Reform on the Erie Ring and a New Era in Railroading
The piece lauds Gen Sickles Dix and McClellan for steering reform after the Erie corruption expose. It argues the shakeup ends a carnival of fraud, removes control from sharpers, and signals that moral accountability can prevail even in New York policing corruption on the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York & Erie Railway
Fisk
Erie Ring
Jay Gould
Sickles
John A. Dix
Gen. McClellan
Ene
New York
Job Moses
James Clarke
Jor Moses
Cortlandt St
Trial of George D Arnold not guilty in Warren murder case
A Bristol County jury acquitted George D Arnold of murdering Louis S Johnson in Warren. Key witnesses described Johnson threatening Arnold and others, while defense argued self defense amid a hostile mob scene and Johnson’s violent character. The not guilty verdict followed hours of deliberation and crowd reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T. Bennett
Bristol
Messadore T. Bennett
George H. Reynolds
Peter Gladding
Isaac F. Williams
John Wesley Pearse
William I. Spooner
William N. Simmons
Samuel D. Wardwell
Bennett J. Munro
Nathaniel S. Greene
Mason W. Pierce
John Umfreville
David Waldron
John W. Barney
C. F. Herreshoff, Jr
Loring Coggeshall
George L. Locke
Jonathan D. Waldron
John B. Munro
William J. Miller
William Manchester
William H. Simmons
Ambrose B. Mason
Howard M. Jones
William Miller
Lemuel A. Bishop
James P. Lane
Edgar M. Smith
John Turner
Robert S. Andrews
George T. B. Chaffee
Nathan N. Cole
William Smith
Supreme Court
George TD. Arnold
Louis S. Johnson
Brayton
James M. Gooding
Nathan Warren
Thomas C. Church
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
George D. Arnold
Warren
Louis
Johnson
Orville Peckham
Sayles
Freelove Johnson
Arnold
Louis $. Johnson
George
Mr. Munro
James Sharkey
Elizabeth Sherman
Joseph M. Merchant
Ann Frances Johnson
Mother
Jonathan Simmons
James McElroy
Ann
C. Johnson
Sylvester H. Wilcox
Judge Haile
Liz Sherman
George Arnold
Edward Swift
George O. Ashworth
New Bedford
Paris Crawford
Mr. Wilcox
Frances Johnson
Lydia Angell
Emma Bisby
Myself
Freelove
Ann Frances
Mr Turner
Turner
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Bristol Wiremix
A. J. Garvey
Mayor Hall
Rascality
Ife
Hall, Tweed & Co
Ciime
Garvey
Taunton Daily Gazette
Drath Or Tuomas B. Surry
Smith
S. J. Allen Esq
R. I
T.C. Smith
Ohio
Bristol County
Taunton
Spain
West Indies
Cuba
Bristol Cornet Band
Metacom Debating Club
Y. M. C. Association
North District
Townend
Mr. Boss
Reynold’s Manfg. Co
Condova
Steadman
Cardenas
F. I. O'Wolf
Bristol Neck
Ayrshire
Jersey
Grant
Citizen
General Grant
Democratic Party
Fence
Philip 5
Bourn
William M. Coit
William R. Taylor
Josephus Gooding
Bank of
Sh. Com
Val
Church
Wood
Allyn
Wood Street
Grand Army of the Republic
Babbitt Post
King Philip
Seth Paull
William Bradford
J. Monroe Taylor
Chas. Pratt
Longfellow
Messrs
Hibbard
DR. Lighthill
A. P. Lighthill
M.D
Earth
John Bull
King Coal
Adam
Jack Frost
Joh Moses
Barnes
Hope and
Wardwell Streets
Bam
R Booth
Woostross
Jo On Lane
Clarence EB Booth
Providence
Lizzie Montross
Greene
Gladding
Gooj. Locke
Joseph W Greene
Susan Do Tlading
Hopkins—Cintp
Mareh
Edward O Bartlett
Otws A Hopkins
Foster
Fama F Child
Pawtucket
Whinstant
Fern Hames
Campbell
Emily C
John W. Campbell
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
Durfee
Fall River
Hamilton
Wells
A. O Bourn
Bo Durfee
Franklin Street
Hope
E &Ce
Nathaniel Gladding
Geo. H.reynolds
Council Chamber
R.S Andrews
Eec'y
ST. Michael's Church
Buliglon
Portland, Me
W. S. Hogg
Providence, A
J. F. Pearce
Akes
Hope Street
A. Miller
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