Van Rensselaer Held on Extortion Charge in Brooklyn
The suspect Van Rensselaer was arrested after a confrontation at headquarters. He claimed to need money to restart his brokerage, described a hustler role, and cited loans of 200 000 to 300 000 from a friend. He faces arraignment in Tombs Court. his wife provided context about a July letter to his mother.
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van Rensgelaer
Lieut
Wilbur
The
Colonial Dames
Colonialames
van Rensselaer
Reat
Mannion
Aspector McCafferty
Tombs
Mrs Van Rensselaer Speaks On Son Arrest News
Mrs John King Van Rensselaer met Newport Chief James Crowley after receiving a letter from her son John A Van Rensselaer who was arrested in New York. Crowley forwarded the letter to New York police and said he took no further action. She left Newport last Sunday for New York and her whereabouts are unknown.
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Wilbur
van Rensselaer
Waverley Place
An Rensselaer
John King van Rensselaer
Crowley
New York Times
Newport
R. I
John ‘King van Rensselaer
John A. van Rensselaer
New York
New York Police
Mater
Seared Child with Hot Iron Charged Woman Aids Boy
Mrs Rachel Redowitz of East New York was arraigned in New Jersey Avenue Court on charges she brandished a red hot iron on seven year old Norman Friedman. The parents filed the complaint but at arraignment she denied the injury and the charge was dismissed after she refused to press.
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Rachel Redowitz
Rockaway Avenue
East New York
New Jersey Avenue
Eas
Woman Slayer Suspect Sought in Bergen Murder Case
Hastings N Y police arrest Augustus Eberhard suspect in the Bergen County murder of Ottilie Eberhard. A wounded girl, his fiancée and daughter of the slain woman, believes he is innocent and says shots came from ambush. Detectives chase leads from Hackensack to Myer’s Corners and Ridgewood seeking the missing man.
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Hastings
N. Y
Augustus Eberhard
Ottilie Eberhard
Bergen County
N. J
Eberhard
Herman Eberhard Zimmermann
140Th Street
New York
Hightieth Street
Park Avenue
Munroe
James Burns
Dobbs Ferry
Uniontown
Warburton Avenue
Yonkers
Hackensack
Susquehanna Hotel
Augustus
Bergen
Oakland
Myer’s Corners
Dutchess County
Ridgewood
Manhattan
Poughkeepsie
Myer's Corners
John Eberhard
Koester
Dunne
Rochelle Park
Steward Held
Held
Fiberhard
Man Hunt Near Essex After Home Invasion Assault
A large posse including Essex Chief of Police John Gilbert pursues a man who assaulted Mrs Josiah Low in her home and attempted robbery. Mrs Low was reportedly struck on the head as she worked around the house, prompting the search today.
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Essex
Mass
John Gilbert
Josiah Low
Stranger Attacks Woman at Low Farm. Two Detained
Mrs Charles Harding, daughter of Mrs Low, heard her mother’s screams as a stranger ransacked the Low home. The victim, struck with a brass pipe, identified the assailant as a former Low farm employee. Two men were detained and later released. another arrest occurred in Hamilton tonight.
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Igen
Charles Harding
Back to Prosperity and Regular Dividends Pamphlet
A National Prosperity Association pamphlet mailed nationwide argues for a rapid return to normal business conditions. It cites 17,000 to 20,000 workers in St Louis within a month, $5,000,000 in orders, and notes campaigns in Cincinnati Cleveland Chicago and other cities. The group urges coordinated patience and confidence to restore prosperity in six months.
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ST. Louis
National Prosperity Association
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Chicago
Worcester man falls in street from heat in New York
Randolph Crompton of Worcester Massachusetts collapsed in a Park Avenue street at Forty second Street and was taken to Bellevue Hospital in serious condition. He had arrived at the Waldorf Astoria on July 18 and had suffered from the heat since then as the city sweltered with a hot spell and humidity.
