Man Kills Wife Then Slashes Self in West Side Tragedy
Martin J. Tighe, 22, bonded for assault yesterday, murdered his 18 year old wife at 147 West 108th Street. He then cut his throat and rode a Broadway car to his father's Amsterdam Avenue saloon where he played piano before ambulance. The wife, mother of a two month old, died at J Hood Wright Hospital after saying My husband did it. The couple had long troubled relations and threats were known. The infant Edward James Tighe remains with the maternal grandfather James Murphy.
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Martin J. Tighe
West Side
West One Hundred and Eighth Street
James E. Tighe
Amsterdam Avenue
Sixty-ninth Street
Roosevelt Hospital
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Nassau Street
Edward James Tighe
Murphy
Tighe
Miss Schaffrey
Iterfere
Father Stiles
Church of the Assumption
West One Hundred and Seventh Street
Strons
Sued for Husband's Clothes in Family Debt Test Case
Chicago tailors sue Mrs. Sarah Dickinson for the remaining 100 dollars on a 150 dollar tuxedo outfit bought for Col. John T. Dickinson. The suit, heard by Judge Murray in the Tenth District Municipal Court, hinges on whether a wife can be liable for her husband’s family necessities under Illinois law. The case, a test question for cross-state contract rules, will go to the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Matthews & Son
Chicago
Sarah Dickinson
Col
John T. Dickinson
Murray
Tenth District Municipal Court
Col. Dickinson
Dickinson
New York
Lorraine
Fifth Avenue
Forty-fifth Street
Holme & Smith
Henry L. Maxson
Illinois
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Iowa
Oregon
Attorney General Davies Visits City Officials
Attorney General John C. Davies arrived from Albany and met with Republican leaders Morris and Ten Eyck at the station. They denied political significance, saying the visit was business and to see Russell Johnson. Davies later learned Ten Eyck sought information on election law and planned a franchise tax hearing with referee ex-Judge Robert Earl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Davies
Albany
Robert C. Morris
Republican County Committee
William Ten Eyck
Russell Johnson
Mr. Davies
Grand Central
Morris
Ten Eyck
Davies
Johnson
Southwestern Limited
Robert Earl
Mrs Pullman Seeks Divorce in Desertion Case
Mrs Lynne Pullman files for divorce from George M Pullman in Cook County Circuit Court citing desertion. George M Pullman and twin brother W Sanger Pullman were engaged to Felicite Oglesby and Lynne Fernald respectively at their father’s death. both were disinherited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lynne Pullman
Cook County
George M. Pullman
W. Sanger Pullman
George
Felicite Oglesby
Oglesby
Illinois
Sanger
Lynne Fernald
Man Arrested for Killing His Dogs by Chloroform
Amos McGowan of West Twenty seventh Street was charged with cruelty to animals after killing two fox terriers he owned. Police and neighbors observed the dogs fighting. McGowan said he chloroformed them to end the trouble and one dog later died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos McGowan
West Twenty-seventh Street
West
M Twenty-seventh Street
Peabody
Twenty-seventh Street
Tenth Avenue
McGowan
McGoway
West Thirtyseventh Street
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Child Falls Five Stories From Window
Nora, three, daughter of Mrs Helen Rice of 28 West 132nd Street, fell five stories from an open window while in her mother's arms. She died at Harlem Hospital hours later from a fractured skull and other injuries. Mrs Rice, near the window, was holding the child when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora
Helen Rice
West One Hundred and Thirty-second Street
Harlem
Power firm seeks reopening of Rogers Locomotive sale
Edwin B. Williamson for International Power Company asks Vice Chancellor Emery to reopen the Rogers Locomotive Works receivership report, set aside the Smith & Hoban sale, and reconsider Joseph Hoadley’s 655000 bid. Jacob S. Rogers supports reopening, claiming the bid harmed his stock interests. decision pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Edwin B. Williamson
