Randall's Island Cruelty Probe Exposes Abuse Claims
The State Charities Department hearings detail alleged cruelty at Randall's Island under former Superintendent Mrs Mary C Dunphy. Homer Folks and Dr William Bainbridge testified to misconduct, including a boy with serious injuries allegedly ignored by staff. Folks described a chilling case of a feeble minded epileptic boy bruised, restrained, and abused over multiple days, including a fatal fall from a window.
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Randall's Island
Mary C. Dunphy
New York City
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Mitchel
Dunphy
Stati
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Charles M. Ford
Tries to Die in Subway By Jump at 110th Street
Miss Marie Clark a 10 year old actress from 257 West 111th Street entered the 110th Street Broadway station and leaped or fell before a southbound train. The emergency brakes stopped the train a few feet from her, she was uninjured, and was taken to Bellevue Hospital. She lived with Mrs. Smith and is said to be Arnold Knutti’s daughter.
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Marie Clark
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Broadway
Jennie Wechsler
Fifty-fourth Street
Borough Park
Brooklyn
M. Murray
West
Llfth
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Alonzo Smith
Bellevue
Mitchel Denies Interview On Whitman Link
Mayor John Purroy Mitchel denies a Portland published interview claiming he attacked Governor Whitman as a presidential possibility. Through secretary Theodore Rousseau he says he has not discussed Whitman or politics since leaving city hall and expects Wilson to be renominated. He refutes suggestions Whitman is a strong presidential contender.
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Mitchel
Theodore Rousseau
Portland
Ore
Whitman
Rousseau
Lake Louise
Alberta
City Hall
New York
City
Wilson
John Purroy Mitchel
Middle States
West
Thaws plan for a jury test in sanity case
New York Times report from Albany notes Thaws sanity will be judged by a jury. Attorneys Becker and Stanchfield argued before the Court of Appeals whether the habeas corpus matter could involve a jury trial. The appeal challenges a lower court order directing a jury in Thaws mental condition case and questions of jurisdiction and procedure.
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New York Times
Thether Harry
App
John B. Stanchfield
Hendrick
Harry Law
Hiendrick
Stanchfield
Kass to Pay Depositors Plan Approved by Referee
A proposed plan by A L Kass to pay depositors of his private bank, which failed last year, won approval at a meeting before Bankruptcy Referee Strong. Immediate payment of 15 percent, plus staged payments totaling 100 percent over two years, were outlined with 9 081 proxies voting to accept and 1 860 to reject, covering claims of about 84 000 and 200 000 dollars respectively.
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A. L. Sxass
Strong
Altman & Co. Men’s Suits and Knickerbockers Offer
A Norfolk department store presents a broad range of men’s suits in tweeds homespuns cassimeres and flannels. Options include knickerbockers or long trousers with prices from 18.00 to 28.00 and a well-priced line of separate knickerbockers at 6.50.
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Department For Men
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