Police Farm Deal Cost City Sixty Thousand Dollars
The city paid about 105000 for the Police Department training stable site near Kissena Park, with the commission probing alleged overpayment of about 50000. Thomas F Byrnes, a city real estate appraiser, was suspended by Controller Metz amid accusations of collusion with William S Hurley and Dr E Pender Porter acting as Hurley dummy in the transaction. The inquiry traces back to 1906 with land options, an option payoff, and a forged sale chain involving Logan Meyer and a bank loan arrangement.
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Metz
Denver
Thomas F. Byrnes
Commissioners of Accounts
Police Department
Kissena Park
William S. Hurley
The
Borough Bank of Brooklyn
E. Pender Porter
Hurley
Civil Service
Arthur J. O'Keeffe
Brooklyn
O'Keeffe
Eighth Ward
Mr. Hurley
Bingham
George A. Logan
Park Department
Cord A. Meyer, Jr
Schumacher Farm
George N. Klemyer
John D. Klemyer
Byrnes
Klemyer
Logan
Meyer
Anther
Bureau of Municipal Research
William Coles
Mr. Coles
Mr. Byrnes
Borough Bank
Coles
U Hurley
E. Pender
Porter
Dr. Porter
Logan and Meyer
Métz
Mr. Metz
Meyer Anda Logan
Toronto
Barnes
Department
Samuel Stevenson
Post Office
Vidaver
Sissena Park
Stevenson
Hurley and Coler Linked by $10,000 in Sewer Deals
Investigations by the Commissioners of Accounts and Bureau of Municipal Research reveal payments tied to the police horse farm purchase and sewer contracts in Brooklyn. William S. Hurley, vice president of the Borough Bank, testified he faced repeated delays in receiving payment from borough officials, including Borough President Bird S. Coler, prompting further probing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners of Accounts
Bureau of Municipal Research
Bird S. Coler
Williams
Hurley
Borough Bank
Brooklyn
Coier
Connect
Hurley Sues Over Sewer Contract Payment
The case centers on a $100,000 Knickerbocker sewer contract with a $10,000 retainage. Final settlement on November 12 added 11191.25 for extra work after frequent talks with Coler. On October 15 the Borough President borrowed $10,000 from Hurley using trust notes as collateral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knickerbocker
Hurley
Coler
Kings County Trust Company
Empty Pistol Stops Diamond Theft at Maiden Lane
William A. Stenson, a Cooper & Forman bookkeeper, confronted two would‑be thieves at 3 Maiden Lane. A loaded pistol was not loaded, and the suspects were chased, captured, and jailed in $2000 bail each after police intervened.
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New York
William A. Stenson
Cooper & Forman
Malden Lane
Stenson
Mr. Stenson
Stevens
Maiden Lane
John Skank
West 102d Street
Fred Kenney
West Twentyfifth Street
Rogues’ Gallery
Cooper
City
Arthur W. Forman
William H.fanning
Mr. Forman
Alvin Manufacturing Company
Cooper& Forman
Skank
Alvin Company
Kenney
Mr. Fanning
John Cramer
Michael Blake
Daly
Breen
Tombs Court
Massachusetts
Theatrical Manager Greene Arrested in $1535 Shortage Case
Liebler & Co obtained an order from Supreme Court Justice Bischoff leading to the arrest of Charles H. Greene business manager and treasurer of Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch on a claim for 1535 dollars. Bail set at 1750, Greene jailed at Ludlow Street.
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Greene
Rey
Rom
Seattle
Wash
Vancouver
B. C
Liebler
George M. Welty
Claremont Avenue
Official Pleads Immunity in Abandonment Case
Senior Don Enrique Nattes, Chancellor of the Salvadorean Consulate for the Port of New York, faced abandonment charges in Jefferson Market Court. He claimed diplomatic immunity through his consulate role. his wife Anna testified of desertion and ongoing support payments. Magistrate Wahle postponed the case to July 15 to roll the prisoner.
