Chief Wilkie and the Gold Certificates
John E. Wilkie headed the U S Secret Service division and led a counterfeiting case against Marcus Crahan a Providence engraver who produced and circulated 100 dollar notes. The scheme involved a press plates and a hidden warehouse plus a staged ad ledgers and a daring stakeout at race tracks. Crahan pleaded guilty to manufacturing and passing counterfeit money receiving a sentence of eight years in prison.
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John E. Wilkie
Secret Service Division
United States
Elgin
Secret Service
Chicago
Broadway
Trust Company
Financial District
New York
Bank
New York City
John W. Wilkie
United States Treasury Department
Cincinnati
Louisville
Memphis
New Orleans
St. Louis
John Murphy
Delaware Race Track
Marcus Crathe
Providence
Southern Hotel
Union Station
X-13
Crahan
Witkie
Wilkie
New York Herald
Grand Central Station
Herald Office
Herald
Marcus Crahan
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Post Office
St. Louia
W. G. Chapman
Rooster Crow Dilemma Hits New York Police
In New York the police face a test of the anti noise ordinance as to whether a rooster crow is necessary. Biologists say crowing is as essential as singing, while residents complain of unnecessary noises from babies, pianos, and coughing invalids. In Philadelphia a speed car incident leaves a woman injured after she jumps from a moving trolley, losing a wig and a Merry Widow hat.
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New York
Bingham
Philadelphia
Mary Aylett
North Tenth Street
Old York Road
Jewish Hospital
Soft Hearted Vet Defeats Poi soned Pomeranian Case
London jewelry dealer Herbert Leppard sued Alfred Westworth in Greenwich county court for 150 dollars eighty cents claiming the Pomeranian he paid 80 cents to have poisoned was sold for five dollars. Westworth testified he hesitated to kill the dog after the animal looked up at him. The judge ordered the dog returned to Leppard or Westworth to pay twenty five dollars for its value.
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London
Eng
Alfred Westworth
Sydenham
Herbert Leppard
Hattongarden
Westworth
Leppard
Greenwich County Court
Englishman Dies After Eating Two Quarts Of Beans
John Yates, an English worker for Dr. George Edge in Round Hill Greenwich, died at Greenwich General Hospital after consuming two quarts of baked beans in one sitting. He developed severe abdominal distention and intestinal obstruction, an operation failed to save him.
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Greenwich
Conn
John Yates
George Edge
Round Hill
Greenwich General Hospital
Yates
Edge
French savant wagers prize to prove levitation
Gustave le Bon offers 500 francs to anyone who can in his presence demonstrate real levitation of a cup moved between tables with photo proof and no illusion. Prince Roland Bonaparte supports adding 1000 francs. No medium has yet agreed to the test.
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M. Gustave le Bon
Prince Roland Bonaparte
Legacy of Ten Thousand Fatal in Switzerland Heir
Joseph G. Erb a 37 year old silk weaver of Phoenixville Pa died in Phoenixville hospital after spending an inheritance of ten thousand dollars from his aunt in Berne Switzerland. He reportedly lived fast for three months, using most of the money. enough remains to cover his funeral. The aunt, Mrs Jane Pfauner, died in Switzerland. The notices also include unrelated small items from sources in Kansas and Texas.
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Phoenixville
Joseph G. Erb
Switzerland
Erb
Jane Pfauner
Berne
Amale
Chiggoes and a Silly Summer Tale
A humorous tale about chiggoes itching, home remedies, and odd experiments with hype to develop the pests. The narrator jokes about buttering them, using hypo, and measuring fanciful busts while warning to keep army secrets.
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Canning
Great Secret Service
George Barton
Gravesend
Broadway Trust Company
Crihan
Pilate
Cequin
Sarah Dved
Sarah
Washington
Kan
Republican Register
Texas
Allentown
Tex
J OSH _ BILLINGS
Josh
Russia
Japan
Chiggoe
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