Police use plain clothes to raid Brighton Beach track
Forty detectives replace uniformed officers at Brighton Beach race track and arrest nearly a dozen men amid claims of rough treatment as authorities target betting. Acting District Attorney Elder and a Kings County Grand Jury probe police betting and track officials amid calls to close the venue if violations continue.
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Brighton Beach
Gubjetei
Christopher McNichol
William Willis
Brooklyn
Manny Manheimer
Police Department
Elder
Kings County
Grand Jury
Dike
Sheepshead Bay
Clothes found on Rockaway Beach tied to missing boy
A boy's clothing was found on the shore of Jamaica Bay at Rockaway Beach on Tuesday evening. It was initially thought to belong to a boy from the nonx, but this was later disproved. Yesterday the clothes were identified as those of James Maloney, 12, an inmate of St. Malachi's Home at Rockaway. He is believed to have drowned.
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Jamaica Bay
Rockaway Beach
James Maloney
St. Malachi
Rockaway
Involuntary Bankruptcy Filed Against Frederick C. Reynolds
A petition in involuntary bankruptcy was filed in the U S Court Brooklyn against Frederick C Reynolds a Sheepshead Bay builder by Sidney A Clarkson of 189 Montague Street Clarkson said he represented John J Snyder Son hardware dealers of 55 Snyder Avenue holding Reynolds note for 600 which fell due July 6 The sheriff had Reynolds shop at Sheepshead Bay attached and Clarkson will serve notice by publication Affidavits show Reynolds left with his nephew July 4 for Nova Scotia returned home and reported going to Nova Scotia in his place About 5000 due from race track interests for building work remains unpaid Friends and creditors are reported willing to aid him.
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United States Court
Brooklyn
Frederick C. Reynolds
Sheepshead Bay
Sidney A. Clarkson
Montague Street
Clarkson
John J. Snyder & Son
Snyder Avenue
Snyder
Reynolds
Watson & Pittinger
Mr. Reynolds
East Twentyeighth Street
Nova Scotia
Missing bank messenger Alfred Richter sought for cash theft
Alfred Richter a Chase National Bank messenger is missing after failing to return with 590 dollars in cash collected on Tuesday. Pinkertons are searching, with the bank and bonding company coordinating. Officials will not disclose Richter’s home address to protect his family.
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Alfred Richter
Chase National Bank
Pinkertons
Adams Express Company
Richter
Stolen Tiffany watch recovered in city after train theft
Miss Louisa Lee Schuyler trustee of the Sage Foundation and resident of 87 Madison Avenue had a Tiffany watch stolen July 1 from a sleeping car bound for Boston. A Harlem detective arrested a suspect, Ralph R Brown, who claimed another man gave him the watch. Magistrate Breen set bail at 1000 dollars.
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Louisa Lee Schuyler
The
Sage Foundation
New York
Madison Square Apartments
Madison Avenue
Boston
Tiffany
Christinia Grant
Georgiana
A. Stillman
George Trojan
Harlem Bureau
Eighth Avenue
Ralph R. Brown
West Sixtieth Street
Breen
West Side Court
Gas Explosion Burns Tailor at 06 Rutgers Street
Jacob Rosenberg a tailor living with his wife on the fourth floor of 06 Rutgers Street was badly burned when illuminating gas exploded after he lit a match fifteen minutes later. His wife Sadie alerted police and her brother Paney Kauffman of 206 Madison Street was arrested for turning the gas off and on at the Rosenberg meter, charged with malicious mischief.
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Jacob Rosenberg
Rutgers Street
Rosenberg
Sadie
Gouverneur Hospital
Paney Kauffman
Madison Street
Lancer
Kemp and Weuchner
Kauffman
Burglar Chase Ends in Arrests in Paterson
A New Jersey east side chase led to the arrest of George Crawford, with Edwin H. Joy of Brooklyn detained as an accomplice. Watches and jewelry from the Halstead home and another Park Avenue house were found on Crawford. Joy was later held as connected to the crime.
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New York Times
Paterson
N. J
East Side
George Crawford
East Twenty-third Street
New York
Edwin H. Joy
Lot J Knickerbocker Avenue
Brooklyn
Crawford
Joy
Halstead
Sixteenth Avenue
Park Avenue
Madison
Park Avenues
Henry English
Madison Avenue
Madsison Avenue
Halstead House
James McAllister
Carroll Street
Park Concert Contract Awarded in Jersey City
Jersey City's Shade Tree Commission awarded William H. Cole of 32 Madison Avenue the contract to give 44 park concerts this summer. His bid was 78 dollars 75 cents per concert, undercutting other bids fixed at 105 dollars by the Musical Union. The first concert is set for Lafayette Park next Monday night.
