Notorious Newark Safecrackers Nabbed in Bust
Inspector McCafferty and eight detectives rounded up Hunchie Williams and accomplices in Newark Hoboken and Brooklyn after a string of high value safes being cracked. The gang including Mrs Lizzie Jacobson and Richard Vaughn faced arrest after rapid robberies at Dunn Co 101 Chambers Street Childs West 34th Iver Johnson Broadway and Reade and Diamond Pen Point Beekman Pearl Streets. Police traced Williams through locks and drills, with Tiffany tailed to Hoboken and Jacobson jailed in Brooklyn. A large counterfeiting setup and about 25000 in value were seized from the Brooklyn house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Lizzie Jacobson
Newark
Hoboken
Brooklyn
Thomas J. Dunn & Co
Chambers Street
Childs’s
West Thirty-fourth Street
Iver Johnson Company
Broadway
Reade Street
Diamond Pen Point Company
Beekman
Pearl Streets
Rogues’ Gallery
New York
Hurchie
Brooklyn Bridge
Providence
R. I
Boston
Jersey City
Newack
Willams
McCafferty
Wiliams
Waugh
Tiffany
Duggan
Kingler
Fourth Street
Jacobson
Tat Vaughn
Clinton Street
Aaron Ward
Broad Street
West Park
Ward
Vaughn
Cassassa
Will Honor Aged Pastor in New Hamburg Anniversary
The Presbyterian Church of New Hamburg plans a large morning gathering to honor Rev. J. K. Wight on the sixtieth anniversary of his ordination. The 8 children attend, and his career includes missionary work in China, founding a church in Shanghai, and early Christain work in Leang Afar. He now preaches in Florida winters and has two sons serving abroad.
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New York Times
New Hamburg
N. Y
Presbyterian Church
J. K. Wight
Presbyterian
Wight
China
Taiping
Shanghai
Leang Afar
Britton Sails to Jamaica for Rare Plants and Orchids
Professor N L Britton, director of the Bronx Botanical Gardens, sailed on the Tagus to Jamaica to search for orchids, ferns, and hard to reach plants. He will charter a schooner to reach roadless areas and plans to bring back specimens this fall, with a future trip to Colombia to study more rare flora. Mrs Britton accompanies him. He also aims to obtain a live Venus Flytrap for Bronx cultivation and study its nerve response.
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N. L. Britton
Botanical Gardens
Bronx
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Tagus
Jamaica
Britton
Kingston
New York
Botanical
Woman Bitten by Rabid Spaniel Seeks Treatment in New York
Mrs Eileen Sherwin of 659 Suydam Street Toronto was taken to the Pasteur Institute in New York after a spaniel bite in Canada. Doctors say treatment should succeed though she remains weak from her chronic epilepsy. the dog, once family pet, was found rabid and killed.
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Eileen Sherwin
Suydam Street
Toronto
Canada
Pasteur Institute
Grand Central Station
Old Dan Cleary Ends Life Over Unnominated Candidates
In the Eighth Ward a longtime dealer in cheap jewelry and campaign buttons, known as Old Dan Cleary, hanged himself in his boarding house room on Hudson Street after losing his money on bets about nominees. He had hoped to profit by guessing which candidates would win at the conventions, following the example of the late Meyer Bimberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan” Cleary
Eighth Ward
V0 Hiudson Street
Cleary
Meyer Bimberg
Bim
Bryan
McKinley
Dan
Johnson
Roosevelt
Hearst
Robert Bostick
Ola Dan
Sea Girt rifle matches extend range for Jersey tourney
Sea Girt New Jersey hosts extended rifle ranges from September 4 to 10, 1912 with New Jersey New York and United States Revolver Association events. Gen Bird W Spencer oversees NJ matches offering many cash prizes and trophies across multiple events for civilians and military teams. The program includes Dryden Briggs Peters Columbia Wingate Rogers Meany and other trophy competitions with wide participation and social events surrounding the tournament.
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New York Times
N. J
Camp Perry
Ohio
New Jersey State Rifle Association
Bird W. Spencer
National Rifle Association
New Jersey
New York State Rifle Association
United States Revolver Association
Dryden
Briggs
Senator Briggs
Cavalry
Signal Corps
Engineer Corps
Army and National Guard
Arthur C. Gould
Vriflé
Gov. Fort
Goo Yards
Hayes
Army
Navy
National Guard
E. A. McAlpin
McAlpin
E. A. Cruikshank
Cruikshank
Seventyfirst Regiment
Old Guard
Thurston
Wingate
George W. Wingate
Rogers Allcomers
H. H. Rogers, Jr
Charles F. Roe
United States
John A. Doetz, Jr
Sea Girt
Mountain Mills Destroyed By Fire Near Wilmington
Fire at Mountain Mills outside Wilmington Vermont destroyed the mill owned by Deerfield Lumber Company along with three tenant houses two storehouses and nine lumber laden freight cars. Estimated loss reached 175000 with about two thirds insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Deerfield Lumber Company
Lumber Company
Yesterday's Fires Report List of Small Losses and Addresses
Yesterday's fires include minor losses at multiple addresses such as 835th St George Sauer and 638 W 35th St Armour Packing Co. Other entries note small damages at 2 Avenue HK Tony Alonzi and 110th St Mr Saunders with varied monetary figures such as 200 and 500 dollars.
