Magistrate Wahle Frees Fur Dealers After Dismissal
In Essex Market Court Magistrate Charles F. Wahle dismissed charges against three fur dealers accused of receiving stolen goods. He ruled evidence insufficient to bind them for the grand jury though furs valued about 82.20 to 1,200 were traced to a theft and a sale attempt. Rogers, counsel for Louis Spert, protested the proceedings but was barred from entering the rail until the case was underway.
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Charles F. G. Wahle
New York
Wahle
Times
Max Friedman
Nicuerll & Co
Ninth Street
Essex Market Court
Rogers
Mr. Rogers
Mr. Alpert
Alpert
East Sixth Street
Morris Hoffman
Eli Tabachnk
William S. Reich
University Place
Hoffman
Essex Court
Mandelbaum
Kuerll
Pearlman
Pk Luce
Coleman Green
Friedman
Sixth Street
Abe Wallace
Fluerll
Euerl
Har- Bains
Tabachnne
Lawyer Meyer Greenberg Fined 250 Contempt of Court
Judge Mulqueen held Meyer Greenberg responsible for contempt after he challenged the judge’s charge in a preliminary trial. Greenberg and co counsel Alienikoff represented Victor Mirouka in an alleged attack on Gizella Vukolovics, a 14 year old neighbor. The jury disagreed on the accusation and Greenberg was given until Monday to pay the $250 fine.
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Meyer Greenberg
Nassau Street
Greenberg
Alienikoff
Victor Mirouka
Second Avenue
Gizella Vukolovics
Muiqueen
Mercer Street Captain denounces precinct as policing "penal institution"
Acting Capt. Dominick Henry of Mercer Street Station testifies that two officers from his precinct extorted money from two women at Fourteenth Street and Third Avenue. Officer Cordes pleads guilty while Waltman awaits trial as Henry defends strict discipline and pledge programs.
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Dominick Henry
Milone
Sixteenth
Benjamin Cordes
William F. Waltman
Fourteenth Street
Third Avenue
Henry
Cordes
Abraham Levy
Waltman
Baker
McGuire
Malone
Levy
J. J. Bennett
Bessie Ambrose
Marcelle Girl Found Safe After Disappearance Tale
Carmela Marcelle a 13 year old from 328 St Marks Avenue was sheltered by the Children’s Society on Schermerhorn Street after a weekmissing. She alleged abuse by a woman who forced her to beg and burned her with a hot iron when money was not given. Father Peter Marcelle disputes claims and an investigation follows.
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Brooklyn
Carmela Marcelle
St. Mark’s Avenue
Children’s Society
Schermerhorn Street
Children's Court
Peter Marcelle
Arrested in Church for Horse Cruelty in Bloomfield
James L. Berry of Bloomfield New Jersey was arrested at a prayer meeting by Constable Edward Shorter on a cruelty charge from Horace C. Miller of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A canvas shelter over the horse failed to protect it from heavy rain. Berry claimed outdoor treatment for illness. Justice Hopwood fined him thirteen dollars and sixty cents.
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James Ll. Berry
Bloomfield
N. J
Edward Shorter
Horace C. Miller
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Berry
Justice of the Peace
Hopwood
Sailor Solonen Found Dying After Leave
Olaf Solonen a 46 year old coxswain on the U S S Scorpion was found unconscious in a Harlem hallway early yesterday reflecting alcoholism and possible drug use. He was taken to Harlem Hospital in a dying condition after patrolman Leddy identified him via a Navy YMCA card. Solonen, a ten year navy veteran from Finland, had just returned from shore leave and had only a few cents on him. The Scorpion rests at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Olaf Solonen
United States
Scorpion
East 125Th Street
Harlem
Leddy
East 126Th Street
Navy Branch
Sands Street
Brooklyn
Navy Yard
Solonen
Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Repudiates Strikers in Milwaukee Convention
Benjamin Schweitzer of the United Garment Workers of America rejected reports of widespread Tailors’ strikes. He noted the Brotherhood’s New York locals were expelled over a year ago for striking without authority, forming a rival, with only a small membership still on strike. He called claims of thousands on strike absurd.
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Benjamin Schweitzer
United Garment Workers of America
Milwaukee
Bible House
Brotherhood of Tailors
Brotherhood of Tafflors
Yana
New York
Straw vote puts Hughes ahead in Success Magazine survey
President Higgins reports 709 life subscribers polled on governorship preference. Of 613 first choices for Hughes, 96 backing other candidates or abstaining. Second-choice tallies show Lieutenant Governor Chandler as the runner up among Democrats, with a few Republicans opting for other names.
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Edward E. Higgins
Success Magazine Company
Roosevelt
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Life
Gov. Hughes
Hughes
Chanler
Rensselaer Republicans Back Hughes Reelection Support
The Rensselaer County Republican General Committee endorsed Taft and Sherman and favored a second term for Gov. Charles Evans Hughes. The resolution praised Hughes as an ideal public official with integrity and ability, and urged renomination and re election to Governor. Willington of Troy was re elected committee chairman.
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New York Times
Troy
N. Y
Rensselaer County Republican General Committee
Taft
Sherman
Gov. Hughes
Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes
State of
New York
Willington
Family Dog Wrecks Fifth Floor Staircase Sighting a Pup’s Plight
Jacob Slomer and family at 474 Lenox Avenue locked themselves in a back room after a small dog fell and injured its leg. Police were called when a window was broken and the dog, clearly hurt, was deemed mad only after the sergeant confirmed the animal’s distress and the family agreed to aftercare.
