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Newspaper

New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1908

Page

2

Hains Murder Case Hires Darrin Retains Dayton

District Attorney Darrin of Queens names James A. Dayton to assist in prosecuting the Hains brothers for the murder of William Annis at Bayside Yacht Club. Dayton, 31, is a former D A assistant and Bayside Yacht Club member. defense attorney McIntyre says no offer has been made by Mrs Hains to testify if a confession is destroyed.

Darrin Queens James A. Dayton Hains Brothers William Annis Bayside Yacht Club Landing Mr. Dayton Annis Dayton Flushing Bayside Yacht Club Eugene Young McIntyre Young Europes Lusitania Shay Mr. Darrin Mr. McIntyre Arene Messrs Supreme Court Bayside T. Jenkins Hains Jenkins Jenkins Hains Hains Capt. Quins Queens County

Gen Hains in Washington amid defense fund talks

Gen Peter C. Hains visited Washington and met real estate men, signaling in public that he may raise funds for the defense of his sons Capt P C Hains and T Jenkins Hains. He declined to discuss the trial or defense methods, noting the matter would be clarified later.

New York Times Washington Peter C. Hains P. C. Hains T. Jenkins Hains Hains Annis New York

Mrs Hains Delays Statement On Murder Case

Frederick L. Norton says Mrs Claudia E Hains will not speak before Monday and may not issue a statement then. A signed note from Mrs Hains denies interviews with newspapers since the murder of Mr Annis and says all statements will come through her attorneys Norton and Wild.

New York Times Boston Frederick L. Norton Claudia E. Hains Winthrop Mr. Annis

Hotel detective accuses man of drugging and assault

Charles B. Leonard, hotel detective at the Hotel Albany, testified in Jefferson Market Court that Francis H. Call also known as Teddy Burris drugged him at the Belmont Hotel, robbed him of a gold watch chain ring and cash totaling $350, and beat him. Call asked for adjournment to Monday. bail set at $5,000. Police say he once claimed to be O H Belmont’s son.

Charles B. Leonard Albany Jefferson Market Court Francis H. Call Teddy Burris Duggan O'Farrell Leonard Call Belmont Hotel Fortyfourth Street Sixth Avenue Long Island Railroad O. H. P. Belmont

Narrow escape at Dutch Kills crossing endangers party

An auto party including J O Paige Smith of United Booking Company and wife narrowly escaped a locomotive at the Dutch Kills Street crossing near Long Island City while a runaway car drew attention from gatemen. Mrs Smith was badly hurt jumping from the vehicle as the engine sped by.

J. O. Paige Smith United Booking Company Charles O. Brown Sullivan-Considine Vaudeville Eet Miss Stockton West Fourtyninth Street Dutch Kills Street Long Island Railroad Long Island City Thompson Avenue Francis Burton Harrison Brown Smith St. John’s Hospital Patchogue Jackson Avenue Joseph Boyce Elmhurst

Petition filed over dangerous driving in Sound Beach

Ninety six Sound Beach taxpayers voters and property holders petition Greenwich Prosecuting Attorney Henry B. White asking swift action to curb fast reckless auto traffic. They name J F Rainier and accuse his son Jack of related incidents while others recall near collisions and a past arrest for reckless driving.

New York Times Greenwich Conn Henry B. White Sound Beach Mr. Rainier J. F. Rainier Yale New York Rainier Jack Stamford Arthur T. Blaber

Typothetae and the Open Shop Policy Correction

The Times clarifies a misattribution about the Typothetae of New York. The United Typothetae of America pledges to defend its members who support open shops while allowing a broader view to include master printers recognizing strong organization.

Typothetae TIMES New York United Typothetae of America

Train Kills Student on Vacation Trip

Abraham Averach aged 21 of Brooklyn a New York Law School student was killed by a New York Central Railroad train in Yonkers New York between the Dock Street and Wells Avenue crossings. He and friend Abraham C Shruski planned a trip to Albany by trolley and walked through Yonkers where the fatal collision occurred.

Yonkers N. Y Abraham Averach St. Mark's Avenue Brooklyn New York Law School New York Central Dock Street Wells Avenue Averach Abraham C. Shruski Albany

Chinese Minister Wu Ting-Fang Addresses Students in Ashburnham

Wu Ting-Fang, China's minister to the United States, spoke to Chinese students at Ashburnham Mass regarding educational opportunities and the prospects for employment when they return to China. He expressed confidence in their future chances to secure positions at home.

Ashburnham Mass Eastern Alliance of Chines Wu Ting-Fang Chines United States China

Deaf Mute Talks In Court In Vagrancy Case

John Sullivan, jailed on vagrancy charges after being arrested for begging with cards stating he was deaf and dumb, denied the facts in Night Court. Patrolman Sofsky testified Sullivan used the cards to solicit money detailing an education plan. Sullivan claimed the cards were not his and offered no clear explanation. He was sent to the Workhouse for six months.