Hamilton Makes Airship Flights at Brighton Beach
Charles K. Hamilton, the aeronaut, completed two ascents after earlier abortive attempts. He rose to about 600 feet, drifted over the Brighton Beach area, returned to land near the race track, and later stayed aloft thirteen minutes sailing over the ocean despite crowd obstructions.
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Charles K. Hamilton
Brighton Beach
Marine Electric Railway
Hamilton
Ocean Parkway
Knabenshue Abandons Toledo to Cleveland Airship Flight
Roy Knabenshue abandoned his Toledo to Cleveland airship attempt after a few minutes of flight due to southwest winds and drifting currents. He and a machinist descended safely on the Toledo terminal roof. Meanwhile Count Zeppelin, unfazed by recent mishaps, expressed confidence in his airship tests with his chief assistant noting accidents were incidental to testing.
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Toledo
Ohio
Cleveland
Roy Knabenshue
Knabenshue
Terminal Railroad Station
Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin
Balloon Cup Race Likely Three Americans Named
Holland Forbes J C McCoy and Lieut I P Lahm are the probable U S contenders for the James Gordon Bennett Cup balloon race in Berlin next October. They were nominated by the Aero Club of America with 300 dollars each deposited with the German Aeronautical Association under the event's auspices. If Lahm cannot participate Arnold of the North Adams Aero Club may substitute and Salm would represent the Aero Club of St Louis if Lahm competes.
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Holland Forbes
J. C. McCoy
I. P. Lahm
U. S
Arnold
North Adams
Mass
Balloon 20 Feet High Over Watertown Ignites Local Awe
A balloon nearly 20 feet tall drifted over the northern valley at night, hugging a black cloud and silhouetted against the western sky. The practical joker D. J. Sullivan of Watertown sent it aloft, decorating it as if for a bridal party, creating widespread excitement and expectancy.
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New York Times
Waterbury
Conn
D. J. Sullivan
Watertown
Whales Invade Beach as Bathers Flee Surf
Eastport Illinois reports a whiskered scare as a school of finback whales surfaced near the shore. Lifesavers hauled women swimmers to boats, while hotel guests quip about wardrobe whale abundance and fear easing with the sea.
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New York Times
Eastport
IL. S
Jonah
Fire Sprinkler Halts Blaze Floods Buildings
A fire that began on the third floor of a five story brick building on West Thirteenth Street activated an automatic sprinkler and alarm. The sprinkler overran, flooding the second and first floors and the basement, causing about $20,000 in damage to a bronze ware maker and to H. C. Miner & Co., lithographers.
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West Thirteenth Street
Hudson Street
West Fourteenth Street
H. C. Miner & Co
Accused of Four Murders In Pennsylvania Case
James F. Barnes, 55, today charged Daniel Wilder alias Daniel Forester and a fellow prisoner with four old Pennsylvania murders. One victim was City Treasurer John Blevins of Newcastle killed Jan 10 1808 after a robbery. Barnes says Wilder and two others robbed Blevins’s office and killed him. he claims other crimes include the Eberhart murders in 1886 and the Kizer home robbery. Wilder to be arraigned.
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New York Times
Franklin
Penn
James F. Barnes
Daniel Wilder
Daniel Forester
Pennsylvania
John Blevins
Newcastle
Blevins
Barnes
Wilder
Ihe
Jennie Eberhart
Samuel Kizer
Train Kills Young Surveyor in Park Avenue Viaduct
Willis Doty a 20 year old surveyor for the New York Central Railroad was struck by a southbound train on the Park Avenue viaduct between 131st and 132d Streets and killed. The accident occurred while he surveyed the area with other officials nearby. he was thrown about fifteen feet and landed on his head. His father C E Doty is a railroad supervisor. The engineer, Herbert I Varian, surrendered at East 126th Street Police Station and was arraigned before a Harlem court magistrate, remanded to the coroner.
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Willis Doty
Grand Avenue
Bronx
New York Central Railroad
Park Avenue
Young Doty
125Th Street
152D Street
Doty
C. E. Doty
Herbert I. Varian
East 126Th Street
Harlem Court
Governor Fort Hosts Sea Girt Reception Day at Camp
Governor Fort presided over Sea Girt events with U S Senators ex-Governors and assembly members. The Third Regiment N J N G was reviewed. An outage briefly lit up by cars aided the regimental band before the concert resumed. Fort denied plans for using Sea Girt as a political headquarters.
