Heinze Indictment Focuses on Overcertification Crimes
Federal investigators focus on overcertification at Mercantile National Bank tied to Otto Heinze & Co. and a United Copper corner. Cases cite forged notes and inflated collateral. F A Heinze and associates face bail and possible further indictments as prosecutors pursue loans above legal limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James D. Fish
Marine Bank
Grant & Ward
Kimball
Seventh National Bank
Clearing House Committee
National Bank Examiners
Heinzes
Natonal Bank
Heinze
Stimson
Mercantile National Bank
F. A. Heinze
A. P. Heinze
Max Schultze
Otto Heinze & Co
C. W. Moree
O. F. Thomas
E. R. Thomas
Counse
Myles O’brien
Mr. Lautereau
Brooklyn
Columbia School of Mines
Butte
Montana
Minnie Healy
Marcus Daly
Amalgamated
Mercantile Bank
Edwin Gould
Mr. B. Gould
Toronto man Henry Grey Duberly identified in suicide case
A man who killed himself in The Hermitage left letters to Earl Grey and Amy Hamshire. Harry Duberly of Niagara Falls, Ontario, formerly a Grand Trunk Railway clerk, identified the body at Stephen Merritt Burial Company rooms. Coroner Dooley examined Duberly’s letters and noted the lover’s plea and a final farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermitage
Henry Grey "Duberly
Toronto
Earl Grey
Canada
Harry Duberly
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Grand Trunk Railway
Stephen Merritt Burial Company
Grand Trunk
Duberty
Niagara
Duberly
Dooley
Earl .Grey
Amy Hamshire
W. H. Newcombe
Fagara Falls
H. Grey Duverly
Hamshire
Harry
Diamond Houses in Trouble as Jewel Trade Slumps
A wave of distress hits New York diamond dealers amid a cash squeeze and a sharp drop in holiday sales. Louis Witsenhausen's bankruptcy files reveal creditors and a 200000 dollar asset base, while four major firms including Frankel and Gettels pursue a trustee plan to defer credits. The industry-wide import drop of 11.86 million dollars in gems for 1907 and weak December demand are cited as the core causes. the Hope diamond remains a firm asset of Simon Frankel & Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Louis Witsenhausen
Maiden Lane
Stern, Singer & Boerr
L. & B. Behr
Holt
Robert L. Harrison
Wall Street
Sigmund Tancer
Avenue C
Irving # Kremer
Broadway
Kremer
Simon Frankel
Joseph Frankel’s Sons Co
Fifth Avenue
North Ward Realty Company
Thompson-Starrett Company
John Street
Uth Street
Alfred Jaretski
Sullivan & Cromwell
Frankel and Gattle
Sol M. Stroock
Stroock & Stroock
Frankels
Frankels and Gettels
Paul M. Herzog
Herzog& Kendal
BE. M. Gattle & Co
Gattle, Ettinger & Hammel
Mr. Herzog
Gattle
E. M. Gattle & Co
Times
Hope
Bryan speaks on finances after Omaha speech
William Jennings Bryan told the Jacksonian Club in Omaha that money concerns do not worry him as the people of the country have enabled him to secure an independent income for life. This marked his first public comment on his personal finances.
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New York Times
Omaha
Neb
William Jenningd Bryan
Jacksonian Club
Bryan
Ammonia Blast Crashes New York Brewery Collapse
A massive blast and collapse at Flanagan Nay & Co.'s brewery on Tenth Avenue, New York, killed Thomas Fleming and left several workers seriously injured. Rescue teams freed men pinned by timber and debris as a wall burst outward. Contractor Johnson faced arrest as investigators probe the ammonia tank explosion and structural failure.
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Flanagan, Nay & Co
Tenth Avenue
Thomas Fleming
Westwenty-first Street
Johnson
Andrew
West 31St St
Bellevue Hospital
Agard
Otto
West 16Th St
New York
Hos_pital
Pearson
Anton
New York Hospital
Gorman
Joseph
West 35Th St
Larson
John
Robert Ericson
Twenty-fifth Street
Building Department
Europe
Beenieert
Charles O. Johnson
West Twenty-fourth Street
McGibney & Reilly
East
Company 19
Hook and Ladder Company 12
Croker
Harry Dallas
Engine 19
Silva
Gonder
West Twentieth Street
Fleming
Kane
Harburger
Bureau of Buildings
Thomas Gorman
Three Thaw Jurors at Last Sworn In
The long Thaw jury pool grows as the court fills with jurors including Otto Wels Jr and Fred Pitcher. Detectives rush to recover Tilford’s stolen watch, while Judge Dowling mutes interruptions and cuts late adjournments. A firm $250 fine is handed to Philip Goodhart for failure to appear.