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Don Enrique Nattes
Republic of Salvador
New York
Broadway
Jefferson Market Court
Anna
Sefior Nattes
Gies Denies Poisoning Wilson in Philadelphia Case
Frederick Gies, jailed on suspicion in the Dr. Wilson murder, withstands hours of police questioning. An expressman who handled the poisoned bottle could not positively identify him, as investigators press for a coroner’s inquest and future hearings.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Frederick Gies
Dr. Wilson
Gies
Taylor
Taulane
Gray
Wood
Tate
Mr. Buckman
Atlantic City
Express Office
Buckman
Expressman
Elizabeth Wilson Alexander
Wilmington
Henry Stenton
Policeman Arraigned on Larceny Charge After Robbery Claim
Patrolman Richard J. Murphy of the Eldridge Street Station was arraigned in Essex Market Court on larceny from the person. Complainant Anna Schmitt accused him of stealing jewelry valued at $10, including a wedding ring, during a Sunday room visit when he posed as a detective. Murphy, on leave of absence, has been involved in prior disciplinary actions and Deputy Commissioner Hanson recommended his dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J. Murphy
West 102d Street
Eldridge Street
Essex Market Court
Crane
Abraham Pearlman
Essex Market Bar Association
Anna Schmitt
Chrystie Street
Murphy
Sergt. Thompson
Little Hungary
East Houston Street
Hanson
Department
Sign of the Syphon to Open Temperance Bar on Broadway
The Sign of the Syphon company plans a temperance bar at 1129 Broadway between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Streets. The old Fifth Avenue Hotel bar will become the main feature with manager T. E. Lowe and a guest Amen Corner bench. Twenty-five mineral water taps and a second marble bar will serve nonalcoholic drinks while ice cream and sundaes appear in the rear. Opening is targeted for July 12 with former patrons and city leaders expected to visit.
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Fifth Avenue Hotel
T. E. Lowe
Fifth Avenue
Old Guard
Broadway
Twenty-fifth
Twenty-sixth Streets
St. James
Townsend
Carl H. Schultz
Carl H. Schultz Corporation
Lowe
Col
Ed Gilmour
Platt
Depew
Ben Odell
Socialist Labor Party ratifies Preston Monro ticket at Cooper Union
The Socialist Labor Party meeting at Cooper Union ratified the nomination of Martin R. Preston for President and D. L. Monro for Vice President. The hall held under a thousand and featured several Chinese attendees. many could not write their own names. The adopted platform pledges peaceful methods if possible, otherwise revolutionary methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin R. Preston
Socialist Labor Party
United States
Cooper Union
D. L. Monro
Preston
Monro
Brill Clothes Sale Cuts 30 to 50 Percent
The notice promotes a midsummer sale on Brill Clothes with reductions of 30 to 50 percent. It emphasizes Brill as New York’s finest tailored garments and includes fancy, blue, and black suits in the sale.
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Brill
New York
America
Smart Brill
Manchester
Derby I
Derby II
Srill
Vicuna
Heley
Vicuma
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Bryant Park
N. EB
6Th Ave
Grand Rapids
Sheffield Dentifrice Co
New London
Conn
Doctor Sheffield
Dentifrice
Layties Brothers
U.S
Regent St
Mark
Boston
Louis Roederer Champagne
Califorhis
Colorado
Portland
Northwest
Union Pacific
R. R
T.f.byrnes
Hur
Ley
Charles H. Greene
Senor Nattes
Salvador
Vichy
Zoola
Zoolak
Wilson
Pris
Oner
R. J. Murphy
Keep
Evans
Balberiecen
Keep Mfg. CO
Keep’s
Bet
Ith & 12Th Sts
Alexander Sixth Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Brill Clothes
Hungerford
Chambers St
Union Square
14Th St
N. B’way
Convenient Stores
125Th Street
Cor
3D Avenue
47 Cortlandt
Nr. Greenwich
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