Brady Indictments Return Involving IKKaty Rail Road Case
Federal grand jury returns indictments against Brady and others tied to the Interstate Fiscal Agency and the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad charges. Brady faces 11 counts for allegedly using the mail to defraud through warehoused goods and embezzlement. Other indictments accuse the agency officials of mail fraud, stock unloading schemes, and illegal labor transportation involving Nistis and employment agents. Frick faces mail fraud charges over railroad influence claims. Moore arrested for sending an improper letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ikkaty’’ Railroad
Interstate Fiscal Agency Company
Missouri Pacific
H.C. Frick
J. B Brady
Mernta
Issouri
An & Texas Railroad Company
C. Wilson
A. F. Brookes
I i
J. Egan
Ho H. Ready
Uhotas Nistis
Agnes K
Missouri Park
Frick
National Railway Training Association
Are. Moore
KATY
Federal
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Company
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Interstate
Wilson
Brooker, Egan
Ready
Kansas
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Kansas Fiscal Agency Company
Egan
Interstate Fiscal A
Nebraska
Brooker
Interstate Fiscal Agency
T. A. Pollock
Holt
Wyandotte County
J. C. Wilson
Portsmouth
Kas Nistis
Agnes
Clark
Nistis
West Fifth Street
United States Commission
Little Rock
Ark
United States
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Omaha
H. C. Frick
Central Pe
Twelfth
Central
Marie Moore
Disappearance and Brady tied to 1908 freight firm case
A federal grand jury inquiry into Brady was signaled by Judge Smith McPherson on March 5, 1908, when Willard P. Hall was discharged as Receiver for the Merchants' Refrigerating company. The judge ordered Hall to submit all warehouse receipts and papers of the firm, once led by Brady, to federal examination, with the Merchants' Refrigerating company having earlier controlled a storage warehouse at 550 Walnut Street and pursuing a 1903 tram line to build a pipeline and steamship business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Brady
Criminal Court Grand Jury
Merchants
Bond
Porterfield
Criminal Court
Yefine
Tudge Wallace
Smith McPherson
Willard P. Hall
Merchants’ Refrigerating Company
Hall
United States Court
United States
Walust Street
Businews
Businens
Brady's Refrigerating Firm Fails Then Reorganizes
Brady built a large warehouse and installed modern refrigeration. The canal stock doubled but sales lagged. He disappeared October 24, 1907, triggering bank concerns and a receiver taking control. Brady reappeared October 29 and helped reorganize the Merchants' Refrigerating Co. into Mid-Continent Refrigerating Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Bankers’ Trust Company
Mid-Continent
Thriving Kansas City Shopping District Sees Bright Outlook
Sunshine draws crowds to Grand avenue Walnut and Main as stores bustle. Bank leaders Abernathy Downing and Huttig stress Kansas City as an agricultural and livestock hub with solid trade. They cite steady bank activity, favorable wheat prospects, and potential Union Station construction creating thousands of jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Avenue
Walnut
Main Streets
Kansas City
H. T. Abernathy
First National Bank
J. F. Downing
New England National Bank
William Huttig
National Bank of the Republic
Union Station
Mrs Myers Vain In Prison Inmates Denied Visitors
Agnes Myers, once sentenced to hang for her husband’s murder in Kansas, now life in prison, has attracted attention leading to all visitors being barred from speaking to her. She is reported to be healthy and active in the sewing room of the women’s department, where convict garments are made. Fifty women are confined there, isolated from the main penitentiary. Warden Matt W Hall notes Myers’ notoriety prevents visitor contact. Frank Hottman works at Vaughan-Monnig shoe factory. he and Myers have not met during their incarceration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Myers
Kansas Eye
Green
Jetnesen City
Women's Department
Matt W. Hall
Myers
Jefferson City
Frank Hottman
Vaughan-Monnig
Hospital on rollers to move back onto city land
The smallpox hospital near the Milwaukee ridge in the East bottoms will be rolled back to the city’s eight acres on the Missouri riverbank after a 1903 flood left the building two feet from the city site. City comptroller Gus Pearson supervised a survey to fix the encroachment and consider back rent negotiations with the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Railway for current ground use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Ridge
East Bottoms
Missouri
Gus Pearson
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Pearson
Boy Escapes After Juvenile Court Sentencing
