Marriage Scandal Ties Duke Family to Wealth and Intrigue
New York reports Brodie L. Duke wed Alice Webb on December 21 1904 in a rapid ceremony by Rev W W Cor. The union sparks a labyrinth of wealth sex and crime rumors as private detectives and District Attorney Jerome probe alleged persuading debt forged notes and possible drug aided confession.
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New York
Brodie L. Duke
Mire Alice Webs
W W. Cor
G.berles Parkhurst
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Duke
Brodley
James B. Duke
American Tobacco Trust
Durham
N. C
Tobacco Trust
James B Duke
Beegland
Larely
Somerville
N. J
North Carolina
W. W. Coe
Bellevue Hospital
Whstriet
Jerome
Alice Webb Duke
Agnes Desplaines
Dukes
Brodie Duke
South Carolina
N.C
Alice Webb
Lawrence Duke
Benjamin N. Duke
Hoffman House
Brodie
Mr. Duke
Benjamin Duke
Texas-Cuba Tobacco Company
Alice M. Webb
Continental Bank
Chicago
Texas
Taylor, Webb & Co
Tobacco
Mr Duke
Webb
Eset
Astor House
Emst Hrs
Desplaines
Jerne
New York County
New York City
Lexow Committee
Raines Law
Alice L. Webb- Powell - Hopkinson - Masterson - Duke
Erie County Orphan Asylum
Buffalo
Murat Masterson
Arizona
Masterson
Alice L. Webb
George W. Hopkinson
Hopkinson
Alice Osborne
Edward H. Powell
Pittsburg
Powell
Alleghany City
E. T. Osbaldeston
Weiss
Germany
Osbaldeston
Wei
Washington, D. C
Ais
Initiated on the Curb in a Wall Street Frenzy
Isaac Siegel, a former lawyer turned broker, experiences a chaotic first day on the curb as he trades in the phantom International mining stock. Surrounded by a rioting crowd, he spikes the price and briefly holds a potential $100,000 windfall, before a relative removes him from the frenzy.
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New York
Isaac Siegel
Wall Street
Siegel
Shrine of Finance
Witches Burned in Siberian Village Tale of Kasimirovka
Report from Kasimirovka Siberia details a three year plague of cattle deaths blamed on witches. A twin girl pair Soldatenko and her sister were tried burned on a wooden cross as villagers sang hymns. their mother cried out while the father later killed the witch doctor with a hatchet. The tale ends with a violent clash as the father returns.
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Moscow
Kasimirovka
Siberia
Soldatenko
Liefen
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