Thaw in Distress as He Takes Stand in Sanity Battle
The New York Times dateline reports Harry K Thaw's continued efforts to prove sanity and gain release from Matteawan Asylum. His courtroom behavior contrasted with earlier calm, as he identified writings, resisted some evidence, and faced questions about Susie Merrill and other witnesses. Evelyn Nesbit expected to testify soon as Thaw’s defense proceeds.
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New York Times
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Supreme Court
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Matteawan
Victor J. Dowling
White
Thawe
Mills
Jerome
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Thaw
Mr. Jerome
New York County
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Maonly
Matteawan Asylum
Leak
Shearn
Alice Thaw
Yarmouth
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Harry Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Anti venom Saves Bronx Zoo Director Aids Victim
G. Butler Smith, vice president at Bretton Hall and Hotel Seymour, survived a copperhead bite after Director Hornaday of the Bronx Zoo provided anti venom serum. Initial swelling and fear of life loss prompted rapid hospital action, but by Monday night the wound subsided and he was out of danger.
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Bronx Zoo
G. Butler Smith
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Hotel Seymour
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The
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Mr. Smith
Market Site Sought for Harlem Pushcart Vendors
Mrs. Julian Heath president of the Housewives' League toured Harlem pushcart markets with police and vendors. She suggested placing a permanent market under the Park Avenue viaduct from 111th to 129th Streets to curb street blockades and health violations, noting space under the viaduct as a possible solution.
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Julian Heath
Housewives’ League
102Dd Street
Park Avenue
Max Feldman
Harlem Pushcart Association
Board of Health
Heath
New York Central Viaduct
111Th
129Th Streets
114Th Street
Fountain Dedicated to Andrew Jackson at Washington Bridge
The granite Jackson Fountain to honor Andrew Jackson was dedicated yesterday at the Washington Bridge entrance on 181st Street. Speakers included Rev. Edward H. Cleveland and Mrs. Julia P. Hotchkin, with remarks from Gen. James Grant Wilson and Mrs. William Gerry Slade. Luncheon followed at the Claremont Riverside Drive. Mrs. Josephine Wallis led the program.
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American Society For the Prevention of
New York County
National Society of the United States
Daughters:'of 1812
Washington Bridge
State of New York
Andrew Jackson
Edward H. Cleveland
Julia P. Hotchkin
William Gerry Slade
United States Society
James Grant Wilson
American Lone For the Prevention of
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Society
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Twenty-second Regiment
Homer Lee
W. K. Horton
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Stover
Claremont
Riverside Drive
Josephine Wallis
Washington L. Mann
George B. Gardner Wee
City Chamberlain Hyde Withdraws Habeas Corpus Petition
Former City Chamberlain Charles H. Hyde appeared before Supreme Court Justice Giegerich yesterday and asked to withdraw his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pending his trial in connection with the Carnegie Trust Company case. The judge granted the request and signed the withdrawal order with no opposition.
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Supreme Court
Giegerich
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Death of Brooklyn Buildings Chief in Scaffold Collapse
John B. Thatcher, Superintendent of Buildings for Brooklyn, died at Bradford Street Hospital after falling seventy feet with an Italian bricklayer when a scaffold collapsed on the third floor of a tenement project at New Let’s Road and Snediker Avenue. He was conscious briefly, spoke with his son and a pastor, then died from spinal fracture and brain hemorrhage. Authorities cited unfit materials and a permit violation as factors in the incident.
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Brooklyn
Bradford Street
East New York
New Let's Road
Snediker Avenue
Thatcher
East
New York
John Snackenberg
Wyona Building
Bay
Kennedy
Mr. Theichie
John Terenora
Mr. Thatcher
Cam]bell
Theospital
Edwin H. Thatcher
Chum
T. J
Setauket
Long Islands
Thatcher family patriarch dies in Brooklyn residence fire crash
The Thatcher Summer residence Derwgwyn suffered an accident that killed Mr. Thatcher, age 59, in Brooklyn. Dr. H Beekman Delatour treated the family physician as Mrs. Thatcher and two daughters Anna and Grace learned of the death upon arrival at 590 Flatbush Avenue. Thatcher was born May 1 1855 in Egremont England, son of Liverpool police inspector Robert Thatcher.
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Egremont
England
Robert Thatcher
Liverpool
Bombs Found on Yonkers Street Corner
Two crude dynamite bombs were found on the sidewalk near the corner of McLean and Martha Avenues in Yonkers. Porter Harry Clark alerted Patrolman Schall, who disposed of the devices in a vacant lot. Police captain Brady notes the fuse appeared unignited and suspects the planter did not intend an explosion.
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Martha Avenues
Yonkers
Harry
Clark
Ape
John Arnstein
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