Insanity Denied by Thaw's Mother in Court
In the Thaw murder trial, Mrs. Thaw testified there is no taint of insanity in the family. She read an affidavit denying hereditary mental illness and contrasted Thaw's blood with collateral lines, while other witnesses described Thaw's childhood quirks and speech delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
William Thaw
Anthony Comstock
Thaw
Jeromé
Josiah Copley
Amherst College
Henry Copley
Jerome
Littleton
Belle Morehouse Lawrence
California
Tie
Thaw Case Details Focus on Thane Society Claims
The testimony reveals Thaw’s alleged fundraising and accusations by Thane’s society in which Richard Ross Perry Adolph Marks and Dr Parkhurst are named. Comstock describes efforts to trace alleged decoys and dens linked to White and other figures while Thaw supplied funds and letters urging investigations. The defense proceeds with abroad witnesses and Dr Wagner’s testimony as the trial nears its second closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Ross Perry
Washington
Adolph Marks
Chicago
Dr. Parkhurst
Anthony Comstock
Frederick W. Longfellow
Poor
Wall Street
Stanford White
Gramercy Square
White
Comstock
Thane
Thaw
Mr. Comstock
Ferguson
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
East Twenty-second Street
Paris
Weber & Ziegfeld
Park
Blackguard
Lisperiard Stewart
Wiliam Rhinelander Stewart
State Charities
Newport
Europe
Sub Rosa
Lispenard Stewart
Stewart
Madison Square Tower
West Twenty-fourth Street
Charity Organization Society and
the Prevention of Crime
Henry Poor
Waldorf-Astoria
Secret Service
Casino Theatre
Littleton
Charles B. Wagner
Dr. Wagner
Postum Promoted as Healthful Coffee Alternative
Advertisement argues coffee harms blood and claims Postum improves health. It urges readers to try a trial and read The Road to Wellville noting there is a reason for choosing Postum over coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
Note for 30000 Dollar Drawn by Linderman Co Sells For 500
A note for 30000 dollars drawn by Garrett B Linderman Co Bethlehem Pa and endorsed by Linderman and J J Williams who acted as Harry Silberberg brought only 500 at auction in the Exchange salesroom yesterday. The paper was offered by C Schumacher Co 25 Broad Street and drew attention to the connection between a former confidence man and a rich Pennsylvania family. Williams in disguise as J Coleman Drayton was once notorious for impersonation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
Harry Kendall Thaw
Pittsburg
Henry W. Poor
New York
Stanford White
Mary Courtney
Blank
West Forty-sixth Street
Garrett B. Linderman
Pennsylvania
Williams
Silberberg
J. Coleman Drayton
Slain in Macy's restaurant by rejected lover in murder spree
A woman named Mary Roberts shot Frank Brady at Macy's Broadway and 34th Street lunchroom then killed herself after firing additional rounds. Brady, an advertising solicitor, died at the scene. Roberts died later at New York Hospital. Detectives recovered three pistols, letters, a bank book, and photos from her handbag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macy’s
Broadway
Thirty-fourth Street
Het
Frank P. Brady
St. Ann’s Avenue
Bronx
Mary R. Clark
West 133d Street
Mary Roberts
New York Hospital
Rough Trip for Royal Mail Steamer Magdalena
The Magdalena from Jamaica and Colon arrived with thirty six cabin passengers and Capt. Custance R N R on her first port visit. Smallpox in Caracas and a yellow fever case in Trinidad prompted quarantine. A Kingston dog named Hoppy drew local interest as the Tagus’s dilemma over its fate stalled at Southampton. Passengers included Miss M Jenkins Mr and Mrs Hermann Ridder Jr Dr C L Bailey William Butler and A Parkhurst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal
Hoppy
Capt. Mason
The
Tagus
Southampton
Miss M. Jenkins
Hermann Ridder, Jr
Dr. C.L. Bailey
William Butler
A. Parkhurst
Debtor E R Thomas Faces Million Dollar Creditors
Banking creditors from about twenty five banks and trust companies appointed a committee to study E R Thomas debts totaling about 3 million dollars. He offered aid to creditors after detailing assets while collateral includes Western Ice Company bonds. A Gen Sam Thomas representative said the Thomas fortune could not be touched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Thomas
Thomas
Western Ice Company
Sam Thomas
E. R
Attack on Armstrong laws cited by Kinglsey and Kelsey
Darwin P. Kingsley, president of New York Life Insurance, says reforms in theArmstrong legislation of 1906 are discredited by their radical character and dangerous principles. Supt. Kelsey files findings with the Legislature confirming losses to New York State life insurers totaling about 150 million dollars in 1906 and 255 million over two years. He argues liquidation is underway as existing laws fail to repair the waste and urges removal of dangerous provisions while preserving sane regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Police Seize Man After Silverware Heist Attempt
