McKenna Held in Child’s Murder Case in Bronx
The Bronx jury indicts Joseph J. McKenna after autopsy findings show the six year old Sigrid Eckstrom strangled. McKenna’s confession is central, with lawyers disputing coercion claims and witnesses detailing bruises, torn clothing, and a night trek to Mount Vernon.
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Showgut
Sigrid Eckstrom
Ogden Avenue
Bronx
Joseph J. McKenna
McKenna
Shongut
Strong
Mount Vernon
Riegelman
Tr Riegelman
Courtoust Rafferty from Kings County Chief Clerk post
A court in Long Island City removes John T. Rafferty Democrat from the Kings County Court Chief Clerk role a $7000 a year post and names Thomas F. Wogan Democrat as the rightful holder. Justice Russell Benedict notes possible constitutional issues with 1911 amendatory acts shifting appointing power and hints earlier acts may also be void. Rafferty plans an appeal amid ongoing party power struggles in Kings.
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John T. Rafferty
Twelfth Assembly District
Republican Club of
Brooklyn
Calder
Kings
Long Island City
Russell Benedict
Supreme Court
Thomas F. Wogan
Henry P. Molloy
Rafferty
Benedict
Kings County
Housewives' League Denies Sale Linking to Cheap Fish Plan
Hundreds lined a route in New York as a traveling fish market promised by an unnamed wealthy benefactor failed to appear. Mrs. Julian Heath, president of the Housewives' League, stated the group did not conduct such sales and had not authorized the initiative.
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Fifty-fifth Street
Third Avenue
103D Street
Broadway
Housewives’ League
Julian Heath
Ship carries boy off on maiden voyage to America
Joseph Mintz an 18 year old tailor apprentice boarded the steamship Czar of the Russian American Line during its Libau port departure. He stayed aboard after delivering a suit for the purser, hoping to become an American citizen. Mintz seeks relatives in the U S, including Leon Farbman and Isa Katz, to help him reach Ellis Island.
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Czar
Libau
Russia
Joseph Mintz
Mintz
Isa Katz
New York
Found Wife and Children Dead in Glencoe Home
Mrs Russell N Edwards and her two sons ages six and four were found dead on the floor of the Edwards residence in Glencoe a Chicago suburb. The bodies were discovered by Mr Edwards, an electrical engineer, after returning from his Chicago office. Gas jets in the kitchen range were turned on.
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Chicago
Russell N. Edwards
Edwards
Glencoe
Russian spies tricks told in court here
Leonid Menshikoff former Russian secret police official testified in the $100,000 slander suit by Alexander H. Evalenko against Vladimir L. Bourtzeff. He described agents provocateurs and undercover methods, including a Paris operative Harting Heckelman, and explained police records and reorganization of the Russian Secret Police in St. Petersburg before 1902.
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Leonid Menshikoff
Secret Police
Alexander H. Evalenko
International Library Publishing Company
Vladimir L. Bourtzeff
Menshikoff
Bordeaux
Bourtzeff
America
Evalenko
Moscow
Herbert H. Parsons
Secret Service
Secret Po
Ices
Social Revolutionary Party
Azeff
Tataroff
Russia
Han S. L
Parsons
Paris
Pos
Harting Heckelman
Siberia
Heckelman
St. Petersburg
Black Book Compiled From Papers In Russian Transfers
The source notes that the Black Book was compiled from documents filed with the Third and Special Sections after a transfer from Moscow to St. Petersburg. This indicates a state security or archival context tied to personnel movements and classified papers.
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Moscow
St. Petersburg
Quincey Paper Shows Dowd In Hearing
Willis Bruce Dowd an attorney of 141 Broadway showed a Timers reporter a paper signed Aug 10 1910 by Charles E Quincey Jr after Quincey came of age. The paper approves Dowd acts on a check for 11511 and delays any interest until Dowd final accounting of Mrs Quinceys estate. Quincey filed suit in the Supreme Court last week for an accounting. The filing notes a surplus from the check proceeds after debts were paid and asserts Quincey had an interest in the surplus.
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Willis Bruce Dowd
Broadway
Charles E. Quincey, Jr
Quincey
Quincy
Dowd
Supreme Court
Mr. Dowd
TIMES
New York Telephone Directory Expands Exchange Coverage
The New York Telephone Company begins delivering the June directory to 1,385,000 subscribers in New York and suburbs. It has 804 pages and marks the first time the directory lists over 800 ages. Two new exchanges open in Bronx Woodlawn and Brooklyn Stagg, with local listings updated accordingly.
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New York Telephone Company
New York
Bronx
Woodlawn
Brooklyn
Stagg
Telepore
Telepone Ee
Strong Man A' Defendant Max Unger Named in Suit
Max Unger known as Lionel Stronefort, a two time professional strong man, was made defendant yesterday by wife Melanie Unger who married him in February. She says after becoming destitute she was abused and deserted, and that there was no Garden of Eden for her. Lawyers expect a counter suit.
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John August Eckstrom
Alexander J. Caroll
McKenna
Strong
Vitele
Klein
Max Unger
Lionel Stronefort
Melanie Unger
Cornelia
Unger
Romeo
Juliet
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Burnett
Kings County Court
Boy
Si Robt Bar
London
A. H. Evalenko
V. L. Bourtzeff
National Russian
St. Petersurs
The
Holland
New Rochelle
Estchester County
New Haven
N.Y., Westchester
Boston
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P. S
Detroit
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Greta Bosch
Nelson
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Minneapolis
Schwarz
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Los Angeles
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