Morse Jurors Competent Despite Alleged Pressure and Intoxication
At a hearing before Judge Hough, government and Morse defense debated juror competence in Morse’s 1908 trial. Deputy Marshals were accused of pressuring the panel and allowing liquor, while affidavits and physician notes were cited to challenge juror Shirk and Dewey. Judge Hough and Henry L. Stimson questioned the credibility and influence of newspaper reports and marshals, with juror aging and personal stress noted.
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Hough
United States Circuit Court
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
Morse
National Bank of North America
United States Supreme Court
Martin W. Littleton
Circuit Court of Appeals
Littleton
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Noyes
Department of Justice
Staten Island
Coney Island
Shirk
Alexander Lambert
Dewey
Carlos Macdonald
Mr. Littleton
McDonald
Frank H. Platt
Platt
Lambert
Henry L. Stimson
United States
Stimson
Elder
Investigating Morse Jury Conduct Cited in Deputy Reports
James testified that Deputy Lak met at a detective agency and pressed Lake to sign an affidavit. Lake asked what was in it for him and was told nothing now but profits after testimony. Lake reportedly said he would expect substantial compensation if he aided the defense. Judge Hough took the papers.
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Morse
James
Lak
Lake
Hough
Prison For Badger Workers In First Conviction In Years
Two workers involved in the badger game received sentences of ten to nineteen and a half years from Judge Mulqueen in General Sessions. Adam Boldorf, a baker, was lured by Florence Moore to 308 West Thirty eighth Street. two assailants robbed him and fled as police arrested Moore and George Taple of 340 West Thirty-eighth Street. The third offender escaped.
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Mulqueen
Adam Boldorf
West Forty-second Street
Florence Moore
Five Die In Yonkers Fire At Wakefield Glover Corner
Five members of the Fredericks family died in a three story frame double flat house fire at Wakefield and Glover Avenues Sherwood Park near Mount Vernon. A sixth person was revived after smoke inhalation. The blaze started in Adolph Tober’s bakery on the ground floor. a large rescue effort saved others on the second and third floors. Firefighters faced weak water pressure but saved the building. loss estimated at 2500 dollars.
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Wakefield and
Glover Avenues
Sherwood Park
Mount Vernon
Fredericks
Theodore
Hattie
Ernest
Fannie
Theodore Frederick
Adolph Tober
Thomas Johnson
Joseph Cunningham
Ernest Chelander
Tober
Johnson
St.’ Joseph's Hospital
Chambers
Herman Schall
Cahill
Wright
Republicans Drift Toward Hughes Direct Primaries Plan
Republican leaders in New York indicate a shift toward supporting Gov. Hughes direct nominations while preserving conventions for statewide offices. Timothy L. Woodruff outlined proposed reforms including voter enrollment, official ballots, uniform primary dates, and direct delegate votes. The Legislative Committee will report early February with changes potentially more radical than anticipated.
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Gov. Hughes
Republican State Organization
Hughes
Timothy L. Woodruff
Woodruff
Bone
U S Rubber Buys Revere Company
United States Rubber Company takes control of Revere Rubber Company in Boston with an unofficial today announcement. Revere may occupy one idle United States factory and its own plant as well.
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Boston
United States Rubber Company
Revere Rubber Company
United States Company
Fire damages Siegel Company store in downtown Grand Rapids
Fire from the basement of the Siegel Company cloak store last night caused estimated losses between 100000 and 150000 dollars in the downtown shopping district. The Siegel Company stock, owned by Sol K Siegel and associates of Chicago, is put at about 50000 dollars in damage.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Siegel Company
Sol K. Siegel
Chicago
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India St
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Lenox Ave
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Singer
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Sth Ave
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Imerial
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Europe
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Rosenberg
Regent St
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Fifth Avenue
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Astor House
Henry Malkan
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