Canfield Palace Raided as Polite Police Seize Gambling Paraphernalia
District Attorney Jerome led a Tenderloin raid on Richard A. Canfield's opulent Fifth Avenue estate. Police found roulette wheels poker tables and ivory chips on the fourth floor after a guided tour. Canfield denied wrongdoing and claimed the items were from a Rhode Island country property. Bucklin identified as dealer. Canfield asserted no evidence of gambling, pled for courtesy to private papers.
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Monte Carlo
Jerome
Canfield
Deanfield
Pri
Delehanty
Peraphernalia
Molineux
Canfield Palace
Tenderloin
Canfield House
Joseph Jacobs
D. W. Bucklin
Jacobs
Delmonico’s
Brooks
Fifth Avenue
Rhode Island
Richard A. Canfield
Mr. Jerome
Jengin
Hidden Rooms and Brass Bed Frame Surprise in Upscale Home
Police found a grand set of furnishing and a locked mahogany roll top desk on the second floor. Three unused guest bedrooms on the third floor reveal a brass bedstead with a lace canopy and counterpane, suggesting preparations for occupancy that never occurred.
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Canfield
Police raid on Farrell and Ludlam houses uncovers gambling
Capt. Walsh and squad raided 33 West Thirty-third Street and 1 31 West Thirty-third Street against Frank Farrells and his brother. They seized two prisoners and found five far e tables and three roulette wheels behind a locked door. In Fortieth Street the Ludlam residence yielded poker chips and a parlor game with pins but no money. A long hidden roof ladder and a lavish menu were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsh
West Thirtieth Street
Frank Farrell
West Thirty-third Street
New York Times
Louis Ludlam
Fortieth Street
Broadway
Seventh Avenue
Waldorf-Astoria
Fifth Avenue
Mr.Jerome
Capt. Piper
Canfield
Canfield’s
Camp Walsh
Farrell
Thirty-third Street
No. 31
Lewis Ludlam
Sergis
Shibles
Fitzgerald
O'Neill
Hall
Baxter
Severa
Advent Missionary services fill Carnegie Hall
Episcopal leaders gathered at Carnegie Hall for the Advent Missionary meetings with Bishop Potter presiding. Addresses by Bishop Brewer of Montana and Bishop Tuttle of Missouri urged Christian statesmanship and mission work, linking national duties to faith.
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Carnegie Hall
Potter
W. R. Huntington
Grace Church
Brewer
Montana
B.S. Tuttle
Missouri
Republic
Hague
Roosevelt
Bishop Brewer
Spain
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Huntington
Athens
New York
B. C
Pericles
Boss Tweed
Raids, arrests mark crackdown on mulberry street disorder
Warrants issued in the Court of Special Sessions lead to raids on three disorderly houses in the Mulberry Street Precinct. Six prisoners face charges with District Attorney Jerome present, insisting bonds use real estate. Separate raids target the Ontario Hotel and a tea store, yielding arrests and two opium layabouts.
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Justice Holbrook
Court of Special Sessions
Jerome
Mulberry Street
Sergt. Arnett
Piper
Nicola Lama
Nicola Capporallo
Mott Street
Isaac Silverman
Cherry Street
Marie Kilockermer
Elizabeth Street
Gerano Jacolucci
Spring Street
Edward Impesata
Hester Street
Raffael Tenza
Grand Street
John T. Stephenson
Lexow
Donald Grant
Wendell
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
Ontario Hotel
Twenty-ninth Street
Eighth Avenue
Raines Law
Bernhard Smith
Smith
McCluskey
East
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
Dan Lin
Nelly Clark
Nelly Kelly
Annie Jukin
Wealthy New Orleans merchant fined under Jim Crow law
Julius Weis a prominent cotton merchant in New Orleans was fined 25 for sitting in the negro car. He refused the conductor's demand to move after there were no empty seats in the white section.
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New Orleans
Julius Weis
Mystery of Trance Girl Death Sparks Medical Panel
Thirty physicians from Bellevue Hospital Medical College gathered to determine Nellie Corcoran’s death after she died at St. Vincent's Hospital on November 8. Autopsy readings by pathologists Dr. Homer E. Biggs Dr. H. M. Brooks and Dr. McGuire failed to reveal a cause, with Brooks eventually citing brain inflammation as a possibility though uncertainty remained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue Hospital Medical College
First Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
Nellie Corcoran
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Homer E. Biggs
H. M. Brooks
McGuire
Dr. Brooks
Northrop
Biggs
Brooks
Chadsey Pleads Not Guilty In Grand Larceny Case
Benjamin F. Chadsey a San Francisco bonded lawyer is arraigned in Brooklyn County Court on grand larceny charges for retaining client funds. Walter G. Rooney pleads not guilty and seeks Grand Jury minutes while Assistant District Attorney Roy objects. Bail set at 10000 and not posted, Chadsey remanded.