John Sullivan House Sullivan Church Walker Streets Sofsky Leonard Street

Rainfall Pranks Long Island Flood Destroys Roosevelt Hotel

Long Island saw a freakish rainfall with Jamaica near cloudbursts while Far Rockaway stayed dry. Flooding hit Twombly Place and the Roosevelt Hotel at Twombly Place and Church Street, with water flowing into the hotel from three directions. Guests scrambled to shelter on chairs and tables as crews pumped out water from the cellar and wine vaults late in the evening.

Long Island Jamaica Rockaway Twombly Place Roosevelt Hotel Church Street Arverne Rockaways Far Rockaway Hewletts Woodmere Lawrence Cedarhurst

Death by Own Action Foiled in New York Hotel

Robert Bogue a 38 year old registered as Leslie Stevens at the Hotel Slevin on Fourteenth Street and Seventh Avenue wrote to his father detailing suicide plans. He swallowed a preparation, was found by Father Thomas White and Hugh Slevin unconscious in Room 3 and taken to New York Hospital where he began to recover after antidotal treatment.

H. Bogue Park Avenue Baltimore Robert Bogue Slevin Fourteenth Street Seventh Avenue Leslie Stevens New York Hospital Bogue Thomas White St. Francis Xavier's Church Sixteenth Street Fifth Sixth Avenues Father White Hugh Slevin Foote

Wild Day In Stocks Sparks Inquiry Into Market Churn

A tumultuous stock day prompts rumors of heavy short selling and massive loaned shares returning to lenders. A. O. Brown & Co. reportedly plans to return 100,000 to 200,000 borrowed shares while 40,000 more came back from H Content & Co. Brokers blame manipulators for unsettling the market and driving out small traders.

A. O. Brown & Co H. Content & Co

Big Decline in Wheat at Minneapolis Chamber Sale

Buyers pushed cash wheat prices down sharply with No 1 Northern slipping from 124 to 112 and No 2 Northern from 117 to 109 as 201 rail cars of wheat entered Minneapolis. Bulls cited low elevator stocks and a total supply of 617000 bushels versus last year’s 10 million. In Minnesota frost reports, Dickinson North Dakota saw five degrees below freezing as half the wheat stood in shock and the rest ripening.

Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce No. 1 Northern No. 2 ST. Paul Minnesota North Dakota Wisconsin Dickinson N. D

Divorce pursuit leads to raid and burglary charge

A New York court case details Harry W. Lichtenstein and three private detectives storming flats at 108th Street and Manhattan Avenue in a bid for divorce evidence. An axe broke a door at 17 West 108th Street as Mrs Lichtenstein and Freeman accused him of intrusion, while police detained all involved on burglary charges and heard for August 26 about a malicious mischief claim.

108Th Street Manhattan Avenue Harry W. Lichtenstein Sol Lichtenstein Liberty Street University Court Morningside Avenue Lichtenstein West Side Court United States Waterproofing Company Broadway Chicago Harry H. Kuttner East 1Sith Street Albert Kuttner Otto Heiser Bathgate Avenue Freerin 13Enstein tJis Ichtenstein

Warranted arrests at Yonkers race track in betting case

Warrants for two alleged anti-betting law violations were served at Yonkers race track. Suspects Samuel Jackmus and M. Raphael were taken into custody by track detectives working for District Attorney Winslow. Samuel Morganlander, charged with laying odds and accepting bets, also was arrested without a warrant. All three were taken to Yonkers Police Headquarters.

Yonkers Samuel Jackmus M. Raphael Winslow Samuel Morganlander

Hypnotism and occult influence cited in suit against Brosseau

Chicago reports a $50,000 damage suit alleging hypnotic influence and occult powers used to alienate the lawyer J N Migneron from his wife Marie Angelle Denault Migneron. Gisey Brosseau, described as a Board of Trade figure and French community leader, denies the charges as outrageous. Attempts to locate Migneron and his wife were unsuccessful.

New York Times Chicago Gisey Brosseau Board of Trade Littérateur Elevaler Marie Angell E. Denault Quebec Civil Marriage Service of Canada Migneron

Missing Groom Stuns Milwaukee Wedding Day Crowd

Ralph W. Eddy, 28, traveling salesman for Alberene Stone Company, vanished in Milwaukee four days before his planned Aug 22 wedding to Miss Lucy Warren of Wooster Ohio. Family and authorities search as questions of foul play or accident loom. Eddy last seen at the Plankinton Hotel.

Milwaukee Wis Ralph W. Eddy Chicago Alberene Stone Company New York City Lucy Warren Wooster Ohio J. E. Barrett Miss Warren Sheppygan Robert Eddy Warren Columbus Eddy Plankinton Hotel W. K. Fields Lief Stone Company New York Eady

Wife accuses Edward Lord in big Chicago fraud case

Chicago reports a warrant for Edward Lord age 32 on wife abandonment charges. Mrs Lord says he posed last winter as a United States Navy examining surgeon and fortune heir, fleeced navy officer John D Pennington of 31000, stole jewelry and 4000 from a bank safe deposit, while living at the Wellington Hotel and hobnobbing with noted figures.

