Four Women Repel Robber in Oyster Bay Home Invasion
Four women at the Townsends Mill Hill Road home fought a masked burglar during a midnight break in. Ada Townsend, her sister Bessie, Miss Elizabeth Horsley, and Mrs Beekman Townsend sustained injuries. Horsley is hospitalized after two operations and surgery on her hands. Police hunt a suspected Italian worker gang. authorities consider a German thief unlikely.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
L. L
Times
Ada Townsend
Bessie
Elizabeth L. Horsley
Beekman
Townsend
Mill Hill Road
Bayville Road
W. R. Caminoni
Bessie Townsend
Kitty
Ada
Miss Townsend
Miss Horsley
Copeland
Malone
I. F. Barnes
Rosnal
Niesley
Nassau
Mineola
Charles Townsend
Hults
Long Island
Mill House
Williamsburg
Freeman
Beekman ‘Townsends
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Times
New York Times
Bank Burglar Held After gunfight with New Jersey officers
Detectives Oppenheim Collins and Dowling arrested William Burke known as Yulle Burke after a gunfight in Union Hill New Jersey. Burke, with Tom Riley, is tied to Riley brothers and Big Bill Mason suspected bank burglars. A shot through a policeman’s hat occurred as burglars fled. Burke’s photo was sent to Middletown police who identified him. Burke was once linked to Handsome Harry and the Brennan killing.
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Oppenheim, Collins
Tom Riley
Burke
Inspector McCafferty
Middletown
New York
McCafferty
Harry Carlton
Harry
Brennan
Thirty-first Street
Third Avenue
Big Contractors Put Under Receiver in $75,000 Claim
Supreme Court Justice Guy appointed Henry K S Williams receiver for John Peirce Company and William Bradley & Son Inc both large cut stone contractors. Creditors McDonald and Pisani Brothers seek protection as the firms face collection delays. Contracts on hand include Grand Central Terminal and New York Public Library. Receiver bond set at $100,000 each.
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Supreme Court
Guy
Henry K. S. Williams
John Peirce Company
William Bradley & Son, Incorporated
John B. McDonald
John Peirce
Hall of Records
New Custom House
Anchorage
Manhattan Bridge
Interborough Power House
Chicago Post Office
Grand Central Terminal
New York Public Library
Gage
Times
Peirce Company
Ashokan
Catskill
Water Gap Board
William Bradley & Son
Brooklyn
Peirce
Bradleys
Fourth Avenue
Board of Water Supply
Turkey Mountain
Croton Lake
Ok O’brien
Boardman
West Street
Williams
J Pierpont Morgan Heads Out For Yachting Trip
Paris reports J Pierpont Morgan and a party of friends have left the city for a yachting cruise. The business magnate and companions embark from Paris on the journey.
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J. P. Morgan
Paris
J. Pierpont Morgan
Twain Denies Plagiarism Charge Over Is Shakespeare Dead
Samuel Clemens Mark Twain rejects plagiarism claims regarding Is Shakespeare Dead admitting large extracts from Greenwood The Shake Problem Restated were used with full credit. He cites publisher failure and lost footnote during rapid press work as the cause.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Shakespeare
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark ‘Twain
Greenwood
Johnne Publishing Company of
England
Mr. Greenwood
Mark Twain
Messrs
Lane
Eee
Counterfeit Ring Suspected After Immigrants Found With Fakes
Immigration Bureau begins probe into a band of Italian counterfeiters likely producing bogus US currency. The clue surfaced after 814 steerage passengers on the Koenig Albert brought from Italy were found with fake half dollars offered to Hoboken peddlers. All immigrants are now on Ellis Island as investigations proceed.
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Immigration Bureau
United States
Italy
Koenig Albert
Lloyd Line
Hoboken
N. J
Ellis Island
Reward Offered for Mrs Freeman’s Missing Pomeranian
Mrs Frank M Freeman widow of Gen Freeman of 87 West Fiftieth Street seeks help through The Times Lost Column to recover her Pomeranian Jeanette. The small brown dog about 40 pounds with light brown spots near the eyes and a white tail vanished from her home yesterday afternoon after a luncheon at Sherrys. A $50 reward is offered. Jeanette has been a constant companion during Mrs Freeman’s illness and is greatly missed.
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Frank M. Freeman
West Fiftieth Street
Gen. Freeman
Times
Jeanette
Hat Firms Stand Firm in Open Shop Fight
President Samuel Mundheim of the Associated Hat Manufacturers announced that fifteen Danbury Connecticut firms and nearby towns resigned from the open shop plan and joined the union. The resignations take effect in ninety days due to bonds of $25000 each, while Mundheim says other members remain committed to the fight.
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Samuel Mundheim
Associated
Danbury
Conn
Mundheim
Petrosino Case Ties Ohio Black Hand to Palermo Murder
Ohio investigators detail links between the Italian Black Hand in Ohio and the Palermo killing of Lieut. Joseph Petrosino. Arrests include Vicarrio and Marfisi, with Marfisi in Palermo at the time. Lima and Ventola released on bonds as officers plan further action in Cleveland and Columbus.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Black Hand
Palermo
Sicily
Joseph Petrosino
New York Detective Bureau
Petrosino
Italy
Pittsburg
Post Office
Holmes
Augustino Marfisi
Dennison
Marfisi
America
Society of the Banana
City
Inspector Oldfield
Barney Bonete
Boneti
Lima
Marion
John Amicon
Oldfield
Collogero Vicarrio
Bellefontaine
Vicarrio
Canton
Columbus
Italian Black Hand Society of
Sam Lima
Sevario Ventola
Toledo
Ventola
Cleveland
United States District Attorney
Curtiss Aeroplane Ready for Delivery to Aeronautic Society
Glenn H. Curtiss announces the first Hammondsport factory aeroplane since Herring-Curtiss was formed. The craft, heavier than the Silver Dart and Wright machines, weighs about 550 pounds with a 260 square foot wing area and a 30 horsepower engine. Exhibition at Morris Park likely June 19 or 26.
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Glenn H. Curtiss
Hammondsport
N. Y
Herring-Curtiss Company
Aeronatic Society
Morris Park
Curtiss
Automobile Club of America
West Fifty-fourth Street
Wright
Aeronautic Society
Fifth Avenue Branch of Farmers' Loan and Trust Company
The Fifth Avenue Branch at 475 Fifth Avenue near 41st Street offers deposit accounts with interest, acts as custodian of property, and manages real estate. Services include foreign money orders and express checks, vault boxes for customers.
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Farmers’ Loan and Trust
Fifth Aveue
41St Street
Gace Fenugn Maser ii
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Encounter
Robert F. Cox
Media
John Peirce Co
Wm. Bradley & Son
Central Ter
Rochester
Brill
Bulk Brothers
Clothiers
Broadway
N. Chambers St
125Th Street
Union Square
14Th St
N. B’way
Cortlandt
N. Greenwich
Twain
Frank Freeman
The
Union
Vicarrio and
Scarsdale Park
Westchester County
59Th St
Lexington Ave
Lex. Ave
Madison Ave
Columbus Circle
8Th Ave
Nottingham
Fifth Avenue
34Th Street
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