Mathiesius Escapes Again From Asylum
Rev Dr Albert Von Mathiesius, once a Hackensack Hospital escapee, has now escaped from Morris Plains Insane Asylum after three months there. A Berlin University graduate, he ran a sanitativum in Rutherford before arrest and recapture in a Brooklyn subway station with aid from Woman Under Sheriff Constance Kopp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecal
New York Times
Ned Fitness
Constance Kopp
Strugel
Brooklyn
Priests Threaten Boycott Over Tap of Rectory Phones
Brooklyn clergy and Father York report telephone lines at St. Brigid's rectory tapped. Bishop McDonnell warns priests across his diocese to drop phones unless taps stop, promising church funds will cover removal. Police and mayoral figures dispute specifics as investigations begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. ©. York
St. Brigid's
Linden Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
Brooklyn
Charles E. McDonnell
Kings
Queens
Nassau
Suffolk
McDonnell
P. J. McKenna
Cedarhurst
Iellow
Father York
Fathers York
York
Bisbop McDonnell
Thompson Committee
Mitchel
St. B 'S
Frank H. Bethell
New York
Bishop McDonnell
Father Work
Seymour files complaint against Burns in wiretapping case
Frederick Seymour filed a complaint at 120 Broadway leading to a summons for detective William J. Burns on charges of unlawfully publishing Seymour's private papers. Magistrate McAdoo set the return for Monday. Burns expected to waive examination and face trial in the Court of Special Sessions. District Attorney Swann opened the charities inquiry to possible perjury and conspiracy connections and will review wiretap conversations publicly. He may pursue evidence from Alfred J. Talley about Mayor Mitchel’s possible complicity in tapping the wives of Father Farrell and Mgr. Dunn. Brady of the Allied Printing Trades Council may also be consulted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Swann
Alding
John Doe
Rosalsky
Court of General Sessions
Rosaisky
St. Rita’s
Frederick Seymour
Seynour Seymour
Broadway
McAdoo
William J. Burns
Seymour
Burns
James M. Beck
Court of Special Sessions
Mitchel
Alfred J. Talley
Father Farrell
Mgr. Dunn
Kingsbury Case Narrowed as Littleton Drops Inspection Fight
Martin W. Littleton withdrew his motion to inspect Grand Jury minutes in the Kingsbury Hotchkiss case after clashing with Brooklyn Judge John F. Hylan over wiretap allegations. Hylan refused to step aside and stated his public opinions on law do not disqualify him from hearing the matter. Littleton also sought to excuse Judge Mitchell May from consideration due to a juror speech after indictments were returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Hylan
Brooklyn
Martin W. Littleton
Charities
John A. Kingsbury
Corporation
William H. Hotchkiss
William B. Farrell
Daniel C. Potter
Hylan
Littleton
Mitchell May
May
Night Court Struggles With Limited Wage Case Trials
Justice Benjamin Hoffman criticizes the new municipal night court after hearing the first case. He notes only two of fifty Second Municipal District cases since June 5 proceeded to night trial, with one moved to day court at counsel's request. He blames lawyers and wage-earner conditions for the low night-session rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Hoffman
Second Municipal District Court
Justice Hoffman
Legal Aid Society
Legal
Educational Alliance
Pleads Guilty in Dobbs Ferry Murder Case
Adolph Riso, fifth member of the so called murder syndicate, pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The case involved the slaying of Gregorio George at Dobbs Ferry months ago. Prosecutors noted other defendants, including Mrs. Antoinette George and Kitty McCormack, who also faced murder charges with varying outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Adolph Riso
Gregorio George
Dobbs Ferry
Morschauer
Weeks
Riso
Hoboken
McNamara
Bh An
George
Mary Fiolio
George William McNamara
Mack
Antoinette George
Kitty McCormack
Vito Raimonda
Raimonda
Individual Instruction Programs at West 45th Street School
Short description of courses at School-62 West 45th St offering day and evening classes in shorthand bookkeeping stenotypy secretaryship with a summer session and individual instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West 45Th St
Unclaimed Mail Goods Auction Highlights Lost Stash
The Post Office says it loses 400000 to 500000 yearly to unclaimed parcel post. New York’s Eighth Avenue sale moved 2.5 tons of items, raising 2262 dollars from boxes of furs, kimonos, vacuum washers, cigars, linens and more. Most lots drew small sums, with professionals bidding at Room 125 in the South Post Office lobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
United States
New York City
Eighth Avenue
Thirty-first Street
Hawaiian Islands
New Haven
New York
Post Office
Portrait of General Wingate Featured in School Ceremony
Public School 40 has been named for General Wingate. A portrait by Anthony Auszky was presented by the Alumni Association at Washington Irving High School in a special afternoon program. Wingate, the oldest living graduate, also gave a school flag. Graduates Carl F. Ahlstrom Frank Damrosch Walter Damrosch Magistrate Paul Krotel Justice P. Henry Dugro Colonel John W. Oakley attended the exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Www
Wingate
