Widow Ida Spooner poisons four children in Poughkeepsie
Mrs. Ida Spooner a poor widow living at 154 North Hamilton Street gave poison to three of her children last night and reportedly to her daughter Mattie this morning. Gardiner Bowmen, 6, is dead while Eastman, 9, and Morris Bowman, 16, are ill with morphine doses. Mattie, 10, survived and testified about rent woes and her mother's injuries. Spooner shot herself and is alive in Vassar Brothers Hospital possibly to recover. Authorities deem her insane. a letter details intent to take the family to heaven.
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Nesw York Times
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Ida Spooner
Hamilton’ Street
Mattie
Vasgar Brothers Hospital
Andrews
McCabe
Spooner
Mr. Bowman
Mr. Spooner
Mrs. Spooner
Eastman
Morris Bowman
Morris
Mamma
Gardiner
Cardiner
Papa
William Hall
Housatonic
Rockdale Mills
Sarah
James Bowman
Oakes
Millie Wilbur
Ethel Wyncase
Mrs. Wilson
Attie
Mrs. Downing
Italian immigrant held in white slave traffic case
Giuseppe Ruffino was bound over to the Federal Grand Jury in New York District on charges of white slave traffic. Bail set at 2500 dollars, unavailable by Ruffino who will be taken to New York this week. Accusers Enrichetta Vacherrini and Sentina Carsarsi reportedly linked to the case.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Giuseppe Ruffino
Bloodgood
Federal Grand Jury
New York
Ruffino
Enrichetta Vacherrini
Sentina Carsarsi
Magoon Disapproves Acquittal in Cuban Soldiers Case
Gov. Magoon releases Corporal Cooper and Private Gwinnell from a provisional court at Camp Columbia. The two were tried for murder of two Cuban boatmen near Coloma on March 14. Magoon disapproves the verdict of not guilty and sends the case to military authorities for discharge planning.
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Havana
Cuba
Cooper
Gwinnell
Fearnley
Gov. Magoon
Trunk murder mystery baffling Camden Belmar case
The unidentified man found in a trunk near Belmar New Jersey remains a mystery. Coroner's Physician Jones notes no bones broken or visible wounds and suspects the body had been concealed in a washed out bank for three to six months. Detectives believe the trunk was sent to a Belmar resident, supported by farmer Jacob Hendrick who saw a milk wagon and a white horse near the area under suspicious circumstances.
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New York Times
Camden
N. J
Belmar
Jones
Smith and Carroll
Jacob Hendrick
Hendrick
Oaly
Court Raps Policemen Over Card Players Arrest
Magistrate Leroy B. Crane in Jefferson Market Court discharged two boys kept for playing cards on West Twenty-first Street. He rebuked West Twentieth Street police for rough handling and for firing shots when a youth fled into a house during the arrest. He blasted the officers for zeal without regard to citizens rights.
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Leroy B. Crane
Jefferson Market Court
West Twenty-first Street
Thomas Cahill
Henry Killmer
West Twentieth Street
Eighth Avenue
Haskell charges editor with criminal libel in Oklahoma
Omer K. Benedict editor of The Times was arrested in Oklahoma City on a Logan County warrant charging criminal libel based on an editorial linking Gov. Charles N. Haskell to a June meeting with Standard Oil at Kansas City. Benedict posted bond, denied conni vance with Standard Oil.
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Oklahoma
City
Okla
Omer. K. Benedict
The
Times
Logan County
Charles N. Haskell
Muskegee
Benedict
Guthrie
the Times
Mahoney
Oklahoma City
Haskell
Standard Oil Company
Wife-Slayer Attillo Surrenders in New Rochelle Case
Avie James Attillo an Italian fruit-dealer who fled New Rochelle on June 23 after killing his wife and wounding a man surrendered to police at Marysville Pennsylvania yesterday. He plans to plead unwritten law in his defense. Attillo, an old man, suspected his wife of infidelity. He killed his wife with a stiletto after returning home unexpectedly and then attacked her companion. Italians nearby aided his escape.
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New Rochelle
Avie James Attillo
Marysville
Penn
Attillo
Aeng
Bicycle victim in San Jose fatal car crash
Isaac Upham a retired San Francisco wholesale merchant formerly with Pagett W Upham & Co was killed in San Jose when struck by an automobile driven by S B Hawkins president of the Garden City Bank.
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San Jose
Cal
Isaac Upham
San Francisco
Pagett W. Upham & Co
S. B. Hawkins
Garden City Bank
Kaatskill House Destroyed by Fire at Lake George
Fire swept through the Skaatskil House at Lake George in the morning, destroying the Mayflower boarding cottage and two nearby homes. About 175 guests were evacuated as flames reached the hotel wing. Losses exceed 100000 dollars with only 12000 insured. Mrs. Knox of Brooklyn reports near 14000 in jewels and clothing. John Whish, Forest Fish and Game official, was among guests who lost personal effects.