McCarter, Williamson & McCarter
International Power Company
Emery
Rogers’ Locomotive Works
Paterson
Smith & Hoban
New York
Joseph H. Hoadley
The
Power Company
New Jersey
Rogers
Smith-Holran
Collision in the Harbor Injures Excursonists on Isabel
The Two Times Twelve Bowling Club from Newark sailed to Witzel's Grove on the steamboat Isabel with about 1000 passengers. Entering the upper bay near Castle Williams the Isabel collided with a Standard Oil lighter, punching a hole in the cabin. One man, Herman Odenbach, was slightly injured. several women fainted but no major casualties were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Club
Newark
N. J
Isabel
Witzel
Herman Odenbach
Odenbach
Acting Commissary Accused in $17,000 Government Surplus Case
On instructions from Washington District Attorney Sullivan has brought suit against Lieut. R. D. Chase of Sandusky charged with converting to his own use government supplies worth $17,000. Chase served in the eighth army war as acting Commissary of Subsistence for the Sixth Ohio Volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Washington
Sullivan
R. D. Chase
Sandusky
Lieut
Chase
Ohio Volunteers
Senator McLaurin Sees Sanguine Hope for South Carolina
Senator McLaurin of South Carolina visits the Fifth Avenue Hotel and tells The New York Times he is hopeful about success in his home state. He notes business in South Carolina is not as strong as a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator McLaurin
South Carolina
Fifth Avenue Hotel
New York Times
Lawyer David McClure Stricken with Vertigo at Pier
David McClure the attorney was seized by vertigo at the American Line pier on Wednesday and moved to the Hoffman where he showed great improvement by last night. The report notes he plans a summer home at Red Pearl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David McClure
American Line
Hoffman
Negroes in Shreveport mob lynching fear rise
Shreveport Louisiana reports reel from a fatal shooting by Prince Edwards a negro on Foster plantation near town. White posses hunt Edwards amid arrests of many negroes at Kennebrew store as mob debates punishment from whipping to burning. Governor Heard orders protection and possible military aid while Mrs Edwards is said to have fired. Memphis reports Gov McMillin en route to Shreveport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
John Gray Foster
Gov. McMillin
Tennessee
Prince Edwards
Foster Plantation
Edwards
Kennebrew
Red River
Foster
Winchester
Mer
Prince
White League
Smith
Edward Washington
Washington
Heard
Ward
Caddo Parish
Thomps
Bossier
Benton
Kennebrew’s Place
Memphis
Tenn
Cincinnati Lawyer Frederick Roelker Shot
Cincinnati court circles were shocked as Frederick Roelker a well known attorney lay dead after a gunshot in his bedroom. Family physician says the shooting was accidental while Roelker had been ill with grip and confined at home. Roelker son of Dr. Roelker and a graduate of Cincinnati and Harvard Law Schools. He was alive at midnight but did not survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Bar of
Frederick Roelker
Roelker
Cincinnati Law School
Harvard Law School
Andrew Arnow Dies After Self Inflicted Wound
Andrew Arnow sixty a brother of ex judge Richard Arnow cut his throat at his home on Eastern Boulevard near Willow Lane Tuesday night and died in Fordham Hospital at 8 30 Wednesday evening He had separated from his wife and was unemployed He handed a bundle of letters to his brother James Arnow before dying The body lay unclaimed until the hospital warned authorities it would be sent to the Morgue An undertaker later removed the body
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Arnow
Richard Arnow
Eastern Boulevard
Willow Lane
Fordham Hospital
James Arnow
Marie Dressler Files Bankruptcy Petition
Actress Marie Dressler filed for bankruptcy yesterday morning listing liabilities of 11199 and assets of 112.50. She resides at the Rossmore Hotel with debts dating from 1898 to 1901 including salaries to 24 actors contracted in Syracuse and loans from Eugene Tompkins and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Dressler