Public School 40
Alumni Association
Washington Irving High School
General Wingate
Anthony Auszky
Fast Twentieth Street
Second Avenue
Carl F. Ahlstrom
Frank and
Walter Damrosch
Paul Krotel
P. Henry Dugro
John W. Oakley
New Jersey News Roundup of Crimes, Elections and Events
In Bayonne a child Edward Phillips ages 1 disappeared from 200 Jersey Street and was found dead in Newark Bay near the Central Railroad drawbridge. Newark saw jewelry thefts totaling $45 from homes on North Sixth Street and Edison Place. Over 1,500 Newark children enjoyed a supervised bus ride to Vailsburg Park with medical staff on hand. In City Hospital George Stessey and Russell Bush suffered throat wounds. two men face charges following a Bloomfield saloon fight. Paterson began pest control for rats with poisoned oatmeal, while Montclair seeks a recount of June 6 referendum votes. In Bloomfield and nearby towns despondent residents and a 14 year old charged with theft in Franklin. Trenton hosts Shark River Water Company suit against State bodies over water sales. Atlantic City reports G A R committee avoiding political debates, endorsing neither Wilson nor Hughes. Rev. William E Abbott named department chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayonne
Edward Phillips
Jersey Street
New Hrighton
Staten Island
Newark Bay
Central Railroad
Newark
Walter CC. Cowan
North Sixth Street
Michael Devaney
Vailsburg Park
George Stessey
Washington, D. C
Russell Bush
Chester
Penn
Stessey
Frank Sisto
North Eleventh Street
Walter Camerino
Edison Place
Bloomfield
Joseph Leiter
Bloomfield Avenue
Paterson
East Side Park
New York
Montclair
William SS. Gumn
Commission
Essex County
Nioomprpield
Kvernment
Hackettstown
Frank H. Green
Pompton Lakes
du Pont
Newton
Sussex County
Franklin Vocational School
Pricipal
Stephen Mase
Allen R. Shay
Trenton
Shark River Water Company
State of New Jersey
State Water Supply Commission
State, Water Commission
District Water Supply Commission
Shark River
Monmoush County
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Wilson
Hughes
William E. Abbott
Asbury Park
Renaw Department
Stray dog Bowery Liz earns honors in court
In West Side Court Judge Levy fines Edward Bren for keeping a stray dog named Bowery Liz. Brenley explains the yellow haired mongrel wandered into a stable at 221 West Fifty-third Street and later mothered thirteen puppies. The dog and pups were cared for by workers who grew fond of Liz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bren
West Side Court
Hamburg Esplanade Hotel Sold At Large Loss In War
The German Hotel Company sold the Esplanade Hotel in Hamburg at a loss of about $725 000, with a deficit balance near $1 100 000 and capital around $1 250 000. The failed hotels relied on American tourists, who have largely ceased travel since August 1914, and were formerly owned by Kaiser's relatives the Princes Hohenlohe and Firstenders of the Defunct Princes' Trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hamburg
London Daily Mail
Berlin
the Mail
Princes Hohenlohe
Princes’ Trust
Earle Shipley Signs with Major Circus
In his youth Earle Shipley of Willow Springs was thought funny but unlikely to amount to much. He has signed a contract for next season and will perform as a clown with a large Kansas City circus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Shipley
Willow Springs
Earle
Kansas City Times
Salvation Army Officer Roland Cruett Missing in Hackensack
Police issued an alarm for Envoy Roland Cruett longtime head of the Salvation Army Industrial Home in Hackensack and jailed as Bergen County Chaplain by Sheriff Heath. Cruett disappeared from his home last Friday. Adjutant G Polhemus said Cruett's books are in excellent shape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Misalirg
Hackensack
N. J
Roland Cruett
Hackersack
Bergen County
R. N. Heath
G. Polhemus
Germans Press for Wage Inquiry In Germany Mines
Berlin reports quoted in London press say organized German mine workers have selected a delegation to visit Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg to demand an investigation of wage levels. They argue wages lag behind rising living costs while mine owners reap higher profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
von Bethlemann Hollweg
Berlin
London
Ward's Bread Marks Fifth Anniversary With Citywide Tour
Ward Baking Co celebrates five years of Ward's Bread with an invitation to visit its New York City Brooklyn and Newark plants. Officials tout quality 100 percent purity and absolute cleanliness as core to its success and public value. The exhibit promises industrial insight into efficient manufacturing and civic minded business practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Brooklyn
New York
Ward
Ward’s
The
Ward Baking Co
Newark
N. J
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mathiesius
Tions
St. Brigid’s
Qwann
Kingsbury
New Municipal Tribunal
Seabrook’s
Seabrook
Seabrook Farms Co
Bridgeton, N. J
N. Voorhees
Reade St
Gen.wingate
Bowery
Liz
Sae
Yellowstone Park
Pacific North Coast
Rockies
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
St. Maries
Idaho
Spokane
Wash
St. Paul
Ward: Baking CO
Brooklyn Bakery
Pacific Street
Vanderbilt Ave
Bronx Bakery
Southern Boulevard
E. 143Rd Street
Newark Bakery
4Th Avenue
North 13Th Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!