Detective Hector of the Harlem Detective Bureau recaptured George Glynn of 42 East Twenty-first Street after a chase from 116th Street and Columbus Avenue. Glynn carried a package containing 12 silver pearl-handled knives, a berry spoon marked G, 16 silver teaspoons marked G P, 12 silver forks marked G, 7 oyster forks, and a silver stamp case marked M P, valued around $100. The prisoner claimed the items were given to him, but police suspect they are stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hector
Harlem Detective Bureau
George Glynn
East Twenty-first Street
116Th Street
Columbus Avenue
Brooklyn News Notes Highlights Legal and Local Deaths
A Nassau Railroad suit yielded Miss Rosalie Paquet $5,000 of $30,000 damages after a Fifth Avenue car fall. Surrogate Ketcham admitted the Campbell will to probate amid a contest by a son, a married sister, and a niece. Campbell’s estate valued at $75,000. Lt. Allison Cran gall seeks a junior federal officer post. John H. Foote to recommend. Mounty John Rhatigan died after a fall from Castleton at Ocean Parkway and Avenue D. Mrs Teresa Reomano dies at 52 from heart disease. Oyster shellfish in Still Creek and Paerdegat Basin flagged by Flatbush Board of Trade for public health reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Rosalie Paquet
Nassau Railroad Company
Fifth Avenue
Patrick Campbell
Ketcham
Campbell
Flatbushoard of Trade
Department of Health
Still Creek
Paerdegat
Army Pay Department Special Orders Issued
The United Service reports Special Orders listing officer transfers and duties. Major W G Gambrill moves NYC to Boston for temporary duty, relieving Lieut Col G R Smith who will then proceed to San Francisco. Smith reports to the Department of California after Gambrill, and Major Hains is detailed to Boston. Leave for Col C B Sears and retirements and other transfers are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington,yan
W. G. Gambrill
New York City
Boston
G. R._ Smith
Col. Smith
Gambrill
San Francisco
J. ©. Muhlenberg
Smith
Department of California
C. B. Sears
Corps of Engineers
H. S. Terrell
Tenth Cavalry
Beeley
N. C
H. Hilton
Coast Artillery Corps
A. N. Pickel
Fifteenth Cavalry
Army
H. G. Millar
Fourth Field Artillery
Navy Officers Move to New Ranks and Retirements
Rear Admiral R M Berry will be placed on the retired list January 28, 1908. Commander DC Marsh leaves duty with the Board of Inspection and Survey for the Bureau of Navigation in Washington. Commander A F Fechteler to serve on the Board of Survey and Inspection in Washington. Lieutenant Colonel J H Pendleton, USMC, promoted from January 1, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Berry
Marsh
Board of Inspection and Survey
Bureau of Navigation
Washington
A. F. Fechteler
Board of Survey and Inspection
J. H. Pendleton
Marine Corps
Movements of Naval Vessels Arrive Near Caribbean Ports
Navy ships arrive at St. Mare Haiti aboard Eagle and at Key West with Hannibal commissioned near Mare slan in California, outlining fleet movements and harbor calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
St. Mare
Haiti
Hannibal Co Oe
Key West
California
Mareslan
Philip Coon Didn’t Elope Says Mother After Return
Mrs. Katherine Coon returned with her son Philip from the steamship Moltke denying elopement rumors with an American girl in Paris. She said Philip aimed to camp near Cairo and left Paris without notice, then tracked to Cairo where they joined a seven person desert party ten miles from the city. Count Raybaudi Massiglia, Italian Consul General, spoke of immigrant land plots steering settling southward. The Moltke reported rough weather en route from the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Coon
Moltke
Philip
Paris
Egypt
Coon
Cairo
Raybaudi Massiglia
New York
Rockefeller in Georgia for the Winter Season
Augusta Georgia January 22 John D Rockefeller and his family arrived to spend the winter here Rockefeller plans to devote much time to golf during the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Georgia
Augusta
John D. Rockefeller
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5Th St
Fulton Street
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Quan
A. G. Hunt
Washington, D. C
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Managers
East
23Rd St
Proctor’s Theatre
Alcohol Utilities Company
W. 23Rd St
Layties Brothers
U.S
Library Bureau
ATS
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Wier Broadway
Wallachthos
29Th St
Gasteau
Linderman & Co
F. P. Brady
Creeps
UP Behind
Brady
Mrs. Berdan
Prady
John P. Brady
Benjamin Edelman
Seventeenth Street
Surf Avenue
Coney Island
Patrick Walsh
Raymond J. Roberts
Scott
Royal Mail
Magdalena
Armstrong Laws
Kingsley
Kelsey
Brooklyn News Notes
War Department
Allison G. Crangall
Fourteenth Regiment
John H. Foote
John Rhatigan
Ocean Parkway
Avenue D
J. Lander
Penn Street
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President Street
the United Service
New York Times
Ti Army
the Navy
Desert
Cyril O. ‘Assmus
Frances B. ‘Chapman
Fred C_.Dudley
H. “H. Everett
Thomas Parkes
Marion Roche Shakespeare
Martin W. Sidener
Truman A. de Weese
Mediterranean
Louis Tracy
India
Edward J. Clode
Monarch
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Los Angeles
Portland
Unio Pacific
North Western
R. M. Johnson
N. W. Ry
Brewster, Muhlbacher, Rothschild
C. G. V. Import Co
Columbus
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