Bettors Fight Back as Police Arrest Nine at Brighton Race Track
Nine arrests were made at Brighton Beach for anti betting law violations. Police, aided by plain clothes and 23 uniformed officers, faced a quiet operation after Thursday’s tumult. Acting District Attorney Elder accused track operators of aiding disorderly acts and named James R. Keene and Allan Pinkerton in the dispute.
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Brighton
Jacob Filperin
Adams Street Court
Brooklyn
Qunningham and McKinley
Tighe
Elder
Kings County Grand Jury
O'Brien
Samuel Klein
Henry Klein
Samuel Goldstein
Coney Island
Henry Latin
Jack” Newman
Brighton Beach Racing Association
Charles H. Hyde
Hyde
Francis K. Pendleton
Corporation Counsel
Pendleton
Justice Bischoff
Judge Bischoff
Bingham
Grand Jury
Langan
Kings County
Christopher Fitzgerald
James R. Keene
Allan Pinkerton
Fitzgerald
Pinkerton
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Keene
Brighton Beach
Baker
Count von Helden Faces Bigamy Case in Westchester
Special to The New York Times reports Count von Helden convicted of bigamy in White Plains after marrying Emily Brombach while a wife and four children existed. Authorities suspect a third wife, Miss Jen nie O Neill, now Mrs. von Helden No 1, with a Jersey City address. The Count allegedly acknowledged a prior marriage when confronted by Sheriff Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
White Plains
N. Y
Ray
von Helden
Westchester County
Emily Brombach
Mount Vernon
Gertrude Caroline Lewis
New Rochelle
Miss Brombach
Sheriff Lane
Jennie O'Neill
Presbyterian Church of the Puritans
Fifth Avenue
130Th Street
Manhattan
New York
Wreck Inquest Postponed After Fire Intervenes
Greenwich reports the inquest into Marguerite Armstrong death from the White Mountain Express wreck was interrupted by a fire and adjourned for an hour. Jurors and the coroner inspected the scene, traffic resumed on two tracks, and the body was taken to Wayne Pennsylvania. A jewel case with miss Armstrong’s seal ring and pin was reported lost.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Marguerite Armstrong
Wayne
Penn
White Mountain Express
Thomas E. Wigmore
Frederick Allen
William E. Anthony
George F Davis
John H. Banks
Philip Finnegan
W. C. Armstrong
Land fraud partner Marshall surrenders in Oregon timber case
A. Geroy Marshall, New York manager for Henry E. Cooke in an Oregon timber fraud, surrendered to U S District Attorney Stimson. Cooke already faced arrest. Marshall will bail on conspiracy charges. The scheme used dummy entrants to claim timber lands. contracts named bankers as depositories for 75 of every 100 paid, with stock delivery and release provisions.
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A. Geroy Marshall
Henry E. G. Cooke
Oregon
THE
TIMES
New York City
Enterprise
United States
Stimson
Cooke
West
Marshall
New York
Oregon Timber and Ranching Company
Nassau Street
Standard Protective Society
Bankers’ Protective Society
the Times
Henry Krug
Oregon Ranching and Timber Company
Ale Street
Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court
American Surety Company
Clarke Brothers
Baker City
Timberland
Henry E.G. Cooke
A. J. Woodward
Clarke Brothers’ Bank
Tribune
Big Judgment for Huntington Estate in Westchester
Judgment for 376 828 dollars filed in Westchester County against Sylvester H Kneeland in favor of Mrs Arabella D Huntington and Charles H Tweed as executors of Collis P Huntington. The two men were longtime friends involved in many large transactions with notes securing repayment.
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Huntington
Westchester County
Sylvester H. Kneeland
Arabella D. Huntington
Charles H. Tweed
Collis P. Huntington
Kneeland
Mr. Huntington
Liners Race to Pier in Close Cunarder Mauretania Provence
Cunarder Mauretania and French liner Provence arrive nearly together after speed runs from Liverpool and Havre on July 11. Mauretania completed 2890 knots in 5 days 2 hours 41 minutes, reaching Sandy Hook Lightship at 7 31 A M. Provence, captained by Poncelet, led through crowded quays and docked near officials. Notable passengers include Gouraud and Otter on Provence, and a long list aboard Mauretania including Gen. John Gill and Maharajah Kumar of Sikkim. Mrs. Fernand May sent to hospital with measles.