James Owens a 14 year old of 1009 Woodland Avenue was sentenced to four years in reform school by Judge E E Porterfield. He escaped from the second floor ante room by climbing a water spout and fled to the detention home claiming the judge freed him and gave a dime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Owens
Woodland Avenue
Reform School
E. E. Porterfield
Saner Fourth of July meeting set for May 12
Mayor Crittenden appoints FM Lowe S C Woodson George W Fuller and Alderman J D Havens to represent the city at a sane Fourth of July meeting to be held May 12. The gathering at Grand Avenue M E Church is arranged by the W C T U.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crittenden
FM. Lowe
S. C. Woodson
George W. Fuller
J. D. Havens
Grand Avenue M. E. Are
Kansan Quits Congressional Race in Belleville May 9
B. T. Bullen withdraws from the Republican nominating race for Congress in Belleville Kansas and backs 5. S. Smith of Abilene. It is said Smith may carry Republican county over Calderhead and Rees in the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansan
Bellevilwe
Kas
B. T. Bullen
Congress
5. S. Smith
Abilene
Republic County
Calderhead
Rees
Wallace Grand Jury Adjourns For Two-Week Cycles
The criminal court grand jury has adjourned until a week from next Tuesday. Jurors will meet every two weeks, following Judge Wallace's suggestion to maintain biweekly sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Grand Jury
Criminal Court Grand Jury
Wallace
Gentlemen Burglar Thatcher Nabbed After Drug Store Heist
Walter Thatcher, described as a refined burglar, was captured in a drug store on Fifteenth Street and Prospect Avenue after guards spotted him. The raid included stolen cigars and a stolen hack, with Thatcher denying guilt and claiming Eagles membership as he faced burglary and grand larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Thatcher
Walter
Oy E. McManus
Flora Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Montgall Avenue
Prospect Avenue
J. C. Haberty
McManus
Ward
Matthew Sullivan
H. T. Atchison
Atchison
Sullivan
Thatcher
Jimmy
Randy Livery Company
McGee Street
Ernest Thorpe
Twelfth Street
McGee
Oak Streets
Justice Remley
Aerie
Order of Eagles of
Tulsa
Insurance por boat cargoes saves Kansas City river trade
The Kansas City Transportation and Steamship company won fire insurance for its Missouri river cargoes between St. Louis and Kansas City after a year of effort. A eastern firm will insure all shipments at four tenths of one percent, with coverage expanding to all river traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Transportation and Steamship Company
St. Louis
Kansas City
Boat Line Company
R. B. Jones & Sons
R. B. Jones & Song
William Volker
Pastor to Be Architect of New Kansas City Church
The First Baptist church at Eighth street and Ridge avenue in Kansas City Kansas will be torn down and replaced by a $22,000 stone building. Pastor and architect Rev. Robert J. Church designs the plans. First load of stone placed. materials sourced before dismantling. The new church aims for completion next fall with a 52 by 52 foot auditorium housing choir quarters, and a basement set sixteen feet up. The Tennessee to Leave Tuesday due to shipments at St Louis delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Eighth Street
Ridge Avenue
Kansas City
Kas
Robert J. Church
Warmer Spring Weather Boosts Hopes for New Clothes
The weather observer forecasts warmer conditions with partial clouds tonight and a light shower tomorrow night. A fine spring day is expected, ideal for breaking in new spring clothes at the parks. Showers may occur in Kansas tonight and tomorrow as the storm moves off to the Atlantic, with sunshine returning to St. Louis and the Mississippi valley. Sprinkles were reported in the Texas panhandle, Oklahoma, and around Dodge City, Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Atlantic Coast
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Dodge City
Kas
Change in Utility Act Draft Approved by Conference
A new draft of a public utilities ordinance was approved at a conference with Mayor Cridden, R J Ingraham, E C Meservey, and a lower-house committee. The draft keeps a seven member commission with three Democrats, three Republicans, and one union labor member. Salaries set include 600 per year for each commissioner and 3600 for the counselor, with 4000 for the expert investigator, plus stenographer and clerk stipends. The council is to receive the report Monday night. The debate centers on compensation limits for the commission counselor and whether regular appropriation ordinances should set pay. The finance committee aided in drafting, with Ingraham contributing, and the mayor suggested the commission appointing the expert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crittenden
R. J. Ingraham
E. C. Meservey
Commission
Miles Bulger
EE. P. Madorie
Frank D. Askew
