babe Ruth, fresh from a six week suspension, shouted at umpire Hildebrand after a play and waved at jeering fans as he left the field. The incident followed Ruth’s earlier bunt and a Yankee win over the Senators 4 to 1 amid crowd reaction. League officials await review to decide on any discipline.
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Babe
Ruth
Yankee
Ritter
Habo
Bens
Jie
I Mildebbrandt Pang
Daugherty Takes Direct Charge Of War Fraud Cases
Attorney General Daugherty will assume personal direction of war fraud prosecutions with a group of top lawyers assisting. Representative Frank Reavis will resign to join June 1, while Colonel Henry W. Anderson and Reece C. McCullych will aid, with salaries to total $25,000 to $50,000 annually. The War Contracts Section will oversee the cases, and Goff remains an assistant along with other deputy attorneys general.
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Daugherty
Washington
Department of Justice
Henry W. Anderson
Richmond
Reecoa C McCullych
Canton
Ghia
Conerees
Ka Pala
Three Killed and Four Wounded at Target Practice
At Camp Bragg North Carolina on May 28 three enlisted men were killed and four others wounded when a shell from a field gun struck and exploded during target practice. Captain M A Dawson and Private William Owl Lumberport W Va. Prigate Alanne Morgan Risnlyre N C. Sergeant Bennett Smith Fulton RN among the wounded. A board of officers is appointed to investigate the accidental explosion and deaths at the Bragg range.
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Fayetteville
Mer
Uty Bragg
M. A. Dawson
Antillen
Way
Sth Artillery
Denant
Thomas L. Wood
Salisbury
N. C
Walter C. Ammions
Millton
George L. McClellan
Noble
Dis
Interco
Captain Dawgon
William Owl
Lumberport
W. Va
Alanne Morgan
Risnlyre
Ser
Geant Bennett Smith
Fulton, RN
Ward rearrested amid discrepancies in Ward's story
White Plains N J May 25 Associated Press Ward millionaire baker's son was rearrested on a charge he killed Clarence Peters of Haverhill Mass an exnavy man near the Kenisco Reservoir two weeks ago Sheriff George L Wermer escorted him to the courthouse and an executive session followed Justice Seeger issued the rearrest order at the District Attorney Weeks request who cited discrepancies between Ward's account and county findings The DA said the 15000 bail previously set was insufficient while the case remains murky with a blackmail mystery and a second anonymous letter from New York claiming to reveal the Blackmail plot in Ward's shooting case
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White Plains
N. J
Associated Press
Walker S. Ward
Baker
Clarence Peters
Haverhill
Mass
Kenisco
Ward
Court House
George L.wermer
Sherif
Ths
Avontha Kilinda
Supreme Court
Seeger
Weeks
County of
S. 1
Wick Ward
Jon
Stoeks
Pertes
New York
Wast Theater
Mark
George L. Werner
Paters
Motorist injures couple and escapes in chase
Charles Shallue and his wife May were struck as she left a streetcar near French Street. The driver fled north on Main Street before witnesses pursued in another car. Police report car number C24928. victims rushed to St Vincent's Hospital with multiple serious injuries.
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Charles Shallue
Brencn Street
Hiss
May Shallne
Tom
Main Street
Howard B. Jelliswworth
Parallel Street
Edward Leonard
Washington
Shallue
St. Vincent's Hospital
James A. Sykes
State Street
Rish Chiefs Go to London to Confer With Churchill
May 25 report from Dublin states Griffith and Duggan, signatories of the Anglo Irish treaty, depart for London at Churchill’s invitation to confer on the treaty. They are joined by Minister O Higgins and Legal Adviser Kennedy, with Colling slated to travel if needed. An IR A honor guard and troops welcome them at the quays.
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Dublin
Pup Grimm
Eamon J. Dugtan
London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Griffith
Duggan
Economica
O'Higgins
Kennedy
Michael Colling
Lanflan
Dai Rirrand
Irish Republican Army
Arma
Huglers
Yale Crew Drops Coach and Switches Rigging
Yale announces P James Corderry is removed as head coach and placed with freshmen. Brother George Corderry becomes head coach. Yale abandons English rigging for American rigging after 1914 usage. Langhorne Gibson will not row vs Harvard due to a back strain. Yale crew sails for Philadelphia to race Princeton and Penn in the Henley regatta.
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New Haven
Mather Abcott
P. J. Corderry
Langhorne Gibson
Yale
Harvard
New London
Gibson
Charles Dana Gibson
Fhltadelphig
Will
Princeton
Peania
Henley
Regitta
Commons Again Votes Confidence In Lloyd George
In London on May 26, the House of Commons backed Prime Minister Lloyd George by 285 to 26 after he defended his Genoa policy and pledged future cooperation with France. The debate featured Asquith and others criticizing the Genoa conference as ineffective.
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London
Cassociated Press
Lloyd-Gadge
House of Coramons
Geroa
Ndt
de Henge
Oy Rupart
Gwynne
Henry Genoa
Herbert H. Asquith
John Robert Clines
Robert Cecil
Genoa
Europe
Lore Reber Cecil
Lloyd-George
England
France
Russia
Versailles Trenty
Asquith
Former U S envoy charged with aiding uprising in Syria
Charles Crane former American Minister to China is reported by dispatches from Quito and Damascus as sentenced to twenty years in a French prison for inciting the uprising in the French mandate and aiding Syrian officials. His nephew says Crane is in Paris and plans to return to Chicago next month.
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Chicago
Charles BR
Crane
Caiengo
China
Quito
Egypt
Pricom
Cov
America
R. T. Crane
Paris
Kicaro
Damascus
Syria
United States
Particelpan
Misg Nazid Arhed
Teaacher
Twiech Rahwandji
Thei
Iof
Missing tax collector Smith sparks rumors of maneuvers
Widespread speculation swirls around the disappearance of former tax collector Howard F. Smith. Police, officials, and ex-friends pursue leads as reports tie him to stock rumors and political figures while his wife’s whereabouts remain unknown.
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Howard F. Staith
United
John T. King
Flatfield County
Bridgeport
Smith
Dorothy Arnolf
New York
Providence
George TE Crawford
Crawford
Ned
Poller
Wilson
Clifford B. Wilson
Som
Patrick J. Flanagan
Howard F. Smith
Nard Keating
Haunting Conscience Drives Youth to Confess Ida Kramer Murder
Camden New Jersey May 25 George Elmer Munroe 19 confesses kidnapping seven year old Ida Kramer from Woolbury March 25 and killing her later that night taking her to a deserted house. He says he wanted money and notes a postal box from Atlantic City urged a good hearted act. Authorities recall earlier work and believe his story while the victim’s body was found nearly a month later in Newton County.
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Ida Krame
George Elmer Munroe
Camden
da Kramer
Wool¢bury
Newton Crinaar
Munroe
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Charles Shailue
French Street
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