Rossmore Hotel
Dime Savings’ Bank
Syracuse
Joseph A Mmerman
Robert Harris
Es Lytell
Charles Abels
Zella Frank
Clarence Ryerson
Arthur Stanford
Charlotte Walker
Lola Hoffman
Eugene Tompkins
Boston
May Montford
R. Ganthony
Jamaica
L. I
M. L. Sire
George F. Constine
Emanuel M. Friend
Henry W. Fraypenthal
A.J. Blanchard
George W. Hobart
E. A. Morrison & Son
Hayden & Rowley
Suspects Nabbed in Plainfield Jewelry Thefts
Police report a man and woman arrested in Plainfield New Jersey connections to a spate of robberies affecting affluent summer residents. Thefts targeted jewelry clothing and valuables as Chief James leads the inquiry and outlines suspect motives and surrounding cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
N. J
The Peril of Smallpox And Public Health Policy
A letter to the New York Times accuses the Board of Health of neglect after a smallpox case in a northern house. Dr. Alonzo Blauvelt defends policy, noting limited powers, monitoring, and vaccination as the main defense against contagion. He urges vaccination to ease fear and prevent spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Blauvelt
The
Board of Health
New York Times
Alonzo Blauvelt
Bureau of Contagious Diseases
Smallpox Fear Spurs Action in Moriah Essex County
A stray smallpox report from Moriah Essex County prompts State Health Commissioner Dr. Daniel Lewis to seek sheriff aid to move contagion victims to a pest house. In Suffern a Health Board refuses to accept Dr. A J Zabriskie's resignation, arguing the illness is not smallpox though earlier labeled Cuban itch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Moriah
Essex County
Daniel Lewis
Smallpdx
Adirondacks
State Health Department
Discharged men blamed in army supply frauds
In San Francisco on June 13 Col A S Kimball post quartermaster at the Presidio acknowledged being involved but said no inquiry had reached him. Col J B Rawles doubted graft claims and noted soldiers often sold clothing. A warrant was issued for Abe Abrams, a second hand dealer, as investigators probe access to the quartermaster's department and sales to dealers. Major General Shafter cautioned the scale of petty theft and questioned army officer complicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Col. A. S. Kimball
United States Army
Presidio
J. B. Rawles
Third Artillery Corps
Ost
Rand
Abe Abrams
Louis Abrams
Seymour
Naus
Quartermaster’s Department
Shafter
Gen. Shafter
Trial begins for Port Steward Happle over monthly kickback claim
Manila June 13 The trial of H W Happle Port Steward of the Commissary Department opens on charges he received monthly installments from the Steve Doring Co The defense contends the payments were salary for extra services The case notes he may have used an assumed name Also mentioned is Dr M Carman once of California linked to insurgent supplies whose $10 000 security remains with the US and may be returned after the insurrection ends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
H.W. Happle
Port
Happle
M. Carman
California
United States
de Arthur
German Admiral Meets MacArthur in Manila Visit
German Admiral Kirchoff of the Navy, en route to Australia and China, called on General MacArthur and the United States Philippine Commissioners in Manila today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Manila
Admiral Kirchoff
Australia
China
Gen. MacArthur
United States
Topeka Editor W. P. Tomlinson Dies at 65
TOPEKA Kan June 13 W P Tomlinson editor of The Topeka Democrat died tonight at his home after months of illness He came to Topeka in 1872 from New York and earlier served as European correspondent for the New York Tribune and Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
W. P. Tomlinson
Assyrian and Petrel Wreck Threatens Valuable Cargo
Off Cape Race Newfoundland the Leyland Line steamer Assyrian and tug Petrel are wrecked in a northeast gale with heavy seas. Sailors fled the vessels as the Assyrian pounds to pieces while the Petrel drifts. Shipping men blame Captain Dingle for delaying rescue efforts. much of the cargo, including champagne, may be lost.