No West Terrace Park Appeal Denied by Supreme Court
Jefferson City May 9 The supreme court refused to issue a writ of mandamus to compel Judge John G Park to grant an appeal from the jury finding in the West Terrace park extension condemnation. The Federal Investment Co of Kansas City owned land in West Terrace and argued the circuit court omitted railroad lands in benefits, overlooking a new tax liability. Attorneys sought to reopen proceedings but the circuit court held they had gone too far. Park refused the appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Bane
Federal Investment Company of
Kansas City
John G. Park
Jackson County
West Terrace Park
Federal Investment Company
West Terrace
Park
Fugitive Carter Struck By Train Near Rosedale
L D Carter of Osborne Kansas died at University of Kansas hospital in Rosedale at 8 30 this morning after being found yesterday near the St Louis and San Francisco tracks one mile southeast of Rosedale His widow arrived this morning Carter had escaped from an asylum at Parsons Kansas about two weeks ago An autopsy by Dr J A Davis coroner of Wyandotte county found a head wound and death attributed to a train strike Burial set for Downs Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne
Kas
St. Louis
San Francisco
Rosedale
University of Kansas
Carter
Parsons
J. A. Davis
Wyandotte County
Downs, Kas
Oil the County Roads Plan Approved by Court
The county court authorized E R Jones to buy four oil sprinkling wagons from the park board of Kansas City for oiling Jackson county roads. The county already owns two such wagons and plans to oil Fifteenth street road starting Tuesday. Also notes James Smith case in Wyandotte to be retried. Supreme Court reverses lower court malice instruction. Kansas City and Olathe Electric railroad completed power house at Merriam and will run more cars starting May 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Jones
The
Park Board of
Kansas City
Jackson County
Fifteenth Street
James Smith
Bull Durham Colonels defeat Blues 2 0 in opener
Louisville Colonels held the Kansas City Blues scoreless 2 0 at Association Park. Durham and Cross led the batters with timely hits. several double plays highlighted a fast game. The scorecard shows the Colonels scoring in the fifth and sixth innings while Kansas City failed to push across a run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association Park
Durham
Louisville
Colonels
Stanley
Goodwin
Beckley
Woodruff
Crisp
Brashear
Perrine
Hailman
Quinlan
Sullivan
Krueger
Hallman
Peiit
Murphy
Kerwin
Burke
Harley
Cross
Pietz
Brasher
Krucer
Peitz
Bryan Off for Washington on Extended Eastern Trip
William J. Bryan leaves today for an extended eastern trip. He will spend tomorrow in Omaha and is due in Washington May 12 13 and 14. May 17 he appears in Chicago and May 19 in Baltimore with a stop at Hagerstown Md on May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Nes
William J. Bryan
Omaha
Washington
Chicago
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Not Mrs Gunness Identity Clear on Indiana Case
On May 9 Syracuse reports a woman arrested on a New York Central train proved her identity as Mrs L A Herron. She claimed to be Mrs Belle Gunness, the Indiana slayer, and said she had a summer in Franklin Pennsylvania before starting this trip. She remained confrontational and was held at police headquarters as investigators pursue papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
New York Central
Belle Gunness
L. A. Herron
Chicago
Franklin
West Fortieth Street
New York
Four Kansas Girls Drowned in Neosho River Tragedy
In Hartford twelve miles southeast of Emporia Kansas four young women Elma Webster Edith Webster Grace Lytle and Bessie Lawrence aged 18 16 16 and 20 respectively were drowned when a gasoline launch engine ran dry and stopped near the Hartford mill. They were with Kate Griffith Mary Griffith Carol Lytle Emil Steinhaus and Howard Lyon on a pleasure trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Kas
Elma Webster
Edith Webster
Grace Lytle
Bessie Lawrence
Hartford
Kate Griffith
Mary Griffith
Carol Lytle
Emil Steinhaus
Howard Lyon
Steinhaus
Lyons
Kate
Griffith
Charles Shaw
Epworth League
Shaw
Webster
E. B. Webster
R. S. Mahaffey
Frank Lytle
Lytle
Christian Church
Yale Beats Princeton 73 to 31 in Annual Games
Yale dominated Princeton on Yale's field winning 73 to 31 in the annual dual games. Yale secured nine firsts ten seconds and eight thirds while Princeton earned four firsts three seconds and five thirds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
New Haven
Yale
Jamaica Race Results Show Five Furlong Win by Personal
At Jamaica track five furlongs for two year olds Personal driven by Yorke led to a win over Arionette McCarthy second and Havre Musgrave third. Time 1:01 8-5. Home Runs Uniform El Oro Ballet Girl and The List also ran.
