Detective Bureau Reorganization Under Woods Plan
Police Commissioner Woods unveiled a reform to shrink the Detective Bureau from seventeen divisions to nine and move detectives from precincts to central offices. Districts from Battery to 14th Street, 14th to 59th, and 59th to Harlem Ship Canal will gain divisions with new command assignments and offices planned on major streets.
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Woods
Marcus M. Marks
Manhattan
J. Robert Rubin
Joseph Vaurot
Battery
Fourteenth Street
Hudson River
John J. Gray
Thirtieth Street
al Police
Fourteenth and
Fiftyninth Street
Fifty-ninth Street
Harlem Ship Canal
Fifth Avenue
125Th Street
East River
Harlem River
Sixty-second Street
Bronx
Bathgate Avenue
Brooklyn
Queens
Richmond
Huypeaua
Dr Baxter Accused of Bribery and Prisoner Case at Workhouse
Dr Charles F Baxter former resident physician at the Workhouse hospital was indicted for bribery and holding a woman prisoner to avoid labor. He allegedly staged a fake appendectomy, was arrested at 150 Nassau Street, released on bail, and later remanded to the Tombs after bail was set at 3,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Baxter
Phoyaletin
Arthur Se Levine
Nassau Street
General Sessions Grand Jury
Baxter
Katharine B. Davis
Commissioner of Correction
Crain
General Sessions
Becker’s Execution Stay Sought in Rosenthal Murder Case
John B Johnston and Harford Marshall for Charles Becker filed a notice of appeal with Henry D Sayer of the District Attorney from Becker conviction for Herman Rosenthal murder. Copies will go to the Court of Appeals and Sing Sing. stay of execution limits July week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Johnston
Harford T. Marshall
Charles Becker
Henry D. Sayer
District Attorney's Office
Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Court of
Two-Platoon Plea Heard By Adamson
Thirteen firemen from all thirteen divisions met Fire Commissioner Adamson to debate a two platoon system. Most divisions favored the plan citing better service and rest, while one opposed, pushing for longer breaks. Adjournment granted to allow cost estimates. next session set for Monday.
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Adamson
Samuel Walsh
Engine Company 32
Walsh
Kenton
New York
Patrick Maher
Brooklyn
Rudolph H. Sanders
George Houser
Martin G. Mannix
Joseph J. Monahan
Gimtave Sehwetzee
Benjamin S. Parker
Johnna McGrath
John W. O'Brien
Marine
John B. Sheehan
Anton Holback
Fleventh
Peter J. McKenzie
Robert Co. Bernitt
Women clash on Fifth Avenue over stolen items
A crowd watched two well dressed women fight near Fifth Avenue and Fortieth Street as a silk parasol struck one another and a paper box spilled silk handbags and gold vanity cases. Anna Casshuis, L&T store detective, identified the other woman, Mrs Kate Nelson, on East Forty eighth Street. Police charged Nelson with grand larceny and Magistrate Barlow set bail at 300 dollars.
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Fifth Avenue
Fortieth Street
Sergt. Andrews
West Thirtieth Street
Anna Casshuis
Lord & Taylor
Fisn
Andrews
Kate Nelson
East Forty Eighth Street
Barlow
Women’s Pier
Yale Medical School Endowment Backers Pledge 1 725 000
Special to The New York Times reports Yale President Hadley announced major pledges for the medical school and its alliance with New Haven General Hospital. Gifts total 1.725 million, plus 500 thousand from the General Education Board if 1.5 million more is raised by Jan 1, 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale
Yale Medical School
New Haven General Hospital
Brady
New York
Albany
Anthony N. Brady
General Education Board
Connecticut
Charles W. Harkness
Bomb Found Near Italian Consulate In New York
A reinforced concrete bomb was found in a four story building at Spring and Lafayette Streets near the Italian Consulate on Sunday night. Porter Rafale Fer gi removed the fuse and stored the device in a broom closet before leaving. it was later recovered by authorities. Police and fire investigators pursued leads with no immediate motive or group identified. authorities note prior incendiary fires and Italian labor tensions as context.
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Spring
Lafayette
UW Giornale Italiano
la Vollia di
New York
Black Hand
Rafale Forgi
Il Giornale Italiano
Forgi
Laserene
Fose
Fergi
Dominick Abbade
Savoy Holding Company
Abbade
Mulberry Street
Owen Egan
Fire Department
Bureau of Combustibles
Seret
Charles S. Corrao
Police Department
East Side
Sone Clevarnt Rinne
Sing Sing
Corrao
Spring Street
Mulberry Bend
G. Fara Forni
Mr. Forni
Francis P. Bosco
Michael O. Rini
G. Rositi
Vincent Giordanello
la Follia
Italy
McAneny Addresses Church Move Over Court House Plans
President McAneny of the Board of Aldermen explains the decision to relocate St Andrew's Roman Catholic Church related to the Court House site modification. He recalls plans to meet Father Evers and associates, but was delayed by a board meeting and Father Evers had to depart before discussions could proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andrew's
Court House
McAneny
Board of Aldermen
Father Evers
Frank Smith
Plains
Bk. P Croodrich
Comenies
Mr. Goodrich
Father Fvers
Poison Bottle Found on Ill Engineer With Rockefeller Letter
Samuel A. Everett a consulting engineer fell ill and died on a Central of Georgia Railroad train in Griffin Georgia. A pocket check revealed letters from John D Rockefeller Jr and William Sulzer along with a three ounce bottle marked poison. Half an ounce of liquid remained. Everett based in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
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Macon
Samuel A. Everett
Central of Georgia
Griffin
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
William Sulzer
New York
Mr. Everett
Pittsburgh
Penn
Jailed Nassau Jailer William Clifford Seeks Light Sentence
Special to The New York Times from Mineola L I June 15 Justice Kelley gave Clifford a sentence of one to two years in Sing Sing after he pleaded guilty to participation in the Nassau County Jail orgies following the sentencing of Richard Miller, another jailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Mineola
L. I
Sing Sing
Supreme Court
Kelley
William Clifford
Nassau County
Richard Miller
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Roberts & Quinn
Bridge St
Argu
Fifth Ave
Hadley
The
Finley J. Shepard
Shepard
Helen Gould
Yale University
Porter Pulls
General
MR. McAneny
St. Andrew's
Rockefeller, Jr
Saks
Norfolk
West of England
Saks & Company
Broadway
34Th Street
Accnold
Constable B Co
Organdie and Batiste
TUB
Astor
Vincent Astor
Percy Reddick
Rhinecliffe
John J. Wacker Boat Company
Waterview
T.M. ‘Stewart
West
Columbus
Bruge Lace
Duchess Point
Cluny Novelty
Duchess and Point Applique
Oadwry
Thirty-third Street
Palm Beach
Priestley
France
Dunia
Educator
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Mass
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Mayfair
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Kid Blucher
Oxford
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New York City
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