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Newspaper

New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1908

Page

14

Burglar Band Led by a Woman Arrested in Buffalo Case

Police say a female-led burglary ring operating in Buffalo and Philadelphia stole nearly 250000 dollars in loot using a car and a naphtha launch. Mrs Minnie Curtis was arrested at 156 West Thirty seventh Street as detectives linked her to a two year spree with Henry B King and others connected to a Paterson New Jersey family.

Minnie Curtis West Thirty-seventh Street Buffalo Philadelphia Dutie Harry Hill New Jersey Paterson N. J Curtis Thirty-seventh Street Broadway Bert Curtis Hutchinson West Forty-fifth Street Harry William Scott Hutchinson House Hill Moyamensing Carroll Street Scott Gerry Society Henry B. King Manhattan

Say He Is Fur Swindler Charged in Memphis Case

After a year long search for E Gatley who impersonated secretary of the Memphis Hide and Fur Company and swindled a Chicago fur firm of 7500 dollars he worked by mail. Federal detectives arrested David Steinberg in Brooklyn believing him Gatley. Steinberg was arraigned and jailed. authorities deny Memphis firm existence and shipments.

E. Gatley Memphis

Italian girl escapes stabbing on Jersey City pier

Marie Baggioni arrived from Italy aboard the Verona of the Lloyd-Sebando Line and was escorted to a cab after a discarded admirer lunged with a stiletto on York Street pier. The assailant, named Pinto, fled and remains at large. police sought his whereabouts.

Marie Baggioni Italy Verona Lloyd-Sebando Line York Street Jersey City N. J New York Ee Pinto

Runaway Bridge Team Kills Horse in Manhattan Incident

A fur niture van team attached to Herman Zern of 8 First Avenue Manhattan became frightened by an automobile on the Williamsburg Bridge yesterday. The runaway dashed toward the Manhattan terminal colliding with vehicles and throwing drivers. One horse was killed and the other badly hurt. Zern was pitched over the gate sustaining lacerations and contusions.

Herman Zern First Avenue Manhattan Wiliamsburg Bridge Manhattan Terminal Zern

Annis Attack Witness in Hains Murder Case

A concealed witness for Capt. Hains at his upcoming trial lashed William E. Annis with a savage character defense. The man, a Supreme Court lawyer and ex diplomat, described Annis as a boastful absinthe drinker and foe of Army life, recounting three meetings aboard clubs and a yacht where Annis allegedly boasted of conquests and criticized officers and their wives. The defense plans to use the testimony to argue insanity.

P. C. Hains, Jr T. Jenkins Hains William E. Annis Joseph A. Shay Hains Brothers Broadway Capt. Hains United States Supreme Court Hains Shay Annis United States Army New York Bay Side Queens County Ca E Hains Travis Kaba Marie Salmande T. Jenkins

Militiamen to ride fifty miles to Brooklyn armory

A detachment of twenty five men from the Third Battery Field Artillery N G N Y Brooklyn will ride nearly fifty miles from Nanuet to their Brooklyn armory on Friday. The trip is expected to take six hours including halts. Horses have been on pasture at Nanuet for over two months and the men have not drilled since April.

Field Artillery Brooklyn Nanuet N. Y

Diver Drowns After Jump From Pier at Washington Heights Baths

John Francis Harrold a 50 year old resident of Beauclaire apartments 301 West 109th Street dived from the pier at the Hudson River baths near 165th Street yesterday afternoon and did not resurface. A large bruise on the head suggested he struck a rock or submerged log on entry and his body was recovered.

John Francis Harrold Beauclaire 109Th Street Washington Heights Hudson River 165Th Street Harrold

Classified Property Entries From East Side Addresses

A jumble of street listings and small claims outlines multiple addresses on the East Side. Names include John Sties H Buttner Nathan Woskwitch Ignatz Rifeman Jane Jones Pauline Lambet David Steinberg Weiben Brothers and Brender with varied amounts like 25 200 14 25 and 200. Zeros and unclear notes appear alongside several street numbers and dates suggesting local notices of property or debts.

M. Loss East John Sties Attorney St Yth Margaret Bauer Avenue B Ignatz Rifeman East 100Th St Jane Jones East 20Th St P Brender East 126

Whiskers as Evidence in Harlem Court Trial

Jacob Sheen, a peddler from 1 East 110th Street, filed whisker evidence against rival peddler Kahnen Silverman of 111 East 110th Street. The magistrate ordered Sheen to pull his own whiskers, revealing about a dozen, causing laughter and leading to Silverman’s discharge.

Harlem Jacob Sheen East 110Th Street Kahnen Silverman Sheen Silverman

Kansas party organization shifts as Bryan to speak on bank deposit law

Organization day in Kansas highlights Republican and Democratic plans for a bank guarantee deposit law. Democrats push ahead with campaign strategy while Bryan's Kansas visit looms. Both parties advocate public campaign contributions and a direct primary law, with Chester Long the sole vote against the platform plank.

