Combatting Black Hand Crimes Demands More Italian Savvy
Police Commissioner Bingham urges $25,000 to fund a specialized force and Italian-speaking detectives to root out Black Hand gangs in New York. He credits Gen. Petrosino and his bureau for arrests, notes 1,000 cases in a year with 500 convictions, and says many crimes are carried out by hirelings rather than lead criminals.
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Bingham
Police
New York
Gen. Bingham
Attentio
New York City
Secret Service
Black Hand
Petronsino
Petrosino
Italy
Black Hand Agent Caught In East Fourteenth Street Store
Police arrested Giallanza, 35, at a barber supply shop on East Fourteenth Street on extortion charges tied to Black Hand threats demanding $1,000. Owners Sebastano Corcione and family faced implied deadly consequences if payment failed. The suspect claimed ties to a shoe store and a saloon.
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East Twenty-second Street
Rank Giallanza
East Fourteenth Street
Sebastano Corcione
Black Hand Society
Carcione
Wolfe
Corcione
Leters
Giallanza
East End Avenue
Long Island City
East Fifteenth Street
Ex-Detective Peabody Sues Hanson for 50000
Ex detective Frank Peabody sues Third Deputy Police Commissioner Hanson for false imprisonment claiming confinement in a Yale Club room on May 21. Peabody says Hanson, England, a stenographer, and a newspaper man then insulted him and threatened squeal on McLaughlin. He alleges dismissal followed after pleading guilty under pressure.
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Frank Peabody
Police Department
Gould
Hanson
Peabody
Yale Club
England
McLaughlin
Baltimore
Howard Gould
War on Ticket Scalpers in Ossining
New York Central Railroad officials vow action against Ossining ticket scalpers who exploit regular commuters. About 400 Ossining residents buy monthly tickets in New York City at $8.05, while round trips cost $1.10. Scalpers hire tickets to others for sixty cents round trip, earning profits. one dealer reportedly held twenty two tickets and a man allegedly made $137 last month.
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Ossining
New York Central Railroad
New York City
Motorman Kelly Found Guilty In 1905 Ninth Avenue Crash
Paul Kelly the motorman in charge of the Ninth Avenue elevated train that jumped the track at Fifty third Street on September 11 1905 killing twelve people was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree. The jury recommended mercy.
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Paul Kelly
Ninth Avenue Elevated
Fifty-third Street
Kelly
Towerman Jackson
Ninth Avenue
Jackson
San Francisco
Sixth Avenue
Malone
Captain Wiegand’s Son Sought for Stolen Funds
Detectives from the District Attorney’s office search for John H. Wiegand, son of Police Capt. Wiegand, who is accused of stealing money from Paul N. Friedlaender of 9 Peck Slip. Mrs. Wiegand says her husband wed another woman in October 1901 and sought Flemington NJ prosecutors to arrest him for bigamy, advised to consult the DA first.
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District Attorney's Office
John H. Wiegand
Wiegand
Paul N. Friedlaender
Creditors Probe Thomas Accounts as Debts Reach 2.7 Million
Creditors of E. R. Thomas and Thomas Maclay & Co. reckon debts near 2.7 million dollars. A temporary committee will hire accountants to examine books, with a formal report and a permanent panel to appraise collateral after findings. Thomas seeks to stay in charge of Western Ice Co. and proposes using inherited income and family support to settle claims.
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Western Ice Co
Bh. R. Thomas
Thomas, Maclay & Co
Thomas
E. R. Thomas
Dick S. Ramsey
Mercantile National Bank
Morse-Heinze-Thomas
Henry E. Ide
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Brayton Ives
Metropolitan Trust Company
Thomas Settlement
National Bank of “North America
Charles W. Morse
Mechanics and Traders Bank
Thomas Institution
Consolidated National Bank
Thomases
Hamilton Bank
R. Thomas
Samuel Thomas
Grand Jury Probes Provident Life Funds at Bank of North America
Testimony from E. R. Thomas A. H. Curtis ex President of National Bank of North America and Adolph Rode assistant cashier regarding Provident Life money on deposit when Thomas led the insurance company. Reported ties involve Edward J. Cuddl ey and a director of International Trust Company. District Attorney Jerome expresses confidence in Cuddl ey and notes jurors may be excused from related matters.
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E. R. Thomas
A. H. Curtis
National Bank of North America
Adolph Rode
Grand Jury
Provident Life Money
Bank of North America
Thomas
Edward J. Cuddihy
International Trust Company
Teen’s plea frees man on suspended assault sentence
Albert Trova aged two was released in General Sessions on a suspended sentence after Margie Marcella, aged fourteen, pleaded love and a hoped marriage to her father Petro Marcella of the Bronx. Margie’s mother and father promised to obtain a marriage license. Judge Crain granted the suspension.