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Jamaica
Yorke
Arionette
McCarthy
Havre
Musgrave
Uniform
el Oro
Ballet Girl
Troublemaker
Notter
Sir Toddington
Druid
Animus
Samuel H
Prince of Castile
Corneol
Alauda
T Dugan
Caine
Furton
Deseo
Oritagna
Susgravels
Mazuma
Burns
Banyah
Miss Delaney
Star
Sesaides
Keing
John Rs
Blue Heron Cong
Gunness farm searches and river rescue details emerge
Reports describe bodies recovered from a river launch accident near a Chicago suburb and ongoing Gunness farm digging at Lavorte. Witnesses recount a rescue by Charles Shaw and social details about the victims. separate notes discuss Canary’s disappearance, a New Yorker’s buggy found, and denials about Lamphere letters.
Old Soldiers Out in Kansas City Jobs Favoritism Upheld
Kansas Supreme Court sustains appointing power in old soldiers and sailors' preference law case. Joseph Taggart sued to oust Add J L B Eager Larkin Norman Alexander Eagle and Robert McAlpine from city posts. Court ruled mayor may select competent applicants, preserving current appointees despite competing veteran candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torexa
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Joseph Taggart
Nadotte County
George K. Add J. L. B. Eager
Larkin Norman
Alexander Eagle
Robert McAlpine
Kansas City
Kas
Warrant Issued for Sunbury Bookkeeper in $5000 Shortage
May 9 Sunbury Pennsylvania. F M Bloom longtime Sunbury Trust Company bookkeeper has been absent since Thursday. An examination of his ledgers shows a $5000 shortage and a warrant for his arrest has been issued. His wife and six children are noted and his residence is 1217 Grand Avenue in Newark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbury
F. M. Bloom
Sunbury Trust Company
Bees
Trust Company
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. E. Brady
Mrs. Meyers Vain
St. George's
Walter Thatcher
Insurance Por Boat Cargoes
Architrhot
Kan
Tennessee
St. Lewis
W. L. Thompson
H. P. Thompson
H. M. Chadwick
Charles Bottom
Walter Bottom
G. U. Pash
Thomas Coxmate
Saya. FM
L. D. Carter
Osborne, Kas
Bull Durham
BLUES
Milwalker
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Curcaco
Rhej St. Lewis
Eceneryease
Seavers Versse O'S
Chica Ash
Cbs Fe Cunculv
Aera
Boston
New Mom Fosensvet Pevade
BRROG
Censane Tees
Partapeuruis
Akie
Brooklyn
Danske
Pittebueg
Ks Veereces Ieislape Pedesi
Went Shakesa Patel
Bryan
Nebraska Democrat
Mrs. Gunness
Indiana
Jaye
Neosho River
Highty-Fifth Street
Eighty-fifth Street
Troost Avenue
Wornall Road
Alois M. Kleinhoffer
Austin
Lavorte
Inn
Gunness
Canary
Henry Birge
Gunness Farm
Laporte
Lamphere
Mr. Worden
Esse
Anne
Orden
T Gunness
Mes. Gunness
H. B. Long
Pennsylvania
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