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ST. John's
N. F
Leyland Line
Cape Race
Petrel
Hinev
Algerine
Trepassey
Kearns
Magnetic
Dingle
Cailles Refuses Surrender as Rainy Season Opens
General Sumner reports to General Wade on failed surrender talks with Cailles in Laguna Province. Insurgent leader believes he can hold out with rains beginning. Allied forces locate and destroy camps in Southern Luzon. Lieutenant Cowan and a 50-man detachment kill five insurgents near Jovelar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luzon
Manila
Sumner
Wade
Cailles
Laguna
Lieut
Cowan
Jovelar
Intruder Attacks Lawyer at His Home on Broadway
Lawyer Paul Halpin, living at 3672 Broad Way, was attacked by a stranger who claimed familiarity after a party at Halpin’s residence. The man threw a brick through a parlor window and stabbed Halpin in the neck before being detained by friends and police. The assailant, 28, of 316 West Thirty-sixth Street, was jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Halpin
Broadway
Frank W. Little
Mr. Halpin
Little
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
West Thirty-sixth Street
Brooklyn Judge Grants Halt on June Salaries for Four Ex-Magistrates
Justice William J. Gaynor issued a temporary injunction blocking the Controller from paying June salaries to ex-City Magistrates Lemon Worth Kramer and Teale of Brooklyn. Mayor appointed Democratic successors June 10. Lawyer Sanders Shanks filed for Moran, a taxpayer, to test office title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Gaynor
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Lemon, Worth, Kramer
Teale
Sanders Shanks
William J. Moran
DrunkenDruggist Branigan Dies After alleged Kick
James E. Branigan a 41 year old druggist of 161 Amsterdam Ave and 149 West Fifty-seventh St died at Roosevelt Hospital from delirium tremens Coroners report. He reportedly attended a Saturday gathering and returned Sunday morning claiming a kick to the abdomen. Detectives Dunn and Donghue are assigned to probe the incident under Capt Kear at West Sixty eighth Street Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Branigan
Amsterdam Avenue
West Fifty-seventh Street
Roosevelt Hospital
Coroners’ Office
Branigan
Capt
Kear
West Sixty-eighth Street
Dunn
Donghue
Thief Fires on Policeman in Harlem Street Raid
Police officer J D Murtha of Morrisania Station confronted a thief and a 16 year old boy on One Hundred Sixty third Street near Third Avenue as two pasteboard boxes were opened the suspect a large man fired twice at Murtha then fled The same man fired three more shots after hiding in a vacant lot William Hayes 16 of East Eightieth Street was captured with the box contents and the other youth fled His companion withheld his name an ex convict pictured in the Rogues Gallery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Murtha
Morrisania
Third Avenue
Thorne
Martha
Murtha
William Hayes
East Eightieth Street
Rogues
Policemen Raid Disorderly Houses on Eldridge Street
Captain Walsh of the Eldridge Street Station led raids on disorderly houses at 111 Bowery and 33 Bayard Street. In Bowery two men and two women were arrested. in Bayard Street three women and two men. George Meyr, the alleged manager, was arrested. Lizzie McCarthy, her husband Charles, two women, and a sailor were taken to the Eldridge Street Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsh
Eldridge Street
Bowery
Bayard Street
Delaney
John Stutz
George Meyr
Lizzie McCarthy
Charles
Temporary Injunction Halts $5 Million Gold Bonds Issuance
Vice Chancellor Stevens signs a preliminary injunction to stop delivery of $5,000,000 in 6 percent gold debenture bonds issued by the Ecuadorian Association of England. The case, brought by James E. Howell for George D. Mumford and St George Lane Fox-Pitt, alleges fraud and conspiracy to dilute minority interests in the Ecuador Development Company. A receiver potential is also considered with a hearing set for Jersey City next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Stevens
Ecuadorian Association of England
James E. Howell
Coullt & Howell
George D. Mumford
New York
St. George
Jersey City
Ecuador Development Company
Ecuadorian Association
Guayaquil and
Quito
E. Hope Norton
Archer Harmon
Elliot C. Smith
Ecuador Development
William Lyon Mackenzie
Ecuador
Mumford
England
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F. W. Bowers
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Bowers
Pullman
Alinois_ Tailors
Col. J. T. Dicklinson
Mrs. Pullman
Rogers Locomotive Works
Shrevesport
Keely
Titus
James’ Simpson
West Forty-sixth Street
Sarah Speers
Eighth Avenue
Simpson
Pollée Keely
Arnow
Maduro. Bros. & CO
Haberdashery
W .Now
OLF Hose
Benjamin & Co
Mae Fancy
Mainrivet
Maduro Bros. & CO
Nassau St
Bet. Beekmag and
Ann Sis
Carlsbad
Eisner & Mendelson Co
Ecuador Company
Charles E. Hires
Malvern, Pa
For Children
James S&s. Coward
Greenwich St
Warren St
Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co
E. Lane
B’way
W. “Stewart
Sie
W. 54Th St
Henry Exporuees J
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