Topeka Ken Kansas William J. Bryan Republican Committee Council United States Chester I. Long

Health inspector hoaxer jailed for theft at deli

James Farrell, 785 Ninth Avenue night watchman, was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to stealing $102 from Isaac Yohalem of 695 Eighth Avenue. He posed as a Health Inspector to gain access July 2 at Yohalem's delicatessen, but another man fled as Farrell drew a knife during the confrontation with Benjamin Weiss.

James Farrell Ninth Avenue Mulqueen Isaac Yohalem Eighth Avenue Farrell Yohalem

Five Killed Under Wall In Chelsea Mass Fire Site Collapse

A thirty foot brick wall being raised at Chelsea Square collapsed burying over twenty workers. Five bodies were recovered with four identified as Meyer Arlwok Ferri Sarto and Franciseco Gonelifa of Boston and M Zackler of New York. One unidentified body, a Russian about 20, remains. Fifteen men injured. The project was owned by Morris Gordon and conducted by a local builder and contractor.

Chelsea Mass Chelsea Square Meyer Arlwok Ferri Sarto Franciseco Gonelifa Boston M. Zackler New York Morris Gordon

Fire damages Omaha wagon and saddle tree plants

A blaze in East Omaha caused about 100000 in damage across the manufacturing district. The Omaha Wagon Company plant burned with roughly 60008 lost, and the Omaha Saddle Tree Company factory sustained about 15000 in damage.

Omatia Neb East Omaha Omaha Wagon Company Omaha Saddle Tree Company

Pastor Albert Trick Ends Struggle with Self Inflicted Death

Brooklyn pastor Albert H. Trick shot himself in Mills Hotel room amid mounting poverty and failed health. He left letters to his children and Dr. Dowd seeking forgiveness and guidance, expressing impossibility to provide for them under his high ideals, and detailing a bitter stance against money and worldly success.

Albert H. Trick Lefferts Place Brooklyn First Presbyterian Church Chicago Mills Hotel No Seventh Avenue Thirty-sixth Street Charles N. Dowd West Seventy-second Street

Brooklyn minister’s career transitions amid health decline

In Brooklyn a minister previously of the Presbyterian Church left Chicago’s church to lead a Saratoga pastorate then drifted to Unitarianism as health failed. He later entered the insurance business to support his family. His daughter Eva married Robert Parsons at 116 Fulton Street, leaving Arthur and Edgar ages 16 and 14. The family last saw him at Monday luncheon.

Mon Streets Brooklyn Chicago Trick Saratoga Stafford Presbyterian Church Eva Robert Parsons Fulton Street Arthur Edgar

Police Shift Murder Theory In Amsterdam Ave Woman Case

Police reversed earlier robbery murder theory in the Amsterdam Avenue and Ninety Street killing of an unidentified woman. An undertaker Alfred McCormack testified seeing two intoxicated men arguing while a car approached. one man released the woman who fell on the track as the car passed. John Dunn was released on bail after being questioned about a related sighting. no charges against him. The Morgue still has an unidentified dead woman, autopsy noting alcohol in her system.

Amsterdam Avenue Ninetieth Street Thomas King Alfred McCormack McCormack Broadway Columbus Avenue

Woman in Men's Clothes Detained for Vagrancy in New York

Mrs Gertrude Williams 26 from Stapleton Ohio was arrested in Union Square by Officer Winters while dressed as a man and posing as a worker. She appeared in Jefferson Market Court and said she wore male clothes for weeks, had traveled from Ohio seeking work, and last worked as a chambermaid. The magistrate charged her with vagrancy and sent her to a probation officer.

Gertrude Williams Stapleton, Sr. I Union Square Winters New West Twentieth Street Jefferson Market Court Ohio New York

Cripple Clifford Savage Dies by Gas in Despair

Clifford Savage 22, crippled and known for a dog cart, committed death by inhaling illuminating gas after estrangement from his family following a marriage. He lived at 153 East Twenty-first Street with his wife and sold newspapers near the Waldorf. His mother and stepfather in Brooklyn will bury him.

Clifford Savage Waldorf East Twenty-first Street Savage New York New Rochelle Third Avenue Brooklyn

Murder Suspect Nabbed by Brooklyn Detectives

Detective Santdra of the Brooklyn Detective Bureau brought Sabino Ranaudo from Gainesville Florida to Brooklyn. Ranaudo, 16, killed his sweetheart Elizabeth Rocco, 16, at 78 Cleveland Street East New York, after she refused marriage. He confessed and will be arraigned at Adams Street Police Court this morning.

Santdra Brooklyn Detective Bureau Brooklyn Gainesville Fla Sabino Ranaudo Cleveland Street East New York Ranaudo Elizabeth Rocco

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