Italian impostor Roberti faces grand larceny sentence in sessions court
Alessandro Roberti an Italian educated for priesthood in Tuscany eloped with an American before ordination and now faces sentencing for grand larceny. Police say he used forged judgments to frighten victims, seizing cash and goods from about thirty Italians through fake court actions and a scheme that included deceiving victims into silence. One victim, Ciro Spina, lost flour and cash after a phony judgment.
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Alessandro Roberti
Tuscany
Court of General Sessions
Ciro Spina
East One Hundred and Ninth Street
Roberti
Spina
Harlem
Roberts
Baker
Roesch
Ruberti
Dragons
Dragoni
Orofrini Rini
Hopkins Street
Brooklyn
Hartford's Long Voyage on the Hartford Training Ship
The Hartford, Admiral Farragut’s old flagship now a U S training vessel, arrived off Tompkinsville with 300 apprentices from San Francisco to League Island. New crews join from Richmond Vermont and more are to come from the Vermont at Brooklyn Navy Yard. Pets aboard include a monkey Whistling Rufus a boxing goat Crusoe and a mixed Newfoundland mongrel dog.
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Admiral Farragut
Hartford
United States
Tompkinsville
San Francisco
League Island
Massachusetts
Indiana
Richmond
Vermont
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Juan Fernandez
Robinson Crusoe
Defoe
Billy
Crusoe
Newfoundland
Mare Island
Bum
Rufus
New York
Magistrate Defers Arraignments After Poolroom Raid
Inspector Thompson led a raid on a poolroom at 243 West Seventeenth Street. Magistrate Flammer discharged 28 women charged with disorderly conduct, while proprietors John Martin and Antonio Lampel were held on bail for trial. Witness Miss Lynch testified amid heated exchanges with lawyer Louis Lowenstein.
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Inspector Thompson
Antonio Lampel
Lampel
Robert Smith
Daniel Mullens
West Thirty-seventh Street
Miss Lynch
Moynihan
West Twentieth Street
Thompson
Louis Lowenstein
Martin
Oliver Mack
Mr. Lowenstein
Lowenstein
Flammer
Magistrate's Son Denies Being Beverly in Divorce Suit
Edward Zeller, son of Magistrate Lorenz Zeller, testifies he was not the Beverly named as co respondent in the Ellwang divorce case. He denies service of a subpoena and rejects Ellwang's account of encounters. Separately, will contest proceedings for publisher Robert Bonner reveal witnesses detailing his mental decline and family relations.
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Edward Zeller
Beverly
Lorenz Zeller
Supreme Court
Charles Ellwang
Mary Ellwang
Poucher
Mrs. Ellwang
Magistrate Zeller
Zeller
Ellwang
Muesse
Lillian Clifford
Clifford
Charles Stark
Peter Stark
Nash
Fitzgerald
Robert Bonner
John Moranville
Bonner
David McClure
Moranville
John E. Parsons
McClure
Parsons
Roberge
Jeannette F. Bonner
Andrew Allen Bonner
House of Calvary marks first anniversary with benediction
Bishop Farley presided at House of Calvary on Perry Street for the charitys first anniversary service. The benediction and confirmation of two dying patients highlighted the event. Archbishop Corrigan blessed the home in 1899 and it now serves incurable cancer patients, all women, with six beds ready.
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Farley
House of Calvary
Perry Street
B. F. de Costa
Alexander P. Doyle
The
Paulist Fathers
Pére Fulgence
Fathers of the Assumption
Francis J. McCarthy
St. Francis Xavier
Father Flynn
St. Joseph's
Corrigan
Case Without Precedent Seen in Estate Dispute Suit
Martha L. and Margaret Kingsland of Nutley New Jersey petition Vice Chancellor Pitney for a show cause order requiring Margaret E. Kingsland to provide hay and pasture for two cows tied to a will. The Kingsland estate valued at 600000 divides among four siblings, with past duty on hay and pasture assigned to the brothers now deceased. The widowed sister refuses and a civil suit seeks past feed costs since 1895. The lawyers claim no precedent exists in American or English courts.
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Pitney
Martha L
Margaret Kingsland
Nutley
N. J
Jersey City
Margaret HE
Kingsland
Joseph Kingsland
Margaret
Richard
Joseph
Margaret E. Kingsland
Essex County
Bentley & Gilson
James D. Cockroft
Local Mail Order Addresses Listed for Deliveries
A set of street corners is listed for mailing and pickup: 258 Broadway at Warren, 7 and 9 Warren Street, orders filled from 569 Broadway at Prince, and 1260 Broadway near 32nd Street plus 54 West 33rd Street.
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Broadway
Cor
Warren
Warren St
Prince
West
Funds of wards of the court diverted in partition case
The estate of Minnie Heiser produced four thousand seven hundred twenty nine dollars in a partition sale. Annie Heiser, infant heir, later reached adulthood and a guardian secured a disbursement of one thousand five hundred seventy six dollars for Annie. The true share later proved to be five hundred twenty dollars, and the excess was ordered returned with interest. The Appellate Division affirmed the order demanding repayment to the Controller. Justice Hatch warned that funds of wards must be handled only under strict compliance with law and proven facts.
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Minnie Heiser
Herman Heiser
Annie Heiser
Annie
P. Wagener
Supreme Court
Wagener
Hatch
Cottage Hospital Cornerstone Laid at Sea Side Hospital
The Sea Side Hospital at New Dorp witnessed the cornerstone laying for the Cottage Hospital gifted to St. John’s Guild by Mrs. Frederic Elliot Lewis. William H. Wiley presided and presented a silver trowel to Mrs. Lewis as mortar was laid for the infant hospital to treat very ill infants with completion expected by summer.
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Guild
Abraham Cobi
L. E. Batton
St. Mark’s Church
Manhattan
S. J Lavelle
Cathedral
Fourth Avenue
William S. Corweim
Ex-Crystal Water President Waives Examination
John R. Newhall former president of Crystal Water Company Stapleton S L waived examination before City Magistrate Marsh on misappropriating 1000 dollars of company funds. Louis Rosenfeldt of New York City now president of the company filed the complaint and Newhall is held in 1000 bail.
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John R. Newhall
The
Crystal Water Company
Stapleton
S. L
Marsh
Louis Rosenfeldt
New York City
Eden Musée Screens Queen Victoria Farewell to Ireland
Moving pictures draw crowds at Eden Musée with hourly showings of Queen Victoria's Farewell to Ireland. Afternoon and evening screenings run along with twice daily concerts and wax figures in summer attire.
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Eden Musée
Queen Victoria
Ireland
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