New York Times Chicago Edward Lord United States Navy John D. Pennington

New Trunk Murder Clue Emerges in Camden Case

Camden detectives Smith and Carroll traced two men who hauled the trunk from Mount Ephraim Station to a ravine site where it was buried under sand and logs. They saw the trunk two days before hauling it away. the ring leader who hired them is unknown. Authorities pursue Alexander Rosenbloom, son of the victim, now missing. An aunt recalls Rosenbloom visiting Windber on Nov 24 with collar up, seen briefly, then vanished. Warrants issued for five suspects in Samuel J. Rosenbloom murder. prosecutors withhold names while authorities planBaltimore trip for witnesses and evidence. Mrs Rosenbloom and daughter Eva may be in Baltimore.

New York Times Philadelphia Camden Smith and Carroll Mount’ Ephriam Alexander Rosenbloom New B Brunswick Windber Rosenbloom Penn Samuel J. Rosenbloom John S. Miller Somerset County Baltimore

Bellboy confesses theft of 7500 dollars in gems

Harry Dennison a bellboy at the Allenhurst Inn in Asbury Park New Jersey confessed to stealing about 7500 dollars worth of diamonds from Mrs Mary E Fox a guest. He led detectives to the burial spot near Sunset Lake where all jewels were recovered. Dennison jailed in Freehold to await Grand Jury action. Ed S Burns arrested briefly as witness though dismissed by detectives. Mrs Fox wife of Hartford broker George Fox has long stayed at the inn.

Asbury Park N. J Harry Dennison Allenhurst Inn Mary E. Fox Sunset Lake Freehold Fox George Fox Hartford, Conn Ajlenhurst Inn Dennison Dandlson

Robbed Reno Jewels Recovered Partially in San Francisco

Mrs. Bessie Seaman, robbed of about $40,000 in jewels at Reno a year ago by J Edward Boeck now in Sing Sing, recovered about $6,000 worth from San Francisco pawnshops yesterday. She had met Boeck in San Francisco and Reno, and he secured a safety deposit box for her before the theft.

San Francisco Bessie Seaman Reno Nev J. Edward Boeck Sing Sing Seaman Froeck

Admiral Evans denies offer to lead Los Angeles Harbor Railroad

In Lake Mohonk New York Admiral Evans said he had not received an offer to become chairman of the Los Angeles Harbor Railroad Company. Earlier reports from Los Angeles claimed the firm, which would control the harbor area at San Pedro, had sent a formal invitation.

New York Times Lake Mohonk N. Y Admiral Evans Los Angeles Harbor Railroad Company Los Angeles Arbor of San Pedro

Burglary Ring Roams Upper East Side Houses

An elusive band of burglars targets vacant homes between Fifth Avenue and the East River. Commissioner Bingham doubled the force with forty-two extra detectives, but arrests have not yet been made. Marcus Weil’s 203 East Seventy-second Street house suffered a loss estimated at 5600, insured against burglary.

Upper East Side Fifth Avenue East River Siiner Bingham Marcus Weil East Seventy-second Street Well Seventy-second Street Pr. Bloom Weils East Sixty-seventh Street Weil

Seek Dead Boy's Father in Drowning Case

A telegram from New Orleans asks New York police to locate Joseph Carey, proprietor of the Princeton Buffet, to inform him his son William has drowned. Despite hotel canvassing across precincts, Carey could not be found. A man named Carey at Elite Hotel Brooklyn denied any link to New Orleans or family there.

Police New Orleans Joseph Carey Princeton William Carey Five Boroughs Pekan Rc Franklin Avenue Brooklyn

Women Aid Strikers In Alabama Mine Dispute

In Pratt City near Birmingham Alabama tensions rise as striking miners confront authorities. Deputies sought to arrest a trespass suspect at the Tennessee Company No 5 mine amid white women resistance. Warrants issued for two women for interfering with an officer. A large barbecue at Fulton Springs drew several thousand union miners with W R Fairley speaking. Evictions from company houses occurred at Sayre mines as miners quit trains along the mineral railroad and threatening letters move to workers.

Birmingham Als Aus Ferling Alabama Anthony Davis Pratt City No. 5 Tennessee Company Fulton Springs W. R. Fairley National Board of Mine Workers Sayre

Brooklyn Tailors Plan General Strike Amid Wages Fallout

A broad worker surge in Brooklyn aimed at a countrywide coat tailors strike stalled as the United Brotherhood of Tailors Executive Committee postponed its meeting until Red2x to decide on nationwide action. The union flagging wages and factory resistance fuel a push by striking tailors gathered at the Terrace Lyceum to press for a general strike.

Brooklyn United Brotherhood of Tailors

Roosevelt sends regrets to Welsh convention in Scranton

In Oyster Bay on August 22 President Roosevelt, unable to attend the National Welsh Convention at Scranton Pennsylvania, telegraphs Col. R. A. Phillips president of the Lackawanna Druid Society with sincere regret and best wishes for the event's success.

New York Times Oyster Bay L. L Roosevelt Scranton Penn Col. R. A. Phillips The Lackawanna Druid Society

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