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Jacob Slomer
Lves
Lenox Avenue
Slomer
Sergt. Hellmore
East 126Th Street
Hellmers
Stomerse
Dream scares family off Touraine sailing from pier
Mrs Marie Fenelli of this city caused a scene on the French Line pier as seven children and her husband prepared to sail to Havre. She claimed a dream warned the ship would sink, preventing their embarkation. The family then disembarked and returned to Allessandria, Italy.
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Touraine
Havre
Marie Fenelli
French Line
Fenelli
Fenellis
Allessandria
Italy
Englishman Oakley admits bigamy in Jefferson Market Court
William Oakley, a 39 year old English national, admitted to bigamy before Magistrate Barlow after two women claimed marriage. He was sent to the Island for one year with a $1040 bail and ordered to pay $20 weekly to Emily J. Oakley at 92 St Nicholas Avenue. The second wife, a Chicago married in September, did not attend court. The bond secures custody and potential calls by Chicago police.
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William Oakley
Jefferson Market Court
Barlow
Oakley
Emily J. Oakley
Hoda
St. Nicholas 'Avenue
Chicago
Sherman Called to Oyster Bay on Campaign Trip
James S. Sherman left Utica early this morning for Oyster Bay to confer with President Roosevelt and Chairman McKinley about the congressional campaign. He expects to meet the President and the secretary of the Congressional Committee, hoping this will be his final trip on campaign matters.
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Roosevelt
McKinley
Republican Congressional Committee
James S. Sherman
Utica
Oyster Bay
Congressional Committee
Sherman
N. Y
Bridal Wreaths Fall Under Manufacture of Metal Duty
The Board of United States General Appraisers ruled that bridal wreaths made of cotton wire and wax are classified as metal manufactures for tariff purposes. Downing Judas & Co. of Chicago imported them. McClelland states lacking a specific law, bridal wreaths must pay metal manufacture duties.
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Board of
United States General Appraisers
Downing, Judas & Co
Chicago
McClelland
Brooklyn Bank Clerk Guilty Of Theft
Harold B. Kohler a 19 year old employee of the Park National Bank pleaded guilty to stealing 380 dollars from the bank yesterday before Judge Crain in General Sessions. He was sentenced to Elmira Reformatory due to his record youth and education. He destroyed two checks and gambled away the funds.
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Harold B. Kohler
East Seventeenth Street
Brooklyn
Park National Bank
Crain
Elmira Reformatory
Kohler
Queen Wilhelmina Health Report Refines Uncertainty
Amsterdam August 27 conflicting statements about Queen Wilhelmina's health. The Tele graaf reports it is learned her health is good and a public communication likely soon will bring joy.
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Wilhelmina
Amsterdam
Telegraaf
Hughes renomination tensions at Republican meeting
Executive Committee members and party bosses discuss Gov. Hughes renomination amid Roosevelts’ potential backing. Cortelyou rumor and plans to meet President while contests in three upstate districts may sway the convention outcome.
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Hughes
Republican State Committee
Oyster Bay
Herbert Parsons
Woodruff
Ward
Westchester
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
Cortelyou
Cayuga- Cortland-Seneca
Albany Convention Silent on Hughes
Albany delegates at the First Assembly District Republican convention selected for the State convention and urged support for Albany Mayor Charles H. Gaus as State Controller, with no action on the gubernatorial nomination. Buffalo reports Erie County Republicans chose fifty nine delegates for Saratoga State convention on Sept 14.
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Albany
Hughes
Albany County
Charles H. Gaus
Buffalo
N. Y
Erie County
Saratoga
Republicans Nominate Erie County Assembly Districts
In Lockport and Buffalo on August 27, Erie County Republicans announced their Assembly nominees. Orson J. Weinert leads the First District, John Lord O'Brien the Second, George J. Arnold the Third, William Milligan the Fifth, Frank Ruskiewicz the Sixth, Robert H. Reed the Seventh, Clarence MacGregor the Eighth, and Frank Bret Thorn the Ninth. The Fourth District postponed nomination until Monday.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Erie County
Hirst
Orson J. Weinert
John Lord O'Brien
George J. Arnold
William Milligan
Frank Ruskiewicz
Robert H. Reed
Clarence MacGregor
Frank Bret Thorn
Delegates Named to State Democratic Convention
In Rome New York on August 27 the Second Assembly District Democratic Convention elected Thomas Jones Owen Burns and Joseph Felts as delegates to the State Convention. The Third Assembly District Democratic Convention chose L Sheehan J D McMahon and A R Kes singer as delegates.
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Rome
N. Y
Thomas
Jones
Owen J. Burns
Joseph Felts
L. Sheehan
J. D. McMahon
A. R. Kessinger
Mack Seeks Murphy Accord to Ease Campaign Tensions
Democratic national figure Norman E Mack arrives with Eastern headquarters aiming for a truce between Tammany leader Charles Murphy and Senator Patrick H McCarren to back Bryan Swern in New York Ohio Indiana and Illinois. Mack meets Murphy at the Hoffman House and plans East Coast operations while eyeing Chicago.
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Charles F. Murphy
Patrick H. McCarren
Kings
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Mack
Murphy
Hoffman House
McCarren
Brooklyn Statesman
Brooklyn
Rochester
Oneida County
Conners-Murphy
Conners
Chicago
John W. Tomlinson
Alabama
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Democratic Nations
West
Indiana
Ilinois
Ohio
New York
Bryan
Swern
Hie
National Committee
William J. Conners
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