Rochester Insurance Men Indicted Over Conspiracy Wave
Grand Jury in Rochester returns sealed indictments against six prominent insurance men for conspiracy to raise rates linked to the April 13 fire. James Johnson heads the list with other indictments including Bernard Grover for rebating. Bail set at 500 dollars each.
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New York Times
Rochester
N. Y
Grand Jury
Bernard Grover
James Johnson
Roberts Pavior
H. M. Webb
Gilbert T. Amsden
Martin E. Wolff
James C. Clements
Martin E. Wollff
Lyceum Theatre
Union Trust Company
Firman & Webb
New York
Clements
Standard Oil
Grand
Syracuse
Chamber of Commerce
Johnson
Harry F. Miller
Rochester Board of Fire Underwriters
Sawyer
Fires of Suspected Arson Raise Insurance Rates
The article notes a spree of incendiary fires mainly in spring, with significant losses including the Palmer Building on Maine Street and Reynolds Arcade. It cites calls to compel insurers to limit overinsuring and to improve policy inspections. The accused will demur to indictments as the first legal step.
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Palmer
Maine Street
Berith Kodesh Temple
Reynolds Arcade
Policeman Ringelman Wins Reinstatement Victory
Brooklyn policeman Herman L. Ringelman, dismissed in 1907 for alleged witness intimidation in the Louis Wendel case, won a legal victory as the Appellate Division denied Commissioner Bingham’s bid to review. The division ruled no falsification of records and reinstated Ringelman.
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Herman L. Ringelman
Brooklyn
Louis Wendel
National Guard
Bingham
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Ringelman
$500 Bail Returned After Desk Discovery
Mrs. Donohue recovered the $500 bail money last yesterday after a District Attorney’s report showed her son William J Donohue is confined in an insane asylum. Magistrate Higginbotham had held the cash bail at Bedford Avenue Court Brooklyn. No lawyer fees were charged to secure the return.
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Higginbotham
Bedford Avenue Court
Brooklyn
Julia Donohue
William J. Donohue
District Attorney’s Office
City Chamberlain’s Office
Bogus Money Raids Arrest Dozens in Two Incidents
Chief William J. Flynn and four detectives staged two nighttime raids aimed at counterfeiters flooding Eastern cities with bogus two dollar bills. In the first raid at 157 Alleh Street, Ignazio Provenzano and six others were captured after a clash. counterfeit bills were found on Provenzano. A second raid at 337 East Thirteenth Street netted seven more suspects, including Vincenzo Battaglia, with no counterfeit money found on them. Secret Service later arrested Vincenzo Muratto and Michael Tocio in separate locations, uncovering $105 in bogus coins and related receipts. All suspects were to be arraigned locally or federally.
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William J. Flynn
Flynn
Philadelphia
Newark
Brooklyn
Correa
Ignazio Provenzano
Alleh Street
Chief Flynn
Detective McGee
Provenzano
East Thirteenth Street
Vincenzo Battaglia
Albany
Tocio
Muratto
Kingston
United States
Shields
Widow of Motorman McElroe Receives Donation
Tur Times reports a $20 contribution from A. Z. for the widow of Motorman John McElroe who died saving a girl’s life. An error misidentified James H. Young as president of the James H. Young Stone Company. he is alive. A new trial was denied for Francesco Vannicola former President of the Lamp Lighters Union convicted of conspiracy. W C Thompson injured crossing Broadway near Astor House. skull possibly fractured at Hudson Street Hospital. NYU wins appellate point against American Book Company over $9,863 water rents for eight floors of the University Building at Washington Square and University Place.
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Tur Times
A. Z
John McElroe
James H. Young
James H. Young Stone Company
James Hamilton Young
Francesco Vannicola
Lamplighters’ Union
Broadway
Astor House
W. C. Thompson
Hudson Street
New York University
Aganst
Amercan Book Company
University Building
Washington Square
University Place
Book Company
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Remington Typewriter Company (Incorporated
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