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Benjamin F. Chadsey
San Francisco
Brooklyn
Walter G. Rooney
Roy
Aspin
Policeman Arrests Wife in Habitual Drunkard Case
Policeman Prochet of the McDougal Street Station sued for divorce after accusing his wife of habitual drunkenness. He testified she resisted reform and caused disturbances, leading to a recommendation to commit. Magistrate Brann adjourned the case until witnesses could be heard. Procher then took his wife to the McRoyal Street Station to be locked up.
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Prochet
McDougal Street
West Forty-seventh Street
West Side
Brann
Procter
Procher
McRoyal Street
Taxation Reduction Plan Approved By Chamber Panel
Deputy Controller Stephenson's proposed tax cut for New York City is approved by the Chamber of Commerce along with a bill to exempt mortgages from taxation. The plan envisions General Fund Bonds bought by the Sink ing Fund Commissioners to free revenue and lower annual levies by over eight million dollars. The chamber urges action while reaffirming mortgage exemption as a long term goal.
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Chamber of Commerce
Stephenson
Grout
Senator Stranahan
George F. Seward
Charles S. Fairchild
Alexander FE. Orr
Clarence H. Kelsey
Joseph C. Hendrix
Frank H. Scott
Isaac N. Seligman
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Chamber
Cit
Stranahan
Committee On Taxation
Polmen Asked to Answer Police Department Inquiry
A City Club sub committee conducts an undercover style probe asking police rank and file to fill 25 questions about condition, corruption, blackmail, excise enforcement, Devery influence, officer honesty, and promotions. Answers will be kept confidential and may be made public.
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Police
City Club
Devery
Inspector Cross
Capt
Titus
Commissioner Partridge
Capt. Piper
Policeman O'Neil
Murphy
Mayor Lew
Coler
Captain Haughey Seeks Retirement Cast Ashes of Old Charter
Captain William R. Haughey of West Thirty-seventh Street Station visited Police Headquarters to file for retirement but was told by Colonel Partridge and later Corporation Counsel that he is not yet eligible under the new charter since he would be 55 only after May 1890 and must wait until he is a veteran or reach the age. He denied submitting any retirement papers and left noting a ruling would be sought.
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Schwab
The
Steel Trust
Stokes
Tuttle
Old Trinity Church
Thetford
England
Bishop Partridge
Kyoto
Japan
St. Paul’s Chapel
Partridge
G. W. Smith
Trinity College
Church of Zion and
St. Timothy
West Fiftyseventh Street
William R. Haughey
West Thirty-seventh Street
Police
Haughey
Piper
Capt
George B.stone
Col. Partridge
Rives
Capt. Haughey
Warmest November on Record 1902 Sets New Benchmark
Emery of the Weather Bureau reports November 1902 as the warmest on record with a mean of 50 degrees, 32 years of data. The month saw only one subfreezing day, 29th, while total precipitation reached 1.19 inches, the lowest for November in twelve years.
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Emery
Weather Bureau
Ex-Speaker Charles F. Kelly Brought Back to St Louis in Custody
Charles F. Kelly former Speaker of the St Louis House of Delegates was arrested on arrival from Europe on bribery charges and departed Philadelphia for St Louis at 11 20 P M in custody of Detective McGrath.
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C. F. Kelly
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Charles F. Kelly
Portrait of Dorman B. Eaton to hang at City Club
A portrait of the late Dorman B. Eaton painted by Carroll Beckwith will be hung in the City Club home tomorrow night with Sherer ceremonies. A memorial committee of J Noble Hayes Frederick Middlebrook and Alfred R Conkling was appointed months ago to select the memorial.
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Dorman B. Eaton
Carroll Beckwith
City Club
Sherer
J. Noble Hayes
Frederick Middlebrook
Alfred R. Conkling
Valentine Divorce Suit On Trial In Supreme Court
Mrs Grace I Valentine sues Charles C Valentine for divorce. The trial before Hall featured a detective claim by Mrs Valentine who named a Miss Stowal in court. Mr Valentine testified denying all charges and the case was continued to today.
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Grace I. Valentine
Charles C. Valentine
Supreme Court
Hall
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Eighteenth St
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Sixth Avenue, N. Y
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Sugges
Iors
Valentine
Arment
Oxford
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Petaar
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Browning
Cooper Square West
Cooper Union
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de Kalb Ave
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Lloyd
Konig Albert
Prinzess
Irene
Tropics
Imperial Mail
China
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Genoa
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Pepis
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