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New York Times
Sea Girt
N. J
United States
House of Assebly
Fort
Franklin Fort Bacon
Percy Condit
Governor's Cottage
Lieut. E. Yard Breese
Trenton
Col. Colgate
Sadler
Gov. Fort
New York
Sea Girl
Italians clash with police in Sandy Hill
In Paterson on July 16, Police officer John Geary was assaulted by Italians in Sandy Hill. John Parr of 105 Bond Street was shot in the right knee during arrests of Tony Mike and William Fusco. Antonio Laini of 118 Beech Street, a chief assailant, was arrested after dyeing his hair in a failed attempt to disguise identity.
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New York Times
Paterson
John Geary
Sandy Hill
John Parr
Bond Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parr
Cedar Street
Tony
Mike
William Fusco
Geary
Antonio La'i
Beech Street
Indicted Jersey CityElection Officials Charged in Fraud Case
Hudson County Grand Jury indicted five ward election officers who presided at April 21 Republican delegate primaries. The charges allege ballot box stuffing in Hoboken wards and Jersey City wards First Fourth Sixth Ninth and Tenth. Names withheld until warrants issued by Judge Blair.
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Hudson County Grand Jury
Blair
Jersey City
New Idea Republican
Hoboken
Erie Indicted Over Soft Coal Use by Railroad Firm
A grand jury handed up indictments against the Erie Railroad Company as a corporation and Republican election officers for fraud. The Erie Company faces charges over using soft coal in Jersey City, with local complaints dating back to neighbors near the roadbed.
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Hudson County Grand Jury
Erie Railroad Company
Erie Company
Jersey City
Grand Jury
Confidence man Charles Richards alias Lord Ashburton arrested
Boston reports Charles Richards known as Lord Ashburton was arrested by Inspectors Wolf and McCloskey for New York authorities. He was later placed on a train to New York by Lieut. Miley of the New York Department. Richards had earlier been held by Boston police and then by Winthrop authorities for a forged check, a case said to be settled out of court. He faces several larceny charges in New York tied to small forgeries.
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New York Times
Boston
Charles Richards
Lord Ashburton
Wolf and McCloskey
New York
Lieut
Miley
New York Department
Richards
Winthrop
Death of 17 year old at Pennsy terminal site
Albert Bloomfield aged 17 of 153 Vernon Avenue Hunter's Point Queens died after slipping into and buried under sand at a Degnon Contracting Company site during work on the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal. He was dead on arrival.
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Albert Bloomfield
Vernon Avenue
Hunter’s Point
Queens
Degnon Contracting Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
City Police Budget Seeks Major Increases and New Posts
Police Commissioner Bingham asks for 16 million 293 thousand 539 dollars for next year, including 500 more patrolmen at 800 dollars yearly, four new captains, two new police stations in Brooklyn, three branch detective bureaus, and a civilian clerical staff. He also urges doubling his own salary to 15 thousand dollars and raises for top officials, along with funding for headquarter improvements and incidental expenses.
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Bingham
Board of Estimate
Brooklyn
Aldermen
Committee On Finance
Board of Aldermen
Detective Bureau
Broome Street
Metz
Board of Education
Fire Department
Board of Correction
Police Department
Cooper Union
Triplets Die From Heat in Newtown Cemetery
In Newtown Queens three infant triplets of gardener Adolph Liepold died within three days due to heat. Olga Wilhelmina and Frederica Liepold will be buried side by side in Lutheran Cemetery while their father, a cemetery worker, tends the graves at Metropolitan Avenue Middle Village.
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Lutheran Cemetery
Newtown
Queens
Adolph Liepold
Liepold
Elizabeth
Metropolitan Avenue
Middle Village
Olga
Wilhelmina
Frederica
Abyssinia's Heir Named In Succession Move
Menelek of Abyssinia has chosen a successor, his 12 year old grandson Sig Fyassu Yasa son of Ras Michael, as future ruler. The selection follows settlement of European rivalries and a pledge by Britain France and Italy to respect Abyssinia's territorial integrity. The heir’s lineage ties to Solomon and the Queen of Sheba underscores royal claims.
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Adiss Ababa
Menelek
Ethiopia
Lion
Judah
Abyssinia
Sig Fyassu
Yasa
Jesus
Ras Michael
Wolbo
Barona
Aussa
Yasu
Ayssinians
Great Britain
Italy
France
Africa
Morocco
Nadal
Europe
Soudan
Ras
Solomon
Sheba
Gas stove blast kills Jersey City woman in accident
In Jersey City 92 year old Anna Gutchen was fatally injured by a gas stove explosion while preparing gin ger. The blast caused a fire that was extinguished. she died before medical help could reach the scene.
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Anna Gutchen
Erie Street
Jersey City
Su Hous
Francis Hasgna
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