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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1908
Page
2
The second Thaw trial in New York was postponed, and the delay in bringing the case to trial forced authorities to alter their original plan. The postponement impacted scheduling and logistics for the proceedings.
Pittsburg report details Mary Thaw and Earl of Yarmouth amid marital strife and rumors of annulment. The Countess fled to her mother after alleged mistreatment and divorce appeals. Background covers Thaw family finances, London transfers, and social impact in Pittsburg and New York.
The Kansas City Clearing House Association adopted a resolution to redeem all Clearing House certificates and checks by January eighteenth. The emergency currency had vanished from circulation more than a week earlier, but a sizable amount remains unredeemed.
Representative Tawney of Minnesota sends word to Speaker Cannon that his father has died and he cannot return to Washington until the middle of next week. The postponement delays committee work by three or four days.
The International Skating Union of America suspended J Lowther Josef Ryan We Barker and J Roniv for taking part in an unsanctioned relief game at the En Vona Skating Rink. Also disqualified were M Pilcer D Kranz and George McCormick for competing at Cosmopolitan Rink in an unsanctioned meet.
Theodore S. Whitmore, an ex convict, is held as a suspect in the Harrison New Jersey murder of Lena Whitmore whose nude body was found near Five Points Pond on December 26. The case links Whitmore to jealousy over a man named Harry Hendrickson and includes letters and a trunk, with police tracing his alibis and prior assault conviction.
Harry K. Thaw discussed key points of his case with Dan O'Reilly and J Russell Peabody at the Tombs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw remains ill and distant while defense counsel Littleton prepares for insanity as before and may place Evelyn on the stand with a different approach.
Atlantic City offers mild winds and crisp air with ocean front hotels, golf, and outdoor life. The Pennsylvania Railroad markets direct through express trains from New York at 9.55 A M and 2.55 P M on weekdays and 7.55 A M Sundays.
The Merchants' Association Committee on Water Supply asks Mayor to halt action against the Board of Water Supply over the Ashokan Dam bid. It praises the board for rejecting the lowest bid by John Peirce Co and notes the higher bid by McArthur Brothers & Winston Co was well studied.
Minnesota star George Capron the state's top drop kicker may join West Point next fall. Coach Bob Forbes visited Minneapolis recently and urged Capron to pursue an academy appointment, with Capron in talks but not yet decided on the transfer.
Miss Hattie Dunlap of Middletown says she found many items bearing hotel names in her home but did not steal them. The detective found silver, linen, and hundreds of personal effects linked to New York hotels and bank documents showing $11,000, while Dunlap claims gifts from guests and souvenirs from twenty five years in hotel work.
The Chicago Salvation Army report shows 385 people sought crisis help in six months with an estimated 80 percent saved from self destruction. Most applicants were men, with sixty five women using the service.
Georgetown ky Jan 3 The jury in the Caleb Powers case shows no sign of discharge as it waits, possibly for a week or more. At 1045 this morning the foreman said the panel could not agree and Judge Morris sent them back for further deliberation.
The cruiser Chicago under Rear Admiral Swinburne will depart San Diego next Wednesday for Hampton Roads following four years of service on the Pacific Coast.
The body of 60 year old Samuel Zalisky of 71 Grand Street Jersey City was recovered from the Hackensack River with no marks of violence noted though a possible murder was suggested by Dr. C L Culver. A marriage license was issued to Alfred D Ryan of the Bronx and Lillie Raynor of Westchester both in Jersey City.
The Jeep City Board of Finance deposed Michael Woolever as Superintendent of the Public Bath and installed Andrew Lyons. They replaced six attendants with two Democrats, saying three men suffice to run the bath during winter.
The Newark Common Council last night elected Patrick Ryan as President and John F Sinnott as leader of the majority. Mayor Haussling urged local excise option and closer ties between city charities and the Bureau of Associated Charities. William R Bennett named Police Commissioner and Thomas F Preston Tax Commissioner. Board of Health includes Dr Herman, Dr George R Warren, Frank Schulz, and Timothy D Foyle.
A verdict for 20275 dollars was returned against the Public Service Corporation in the Newark Supreme Court Circuit in favor of P Ballantine & Sons. Ballantine claimed 20100 dollars for wells polluted by the gas works. the defense admitted pollution but blamed the Assai River instead of gas tanks.
Prosecutor's Detective John Galatian detained six Italians in Elizabeth on suspicions they murdered Antonio Allessandro, shot dead early New Year's morning at Kenilworth. One suspect, Francisco Lezano, previously linked to the Foglia murder case and acquitted. Campone described a Black Hand gang firing into a boarding house.
Patter son police report a fatal chest wound to featherweight fighter David O Connor at a Ramapo Avenue resort run by Doc O Connor opposite the Erie station. Joseph Walls alias Chicken fled after firing. nine men and five women were arrested but refuse to name a motive. O Connor, wounded through the chest, is at St Joseph s Hospital with a fictitious name given. Walls allegedly shot over a craps game dispute.
Walter G. Bingham son of Benjamin Bingham of West Millville was killed yesterday afternoon in a pole fall while employed by Bridgeton Electric Co. A year earlier his brother died in a freight car accident. Bingham was South Jersey pool champion and Millville sports figure.
A dense list of thefts small debts and property notices across streets from W 146th to E 132d with names addresses and modest sums cited. Items include trifling sums at multiple tenements and storefronts and notices involving Colmbus Catholic Club Salvation Army and Aldao Cigar Co. with amounts ranging from two to five hundred dollars.
Surrogate resolves the $160000 Schlingloff estate case in favor of Ferdinanda Emma Ludwig, daughter of the deceased, after investigators traced two Yonkers men named Clarence Williams and eliminated the widow Lizzie Williams’s common law marriage claim. The woman admitted no proof of a valid marriage and the court held her claim invalid. The estate goes to Ludwig.
The Pennsylvania Railroad markets its Limited trains as mobile hotels with drawing rooms and staterooms, electrically lighted berths, club like smoking cars, and ship like observation decks. Notable trains include the Pennsylvanial Special, Pennsylvania Limited, Chicago Limited, and St. Louis Limited, all running daily between New York, Chicago, and St. Louis.
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