Williamsburg Bridge safety questioned by City Club
The City Club urges an outside investigation of the Williamsburg Bridge and Manhattan Bridge plans stressing sheets. Homer Folks and Henry C. Wright claim past city engineering errors risk public safety and urge the Board of Estimate to finance an impartial probe into foundations piers and anchorages.
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New
Manhattan Bridge
City Club
Williamsburg Bridge
Club
Queensboro Bridge
Manhattan
Board of Estimate
Wigabare
East River
Board of
Homer Folks
Henry C. Wright
New England Women Praised At Anniversary Dinner
Seth Low told the National Society of New England Women at a Boston dinner that New Englanders are not as black as painted and celebrated their conscience as strength and uplift. Amelia Bingham and Lloyd Bingham spoke, with quips about Puritanical traits and identity.
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Seth Low
National Society of New England
New England
Boston
New
Emerson
Mr. Low
Harvard
Low
New England States
New Hampshire
Amelia Bingham
Bingham
Aes Bingham
Case of Thornton Jenkins Hains in Bayside murder trial
Prosecution in the Bayside Yacht Club killing case struggles to prove corpus delicti as Mrs. Annis testifies to her husband’s death. Witnesses including Charles Birchfield and Frederick Storm recount club interactions suggesting a real estate deal and tensions. Captain Hains’ mental state may become a point, with cross examination delving into motives and alleged insanity.
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Thornton Jenkins Hains
William E. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Justice Crane
Flushing
Darrin
McIntyre
Mr. Darrin
Flushing Hospital
Mr. White
Jenkins Hains
Peter C. Hains
Martin Skura
Skura
Dayton
Yacht Club
White
Harry Thaw
Charles A. Birchfield
Annis
Capt. Hains
McIintyre
Jefterson
Major Hains
Mr. McIntyre
Thaw
Claudia Ins
Fort Hamilton
Philippines
Birchfield
Capt
Hains
Rickert-Finlay Real Estate
Storm
Jesperson
Andrews
Yacht Club Landing
District
Elison
Goldstein
Hains Brothers
Frederick A. Storm
Travis
Shay
Washington
Charles A. Curtis
Curtis
Orian G. Cullen
Gen. Hains
Bragg Claudia Hains
Mysterious witness Cullen dies by own hand in Baltimore
Orlan Clyde Cullen known as Curtis and linked to the Hains murder case as a potential defense witness shot himself to death at Spell House Place while facing arrest on a fraudulent mails charge. He had surfaced in Baltimore claiming to seek witnesses for Capt. Peter C. Hains and was connected to a Russian revolutionary society. Cullen had a long public profile since 1890 including a libel suit over Gen. Henry C. Corbin and a prior mails fraud case in Winchester Virginia.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Orlan Clyde Cullen
Mr. Curtis
Peter C. Hains
William E. Annis
Spell House Place
Atons- Ailie
Ellicott City
Post Office
Curtis
Cullen
Annis
New York
Hains
Hains Brothers
Europe
Orient
Washington
Henry C. Corbin
Winchester
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Empire State Surety Co
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Heittuol
Canal St
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Washburn-Crespy ‘Company
Steinway Pianos
Steinway & Sons
Steinway
Hall
East 14Th St
Cincinnati
Grand — Central Station
Quebec
Blackwell’s Island Bridge
Blackwell's Island
Quebec Bridge
Blackwell’s Island
Vogel Brothers
42Nd St
8Th Ave
South
Ray Stannard Baker
North
Doubleday, Page & Company
East 16Th Street
New York City
Haleie
Band
Brooklyn
59Th St
Lex Ave
Elgin
Ansonia
Bloomingdales
Lex
3D Ave
59Th
Solitaires
Lamberts
Lambert Brothers
Third Ave
Cor
Ataon
Chippendale
ADAMS
Sheraton
Sheffield
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