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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1908
Page
2
This detail notes the sum he carried at the time of the shooting, combining it with items he normally kept in his pocket to estimate his total cash on hand around two thousand dollars. The report centers on the financial stake connected to the incident and the person's typical carry.
Thomas De Ford, brother of Mrs Williams, staying at Narragansett Pier, says he learned of the Atlantic City shooting from Chicago and disputes police theory of an enemy gunman. He asserts friendship with Charles Roberts and describes travel with Mrs Williams and her family ending Aug 18.
Frances Rosenthal McCabe, 20, wife of a Bronx building materials maker, was shot three times by former admirer Samuel Mannes at her father’s home. She remains critical at St Marys Hospital Brooklyn as her husband Warner McCabe speeds from Chicago on a special train. Mannes wounded and near death. Dr Rosenthal and police recall dramatic struggle.
Orville Wright will not attempt a flight tomorrow as the machine moves from the balloon house to a parade ground tent. The Signal Corps plans to send the big tent to St Joseph Missouri with Dirigible No 1 for a military fair. Wright faces motor troubles and a delay to Wednesday or later for a trial.
A report from Columbus says the Queen Louise may have passed over Cincinnati at 6:30 P M last night and still be aloft with a full gas supply. The Troquois and Ville de Dieppe landed near Columbus, gas trouble blamed for their descent. The Chicago balloon, ungassed, piloted by Coey and Bumbus, vanished on a northwest course at 7 PM.
In Sullivan County Sullivan County there is a friendly rivalry for sweet corn eating. Thirteen year old Fred Owens of Gooseville is claimed champion for his age after eating corn off cobs totaling 11 feet Y inches. William Ports of Roscoe eats 24 cobs measuring 16 feet in one meal and challenges others to beat it.
Thomas W. Lawson issues a lengthy Boston statement admitting decades of stock manipulation on the New York and Boston exchanges while insisting he never washed stocks. He vows to testify at the upcoming investigation and says he will appear on Tuesday.
The lamplighter strike continued citywide with lights in most areas, except Washington Heights and parts of the Bronx. Police arrested Dominick Vandelette and Vincenzo Delmegrino, both 29 and 30, for attacking nonunion workers lighting lamps in two separate incidents on Saturday night. Both victims and attackers were assaulted during the confrontations.
Frank Strauss and his father Louis Strauss both brakemen on the Harlem Division of the New Haven Railroad were arrested at the Harlem Division Terminal on charges of stealing and disposing of about fifty zone tickets worth $2.50. John J. Cleary, a railroad special agent, filed the complaint. The pair were locked up at Alexander Avenue Station. Frank allegedly received tickets from passengers and kept them unpunched while his father allegedly helped sell them. Police noted prior ticket losses as spotters watched the train.
A 13 year old boy wandered toward Engine Company Ho on West Eighth Street Coney Island after days without food. Firefighters collected for him and police fed him. The boy said he left St Louis in May with three companions to reach Nevada gold fields. He worked briefly in New York restaurants but grew hungry and ended up at the firehouse. He was sent to the Brooklyn Children's Society and faces arraignment in Children's Court.
Police take William Furey a street car conductor from 303 Brook Ave to Night Court after contractor William Bingham at 66 West 151st Street complains of noise from car seat turning. Bingham says tenants left because of the raucous surface car operations at 1st Street and St Nicholas Avenue toward the Bronx. Magistrate orders injunction or PSC action. Furey is discharged.
Atlantic City faces a liquor ban controversy as two Georgia Avenue saloons opened amid a 150000 dollar loss to resorts. Police raided barns, confiscated beer, while officials push for Gov Fort’s closing demand. Mass meeting plans target Stoy Kuehnle administration. Charles Evans to preside.
Authorities in Newark and Essex County maintained a strict excise law watch yesterday as police and sheriff’s officers made clear dry Sunday enforcement. Across the Hudson and Passaic counties, the thirsty could still obtain drinks, while Gov. Fort’s crackdown on Atlantic City echoed through Newark signaling a dry period beyond the election.
Paterson reports Chief Bimson ordered a tight watch for excise violations but no arrests occurred. Police noted no street violations of Bishops law during shifts this morning and afternoon. City remains "wet" in spots as usual.
Boston Herald and other papers publish Grover Cleveland’s posthumous letter endorsing William H. Taft and warning against party drift. Editors praise his courage, call for national reflection, and note Cleveland’s view that Bryanism splits the Democratic Party while Taft represents constructive progress.
Trenton New Jersey August 30 Bishop James A McFaul of Trenton said he knew nothing about the controversy over Helen Maloney and Osborne elopement and Roman refusal to recognize an annulment. He said he has never been consulted and cannot discuss the case. The Catholic clergy declined to comment citing lack of official information.
Dave Everett recounts Little Neck Silas of Tompkinsville failing to eat 600 clams at the Battery after reaching 198 at a pace that exhausted his Staten Island digestion. Witnesses Battery Dolphin and skipper Wood verify the tally and award $30 to Dave.
Mrs Sylvia Stoakes, unable to raise funds to visit Georgia where her mother and father were in distress, drank carbolic acid near the Pittsburg penitentiary where her husband William Stoakes is jailed. He was reportedly distraught and placed in the prison dungeon after her death.
Mrs Susan Dorland widow of Peapack is jailed in Somerville after forces from Peapack pressed neglect charges against her for her three children. George Hoagland of Bound Brook acted as bondsman and later sought her re arrest to surrender bail. The pair returned to Bound Brook but Hoagland turned her over to Sheriff Ross who placed her in the county jail.
St. Louis merchants and manufacturers report a bright business outlook with trade brisk and confidence that June to December will match or exceed 1907. Surveys show rising sales, low losses, and optimism for a new high in the latter half of the year as prices ease and orders set records.
The Rev Dr L L Knight obtained a divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court citing twelve years of desertion and cruelty. He married Edith M Knight in Atlanta while he was an editorial writer for The Atlanta Constitution and said she showed indifference, refusing to accompany him to Washington or later on various pleas and letters.
Yee Wah a 25 year old Chinese grocer leapt into the East River from the Annex Ferry at Fulton Street and Hastsee Brooklyn yesterday. He was dragged from the water by four men and arrested. He said his grocery business at 24 Mott Street Manhattan failed, leaving him despondent.
United States Weather Bureau report details Monday and Tuesday outlooks for North Carolina through South Dakota. Forecasts include warmth in the Carolinas, fair to partly cloudy conditions in Louisiana, fair in Utah, showers and cooler spells in Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska Indiana Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin, with variable winds and periods of warmer and cooler temperatures.
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