Death of Dr Wilson Hinted as Plot by an Indignant Husband
Philadelphia police pursue a poisoning theory after Dr W H Wilson died from a bottle of ale said to be sent by express. Coroner’s detective Frank Paul travels to New York to trace a suspected Philadelphian poisoner, while officials deny brewery involvement and a forged letterhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
W. H Wilson
Express
Frank Paul
New York
Jermon
Paul
Wilson
Europe
Bostock
Coney Island
Peter Schemm & Son
Aero
North Seventh Street
Prothonotary and
Bureau of Health
Philadelphia County
Bucks
Dr. Wilson
J. Wilson
Fourteen Years In Prison For a Killing
William J. Roach of 318 East Fifty Third Street was sentenced by Judge Swann in General Sessions to not less than fourteen nor more than fifteen years in State prison for the shooting and killing of Edward Nestor in a pool hall last April. The duel arose from a quarrel over a girl, Roach fired a shot in Nestor’s back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam J. Roach
East Fiftythird Street
Edward Nestor
Swann
Roach
Nestor
Equitable Plans 909-Foot Skyscraper for New Block
Plans filed at the Building Department announce a 909-foot Equitable Life skyscraper to rise on the site of the present building. Real estate and finance circles question timing due to money market conditions and office-space oversupply, while officials imply the project may be deferred until code and funding matters are resolved. President Paul Morton says construction could start as soon as pending issues are settled, contending the lot’s value justifies a modern structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equitable Life
Building Department
Chambers Street
Equitable
Paul Morton
Daniel Tl. Burnhim
Carnegie Protégé Returns From French Architecture Study
John Wynkoop, protege of Andrew Carnegie, arrives aboard the Kronprinzess Cecilie after completing a two and a half year program at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He won the Paris prize from the New York Beaux Arts Society with Carnegie funding of 2500 dollars and achieved 164 points in year one and 23 points overall across his studies, earning three first medals. He now belongs to the firm Squires & Wynkoop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
John Wynkoop
Andrew Carnegie
Ecole Des Beaux Arts
Wynkoop
America
New York
Beaux Arts Society
United States
Carnegie
Squires & Wynkoop
Woman Kills Her Boarder in West Twenty-Seventh Street Flat
Donato Rosa, boarder of Luigi Mancuso, was shot four times and died at New York Hospital after an incident at 155 West Twenty-seventh Street. Police found Rosa in Mancuso's flat with three Mancuso children present. Mrs. Catherine Mancuso claimed self defense and was jailed for inquest at the Tombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Twenty-seventh Street
Peclet
West Twentieth Street
Luigi Mancuso
Donato Rosa
Mancusos
Rosinello Mancuso
Leonardo
Angelo
Catherine
Mancuso
Rosa
New York Hospital
Vanderbilt Incompetence Case Reopens In Brooklyn
The Appellate Division in Brooklyn ordered a new inquest into Edward Ward Vanderbilt’s mental condition after overturning a jury verdict of incompetence. Miss Minerva Vanderbilt, his daughter, had challenged his marriage to Mrs. May Pepper and alleged influence by letters claiming to be from a medium called Little Bright Eyes. The previous lunacy trial had heard such communications as the basis for the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Edward Ward Vanderbilt
May S. Pepper
Bishop
Minerva Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Pepper
Grover Cleveland Honored by Life Insurance Presidents Group
The Association of Life Insurance Presidents held a special meeting in Cleveland with Paul Morton presiding. They adopted a eulogistic minute praising Cleveland for advancing life insurance reforms and benefiting some 20,000,000 policy holders, noting his sacrifice and enduring influence. No successor was chosen. renewal of the vacancy is expected at the December annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Equitable
Paul Morton
The
Leveland
Association
Appellate Court Allows Sunday Moving Pictures in Brooklyn
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in Brooklyn ruled yesterday that Sunday exhibitions of moving pictures may be lawful. Justice Gaynor wrote the opinion joined by Justices Woodward and Jenks, finding no strong demand for a still Sabbath. The Hemleb case involved Henry Hemleb of a New York City theater where a clergyman protested an on Sunday performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Gaynor