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New York Times
Glens Falls
N. Y
Skaatskil House
Lake George
Kaatskill
Sagamore
Horicon
Bay
Mayflower
John Allen
New York
A. R
Fort Edward
N.Y
J. B. Abbott
Binghamton
John Whish
Albany
the Forest, Fish, and Game Commission
William Knox
Brooklyn
Fire Rips New Hyde Park Hotel and Nearby Home
A hotel in New Hyde Park owned by Stanley Gressack burned rapidly in August, threatening a neighboring house. Blind resident Albert Tent and his wife were rescued afterTent detected smoke. Firemen and neighbors sustained minor burns. losses reach about 4,560 at the Tent place and 10,000 at the hotel.
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New York Times
New Hyde Park
Stanley Gressack
Garden City
Albert Tent
Tent
Terry
Jailed for Boat Theft in Nassau County
Clarence E. Lopez of East Rockaway is jailed in Nassau County on grand larceny charges after allegedly stealing A. Levy’s boat from a dock and took it fishing at Jones’s Inlet with friends. Constable Kyles seized the craft and its occupants, while Lopez claims Levy owes him money. A similar prior arrest by Sylvester Pearsall ended without conviction.
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New York Times
Mineola
L. I
Clarence E. Lopez
East Rocksway
Nassau County
A. Levy
Levy
Loper
Jones’s Inlet
Kyles
Sylvester Pearsall
East Rockaway
Lopez
Steamship appeals to Supreme Court over immigration penalties
Oceanic and Mercantile Steamship Companies appeal to the Supreme Court after Federal Courts in New York ruled against them. The dispute centers on whether customs collectors may withhold clearance papers from ships that refuse to pay penalties for bringing undesirable aliens, a ruling with broad implications for how immigration law is applied at all ports of entry.
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New York Times
Washington
Supreme Court
Oceanic and Mercantile Steamship Companies
Federal Courts of
New York
Collector of Customs
Jerome Charges Findings Expected Soon
Albany Aug 17 Gov Hughes to receive soon the findings of Richard L Hand appointed to take testimony on charges against New York County District Attorney Jerome by the Metropolitan Street Railway minority stockholders committee Hand has nearly completed his work and will forward the report within days
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Jerome
Albany
Hughes
Richard L. Hiand
Elizabethtown
New York County
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Hand
Death by own action in the Imperial hotel room
A man identified as R. J. Hickey of Boston died by his own action in room 155 of the Imperial Hotel Providence. Coroner Starburger ordered an autopsy and praised the undertaker’s prior arrival, noting Hickey signed a false name and left a $50 envelope and suspected laudanum bottle in the room.
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R. J. Hickey
Boston
Imperial
Leudanum
Hickey
Harburger
Narragansett Hotel
Providence
R. I
Starburger
Lehane
District Attorney's Office
Townsend
Hotel
Separation and Death Involving Mrs Effie Wallace
Special to The New York Times Pittsburg Pa Aug 17 The body of Mrs Effie Wallace wife of Chester Wallace a Lawrence County attorney was found in her bathroom. District Attorney ordered analysis of her stomach. Wallace confesses she committed suicide by taking acid after a quarrel and planned separations to avoid scandal. He says they deceived social circle to maintain appearances. Mrs Wallace burned inSensee by her father Dr R Rankin.
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New York Times
Asbury Park
N. J
Randolph Itiley
Riley
W. N. G. Clark
Sunset Avenue
Pittsburg
Penn
Effie Wallace
Chester Wallace
Lawrence County
F. T. Aschman
Wallace
Cottage Robber Confesses Citing Hampton Cottages
Milton C. Hobenberg confessed to robbing Mrs. De Jensky’s house and admitted involvement with a gang that raided Summer cottages along the Long Island Rail Road. He said he robbed Water Mill and Southampton homes, a jewelry shop, and station properties, with silverware shipped to a Pennsylvania town for disposal.
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New York Times
Patchogue
L. I
Milton C. Hobenberg
Justice Losee
Water Mill
Pennsylvania
Ocal
Fires Report of Median Losses and Vague Witnesses
Yesterday's fires caused losses at multiple New York locations including Monroe Street Essex Street and Bleecker Street. Several addresses list unknown or unnamed residents with total valuations around 1500 dollars and frequent notes of trifling thefts.
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A.M
Monroe St
D. Press
Ening
F. 45Th St
Margaret French
Essex St
C. Goldner
Bleecker St
Barnett Stein
Jennie Jorisch
Thompson St
G. Lutz
Frank VeutreHa
Union Bank Opens as Deposits Surpass Withdrawals
The reorganized Mechanics and Traders' Bank now Union Bank of Brooklyn reopened eight Brooklyn branches. Deposits exceeded withdrawals two to one, with one branch taking in $25,000 in the first hour. New York branches will be liquidated. Brooklyn branches signers face sixteen months to full recovery.
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Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
Union Bank of Brooklyn
Edward M. Grout
Union Bank
Court Street
Brooklyn
The
New York
Clark Williams
Metropolitan Bank
Henry Onesheimer
Broadway
Prince Street
Greenwich Bank
Street W
Union Tank
Equitable Trust Company
Metropolitan Pramik
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National Bank of Cuba
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Berlin
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Garden Theatre
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America
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Chinatown
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