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Randolph Crompton
Worcester
Mass
Park Avenue
Bellevue Hospital
Mr. Crompton
Waldorf-Astoria
George Crompton
Crompton & Knowles Loom Works
Randolph
Crompton
Commissioner Bingham Involved In Brooklyn Car Crash
Commissioner Bingham was riding to Coney Island when his car collided with another at Flatbush and Bedford Avenues in Brooklyn. The other occupants, William Frye and Arthur Reiss, were thrown from their car. Frye was arrested for reckless driving. Frye was taken to Parkville Station after being driven by Bingham’s driver. Elias Reiss accused the Commissioner of fault, claiming the other car was at fault.
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Bingham
Coney Island
Flatbush
Bedford Avenues
Brooklyn
William Frye
Bedford Avenue
Arthur Reiss
Greene Avenue
William Finnegan
Flatbush Avenue
Frye
Parkville
Elias Reiss
Plot in Gould case betrayed by a girl
The report details a breakup in the Gould case with a third prisoner under surveillance and Mrs. Gould’s legal maneuvers. Detectives coordinate bail and arraignment while Smyth asserts no involvement by Gould’s legal circle. Prospects of alimony or custody filings surface as Gould resists defaming his name.
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Gould
Frank Gould
Blood Transfusion Saves Woman Life in Newark Hospital
Mrs. Patrick Bradley of Hackettstown New Jersey survived a blood transfusion from her husband at St. James's Hospital Newark. The operation required connecting a wrist artery to a leg vein with a silver tube delivering about a quart of his blood to save her after eight years of pulmonary hemorrhages. Mr. Bradley recovered quickly. Mrs. Bradley remained under care for weeks as doctors declared the danger past.
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St. James's Hospital
Newark
Patrick Bradley
Hackettstown
N. J
Mr. Bradley
Mrs. Bradley
Bradley
Engineer Henry Sandon Dies After Blood Transfusion
Henry Sandon a 58 year old civil engineer from Greenpoint died at Bellevue Hospital after a blood transfusion from his daughter's fiancé Harry Van Winkle failed to save him. Sandon worked at the Inter Iron Works at East Twelfth Street and lived at 180 Guernsey Street. He fainted from loss of blood after a cogwheel injury and later died despite doctors attempts. He was Canadian by birth and a longtime member of the Engineers' Club. Funeral services were led by Rev. Dr. Stephen A. Floyd of the Evangel Christian Church.
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Henry Sandon
Intard Iron Works
East Twelfth Street
Guernsey Street
Greenpoint
Bellevue Hospital
Harry van Winkle
Landon
van Winkle
Sandon
Egun
Tis
van. Winkle
Canada
Engineers’ Club
Stephen A. Floyd
The
Christian Church of the Evangel
Salesman Ends His Life in Saint Louis Hotel Room
John D. Wood a 52 year old former suitcase maker and salesman with Herkert and Meisel Trunk Company killed himself by gas in his Saint Louis room after writing a letter to his Brooklyn sister naming John A. Meisel as executor. On a nearby table lay checks and cash totaling 600 dollars. Wood had recently suffered business failure but repaid his debts. He had moved to Saint Louis about four years ago.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
John D. Wood
David A. Harper
Greene Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
John A. Meisel
Wood
Mr. Meisel
Frederick Herkert
Herkert & Meisel Trunk Company
Herkert & Meisel
State Education Board Imposes Return Duty on Graduates
The State Board of Education in Montclair New Jersey requires graduates of the new Normal School opening Sept 15 to teach in state schools for two years or repay their education cost. Tuition is free but the rule aims to offset teacher shortages due to marriages. Both genders are covered but aimed at women who marry. Students must sign a pledge upon entering.
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New York Times
Montclair
N. J
State Board of Education
Girls Locked In Bath House Near Avenue A Rescued By Police
Four young women were detained for about an hour in a public bathhouse on Avenue A near Twenty-fourth Street after lights went out. Police and a firefighter responded, found the engine room lit, and guided the women out once they agreed to depart. Names given include Alice Scott, Irene Walsh, Isabella Ward, and another resident from East Twenty-second Street.