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Provence
Liverpool
Havre
Ambrose Channel
Poncelet
Hainaut
Powers Gouraud
London
Paris
Frank Otter
Gouraud
Otter
America
Fernand May
Willard Parker Hospital
K. Batcheller
Vicomtesse de Beauvoir
Anton Chapal
Col. F. A. Edwards
George Eustis
Maurice Leon
George Guggenheim
Ruth Lorraine
S. Montgomery Roosevelt
Marquis
Sandy Hook
Dr. M. Condoerman
Marcus Daly
Henry Dobson
Robert Endicott
John Gill
L. H. Hollander
Roche Kelly
Womans Request Seeks Sanity Hearing for Husband
Mrs Margaretha Eggers of 41 West Ninety-fourth Street received a Supreme Court order for a hearing on the mental condition of her husband George W Eggers aged 58. Doctors say he suffers from alcoholic insanity and frenzy and he was committed to Rivercrest Sanitarium on July 9. The couple, married in 1875, have seven children and she values his estate at 191000 dollars.
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Margaretha Eggers
West Ninety-fourth Street
Supreme Court
Dugro
George W. Eggers
Rivercrest Sanitarium
Eggers
H. Valentine Wildman
Graeme Hammond
W. E. Dold
Jerome Office Involved in Gormley Deal and Sentence
The Times reports that a light sentence for burglar Jack Gormley resulted from a plea arrangement allegedly made by Mrs. Gormley with a deputy DA. Judge Foster defended carrying out the agreement citing court ethics and routine as tied to prosecutorial understandings. District Attorney Smyth said the matter appeared straight and not unusual.
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Jack” Gormley
Foster
McCafferty
Gormley
Woods
Detective Department
Gen. Bingham
District Attorney's Office
Jerome
Yestern
Smy
Jon
Tramps Woodyard Reopens Under Charity Aid
The Charity Organization Society restarts its East Twenty-eighth Street woodyard after a two month closure to double capacity. About one hundred men will work two to three hours cutting twelve sticks into three pieces for tickets redeemable for three meals and a bed at Olive Tree Inn. Superintendent Blatchley notes a large rise in eligible applicants.
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Charity Organization Society
Iif1
East Twenty-eighth Street
Society
Blatchley
Olive Tree Inn
East Twenty-third Street
Brooklyn News Notes and Legal Troubles
Magistrate Tighe fined two men $1 for high pressure hydrant use, a move the Deputy Commissioner of Water Supply warns could spark a major accident and property damage. A bankruptcy petition targets Frederick C. Reynolds, Brooklyn builder tied to racing-track work, with anti-betting laws cited as hindering payments. Reynolds, reportedly in Nova Scotia for health, faces creditor John J. Snyder & Son owed $60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tighe
William C. Cozier
Frederick C. Reynolds
Brooklyn
John J. Snyder & Son
Reynolds
Nova Scotia
Gould Divorce Hearing Set With Whitaker as Referee
Mrs. Frank Jay Gould and her husband face a divorce action in Supreme Court. Edward G. Whitaker is appointed referee to take witness testimony, with both sides’ detectives having procured witnesses. Whitaker and counsel are out of town. hearings may proceed with Nova Scotian witnesses on Long Island shores.
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Frank Jay Gould
Supreme Court
Gould
Edward G. Whitaker
Broadway
Whitaker
Talis
Hector McDonald
North Sydney
Richard Jeans
Western Union Telegraph Office
Sydney
Sydney Harbor
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Bigamist von Helden
New Haven
J. P. Hopson
New York Division
Frank Smith, Alias
Schmidt
Morris Avenue
George Shaony
Washington Avenue
Shaong
A. G. Marshall
Brill
Chambers St
Union Square
14Th St
B’way
Rothers Convenient Stores
125Th Street
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3D Avenue
Cortlandt, Nr
Harlem
Law P. M
Mauretania
ed—Bingham
Columbia River
Seattle
Tacoma
Olympia
Portland
North Pacific Coast
Chicago
St. Louis
Yellowstone Park
Gardiner Gateway
Spokane
W. F. Mershon
New York, N. Y
Northern
Pacific
A.M. Cleland
G.P.A
St. Paul
Minn
Alaska Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Brooklyn News Notes
B.G. Whitaker
Long Island
A.magazine
G. Vere Tyler
Eatrix Demarest
Lloyd
Thomas L., Masson, Vanderheyden — Fyles
Katharine M. Roof
Nollosa
Japan
Mary FE
Gertrude Atherton
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