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Thaw
Talisman -Tilford
Reardon
George Lauder
Carnegie
Josiah Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Jerome
Mr. Littleton
Otto Wels, Jr
East Eighty-seventh Street
Mr. Jerome
Justice Dowling
Philip J. Goodhart
Thaw Trial News Reaches Mrs Thaw In Pittsburg
From her sick room in Pittsburg Mrs William Thaw follows the New York trial daily. A stenographer types each word and a daily letter is sent to her. She guides counsel via letters and telephone talks with Martin W Littleton each night. Mrs Holman favors Thaw’s acquittal and Roger O Mara misses the trial to manage Countess of Yarmouth affairs.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
William Thaw
New York
Thaw
Mrs. Holman
Roger O’maara
Yarmouth
Rouss Firm Duped by Swindler Gang
Bernard Zolty, a picture frame and mirror dealer of 17 Elizabeth Street, was arraigned in the Tombs Court on a forgery in the third degree charge and held for further examination as investigators link him to a $50,000 short shipping scheme defrauding Charles Broadway Rouss. The ring allegedly included several dealers and firm employees with proceeds shared among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Zolty
Elizabeth Street
Tombs Court
Charles Broadway Rouss
Zolty
Reuss
Peter W. Rouss
Picture and Mirror
Flood
Raynes
John J. Rooney
Rouss
O. K
Ring
Zelty
Fund Drive Urges Small Gifts to Aid Poor Families
R S Minturn treasurer and J R Fulton cutting president appeal for donations to aid over 2,000 families in the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. Contributions of $1 to $100 requested with optional note on how funds are used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.S. Minturn
Treas
J. R. Fulton Cutting
Pres
N. Y
Association For
Hartford Dr A J Wheeler Dies by Debt Despair at Sea
Dr A J Wheeler, sanitarium proprietor of Cornwall on the Hudson, drowned himself after debt pressures. A note found on his coat asked the Hartford captain to notify C Arthur Ackerly and lay to rest, and a family letter asked kin to stay cheerful and endure the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Hartford
Conn
New York
A. J. Wheeler
Cornwall-on-the-Hudson
Long Island Sound
Connecticut River
Pier No.19
C. Arthur Ackerly
Cornwall-on-Hudson
Essex
Lois
A. J
National Singing Teachers Hold Annual Meeting at Steinway Hall
The National Association of Teachers of Singing held its annual meeting at Steinway Hall with a reception to follow. Hermann Klein serves as chairman. The Met will revive Don Giovanni on January 23 with Mahler conducting and a cast including Sembrich Gadski Eames Scotti Bonci and Chaliapin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Teachers of Singing
Steinway Hall
Hermann Klein F
Metropolitan Opera House
Mahler
Mmes, Sembrich
Gadski
Emma Eames
Messrs
Scotti
Bonci
Chaliapine
Mount Royal Returns to Queenstown After Atlantic Ordeal
The Canadian Pacific liner Mount Royal, missing at sea for weeks after boiler trouble and a brutal gale, sailed into Queenstown with 300 Hungarian immigrants aboard. Passengers recalled a dangerous voyage, endured a desperate Christmas at sea, and praised the captain and crew for the safe arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
Mount Royal
Antwerp
St. John
N. B
Atlantic
Canadian Pacific
Kinsale
Old Head
Irish
Lizard
The
Blanche Bates Denies Syndicate Signing Rumor
Blanche Bates tells a Times correspondent in Mobile that she has not signed with any syndicate or new manager. She confirms only that she will not renew her season under Belasco and is open to approaches from all managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Blanche Bates
David Belasco
Times
Mobile
Ala
Miss Bates
Belasco
JT Am
Newark Health Chief Reelected for Thirteenth Year
Dr Herman C H Herold was re elected president of the Newark Board of Health for the thirteenth year with Dr Janes T Wrightson as the only other candidate on the third ballot. Elsewhere vice chancellor Howell set a show cause rule on a receiver for Ashestgne Company of Bound Brook.
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Herman C. H. Hereld
Newark Board of Health
Janes T. Wrightson
Herold
Howell
Ashestgne Company
Boun Brook
Elmer FE. Millard
Frank X. Schieman
Orange Water Department
Public Service Corporation
Lakawanna and
Erie Railroad
Erie Railroad Company
Lackawanna
Public, Service Corporation
James Farquharson
West Twenty-sixth Street
Paterson
Garret
Farquharson
Worue
State Reeformatory
Rahway
Ball & Wood Company
Elizabeth
David C. Seymour
Newark
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F. Augustus Heinze
Gross & Kleebeerg
H. T. Cary & Co
Cuyler, Morgan & Co
C. H. Smithers & Co
J. S. Bache & Co
Wasserman Brothers
Morse, Moore & Moore
J. B. Colgate & Co
Sternberger, Linn & Co
Hayden, Stone & Co
Gross & Kleeberg
E. F. Hutton & Co
Otto Meinze & Co
United Copper
Stock Exchange
Mr. Heinze
Louis Wittenhousen
Attor
Ney
Frankel
Gattles
Bewery
Coker
Edward Murphy
Murphy
Nicholas J. Reville
Willie McCarthy
Talesman
Fred W. Pitcher
Anony
Mous
A. J. ‘Wheeler
Sound Steamer
Nor
Kaskel
32Nd Street
New York Realty Owners Co
Fifth Ave
Henry Malkar
City
New Jersey
Carhart
13Th St
Chambers St
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