Wife seeks name, fights for life amid alleged abuse
Dora Emma Bacon testifies in Supreme Court as her husband tugboat captain Samuel Marshall Bacon sues for divorce. She faces an operation in Presbyterian Hospital, says she endured brutal treatment, poverty, and secrecy to care for four children. Trial to continue.
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Dora Emma’ Bacon
Presbyterian Hospital
Lehman
Supreme Court
Samuel Marshall Bacon
Capt. Bacon
Ira G. Darrin
Mrs. Bacon
Jimmy” Durham
Billy " Barker
Barker
Marshall
Martha
Sam
Long Island Vie
Rare C. S. A. notes in sale at United States Coin Co
A June 29 auction at 200 Fifth Avenue features Confederate currency rarities including the most complete specimens offered in years. Highlights include a May 22 1861 $100 Montgomery note with interest of one cent per day and other Montgomery and Richmond issues, plus scarce $5 and $50 notes, a unique 50 Moneta, and watermarked or unpublished varieties. Auctioneer Daniel R. Kennedy leads the sale.
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United States Coin Company
Fifth Avenue
Daniel R. Kennedy
Montgomery
Ala
A. G. Guirot
United States
Louisiana
New Orleans
Tchmond
J. Manouvrier
Jefferson Davis
Chambers
Hunter and Child
N. Y
Smuggling Plot Nabbed on Royal Mail Ship Tagus
Ernest Webster quartermaster on the Tagus and two Chinese men faced $2,500 bail each after being held on charges of conspiring to smuggle Chin Men into the United States. One captive escaped amid the arrest. Chinese Inspector Wiley and Morrison boarded the Tagus at Vier 42 North River, finding Chin Woo and another man hidden aboard. Inspector Wiley reported Webster hid and fed the smugglers during the voyage.
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Ernest Webster
Royal Mail
Tagus
Mock Yick Hee
Lee Chang Ho
United States
Houghton
Chin Woo
Jamaica
Albert E. Wiley
Morrison
Vier 42
North River
Easier Nonresident Customs Law Interpreted Liberally
Treasury guidance after the Thompson decision allows liberal application of nonresident provisions of the tariff. It holds that grouped exemptions may apply to husband wife and minor children traveling together, and cites the Nieuw Amsterdam case as example. The ruling clarifies that wear ing apparel and personal effects may be entered free of duty for nonresidents not returning from abroad.
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Malone
Treasury Department
Customs
Department
Customs Court
Griswold Thompson
May van Alen
William Astor
Thompson
Nieuw Amsterdam
Boston
Paris
United States
England
Protestant ruling in Mollinaro case paves adoption path
Margaret Mollinaro, orphaned May 10 after her mother's death at Bellevue Hospital, was declared Protestant by Surrogate Cohalan. This decision allows adoption by Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Jones, Methodists, despite her Catholic birth and baptism. The surrogate found the girl wishes to be Protestant and cited lack of Catholic confirmations.
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Margaret Mollinaro
Bellevue Hospital
Cohalan
W. F. Jones
Methodist Church
Margaret
Dr Schultze Suspended by Coroners Board
The Board of Coroners, in a special session, found Dr Otto H Schultze guilty of insubordination and neglect of duty on charges by Chief Clerk Antonio Delessandro. He was suspended for thirty days without pay. Coroners Feinberg Hellenstein and Healy dissented or supported varying views.
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Board of Coroners
Antonio Delessandro
Otto H. Schultze
Schultze
Feinberg
Hellenstein
Healy
Riordan
Aquitania Adjusts Sailing Day To Tuesdays From New York
After the second Cu narder Aquitania voyage from New York on July 1 at 10 A M agents announced she will depart Tuesdays at 4 P M instead of Wednesday morning The change follows Cunard Directors in Liverpool deciding the faster liner could run with Lusitania and Mauretania which leave New York at 6 P M on Tuesdays Officials expect the Aquitania to match the crossing time once engines are fully developed and horse power is achieved
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New York
Liverpool
Cunard
Daring convict shanghaies sailor in Nagasaki tale ends
A Swedish sailor Albert Johansen claimed he was drugged in Nagasaki and shipped to San Quentin as James Rogers to serve three years for forgery. The case, aided by habeas corpus proceedings, exposes a complex tale of alias, forgery, and a San Francisco merchant’s son who went on to further crimes. The story ends with the court action pending return of the writ, and Johansen freed without bail until June 27.
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San Francisco
Nagasaki
Japan
Pacific
United States Army
Sheridan
San Quentin Penitentiary
Albert Johansen
Liberty
United States District Court
United States
Preston
San Quentin
Army
James Rogers
Peter Grimes
Shanghai
Johansen
Rogers
John Ki. Hoyle
Robert Dollar
China
Dollar
Rogers Captured After Shipboard Theft and Deception
Federal officers believe Rogers drugged Johansen at a party, delivered him aboard the Sheridan at night, and handed stolen papers to a petty officer. The ship sailed toward Nagasaki when a wireless query from Shanghai prompted a chase. Japanese police later reported Rogers's capture near Nagasaki.
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Shanghai
Japan
Preston
Rogers
Nagasaki
Headache Tablets Kill Singer in Oakland
Oakland California June 18 coroner and police ruled a headache tablet device as the cause of death of Miss Helen Mason the blind singer. She often used headache sets though her physician warned against them during heart weakness treatment.
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Singer
Oakland
Cal
Paris
Helen Mason
Mason
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