Embezzled Funds Shake Allegheny Bank Senior Cashier Arrested
William Montgomery longtime cashier of the Allegheny National Bank was arrested on embezzlement charges for $429000. He was arraigned and held on $50000 bond by United States Commissioner W T Lindsay. Bank examiner William L Folds uncovered the scheme involving cashier's checks to hide shortages.
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Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
United States
W. T. Lindsay
Federal Grand Jury
George E. Tener
National Bank
William L. Folds
Folds
Allegheny National
Pennsylvania
Senator Quay
Leutenants
Montgomery
Examiner Solds
Deadhead Awarded 17500 Damages in Wreck Case
White Plains New York May 8 James A Halley a passenger injured in the Brewster express wreck on the New York Central in February 1907 was awarded 17500 damages by a supreme court jury. The railroad sought dismissal citing pass conditions but Justice Tompkins allowed the case to proceed.
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Deadhead
White Plains
N. Y
James A. Halley
New York Central
Supreme Court
Tompkins
Len derman Burns fined for selling oleo in Schuylkill county
John J. Lenderman and N E Burns of Dundee Creamery Pittsburg were fined 100 dollars and costs on thirteen indictments for illegal oleo sales in Schuylkill county. About a ton of oleo was confiscated in western Schuylkill.
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Pottsville
John J. Lenderman
Dundee Creamery Company
Pittsburg
N. E. Burns
Schuylkill County
Lifting Ban on Amusements in Methodist Church
Bishop Goodsell of Boston led the quadrennial Methodist Episcopal conference as he read the bishops’ address on church discipline. The bishops urge striking certain words from paragraph 248 about amusements and insist this does not abandon early opposition to worldly amusements, aligning with John Wesley’s principles.
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Baltimore
Goodsell
Boston
Methodist Episcopal Church
John Wesley
Buffalo Bill's Wild West to Stage Open Air Melodramas
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders present three open air melodramas with reckless riders. Highlights include A Holiday at T E Ranch and an Indian attack scene, the Battle of Summit Springs reenactment with Buffalo Bill as Tall Bull’s killer, and Great Train Hold-Up with authentic railway action. The Rough Riders perform horsemanship feats, broncho busting, and staged western warfare across dramatic open plains setting.
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Buffalo Bill
Wild West
Congress of Rough Riders
T-E Ranch
Summit Springs
Buffalo Bil
Tall Bull
Union Pacific
Far East
Murder Mystery Solved In Dam Death Near Kimberton
The body found in a French Creek dam is identified as a man who died of heart disease after rolling from an embankment. Strychnine tablets in his coat pockets suggest use as heart medicine. Henry Snyder refuses to disclose his whereabouts for four days, fueling local discontent.
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Phoenixville
Kimberton
Henry Snyder
Snyder
French Creek
CAT LOSES FORTUNE In Will Two Cats Inherit, One Is Euthanized
Wilkes Barre PA May 8 Blackle the survivor of two cats named in Benjamin F Dilley s 1905 will to receive 4000 a large flat and a caretaker was euthanized with executors consent The other cat Pinkie died earlier The building housing the income will be sold Five thousand dollars will fund a drinking fountain for humans animals and birds with the rest to relatives and charities
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Wilkes-Barre
Blackle
Benjamin F. Dilley
Pinkie
Thaw Requests Auto Ride In Dutchess County Jail
Harry K. Thaw asked to ride in an automobile with a keeper at the Dutchess county courthouse but was refused He prepared notes for his sanity inquiry led by Justice Morschauser next Monday Thaw avoids visitors awaiting his counsel and may call jail attaches as witnesses.
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Thaw
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Chanler
Dutchess County Court House
Morschauser
Jealous husband tried to cremate wife in Shamokin
In Shamokin near here on May 8 John Cushner struck his wife into a dough tray and stuffed paper around her then allegedly set it alight. She was badly burned and may not survive. Cushner and accomplice John Cardish were arrested in connection with the attempt.
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Shamokin
John Cushner
Kulpmont
Here
Cushner
John Cardish
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