Woodward
Jenks
Henry Hemleb
York
Note Swindle Suspect Jacobs Held After City Arrest
Police report Michael Jacobs leader of a note swindle gang held at Manhattan Square Hotel on grand larceny charges. The case ties Jacobs to a $5,000 note from Blue Ridge Enamel Brick Co, discounting through Van Brunt and Helm's custody, with a wider ring including Regulus Shippey and Henry Hosier already convicted. A letter to President Roosevelt from 1902 surfaced showing Bary offering coal lands during a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Jacobs
Manhattan Square Hotel
West Seventy-seventh Street
William H. Blanchard
Blue Ridge Enamel Brick Company
Newark
N. J
Edward B
West Forty-third Street
Jacobs
Helm
Tombs Court
McConville
Regulus Shippey
Charles Bary
Henry Hosier
Bary
John W. Whelpley
John Gundlach
Blackwell’s Island
Foster
Sherman Company
Keyport
Kindleberger
Mr. Appleton
Bury
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Court building criticized for filth and mismanagement
Alfred E. Marling, foreman of the retiring June Grand Jury, testified before Judge Mulqueen that the Criminal Court Building was dirty and poorly run. He condemned elevator service and questioned the cleaning system and chain of hiring authority, noting the Tombs' superiority. The judge endorsed the remarks and urged public awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulqueen F
Alfred E. Marling
Criminal Court
Marling
Mulqueen
Heavy Raw Sugar Imports Reach Record Month Value
Statistics from Harry B. Stowell show raw sugar entries at New York last month valued at 10.548 million dollars, the highest for any single month. Duties on sugar totaled about 411 thousand dollars. Philippines and German beet sugar producers aid local supply due to Cuban crop shortage. Import surge stems from refiners delaying purchases and May buildup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Stowell
New York
Philippines
Germany
Bailey and Bailey executives turned over to police custody
Francis G. Bailey and Albert W. Bailey of Export Shipping Company of New Jersey, Charles H. H. Myers of General Supply Company, Capt. Albert Oxley, master of the Goldsboro, are placed in the American Consulate under guard. They will sail aboard the Norwegian steamer Utstein to New Orleans the next day.
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Porto Cortez
Honduras
Davila
Francis G. Bailey
Albert W. Bailey
Export Shipping Company of
New Jersey
Charles H. H. Myers
General Supply Company
Albert Oxley
Goldsboro
P. W. Beery
New York Police Department
Albert W. Brickwood
Utstein
New Orleans
Magistrate Crane’s Son Dies at Summer Camp
Alanson Crane, ten, son of Magistrate Leroy B. Crane, died early yesterday at the family summer camp at Schroon Lake after a scarlet fever illness. The body will be brought here for burial.
New York Smoker Clash On Madison Avenue Car
William Abbott editor of The Magazine of History confronts John B. Irwin a stock broker over cigarette smoke on a Madison Avenue pay as you enter car. The dispute leads to Irwin being arrested and fined two dollars after a two hour detention and court appearance.
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William Abbott
Magazine of History
East Twenty-fifth Street
Mr. Abbott
Madison Avenue
John B. Irwin
Twenty-seventh Street
Grand Central Station
Irwin
Abbott
Forty-second Street
Wilson
West Thirty-fifth Street
Barlow
West Side Court
Motor Speed Amazes Jamaica Court in Racing Driver Case
Herman Kilpatrick of Manhattan admitted driving a car at speeds near sixty to ninety miles an hour on Hillside Avenue in Jamaica. Judge Fleming and Justices O Keefe and Ryan fined him $25 after he explained he believed race testing hours were allowed, noting Kilpatrick previously set road racing records at Jamaica on June 5 and 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennis
Court of Special Sessions
Jamaica
Queens
Hillside Avenue
O'Keefe
Fleming
Ryan
Herman Iilpatrick
West 173d Street
Manhattan
Kilpatrick
Swindlers Arrested In Butter and Egg Scheme
Post Office Inspector Kincaid arrested Joseph Schlossman and Morris Green charged with using the mails to defraud farmers in a United Butter and Egg Company scheme. They touted $75,000 capital while having paid only $1,400, allegedly selling contracts to supply hotels and sending fraudulent circulars. Schlossman jailed. Green released on bail. York detective chief Stinson assisted. case before Commissioner Shields.