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Albert Trova
Petro Marcella
Arthur Avenue
Bronx
Margie Marcella
Petro
Margie
Crain
Treya
Haven III confined by cold at home after rumors
George G. Haven III of 24 East Thirty ninth Street and president of the Metropolitan Opera House Company has been confined to his house for several days with a bad cold. A rumor that he underwent an operation was denied at the house.
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George G. Haven III
George G. Haven
East Thirtyninth Street
Metropolitan Opera House Company
Opera House
A World Tour in Ten Handsome Volumes
A set of ten travel volumes by Mr. Holmes presents over 4 000 photographs to illustrate 3 500 pages of descriptive text. The tours offer an accurate, entertaining view of world travels from home, costing about 50 000 dollars to visit in person and time, with all family members invited to share the experience.
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Holmes
Track riot at Pennsylvania Guards meet over race
In Philadelphia on January 24 the annual indoor meet between Company I and the First Regiment ended in a riot after Melvin Sheppard of the Irish American Athletic Club attacked Guy Haskins of the University of Pennsylvania during a 1000 yard race. Haskins won but officials disqualified Sheppard and awarded the race to Haskins. Police restrained the crowd and Sheppard was escorted away.
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Philadelhia
First Regiment
Pennsylvania National Guards
Melvin Sheppard
Irish- American Athletic Club
New York
Guy Haskins
University of Pennsylvania
Haskins
Sheppard
Armory
George Orton
Mike ’’ Murphy
Police Legal Bureau Criticized After Discharges in Jefferson Market
Magistrate Cornell condemned the Police Legal Bureau at Jefferson Market Court as two arrested men named William A. Sandback and Leopold Sobel were discharged. Sandback ran a poolroom at 84 West Third Street while Sobel claimed he did not know the men were police, prompting an exchange over authority and law.
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Legal Bureau
Police Treadquarters
Cornell
Jefferson Market Court
Russell
William &. Murphy
William A. Sandback
West Third Street
Leopold Sobel
Farley
Sandback
Sobel
Murphy
Headquarters Legal Bureau
Waldorf Clerk Denison Fights Extradition Over Desertion
Harvey S. Dennison chief clerk at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel faced extradition proceedings in New York Supreme Court Justice Newburger over an indictment for deserting his wife Mary A. Dennison in Philadelphia. The hearing was adjourned to next Tuesday with Dennison in custody of his counsel. Pennsylvania law treats desertion as an indictable offense carrying up to one year in prison or a fine.
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Harvey S. Dennison
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Supreme Court
Newburger
Mary A. Dennison
Philadelphia
Dennison
Pennsylvania
Von Briesen Decorated by Kaiser Crown Order
Arthur von Briesen, longtime head of the Legal Aid Society, received the Order of the Prussian Crown from Consul General Buenz as the Kaiser’s representative. The honor follows his seventeen years of service. last year he was awarded the Legion of Honor by France.
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The
Kaiser Awards Legal Aid Society
Crown Order
Arthur von Briesen
Legal Aid Society
Buenz
Mr. von Briesen
Legion of Honor
Monument Inscription for Wirz Stirs Georgia Debate
The inscription planned for Major Henry Wirz’s monument at Andersonville by the Georgia Daughters of the Confederacy draws discussion in the state. Wirz, commandant of the Confederate prison, was captured, tried for murder in Washington, and hanged. The inscription calls the execution judicial murder.
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New York Times
Savannah
Andersonville
Henry Wirz
S. A
Georgia
Daughters of the Confederacy
Wirz
Washington
Parker Building Fire Witness Tells of Low Water Pressure
Deputy Fire Chief Binns testified before the Commissioners of Accounts on the Parker Building fire about water tower failures and low pressure. He described moving engines between hydrants to gain pressure and noted that even with sufficient water some upper floors could not be saved. The hearing continued today.
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Binns
Parker Building
Commissioners of Accounts
Heowas
Memorial Shaft Raised for Wirz by Georgia Daughters
Born in Zurich Switzerland Wirz was tried by illegal court martial and executed in Washington on November 10 1885. The United States Government bore the blame for Andersonville suffering not Major Wirz. The Georgia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy raises this shaft to honor his memory and restore esteem. Other inscriptions include imprisonment records excerpts.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Eeac
Washington, D.C
United States
Wirz
Andersonville
Davis
Georgia
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Judge hits bail as failure to appear shocks court
Judge Mulqueen in General Sessions condemned the frequent absence of prisoners on bail after Harry Higman aged 24 of 400 Third Avenue failed to appear for assault trial. The court heard Higman was in Boston and the judge said the bail bond has come to mean nothing with too many excuses.
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Muqueen
Harry Hyman
Third Avenue
Higman
Boston
Mulqueen
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Waldorf
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Parker
Major Henry Wirz
the Madcap Princess
By Ida Kremer
T. P. O'Connor
Mitchell Kennerley
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Broadway
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Helen Keller
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