Lewis Jarvis and Wickes Case Shake New York Courts
A long running intrigue centers on Thomas P. Wickes and a society detective persona named Lewis Jarvis. District Attorney Jerome pursues an early trial for Wickes while revelations about Jarvis letters and real estate bonds threaten to widen the inquiry into Wickes administration and related estates.
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Thomas P. Wickes
Corporation
Mr Wickes
Lewis Jarvis
Jerome
Criminal Court
Wickes
Justice Davy
Criminal Branch
Supreme Court
Court of General Sessions
Criminal Courts
Mr. Wickes
Bill’ Stokes
Stokes
Ansonia
Lewis. Jarvis
Fifth Avenue
Lewis
Jarvis
Lewis _Jarvis
Cand
James. W. Osborne
jJiEvan Shelby
Commodore Yndward
Weston
Anatar Weston
Evan Shelby
Cedar Street
Shelby
Commodore Weston
Peekskill
Taft Addresses Miami Commencement on Peace Exclusion and Divorce
Secretary of War William H. Taft spoke at Miami University’s eighty first commencement in Oxford Ohio. He praised President’s peace efforts with Russia and Japan, urged fairness in Chinese exclusion policies, and urged uniform national marriage and divorce laws to curb laxity in the bonds of matrimony.
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Oxford
Ohio
Miami University
William H. Taft
Russia
Japan
Taft
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Attack on Fort Monroe by Admiral Dickins fleet
Fort Monroe reports a major nighttime assault by Admiral Dickins fleet with the Texas Hartford four monitors and two gunboats leading a near daylight show. The action began around 11 PM, followed by a brief long range bombardment and a later daytime demonstration to test big guns. Siren marines landed at Marshall Hall to seize the army signal station and attempted to cut the Potomac cable.
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Fort Monroe
Dickins
Forts Washington
Hunt
Texas
Hartford
Point Lookout
Washington
Marshall Hall
Army
Fort Hunt
Potomac
Strangers attacked in Cherry Hill gang assault
John Elder of Somerville and his wife were attacked after seeking rooms in Catharine Street. Hart lured them to Cherry Hill, where Elder was struck and his wife choked. Elder died later at Gouverneur Hospital. Hart Conroy and Foley were arrested as the Cherry Hill gang linked to Monk Eastman. Elder’s watch and $9 were stolen.
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John Elder
Somerville
Mass
Interborough
Elder
Catharine Street
Joseph Hart
Oliver Street
Gouverneur Hospital
Hart
Water Street
Cherry Hill
Hamilton
Market Streets
Felder
Rider
Gap
Locksmith shot by watchman after mistaken burglary claim
Gottlieb, 64 Rivington Street, an itinerant locksmith, was shot in the neck by George Heintz, a watchman, after entering a third floor door during a mistaken burglary alert. Both men told their stories in Yorkville Court and were discharged.
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Gottlieb
Rivington Abraham
First Street
Seventy-sixth Street
George Heintz
Heintz
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Ward
George W. Bristol
Broad Street
Hatch & Wickes
Bristol
Hatch
Distillers
Old Crow
Hermitage Whiskey
Bond
Sall
W. A. Gaines & CO
Cointlee
fBourson Whis
H J. B. Kirk & Co., Distributors
New York
Frankfort, Ky
Admiral Dickins
Little Tim
Board of Estimate
Mrs. Elder
Monk
Eastman
Rapid Transit Commission
Little
Tim ‘' Sullivan
Fornes
Board of Aldermen
McClellan
Grout
Littleton
Brooklyn
Cromwell
Richmond
Haffen
Bronx
Sullivan
Ahearn
Manhattan
Cassidy
Queens
Knox
Wellville
Across the
Hudson
130Th ST
America
Hudson River Realty Company
W. W. & E. E. Slocum
Broadway
T, N.Y
B. Altman & Co
Ch Dren
Nineteenth Street and
Sixth Avenue
Browning, King & Co
Cvopper
Beau Brummel
Fulton Street
Cooper Square
Sth
Erecklyn
Siegel
Sixth Ave
Sts
Ss. & HA
Aliso
Easi de Cotte
Specia
Eclipse
Siegel Cooper Store
Keep Mfg. CO
11Th
12Th Streets
Altman & Co
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