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Post Office
Kincaid
Joseph H. Schlossman
Mangin
Morris Green
Greenberg
Shields
Schlossman
Green
B. F. Cohen
Martin Green
United Butter and Egg Company
York
Harrisburg
Penn
United Butter’ and Egg Company
Joseph D. Stinson
East Side Landmark Sold in City Auction Debacle
Diagonally across from Po Hee Headquarters at Mulberry and Houston Streets, a dated East Side tavern and fixtures sold for under 200 dollars after a long auction. The site tied to a former saloon run by Hazzard, famed for his Third Alarm scheme that drew workers from nearby factories with free food and drink while he kept partial ownership.
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Po- Hee
Mulberry
Houston
Thifteen
Mulberry Street
Bishop Potter’s Tavern
Pullman
Hazzard
Rogues’ Gallery
Post Office Transfers Incoming Mail to Cortlandt Building
Post master Morgan moves distribution of outgoing and circular mail from the General Post Office to 30 Church Street Cortlandt Building next Friday due to space limits. He warns of possible early glitches and asks the public to begin using the new station for bulk mail, stamps, money orders, and late registrations.
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Morgan
General Post Office
Cortlandt
Church Street
Pickpocket Zeller Faces Court Mind Wave Warning
In a sensational court note the piece claims pickpockets target Justice Lorenz A. Zeller. It alleges June 27 sightings, a concealed watch theft, and a Times Square cafe encounter with a quoted line about helping pickpockets, urging spectators to focus “mind waves” on the justice.
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Lorenz A. Zeller
John Mason
Madison Avenue
128Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Maiden Line
Elks
Skat League
John Doe
Richard Roe
Maiden Lane
Chambers Street
Justice Zeller
Times Square Country Club
Zeller
Duelists Shoot Into Crowd on Fortieth Street
A street fight between Mike Parish and John Riola sparked a shooting on the Fortieth Street block between Ninth and Tenth Avenues. A 14 year old girl Mary Skilly was grazed by a bullet, a bystander Thomas McLaughlin was struck in the hat, and Mike Parish’s twin George Pulish was beaten as crowds intervened. Riola and Parish were arrested at the West thirty seventh Street Station.
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Fortieth Street
Ninth and
Tenth Avenues
John Riola
West Fortieth Street
Mike Parish
Mike
Riola
Pulish
Mary Skilly
Father Colbert
St. Raphael's Church
Mary
Thomas Mclaughlin
John Dancevitich
West Forty-first Street
Estants
Julish
Roosevelt Hospital
Dancevitch
Two Boys Drown While Swimming in East River
Max Featherstein fourteen of 377 East Tenth Street and Samuel Schneider thirteen of 371 East Tenth Street drowned yesterday afternoon in the East River at East Seventh Street. Their bodies were recovered after they became trapped between moored canal boats near Sveath Street where about thirty other youths swam from the dock. Patrolman Sniel of Union Market Station arrived as the current swept the boys beneath the boats.
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Max Featherstein
East Tenth Street
Samuel Schneider
Ast Tenth Street
East Seventh Street
Sveath Street
Ayery
Sniel
Union Market
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Hoskins
Broadway
Leonard
Worth St
Paris
Woman
Man
Vanderbilt
Cleveland, and Insurance
Life Company
Roose
Velt
Grand Jury
Cuba
Baileys
Fraudulent Produce Co
East Side
Hazzard’s
Cortlandt Building
the Trow Press
Third Avenue
Corner 12Th Street
A. W. Brewster
Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospitals
Sixth Avenue
Nassau St
Ann. St
Astor House
15Th St
Black
Soineather Brangs
Saks & Company
34Th Street
Seventh Street Dock
James McCreery & Co
23Rd Street
Clos
and i
Oxfords, “Garden
Warren St
31St St
Gray
Fulton St
Flatbush Ave
Bedford Ave
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