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A. M. Loss
George Sauer
W. 35Th
Armour Packing Co
136Th St
Moulstein
Henry St
Pein Veiigel
Gines
Tony Alonzi
110Th St
Mr. Saunders
29Th St
Elizabeth Owens
7Th St
Jamaicans Eye Kingston Racing Revival With American Help
Congressmen Denby and Judge Bumpus return from Panama reports say land claims for canal work settled amicably and sanitation improvements aid canal progress. Jamaica jockey scene hot with Verley and de Lisser amid talk of Jamaica as a US racing center and rapid telegram bets from Kingston to Knutsford Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Denby
Michigan
E. C. Bumpus
Boston
Royal Mall
Tagus
Isthmus
Panama
United States
Panama Canal
Bumpus
Congressman Denby
Ernest Verley
Jamaica Jockey Club
England
Knutsford Park
R. L. de Lisser
New York
Trent
Kingston
de Lisser
Jamaica
New York Times
Verney
California
East
Verley
Little
Breedin
Bank Arrests Depositor For Passbook Discrepancy
Julius Deckstein a young Russian resident of Rutgers Place was arrested at Police Headquarters on a charge of passing a forged or altered passbook to withdraw funds from the Public Bank at 81 Delancey Street. The cashier Edward M Weinstein says Deckstein claimed the passbook showed a larger balance than recorded.
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Julius Deckstein
Rutgers Place
Delancey Street
Edward M. Weinstein
Deckstein
Pinkerton
Breen
Weinstein
Public Service Commission Exempts Certain Loose Freight From Marking Rule
Albany Aug 22 The Public Service Commission announces its final order on marking less than carload freight. Exemptions include loose pieces up to ten per shipment, sacks of flour feed cement lime plaster with shipper name, grapes in large lots, and non carload classified items. Effective Aug 20.
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New York Times
Albany
Public Service Commission of the
Second District
Office tragedy at Henry Co. Kelly & Co. shock staff
Francis E. Hill, 42, junior partner at Henry Co. Kelly & Co. twine dealers, killed himself after writing a farewell letter to his wife and purchasing champagne. He had shown nervous temper under stress, with colleagues noting an excitable disposition and a sudden, fatal act in his Franklin Street office. The letter and two checks were found. Hill died two hours later at Hudson Street Hospital.
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Henry Co. Kelly & Co
Franklin Street
Francis E. Hill
Hill
Hudson Street
McNally
Elizabeth Street
Criminal Court
Tie
Mr. Hill
hNicAvoy
Ogden & Cadmus
National Bank of
Bloomfield
Harburger
Darling
Mr. Pierce
Whrens
Lafayette Place
Aurens
Women Now Rural Carriers Defy Odds Across Regions
In Washington on August 21 reports show women increasingly enter rural delivery as substitutes and regular carriers. Lenna Sennett, a three year substitute on a 28 mile New England route, says she faces wooded stretches and bad weather without weapons, relying on calm, conversation, and confidence to win patron goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Degraw
Department of
Lenna Sennett
New England
Miss Sennett
Jersey City divorce suit highlights local cases and missing persons
In New Jersey Lilian T Recie sues Bennington R Bedle for desertion. Bedle served. Bennington R Bedle is son of the late Gov Joseph D Bedle and served as US Consul at Sheffield. Police search for ex Alderman Frederick Voght missing days from 253 Bowers Street. he ran a Hoboken hotel. A nineteen year old, Charles Reuter, died by carbolic acid. despondency linked to business troubles. John A Gilson's body recovered after drowning at Belmar. a Tremsey Central Railroad overpass fire thought to start from a passing locomotive.
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Jersey City
Bennington R. Bedle
Frederick Voght
Bowers Street
Voght
Hoboken
Charles’ Reuter
Summit
Aventue
Tremsey
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Swift Winged Justice at the Night Court
The Night Court operates with rapid fire justice guiding hundreds of cases a night. Magistrates, captains, and probation officers handle street peddlers, women prisoners, and park sleepers, delivering swift fines or reform efforts while everyday tragedy persists.
Bad Man of Orange Beats 6 Burns Barn
A gunman named William Monroe attacked six people at a Deyo farm near New Paltz Orange County. He burned a barn and fled as a large posse searched the countryside. Monroe, 27, previously criminal, threatened the Deyo family and was known as a dangerous man.
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Burns Barn
End of the Goldsboro Filibuster Port Auction Near
The Goldsboro filibuster vessel faces sale in Mobile to the highest bidder after being found leaky on a return voyage. The Export Shipping Company receivers plan to liquidate assets including a cargo of weapons and equipment valued with staff worth about 79000 dollars. Legal fights loom over rights to 75000 dollars worth of merchandise claimed by fleets fleeced in April.
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Goldsboro
Mobile
Ala
Alfred W
Francis G. Baily
Puerto Cortez
Handams
New York
Carso
Bailey Brothers
Inplonduras
Frederick M Gzaki
Export Shipping Company
Mallory
Ratleys
Goldsbero
Jealous Wife Kills Husband Aboard Boat in New Bedford
In New Bedford Mass on August 22 Harry P Simonds a harbor dredge worker died of a temple wound after his wife Hattie Simonds confessed to shooting him. Jealousy was given as the motive. She lured him into a small boat, fired, then jumped overboard and was rescued and detained by police.
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New Bedford
Mass
Harry P. Simonds
Hattie Simonds
Simonds
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Third Avenue
90Th
92D Street
New York City
Jersey
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Utilities Board
F. E. Hill
H. C. Kelly & Co
Tom
John A. Gilson
Grace Street
Belmar
Swift-Winged Justice
Jefferson Market Court
Hne
Nps
Tere
Jonathan Deyo
Middletown
New Paltz
William. Monroe
Monroe
Egies Deyo
Abram Deyo
Trelan Corners
Ne Paltz
Gardner & Deyo
York
Monrroe
Deyo
Abrams Deyo
Jonathan Deye
Charles Litz
Frmers
Leeper Kill
Orange County
Massachusetts
Arn FI Eim
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