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Avenue A
Twenty-fourth Street
East Twenty-second Street
Lyons
Andrew Dundoro
Quilty
Dunduro
Alice Scott
First Avenue
I da Walsh
Irene Wilson
Isabella’ Ward
Arrest of George Chartres after dramatic rooftop escape
Central Office detectives Levins and Nelson arrested George Chartres, a plumber from 171 Fast 107th Street, on grand larceny charges. Chartres bolted from capture, leaped from a poolroom window, then fled across 125th Street, broke a plate glass door, climbed to a roof, and fought the officers until subdued with a club.
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Central Office
Levins
Nelson
George Chartres
Fast
107Th Street
East 126Th Street
Chartres
Nelam
Th Street
Lenox Avenue
Poe Levins
Iim
Boy Absconds With $10,000 In Securities In Chicago
John Burford of Chattanooga testified before a Federal Grand Jury in Chicago when a boy about 12 years old offered to carry a suitcase of securities. Burford left briefly at the cigar counter and returned to find both boy and suitcase missing. Authorities conducted a thorough search but found no trace of the youth or the valuables.
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New York Times
Chicago
John Burford
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lburford
United States
Sims
Rhodes Brothers
Burford
United States Marshal’s Office
Policeman Shot Near Jamaica After Alleged Car Hold Up
Patrolman Frederick Bliss of the Jamaica Police Station was shot in the calf and had a minor wound to the right foot while walking along Hillside Speedway near Union Turnpike. Bliss, living at 267 Harris Avenue Long Island City, says a gunman fired from bushes with a double barreled shotgun after a trolley car alert. The conductor said no robbery had occurred.
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Frederick Bliss
Harris Avenue
Long Island City
Jamaica
St. Mary's Hospital
Queens County
Bliss
Hillside Speedway
Flushing
Union Turnpike
Turnpike
Pike
Lusitania Breaks Ocean Record Again
Lusitania arrives at Queenstown at 11 33 PM setting a new eastward record from New York of 5 days 37 minutes beating the old mark by 2 hours 44 minutes. The Cunard liner previously set the record on June 2 with a time of v days 3 hours 21 minutes.
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Queenstown
New York
Fight Over Car Line Sparks City Rail Clash
Fifty New York City Railway workers attempted to pinch and remove a live feed wire on the crosstown line between Sixty-sixth and Fifty-ninth Streets to transfer service to the Fifty-third Street line. The clash near Sixty-first Street injured three, police intervened, and the action ended with guards at manholes and the retreat of the attackers.
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Fiftyninth Street
New York City Railway Company
Sixty-sixth
Fifty-ninth Streets
Third Avenue
Third Avenue Road
New York City Railway
E. K. Brockway
Sixty-first Street
New York City Railroad
Sixty-sixth Street
Second Avenue
Crosstown
Cahill
Tere
Brockway
Fifty-ninth Street
Raynor
East Sixty-seventh Street
J . Brockway
Third Avenue Line
John McCullagh
West Forty-ninth Street
Fifty-ninth
Sixtieth Streets
Coch
McCullagh
Parker
Fifty
E. A. Maher
Mount Morris Park West
Fifty-third Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Alcyone Runs Aground Off Ocean Beach
New London July 20. The auxiliary schooner yacht Alcyone, owned by Henry W. Putnam Jr., struck a reef near Cormorant Reef off Ocean Beach. The vessel was hauled into deep water after the impact. several rivets and plates were torn and displaced.
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New York Times
New London
Alcyone
Henry W. Putnam, Jr
Ocean Beach
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Elijah
Postum Cereal Company, Limited
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Gus
Austria
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Gotham
Oxfords
Shriner & Urner
Broadway
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Cor
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Philadelphia
Chestnut St
Jackson Blvd
Sheffield Dentifrice Co
Conn
Doctor Sheffield
Few York
Dentifrice
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
West 234
Deshcrosses
Cortlandt Streets
Atlantic
Ity
Nassau St
Ann St
Sixth Ave
Chrlich &Sond
Broadway Astor
15Th St
Remnat
Brussels
Smyrnas
Sheppard Knapp & CO
13Th Street
Sixth Avenue
14Th Street
the Crown Perfumery Co
London
Monogram Watch Felts
Regent St
Fifth Avenue
Boston
Summer Street
Hoskins
Leonard
Blks
Worth St
California
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Union Pacific
Louis Roederer
Champagne
John Jameson
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